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GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS 

IN  ENGLAND 


ABSTRACTS  OF  WILLS  RELATING  TO  EARLY  AMERICAN 

FAMILIES,   WITH    GENEALOGICAL   NOTES    AND 

PEDIGREES  CONSTRUCTED   FROM 

THE  WILLS  AND  FROM  OTHER  RECORDS 


By 

HENRY  F.   WATERS,  A.M. 


With  the  Addition  of 

GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND 

(New   Series)  A-Anyon 
(1907) 

VOLUME   I 


Baltimore 
GENEALOGICAL  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 

1969 


Originally  Published  in  Serial  Form 

New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register 

July,  1883  —  January,  1899 

First  Published  Complete  in  Book  Form 

New-England  Historic  Genealogical  Society 

Boston,  1901 

Reprinted  with  Permission 

With  the  Addition  of 

Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England 

(New  Series) 

By  Henry  F.  Waters 

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PUBLISHER'S  NOTICE 

The  indexes  of  persons  and  places  mentioned  in  these 
two  volumes  will  be  found  on  pages  1449-1643  in  Volume  II, 
just  as  they  were  originally  published  in  1901.  The  publisher 
has  added  the  New  Series,  which  was  originally  published  in 
1907,  on  pages  1645-1760  following  the  indexes;  since  the  entries 
in  the  New  Series  were  in  alphabetical  order,  it  was  deemed 
unnecessary  to  add  an  index  to  the  New  Series. 

—GENEALOGICAL   PUBLISHING   COMPANY 


CONTENTS 


VOLUME   I  Page 

Henry  F.  Waters,  Portrait  and  Autograph   Frontispiece 

Publisher's   Notice    v 

Illustrations  and  Pedigrees,  A  List   ix 

Introduction  by  John  T.  Hassam xi 

Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England    1 

VOLUME  II 

Illustrations  and  Pedigrees,  A  List v 

Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England   845 

Index   of  Persons    1451 

Index  of  Places   1593 

New  Series:  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England  1645 


ILLUSTRATIONS  AND  PEDIGREES. 

VOL.   I. 


Page 
Henry  F.  Waters's  Portrait  and  Autograph        ....       Frontispiece 

The  Early  Home  of  John  Harvard's  Mother 180 

Garsden  Church 455 

Washington  Memorial  Stone 399 

Washington  Tablet 455 

Arms.     Nicholson         ...........  101 

Washington  impaling  Butler 399 

Fac-similes.     Part  of  John  Washington's  Will  and  Probate,  with  George 

Washington's  endorsement         ......  523 

Seal  on  Release  of  Mount  Vernon  estate,  Va.      .         .         .  523 

Record  of  apprenticeship  of  Thomas  Harvard  to  William 
Coxe,  and  of  his  admission  as  Freeman  of  the  Cloth- 
workers'  Company  of  London  ......  206 

Autographs.     William  Byrd 103 

John  Harvard         .........  xii 

Thomas  Stegge      .........  103 

John  West 151 

Map  showing  Tring,  Herts,  and  Luton,  Bedfordshire,  and  Vicinity,  357 

Tabular  Pedigrees.     Alsop 427 

Ames        .........  279 

Archedale        ........  318 

Bedle 25 

Brereton           ........  15 

Brindley           ........  15 

Brinley    .........  14 

Bulkley 2«6 

Burnell 568 

Cogan      .........  351 

Collins     .........  25 

Cotton 92 

Crane   .           .    .           .    .  213 

Crane   ....„..,.  226 


X  ILLUSTRATIONS. 

PAGE 

Tabular  Pedigrees.     Disbrowe 250 

Disbrowe          ........  251 

Fawknor 99 

Fenwick           ........  42 

Hall 687 

Harrison           ........  446 

Haynes 453 

Home 155 

Houghton 258 

Jadwyn 582 

Jolliffe 262 

Light 712 

Lisle 91 

Moody      .........  97 

Morley 568 

Piilmer 306 

Palmer 327 

Pemberton 331 

Quiney 198 

Rasing 182 

Rogers 209 

Rogers 213 

Springett 576 

Stagg 61 

Thomson 67 

Warnet 40 

Washington 396 

Willis 599 

Woodhall 53 


XI 


INTRODUCTION. 


The  efforts  made  by  the  New  England  Historic  Genealogi- 
cal Society,  through  its  Committee  on  English  Research,  to  pro- 
cure funds  sufficient  to  enable  it  to  make  an  exhaustive  search  of 
the  English  Records,  on  a  plan  never  before  attempted,  for  every- 
thing which  concerns  the  family  history  of  the  early  settlers  of 
this  country  ;  its  great  good  fortune  in  securing  the  services  of 
the  eminent  antiquary,  Henry  FitzGilbert  Waters  :  his  pecul- 
iar qualifications  for  the  task,  and  the  superiority  of  the  method 
adopted  by  him,  are  all  set  forth  in  the  New  England  Histori- 
cal and  Genealogical  Register  for  July,  1883  (xxxvii.,  305)  ; 
July,  1884  (xxxviii.,  339)  ;  and  January,  1888  (xlii.,  40). 

Mr.  Waters  sailed  for  England  May  5,  1883,  and  at  once  en- 
tered upon  his  great  work.  The  step  thus  taken  was  a  most  im- 
portant one,  and  marked  a  new  departure  in  genealogical  research. 
The  notes  printed  in  the  Register  for  July,  1883  (xxxvii.,  233), 
were  the  results  of  Mr.  Waters's  first  few  days'  work  among  the 
records  of  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Somerset  House, 
London.  They  arrived  here  barely  in  time  for  publication  in  that 
number  of  the  Register,  and  were  a  foretaste  of  what  was  to 
come.  Before  a  twelvemonth  had  passed  he  had  accumulated  a 
vast  amount  of  historical  and  genealogical  material,  including 
abstracts  of  more  than  six  hundred  wills  relating  to  American 
families,  and  he  has  since  then  industriously  added  to  his  inval- 
uable collections,  until  they  are  now  unequalled  both  in  extent  and 
in  importance. 

Some  of  the  results  of  his  researches,  under  the  title  of  "  Genea- 
logical Gleanings  in  England,"  have  been  given  to  the  public  in 
the  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register, 
the  organ  of  the  Society.  It  has  now  been  deemed  advisable  to 
reprint  some  of  these  "  Gleanings  "  in  a  form  more  convenient  for 
reference.  The  present  volumes  include  the  various  instalments 
published  in  the  Register  from  July,  1883,  to  January,  1899, 
inclusive. 

In  addition  to  these  genealogical  researches,  Mr.  Waters  has 
made  historical  discoveries  of  the  highest  value.  We  owe  to  him 
the  finding  of  the  Winthrop  map  and  the  Maverick  MS.,  two  of 


xjj  INTRODUCTION. 

the  most  important  contributions  made  in  our  day  to  our  early 
colonial  history.  For  an  account  of  the  former,  the  reader  is  re- 
ferred to  the  "Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  " 
for  June,  1884  (xxi.,  211),  and  the  Register  for  July,  1884 
(xxxviii.,  342).  The  Maverick  MS.  was  printed  in  the  "Proceed- 
ings of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society"  for  October,  1884 
(xxi.,  231),  and  in  the  Register  for  January,  1885  (xxxix.,  33). 
These  discoveries  excited  great  attention  among  historical  students, 
not  only  in  this  country,  but  also  in  England. 

Mr.  Waters  also  contributed  "Papers  in  Egerton  MS.  2395," 
to  the  Register  for  April,  1886  (xl.,  175)  ;  the  will  of  Alexander 
Selkirk  —  the  real  Robinson  Crusoe  —  to  the  Register  for  Octo- 
ber, 1896  (1.,  539),  and  the  will  of  Thomas  Hobson,  carrier 
("Hobson's  choice,  that  or  none"),  to  the  Register  for  October, 
1898  (Hi.,  487).  A  facsimile  of  the  will  of  Alexander  Selkirk 
may  be  found  in  the  Register  for  April,  1897  (li.,  150). 

Mr.  Waters  also  made  a  most  valuable  collection  of  "  Extracts 
from  Marriage  Licenses  granted  by  the  Bishop  of  London,  1598 
to  1639,"  which  he  intended  should  be  printed  in  the  Register 
as  an  instalment  of  these  Gleanings,  but  being  unable,  much  to  his 
regret,  "to  get  it  before  the  genealogical  world  through  that  chan- 
nel," and  as  it  seemed  to  him  "too  valuable  not  to  be  published," 
he  contributed  it  to  the  Historical  Collections  of  the  Essex  Insti- 
tute (xxviii.,  57-150). 

To  some  of  the  various  instalments  of  Gleanings  published  in 
the  Register  I  added  certain  explanatory  remarks  by  way  of 
introduction,  and  these  remarks  it  has  been  thought  advisable  to 
reprint  here  in  this  preface,  in  order  not  to  break  the  continuity 
of  Mr.  Waters's  notes. 

The  article  in  the  Register  for  July,  1883  (xxxvii.,  233-240) 
(pp.  1-8  this  book),  was  introduced  by  a  note  from  which  the  fol- 
lowing: extract  is  made : 

It  has  been  found  almost  impossible  heretofore,  in  most  cases,  to 
establish  satisfactorily  the  relationship  between  English  and  American 
families  of  the  same  name,  and  this  failure  to  connect  has  been  to 
the  American  genealogist  the  source  of  his  greatest  trouble.  The 
searches  now  undertaken  promise  for  the  first  time  to  meet  and  over- 
come this  difficulty.  The  method  adopted  by  Mr.  Waters,  so  different 
from  that  of  his  predecessors,  cannot  fail  to  bring  to  light  information 
which  must  necessarily  have  escaped  the  attention  of  all  other  investi- 
gators. 

The  article  on  "John  Harvard  and  his  Ancestry,"  Part  I.,  in 
the  Register  for  July,  1885  (xxxix.,  265)  (pp.  117-134  this 
book),  was  preceded  by  the  following  introductory  note  : 

The  Committee  on  English  Research  of  the  New  England  Historic 
Genealogical  Society,  under  whose  direction  Mr.  Waters  is  now  pursu- 


INTRODUCTION.  Xiii 

ing  his  investigations  in  England,  have  on  more  than  one  occasion 
asserted  that  the  method  of  search  adopted  by  him  —  so  different  from 
that  of  his  predecessors  —  would  without  fail  enable  him  to  bring  to 
light  what  had  escaped  the  notice  of  all  other  antiquaries.  Striking 
proofs  of  the  correctness  of  this  statement  have  been  already  afforded 
by  the  remarkable  discoveries  Mr.  Waters  has  hitherto  made,  and  the 
following  paper,  in  which  the  parentage  and  ancestry  of  John  Harvard 
are  for  the  first  time  conclusively  shown,  will  add  still  another. 

In  1842  the  late  James  Savage,  President  of  the  Massachusetts  His- 
torical Society  and  author  of  the  "  Genealogical  Dictionary  of  New 
England,"  went  to  England  for  the  express  purpose  of  ascertaining 
what  could  be  learned  of  the  early  history  of  John  Harvard;  but 
although  Mr.  Everett,  then  our  minister  to  the  court  of  St.  James,  ren- 
dered every  assistance  in  his  power,  no  trace  of  Harvard  could  be  found, 
except  his  signature  on  taking  his  degrees  at  the  University  of  Cam- 
bridge. Mr.  Savage  tells  us  that  he  would  gladly  have  given  five  hun- 
dred dollars  to  get  five  lines  about  him  in  any  capacity,  public  or 
private.     Since  that  date  others  have  made  efforts  equally  unavailing. 

The  late  Col.  Joseph  L.  Chester,  in  a  letter  written  the  year  before 
his  death  to  the  editor  of  the  Register  (Register,  xxxvi.,  319),  says 
that  he  had  carried  about  with  him  daily  for  many  years  a  bit  of  pedi- 
gree of  Harvard  in  the  hope  of  being  able  to  perfect  it ;  that  he  thought 
he  had  found  the  will  of  the  father  of  John  Harvard,  but  could  not  yet 
prove  it ;  that  he  disliked  to  put  forward  a  mere  theory,  but  hoped  to 
come  upon  further  evidence  some  day. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  New  England  Historic  Genealogical  Society  held 
in  Boston,  June  3,  1885,  a  paper  by  Miss  Frances  B.  James,  of  Cam- 
bridge, Massv  was  read,  on  "  John  Harvard's  English  Home,  a  Caveat 
in  Behalf  of  Devonshire."  It  contained  the  results  of  some  researches 
made  by  her  in  the  summer  of  1883,  in  Plymtree,  co.  Devon,  England, 
where  there  formerly  lived  a  family  of  Harward  or  Harvard,  but  no 
claim  was  made  by  her  that  any  relationship  could  be  shown  to  exist 
between  this  family  and  that  of  John  Harvard. 

Mr.  William  Rendle,  in  an  article  in  the  "  Genealogist "  for  April, 
18S4,  on  "  Harvard  University,  U.  S.,  and  the  Harvards  of  Southwark," 
gives  a  list  of  certain  Harvards  of  the  Parish  of  St.  Saviour's  noted  by 
him,  but  he  failed  to  find  the  baptism  of  John  Harvard,  and  was  unable 
to  connect  him  with  this  family  of  Harvards.  In  the  South  London 
"Press"  for  April  11, 1885,  and  in  the  "  Athenaeum"  for  April  18,  1885, 
Mr.  Rendle  has  something  further  to  say  about  the  Harvards.  He  gives 
the  date  of  baptism  of  a  John  Harvye,  whom  he  says  he  believes  to  be 
the  founder  of  Harvard  College,  but  is  unable  to  prove  the  fact,  and 
offers  no  evidence  to  support  it.  These  articles,  however,  contain 
nothing  new.  Everything  of  importance  in  them  had  been  previously 
made  known  to  us  by  Mr.  Waters.  The  record  of  this  very  baptism 
had  been  already  found  by  him,  and  a  copy  of  it  sent  to  the  committee. 
Mr.  Rendle's  knowledge  of  it  seems  to  have  been  obtained  from  a  per- 
son to  whom  Mr.  Waters  had  mentioned  it  as  a  discovery  of  his  own, 
and  its  appropriation  by  Mr.  Rendle  without  acknowledgment,  and  its 
publication  in  this  manner,  was  certainly  a  most  extraordinary  pro- 
ceeding. 

It  had  long  been  known  that  there  was  a  family  of  Harvards  in  St. 
Saviour's  Parish,  Southwark;  that  John,  son  of  Richard,  was  baptized 


xjv  INTRODUCTION. 

there  11  Dec,  1606;  another  John,  son  of  Robert,  baptized  29  Nov., 
1607;  another  John,  son  of  John,  baptized  2  Feb.,  1611;  and  still 
another  John,  son  of  John,  baptized  10  April,  1614;  but  whether  the 
benefactor  of  the  College  was  one  of  these,  or  whether  he  was  of  South- 
wark  at  all,  has  not  been  known,  until  now  at  last  the  proof  is  pre- 
sented to  us  by  Mr.  Waters.  Colonel  Chester,  as  we  have  seen,  years  ago 
surmised  that  he  was  the  son  of  Robert  Harvard,  but,  like  a  true  gene- 
alogist, waited  for  evidence  before  making  a  positive  statement.  Prob- 
ably nearly  every  one  in  America  who  was  interested  in  Harvard,  and 
had  given  the  subject  much  thought,  suspected,  at  least,  if  not  believe  1, 
that  he  was  the  son  of  Robert  Harvard,  of  South wark.  So  that  Mr. 
Rendle  offers  nothing  new  and  merely  adds  his  belief  to  theirs,  for 
which  he  fails  to  offer  evidence.  That  Southwark  was  a  field  for  per- 
secution, and  therefore  its  people  must  have  been  ready  to  emigrate  to 
New  England,  carries  no  weight,  for  there  was  persecution  in  other 
parts  of  England  ;  and  it  would  be  difficult  for  Mr.  Rendle  or  any  other 
investigator  to  show  that  more  people  came  to  New  England  for  relig- 
ion's sake  from  the  county  of  Surrey  than  from  the  counties  of  Somer- 
set, Dorset,  or  Wilts,  in  all  of  which  Harvards  were  to  be  found.  Could 
he  say  that  John  Harvard  was  not  from  either  of  these  counties,  or 
from  St.  Katherine's  near  the  Tower  in  co.  Middlesex  where  a  family 
of  Harvards  lived,  or  that  he  was  not  the  son  of  Robert  Harvey,  alias 
Harverde,  of  Rugby  in  Warwickshire  ? 

Mr.  Waters,  however,  is  the  first  to  show  conclusively  that  John  Har- 
vard, from  whom  the  College  takes  its  name,  was  one  of  the  sons  of 
Robert  Harvard  of  the  parish  of  St.  Saviour's,  Southwark,  London,  and 
Katherine  (Rogers)  Harvard  his  wife,  and  that  he  was  baptized  in  that 
parish  Nov.  29,  1607.  Ample  proof  of  this  is  afforded  "by  the  docu- 
mentary evidence  now  for  the  first  time  published,  to  which  the  atten- 
tion of  the  reader  is  directed.  The  parentage  of  John  Harvard  is  no 
longer  a  mystery.  Mr.  Waters  gives  us  here,  among  others,  the  wills 
of  his  father  and  mother,  his  brother  Thomas  Harvard,  his  uncle 
Thomas  Harvard,  his  aunt  by  marriage  Margaret  Harvard,  his  step- 
fathers John  Elletson  and  Richard  Yearwood,  and  his  father-in-law 
John  Sadler. 

But  although  so  much  has  been  accomplished  that  a  few  months  ago 
would  have  been  thought  impossible,  much  remains  to  be  done.  There 
are  other  fields  of  research  as  yet  unexplored,  which  will  richly  repay 
all  the  expenditure  of  time  and  labor  which  a  thorough  investigation 
of  them  will  require. 

The  expense  of  the  search  thus  far  has  been  met  by  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  the  Alumni,  particularly  the  Harvard  Club  of  New  York. 

The  article  in  the  Register  for  October,  1885  (xxxix.,  325) 
(pp.  134-145  this  book),  was  introduced  by  the  following  note: 

The  following  is  the  tenth  in  the  remarkable  series  of  papers  con- 
tributed to  the  Register  by  Mr.  Waters,  and  modestly  styled  by  him 
"  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England."  The  article  on  "  John  Harvard 
and  his  Ancestry,"  published  in  the  Register  for  July  last,  although 
it  appears  under  a  separate  title,  was  the  ninth  in  that  series. 

There  is  no  need  to  enlarge  upon  the  importance  of  Mr.  Waters's  dis- 


INTRODUCTION.  XV 

coveries  in  relation  to  John  Harvard ;  but  it  will  not  be  out  of  place 
to  make  the  announcement  here  that  Harvard  College,  in  grateful  recog- 
nition of  his  patient  labors  in  these'  investigations,  conferred  upon  him 
on  Commencement  Day,  June  24,  1885,  the  honorary  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts.     The  words  of  President  Eliot  on  that  occasion  were  : 

Henricum  Fitz-Gilbert  Waters  investigatorem  antiquitatis  curiosum,  de  Uni- 
versitate  ob  genus  Johanuis  Harvard  feliciter  exquisitum  bene  meritum,  artium 
maffistrum  causa  honoris. 

At  the  Commencement  Dinner  President  Eliot  said : 

The  class  of  1855,  this  day  thirty  years  out  of  college,  the  class  which  boasts 
Agassiz  the  naturalist,  Francis  C.  Barlow  the  general,  Theodore  Lyman  the 
independent,  and  Phillips  Brooks  the  great  preacher  and  large  minded  man, 
has  won  a  new  distinction  this  year.  One  of  its  members,  Henry  Fitzgilbert 
Waters,  genealogist  and  antiquai'ian,  has  discovered,  by  most  patient  and 
ingenious  research,  the  family  of  John  Harvard.  We  have  only  known  about 
our  first  benefactor  that  he  was  a  master  of  arts  of  Emmanuel  College,  and  a 
non-conforming  minister,  that  he  had  a  well  chosen  library  of  three  hundred 
volumes  and  some  property,  and  that  he  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  this  colony 
in  November,  1637,  and  died  at  Charlestown  within  a  year,  leaving  his  library 
and  half  of  his  estate  to  the  infant  college  at  Cambridge,  which  was  thereafter 
called  by  his  name.  Nothing  has  been  known  about  his  family  or  the  sources 
of  his  property,  until  now,  when  Mr.  Waters  has  brought  to  light  the  wills  of 
his  father,  two  step-fathers,  mother,  brother,  uncle,  aunt,  and  father-in-law, 
besides  other  documents  of  importance  in  connection  with  these  wills. 

John  Harvard,  whose  faith  and  piety  planted  this  institution,  was  baptized 
in  the  parish  of  St.  Saviour's,  Southwark,  London,  Nov.  29,  1607,  being 
the  son  of  Robert  Harvard,  a  well-to-do  butcher,  and  Katherine  Rogers.  The 
mother's  maiden  name  was  discovered  through  the  will  of  William  Ward,  a 
goldsmith,  who,  in  1624,  bequeathed  a  ring  of  gold  to  the  value  of  20s.  to  his 
brother  Robert  Harvard.  Rose  Rogers,  the  wife  of  William  Ward,  was  the 
sister  of  Katherine  Rogers,  John  Harvard's  mother,  so  that  William  Ward 
could  speak  of  Robert  Harvard  as  his  brother.  The  father,  youngest  brother, 
and  older  brother  of  our  benefactor  died  in  1625,  perhaps  of  the  plague  which 
raged  that  year  in  London,  and  the  father  disposed  by  will  of  a  property  con- 
siderable for  those  days,  the  widow  and  her  two  surviving  sons  receiving 
most  of  it.  Katherine  Harvard  married  John  Elletson,  a  cooper,  in  January, 
1626  ;  but  he  died  in  the  following  June,  leaving  another  considerable  property 
to  his  widow  Katherine.  In  December,  1627,  John  Harvard  was  entered  at 
Emmanuel  College,  Cambridge,  at  the  age  of  twenty,  presumably  by  the 
advice  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Morton  or  the  Rev.  Mr.  Archer,  ministers  of  the  parish 
of  St.  Saviour's,  both  of  whom  are  remembered  in  the  will  of  John  Harvard's 
mother  and  in  that  of  his  brother  Thomas.  Five  years  later  this  mother 
appears  as  the  widow  and  principal  heir  of  Richard  Yearwood,  a  grocer,  who 
was  mentioned  in  the  will  of  her  first  husband,  Robert  Harvard,  as  "  my  good 
neighbor  and  friend  Richard  Yearwood."  In  July,  1635,  Katherine  (Harvard) 
(Elletson)  Yearwood  made  her  will  and  died,  leaving  her  property,  which  had 
been  derived  from  her  three  husbands,  the  butcher,  the  cooper,  and  the  gro- 
cer, chiefly  to  her  two  sons,  John  and  Thomas  Harvard,  with  a  preference, 
however,  for  the  elder  son,  "  John  Harvard,  clarke."  In  this  year  John  took 
his  master's  degree  at  Cambridge.  In  February,  1637,  he  appeal's  married  to 
Ann  Sadler,  seven  years  younger  than  himself,  and  the  daughter  of  a  clergy- 
man settled  at  Ringmer  in  Sussex.  In  July,  1636,  John's  younger  brother 
Thomas,  a  cloth  woi'ker,  being  "  sick  and  weak  in  body,"  made  his  will,  in 
which  he  disposed  of  a  fair  property,  a  good  portion  of  which  he  gave  to  his 
well  beloved  brother  John.  The  executors  named  in  this  will  were  his  brother 
John  and  Nicholas  Morton,  preacher;  but  when  the  will  was  proved  on  the 
5th  of  May,  1637,  only  Mr,  Morton  appeared,  John  Harvard  having  sailed 


XVI  INTRODUCTION. 

with  his  young  wife  for  New  England.  In  1638  the  young  minister  at  Charles- 
town,  dying  at  thirty  years  of  age,  became  the  first  private  benefactor  of  this 
college,  started  in  the  New  World  a  stream  of-beneficenee  which  has  never 
ceased  to  flow  in  ever  widening  channels,  and  won  for  himself,  and  now  at 
last  for  his  family,  an  enduring  remembrance. 

In  the  twelve  years  from  1625  to  1637  John  Harvard  had  lost  his  father,  two 
step-fathers,  his  mother,  and  his  two  brothers,  and  almost  the  whole  family 
property  had  fallen  to  him.  He  appears  to  have  been  the  only  scholar  in  the 
family,  although  his  brother  Thomas  seems  to  have  signed  his  name  to  his 
will.  His  father  and  mother  both  made  their  marks.  The  whole  family  con- 
nection were  trades-people ;  but  his  mother,  by  her  marriages,  came  into  pos- 
session of  property  enough  to  give  a  college  education  to  her  oldest  son.  The 
education  of  that  one  delicate  youth  has  had  far-reaching  consequences  indeed. 
No  prince  or  potentate,  civil  or  ecclesiastical,  founded  this  college ;  it  spi'ang 
from  the  loins  of  the  common  people.  It  was  founded  by  the  General  Court 
of  the  Colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  and  first  endowed  by  an  educated  son  of 
pious  London  trades-people.  When  I  had  read  these  Harvard  wills,  I  asked 
myself  how  closely  the  college  is  bound  —  after  two  hundred  and  fifty  years  — 
to  the  sort  of  people  who  established  it.  I  went  to  the  admission  books  in 
which  the  occupations  of  jDarents  of  the  students  are  recorded,  and  found  to 
my  great  satisfaction  that  more  than  a  quarter  part  of  its  students  are  to-day 
sons  of  tradesmen,  shopkeepers,  mechanics,  salesmen,  foremen,  laborers,  and 
farmers.  I  found  sons  of  butchers,  coopers,  grocers,  and  cloth-workers  —  the 
Harvard  trades  —  on  the  roll  of  its  students  to-day.  May  no  exclusive  policy 
or  spirit  ever  separate  the  university  which  bears  John  Harvard's  name  from 
that  laborious,  frugal,  self-respecting  part  of  the  community  to  which  he  and 
his  belonged. 

Since  the  article  on  John  Harvard  in  the  Register  for  July  was 
printed,  Mr.  Dean,  the  editor,  has  received  from  Mr.  E.  S.  Shuckburgh, 
the  librarian  of  Emmanuel  College,  a  facsimile,  which  is  reproduced 
here,  of  Harvard's  signature  in  1635,  when  he  took  the  degree  of  A.M. 
It  is  from  the  original  University  register  in  the  custody  of  the  Rev. 
H.  Luard,  D.  D.,  registrar  of  the  University.  "  There  is,"  Mr.  Shuck- 
burgh writes,  "no  doubt  whatever 
about  its  genuineness.  All  persons 
admitted  to  a  degree  had  to  sign  these 
books,  which  have  been  preserved 
since  1544 — unhappily  not  earlier." 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that  funds  sufficient  to  prosecute  still  further  these 
interesting  investigations  may  be  speedily  obtained. 

To  the  article  in  the  Register  for  January,  1886  (xl.,  34)  (pp. 
145-158  this  book),  was  prefixed  the  following  note,  which  was 
also    printed    in  part  in    the    London   tr  Athenreum"  for  Jan.   2, 

1886  : 

Mr.  William  Rendle  has  published  in  the  "  Athenfeum  "  of  April 
18,  July  11,  and  Oct.  24, 1885,  some  communications  as  to  the  genealogy 
of  John  Harvard,  and  in  certain  quarters  allusions  have  been  made  to 
a  "controversy"  on  the  subject.  There  is,  properly  speaking,  no  con- 
troversy at  all.  There  is  and  can  be  no  question  whatever  in  the  minds 
of  those  conversant  with  the  facts  in  the  case  as  to  who  discovered  the 
parentage  and  ancestry  of  John  Harvard.  The  credit  of  this  remark- 
able discovery  belongs  undeniably  to  Mr.  Henry  F.  Waters,  and  to  him 
alone. 


INTRODUCTION. 


XV11 


The  facts  in  the  case  are  briefly  these :  Mr.  Rendle  seems  to  be  a 
local  antiquary  who  has,  I  believe,  lived  many  years  in  Southwark,  and 
who  has  spent  much  time  among  the  records  there,  and  has  undoubt- 
edly there  done  good  work.  But  unfortunately  for  Mr.  Rendle,  there 
is  not  in  this  case  so  far  a  single  scrap  of  evidence  to  show  that  there 
is  anything  whatever  in  the  Southwark  records  to  establish  the  slight- 
est possible  connection  between  the  Harvards  of  that  Borough  and  John 
Harvard  of  Emmanuel  College  and  of  New  England.  There  were  Har- 
vards in  Southwark,  it  is  true,  and  perhaps  in  other  parts  of  Surrey, 
just  as  there  were  Harvards  in  Devonshire,  Somerset,  Dorset,  Wilts, 
Middlesex,  Warwickshire,  and  doubtless  in  other  parts  of  England. 
The  problem  was  to  identify,  among  them  all,  the  father  of  John  Har- 
vard. So  far  as  Mr.  Rendle  was  concerned,  this  problem  might  have 
remained  unsolved  to  the  end  of  time,  for  there  was  nothing  in  the 
Southwark  records  which  would  have  enabled  him  to  solve  it. 

The  proof  of  this  relationship  Mr.  Waters  discovered  after  much 
research  in  the  records  of  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury.  There 
he  found,  among  others,  the  wills  of  John  Harvard's  father,  mother, 
brother,  uncle,  aunt,  two  step-fathers,  and  father-in-law.  This  proved 
the  whole  family  connection.  If  Mr.  Waters  had  stopped  there  and 
gone  not  a  step  farther,  it  would  have  been  enough  to  completely  dispel 
the  mystery  which  had  so  long  enveloped  the  birth  and  early  life  of 
the  benefactor  of  the  noble  University.  After  thus  finally  solving  the 
problem,  he  went  to  Southwark  merely  for  supplemental  evidence,  not 
at  all  necessary,  however,  to  substantiate  his  case,  and  there  in  the 
parish  registers  he  found  the  record  of  the  baptism  of  John  Harvard 
and  other  collateral  matter. 

Information  of  this  visit  of  Mr.  Waters  to  Southwark  and  its  suc- 
cessful result  was  communicated  to  several  persons.  That  Mr.  Rendle 
was  apprised  of  it  by  one  of  them  can  be  shown  by  evidence  both  direct 
and  circumstantial. 

In  articles  published  by  Mr.  Rendle  in  the  "  Genealogist "  for  April 
and  July,  1884  (N.  S.,  i.,  107  and  182),  he  gives  the  names  of  the  Harvards 
found  by  him  in  the  records  of  St.  Saviour's,  Southwark.  But  there 
nowhere  appears  in  his  list  the  name  of  our  John  Harvard.  He  even 
quotes  the  late  Chaplain  Samuel  Benson  as  saying  that  "he  cannot  find 
the  name  of  John  Harvard,  the  founder,  but  that  he  had  no  doubt  he 
was  born  of  this  family  of  Harvard  of  St.  Saviour's."  Mr.  Rendle  then 
adds :  "  After  careful,  I  will  not  say  exhaustive,  examination  of  the 
original  books  and  papers,  I  am  quite  of  the  same  opinion."  On  page 
182  he  quotes  the  entry  in  the  books  of  Emmanuel  College,  where  Har- 
vard is  said  to  be  of  Middlesex,  and  in  a  foot-note  talks  of  drawing  the 
"  attention  of  officials  of  Middlesex  churches  to  the  name  of  John  Har- 
vard, and  the  dates  circa  1605  and  after."  Mr.  Rendle,  although  fully 
apprised  of  the  fact  that  Harvard,  Harverde,  and  Harvye  were  merely 
different  forms  of  the  same  family  name,  had  evidently  overlooked  the 
entry  of  Harvard's  baptism,  or  had  failed  to  recognize  it,  or  to  appreci- 
ate the  importance  of  the  entry,  even  if  his  eye  had  ever  rested  upon  it, 
and  was  as  late  as  July,  1884,  turning  to  Middlesex  for  the  record  of 
it,  having  apparently  given  up  all  hope  of  finding  it  in  Southwark. 
The  "  extremely  diverse  spelling "  of  the  name,  being  already  well 
known  to  him,  will  by  no  means  account  for  this  failure. 

On  the  11th  of  April,  1885,  a  date,  be  it  remembered,  subsequent  to 


Xviii  INTRODUCTION. 

Mr.  Waters's  visit  to  Southwark  and  his  discovery  of  the  record  of  this 
baptism,  Mr.  Kendle  published  in  the  South  London  "Press"  a  letter, 
which,  with  some  additions,  he  again  published  in  the  "  Athenaeum  "  of 
April  18th. 

In  this  letter  he  printed  conspicuously  in  italics  the  record  of  this 
baptism,  and  added,  "  I  believe  "  him  "  to  be  the  founder  "  of  Harvard 
College,  but  he  neither  then  nor  has  he  since  offered  any  proof  of  his 
own  to  substantiate  his  belief  or  to  show  any  reasonable  grounds  for 
it.  Sometime,  therefore,  between  July,  1884,  and  April,  1885,  Mr. 
Kendle  saw  a  great  light.  He  evidently  does  not  mean  to  tell  us  how 
or  when  this  flashed  upon  him.  But  he  unwittingly,  in  the  very  letter 
above  referred  to,  shows  us  the  source  of  his  information  in  these  sig- 
nificant words  :  "  The  clue,  or  rather  the  result  of  the  clue,  is  before 
me.  I  believe  that  some  American  friends,  anxious  to  do  honor  to 
their  benefactor  and  his  birth-place,  are  now  among  us.  It  would  have 
been  pleasant  to  me  to  have  known  them  ;  probably  now  I  may."  Of 
course  he  did  not  know  "  them."  But  when  we  consider  that  at  the 
very  time  he  penned  these  lines  Mr.  Rendle  knew  that  the  long  search 
for  John  Harvard  was  over,  that  even  the  record  of  his  baptism  had 
been  found  and  that  Mr.  Waters  was  the  successful  discoverer,  the 
extremely  disingenuous  and  misleading  nature  of  this  allusion  to  Ameri- 
can friends  can  be  readily  seen.  What  is  the  "  clue "  the  result  of 
which  Mr.  Rendle  had  before  him  ?  Does  he  mean  to  say  that  some- 
body else  had  the  clue  and  that  he  had  only  the  result  ?  The  general 
denial  made  by  W.  D.  in  the  "  Athenaeum  "  of  July  11, 1885,  is  altogether 
too  vague.  It  should  be  more  specific  if  it  is  expected  that  much  weight 
should  be  attached  to  it. 

There  seems  indeed  to  be  a  confusion  or  haziness  in  Mr.  Rendle's 
mind  as  to  what  constitutes  not  merely  legal  but  even  genealogical 
proof.  Mr.  Waters,  on  the  other  hand,  like  a  true  genealogist,  has 
made  a  scientific  treatment  of  the  subject,  and  shows  us  step  by  step 
how  he  reached  the  successful  result  of  his  search,  and  on  what  his 
conclusions  are  based.  He  gives  us  the  pedigree  of  Harvard  and  the 
proof  by  which  it  can  be  substantiated.  That  the  search  was  an  inde- 
pendent one  is  shown  by  Mr.  Rendle's  chief  and  only  witness  W.  D., 
who,  in  the  letter  above  referred  to,  kindly  proves  Mr.  Waters's  case 
for  him  by  admitting  that  Mr.  Rendle's  offer  of  assistance  was  "  neither 
acted  on  nor  acknowledged  "  by  Mr.  Waters. 

In  an  article  in  the  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical 
Register  for  July,  1885,  I  expressed  my  astonishment  at  what  I  called 
this  "  extraordinary  proceeding  "  on  the  part  of  Mr.  Rendle.  That  such 
a  proceeding  is  happily  considered  as  extraordinary  in  England  as  it  is 
here,  and  that  the  standard  of  literary  morality  is  at  least  as  high  there 
as  here,  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  I  have  before  me,  as  I  write,  letters 
from  several  English  antiquaries  whose  names  are  known  on  both  sides 
of  the  Atlantic,  and  who  are  fully  cognizant  of  the  facts  in  the  case, 
who  express  surprise  at  what  they  call  the  "  strange  conduct "  of  Mr. 
Rendle.  As  these  are  private  letters,  not  intended  for  publication,  I 
have  no  right  to  quote  them  in  this  matter,  but  the  evidence  thus 
afforded  is  overwhelming. 

Mr.  Rendle's  pamphlet,  a  copy  of  which  I  have  only  lately  seen,  will, 
I  understand,  be  reviewed  elsewhere  and  by  abler  hands  than  mine.  I 
will  therefore  not  take  up  space  to  point  out  certain  inaccuracies  in  it, 


INTRODUCTION.  XIX 

which  are  patent  to  every  one  who  has  given  much  thought  to  the  sub- 
ject. I  will  content  myself  with  calling  attention  to  the  fact  that  it 
furnishes  not  an  iota  of  proof  of  the  connection  of  John  Harvard  of 
Southwark  with  John  Harvard  of  New  England,  except  what  is  taken 
from  Mr.  Waters's  pamphlet  on  the  subject.  This  indebtedness  Mr. 
Rendle  is,  however,  careful  to  acknowledge,  and  he  has  conspicuously 
marked  with  a  W.  the  source  of  information  thus  obtained.  It  is 
instructive  to  notice  how  plentifully  sprinkled  Mr.  Rendle's  page's  are 
with  this  initial  letter. 

I  freely  admit  —  now  that  Mr.  Waters  has  conclusively  shown  that 
John  Harvard  was  a  Southwark  man,  and  has  put  this  statement  in 
print  so  that  all  may  read — that  Mr.  Rendle's  local  knowledge  as  a 
Southwark  antiquary  may  enable  him  to  carry  on  still  further  the  inves- 
tigations in  that  Borough,  and  I  certainly  trust  that  he  may  supplement 
and  add  to  the  already  accumulating  data  concerning  the  early  life  of 
the  benefactor  of  America's  oldest  and  most  famous  University.  Any 
such  supplemental  and  corroborative  material  will  command  the  atten- 
tion of  antiquaries  on  both  sides  of  the  ocean,  and  will  deserve  and 
receive  due  recognition  on  their  part. 

The  article  on  ft  John  Harvard  and  his  Ancestry,"  Part  II.,  in 
the  Register  for  October,  1886  (xl.,  362)  (pp.  180-197  this 
book),  was  preceded  by  the  following  introduction  : 

In  the  article  in  the  Register  for  July,  1885  (xxxix.,  265),  entitled 
"  John  Harvard  and  his  Ancestry,"  which  formed  the  ninth  instalment 
of  his  "  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England,"  Mr.  Waters  conclusively 
established  the  fact  that  John  Harvard  was  one  of  the  sons  of  Robert 
Harvard  of  the  parish  of  St.  Saviour's,  Southwark,  London,  aud  Kath- 
erine  (Rogers)  Harvard,  his  wife,  and  that  he  was  baptized  in  that 
parish  Nov.  29,  1607.  In  support  of  this  statement  he  published, 
among  others,  the  wills  of  Harvard's  father,  mother,  brother,  uncle, 
aunt,  two  step-fathers,  and  father-in-law. 

In  the  present  paper  he  continues  still  further  the  investigations  so 
successfully  begun.  He  here  gives  us,  with  other  new  and  important 
matter  now  for  the  first  time  published,  the  probate  of  the  will  of 
Thomas  Rogers  of  Stratford-on-Avon,  Harvard's  maternal  grandfather, 
the  wills  of  Rose  Reason,  his  aunt,  and  Thomas  Rogers,  Jr.,  his  uncle, 
both  on  his  mother's  side,  with  extracts  from  the  Parish  Registers  of 
Stratford,  setting  forth  the  baptisms,  marriages,  and  burials  of  the 
Rogers  family.  Harvard's  grandfather,  Thomas  Rogers,  was,  at  the 
time  of  his  death,  an  alderman  of  Stratford,  and  the  house  which  he 
built  there  in  1596  is  still  standing.  From  it  John  Harvard's  father 
and  mother  were  married  in  1605.  It  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  certainly 
the  best  remaining  example  of  ancient  domestic  architecture  in  Strat- 
ford. The  illustration  in  this  number  is  a  heliotype  copy,  slightly 
reduced,  of  an  excellent  photograph  just  taken. 

When  it  is  remembered  that  the  late  Hon.  James  Savage,  LL.D.,  the 
author  of  the  "  Genealogical  Dictionary  of  New  England,"  made  a  voy- 
age to  England  for  the  express  purpose  of  ascertaining  what  could  be 
learned  of  the  early  history  of  John  Harvard,  and  that  he  would  gladly 
have  given,  as  he  himself  tells  us,  five  hundred  dollars  to  get  five  lines 


XX  INTRODUCTION. 

about  him  in  any  capacity,  public  or  private,  but  that  all  his  efforts 
were  without  avail,  the  accumulation  of  material  now  brought  to  light 
by  the  perseverance  of  Mr.  Waters  is  certainly  most  surprising.  From 
being  almost  a  semi-mythical  figure  in  our  early  colonial  history,  John 
Harvard  bids  fair  to  become  one  of  the  best  known  of  the  first  genera- 
tion of  settlers  on  these  shores.  The  mystery  which  surrounded  him 
is  now  dispelled.  No  better  illustration  could  be  given  of  the  impor- 
tance" of  the  work  Mr.  Waters  is  doing  in  England,  no  more  striking 
instance  could  be  found  of  the  extraordinary  success  which  is  attending 
his  labors  there. 

The  Committee  earnestly  hope  that  funds  sufficient  to  carry  on  still 
further  these  valuable  investigations  may  be  speedily  raised. 

That  the  interest  excited  by  Mr.  Waters's  discovery  of  the  par- 
entage and  ancestry  of  John  Harvard  is  not  confined  to  those  who 
speak  the  English  language,  is  shown  by  an  editorial  article  in  the 
Paris  journal,  r'La  Renaissance,"  which  was  reprinted  in  the  Reg- 
ister for  April,  1886  (xl.,  180). 

The  article  on  the  "  Family  of  John  Rogers  of  Dedhara,"  in  the 
Register  for  April,  1887  (xlL,  160)  (pp.  209-236  this  book),  was 
introduced  as  follows : 

The  article  in  the  Register  for  October,  1886  (xl.,  362),  on  "John 
Harvard  and  his  Ancestry,  Part  Second,"  which,  although  published 
under  a  separate  title,  formed  the  fourteenth  instalment  of  Mr.  Waters's 
"  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England,"  related  especially  to  the  family  of 
John  Harvard's  maternal  grandfather,  Thomas  Rogers  of  Stratford  on 
Avon,  co.  Warwick.  Mr.  Waters's  investigations  in  this  direction 
resulted  in  the  accumulation  of  a  mass  of  material  in  regard  not  only 
to  this  but  to  other  families  of  the  name  of  Rogers,  but  a  part  of  which 
is  as  yet  ready  for  publication. 

The  article  in  the  present  number  of  the  Register,  the  sixteenth  in 
the  series  of  "  Genealogical  Gleanings,"  concerns  more  particularly  the 
Rogers  family  of  Essex  Co.,  England,  and  of  Essex  Co.,  Massachusetts. 
It  is  by  no  means  complete,  nor  is  it  intended  to  be  a  final  report  of 
the  results  of  Mr.  Waters's  signally  successful  researches.  Mr.  Waters 
has  evidently  thought  it  advisable  simply  to  "  report  progress  "  in  this 
line  of  search  rather  than  to  wait  until  he  could  perfect  his  work  so  as 
to  present  a  finished  pedigree  of  this  family.  The  latter  course  would 
necessitate  a  long  delay,  while  the  course  he  has  adopted,  although  open 
to  the  objection  of  being  perhaps  a  fragmentary  and  unsatisfactory 
mode  of  dealing  with  the  subject,  has  the  positive  merit  of  enabling 
him  to  make  at  once  available  for  the  use  of  antiquaries  some  of  the 
new  and  important  discoveries  he  has  made  in  relation  to  this  family. 

As  is  well  known  to  the  readers  of  the  Register,  the  Committee  on 
English  Research  have  repeatedly  asserted  that  the  method  of  search 
adopted  by  Mr.  Waters  would  without  fail  enable  him  to  bring  to  light 
what  had  escaped  the  notice  of  all  previous  investigators,  and  they 
have  from  time  to  time  called  attention  to  the  most  striking  points  in 
the  evidence  relied  upon  to  support  this  assertion.  The  Harvard  dis- 
coveries undoubtedly  made  the  most  impression  on  the  minds  of  the 
general  public,  but  Mr.  Waters's  whole  work,  in  every  part,  is  proof 


INTRODUCTION.  XXI 

enough  to  the  mind  of  the  trained  antiquary  that  here  at  last  is  a  new 
departure  in  genealogical  investigation  which  cannot  fail  to  produce 
results  not  otherwise  to  be  attained.  And  this  present  paper  on  the 
Essex  Rogers  is  by  no  means  inferior  to  the  Harvard  papers  as  evidence 
of  the  truth  of  the  statements  above  referred  to. 

It  has  long  been  a  tradition  in  New  England  that  the  Rev.  Nathaniel 
Rogers  of  Ipswich,  Mass.,  son  of  the  Rev.  John  Rogers  of  Dedham,  co. 
Essex,  England,  was  a  descendant  of  John  Rogers  the  Martyr.  This 
tradition  was  disproved  by  the  late  Col.  Joseph  L.  Chester,  himself  a 
descendant  of  the  Ipswich  minister.  Indeed,  it  was  through  the  re- 
searches that  he  then  made  into  the  history  of  this  branch  of  the  Rog- 
ers family  that  Colonel  Chester  was  first  led  to  turn  his  attention  to  the 
genealogical  pursuits  in  which  he  subsequently  became  preeminent. 
His  "  Life  of  John  Rogers  the  Martyr,"  published  in  London  in  1861,  was 
his  earliest  antiquarian  work,  and  was  the  means  of  first  bringing  him 
to  the  notice  of  genealogists  in  this  country  and  England.  Although 
the  result  of  these  investigations  was  personally  unsatisfactory  to  him, 
as  he  himself  tells  us,  and  his  disappointment  was  great  in  finding  that 
the  Martyr  could  not  have  been  the  ancestor  of  the  Ipswich  minister, 
he  never  lost  his  interest  in  the  subject,  and  continued  almost  to  the 
day  of  his  death  to  accumulate  material  in  relation  to  the  Rogers  family 
in  all  its  branches. 

Through  the  kindness  of  Augustus  D.  Rogers,  Esq.,  of  Salem,  Mass., 
I  am  permitted  to  make  the  following  extracts  from  three  letters  writ- 
ten to  him  by  Colonel  Chester. 

In  the  first,  dated  Jan.  13,  1877,  after  referring  to  his  "  Life  of  John 
Rogers  the  Martyr,"  he  says  : 

I  may  say  generally  that  I  have  since  discovered  nothing  to  vary  the  con- 
clusions I  then  arrived  at,  but  much  to  confirm  them.  We  shall  never,  I  fear, 
carry  the  Rogers  pedigree  back  beyond  Richard  Rogers  of  Wethersfield.  I 
have  sought  earnestly  in  vain  to  ascertain  who  his  father  was,  but  I  quite 
accept  Candler's  statement  that  he  was  of  the  North  of  England.  ...  I 
have  often  been  at  Dedham,  where  the  bust  of  John  Rogers  is  still  in  the  chan- 
cel of  the  church.  I  have  spared  no  pains  to  ascertain  his  parentage,  but  in 
vain.     My  Rogers  collections  alone  would  make  a  small  libi'ary. 

In  the  second,  bearing  date  Feb.  17,  1877,  he  says  : 

For  eighteen  years  I  have  been  collecting  everything  I  could  lay  my  hands 
on,  from  every  possible  source,  concerning  the  Rogers  families,  all  over  Eng- 
land. All  this  material  I  have  kept  carefully  worked  up  in  pedigree  form, 
and,  with  all  my  personal  interest  in  the  descent,  I  have  never  been  able  to 
get  back  a  step  beyond  Richard  Rogers  of  Wethersfield,  nor  even  ascertain 
Avho  was  the  father  of  John  Rogers  of  Dedham.  If  any  further  progress  is 
ever  made  it  will  be  by  accident.  But  my  impression  is  that  the  earlier  ances- 
tors of  the  family  were  of  a  rank  in  life  so  humble  that  they  never  got  into  the 
public  records.  If  I  could  think  of  anything  more  to  do,  you  may  be  sure  that 
I  would  do  it.  .  .  .  My  Rogers  collections  are  enormous,  and  I  know  of 
nothing  that  has  escaped  me. 

The  third  is  dated  March  9,  1878,  and  he  there  says : 

You  must  recollect  that  I  take  as  deep  an  interest  in  the  Rogers  pedigree 
as  you  or  anybody  else  can,  as  there  is  no  doubt  about  my  descent  from  Rev. 
John  Rogers  of  Dedham,  and  if  I  had  been  able  to  add  anything  to  what  I 
have  heretofore  published,  I  should  have  clone  so.     I  have  been  pursuing  these 


xxii  INTRODUCTION. 

inquiries  here  for  now  nearly  twenty  years,  and  you  may  be  sure  I  have  left 
no  stoue  unturned. 

It  will  be  seen  that  these  letters  were  written  but  a  few  years  before 
the  death  of  the  writer. 

It  is  with  no  wish  to  detract  from  the  fame  of  Colonel  Chester  —  for 
that  is  now  secure,  and  he  is  admitted  by  all  to  have  been  preeminent 
among  the  genealogists  of  our  day,  without  a  superior  indeed  either  in 
this  country  or  in  England  —  that  attention  is  called  to  the  fact  that  in 
the  history  of  the  very  family  in  which  Colonel  Chester  had  the  greatest 
interest,  for  it  was  his  mother's  mother's  family,  to  which  he  had 
devoted  so  much  exhaustive  labor  with  the  tireless  energy  and  perse- 
verance for  which  he  was  so  remarkable,  discoveries  have  now  been 
made  by  Mr.  Waters  which  but  a  short  time  ago  would  have  been 
pronounced  impossible. 

Mr.  Waters  now  shows  us  that  the  Rev.  John  Rogers  of  Dedham  was 
the  son  of  John  Rogers,  a  Chelmsford  shoemaker,  and  that  this  shoe- 
maker and  the  Rev.  Richard  Rogers  were  probably  brothers,  the  sons 
of  another  John  Rogers,  when  John  Rogers  the  Martyr  was  living  else- 
where. Nor  has  this  discovery  been  made  by  accident,  as  Colonel  Chester 
prophesied,  but  by  a  laborious,  systematic,  and  exhaustive  search  on  a 
plan  never  before  attempted.  It  is  another  proof  that  the  baffled  investi- 
gator hereafter  need  never  despair  of  his  case,  that  genealogical  prob- 
lems apparently  impossible  of  solution  are  by  no  means  to  be  abandoned 
as  hopeless.  It  is  a  reminder  also  of  the  necessity  of  establishing  a 
permanent  fund,  by  means  of  which  we  can  carry  on  these  investiga- 
tions on  a  grander  scale  than  ever  before,  and  with  proportionately 
greater  results. 

Of  surpassing  interest  as  were  these  discoveries  of  the  parentage 
of  John  Harvard  and  John  Rogers,  they  were  followed  by  the 
equally  remarkable  establishment  of  the  ancestry  of  Roger  Williams 
and  George  Washington.  All  of  these  problems  had  long  baffled 
the  efforts  of  the  most  eminent  antiquaries,  and  their  solution  by 
Mr.  Waters  forms  a  series  of  perhaps  the  most  brilliant  achieve- 
ments in  the  whole  history  of  genealogy. 

But  the  story  of  the  final  determination  of  the  Washington 
ancestry  —  ending  as  it  did  the  long  search  first  begun  by  Sir 
Isaac  Heard  in  1791,  in  the  lifetime  of  Washington,  and  since 
then  continued  by  other  genealogists  without  success,  until  at  last 
brought  to  a  close  by  Mr.  Waters  nearly  a  century  afterward  — 
is  best  told  in  Mr.  Waters's  own  words,  and  to  his  account  the 
reader  is  referred. 

It  has  been  thought  advisable  to  reprint  here  for  the  sake  of 
convenience  (pp.  523-539)  the  article  on  the  f'  Wills  of  the  Amer- 
ican Ancestors  of  General  George  Washington,"  communicated  by 
the  late  Joseph  M.  Toner,  M.D.,  of  Washington,  D.C.,  to  the 
Register  for  July,  1891  (xlv.,  199-215). 

But  Mr.  Waters  has  by  no  means  limited  himself  to  the  work 
of  preparing  complete  and  finished  pedigrees  of  noted  families, 


INTRODUCTION.  xxiji 

nor  has  he  confined  his  attention  to  determining  the  parentage  of 
historic  personages,  however  famous.  His  aim  has  been  to  make 
accessible  in  print  everything  which  can  serve  to  connect  Ameri- 
can families,  distinguished  or  obscure,  with  the  parent  stock  in 
England.  Nowhere  else  can  there  be  found  in  print  genealogical 
data  bearing  on  this  connection  which  concern  so  large  a  number 
of  the  families  of  our  early  settlers.  These  pages  contain  wills 
relating  not  only  to  New  England  families,  but  to  those  of  Vir- 
ginia, Maryland,  South  Carolina,  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  and 
the  West  Indies.  These  researches,  in  short,  have  been  conducted 
in  no  narrow  spirit,  and  they  should  interest  every  one  of  English 
descent  in  every  part  of  our  country. 

The  valuable  table  prepared  by  J.  Challenor  Covington  Smith, 
Esq.,  late  Superintendent  of  the  Department  for  Literary  Inquiry, 
Principal  Registry  of  the  Court  of  Probate,  Somerset  House,  Lon- 
don, giving  the  numbers  of  the  Calendars,  the  names  and  dates  of 
the  several  registers  —  as  well  as  his  paper  explaining  the  method 
of  identifying  the  Will  Registers  of  the  Prerogative  Court  of 
Canterbury,  which  was  contributed  by  him  to  the  Register  for 
July,  1892  (xlvi.,  299-303)  —  may  be  found  reprinted  here  (pp. 
569-573).  The  genealogical  investigator  cannot  foil  to  appreciate 
its  great  usefulness. 

Page  845  has  been  divided.  The  probate  of  the  will  of  William 
Dyre  and  the  Editor's  note  at  the  top  of  that  page  are  to  be  found 
in  Vol.  I.  The  will  of  Nicholas  Pynchon  which  fills  the  rest  of 
the  page  begins  Vol.  II. 

The  index  to  these  volumes  of  "  Genealogical  Gleanings  "  is  the 
work  of  Miss  Edna  F.  Calder. 

In  the  Index  of  Persons,  the  names  of  those  whose  wills  were 
probated,  or  whose  estates  were  administered  upon,  are  printed 
in  full-face  type,  the  number  of  the  page  on  which  such  will  or 
administration  is  to  be  found  being  printed  in  italics. 

John  T.  Hassam. 

Boston,  Jan.  1,  1901. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 


Gregory  Coffin,  of  Stepney,  co.  Middlesex,  mariner,  shipped  on  board 
the  William  &  Jane  of  London,  Mr.  John  Baker  commander,  on  a  voy- 
age to  New  England  and  Bilboe,  by  will  dated  15  February,  1660,  proved 
20  August,  1662,  appointed  John  Earle  of  Shadwell,  mariner,  his  attor- 
ney, and  left  all  his  estate  to  the  said  John  Earle  and  his  wife,  Joane  Earle, 
whom  he  appointed  joint  executors.  Laud,  fol.  105. 

John  Cockerell,  of  Great  Cogshall,  co.  Essex,  clothier,  made  his  will 
14  July,  1662,  proved  12  August,  1662.  He  bequeathed  to  his  wife  Mary 
all  the  lands  and  tenements  in  Bradwell,  in  the  county  aforesaid,  which 
were  her  jointure ;  and  also  lands,  &c,  in  Cressiug,  which  he  had  lately 
purchased  of  one  Mr.  Jermyn  and  one  Joseph  Raven,  during  her  natural 
life,  and  after  her  decease  then  to  his  son  John  Cockerell  and  his  heirs  for- 
ever. He  devised  to  her  also  that  part  of  the  messuage  which  he  had  late- 
ly purchased  of  John  Sparhauke,  then  in  the  tenure  and  occupation  of  Mis- 
tress Crane,  for  life,  with  remainder  to  son  John,  &c.  The  residue  of  his 
estate  to  son  John  at  age  of  twenty-one  years.  He  made  bequests  to  two 
daughters,  Mary  and  Elizabeth,  and  to  the  child  his  wife  was  then  going 
withall.  He  appointed  said  wife  executrix,  and  directed  her  to  redeem  the 
mortgage  which  he  had  made  to  Mrs.  Hester  Sparhauk  of  the  messuage  he 
then  lived  in,  and  which  was  in  the  occupation  of  the  said  Mrs.  Crane. 

Laud,  106. 

Benjamin  Kaine  furnished  an  account  of  his  goods  and  chattels,  16 
October,  1654.  Among  the  items  was  a  tenement  in  Shoe  Lane,  and  prop- 
erty in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Coddington,  his  attorney,  in  Bow  Lane,  and  in 
keeping  of  other  persons  (among  whom  a  Mr.  Walter  Gibbons,  cutler  in 
Ilolborn).  Thomas  Blumfield  spoken  of,  and  called  a  brother  of  Mr. 
Withers.  By  his  will,  of  same  date,  he  gave  his  whole  estate  to  his  daugh- 
ter Anna  Kaine,  except  some  particular  legacies,  viz.,  to  his  father  Mr. 
R4  Kaine  of  Boston  in  New  England,  to  whom  he  left  {inter  alia)  a  Japan 
cane  with  a  silver  head,  which  was  in  the  trunk  at  Mr.  Blumfield's,  to  his 
dear  mother,  to  his  cousin  Dr.  Edmond  Wilson,  to  his  Colonel,  Stephen 
Winthrop,  to  Cornet  Wackfield,  to  Mr.  Mastin,  to  Mr.  Richard  Pery  and 
his  wife,  to  Mr.  William  Gray,  late  of  Burchin  lane  ;  the  said  Gray  and 
Pery  to  be  trustees  for  his  estate  in  Englaud  ;  to  his  servants  John  Earle 
and  Thomas  Lamb.  The  will  was  signed  in  Glasgow,  in  presence  of  Nicho- 
las Wackfield  and  Richard  Pery.  On  the  sixteenth  of  May,  1662,  emana- 
vit  comissio  Simoni  Bradstreet  prox.  consanguineo  in  hoc  regno  auglire 
remanenti  dicti  deftmcti,  etc.  Laud,  67. 


2  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

[This  was  Benjamin,  only  son  of  Capt.  Robert  Keayne,  of  Boston,  founder  of  the 
Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Gov. 
Thomas  Dudley.  Gov.  Simon  Bradstreet,  named  in  the  probate,  married  another 
daughter,  Anne  (see  Beg.  viii.  313  ;  ix.  113;  x.  130).  Bradstreet  sailed,  Novem- 
ber, 1657,  for  England,  as  the  agent  of  the  colony,  and  remained  there  three  years, 
returning  July  17,  1661.  Probably  the  application  for  probate  on  Keayne's  will 
was  made  before  Bradstreet  left  England.  For  notices  of  the  Keayne  family,  see 
Reg.  vol.  vi.  pp.  89-92,  152-8  ;   xxxv.  277.— Editor.  _ 

See  Savage  Gen.  Diet.  iii.  1,  where  the  date  of  Benjamin  Keayne's  death  is  incor- 
rectly given.     See  also  Suffolk  Deeds,  Lib.  i.  fol.  83  and  84. 

John  Morse,  of  Boston,  in  New  England,  salt-boiler,  by  deed  of  mortgage  dated 
Nov.  9, 1654,  recorded  with  Suffolk  Deeds,  Lib.  2,  f.  180,  conveyed  to  his  uncle,  Mr. 
Robert  Keaine  of  said  Boston,  "  my  third  part  of  that  tennement  or  howse  in  shoe  lane 
in  London  which  comes  to  me  by  the  right  of  my  wife  mary  Jupe  now  mary  morse 
which  was  left  and  given  to  hir  by  rars  Grace  Jupe  hir  mother  by  will  before  hir  de- 
cease with  all  the  right  title  or  Interest  that  myself  and  wife  or  either  of  vs  haue 
therein,"  and  also  their  interest  in  one  half  part  of  five  certain  tenements  in  Gravel 
Lane,  in  the  Parish  of  St.  Buttolph  without  Aldgate,  London,  to  secure  the  pay- 
ment of  £32.  See  also  fol.  86  and  182,  See  fol.  183  and  184  for  a  bond  and  an 
order  from  said  John  Morse  to  Mr.  Simeon  or  Symon  Smith  of  Southwark  to  pay 
"  my  Couzen  major  Benjamin  Keajne  "  of  London,  £15  advanced  by  "  my  vnckell  m' 
Robert  Keajne  "  to  pay  for  the  passage  of  said  Morse,  his  wife,  and  his  wife's  bro- 
ther Benjamin  Jupe  from  New  England  back  to  Old  England.  This  sum  was  to  be 
paid  at  the  Golden  Crown  in  Birchin  Lane,  London,  on  or  before  April  26,  1655, 
out  of  the  rents  belonging  to  his  said  wife,  or  brother  Benjamin  Jupe,  remaining  in 
the  hands  of  said  Smith  as  executor. — J.  T.  H.] 

Captain  Humphrey  Atherton,  25  December,  1661,  proved  3  July, 
1662,  by  John  Atherton,  his  brother  and  one  of  the  executors.  He  named 
his  brother  Francis  and  his  two  sisters,  Elizabeth  Osborne,  widow,  late  wife 
of  Robert  Osborne,  and  Anne  Parker,  wife  of  Richard  Parker,  of  the  city 
of  Bristol.  There  was  due  to  him  by  bond  from  Lieut.  Col.  Maurice 
KiDgswell  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds,  of  which  he  ordered  twenty 
pounds  to  be  given  to  his  worthy  friend  Mr.  Richard  Smith,  one  of  the 
life  guard  to  his  Grace  the  Duke  of  Albemarle,  to  buy  him  a  mourning 
suit  and  a  cloak,  thirty  pounds  apiece  to  his  two  sisters  and  ten  pounds 
apiece  to  his  two  brothers,  John  and  Francis  Atherton,  and  also  ten  pounds 
apiece  more  which  was  owing  unto  him  by  Mr.  William  Walker  at  the 
Green  Dragon  in  Cornhill,  London.  To  the  said  Richard  Smith  he  de- 
vised fourteen  pounds  owing  to  him  by  bill  from  Capt.  Nathaniel  Disbor- 
ough.  The  residue  of  his  estate,  with  arrears  due  from  his  Majesty  for  his 
service  at  Dunkirk,  he  left  to  his  brothers,  whom  he  named  executors. 

Laud,  9L 

[It  is  singular  that  this  Capt.  Humphrey  Atherton  died  about  the  same  time  as 
our  Maj.  Gen.  Humphrey  Atherton  of  Dorchester.  The  latter  died  Sept.  16,  1661, 
less  than  a  year  before  his  English  namesake.  For  facts  concerning  the  Atherton 
family,  see  Register,  ii.  382  ;  x.  361  ;  xxxii.  197 ;  xxxv.  67. — Ed.] 

John  Burges,  the  elder,  of  Westly,  lying  sick  in  Richman's  Island,  in 
New  England,  11  April,  1627,  proved  24  May,  1628,  by  Joanna  Burges. 
alias  Bray,  relict  and  executrix.  Besides  his  wife,  he  mentioned  his  three 
sons,  Robert,  John  and  William  ;  and  he  enumerated,  among  other  things, 
his  bark,  called  the  Annes,  with  her  boat,  tackling  and  provisions,  and  what 
she  had  gained  that  summer,  his  whistle  and  chain,  and  all  his  instruments 
that  belonged  to  the  sea.  Barrington,  45. 

[Richmond's  or  Richman's  island  is  situated  near  Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine.  Wal- 
ter Bagnall  had  a  trading  post  there  from  1628  till  October  3,  1631,  when  he 
was  killed  by  the  Indians:  The  same  year,  Robert  Trelawney  and  Moses  Goodyearo 
of  Plymouth  obtained  from  the  Council  of  Plymouth  a  grant  which  included  this 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  6 

island.  John  Winter  was  their  agent  there.  The  papers  relating  to  this  planta- 
tion, fortunately  preserved  to  this  day  and  discovered  by  the  late  J.  VVingate  Thorn- 
ton, A.M.,  are  in  press,  edited  by  James  P.  Baxter,  A.M.,  and  will  soon  be  issued 
as  a  volume  of  the  Collections  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society.— Ed.] 

Capt.  John  Wilcocks,  late  of  Plymouth,  now  of  Accomac,  intending 
to  go  on  service  against  the  Indians,  made  his  will,  dated  in  Elizabeth  City, 
Virginia,  10  September,  1622,  proved  the  last  of  June,  1628.  He  named 
wife  Temperance,  his  daughter  in  law,  Grace  Burges,  legitimate  daughter 
of  his  said  wife,  and  his  sisters  Katherine  and1  Susanna  Wilcocks. 

Barrington,  55. 

Edward  Green,  late  of  Bristol,  grocer,  and  now  at  present  at  Capt. 
Robert  Dudley's  in  the  county  of  Middlesex,  in  Virginia,  22  August,  1697, 
proved  9  August,  1698,  by  Robert  Green,  his  brother  and  executor.  He 
desired  his  body  to  be  buried  in  a  decent  and  christian  manner  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  John  Barnard,  then  residing  at  John  Walker's  in  King  and 
Queen  County  in  Virginia.  The  residue  of  his  estate  he  left  to  his  brother 
Robert  Green  of  Bristol,  haberdasher  of  hats.  The  witnesses  to  his  signa- 
ture were  Robert  Dudley,  Senior,  William  Reynolds  and  Robert  Dudley. 

Lort,  186. 

Benjamin  Williams,  of  Stoake,  near  Guldeford,  co.  Surrey,  school- 
master, 2  July,  1695,  proved  22  September,  1698,  by  Nathaniel  Williams 
his  brother  and  executor.  To  cousin  Susanna  Hall,  John,  Samuel  and  Dan- 
iel Hall,  now  or  late  of  Whetenhurst  in  co.  Gloucester,  twenty  shillings 
apiece,  within  six  months  after  decease  of  the  testator.  To  cousins  Anna 
Cliffold  (Clifford?),  of  Bisley,  and  her  two  brothers,  Richard  and  Nathan- 
iel Tindall  of  Nibley,  and  to  my  cousin  Joseph  Tindall,  of  Nibley,  some- 
time of  Trotton  Hinton,  ministers,  ten  shillings  apiece,  within  six  months, 
&c.  To  my  cousins  Samuel,  Thomas  and  Benjamin  Williams,  of  New 
England,  and  to  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Bird,  of  Dorchester  in  New  England, 
and  to  the  eldest  child  of  my  cousin  Williams,  of  New  England,  deceased, 
in  case  there  (are)  any  of  them  living,  and  also  to  the  eldest  child  of  my 
cousin  Joseph  Williams,  deceased,  in  case  he  have  left  any  living  and  who 
shall  be  living  at  the  time  of  my  decease,  to  every  and  each  of  the  said  last 
mentioned  persons  the  sum  of  twenty  shillings,  within  one  year,  &c.  To  the 
poor  of  the  parish  of  Eastingtou  fifty  shillings,  and  to  the  poor  of  the  par- 
ish of  Whetenhurst  fifty  shillings,  any  poor  people  of  my  father's  kindred 
principally  recommended.  To  my  brother  in  law  Nathaniel  Williams,  of 
Brandley,  in  co.  Worcester,  and  his  heirs  forever,  all  those  my  freehold,  ten- 
ements, lands  tenements  and  hereditaments,  &c,  in  Eastington  and  Framp- 
ton,  and  elsewhere  in  Gloucestershire,  and  all  the  residue  ;  he  to  be  exec- 
utor. 

Note  that  the  name  Nathaniel  is  by  my  mistake  omitted,  and  also  the  eld- 
est child  of  my  cousin  Hannah  Parmater  is  to  be  comprehended.     B.  W. 

Lort,  208. 

[The  children  of  Richard  Williams,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Taunton,  N.  E., 
were  1.  John,  2.  Samuel,  3.  Joseph,  4.  Nathaniel,  5.  Thomas,  6.  Benjamin,  7. 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Bird,  8.  Hannah,  wife  of  John  Parmenter.  See  Reg.  v. 
4144.  All  these  children,  except  John,  who  may  have  died  young,  are  named  in  the 
above  will. 

Emery,  in  his  "  Ministry  of  Taunton,"  i.  43-5,  quotes  "  a  manuscript  of  con- 
Biderable  antiquity,"  but  evidently  not  written  before  1718,  which  states  that 
"  Richard  Williams  was  descended  from  a  family  of  that  name  in  Glamorganshire, 
in   Wales,  and  found  a  wife  in  Gloucestershire,  England."    The  same  manuscript 


4  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

states  that  his  wife  was  Frances  Dighton,  sister  of  Katharine,  second  wife  of  Gov. 
Thomas  Dudley.     Baylies,  in  his  "  Historical  Memoir  of  New  Plymouth.''  part  i. 

6284,  says  there  was  a  tradition  that  Williams  was  a  relative  of  Oliver  Cromwell, 
e  also  prints  (i.  272)  a  letter  from  the  Rev.  Roger  William*,  in  which  reference 
is  made  to  *'  my  brother."  Baylies  thinks  this  may  he  Richard  Williams,  of 
Taunton. 

John  Bird,  the  husband  of  Elizabeth  Williams,  was  a  son  of  Thomas  Bird  of 
Dorchester.     See  Bird  Genealogy,  Reg.  xxv.  21-30. — Ed.] 

Thomas  Beavay,  waterman,  of  the  city  of  Bristol,  21  Jan.  1656,  proved 
by  Mary  Beavay,  widow  and  executrix,  24  April,  1657.  To  be  buried  in 
the  churchyard  of  St.  Phillipps.  To  son  Thomas  Beavay,  now  a  planter 
in  Virginia,  my  best  suit  of  clothes  and  all  belonging  to  it.  To  my  godson, 
Samuel  Gosner,  a  small  boat  or  twenty  shillings  in  money.  To  godson 
Edward  Martin  the  younger,  twenty  shillings.  To  godson  Thomas  Webb, 
twenty  shillings.  To  wife  Mary,  the  passage  boat,  with  all  the  term  of 
years  that  is  yet  to  come.  Ruthen,  145. 

Ezekiel  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  clothier,  the  last  of  December,  1656, 
proved  12  May,  1657,  by  Martha  Sherman,  widow  and  sole  executrix.  To 
son  Ezekiel  one  hundred  pounds  at  age  of  twenty-one  years.  To  daughters 
Grace  and  Hannah  one  hundred  pounds  each,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one.  To 
daughter  now  born  eighty  pounds  at  the  age  of  twenty-one.  To  my  broth- 
er John  Sherman  ten  pounds  within  a  year  and  a  day  after  my  decease.  To 
Mary  Sherman  five  pounds  at  the  same  time.  After  decease  of  wife  Mar- 
tha, son  Ezekiel  to  enter  on  lands,  &c.  If  he  die  without  lawful  issue, 
then  the  property  to  go  equally  among  the  daughters  then  living.  Wife 
Martha  to  be  executrix.  The  overseers  to  be  Robert  Stevens,  of  Ded- 
ham, my  father-in-law,  and  Robert  Stevens  of  Ardleigh,  brother-in-law. 

William  Grindell  one  of  the  witnesses.  Ruthen,  147. 

[Ezekiel  Sherman  probably  was  of  the  same  family  with  the  Rev.  John  Sherman, 
of  Watertown,  whose  ancestors  came  from  Dedham,  co.  Essex,  England.  See 
"  Sherman  Family,"'  Reg.  xxiv.  66.— W.  B.  Trask.] 

William  Sdmpner,  of  Waltham  Holy  Cross,  co.  Essex,  12  February, 
1656,  proved  7  May,  1657,  by  Roger  Sumpner,  one  of  the  executors.  To 
daughter  Susan  Williams,  daughter  Mary  Sumpner,  son  William ;  wife  Jane 
and  youngest  son  Roger  executors.  The  overseers  to  be  brother  Roger 
Sumpner  and  brother-in-law  AVilliam  Sawdrie.  Ruthen,  148. 

[There  seems  to  be  a  similarity  in  early  names  between  this  family  and  that  of  the 
Sumner  or  Somner  family  of  Bicester,  co  Oxford,  who  settled  in  Dorchester,  Mass., 
before  1637.     See  Reg.  viii.  128e  ;  ix.  300.— W.  B.  T.] 

John  Mason,  of  Mashburie,  co.  Essex,  husbandman,  2  December,  1656, 
proved  7  May,  1657,  by  Sarah  Mason,  his  widow  and  executrix.  Real 
estate  in  Much  Waltham  to  wife  for  twelve  years  and  then  to  John  Mason, 
the  eldest  son,  he  to  pay  certain  legacies  to  daughters  Mary,  Lydia  and  Sa- 
rah Mason.  Stileman's  Croft,  in  Good  Easter,  Essex,  to  wife  for  six  years, 
and  then  to  son  David  Mason,  he  to  pay  to  two  (sic)  other  children,  Abra- 
ham Arthur  Mason  and  Samuel  Mason,  five  pounds  at  age  of  twenty-one 
years.  Ruthen,  150. 

Roger  Baker,  of  Wapping,  co.  Middlesex,  15  August,  1676,  proved 
24  January,  1 687,  by  Mary  Johnson,  alias  Baker,  wife  of  Thomas  Johnson 
and  daughter  and  residuary  legatee  of  the  testator  named  in  the  will.  He 
mentions  some  land  in    Maryland,   in  Virginia,  which  he  directs  to  be  sold. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  0 

He  leaves  to  his  brother-in-law  Abraham  Hughs,  of  Ockingham,  co.  Berks, 
yeoman,  ten  pounds.  The  residue  to  two  daughters,  Houner  Baker  and 
Mary  Baker,  both  under  twenty  years  of  age.  Failing  them,  then  to  the 
four  youngest  children  of  his  sister  Mary  Cleves,  widow,  ten  pounds  apiece, 
and  the  rest  to  such  child  or  children  as  brother  John  Baker  shall  have 
then  living.  Extou,  1. 

John  Hill,  of  London,  merchant,  14  December,  1665,  proved  8  Feb- 
ruary, 1687.  To  wife  Sarah  one  thousand  pounds.  To  daughter  Sarah 
one  thousand  pounds  and  a  silver  bason.  To  daughter  Elizabeth  eight 
hundred  pounds  and  a  silver  "  sully  bub  pott."  To  daughter  Hannah 
eight  hundred  pounds  and  a  silver  sugar  box.  Wife  now  great  with 
child.  If  it  prove  a  son  then  he  is  to  have  land  and  tenements  in  Win- 
thorpe  and  Croft  and  elsewhere  in  Lincolnshire,  of  the  yearly  value 
of  twenty-four  pounds,  and  six  hundred  pounds  in  money.  Whereas  my 
brother  Valentine  Hill,  late  of  New  England,  deceased,  did  owe  me  at  the 
time  of  my  (sic)  decease,  above  three  hundred  pounds,  not  yet  satisfied,  I 
give  and  bequeath  the  said  debt  unto  the  children  of  my  said  brother  Hill 
and  to  the  children  of  my  bvother-in-law  Mr.  Thomas  Cobbett,  to  be  equally 
divided  amongst  them,  share  and  share  alike.  To  my  niece  Bridget  Cob- 
bett five  pounds.  To  cousin  Garrett's  children  ten  pounds,  to  be  equally 
divided  among  them.  To  cousin  Thomas  Browne  and  his  wife  forty  shil- 
lings, for  rings.  To  cousin  John  Browne  forty  shillings.  To  brother 
Hutchinson  and  sister  each  forty  shillings,  and  cousin  Elizabeth  Meredith 
twentv  shillings,  to  buy  rings.  To  my  brother  Nathaniel  Hunt  and  brother 
Richard  Hunt,  each  five  pounds.  To  brother-in-law  John  Miles  and  to  his 
wife,  each  five  pounds,  and  to  their  son  John  Miles,  five  pounds.  To  my 
maid-servant  Prudence,  forty  shillings  if  dwelling  with  me  at  time  of  my 
death.  To  my  cousins  Charles,  Margaret  and  Katherine  Watkins,  each 
twenty  shillings,  for  rings.  To  the  poor  saints  in  London  ten  pounds,  to 
be  distributed  at  the  discretion  of  my  overseers.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish 
where  I  now  dwell,  forty  shillings.  The  residue  to  wife  Sarah,  who  is  ap- 
pointed executrix.  Friends  Mr.  William  Allen,  Mr.  William  Sawyer,  and 
Mr.  Robert  Wakeling,  overseers.  Witnesses,  Nathaniel  Hunt  and  Charles 
Watkin.  Exton,  16. 

[Valentine  Hill  was  extensively  engaged  in  real  estate  and  other  transactions  in 
Boston,  Lynn,  Rnmney  Marsh,  Dover,  Oyster  River  and  Pascataqua  River,  between 
the  years  1637,  when  he  was  of  Boston,  and  1660.  In  1651  he  conveyed  to  Mr.  Tho- 
mas Cobbett,  of  Lynn,  styled  "  Clarke,"  afterwards  minister  of  Ipswich,  and  oth- 
ers, all  grants  of  land  made  to  him,  the  said  Hill,  by  the  town  of  Dover,  at  Oyster 
River,  and  the  saw-mills  erected  thereon.  Suffolk  Deeds,  Lib.  i.  182.  See  Regis- 
ter, vii.  49,  and  Wentworth  Genealogy,  i.  138. — \V.  B.  T.] 

John  Pargiter,  of  St.  Martins  in  the  Fields,  co.  Middlesex,  8  Febru- 
ary, 1687,  proved  24  February,  1687,  by  John  and  Samuel  Pargiter,  sons 
and  executors.  To  the  four  sous  of  my  brother  William  Pargiter,  deceased, 
viz.,  Robert,  Edward,  Samuel  and  William,  and  to  his  daughter  Knight's 
children.  To  my  cousin  Frances  Meade,  wife  to  Mr.  Francis  Meade,  of 
Battersea.  To  Mr.  Thomas  Pargiter,  son  to  my  brother  Thomas  Pargi- 
ter, deceased,  to  his  son,  my  godson.  To  my  sister  Pargiter,  his  mother- 
in-law.  To  George  Pargiter,  his  brother.  To  my  cousin  Sarah  Louell  at 
Virginia,  by  Yorke  River,  ten  pounds.  To  Elizabeth,  widow  of  cousin 
Robert  Pargiter,  deceased.  To  cousin  Austin,  of  Hampton,  and  his  wife. 
To  cousin   Benjamin  Billings  by,  bookseller,  and  his  wife.     To   cousin   Cal- 


6  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Iendrine  and  his  wife  Alary.  To  my  cousin  Brewer.  To  my  sister  Bla- 
grave.  To  Daniel  and  Deborah  Blagrave.  To  Mr.  Somer,  draper.  To 
my  grandson  John  Fleetwood  and  my  grand-daughter  Mary  Fleetwood. 
My  worthy  friend  Sir  William  Cowper,  the  elder.  Sir  Gerald  Fleetwood 
(father  of  John  and  Mary).  To  my  son  John  Pargiter,  lands,  &c,  at 
Nordley  wood,  Ashley  and  Abbots  Ashley,  or  any  part  of  Shropshire, 
Pamber  and  Bramley  in  Hampshire,  large  house  next  the  Northumberland 
House  in  the  Strand,  the  Standard  Tavern  in  the  Strand,  &c.  &c.  Son  Sam- 
uel Pargiter.  Exton,  21. 

John  Anthony,  of  Rhode  Island,  iu  America,  mariner,  16  June,  1701, 
proved  10  December,  1703.  To  son  John  Anthony  all  the  estate.  Rich- 
ard and  Elinor  Potts  executors.     Proved  by  Eleanor  Potts. 

Degg,  205. 

[Query.— Which  John  Anthony  was  this?  See  Anthony  Genealogy,  Register, 
xxxi.  417.— Ed.] 

Thomas  Reade,  aboard  the  ship  "  Kingsoloman,"  now  riding  in  the 
hope,  being  bound  a  voyage  to  Virginia.  All  my  estate  to  loving  brother 
William  Reade,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Sepulchres,  London,  corn  chandler, 
who  is  made  executor.  Signed  2  October,  1662,  in  presence  of  John  Budd, 
scr.  and  Robert  Bray.     Proved  by  William  Reade,  22  June,  1G63. 

Juxon,  84. 

Robert  Rand,  of  Barham,  co.  Suffolk,  27  February,  1651,  proved  the 
last  of  March,  1651,  and  a  commission  issued  to  Jane  Rand,  the  widow,  no 
executor  having  been  named  in  the  will.  To  William  Brooke,  my  grand- 
child, all  my  hooks  and  one  hatchet  and  one  pair  of  cobirons  and  one  hale. 
To  William  Brooke,  my  son-in-law,  all  my  wearing  apparel  and  the  "  dobbe  " 
house,  and  my  cart  and  my  biggest  Danske  chest  and  two  brass  pans  and 
four  pieces  of  pewter  ;  and  all  the  rest  pewter  that  is  mine  to  be  divided 
among  his  children.  To  my  son  Robert,  after  my  wife's  decease,  if  he  do 
come  over,  my  best  feather  bed  and  my  best  bedstead.  To  wife  Jane  all 
the  moveable  goods,  &a,  "not  disposed  before  of,"  and  excepting  three 
cows  which  are  letten  to  Lionel  Cooke  until  next  Michaelmas,  which, 
after  decease  of  wife,  are  to  go  to  son-in-law  William  Brooke. 

Bowyer,  64. 

Dennis  Geere,  of  "  Sagust,"  in  New  England,  10  December,  1635, 
approved  6  August,  1637,  before  us,  Tho.  (sic)  Winthrop  Govr,  Tho.  Dud- 
ley dep  Govr,  Jo.  Endecott.  To  wife  Elizabeth  three  hundred  pounds.  To 
Elizabeth  and  Sarah  Geere,  my  two  daughters,  three  hundred  pounds 
apiece.  To  cousin  Ann  Pankhurst  so  much  as  shall  make  her  portion  fifty 
pounds.  To  Elizabeth  Tuesley  twelve  pounds  to  makeup  that  eight  pouuds 
I  owe  her  twenty.  Roger  Carver,  of  Bridhemson,*  and  John  Russell,  of 
Lewis,  in  Sussex,  appointed  overseers  for  estate  in  old  England.  My  child- 
ren to  be  paid  at  day  of  marriage,  or  at  age  of  eighteen  years.  And  where- 
as the  Lord  our  God  of- his  great  goodness,  since  my  coming  into  New 
England,  hath  discovered  to  me  all  usury  to  be  unlawful,  I  do  hereby 
charge  my  executor  to  restore  all  such  moneys  as  any  in  England  can 
make  appear  I  have  received  from  them  by  way  of  usury,  whether  it  were 
6  or  8  per  cent,  not  thinking  hereby  to  merit  anything  at  the  hands  of  God 

*  This,  or  Brighthelmston,  is  the  old  name  for  Brighton,  as  I  am  assured  by  J.  C  C. 
Smith,  Esq.,  who  kindly  called  this  and  the  succeeding  will  to  my  notice.         H.  F.  "W. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  7 

but  laboring  hereby  to  attend  my  duty  and  manifest  my  distaste  against 
every  evil  way.  Of  the  estate  in  New  England,  to  Thomas  Topper  five 
pounds,  Thomas  Braiues  three  pounds,  Thomas  Launder  three  pounds, 
Benjamin  Nye  thirty  shillings,  Thomas  Grenuill  ten  shillings,  all  which  de- 
ducted and  paid  together  with  the  sending  my  two  servants  with  my  child 
into  England,  the  residue  shall  be  employed  to  the  advancement  of  such 
works  as  in  the  wisdom  of  my  executors  for  that  purpose  shall  seem  good 
for  the  plantations  settled  within  the  Patent  qf  the  Massachusetts  ;  and  for 
the  discharging  of  these  legacies  and  sums,  and  the  right  ordering  of  my 
estate  for  the  public  good  I  appoint  for  my  executors  John  Winthrop,  the 
elder,  and  John  Humphry,  esquires,  John  Wilson  and  Hugh  Peter,  Preach- 
ers.    Witnesses,  Edmond  Freeman  and  John  Greene. 

28  June,  1642.  Emanavit  comissio  Edwardo  Moonke  avunculo  Eliza- 
bethe  Geere  et  Sare  Geere  filiarum  dicti  defuncti  durante  minori  etate,  &c. 
It  appeared  that  the  widow  Elizabeth  had  departed  this  life. 

Campbell,  79. 

[Dennis  Geere  with  his  family  embarked  June  15,  1635,  in  the  Abigail  of  Lon- 
don, Hackwell  master,  "  having  brought  Certificate  from  the  minister  of  Thisel- 
worth,"  probably  Isleworth  in  Middlesex.  Those  who  embarked  that  day  were 
Dennis  Geere,  30  ;  Elizabeth  Geere,  uxor,  22  ;  Elizabeth  Geere,  3  ;  Sara  Geere,  2, 
children  ;  Anne  Pancrust,  lfi  ;  Eliz:  Tusolie,  55;  Constant  Wood,  12."  (Reg.  xiv. 
315.)  His  fellow  passengers,  Anne  Pancrust  and  Eliz:  Tusolie,  are  no  doubt  the 
"cousin  Ann  Pankhurst "  and  "Elizabeth  Tuesley:'  mentioned  in  the  will. 
"  Thomas  Brane,  husbandm.  40,"  and  "  Tho:  Launder,  22,"  were  also  fellow  pas- 
sengers, having  embarked  in  the  Abigail,  July  1,1635.  (Reg.  xiv.  318.)  In  the 
"  Addenda  "  to  Winthrop's  Journal,  under  date  of  "  1635,  Dec.  10,"  among  the 
"  gifts  bestowed  upon  the  colony,"  is  this  entry  :  "  Denis  Geere  of  Sagus  gave  by 
his  will  (at  the  motion  of  Mr.  Hugh  Peter)  £300."— Ed.] 

Thomas  Geere,  of  the  parish  of  Falmer,  near  Lewes,  co.  Sussex,  6 
March,  1649.  proved  25  April,  1650,  by  Dennis  Geere,  son  and  executor. 
To  wife  Mary.  To  eldest  son  Thomas  Geere  and  his  wife  Mercy,  and 
their  children,  Mercy  and  Mary.  To  grand-children  Dennis  and  Richard 
Geere  and  grand  child  Thomas  Geere.  To  the  poor  of  Falmer  and  the 
poor  of  Stamer.  Youngest  son,  Dionice  Geere,  executor.  Friend  John 
Russell,  of  Southover,  near  Lewes,  and  Stephen  Towner,  of  Kingston,  to 
be  overseers.     Witnesses,  Richard  Banckes  and  Tho.  Russell. 

Pembroke,  51. 

Dorothy  Parker,  of  Mildenhall,  co.  Wilts,  widow,  10  October,  1649, 
proved  11  April,  1650,  by  Benjamin  Woodbridge,  one  of  the  executors. 
To  son  Mr.  Thomas  Parker,  of  New  England,  two  hundred  pounds  now 
in  hands  of  my  brother,  Mr.  Richard  Stevens,  of  Stanton  Bernard,  co. 
Wilts,  not  doubting  that  if  he  die  unmarried  he  will  bestow  what  remains 
at  his  death,  thereof,  upon  the  children  of  my  daughters  Sarah  Baylie  and 
Elizabeth  Avery.  Of  the  other  one  hundred  pounds  in  my  brother  Ste- 
vens' his  hand  I  give  five  pounds  to  my  son  Mr.  Thomas  Bayly  and  the  re- 
mainder to  my  daughter  Sarah  Bayly  and  her  four  children,  John  Wood- 
bridge,  Benjamin  AVoodbridge,  Sarah  Kerridge  and  Luce  Sparhawke,  equal- 
ly. For  the  one  hundred  pounds  due  to  me  from  my  son  Avery,  for  which 
his  house  was  mortgaged,  I  bestow  it  upon  my  daughter  Avery  and  her 
children.  To  my  son-in-law  Mr.  Timothy  Avery,  &c.  My  loving  daugh- 
ter Sarah  Bayly  to  be  executrix  in  trust  with  her  son,  my  grandson,  Mr. 
Benjamin  Woodbridge,  executor,  with  his  mother.  Son  Mr.  Thomas  Bay- 
lie  and  Cousin  Mr.  John  Taylor  to  be  overseers.  Witnesses,  John  Barges 
and  Anthony  Appleford.  Pembroke,  54. 


8  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

[An  abstract  of  this  will,  made  by  the  late  Horatio  G.  Somerby  for  the  Hon.  Fran- 
cis E.  Parker  of  Boston,  was  published  in  the  Register,  xxxii.  337.  Mr.  Waters 
has  thought  that  a  fuller  abstract  would  be  of  service  to  the  readers  of  the  Register. 
—J.  T.  H. 

_  Mrs.  Dorothy  Parker  was  the  widow  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Parker,  the  famous  Pu- 
ritan author.  Benjamin  Woodbridge,  the  executor  who  proved  the  will,  was  the 
first  graduate  of  Harvard  College.  See  Woodbridge  Genealogy,  Reg.  xxxii.  292-6. 
See  also  the  "  Woodbridge  Record,"  New  Haven,  1883,  large  4to.,  compiled  from 
the  papers  of  Louis  Mitchell,  Eeq.,  by  his  brother  Donald  G.  Mitchell,  Esq.  The 
willof  the  Rev.  John  Woodbridge,  of  Stanton,  Wilts,  the  father  of  Rev.  John  and 
Benjamin  "Woodbridge,  is  printed  in  this  work  from  a  copy  lately  obtained  in  Eng- 
land.— Ed.] 

Edward  Bell,  of  St.  Brevells,  co.  Gloucester,  16  August,  1649,  proved 
21  January,  1649.  He  mentions  nephew  John  Gorges,  Esq.  In  a  codi- 
cil. 20  August,  1649,  he  mentions  lady  Elizabeth  Gorges  of  Ashton  Phil- 
lips, Mrs.  Mary  Cutts,  "  my  "  godson  Mr.  Edward  Perkins,  Mr.  Thomas 
Pole,  &c.  &c.  He  discharges  sundry  persons  (among  whom  Mr.  Wymond 
Bradbury,  deceased)  "  of  all  debts  owing  by  them  to  me  or  my  brother 
William  which  became  due  unto  me  by  his  gift."  Pembroke,  3. 

[1  suppose  that  this  Edward  Bell  was  a  brother  of  Ann,  daughter  of  Edward  Bell  of 
Writtle,  Essex.  Ann  Bell  was  the  first  wife  of  Sir  Ferdinando  Gorges,  and  her  eldest 
son,  John  Gorges,  probably  the  "  nephew  John  Gorges,  Esq."  named  in  this  will,  was 
the  father  of  Ferdinando  Gorges,  author  of  "  America  Painted  to  the  Life."  See 
Johnson's  Wonder  Working  Providence,  edited  by  William  F.  Poole,  LL.D.,  and 
the  notice  of  it  by  the  Rev.  Edmund  F.  Slafter  in  the  Register,  xxii.  213-19. 
"  Lady  Elizabeth  Gorges  of  Ashton  Phillips  "  was  no  doubt  the  fourth  wife  and  wid- 
owof  Sir  Ferdinando.  See  Register,  xxix.  42-7.  Wymond  Bradbury  may  be  Wy- 
mond Bradbury  of  Wicken  Bonant,  co.  Essex,  whom  the  late  John  M.  Bradbury, 
Esq.,  supposed  to  be  the  father  of  Thomas  Bradbury,  of  Salisbury,  Mass.  (see  Reg- 
ister, xxiii.  262-6),  but  if  so  he  died  before  1650. — Editor.] 

Nathaniel  Parker,  of  East  Berghoult,  co.  Suffolk,  Esq.,  5  August, 
1684,  proved  19  August,  1684.  To  be  buried  at  the  East  end  of  the 
churchyard  near  the  church  of  Great  Wenham,  co.  Suffolk.  He  mentions 
his  farm  of  Great  Wilsey  in  Wrating,  co.  Suffolk.  To  nephew  Philip  Par- 
ker, Esq.,  son  and  heir  apparent  of  Sir  Philip  Parker,  Baronet,  all  ray  farm 
called  the  Priory  in  Great  Wenham  and  East  Berghoult,  and  the  advowson 
of  the  church  of  Great  Weuham,  for  life,  and  then  to  his  sou  Philip.  Neph- 
ew Calthorp  Parker,  son  of  Sir  Philip  Parker.  Nephew  Sir  Philip  Parker. 
Niece  Mercy  Parker,  nieces  Dorothy  and  Mary  Parker,  daughters  of  my  late 
brother  Sir  Philip  Parker,  Knight.  Niece  Mary  Parker,  daughter  of  Hen- 
ry Parker,  Esq.,  my  late  brother.  Nephew  Henry  Parker,  son  of  said 
brother.  My  nephew  Philip  Guidon,  Esq.  To  John  Gurdon,  son 
of  my  nephew  Mr.  Nathaniel  Gurdon.  To  Sir  John  Barker,  Baronet. 
To  my  godson  Winiff  Sergeant.  My  god-daughter  Elizabeth  Walker.  My 
god-daughter  the  daughter  of  my  nephew  Bernard  Saltingstall.  My  nephew 
in  law  Anthony  Gaudy,  Esq.,  and  my  god-son  Anthony  Gaudie,  son  of  the 
aforesaid,  and  his  sister  Winifred  Gaudie.  My  cousin  Elizabeth  Garnish, 
widow.  Hare,  104. 

Jane  Williams,  of  Whetenhurst,  co.  Gloucester,  spinster,  31  May,  1650r 
proved  30  June,  1655.  To  brother  Samuel  Williams  my  Scottish  print 
bible.  To  my  brother  Richard  Williams  and  my  sister  Elizabeth  Wil- 
liams that  are  in  New  England,  each  of  them  twenty  shillings  apiece.  To 
Benjamin  Williams  and  Nathaniel  Williams,  the  two  sons  of  my  brother 
Samuel  Williams,  ten  pounds  apiece  when  they  reach  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years.     To  John  Hall,  the  younger,  my  sister's  eldest   son,  ten  pounds 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  9 

and  a  standing  bedstead  that  is  in  his  father's  parlour  chamber,  my  brother- 
in-law  John  Hall's.  To  Samuel,  Daniel  and  Susanna  Hall,  the  other  three 
children  of  my  brother-in-law,  John  Hall,  twenty  pounds  apiece  at  21. 
Brother-in-law  John  Hall  to  be  executor.  Aylett,  292. 

[It  is  evident  that  the  Richard  Williams,  named  ahove,  as  in  New  England,  was 
Richard  Williams  of  Taunton,   Mass.   (ante,  p.  3). 

See  also  Register,  li.  209.  —  Ed.] 
t 

William  Goodrich,  of  Walton  Head,  co.  York,  21  September,  1662, 
proved  2")  January,  1664.  My  two  daughters,  Sarah  and  Elizabeth.  My 
daughter  Mary  and  her  husband  Matthew  Elwald.  My  nephews  Sir  John 
Good ri eke  and  Sir  Francis  Goodrick.  My  wife  Sarah.  My  son  William 
Goodrick.  Hyde,  4. 

[See  Register,  xxxvi.  384.— H.  F.  W.] 

Joseph  Holland,  citizen  and  clothworker  of  London,  25  December, 
1658,  with  codicil  dated  29  December,  1658.  proved  17  January,  1658. 
To  be  buried  on  the  south  side  of  the  christening  pew  in  the  parish  church 
of  St.  Sepulchre,  London,  between  my  two  former  wives.  To  Elizabeth, 
my  now  wife,  late  the  wife  and  administratrix  of  Jeffery  Cumber,  deceased. 
To  son  Joseph  Holland  the  lease  of  my  house  in  Green  Arbour  in  said  pa- 
rish. To  son-in-law  John  Perry  and  Johanna,  his  wife,  my  daughter,  and 
their  sons  John  Perry  and  Josias  Perry  and  daughter  Elizabeth  Perry. 
To  my  said  daughter  Johanna,  certain  needle  work  "  wrought  by  my  first 
wife,  her  mother."  To  daughter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Richard  Bessy,  in  Vir- 
ginia. To  my  son  Nathaniel  Holland,  of  Waterton  in  New  England  twen- 
ty pounds  in  goods ;  to  son  Samuel  Holland,  in  Virginia,  thirty  pounds  in 
goods  or  money;  and  to  each  a  bible.  To  son-in-law  Miles  Rich  and  daugh- 
ter Prudence,  his  wife.  To  good  friend  Mr.  John  White,  grocer,  of  above- 
named  parish,  and  his  wife.  To  Mr.  John  Andrewes  in  Fleet  Lane.  To 
my  servant  John  Arnott.  To  the  poor  of  said  parish,  in  bread,  twenty 
shillings,  to  such  as  Master  Gouge  will  distribute  unto.  The  executor  to 
be  Master  John  White ;  the  overseer  to  be  Master  Andrews.  The  wit- 
nesses to  the  body  of  the  will  were  Hen:  Travers  Scr:  Ellen  Booth  (her 
mark).  The  witnesses  to  the  codicil  were  Hen:  Travers,  John  Arnatt  and 
Thomas  Bargett.  Pell,  9. 

[The  family  of  Nathaniel  Holland  of  Watertown,  named  in  this  will,  is  found  in 
Bond's  Watertown,  p.  302.  Dr.  Bond  erroneously  conjectures  that  he  was  a  son  of 
John  and  Judith  Holland  of  Dorchester,  Mass.,  and  he  has  been  followed  by  other 
writers. — Ed.] 

[I  find  a  grant  of  land  on  record  in  the  Virginia  Land  Registry  Office,  of  189 
acres,  to  Edward  Besse.  on  the  south  side  of  Chickahominy  River,  April  7,  1651, 
Book  No.  2,  p.  321.  The  names  Arnott,  Gouge,  Booth,  Perry  and  Travers  appear 
in  the  early  annals  of  Virginia.  Francis  Willis,  the  ancestor  of  the  worthy  Vir- 
ginia family  of  that  name,  married,  about  the  middle  of  the  17th  century,  Ann 
Rich. — R.  A.  Brock,  of  Richmond,  Va.] 

Margaret  Lane,  of  London,  widow,  16  January,  1661,  with  addition 
made  3  September,  1 662.  To  be  buried  in  the  grave  of  my  late  husbaud, 
Edmond  Lane,  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Dunstan's  in  the  East,  Loudon. 
To  my  sister  Martha,  wife  of  William  Eaton,  now,  I  think,  in  New  Eng- 
land, one  hundred  pounds  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease.  To  her 
five  children  twenty  pounds,  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them,  and  also 
within  the  like  time,  to  their  said  father  or  mother  for  their  use,  and  whose 


10  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

acquittance  shall  be  a  sufficient  discharge  to  my  executor  for  the  same.  To 
my  cousin  Sarah  Barett,  daughter  of  my  late  brother  Daniel  Jenkin,  de- 
ceased, and  now  wife  of  John  Barett,  twenty  pounds.  To  her  eldest  daugh- 
ter, Sarah  Barett,  thirty  pounds,  and  to  her  son  John  Barett  and  her  other 
daughter,  Mary  Barett,  twenty  pounds  apiece.  To  the  three  children  of 
my  late  sister  Priscilla  Hamoud,  deceased,  late  wife  of  William  Hammond, 
ten  pounds  apiece  within  one  year  after  my  decease.  To  Thomas  Jenkins, 
eldest  son  of  said  deceased  brother  Daniel  Jenkins.  To  my  other  cousin 
Daniel  Jenkins,  son  of  said  deceased  brother,  &c.  &c. 

The  addition,  or  codicil,  mentions  cousin  Thomas  Jenkins,  of  Minster,  co. 
Kent,  who  is  appointed  overseer,  the  said  3  August  (sic)  1662. 

The  witnesses  to  the  will  were  Henry  Travers,  Scr.  in  Smithfield,  Jo. 
Newland,  Micah  Machell  and  Samuel  Fox,  his  servants. 

Elizabeth  Jenkin,  relict  and  administratrix,  with  the  will  annexed,  of 
Daniel  Jenkins,  deceased,  executor  of  above  will,  received  commission  to 
administer  on  the  estate  of  the  above,  5  August,  1667.  Carr,  107. 

["  William  Eaton  of  Staple,  husbandman,  Martha,  his  wife,  three  children  and 
one  servant,"  embarked  for  New  England  in  1637  (Reg.  xv.  29).  They  settled  at 
Watertown  (Bond's  Watertown,  p.  202).  They  had  two  children  born  in  this 
country,  making  in  all  five  children,  the  number  named  by  Mrs.  Lane. — Ed.] 

Edmund  Mcninges,  of  Denge,  co.  Essex,  the  unprofitable  servant  of 
God,  2  October,  1666,  proved  18  July,  1667,  by  Hopestill  Muuinges,  ex- 
ecutor. To  wife  Markiet  ten  pounds  within  one  month  after  my  decease, 
and  the  household  goods  which  her  father  gave  her,  and  that  is  to  say,  one 
bed,  one  table,  cubbord,  one  guite  (sic)  chest,  one  brass  pot,  one  dripping 
pan  and  four  little  platters.  To  second  son,  Return,  twenty  pounds  within 
one  year  after  demand  be  made  for  it.  To  third  son,  Takeheed,  forty 
pounds  within  six  months  after  my  decease.  To  eldest  daughter,  Harry 
(sic)  ten  pounds  within  one  year  after  demand  be  made  for  it.  To  second 
daughter,  Rebecca,  ten  pounds.  Eldest  son,  Hopestill,  to  be  executor.  If 
wife  Markit  prove  with  child,  then  to  such  child  ten  pounds  at  age  of  twen- 
ty-one years,  &c.  Testator  made  his  mark  in  presence  of  William  Cooch, 
John  Spencer  and  Takeheed  Muninge.  Carr,  95. 

[Edmund  Munnings,  aged  40,  came  to  New  England  in  1635,  in  the  Abigail, 
Robert  llackwell,  master,  bringing  with  him  his  wife  Mary,  aged  30  years,  daugh- 
ters Mary  and  Anna,  and  son  Mahalaleel,  respectively  nine,  six  and  three  years  of 
age.  He  settled  in  Dorchester,  where  he  had  grants  of  land,  among  them  that  of 
Moon  Island,  "  layd  to  Dorchester"  by  the  General  Court,  June  2,  1641.  This 
Island  contained  about  twenty  acres  of  land,  and  was  used  for  pasturage,  it  may  have 
been,  for  two  and  a  half  centuries.  On  the  northerly  side  was  a  high  bluff:  souther- 
ly it  was  connected  at  very  low  water,  by  the  bars  or  flats  of  the  island,  with  the  pro- 
montory of  Squantum.  This  island  is  named  on  the  Dorchester  Records,  in  1637  and 
1638,  "  Mannings  Moone."  It  is,  however,  no  longer  an  island,  having  recently 
been  joined  to  Squantum  by  an  artificial  isthmus  in  connection  with  the  great  Boston 
sewer,  the  reservoir  of  which  is  being  built  here. 

Mr.  Munnings  had  three  sons,  born  and  baptized  in  Dorchester,  bearing  the  sin- 
gular names  of  Hopestill,  born  April  5,  1637,  Return,  Sept.  7,  1640,  and  Take 
Heed,  Oct.  20,  1642.  The  Dorchester  Church  Records  say  that  Hopestill  went  to 
England.  We  have  also  evidence  that  the  father  returned  and  died  in  his  native 
clime.  Return  removed  to  Boston.  Goody  Munnings,  the  mother,  was  admitted 
to  the  Dorchester  church,  16.  2.  1641.  On  the  "  9  (8)  59,  Mahallaeell  Munings  " 
was  dismissed  from  this  church  "  vnto  ye  new,"  or  second  "  church  at  Boston,  & 
dyed  ye  27  (12)59,  being  drowned  in  ye  Millcreek  at  Boston  in  ye  night."—  Dor- 
chester Church  Records.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  John  Wiswall.  The 
widow  subsequently  married  Thomas  Overman.  By  the  inventory  of  the  estate  of 
Mahalaleel  Munninss,  made  in  1659,  and  proved  Jan.  30,   1660,  occupying  three 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  11 

large  folio  pages  in  volume  three  of  Suffolk  wills  and  inventories,  pages  229  to  231, 
the  last  inventory  in  the  hook,  it  would  appear  that  he  invested  largely  in  English 
goods,  and  was  a  prominent  merchant  of  his  day.  In  16G7  widow  Alunnings  was 
taxed  three  pence,  among  those  rated  for  lands  at  the  neck  in  Dorchester,  at  a  half 
penny  per  acre  for  the  plow  land.  Mahalaleel  went  to  England,  it  may  have  been 
with  his  father,  and  is  doubtless  the  person  who  returned  to  New  England  in  the 
Speedwell  in  1656,  Capt.  Locke,  master,  notwithstanding  the  slight  discrepancy  in 
age,  as  given  at  the  two  arrivals. 

The  name  of  Edmund  Munnings,  on  the  7th  of  12  mo.  1611,  is  affixed  to  the  list, 
consisting  of  seventy-one,  of  the  inhabitants  of  Dorchester,  who  agreed  that  a  rate 
of  twenty  pounds  per  annum  should  be  paid  out  of  the  rents  of  Thompson's  island 
towards  the  maintenance  of  a  school  in  Dorchester.  We  are  not  certain  that  Mr. 
Munnings  was  there  subsequent  to  1641.  On  the  8th  of  March,  1663-4,  his  name 
stands  the  fifteenth  on  the  list  of  rights  in  the  New  Grant  of  undivided  land, 
which  did  belong  to  William  Stoughton.  Mr.  Munnings  had  an  interest  in  10  acres, 
3  quarters,  12  pole.  Mr.  Savage  says  Mr.  Munnings  "  had  probably  gone  home,  I 
think,  to  Maiden,  co.  Essex,  there  at  least,  was  somehow  connected  with  Joseph 
Hills,  who  before  coming  over  had  given  M.  £11  in  a  bill  for  bringing  one  bullock 
for  the  use  of  H."  Maldon  is  a  few  miles  only  from  Dengie,  and  is  "  locally  in  the 
hundred  of  Dengie."  See  Register,  i.  132;  vii.  273;  viii.  75  ;  x.  176;  xiv.  316; 
Fourth  Report  of  the  Record  Commissioners,  Boston,  pages  29,  32,  106,  120;  Sav- 
age's Genealogical  Dictionary,  iii.  255  ;  Lewis's  Topographical  Dictionary  of  Eng- 
land, ii.20;  iii.  206;  History  of  Dorchester,  p.  68  ;  King's  Handbook  of  Boston 
Harbor,  pp.  100,  106.— W.  B.  Trask.] 

John  Norris  the  elder,  of  Westminster,  co.  Middlesex,  yeoman,  8  June, 
1667,  proved  4  (or  5)  July,  1667.  To  son  William  Norris  seventy-five 
pounds  to  make  up  the  twenty-five  pounds  formerly  given  him  to  one  hun- 
dred pounds,  &c.,  and  also  house,  &c,  at  Mooret-clack,*  co.  Surrey,  which 
I  bought  of  him,  and  a  tenement  at  Tame  in  co.  Oxford,  held  by  lease.  To 
son  John  Norris  ninety  pounds,  to  make  up  the  ten  pounds  formerly  given 
him  to  one  hundred  pounds,  and  a  tenement  at  Mooretclack,  bought  of  son 
William,  &c.  To  grand  child  Annanias  Andrews  thirty  pounds  at  age  of 
twenty-one  or  day  of  marriage.  To  grand  child  John  Andrews  thirty 
pounds  at  twenty-one.  To  daughter  Elizabeth  Bell,  now  beyond  the  seas, 
forty  pounds,  if  she  be  living  and  come  to  England  to  receive  the  same  her- 
self, and  that  Samuel  Bell,  her  husband,  shall  not  meddle  or  have  to  do 
therewith.  To  grand-child  Edward  Norris,  son  of  Christopher  Norris, 
thirty  pounds,  five  pounds  whereof  to  put  him  forth  an  apprentice,  and  the 
remaining  twenty-five  pounds,  with  the  benefit  and  increase,  at  age  of 
twenty-one  years.  Remainder  to  two  sons,  William  and  John  Norris. 
equally.  Carr,  95. 

Sir  Robert  Peake,  Knight,  citizen  and  goldsmith  of  London,  15  May, 
1666,  with  codicil  made  27  September,  1666,  proved  26  July,  1667,  by 
Gregory  and  Benjamin  Peake.  To  my  cousin  and  sometime  servant, 
George  Lyddall,  in  Virginia,  gentleman,  three  hundred  pounds  in  three 
years  (one  hundred  pounds  per  year  payable  on  Michaelmas  day).  To  my 
sometime  servant,  Michael  Tucker,  in  Virginia,  husbandman,  ten  pounds. 
To  servant  Elizabeth  Essington,  of  London,  widow,  twenty  pounds.  To 
my  cousin  James  Waters,  the  son  of  Joseph  Waters,  fifty  pounds.     To  my 

cousin  Waters,   relict  of  Samuel  Waters,  skinner,  deceased,   twenty 

pounds.  To  friend  Doctor  James  Hide  of  Oxford,  and  his  wife  Margaret 
Hide,  fifty  pounds,  and  to  their  son  Robert,  my  godson,  fifty  pounds.  To 
my  good  friend  and  valentine  Mary  St.  Loe,  of  the  Parish  of  Dunstans  in 
the  East,  London,  widow,  one  thousand  pounds  in  ten  years  (one  hundred 
pounds  a  year,  payable  on  Michaelmas   day).     To  Mrs.  Mary  Burton,  wife 

*  Mortlake. 


12  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

of  Mr.  Thomas  Burton  of  Loudon,  gentleman,  and  their  son  Robert,  my 
godson,  &c.  To  my  godson  Tristram  Huddlestone,  son  of  Nicholas  Hud- 
dlestone  of  London,  skinner,  &c.  To  good  friend  Thomas  Pulteney,  of 
London,  Salter,  and  his  wife,  &c.  To  Edward  Hunt,  of  London,  vintner, 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife.  To  my  friend  Edward  Jerman.  To  good  friend 
Richard  Loans,  of  London.  To  John  Peake,  Esq.,  eldest  son  of  Sir  Wil- 
liam Peake,  Knight,  of  London,  Alderman,  and  his  brother  Benjamin,  sec- 
ond son  of  Sir  William,  &c.  To  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Vanbrugh,  wife  of  Mr. 
Giles  Vanbrugh,  merchant,  both  my  singular  good  friends — and  to  others. 

Carr,  96. 

[Much  about  the  English  family  of  Waters  will  be  found  in  Eiumerton  and  Wa- 
ters'* Gleaning  from  English  Records,  pp.  121-30. — Ed.] 

[In  the  Virginia  Land  Registry  Office  the  following  grants  are  recorded  :  George 
Lyddal,  "  Gentleman,"  1750  acres  in  York  County,  Nov.  25,  1654;  "  Captain i" 
George  Lyddal,  2390  acres  in  New  Kent  County  (formed  from  York  County  in  1654) 
Jan.  20,  1657.  Book  No.  4,  p.  214.  The  name  Lyddall  is  a  favored  Christian 
name  in  a  number  of  Virginian  families,  notably  in  the  Bowles  and  Bacon.  I  find 
on  record  in  Henrico  County  court,  in  June,  1754,  the  will  of  Langston  Bacon. 
Wife  Sarah  is  named,  and  also  as  Executors,  Nathaniel  Bacon,  Lyddal  Bacon  and 
John  Williamson.  John  Lyddall  Bacon,  Esq.  is  at  this  date  President  of  the  State 
Bank  of  Richmond. — R.  A.  Brock,  of  Richmond,  Va.] 

William  Burges,  of  South  River,  County  of  Ann  Arundell,  Province 
of  Maryland,  11  July,  1685.  To  son  Edward  Burges  five  thousand  pounds 
of  tobacco  in  casque  within  one  year,  provided  he  deliver  to  my  executors 
one  half  of  certain  live  stock  that  belonged  to  the  estate  of  George  Pud- 
dington,  deceased.  To  William  and  Elizabeth,  the  children  of  said  sou 
Edward.  To  son  George  Burges  five  thousand  pounds  of  tobacco  in  casque, 
within  one  year.  To  sons  William,  John,  Joseph,  Benjamin  and  Charles, 
and  daughters  Elizabeth,  Ann  and  Susanna  Burges.  To  daughter  Susan- 
nah, the  wife  of  Major  Nicholas  Sewall,  five  pounds  in  money  and  my  seal 
ring.  To  my  grandson  Charles  Sewall  and  my  granddaughter  Jane  Sew- 
all.  To  son  William  my  messuage,  &c,  near  South  River,  Ann  Arundell 
county,  which  I  purchased  of  one  George  Westall,  and  on  a  part  whereof 
is  a  town  called  London.  Wife  Ursula  to  have  the  use  of  it  till  son  Wil- 
liam accomplish  the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  (It  is  again  referred  to  as 
the  town  or  port  of  London.)  Also  to  son  William  a  tract  in  Baltimore 
County,  near  land  of  Col.  George  Wells,  containing  four  hundred  and 
eighty  acres.  To  son  John  a  tract  near  Herring  Creek,  in  Ann  Arun- 
dell County,  containing  eight  hundred  acres.  To  sou  Joseph  a  tract 
lately  bought  of  Richard  Beard,  gentleman,  near  the  South  River,  &c,  con- 
taining thirteen  hundred  and  forty  acres.  To  son  Benjamin  a  tract  near 
the  Ridge,  in  Ann  Arundell  County,  which  I  bought  of  Thomas  Besson, 
containing  three  hundred  acres,  and  another  near  the  head  of  South  River, 
containing  four  hundred  acres.  To  son  Charles  my  interest  in  land  bought  of 
Vincent  Low,  near  the  head  of  Sasafras  River,  in  Cecil  County,  formerly 
granted  to  Nicholas  Painter,  since  deceased,  and  containing  sixteen  hundred 
acres,  also  a  tract  lately  purchased  by  me  from  said  Vincent  Lowe,  on  the  south 
side  of  the  Susquehanock  River  in  said  county  of  Baltimore,  containing  five 
hundred  acres.  (These  sons  appear  to  have  been  all  under  twenty-one  years 
of  age.)  Wife  Ursula  to  be  executrix,  and  Major  Nicholas  Sewall,  Major 
Nicholas  Cassaway  and  Captain  Henry  Hanslapp,  supervisors.  The  wit- 
nesses were  Thomas  Francies,  Michael  Cusack,  John  Harrison,  William 
Elridge  (his  mark)  and  John  Edwards. 

o  July,  1689.     Emanavit  Comissio  Micajae  Perry  attornato  unice  depu- 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  13 

tato  per  Ursulam  Moore  als  Burges  (uxorem  Mordeeai  Moore)  jam  in  com. 
de  Ann  Arundell  in  Provincia  de  Maryland  comorand.  relictam  et  execu- 
tricem,  &c.  &c.  Ent.  91. 

Thomas  Brinley,  of  Datchett,  co.  Bucks,  Esq.,  13  September,  1661, 
with  codicil  of  16  October,  1661,  proved  11  December,  1661.  My  third 
of  tenements  in  the  town  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  and  two  thirds  of  the 
manor  of  Burton  in  Yorkshire,  to  eldest  son,  Francis  Brinley  and  his  heirs. 
My  half  of  the  township  or  manor  of  Wakerfield,  heretofore  parcell  of  the 
Lordship  of  Raby,  and  my  lands  and  tenements  in  Wakerfield,  county  and 
Bishoprick  of  Durham,  purchased  in  the  names  of  William  Wase  of  Dur- 
ham and  of  Robert  Worrall,  lately  deceased,  and  of  Michael  Lambcroft, 
lately  deceased,  and  of  John  Maddocke,  of  Cuddington,  co.  Chester,  in  trust 
for  the  use  of  me,  the  said  Thomas  Brinley,  and  the  said  Robert  Worrall 
and  our  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  to  my  wife,  Anne  Brinley,  during  her 
natural  life  ;  at  her  death  to  eldest  son,  Francis  Brinley.  My  lands  in  Hor- 
ton  and  Stanwell,  in  the  several  counties  of  Middlesex  and  Bucks,  &c,  by 
me  purchased  of  Henry  Bulstrode  of  Horton,  to  wife  Anne  for  life  ;  then 
to  my  second  son,  Thomas  Brinley,  a  lease  of  ninety-nine  years.  Certain 
other  lauds,  &c.,  lately  bought  of  James  Styles,  the  elder,  of  Langley,  to 
wife  Anne ;  at  her  death  to  my  third  son,  William  Brinley.  A  legacy  to 
daughter  Mary  Silvester,  widow,  and  her  daughter,  my  granddaughter, 
Mary  Silvester  the  younger,  who  are  both  left  destitute  of  subsistence  by 
the  decease  of  my  said  daughter's  late  husband,  Peter  Silvester,  &c.  To 
the  children  of  my  daughter  Grissell,  the  now  wife  of  Nathaniel  Silvester, 
gentleman,  dwelling  in  New  England,  in  the  Parts  of  America,  in  an  island 
called  Shelter  Island,  one  hundred  pounds  within  one  year  after  my  decease. 

The  witnesses  to  the  will  were  Robert  Style  and  Rose  Baker.  In  the 
codicil  he  bequeaths  legacies  to  his  brother  Lawrence  Brinley  and  Richard 
Brinley  his  son,  both  of  London,  merchants,  to  the  intent  that  they  shall 
with  all  convenient  speed  sell  that  half  of  said  lands,  &c.  (in  Wakerfield), 
for  the  best  rate  and  value  that  they  can  get  for  the  same,  &c. 

The  witnesses  to  this  codicil  were  William  Wase,  Budd  Wase,  William 
Carter  and  William  Brinley.  The  will  was  proved  by  the  widow,  Anne 
Brinley.  May,  193. 

[Thomas  Brinley,  who  made  this  will,  was  the  father  of  Francis  Brinley,  who 
emigrated  to  Barbadoes,  but,  the  climate  not  being  "  suited  to  his  habits  and  con- 
stitution," came  to  New  England  and  settled  at  Newport,  K.  I.,  as  eariy  as  1652. 
Francis  Brinley  wrote  an  "  Account  of  the  Settlements  and  Governments  in  and 
about  the  Lands  of  Narraganset  Bay,"  which  is  printed  in  the  Massachusetts  His- 
torical Collections,  1st  S.,  vol.  v.  pp.  217-20.  A  catalogue  of  hij  library  is  printed 
in  the  Register,  xii.  75-8. 

Brief  genealogies  of  the  Brinley  family  wdl  be  found  in  Bridgman's  King's 
Chapel  Epitaphs,  219-228,  and  in  the  Heraldic  Journal,  vol.  ii.  pp.  31-2.  The  for- 
mer is  by  the  Hon.  Francis  Brinley,  now  of  Newport,  R.  I.  From  it  we  learn  that 
Thomas  Brinley,  "  one  of  the  auditors  of  the  Revenue  of  King  Charles  the  First 
and  of  King  Charles  the  Second,"  besides  the  children  named  above  in  his  will- 
Francis,  Thomas,  William,  Mary,  widow  of  Peter  Sylvester,  and  Grizzell,  wife  of 
Nathaniel  Sylvester — had  three  other  daughters  who  lived  to  be  married,  namely  : 
Rose,  who  married  Giles  Baker,  lord  of  the  manor  of  Riple  in  Kent ;  one,  christian 
name  unknown,  who  married  William  Coddington,  governor  of  Rhode  Island  ;  and 
the  other,  whose  christian  name  is  also  unknown,  who  married  Richard  Hackle,  Esq. 
Grizzell  was  baptized  at  St.  James's  Church,  Clerkenwell,  Jan.  6,  1635-6.  Ab- 
stracts of  the  wills  of  Peter  and  Nathaniel  Sylvester  will  be  found  later  in  this  arti- 
cle.—Ed.] 

Laurence   Brinley,  citizen  and  haberdasher  of  Loudon,    10  August, 
1662,  proved  11    December,  1662,  by  the  oaths  of  Samuel   and   Richard 


14 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


Brinley,  sons  and  executors  named  in  the  will.  The  following  bequests 
appear:  to  Mary  Limbrey  twenty  pounds  ;  to  Philip  Limbrey,  of  Virginia, 
twenty  pounds  ;  to  my  sister  Susan  Gregory,  of  Exon  (Exeter J,  widow, 
ten  pounds  ;  to  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Brinley,  of  London,  widow,  and  her 
two  daughters,  twenty  pounds  apiece  to  buy  them  a  ring  ;  to  Master  Cala- 
my,  my  dearly  beloved  pastor  and  faithful  minister  of  Jesus  Christ,  five 
pounds  ;  to  poor  Presbyterian  ministers  out  of  their  places  for  conscience 
sake,  thirty  pounds,  to  be  disposed  of  according  to  the  discretion  of  my  ex- 
ecutors with  Mr.  Calamy  ;  to  my  daughter  Jenne  Jackson,  the  wife  of , 

the  sum  of  twenty  pounds,  and,  in  case  Weaver's  Hall  money  cometh  in, 
eighty  pounds  ;  to  my  daughter-in-law  Elizabeth  Earnly,  widow,  the  sum 
of  twenty  pounds  ;  to  my  son  Nathaniel  Brinley  fifty  pounds  when  he  com- 
eth out  of  his  time.  I  do  constitute  and  appoint  my  two  sons  Samuel 
and  Richard  Brinley  to  be  my  executors,  and  give  ten  pounds  apiece  to 
them.  The  residue,  &c,  to  my  five  children,  viz.,  Nathaniel,  Susannah, 
Hester,  Philip  and  Isaac  Brinley,  according  to  equal  proportions.  My  real 
estate  of  land  in  Ireland  and  England,  after  my  decease,  to  be  sold  accord- 
ing to  the  uttermost  value,  for  the  payment  of  my  wife's  and  the  children's 
portions. 

The  witnesses  -to  this  will  were  William  Webb,  Richard  Brinley  and 
John  Jackson.  Laud,  151. 

Nathaniel,  son  of  Laurence  Brinley,  of  London,  merchant,  was  a  leg- 
atee to  the  amount  of  five  pounds,  under  the  will  of  Henry  Hazlewood, 
citizen  and  currier  of  London,  proved  in  the  same  year  as  the  foregoing 
will.  Laud,  108. 

[From  Lipscombe's  History  of  Buckinghamshire,  published  in  1847.]  In 
an  account  of  the  church  at  Datchett  are  found  the  following  copies  of  in- 
scriptions on  a  slab  in  the  floor  of  the  nave  : 

Here  lieth  the  body  of  Thomas  Brinley,  Esq.,  who  was  one  of  the  audi- 
tors of  the  Revenue  of  King  Charles  the  First  and  of  King  Charles  ye 
Second.  Born  in  the  City  of  Exeter.  He  married  Anne,  youngest  daugh- 
ter of  Wm  Ware*  of  Petworth,  in  Sussex,  gent.,  who  had  issue  by  her  five 
sons  and  seven  daughters.  He  dyed  the  15th  day  of  October  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  1661. 

Here  also  lieth  buried  ye  body  of  the  above  said  William  Ware,*  who 
died  the  19th  of  Sept.  1642,  aged  62  years  and  5  months. 

Vol.  iv.  page  441. 

[From  Visitation  of  London,  1634,  vol.  i.,  printed  by  the  Harleian  Soc] 

LAWRENCE  BRINLEY,  of  Wlllenhall, 
descended  out  of  Stafford. 


Richard  Brinley  of  WilIenhall=Joane,  da.  of . , 
in  com.  Stafford. 


, . .  Reeve. 


Brit 


Thomas  Brinley,  eld.  son, 

one  of  Hio  Ma""  auditors, 

living  1634. 


3  Lawrence  Brinley=Mary,  da.  of  John  Minifie, 


of  London,  merchant, 
living  1634. 


of  Hunyton,  com.  Devon. 


I 
Sam'  Brinley, 
eld.  son. 


Ill  I 

Lawrence.  Richard.  Mary.  Anne 

(Signed)  Law.  Brinley. 

*  This  is  undoubtedly  a  mistake  for  Wase ;  for  a  pedigree  of  which  family  see  Berry's 
Sussex  Genealogies,  p.  125,  and  Dallawav's  History  of  the  Western  Division  of  Sussex, 
Vol.  2,  Part  ii.  p.  123.  It  will  be  noticed  that  William  Wase  and  Budd  Wase  were  wit- 
nesses of  Thomas  Brinley's  will.— H.  F.  W. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


15 


[From   Randall  Holmes's   Heraldic  Collections  for  Cheshire,  Harleian 
MS.,  No.  2119  British  Museum.] 


CHRISTOPHER  BRINDLEY 
of  Wildgoose  House,  near  Leeke,  co.  Staff. 


Rafe,  of  Cheshire, 
had  land  in  Nantwich, 
per  deeds. 


Lawrance,  of  Willnall,  co.  Staff.=da.  to  Flecher,  John, 

2  son;  recovered  land  in  Nantwich,      of  same  place.  of  Owsley, 

or  near  it ;  he  obt.  before  he  had  pos-  co.  Stafford, 
session  of  his  land  he  recovered. 


"Richard  of  Exeter. 


William  Brindley  of  Willnall=Anne,  da.  to  Tunkes, 


Witlm  was  found  heir  to  his  uncle, 
per  office,  ex  relation  of 
Sam.  Smith. 


Lawrance, 
of  London, 
marchant. 


Thomas  Brindley, 
the  King's  Auditor. 


of  Billson.co.  Staff. 


Thomas       George= da.  to 

of  Willnall,    of  the    |     Hatley. 
1637.  Hide, 

co.  Staff. 


William.    Anne.    Sarah. 


Robert=    1Alice,        2Margaret, 
of  Willnall.        ux.       ux.  Richard 
Richard      Soley,  jr. 
Soley,  of    of  Dudley, 
Sturbridge,    co.  Wore, 
co.  Wore.       son  ot 
Richard, 
by  his  1st  wife 

3Johane,       4Elizabeth, 
ux.  Edvv.        ux.  Sam. 
Soley,  of        Smyth,  of 
Bristow;        SutLon  Col. 
2d  to  Tho.         field,  co. 
Jackson,        Wore.  1637 
of  Bristow. 

Richard.       Anne.       Elizabeth. 

Margaret. 

[Fol.  67  A.] 

RAFE  de  BRERETON, 
test.  (temp.  Cong.)  to  Venables'  Deed. 


William  Brereton, 
of  Brereton,  in  com.  Chester. 


William  Brereton  of  Brereton= 


Isolda  ux.  Gilbert  de  Stocke,  fil.  Ranus  (sic) 
de  Prayers,  dni.  villa?  de  Stoke. 
With  her  he  had  the  town  of 
Brunlea. 


Brindley  de  Brindley. 


Piers  Brindley  of  Brindley. 


John  Brindley  of  Brindley=Beatrix,  da.  and  heir  to  John  (or  Jenkin)  Bressey, 

of  Wistaston. 


Thomas  Brindley  of  Brindley—Alice,  dau.  and  heir  to  David,  son  of  Patrick  de  Crew. 


William  de  Brindley=Margery,  coh.  to  Tho3.  Bulkley,  John  Brindley.        Hugh  Brindley. 

of  Wolstanwood. 


Thomas  de  Brindley=Katherme,  dau.  to  Piers  Venables,  of  Kinderton. 
.    21  H.  6. 


William  de  Brindley  (21  H.  6.) 


Thomcs  Brindley  of  Wolstanwood, 
near  Wich  Malbank  (1  R.  3). 


John  Brindley  of  Brindley. 


(Whence  the  main  line  of 
Brindley  of  Brindley  descended.) 


16  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

[Abstracts  of  deeds  in  evidence.]  William,  son  of  Thomas  de  Brindley, 
gives  to  Richd  RefTs,  parson  of  Bastomley,  all  his  lands,  tenements,  &c,  in 
the  Hundred  of  Wich  Malbank.  Dated  at  Wolstanwood  on  the  Feast  of 
Epiphany — 21  II.  6. 

A  lease  of  a  messuage  in  Rottenrow  in  Wich  Malbank,  by  Thomas  Brind- 
ley of  Wolstanwood,  near  Wich  Malbank,  to  Hugh  Boston  of  the  Wich, 
gentleman,  dated  6  February,  1  R.  3. 

A  lease  of  Crofts  in  Copenhall  and  Wolstanwood,  and  a  messuage  and 
two  crofts  in  Wighterson,  near  Nantwich,  made  by  Thomas  Brindeley  of 
Wolstanwood  aforesaid,  to  Hugh  Boston,  gent,  aforesaid,  of  same  date. 

Mr.  Garside  to  pay  me  for  this  pedigree  for  Mr.  Sam.  Smyth  of  Sutton 
Coldfield,  1637.  Ff.  40,  67  A.  and  68. 

Peter  Silvester  of  London,  merchant,  now  inhabitant  in  the  parish 
of  Saint  James,  Dukes  Place,  in  London,  26  January,  1657,  proved  11 
February.  1657.  Whereas  my  dear  mother,  Mary  Silvester,  of  London, 
widow,  did  oblige  herself  by  promise  to  give  unto  me  the  sum  of  one  thou- 
sand pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England,  for  which  said  sum  of  one  thou- 
sand pounds,  &c,  my  said  mother,  at  my  request,  hath  this  day  become 
bound  by  obligation  of  the  penalty  of  two  thousand  pounds  unto  Thomas 
Middleton  of  Stratford  Bow,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  Esquire,  condi- 
tioned for  the  payment  of  the  said  one  thousand  pounds  within  six  years 
after  the  date  of  the  said  bond  unto  me  or  to  Mary  my  now  wife,  &c.  &c. 
I  do  give  and  bequeath  the  said  sum  to  wife  Mary.  To  only  daughter 
Mary  six  hundred  pounds  at  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  day  of 
marriage.  If  she  die  in  the  mean  time,  then  two  hundred  pounds  of  it  to 
my  dear  and  loving  wife,  one  hundred  pounds  to  my  brother  Nathaniel  Sil- 
vester, one  hundred  pounds  to  brother  Joshua  Silvester,  one  hundred  and 
fifty  pounds  to  brother  Giles  Silvester,  and  fifty  pounds  to  my  sister  Cart- 
wright.  The  said  sum  of  six  hundred  pounds  to  be  sent  to  my  loving  bro- 
ther Constant  Silvester,  now  resident  in  the  Barbados,  he  to  become  bound 
for  the  payment,  as  above.  To  each  and  every  of  my  own  brothers  and 
brothers-in-law  forty  shillings  apiece  to  make  each  of  them  a  ring  to  wear 
in  remembrance  of  me.  To  my  uncle  Jeofrie  Silvester  the  sum  of  twenty- 
five  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Joseph  Gascoigne  fifteen  pounds.  To  my 
Aunt  Gascoigne  five  pounds,  and  to  her  daughter  Anne  Gascoigne  five 
pounds.  To  loving  friend  Richard  Duke,  scrivener,  forty  shillings  to  make 
him  a  ring.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  St.  James,  Duke's  Place,  five 
pounds.  Thomas  Middleton,  Esq.,  to  be  sole  executor,  and  loving  uncle 
Nathaniel  Arnold  overseer,  and  I  give  him  fifty  pounds. 

The  witnesses  to  the  above  were  Edw:  Warren,  Hum:  Richardson  and 
Richard  Duke,  scr.  Wootton,  95. 

Giles  Silvester,  of  London,  merchant,  2  March,  1670,  proved  26  May, 
1671.  To  such  child  or  children  as  my  wife  now  goeth  with,  the  sum  of 
three  hundred  pounds  at  his,  her  or  their  age  of  one  and  twenty  years,  if 
sons,  and  at  age  of  twenty-one,  or  on  day  of  marriage,  which  shall  first  hap- 
pen, if  daughters.  To  my  nephew,  Constant  Silvester,  the  four  pictures 
that  were  my  late  fathers.  The  residue  of  the  estate  to  loving  wife,  Anne 
Silvester,  who  is  appointed  executrix.  I  entreat  and  appoint,  my  dear  and 
loving  brother,  Constant  Silvester  Esquire,  and  my  good  friend  Redmaine 
Burrell  to  be  overseers.     To  each  of  them  forty  shillings,  for  rings. 

Grant  of  administration  on  the  estate  of  the  above  was  made  to  Constant 
Silvester,  natural  and  lawful  brother  of  the  deceased,  the  widow  Anne  Sil- 
vester having  renounced  the  executorship.  Duke,  68. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  17 

Constant  Silvester  made  his  will  7  April,  1671,  proved  7  October, 
1671,  by  Grace  Silvester,  relict  and  executrix.  All  my  lands,  plantations, 
houses  and  tenements  in  the  island  of  Barbados,  &c,  to  wife  Grace  and  to 
Henry  Walrond,  Senr  Esq.,  brother  of  the  said  Grace,  Col.  Richard  Haw- 
kins, Samuel  Farmer,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Francis  Raynes  (being  all  of  the  said 
island  of  Barbados)  for  one  thousand  years  from  the  day  of  my  decease,  in 
trust,  &c.  ;  wife  Grace  to  enjoy  one  moiety  during  her  natural  life,  and  my 
eldest  son,  Constant,  to  enjoy  two  thirds  of  the  other  moiety  during  his 
mother's  life,  and  my  second  son,  Humphrey  Silvester,  to  have  and  hold 
the  remaining  third  of  said  other  moiety  during  his  mother's  life.  After 
her  death  Constant  to  have  two  thirds  of  the  whole,  and  Humphrey  the 
remaining  third.  If  there  should  be  more  sons,  the  eldest  son  (in  that 
case)  to  have  a  double  share,  and  each  other  son  a  single  share.  If  wife 
Grace  should  marry  again,  then  she  to  have  one  third,  instead  of  one  half, 
of  the  above  described  property.  To  daughters  Grace  and  Mary  two  thou- 
sand pounds  sterling  each  at  day  of  marriage,  or  at  age  of  twenty-one  years, 
and,  over  and  above  that,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  sterling  each,  to 
buy  them  a  jewel  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years. 

Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  brother  Nathaniel  Silvester,  his  heirs 
and  assigns  forever,  one  sixth  part  of  all  the  lands  which  I  and  my  said 
brother  hold  in  partnership  in  Shelter  Island,  upon  the  coast  of  New  Eng- 
land; so  that,  whereas  he  had  a  third  part  of  the  said  lands  before,  now  he 
shall  have  a  moiety.  And  the  remaining  moiety  of  the  said  lands  I  give 
and  bequeath  to  my  two  sons  before  named,  equally,  and  to  the  heirs  of 
their  bodies  lawfully  begotten,  forever ;  and,  for  want  of  such  issue,  to  my 
brother  Joshua  Silvester  and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  forever ;  and,  for  want 
of  such  issue,  to  my  brother  Nathaniel,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  forever.  To 
brother  Joshua  Silvester  eight  hundred  pounds  sterling.  To  my  sister  Mary 
Cartwright  a  mortgage  on  the  estate  made  over  to  me  by  her  deceased  hus- 
band, Isaac  Cartwright,  during  her  natural  life,  and  after  her  decease  to  my 
nephew,  Constant  Cartwright,  he  paying  out  of  the  same  to  each  of  his  sis- 
ters, Mary  and  Anne,  two  hundred  pounds  sterling  at  their  day  of  marriage  or 
arrival  at  age  of  twenty-one  years,  whichever  shall  first  happen.  To  my  neph- 
ew Richard  Kett,  six  hundred  pounds  sterling,  and  sixty  pounds  sterling 
per  annum  so  long  as  he  shall  remain  upon  my  Plantation  after  my  decease, 
to  keep  the  accompts  thereof  and  taking  care  no  injury  or  prejudice  be  done 
to  the  estate  by  any  without  giving  notice  thereof  to  my  trustees  before- 
named. 

Wife  Grace  to  be  executrix  so  long  as  she  remain  unmarried,  then  the 
other  trustees,  &c.  To  each  of  these  fifty  pounds  sterling  apiece  to  buy 
them  what  they  shall  think  fit  to  remember  me  by  after  my  decease. 

The  witnesses  were  Henry  Walrond,  Grace  Walrond,  Peter  Blackler, 
Anne  Guillett,  Dorothy  Marshall,  Samuel  Ainseworth,  juur  and  Will. 
Swepson. 

17  June  1702  emanavit  commissio  Dominaa  Gratise  Pickering,  uxori 
Domini  Henrici  Pickering,  Barouetti,  filiae  naturali  et  legitimaa  dicti  Con- 
stantii  Silvester  defuncti,  etc.  etc.  Duke,  124. 

In  the  Chancel  Aisle  of  the  church  in  Brampton  (co.  Huntington),  is  a 
stone  with  this  inscription :  "  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Constant  Silvestei 
Esqre  who  departed  this  life  the  2nd  September,  1671."  The  church  Regis- 
ter contains  the  following:    "  Mr  Humphrey  Silvester,  son  of   Mr  Constant 

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18  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

Silvester  &  Mw  Grace  his  wife,  was  buried  April  ye  sixteenth  1673."     "  M' 
Constant  Silvester  was  buried  the  4th  day  of  September  a:  d:  1671." 

Add.  MS.  24493,  Fol.  341,  Brit.  Mus.  (Joseph  Hunter's  Colls.). 

The  following  is  an  abstract  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Nathan- 
iel Sylvester  of  Shelter  Island,  proved  2  October,  1680.    He  calls  him- 
self the  right,  true  and  lawful  owner  and   proprietor  of  one  moiety  or  half 
part,  in  fee  simple,  of  all  that  Island  whereon  he  was  then  dwelling,  for- 
merly called  Manhausack-Ahaqua-Shuwamock,  now  Shelter  Island,  &c.  &c. 
also  of  one  moiety  or  half  part,  in  possession  and  reversion,  of  one  other 
Island,  formerly  called  Robert's  Island.     He  gives  and  bequeaths  to  his  en- 
deared wife  Grizzell  Sylvester,  Francis  Brinley,  James  Lloyd,  Isaac  Arnold, 
Lewis  Morris  and  Daniel  Gould,  all  the  above  described  property,  and  also 
the  other  moiety  or  half  part  of  Shelter  Island  which  is  claimed  in  partner- 
ship by  my  brother  Constant  Sylvester  and  Thomas  Middleton,  or  any  part 
or  parts  thereof  which  may  happen  to   fall  due  unto  me  from  the  said  Con- 
stant Sylvester  and  Thomas  Middleton  by  reason  of  the  great  disburse- 
ments made  by  me  for  the  said  moiety,  &c,  in  their  behalf  since  the  year 
1652  until  this  present  year,  and  likewise  by  reason  of  the  great  sums  of 
money  which  my  brother  Constant  doth  in  particular  stand  indebted  unto 
me,  as  per  accounts  doth  appear,  and  furthermore  by  reason  of  the  confis- 
cation of  the  said  moiety,  &c.  &c,  by  the  Dutch  men  of  war  at  their  taking 
of  New  York  with  their  fleet  of  nineteen  men  of  war,  they  also  taking  and 
surprising  the  said  moiety,  &c.  &c,  as  by  the  chief  commanders  of  the  said 
Dutch   men  of  war  their  instrument  of  confiscation  and  Bill  of  Sale  «iven 
unto  me  for  the  same,  as  doth  at  large  appear,  the   said  commanders   also 
sending  one  of  their  men  of  war  to  Shelter  Island  where  the  Captain  land- 
ed with  about  fifty  soldiers,  taking  possession  of  the  said  moiety,  &c,   and 
to  strike  the  greater  dread  in  my  family  they  beset  my  house,  the  better  to 
obtain  the  money  which  they  forced  from  me  and  myself  constrained  to  pay 
to  prevent  their  suing  of  said  moiety,  &c.  &c.     The  above  described  prop- 
erty is  to  be  held  in  trust  for  certain   purposes.     Reference  is  made  to  his 
wife's  jointure,  as  by  a  deed  left  in  hands  of  brother  William  Coddington  of 
Rhode  Island  may  at  large  appear.     My  children   to  be  brought  up  in  the 
fear  of  God,  and  to  have  such  education  bestowed  upon  them  as  may  be 
conveniently  gotten  in  these  parts  of  the  world,   and  as  shall  seem  meet  to 
my  endeared  wife,  their  mother,  &c.     My  brother  Joshua  to  be  convenient- 
ly maintained  both  with  diet,  lodging,  clothing  and  necessaries,  decent  and 
becoming  him,  as  hitherto  he  hath  enjoyed,  that  he   may   in   no  manner  of 
way  want,  and  in  no  wise  put  off  from  the  Island,  unless  he  shall  think  good 
to  live  elsewhere,  &c.     To  son  Giles  (certain  property)  ;  to  son  Nathaniel ; 
to  son  Peter ;  to  daughter  Patience  at  age  of  twenty-one  or  marriage  ;  to 
daughter  Elizabeth  at  twenty-one  or  marriage ;  to  daughter  Mary  at  twen- 
ty-one or  marriage;  to  daughter  Ann  at  twenty-one  or  marriage ;  to  daugh- 
ter Mercy   at  twenty-one  or  marriage.     To  sons  Constant  and  Benjamin  at 
twenty-one.     Son  Nathaniel  (a  minor)  to  have  certain  bricks  lying  at  Tho- 
mas Moore   Senior's   farm  and  at  the  Oyster    Pond.     Son   Peter  (also   a 
minor)  to  have^aart  of  the  said  bricks.     Property  at  Southold  spoken  of. 
The  executors  of  the  above  will  to   be  wife  Grizzell  Sylvester,  brother-in- 
law  Francis  Brinley,  son-in-law  James  Lloyd,  cousin  Isaac  Arnold,   Lewis 
Morris  and  Daniel  Gould. 

The  witnesses  were  John  Colling,  Ann  Colling  (by  mark),  Peter  Al- 
dritchand  Jaques  Guillott.  These  made  deposition  2  October,  1680,  under 
authority  given  by  the  Governor  2  September,  1680. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  19 

Additional  MS.  24493,  Fol.  344,  British  Museum  (Joseph  Hunter's 
Collections). 

[On  the  9  of  June,  1651,  Thomas  Middleton,  Thomas  Rouse,  Constant  Sylvester 
and  Nathaniel  Sylvester,  purchased  Shelter  Island,  on  the  east  end  of  Long  Island, 
for  sixteen  hundred  pounds  ot  good  merchantable  Muscovado  sugar,  from  Stephen 
Goodyeare,  of  New  Haven,  who  had  purchased  it  May  18,  1641,  from  the  agent  of  the 
Earl  of  Sterling.  Full  particulars  of  the  transactions  of  Nathaniel  Sylvester  in  re- 
lation to  Shelter  Island  will  be  found  in  Thompson's  Long  Island,  vol.  i.  pp.  364-9. 
Nathaniel  Sylvester  died  in  March,  1680,  according  to  Thompson,  who  gives  an 
account  of  his  descendants.  Savage,  in  his  Genealogical  Dictionary  (iv.  99),  says  : 
"  There  is  no  slight  reason  to  believe  this  Nathaniel  to  be  the  son  of  the  celebrated 
poet  Joshua  Sylvester,  translator  of  the  divine  rhapsodies  of  Du  Bartas.'"  I  do  not 
know  what  reason  Mr  Savage,  who  was  a  cautious  genealogist,  had  for  thinking 
so.     It  is  possible  that  he  was  a  son,  or  more  likely  a  grandson. — Ed.] 

Samuel  Ward,  the  elder,  of  Ipswich,  clerk,  19  October,  1639,  proved  24 
April,  1640,  by  Nathaniel  and  Joseph  Ward,  sons  of  the  deceased  and  ex- 
ecutors of  his  will;  to  whom  he  left  all  his  books,  all  his  loadstones,  shells, 
papers,  pictures  and  maps.  Item — I  will  and  bequeath  all  that  money  which 
doth  belong  to  me  upon  the  house  where  I  now  dwell,  situate  in  Ipswich 
aforesaid  (which  money  was  given  by  many  gentlemen  and  townsmen  my 
friends),  to  be  equally  divided  between  them  and  their  heirs  forever;  also 
all  my  lands  and  houses  in  Brickelsea,  both  free  and  copy,  equally,  &c.  &c, 
on  condition  that  every  year  during  the  natural  life  of  Deborah,  my  loving 
wife,  and  Samuel  Ward,  my  eldest  son,  they  pay  to  the  said  Deborah  and 
Samuel  twenty  pounds  a  year  apiece, — to  either  of  them  at  four  times  or 
terms  in  the  year, — upon  the  feast-day  of  the  Nativity  of  our  Lord  God,  upon 
the  feast  day  of  the  Annunciation  of  our  Blessed  Lady  St.  Mary  tlte  Virgin, 
upon  the  feast  day  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  and  upon  the  feast  day  of  St. 
Michael  the  Archangel,  by  even  and  equal  portions,  &c  ,  at  the  now  dwell- 
ing house  of  Mr.  Robert  Knapp  in  Ipswich ;  or,  in  lieu  of  said  twenty 
pounds  a  year  to  son  Samuel,  to  keep  and  maintain  him  in  a  comely  and  de- 
cent manner  for  and  during  his  natural  lite,  at  the  election  and  choice  of 
the  said  Nathaniel  and  Joseph.  To  my  mother  forty  shillings  yearly,  to 
be  paid  her  at  her  now  dwelling  house  in  Weatherstield,  quarterly.  My 
watch  to  my  daughter  Deborah,  and  my  fair  English  Bible,  printed  anno 
domini  1633,  to  my  said  daughter  Deborah,  only  my  wife  to  have  the  use 
of  said  bible  during  her  life.  Sundry  chattels  to  daughter  Abigail,  after 
decease  of  wife.  All  the  plate  and  wearing  clothes  to  son  Nathaniel.  My 
Greek  Testament,  of  Robert  Stephens  print,  to  my  brother  John  Ward. 
My  best  gloves  to  my  son  Robert  Bolton.  A  Greek  Testament  to  son 
John  Bolton.  To  Margaret  my  maid,  twenty  shillings.  To  John  Boggas, 
my  servant,  ten  shillings.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  Tower 
and  of  St.  Mary  Key  in  Ipswich,  either  of  them  twenty  shillings  apiece. 
To  Mr.  Robert  Knapp,  my  ancient  friend,  a  pair  of  gloves  of  five  shillings 
price,  or  a  book  of  the  same  value. 

The  witnesses  to  the  signature  were  Thomasin  Willis  and  Daniel  Ray. 

Coventry,  47. 

[The  Rev.  Samuel  Ward,  B.D.,  the  maker  of  the  above  will,  was  the  town 
preacher  at  Ipswich,  and  a  celebrated  Puritan  author.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of 
the  Rev.  John  Ward  of  Haverhill,  in  Suffolk,  and  brother  of  the  Rev.  Nathaniel 
Ward,  author  of  the  Massachusetts  Body  of  Liberties,  or  code  of  laws  adopted  in 
1641.  Samuel  Ward  married,  January  2,  1604-5,  Deborah  Bolton,  widow,  of  Isle- 
ham,  Cambridgeshire.  It  seems  from  this  will  that  she  had  two  sons,  Robert  and 
John  Bolton,  by  her  first  husband.     For  further  details  of  his  life,  see  a  brief  me- 


20  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

moir  of  Rev.  Samuel  Ward,  appended  to  the  editor's  memoir  of  the  Rev.  Nathaniel 
Ward  (Albany,  1868).  An  abstract  of  his  will,  furnished  by  the  late  Col.  Chester, 
will  be  found  on  pages  154-5  of  that  work. — Ed.] 

Margaret  Simonds,  late  widow  of  John  Simonds,  late  of  Kunckles 
Alley  in  London,  deceased,  her  nuncupative  will,  August,  1G65  ;  To  daugh- 
ter Margaret  Burton,  who  is  now  beyond  the  seas.  Proved  6  March,  1667, 
by  Margaret  Burton.  Hene  36. 

Timothy  Snape,  London,  yeoman,  one  of  the  sons  of  Edmond  Snape, 
late  of  the  parish  of  St.  Saviors,  in  Southwark,  co.  Surrey,  clerk,  deceased, 
being  bound  forth  on  a  voyage  to  Virginia  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas, 
executed  his  will  10  September,  1624,  proved  9  July,  1629.  He  names 
brothers  and  sisters,  Samuel,  Nathaniel  and  John  Snape,  Hannah,  now 
wife  of  John  Barker,  citizen  and  haberdasher  of  London,  and  Sarah  Snape, 
spinster.  Ridley,  67. 

Samuel  Ive,  of  Portsmouth,  13  July,  1667,  proved  17  August,  1667,  by 
John  Ive,  brother  and  executor.  To  sister  Sarah  Putland,  of  Strood,  wife 
of  Elias  Putland,  four  score  pounds.  To  brother  John  Ive.  To  Mary  Al- 
deridge  or  any  other  of  our  kindred.  To  my  brother  Thomas  Ive  twenty 
pounds.  To  Mary  Alderidge,  my  sister's  daughter,  twelve  pence.  To  Rob- 
ert Reynolds,  carver,  all  my  working  tools  and  the  time  of  my  servant  John 
Rauly  which  he  has  yet  to  serve,  only  six  months  of  the  time  I  do  give  to 
the  said  John  Rauly.  To  MrU  Reynolds  what  goods  I  have  in  the  house, 
except  my  desk  and  trunk  of  linen  and  wearing  clothes,  which  I  do  give  to 
my  brother  Thomas  Ive  if  he  live  to  come  home  ;  or,  else,  to  my  brother 
John  Ive,  to  whom  all  the  residue.  Carr,  107. 

[Much  about  the  Ive  family  will  be  found  in  Emmerton  and  Waters's  Gleanings 
from  English  Records,  pp.  60-1. — Ed.] 

William  Quicke,  citizen  and  grocer  of  London,  26  October,  1614, 
proved  21  January,  1614.  He  mentions  daughter  Apphia,  wife  Elizabeth, 
daughter  Elizabeth,  daughter  Debora,  brother  Nicholas  Quicke  and  his 
children,  the  rest  of  brothers'  and  sisters'  children,  kinswoman  Mary  Mar- 
shall the  younger,  brother-in-law  Thomas  Hodges,  merchant  taylor,  &c. 

"  I  give  and  bequeath  to  and  amongest  my  three  daughters  aforesaid,  all 
my  pte  of  all  such  landes,  tenements  and  hereditaments  as  shall  from  time 
to  time  be  recovered,  planted  and  inhabited  eyther  in  Virginia  or  in  the 
somer  Ilandes  heretofore  called  the  Bermoodas  togither  wth  all  such  mynes 
and  mineralls  of  gold,  silver  and  other  mettalls  or  treasure,  perles,  precious 
stones  or  any  kinde  of  wares  and  mercbandices,  comodities  or  profitts  what- 
soever which  shalbe  obtayned  or  gotten  in  or  by  the  said  voyages  and  plan- 
tations accordinge  to  the  adventure  and  portion  of  money  that  I  have  em- 
ployed to  that  use."  Rudd,  1. 

[John  Smith,  in  his  "  Generall  Historie,"  Ed.  1626,  page  126,  gives  the  name  of 
William   Quicke  in   the  List  of  the  Adventurers  for  Virginia. — R.  A.   Brock,  of 
Richmond,  Va.] 
* 

Nathaniel  Warde,  of  Old  Winsor,  co.  Berks,  Doctor  in  Divinity,  3 
December,  nineteenth  of  K.  Charles,  proved  11  February,  1667.  He  men- 
tions wife  Susanna  and  marriage  contract,  a  bond  of  one  thousand  pounds 
unto  Mr  Thomas  Hanchett  and  Mr  Solomon  Smith,  in  trust  for  said  wife. 
Son  Nathaniel  to  be  executor.  The  witnesses  were  Robert  Aldridge,  Eliz- 
abeth Reynolds  and  (the  mark  of)  Edward  Stokes.  Hene,  26. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  21 

Smalehope  Bigg,  of  Cranbrooke  in  the  County  of  Kent,  clothier,  3 
May,  1638,  proved  3  October,  1638,  by  John  Bigg.  Brother  John  Bigg, 
of  Maidstone,  to  be  executor.  To  the  poor  of  Cranbrooke  ten  pounds. 
To  my  Aunt  Mary  Bridger  of  West  Peckharn  and  her  two  sons,  Robert 
and  Thomas  Betts  ;  to  my  kinswomen,  the  wife  of  William  Hunt  of  Brench- 
lev,  Anne  Bottinge  of  Brenchley,  widow,  and  the  wife  of  John  Saxby  of 
Leeds  ;  to  Judith,  wife  of  Thomas  Tadnall,  late  of  Dover;  to  Godfrey  Mar- 
tin of  Old  Romney  and  his  sisters ;  to  the  children  of  Robert  Pell  of  New 
Romney,  jurat,  deceased. 

To  my  kinsfolk  Thomas  Bate,  of  Lydd,  James  Bate,  Clement  Bate,  the 
wife  of  William  Batchelor,  John  Compton,  Edward  White  and  Martha  his 
wife,  all  which  are  now  resident  in  New  England,  twenty  shillings  each.  I 
give  ten  pounds  to  be  distributed  to  them  or  to  others  in  New  England  by 
my  mother  and  my  brother  John  Stow.  To  Peter  Master  of  Cranbrook 
who  married  my  sister.  To  my  mother  Rachell  Bigg  one  hundred  pounds. 
Lands  &c.  at  Rye  in  County  Sussex  to  my  wife  Ellin.  To  my  sisters  Pa- 
tience Foster  and  Elizabeth  Stow  in  New  England.  To  Ilopestill  Foster, 
son  of  my  sister  three  hundred  pounds.  To  Tliomas  and  John  Stow,  sons 
of  my  sister  Stow  two  hundred  pounds  each.  To  Elizabeth  Stow  and  the 
other  three  children  (under  age)  of  my  said  sister  Stow.  Lands  in  Hors- 
monden  to  my  brother  John  Bigg.  Lands  at  Wittersham,  Lidd  and  Cran- 
brook to  Samuel  Bigg,  my  brother's  son,  at  the  age  of  twenty-three  years. 
My  friends  John  Nowell  of  Rye,  gentleman,  James  Holden  and  Thomas 
Bigg  the  elder,  of  Cranbrook,  clothiers,  to  be  overseers.  To  my  cousin 
Hunt's  children  and  John  Saxbey's  children;  to  the  two  sons  of  my  Aunt 
Betts;  to  my  cousin  Bottenn's  children;  to  my  cousin  Pell's  children,  viz., 
Joan  Pell,  Elizabeth  Pell,  Richard  Pell  and  Thomas  Baytope's  wife. 

After  a  hearing  of  the  case  between  John  Bigg,  brother  and  executor  pi 
the  one  part,  and  Helleu  alias  Ellen  Bigg  (the  relict),  Patience  Bigg  alias 
Foster,  wife  of  Richard  Foster,  and  Elizabeth  Bigg  alias  Stow,  wife  of 
Richard  (sic)  Stow,  testator's  sisters,  of  the  other  part,  sentence  was  pro- 
nounced to' confirm  the  will  4  April,  1639  (the  widow  having  previously 
died,  as  shown  by  date  of  probate  of  her  own  will  which  follows). 

Consistory  Court,  Canterbury,  Vol.  51,  Leaf  115. 

Ellen  Bigge,  of  Cranbrooke,  widow  of  Smalehope  Bigge,  of  Cran- 
brook, clothier,  24  November,  proved  12  February,  1638.  To  be  buried 
in  Cranbrooke  Cemetery,  near  my  husband.  To  Samuel  Bigge,  son  of  my 
brother  John  Bigge,  of  Maidstone.  Lands  and  tenements  at  Rye  in  the 
County  of  Sussex  to  my  only  sister  Mary,  wife  of  Edward  Benbrigg,  jurat, 
of  Rye,  for  her  life,  remainder  to  her  son  John  Benbridge  ;  to  Anne  Ben- 
bridge,  alias  Burrish,  and  Elizabeth  and  Mary  Benbrig,  daughters  of  my 
aforesaid  sister  Mary.  To  John  Benbrigg,  clerk,  Thomas  Benbrigg  and 
Samuel  Benbrigg,  sons  of  my  deceased  sister  Elizabeth ;  also  her  daughters 
Anne  Benbrigge,  alias  Puttland,  and  Elizabeth  Benbrigg  (the  last  named 
under  age).  My  said  sister  Mary  Benbrigg  and  her  son  John  Benbrigg  to 
be  executors.  To  Peter  Master,  son  of  my  brother  Peter  Master,  of  Cran- 
brooke; to  my  sister-in-law  Katherine  Master.  To  William  Dallett  (son 
of  my  dec'd  sister  Bridgett)  and  his  son  (under  age).  To  William  Ed- 
wards, son  of  my  sister  Mercy.  To  Thomas  Pilcher,  Elizabeth  Pilcher 
alias  Beinson,  Judith  Pilcher  alias  Burges,  and  Anne  Pilcher,  son  and 
daughters  of  my  uncle  John  Pilcher  of  Rye,  deceased.  To  Mary,  wife  of 
Robert  Cushman  and  their  son  Thomas   (under  age).     James  Holden  of 


22  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Cranbrooke,  clothier,  and  my  brother-in-law  Peter  Master  of  Cranbrooke, 
mercer,  to  be  overseers. 

Archdeaconry,  Canterbury,  Vol.  70,  Leaf  482. 

Will  of  John  Bigg,  of  Maidstone,  co.  Kent.,  jurat,  begun  Aug.  17, 
1640,  finished  March  27,  1641,  probated  Feb.  7,  1642. 

Mr.  Andrew  Broughton,  Exr,  friends  James  Bolden  of  Cranbrook  and 
Thomas  Lamb  of  Staplehurst,  overseers.  Legacies  to  Roger  Ball,  John 
Bowdeu,  William  Whetston,  Samuel  Browne,  Samuel  Skelton,  widow 
Clarke,  widow  Peirce  Susan  the  wife  of  Daniel  Clarke  my  ancient  servant, 
William  Lawramau,  William  Ayerst,  Richard  Weller  Senr,  of  Cranbrook, 
— Cheeseman,  my  porter  and  fetcher  in  of  my  water,  old  goodman  Greensmith 
of  Loose,  widow  Darby  of  Staplehurst.  old  goodman  Humphry  or  his  wife  of 
Harresham,  widow  Warren  late  of  Sandwich,  Mr.  Harber  Minister  of  Raish 
beside  Malliuge,  Mr.  Elmeston  schoolmaster  of  Maidstone,  Mr.  Goodacker 
and  Mr.  Bramston,  brother  to  widow  Charleton  of  Loose,  "two  poore 
godlie  ministers,  I  think  of  Sussex,"  Damarys  Wilson  now  living  with  me 
and  her  father  and  mother,  Mary  Tatnell  daughter  of  Thomas  T.  now  living 
with  me  and  her  sister  Judah  Tatnell. 

Also  to  Packnam  Johnson,  now  living  with  me,  my  sister  Johnson  his 
mother,  my  cousin  Milles  widow,  living  at  Raysh,my  cousin  Botten,  widow, 
living  at  Brenchley,  my  aunt  Bredger  of  Peckham,  my  cousin  Hunt's 
wife  of  Brenchley,  my  cousin  Saxbey's  wife  of  Leeds,  my  cousin  Gaskyne 
and  my  cousin  Betes  living  about  Lengly.  My  mother  Bigg,  my  sister 
Foster,  my  brother  Stowe,  all  these  living  in  New  England.  Hopestill 
Foster,  Thomas  Stowe,  John  Stowe,  Nathaniel  Stowe,  Samuel  Stowe,  my 
brother  Stowe's  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  Stowe,.  Thankful  Stowe. 

My  wife  Sibella  Bigg.  Elizabeth  Pell  dwelling  with  me.  My  cousin 
Beatupes  wife  of  Tenterden.  Marie  Terrie  in  New  England.  My  cousin 
Godfrey  Martyne,  my  cousin  Smith's  wife  of  Laclomi,  late  Saltman.  My 
cousin  William  Boysse.  John  Crumpe,  son  of  Thomas  Crumpe.  My  brother 
Beaccons.  Cousin  Yonge  of  Canterbury.  My  brother  Peter  Masters  of 
Cranbrooke  and  his  four  children.  My  cousin  James  Bate  of  New  England. 
My  cousin  Lyne  of  New  England.  Clement  Bate  and  William  Bachelor. 
Edward  Whitt,  John  Compton,  John  Moore,  Thomas  Bridgdeu,  Goodman 
Beale  that  went  from  Cranbrook  and  my  cousin  Betts  there.  My  brother 
Robert  Swinocke  and  his  wife.  Mr.  John  London.  My  mother  Mrs.  Dorothie 
Maplisden,  my  brother  Mr.  Jervis  Maplisden  and  his  wife,  my  brother 
Mr.  Nyuion  Butcher  and  his  wife,  Mr.  Thomas  Swynocke,  my  brother  in 
law,  Mr.  Wilson  and  his  wife,  my  brother  Wildinge,  Mrs.  Marie  Duke. 
Mr.  Elmeston  of  Cranbrook.  James  Holden  of  Cranbrook.  My  brother 
Smallhope  Bigg,  late  of  Cranbrook.  My  brother  Beaccon's  will.  Mr. 
William  Randolph.     Mr.  Robert  Drayner. 

Crane,  11. 

A  copy  of  this  will  was  printed  in  the  Register,  xxix.  256. — H.  F.  W. 


[See  will  of  Christopher  Gibson,  Suffolk  Probate  Records,  vi.  64.  He  and  Hope- 
still  Foster,  Jr.,  married  sisters,  daughters  of  James  Bate. 

For  the  foregoing  abstracts  of  the  wills  of  Smalehope  Bigg  and  his  widow,  Mrs. 
Ellen  Bigge,  the  readers  of  the  Register  are  indebted  to  the  kindness  of  Joseph 
Eedes,  Esq.,  who  has,  moreover,  given  me  numerous  clews  and  references  to  other 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  23 

American  names,  to  be  followed  up  hereafter.  Indeed  all  my  fellow  workers  here 
are  constantly  exhibiting  proof  of  that  good  will  and  kindly  fellowship  which  my 
experience,  in  America  as  well  as  England,  has  shown  me  to  be  characteristic  of 
the  brotherhood  of  antiquaries.  Henry  F.  Waters. 

By  an  instrument  dated  Sept.  10,  1653,  recorded  with  Suffolk  Deeds,  lib.  i.  fol. 
318,  Hopestill  Foster  of  the  one  part  and  Thomas,  Nathaniel  and  Samuel  Stowe  of 
the  other  part,  all  of  New  England,  lor  the  purpose  of  ending  the  "  many  &  vn- 
comfortable  differences  "  which  have  arisen  concerning  the  wills  of  their  deceased 
uncles  Mr.  Smallhope  Bigg  and  Mr.  John  Bigg  both  of  the  County  of  Kent  in  old 
England,  and  which  "  haue  occasioned  much  trouble  each  to  other  p'tic  &  likewise 
vncomfortable  suits  att  Lawe,"  agree  that  each  party  shall  "  enioy  what  they  now 
enioy  namely  Hopestill  fibster  or  his  assignes  the  one  half  of  all  those  lauds  In 
Crambrooke  Withersham  &  Lidd  wch  mr  Smallhop  [  ]  Bigg  gaue  vnto  Samuell  Bigg 
his  Brothers  Sonne  &  Thomas  Stowe  and  his  sonne  John  as  heires  to  John  Stowe  his 
Uncle  deceased  And  Nathaniell  &  Samuell  Stowe  the  other  half  of  the  said  land 
and  likewise  quietly  &  peacably  to  enioy  the  lands  of  mr  John  Bigg  of  60u  a  yeare  or 
thereabout  wch  hoe  deuided  as  by  his  will  is  exprsed  Unto  Hopstill  fibster  15u  a  yeare, 
John  Stowe  15u  a  year,  Thomas  Nathaniell  &  Samuell  ye  remainder." — John  T. 

H  ASSAM. 

Smallhope  Bigg,  in  his  will,  mentions  sisters  Patience  Foster  and  Elizabeth  Stow 
They  were  the  wives  of  Hopestill  Foster  of  Dorchester  (see  Dorchester  Antiq.  Soci- 
ety's Hist  Doich.,  p.  118)  and  John  Stow  of  Roxbury  (see  the  Apostle  Eliot's  Ch. 
Records.  Register,  xxxv.  244).  Of  the  kinsmen  whom  he  names,  Edward  White, 
Dorchester,  Mass  ,  had  married  in  1616,  at  St.  Dunstan's  Church,  Cranbrook,  Kent, 
Martha  King,  according  to  a  pamphlet  printed  in  1863,  entitled,  In  Memoriam 
Lieut.  W.  Greenough  White  ;  John  Coaipton  was  probably  the  person  of  the  name 
who  settled  at  Roxbury  (Reg.  xxxv.  244),  and  William  Batcbelor  may  have  been 
the  Charlestown  settler  who  had  wives  Jane  and  Rachel  (Wyman's  Charlestown, 
i.  42).  Clement  Bate  settled  at  Hingham  (Barry's  Hanover,  p.  245)  and  James 
Bate  at  Dorchester  (Hist.  Dorch.  p.  106) .  For  the  parentage  of  the  latter,  see  Reg- 
ister, xxxi.  142. 

John  Bigg  in  his  will  (Reg.  xxix.  259),  mentions  as  persons  "  that  went  from 
Cranbrook,''  'Edward  Whitt  [White],  John  Compton,  John  Moore,  Thomas 
Brigden  and  Goodman  Beale." — Editor.] 

Thomas  Bell,  senior,  of  London,  merchant,  29  January,  1671,  proved 
3  May,  1072,  by  Susanna  Bell,  his  relict  and  sole  executrix. 

I  give  unto  Mr.  Johu  Elliott,  minister  of  the  church  and  people  of  God 
at  Roxbury  in  New  England  and  Captaiue  Isaac  Johnson,  whom  I  take  to 
be  an  officer  or  overseer  of  and  in  the  said  church,  and  to  one  such  other 
like  godly  person  now  bearing  office  in  the  said  church  and  their  successors, 
the  minister  and  other  two  such  Head  Officers  of  the  church  at  Roxbury, 
as  the  whole  church  there,  from  time  to  time,  shall  best  approve  of  succes- 
sively, from  time  to  time  forever,  all  those  my  messuages  or  tenements, 
lands  and  hereditaments,  with  their  and  every  of  their  appurtenances,  scit- 
uate,  lying  and  being  at  Roxbury  in  New  England  aforesaid,  iu  the  parts 
beyond  the  seas — To  Have  and  To  Hold  to  the  said  Minister  and  Officers  of 
the  said  church  of  Roxbury  for  the  time  being  and  their  successors,  from 
time  to  time  forever, — In  Trust  only  notwithstanding  to  and  for  the  main- 
tenance of  a  Scoole-master  and  free  schoole  for  the  teaching  and  instruc- 
tion of  Poore  mens  children  at  Roxbury  aforesaid  forever,  And  to  and  for 
no  other  use,  intent  or  purpose  whatsoever. 

Whereas  my  son  Thomas  Bell  did  pay  unto  me  the  sum  of  three  hun- 
dred pounds  which  he  received  in  marriage  with  his  wife,  I  therefore  give. 
&C,  over  and  besides  two  hundred  pounds  formerly  given  him,  the  sum  of 
twelve  hundred  pounds  within  twelve  months  after  my  decease.  If  he  be 
dead  then  to  his  wife  Jane  the  sum  of  five  hundred  pounds.  To  grand 
child  Clement  Bell  three  hundred  pounds  at  the  age  of  one  and  twenty.  To 
grand  child   Thomas  Bell  three  hundred  and   fifty  pounds  ;  to  grand  child 


24  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Simon  Bell  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty.  Whereas  I 
gave  in  marriage  with  my  daughter  Susan  to  John  Wall  deceased  the 
sum  of  three  hundred  pounds  and  afterwards  the  sum  of  four  hundred 
pounds  to  Mr  John  Bell  her  now  husband,  I  do  give  to  Mr  John  Bell  and 
to  said  Susan  his  wife  the  sum  of  eighty  pounds  between  them.  To  grand 
child  John  Wall  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  pounds  at  the  age  of 
one  and  twenty.  To  Simon  Baxter,  my  son-in-law,  and  Sarah  his  wife 
eighty  pounds,  and  for  Edward  and  Simon  their  sous,  and  to  Sarah  and 
Susan  Baxter,  my  grand  children,  one  hundred  pounds  apiece  at  age  of  one 
and  twenty  or  on  day  of  marriage,  &c.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Turpin, 
wife  of  John  Turpin ;  to  Edward  Bell,  son  of  my  brother  Edward,  at  age 
of  twenty  one  years  ;  to   Elizabeth  and  Sarah  Bell,  at  age  of  twenty  one ; 

to  Susanna ,  late   wife  of  Edward  Bell,  and  to  her  two  children  which 

she  had  by  the  said  Edward  ;  to  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Allhallows  Bar- 
king, London,  where  I  now  dwell,  &c. 

I  do  hereby  give  and  bequeath  unto  Thomas  Makins,  my  sister's  son,  in 
New  England,  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds  and  to  the  other  child  of  my  said 
sister,  whose  name  I  remember  not,  twenty  pounds.  And  to  all  the  child- 
ren of  my  sister  Christian,  on  her  body  begotten,  who  married  one  Chap- 
pell*  or  Chapman,  I  give  and  bequeath  twenty  pounds  apiece,  &c.  To  my 
cousin  Ann  Bugg,  widow,  an  annuity  of  three  pounds  for  life.  To  cousin 
Thomas  Wildboare  (my  cousin  Sarah's  son)  ten  pounds  at  age  of  twenty 
one,  and  to  Susan,  her  daughter,  ten  pounds.  To  said  cousin  Sarah  Wild- 
boare the  sum  of  twenty  pounds,  and  her  husband  to  have  no  power  over  it. 
A  legacy  to  Mr  Isaac  Daffron.  The  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  to  be  dis- 
tributed among  poor  necessitous  men  late  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  of  which 
number  I  will  that  that  Mr  Knoles  and  Mr  John  Colling,  both  late  of  New 
England  be  accounted.  Legacies  to  the  said  Mr  Knoles  and  Mr  Samuel 
Knolls  his  son,  Mr  John  Colling  and  one  Mr  Ball.  To  my  cousin  Mr  John 
Bayley  of  little  Warmfield,  in  co.  Suffolk  and  his  wife  aud  daughter  Mar- 
tha and  his  other  four  children ;  to  my  cousin  William  Whood  and  his  wife; 
to  my  uncle's  daughter  of  S'  Edmuudsbury  whose  husband's  name  is  John 
Cason  ;  to  Mary  Bell,  daughter  of  brother  Bell.  Houses  iu  Grace  church 
St.,  London,  to  wife  Susan  for  life,  then  to  son  Thomas.  I  omit  to  give 
anything  to  his  daughter.  Eure,  56. 

[Thomas  Bell  of  Roxbury  and  his  wife  "  had  letters  of  Dismission  granted  &  sent 
to  England  an0  1(354  7m0,"  according  to  the  Apostle  Eliot's  records  (Reg.  xxxv. 
245).  Thomas  Meakins  and  his  wife  Catherine  were  admitted  to  the  church  in 
Boston,  Feb.  2,  1633-4.  His  son  Thomas  settled  in  Brain  tree,  and  thence  removed 
to  Roxbury  and  Hadley  (Savage).  "  Alr  Knoles  and  Mr  John  Colling,"  mentioned 
as  "  ministers  of  the  Gospel,"  were  the  Rev.  Hanserd  Knollys  and  the  Rev.  John 
Collins.  Knollys  preached  at  Dover,  N.  11.,  awhile,  and  returned  in  1641  to  Eng- 
land. He  died  in  London,  September  19,  1691,  aged  93.  See  his  Life  and  Times, 
London,  1692,  and  articles  by  A.  H.  Quint,  D.D.,  in  the  Congregational  Quarterly, 
xiii.  38-53  ;  and  by  J.  N.  Brown,  D.D.,  in  Sprague's  Annals  of  the  American  Pul- 
pit, vi.  1-7.  A  society  in  England  for  publishing  Baptist  historical  works  was 
named  for  him.  The  Rev.  John  Collins,  graduated  H.  C.  1649,  returned  to  Eng- 
land, was  chaplain  to  Gen.  Monk,  and  afterwards  pastor  of  an  Independent  Church 
in  London,  where  he  died,  Dec.  3,  1687.  (See  Sibley's  Harvard  Graduates,  i.  186- 
91.)  He  was  a  son  of  Edward  Collins,  of  Cambridge,  N.  E.,  who  with  sons  Daniel, 
John  and  Samuel  and  daughter  Sible,  are  mentioned  in  1639,  in  the  will  of  his  bro- 
ther Daniel  Collins,  of  London.  (Emmerton  and  Waters's  Gleanings,  p.  20.)  Mr. 
Waters  sends  us,  as  confirmatory  of  his  queries  four  years  ago,  in  Emmerton 
and  Waters's  Gleanings,  p.  21,  about  the  Collins  family,  the  two  following  short 
pedigrees  : 

*  Perhaps  William  Chappell  of  New  London.    (See  Savage's  Gen.  Diet.  i.  363.)— H.  F.  W. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  25 

Sain1  Bedle  of  Wolverston,  Suff.— Abigail,  dau.  of    ...  Collins  in  com.  E,<sex. 

! 

John.  Samuel.  Nathan'l.  Dorothy.  Abigail. 

Have  we  not  here,  Mr.  Waters  adds,  Abigail  widow  of  Samuel  Bedle,  wife  of 
William  Thompson,  sister  of  Daniel  Collins,  Dorothy  daughter  of  above  and  first 
wife  of  John  Bowles,  and  Abigail  her  sister  wife  of  Michael  Powell  ? 

John  Collyns  of  London,  Salter=  Abigail,  dau.  of  Thos.  Rose  of  Exmouth,  co. 

|  Devon,  3d  wife. 

Daniel  Collyns  of  London,  merch1.  1633,  s.  p.=Sibil,  dau.  of  Thos.  Francklyn  of 

London,  goldsmith. 

— Editor.] 

Nathaniel  Eeles,  of  Harpenden  in  the  County  of  Hartford,  28 
March,  1678,  with  codicil  of  9  April,  1678,  proved  12  February,  1678. 
To  wife  Sarah  one  third  of  household  goods  and  the  lease  of  Denhames 
house  and  land,  and  the  money  made  of  her  lands  at  Boringdon,  now  in 
the  hands  of  Mr  Combes  of  Hemsted,  for  her  natural  life,  and  my  watch 
and  largest  English  bible  in  folio,  with  annotations  thereon,  in  two  volumes, 
and  Deodate's  Annotations,  and  all  the  books  I  have  of  Mr  Carill  upon  Job, 
&c.  Certain  property  to  three  daughters  at  day  of  marriage  or  age  of 
twenty  four  years.  To  son  Nathaniel  ten  pounds  and  my  sealing  ring,  he 
having  formerly  received  his  portion,  for  which  I  have  a  writing  under 
his  hand.  To  son  John  ten  pounds,  he  having  received  his  portion  and 
part  formerly,  the  said  ten  pounds  to  be  paid  to  him  within  one  year  after 
my  decease,  or  be  then  or  as  soon  as  may  well  be  after  sent  over  to  him 
into  Virginia,  if  he  be  then  living  ;  and  if  he  die  before  the  time  limited 
for  the  payment  thereof  to  him,  I  give  the  said  ten  pounds  unto  my  son 
Nathaniel.  To  son  Isaac  my  lease  of  Denhames,  with  the  rents  and  pro- 
fits thereof,  after  the  decease  of  my  wife,  and  all  my  books,  he  to  pay  ten 
pounds  unto  my  son  Daniel  within  one  year  after  the  decease  of  my  wife. 
To  sons  Jacob,  Joseph  and  Jeremiah,  to  each  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds 
for  to  educate,  maintain,  and  put  them  forth  to  callings  and  for  the  setting 
them  up  in  their  trades  after  they  shall  have  served  up  their  apprenticeships 
or  times  with  them  to  whom  my  wife  shall  put  them  ;  and  the  like  sum  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  to  son  Daniel  for  the  same  ends  and  purposes. 

The  portions  to  my  four  sons  last  named  shall  be  paid  unto  them  at  their 
ages  of  twenty  four  years  or  when  they  shall  have  served  out  their  appren- 
ticeships and  need  the  same  to  set  up  with,  at  the  discretion  of  my  wife.  To 
daughter  Sarah  two  hundred  pounds  ;  to  daughters  Rebecca  and  Mary  one 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds  each ;  and  to  every  of  my  sons  and  daughters  I 
give  a  practice  of  Piety  (a  book  so  called)  and  Mr  Alley  his  Treatise  of 
Conversion  and  Mr  Baxter  his  call  to  the  unconverted,  and  a  new  bible  to 
such  as  need  the  same.  To  my  very  loving  brother  Mr  William  Eeles  and 
my  dear  and  loving  sister  Mrs  Foster,  both  which  I  appoint  to  be  overseers 
of  this  my  will,  I  give  twenty  pounds  to  each  of  them  and  desire  them,  by 
all  the  love  they  ever  bare  to  me,  to  give  my  destitute  and  afflicted  wife  the 
best  assistance,  counsel  and  advice  they  can  in  all  cases,  from  time  to  time, 
as  need  shall  require.  To  loving  sisters  M"  Eeles  and  Mrs  Pearse,  to  each 
of  them  ten  pounds,  to  buy  them  rings.  My  dear  and  loving  wife  Sarah  to 
be  sole  executrix.  The  one  hundred  pounds  in  Mr  Coombe's  hand  is  of 
right  my  wife's  during  her  life. 

The  witnesses  to  the  will  were  William  Eele,  John  Eeles,  Will :  Eeles 


26  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

junr  and  Jos:   Marlow.     All   but   the  first   named   were   witnesses  to   the 
codicil.  King,  1  6. 

[In  Calamy  and  Palmer's  Nonconformist's  Memorial  (1802),  Vol.  II.,  page  306, 
under  the  head  of  Harden,  in  Hertfordshire,  we  learn  that  Mr.  Nathaniel  Eeles  (of 
Emmanuel  College,  Cambridge)  was  born  at  Aldenham  in  that  county,  of  good  pa- 
rentage. Having  prosecuted  his  Btudies  till  he  was  senior  bachelor  and  then  stu- 
died two  years  at  Utrecht,  he  was  ordained  a  Presbyter,  returned  to  England  and 
preached  at  Caddington  in  Bedfordshire.  In  1643  he  was  called  by  the  people  of 
Harding  to  be  their  preacher.  There  he  continued  till  the  year  1661,  when  he  was 
ejected.  He  preached  in  private  in  sundry  places  till  1672,  when  he  took  out  a  li- 
cense for  his  own  house  at  Harding,  where  he  preached,  gratis,  to  all  who  would 
come.  He  died  18  December,  1678,  aged  61,  leaving,  we  are  told,  a  wife  and  ten 
children.— H.  F.   W. 

I  do  not  know  of  any  present  representative  of  the  name  Eeles  in  Virginia.  I  find 
that  Samuel  Eale  and  John  Stith  received  a  grant  of  500  acres  in  Charles  City  Co., 
Va.,  in  1652.     Va.  Land  Registry,  Book  5,  p.  268.— R.  A.  B.] 

Marmaduke  Goode,  of  Ufton,  in  Berkshire,  clerk,  5  September,  1678, 
proved  20  February,  1678,  by  Samuel  and  Mary  Goode,  executors.  To 
brother  Samuel  Goode  all  that  messuage  or  tenement,  with  the  appurte- 
nances, lying  in  Sulhamsteed  Abbots  and  South  Bannister  which  I  hold  by 
lease  from  Francis  Perkins  Esquire,  to  said  Samuel  to  enjoy  the  same  dur- 
ing his  natural  life;  and,  after  his  death,  I  give  the  said  messuage  &c.  to 
my  niece  Mary  Goode,  the  daughter  of  my  brother  John  Goode,  to  enjoy 
for  the  remaining  term  of  the  said  lease.  To  my  brother  John  Goode,  citi- 
zen of  London,  &  to  Susanna  his  now  wife  all  my  house,  tenement,  lands  and 
hereditaments  &c.  in  Sylchester  in  the  County  of  Southhampton,  which  I 
purchased  of  John  Carter  of  Sylchester,  and  after  their  decease,  to  my  neph- 
ew Marmaduke  Goode,  son  of  the  said  John  Goode,  he  to  pay  to  his  sisters, 
Elizabeth,  Susanna  and  Anne,  forty  pounds  apiece  within  twelve  months 
after  he  shall  be  possessed  of  the  said  lands  and  premisses  at  Silchester. 
To  my  brother  William  Goode  my  messuages  or  tenements,  &c.  called  or 
known  by  the  name  of  the  Heath  lands  or  heath  grounds,  situated,  lying  & 
being  in  the  several  parishes  of  Ufton  and  Sulhamsteed,  in  the  county  of 
Berks,  and  which  I  lately  purchased  of  Richard  Wilder  of  Tlieale  in  the 
parish  of  Tylehurst,  in  the  said  County  of  Berks,  innholder,  during  his 
natural  life  and  afterwards  to  my  nephew  Robert  Goode,  sou  of  the  said 
William  Goode  and  his  heirs  forever,  he  to  pay  to  his  two  sisters,  Elianor 
and  Mary,  forty  pounds  within  twelve  months,  &c.  To  my  sister  Mary 
Haines  and  her  two  maiden  daughters  fifty  pounds  apiece  within  one  year 
after  my  decease ;  to  my  brother  John  Goode  in  Virginia  ten  pounds  with- 
in twelve  months  after  my  decease,  according  to  the  appointment  of  my 
brother  John  Goode,  citizen  of  London ;  to  my  brother  Thomas  Goode,  in 
Ireland,  ten  pounds  (in  the  same  way)  ;  to  my  sister  Ann  Wickens  of  Up- 
ton ten  pounds ;  to  my  servant  Alice  Payee  ten  pounds ;  to  my  servant 
Hugh  Larkum  five  pounds.  All  the  rest  of  the  property  to  brother  Sam- 
uel Goode  and  niece  Mary  Goode,  daughter  of  my  brother  John  Goode, 
who  are  appointed  joint  executors. 

The  witnesses  were  Samuel  Brightwell  and  Robert  King. 

King,  17. 

[By  family  tradition  John  Goode  came  to  Virginia  from  Whitby,  England,  about 
1660,  with  his  wife,  and  purchased  the  plantation  of  one  Gough  (situated  on  the 
south  side  of  James  River,  about  four  miles  from  the  city  of  Manchester)  which  he 
named  "  Whitby."  His  descendants  have  intermarried  with  many  prominent  fam- 
ilies of  Virginia,  including  the  Harrisons,  Blunds,  Turpins,  Gordons,  Scotts,  Cookes 


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and  others.  Col.  Thomas  F.  Goode  and  Hon.  John  Goode  of  Virginia,  and  Prof. 
G.  Brown  Goode  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  are  descendants  of  John  Goode. 
"  Whitby  "  is  now  the  property  of  A.  D.  Williams,  Esq.,  Richmond,  Virginia.— 
R.  A.  B] 

Mary  Hoskins,  of  Richmond  in  the  County  of  Surrey,  widow,  30  July, 
1678,  proved  28  February,  1G78.  To  my  dear  mother  Anne  Githins,  wid- 
ow, all  my  plate  and  linen  and  diamond  locket  aud  five  hundred  pounds 
within  three  mouths  after  my  decease.  To  M"  Mariana  Carletou,  the  wife 
of  Matthew  Carleton,  gentleman,  my  best  diamond  ring  aud  twenty  pounds. 
Ten  pounds  apiece  to  be  paid  to  the  three  children  of  my  late  deceased  bro- 
ther John  Githins  in  Meriland,  Philip,  John  aud  Mary  Githins.  To  Mary 
Evererd,  daughter  of  Robert  Evererd  of  Godstone,  five  pounds  and  five 
pounds  to  Richard  Nye,  whom  I  placed  with  Mr  Taw.  Twenty  pounds  to 
be  laid  out  in  placing  two  boys  to  trades,  whereof  one  to  be  of  Oxted  and 
the  other  of  Godstone.  All  my  houses  in  the  Maze  in  Southwark,  held  of 
S'  Thomas  Hospital  and  all  other  personal  estate,  &c.  to  my  loving  brother 
William  Githins,  Gentleman,  whom  I  appoint  executor. 

The  witnesses  were  Thomas  Jenner,  Richard  Smith  (by  mark),  Wine- 
frut  King  of  Petersham  and  Jeoffrey  Glyd.  King,  19. 

The  pedigree  of  the  Hoskins  Family  of  Oxted  is  given  in  various  MSS. 
in  the  British  Museum.  The  marriage  of  any  Hoskins  with  the  testatrix 
named  above  has  not  been  found. 

[The  name  Everard  has  had  most  prominent  representatives  in  Maryland,  Virginia 
and  North  Carolina,  and  is  a  favored  Christian  name  in  the  distinguished  Meade 
family  of  Virginia. — R.  A.  B.] 

Anne  Jones,  of  S*  Clement  Danes  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  wid- 
ow, 20  February,  1676,  proved  6  February,  1678.  To  Bridget  Waite, 
wife  of  William  Waite  (certain  household  effects)  aud  the  lease  of  my 
house  wherein  I  now  dwell,  she  paying  the  rent,  &c.  All  the  rest  to  my 
son  Thomas  Daniell  who  is  in  Virginia,  beyond  the  seas.  Aud  I  do  hereby 
make  my  said  son  Thomas  Daniell  full  and  sole  executor,  and  my  friends 
Charles  Stepkin  Esq.  and  Mr  Richard  Southey  overseers,  they  to  keep  the 
estate  in  trust  for  my  said  son  Thomas  Daniell.  In  case  he  die  before  he 
comes  from  beyond  the  seas,  then  I  bequeath  to  Edward  Jones  and  Patience 
Jones,  son  &  daughter  of  Johu  Jones,  of  the  parish  of  S'  Clement  Danes, 
taylor,  five  pounds  apiece ;  and  all  the  rest  of  my  estate  to  Mark  Work- 
man and  Elizabeth  Workman,  son  and  daughter  of  Mark  Workman,  late 
of  the  parish  of  S'  Mary  Magdalen,  old  Fish  Street  Loudon,  deceased, 
equally. 

The  witnesses  were  Richard  Southey,  Junr.  John  Searle  and  Ro:  Stone. 

King,  19. 

[I  find  of  record  in  the  Virginia  Land  Registry,  Book  No.  8,  p.  428,  a  grant  of  130 
acres  in  the  Counties  of  Isle  of  Wight  and  "  Nanzimond,"  Va.,  to  Owen  Daniell, 
in  1695  — R.  A.  B.J 

Robert  Lucas,  of  Hitchin,  in  the  County  of  Hertford,  in  his  will  of  13 
January,  1678,  proved  14  February,  1678,  speaks  of  land  purchased  of 
William  Papworth  of  New  England,  lying  close  to  land  which  was  here- 
tofore that  of  the  testator's  father,  Simon  Lucas,  deceased,  and  lands  here- 
tofore the  lands  of  William  Willis.  King,  21. 

[  Query.    Where  did  William  Papworth  reside  ? — Ed.] 


26  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Anthony  Roby,  of  the  Province  of  Carolina,  6  December,  1686,  proved 
1 1  July,  1688.  To  mother  Early  Roby,  in  England,  all  my  estate  in  Caro- 
lina or  elsewhere  ;  if  she  be  dead  then  to  her  next  heirs  then  living.  My 
friend  Andrew  Percivall  Esquire,  of  the  said  Province,  to  be  sole  executor. 

The  witnesses  were  David  Harty,  James  Wyatt  and  John  Shelton. 

Exton,  99. 

John  Reed,  mariner,  4  April,  1688,  proved  6  July,  1688.  I  bequeath 
all  my  concerns  aboard  the  ship  Richard,  of  London,  John  Reade  Master, 
riding  at  anchor  in  the  York  River,  to  my  loving  wife  Mary  Reade  of  Bris- 
tol. I  desire  my  loving  friend  Capt.  Trim,  commander  of  the  ship  Judy, 
riding  at  anchor  in  York  River,  to  take   accompt. 

The  witnesses  were  Benjamin  Eyre,  George  Lodge  and  Charles  Perkes. 

Exton,  99. 

[John  Read  was  granted  145  acres  in  Gloucester  Co.,  March  18,  1652.  Va.  Land 
Registry  Office,  Book  5,  p.  280.  There  are  grants  within  a  short  period  thereaf- 
ter to  Alexander  Argubell  and  James  Read  or  Reade. 

The  Eyres-have  been  continuously  seated  in  Northampton  Co.,  Va.,  from  the  17th 
century.  They  early  intermarried  with  the  Severns,  Southeys  and  Lyttletons,  and 
these  latter  names  are  now  favored  Christian  names  in  the  family. — R.  A.  B.] 

Henry  Woodhouse,  of  the  parish  of  Linhaven,  of  lower  Norfolk  in 
Virginia,  29  January,  1686,  owned  to  be  his  will  31  January,  1686-7,  and 
proved  24  July,  1688.  To  eldest  son  Henry  Woodhouse  my  plantation 
where  I  live  (containing  five  hundred  acres,  and  described)  ;  to  second  son, 
Horatio,  property  called  Moyes  land  (adjoining  the  above)  ;  to  son  John 
(other  real  estate) ;  to  sou  Henry  two  negroes  Roger  and  Sarah ;  to  daugh- 
ters Elizabeth  and  Lucy,  daughter  Mary,  wife  of  William  More,  and 
daughter  Sarah,  wife  of  Cason  More.  Exton,  102. 

[I  find  the  following  grants  of  land  to  the  name  Woodhouse,  of  record  in  the  Va. 
Land  Registry  Office  :  Thomas  Woodhouse,  200  acres  in  James  City  Co.,  March  24, 
1644,  Book  No.  2,  p.  1 ;  Henry  Woodhouse,  200  acres  in  Lynhaven  parish,  Lower 
Norfolk  Co.,  April  5,  1649,  p.  167 ;  the  same,  275  acres  in  same,  May  11,  1652,  Bk. 
No.  3,  p.  254  ;  the  same,  749  acres  in  the  same,  April  3,  1670,  Book  No.  6,  p.  357 , 
Hamond  Woodhouse.  340  acres  in  Charles  City  Co.,  April  20,  1669,  Book  No.  6, 
p.  216.— R.  A.  B.] 

Michael  Griggs,  of  County  Lancaster,  Colony  of  Virginia,  gentle- 
man, 17  April,  1687,  proved  10  September,  1688.  To  my  father-in-law 
Robert  Schofield.  To  wife  Anne  Griggs  the  residue.  The  witnesses  were 
William  Lee,  Richard  Farrington  and  William  Carter. 

The  above  will  was  proved  at  London  "juramento  Annae  Bray,  als 
Griggs  (modo  uxoris  Richardi  Bray)  relictae  dicti  defuncti  et  executricis,"  &c. 

Exton,  117. 

[William  Lee  was  doubtless  the  son  of  Col.  Richard  Lee,  the  founder  of  the  dis- 
tinguished family  of  the  name  in  Virginia. 

The  name  Bray  is  of  early  seating  in  Virginia.  John  Bray  received  a  grant  of 
200  acres  in  "  Worrosquinack  "  Co.,  June  4,  1636.  Va.  Land  Records,  Book  No. 
l,p.  362.  His  descendants  intermarried  with  the  Harrison  and  other  prominent 
families.  The  Brays  intermarried  early  also  with  the  Plomer,  Plommer,  Plum- 
mer  or  Plumer  family. — R.  A.  B.] 

John  Curtis,  of  Boston,  Co.  Middlesex,  New  England,  mariner,  be- 
longing to  Majesty's  ship  the  English  Tyger,  appoints  Robert  Chipchace 
in  County  Middlesex,  Old  England,  his  attorney  and  sole  executor,  31  Jan- 
uary, 1689-90,  in  presence  of  Thos.  Coall  and  Tho' Browne.  Proved  3 
December,  1690,  by  Robert  Chipchace.  Dyke,  200. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  29 

Elizabeth  Bretland,  late  the  wife  of  William  Bretland,  deceased, 
Barbados,  6  October,  1 687.  Legacies  to  daughters  Elizabeth  Taylor  and 
Millecent  Acklam  ;  to  grandson  Peter  Jones  ;  to  grandsons  John  and  Jacob 
Legay.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  brother  Adam  Coulson's  children,  of 
Reading  near  Boston,  in  New  England,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds, 
to  be  equally  divided  among  them  or  the  survivor  of  them. 

Cousin  Edward  Munday  and  Mr  John  Mortimer  of  London,  merchants, 
to  be  executors  of  the  will. 

Item  I  give  unto  my  brother  Adam  Coulson's  children,  of  Reading,  near 
Boston,  in  New  England,  one  negro  woman,  by  name  Sarah,  being  my  own 
proper  purchase,  or  to  the  survivor  of  them,  to  be  sent  to  them  the  first 
opportunity  after  my  decease.  I  leave,  according  to  the  desire  of'  my  dear 
husband,  Mr.  Edward  Munday,  to  my  three  daughters,  Elizabeth,  Mille- 
cent and  Mary,  thirty  five  pounds  of  silver,  at  twelve  ounces  to  the  pound. 

Friends,  Capt.  Elisha  Mellowes  and  Mr.  John  Hooker,  to  be  executors 
for  that  portion  of  the  estate  in  the  Barbados. 

The  witnesses  made  deposition  as  to  this  will  3  April,  1689.  It  was  en- 
tered and  recorded  in  the  Secretary's  Office,  17  February,  1689.  Proved 
in  London  5  December,  1690.  Dyke,  199. 

[Adam  Colson,  of  Reading,  Mass.,  married  Sept.  8,  1668,  Mary,  daughter  of  Jo- 
siah  Dustin.  He  was  schoolmaster  there  from  1679  to  1681.  He  died  March  1, 
1687.     See  Eaton's  Reading,  p.  58,  and  Savage. — Ed.] 

Robert  Hathorne,  the  elder,  of  the  parish  of  Bray  in  the  county  of 
Berks,  yeoman,  15  February,  1689,  proved  16  February,  1691.  He  left 
all  his  estate  to  his  son  Robert  Hathorne,  the  younger,  of  the  parish  of 
Bray  in  the  county  of  Berks.  Fane,  49. 

[The  testator  of  the  above  will  was  doubtless  a  brother  of  Major  William  Hath- 
orne of  Salem,  Massachusetts,  ancestor  of  the  distinguished  writer  Nathaniel  Haw- 
thorne. (See  Emmerton  &  Waters's  Gleanings  from  English  Records.) — H.  F.  W.] 

Edward  Gadsby,  of  Stepney,  in  the  county  of  Middlesex,  mariner, 
bound  out  to  sea  "  with  Mr  Penn  to  Virginy  "  in  the  Charity  of  London, 
appointed  John  Duffield,  citizen  and  barber-surgeon  of  London,  his  attorney, 
&c.  30  January,  1692,  proved  28  April,  1696.  He  wished  all  his  estate 
to  be  given  to  his  brother  Samuel  Gadsby,  of  Woodborough,  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Nottingham,  basket-maker.  Bond,  47. 

Daniel  Johnson,  of  Lynn  in  New  England,  trumpeter,  22  June,  1695, 
appointed  Patrick  Hayes  of  Bermondsey  in  the  County  of  Surrey,  vict- 
ualler, to  receive  and  collect  his  bounty  or  prizernoney,  pursuant  to  their 
Majesties'  Gracious  Declaration  of  23  May,  1689,  and  all  such  money,  &c. 
as  should  be  due  to  him  for  service  in  any  of  their  Majesties'  ships,  frigates 
or  vessels  or  any  merchant  ships,  &c.  He  gave  and  bequeathed  all  unto 
his  beloved  children  (without  naming  them)  equally  to  be  divided  among 
them.     Proved  6  April,  1696.  Bond,  51. 

[There  was  a  Daniel  Johnson  at  Lynn,  Mass.,  who  married  March  2,  1674,  Mar- 
tha Parker,  and  had  Abigail,  born  April  21,  1675,  Stephen  and  Nathaniel,  twins, 
born  Feb.  14,  1678,  Sarah,  born  July  5,  1680,  Elizabeth,  born  March  7,  1682,  and 
Simon,  born  Jan.  25,  1684  (Savage). — Ed] 

John  Rolfe.  of  James  City  in  Virginia,  Esquire,  10  March,  1621, 
proved  21  May,  1630,  by  William  Pyers.     Father-in-law  Lieut.  William 


30  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Pyers,  gentleman,  to  have  charge  of  the  two  small  children  of  very  tender 
age.  A  parcell  of  land  in  the  country  of  Toppahannah  between  the  two 
creeks  over  against  James  City  in  the  continent  or  country  of  Virginia  to 
son  Thomas  Rolfe  &  his  heirs  ;  failing  issue,  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth;  next 
to  my  right  heirs.  Land  near  Mulberry  Island,  Virginia,  to  Jane  my  wife 
during  her  natural  life,  then  to  daughter  Elizabeth.  To  my  servant  Robert 
Davies  twenty  pounds. 

The  witnesses  were  Temperance  Yeardley,  Richard  Buck,  John  Cart- 
wright,  Robert  Davys  and  John  Milwarde.  Scroope,  49. 

[It  would  appear  that  John  Rolfe  was  three  times  married,  his  first  wife  bear- 
ing him  in  1609  one  male  child,  which  died  on  the  Island  of  Bermuda.  His  second 
wife  was  Pocahontas,  and  his  third  Jane  Pyers,  or  Poyers,  of  the  text,  the  mother 
of  the  daughter  Elizabeth.  The  son  Thomas  appears  to  have  married  in  England, 
having  issue  Anthony,  whose  daughter  Hannah  married  Sir  Thomas  Leigh  of  co. 
Kent,  the  descendants  of  that  name  and  of  the  additional  highly  respectable  names  of 
Bennet  and  Spencer  being  now  quite  numerous.  Died  prior  to  8  Nov.  1682.  See 
Richmond  Standard,  Jan.  21,  1882. 

The  witness  Richard  Buck  (sometimes  rendered  Bucke)  was  doubtless  the  minis- 
ter of  the  name  at  Jamestown,  who  died  sometime  prior  to  1624,  leaving  a  widow, 
and  children — Mara,  Gershom,  Benoni  and  Peleg. — R.  A.  B.] 

Sir  George  Yardley/,  12  October,  1627,  proved  14  February,  1628. 
To  wife  Temperance  all  and  every  part  and  parcell  of  all  such  household 
stuff,  plate,  linen,  woollen  or  any  other  goods,  moveable  or  immoveable, 
of  what  nature  or  quality  soever,  as  to  me  are  belonging,  and  which  now 
at  the  time  of  the  date  hereof  are  being  and  remaining  within  this  house  in 
James  City  wherein  I  now  dwell.  Item,  as  touching  and  concerning  all 
the  rest  of  my  whole  estate  consisting  of  goods,  debts,  servants,  "  negars," 
cattle,  or  any  other  thing  or  things,  commodities  or  profits  whatsover  to 
me  belonging  or  appertaining  either  here  in  this  country  of  Virginia,  in 
England  or  elsewhere,  together  with  my  plantation  of  one  thousand  acres 
of  land  at  Stanly  in  Warwicke  River,  my  will  and  desire  is  that  the  same  be 
all  and  every  part  aud  parcell  thereof  sold  to  the  best  advantage  for  tobac- 
co and  the  same  to  be  transported  as  soon  as  may  be,  either  this  year  or  the 
next,  as  my  said  wife  shall  find  occasion,  into  P^ngland,  and  there  to  be 
sold  or  turned  into  money,  &c.  &c.  The  money  resulting  from  this  (with 
sundry  additions)  to  be  divided  into  three  parts,  of  which  one  part  to  go  to 
said  wife,  one  part  to  eldest  son  Argoll  Yeardley,  and  the  other  part  to 
son  Francis  &  to  Elizabeth  Yeardley  equally. 

The  witnesses  were  Abraham  Peirsey,  Susanna  Hall  and  William  Clay- 
borne,  Scr. 

A  codicil,  dated  29  Oct.  1627,  was  witnessed  by  the  same  scrivener. 

Ridley,  9. 

Commission  to  administer  on  the  estate  of  Sir  George  Yeardley,  late  in 
Virginia,  deceased,  was  issued  14  March,  1627-8,  to  his  brother  Ralph 
Yeardley  during  the  absence  of  the  widow,  relict,  Temperance  Yeardley,  in 
the  parts  beyond  the  seas,  &c.  Admon  Act  Book  for  1628. 

[From  the  Calendar  of  State  Papers,  Colonial  Series  (London,  1860),  we  learn 
that  Governor  Francis  West  and  the  Council  of  Virginia  certified  to  the  Privy  Coun- 
cil, 20  December,  1627,  the  death  of  Governor  Sir  George  Yeardley  and  the  election 
of  Captain  Francis  West  to  succeed  him  in  the  government.  In  July,  1629,  Ed- 
mund Rossingham  sent  in  a  petition  to  the  Privy  Council  stating  that  he  was  agent 
to  his  uncle  Sir  George  Yeardley,  late  Governor  of  Virginia,  who  dying  before  any 
satisfaction  was  made  to  the  petitioner  for  being  a  chief  means  of  raising  his  estate 
to  the  value  of  six  thousand  pounds,  Ralph  Yeardley,  the  brother,  took  administra- 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  31 

tion  of  the  same.  He  prayed  for  relief  and  that  his  wrongs  might  he  examined  into. 
This  was  referred,  July  11,  1629,  to  Sir  Dudley  Diggs,  Sir  Maurice  Abbott,  Tho- 
mas Gibbs  and  Samuel  Wrote,  late  commissioners  for  that  plantation,  to  examine 
into  the  true  state  of  the  case.  Annexed  is  the  report  of  Gibbs  and  Wrote,  made  25 
Sept.  1629,  describing  in  detail  the  petitioner's  employments  from  1613,  and  award- 
ing three  hundred  and  sixty  pounds  as  due  to  him  in  equity  ;  also  an  answer  by  Ralph 
Yeardley,  administrator,  &c,  to  Rossingham's  petition.  In  January  or  February, 
1630,  Rossingham  sent  in  another  petition  praying  for  a  final  determination.  In  it 
he  styles  Ralph  Yeardley  an  apothecary  of  London.  On  the  nineteenth  of  February 
the  Privy  Council  ordered  Ralph  Yeardley  to  pay  two  hundred  pounds  to  the  peti- 
tioner out  of  his  brother's  estate,  twelve  hundred  pounds  having  already  come  into 
the  administrator's  hand. 

Captain  Yeardley  was  chosen  Governor  of  Virginia  in  1618,  in  place  of  Lord  De 
la  Warr,  who  is  said  to  have  died  in  Canada,  and  he  departed  immediately  thither 
with  two  ships  and  about  three  hundred  men  and  boys.  On  the  twenty-eighth  of 
November  Chamberlain  writes  that  Captain  Yeardley,  "  a  mean  fellow,"  goes  Gov- 
ernor to  Virginia,  two  or  three  ships  being  ready.  To  grace  him  the  more  the  King 
knighted  him  this  week  at  Newmarket,  "  which  hath  set  him  up  so  high,  that  he 
flaunts  it  up  and  down  the  streets  in  extraordinary  bravery,  with  fourteen  or  fifteen 
fair  liveries  after  him."  He  arrived  in  Virginia  in  April,  1619,  and  is  said  to  have 
brought  the  colony  from  a  very  low  state  to  an  extremely  flourishing  condition.  He 
was  governor  again  1626-27. — H.  F.   W. 

Colonel  Argoll  Yeardley  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Custis,  of  Northamp- 
ton Co.,  Va.,  a  native  of  Rotterdam  and  the  founder  of  the  socially  distinguished 
family  of  the  name  in  Virginia. 

"Colonel"  Francis  Yeardley  (died  August,  165?)  married  Sarah  the  widow  of 
Adam  Thorowgood  and  of  John  Gookins,  the  latter  being  her  first  husband. 

The  name  Yeardley,  or  properly  Yardly,  is  still  represented  in  the  United  States, 
but  I  know  of  none  of  the  name  in  Virginia. 

One  Abraham  Piersey,  or  Percy,  was  treasurer  of  the  colony  of  Virginia  in  1619. 
He  may  have  been  the  father  of  the  first  witness.  The  other  witness  was  doubtless 
Col.  William  Clayborne,  or  Claiborne,  as  it  is  now  rendered,  the  son  of"  the  rebel  " 
of  the  same  name,  who  had  the  command  of  a  fort  in  New  Kent  county  in  1676 
(Major  Lyddal  serving  with  him),  and  who  distinguished  himself  in  the  Indian 
wars  of  Bacon's  Rebellion.  There  was  of  record  in  King  William  County,  Va.,  a 
certificate  of  his  valorous  service,  signed  by  Gov.  William  Berkeley  and  attested 
by  Nathaniel  Bacon  (senior,  of  the  Council)  and  Philip  Ludwill. — R.  A.  B  ] 

Edward  Cole,  of  East  Bergholt,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  clothier,  18 
August,  1649,  proved  the  last  of  May,  1652.  To  wife  Abigail;  to  young- 
est son  Peter  Cole  ;  to  my  two  daughters  Sarah  and  Mary  Cole  ;  to  the 
children  of  my  son  Edward  Cole;  to  my  grandchildren  in  New  England 
twenty  pounds. 

The  witnesses  were  John  Layman  and  Richard  Royse. 

Bowyer,  103. 

Robert  Feverteare,  the  elder,  of  Kelshall  in  the  county  of  Suffolk, 
yeoman,  24  June,  1656,  proved  5  September,  1656.  To  wife  Elizabeth. 
Frances  Brothers  of  Kelshall  owes  me  on  bond.  To  Edmund  Feveryeare, 
my  brother,  the  sum  of  forty  shillings  within  six  months  after  my  decease.  To 
William  Feveryeare,  my  brother,  three  pounds.  To  Margaret  Feveryeare, 
my  sister,  forty  shillings  within  six  months,  &c.  To  Margery,  my  sister, 
wife  of  Robert  Goodwin,  forty  shillings  within  twelve  months,  &c.  ;  also 
eight  pounds-  within  twelve  months,  &c.  To  Anne,  my  sister,  wife  of  John 
Miles,  five  pouods  within  six  months,  &c.  To  Richard  Eade,  mine  uncle, 
twenty  shillings  ;  to  Mary  Minstrell,  my  former  servant,  twenty  shillings 
within  six  mouths,  &c.  To  Robert  Goodwin,  the  elder,  my  new  suit  of 
apparel.  To  Henry  Minstrel,  the  elder,  a  legacy.  Brother  William  and 
wife  Elizabeth  to  be  executors  and  residuary  legatees.        Berkeley,  333. 


32  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Clement  Chaplin,  of  Thetford,  in  the  county  of  Norfolk,  Clerk,  16  Au- 
gust, 1656,  proved  23  September,  1656,  by  Sarah  Chaplin  his  relict  and 
sole  executrix.  To  wife,  Sarah,  all  my  houses  and  lands  in  Hartford  and 
Weathersfield  in  New  England,  to  her  and  her  heirs  forever.  Loving  bro- 
ther Thomas  Chaplin  of  Bury  S*  Edmunds  in  old  England,  and  my  kins- 
man Mr.  William  Clarke,  of  Rocksbury  in  New  England  to  be  supervi- 
sors.    Witnessed  by  Elizabeth  Gurnham  (her  mark)  and  John  Spincke. 

Berkeley,  332. 

[The  testator  of  the  above  will,  son  of  William  Chaplin  "  of  Seraer  "  (see  the  Can- 
dler  MS.  No.  6071  ofHarleian  Collection,  British  Museum),  we  are  told  was  a  chand- 
ler in  Bury,  went  over  into  New  England,  and  was  one  of  the  elders  in  the  congre- 
gation whereof  Mr.  Hooker  was  minister.  His  wife  Sarah  was  one  of  five  daugh- 
ters and  co-heiresses  of Hinds,  a  goldsmith  in  Bury.    Her  sister  Elizabeth  was 

wife  of  Thomas  Chaplin  (mentioned  above),  linen  draper  in  Bury,  alderman  and  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  for  the  County  of  Suffolk,  her  sister  Margaret  Hinds  was  married  to 
George  Groome  of  Kattlesden,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Abigail  Hinds  was  married  to 
Richard  Scott  of  Braintree  (who  married  secondly  Alice  Snelling),  and  Anne  Hinds 

was  married  to Alliston.     Mr.  Chaplin  had,  besides  the  brother  Thomas  whom 

he  names,  a  brother  William  of  Blockeshall,  who  had  issue,  a  brother  Richard,  of 
Semer  (sine  prole),  a  brother  Edmund  of  Semer,  who  had  many  children,  and  a  bro- 
ther Capt.  Robert  Chaplin  of  Bury,  who  had  issue.  A  6ister  Martha  is  said  to  have 
been  married  to  Robert  Parker  of  Wollpit,  who  went  into  New  England,  another 

sister,  whose  name  is  not  given,  was  wife  of Barret  of  Stratford,  and  mother 

of  a  Thomas  Barret,  and  a  third  sister  (also  unnamed)  was  married  to Smith 

of  Semer.  Alderman  Thomas  Chaplin  had  a  daughter  Anne  who  was  married  to 
Jasper  Shepheard,  an  alderman  of  Bury,  and  a  daughter  Abigail  married  to  Robert 
Whiting  of in  Norfolk.— II.  F.  W.] 

John  Smith,  citizen  and  merchant  tailor  of  London,  by  reason  of  age 
weak  in  body,  17  December,  1655,  proved  20  October,  1656,  by  Sarah 
Whiting,  daughter  and  executrix.  To  wife  the  sum  of  five  pounds  in 
money,  as  a  token  and  remembrance  ot  my  love,  and  I  will  and  appoint 
that  it  shall  &  may  be  lawful  for  her  to  dwell  and  abide  in  my  dining-room 
and  wainscot  chamber  belonging  to  my  dwelling  house  in  the  old  Bailey, 
London,  by  the  space  of  three  months  next  after  my  decease  ;  and  I  con- 
firm the  indenture  bearing  date  30  August,  1654,  between  me  and  Thomas 
Fitz  Williams,  of  the  one  part,  and  my  said  wife,  known  by  the  name  of 
Sarah  Neale,  and  Vincent  Limborowe,  of  the  other  part,  &c.  &c.  To  the 
children  of  my  loving  daughter,  Sarah  Whiting,  ten  pounds  apiece  towards 
putting  them  out  to  be  Apprentices,  &c,  and  also  forty  pounds  apiece  to 
the  sons  at  twenty  four  years  of  age  and  to  the  daughters  at  twenty  one. 

Likewise  I  give  to  the  children  of  my  cousin  William  Smith,  in  New 
England,  and  Mary,  his  now  or  late  wife,  the  sum  of  three  pounds  apiece, 
to  be  paid  to  them,  the  said  children,  at  the  ages  as  above  is  limited  to  my 
grandchildren,  &c.  &c. 

Legacies  to  brother  Thomas  Smith  and  to  the  daughter  of  James  Smith, 
son  of  brother  Thomas.  To  grandchild  John  Whiting,  son  of  daughter  Sa- 
rah Whiting,  the  half  part  of  certain  lands,  tenements,  &c.  in  Ilogsden, 
alias  Hoxden,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  and  to  the  male  and  female 
issue  of  the  said  John  ;  failing  such  issue,  then  to  grandchild  Nathaniel 
Whiting,  &c.  &'c. ;  with  remainder  to  grandchildren  Robert  and  Stephen 
Whiting ;  then  to  Samuel  Whiting,  another  son  of  my  said  daughter,  &c. 
The  other  moiety  to  grandchild  Nathaniel  Whiting  ;  then  to  John  ;  then 
to  Robert  and  Joseph  ;  then  to  Stephen  Whiting.  Legacy  to  son-in-law 
Timothy  Whiting.  Berkeley,  337. 

[There  was  a  Nathaniel  Whiting  in  Dedham  who  had  sons  John,  Samuel  and  Tim- 
othy.—H.  F.  W.l 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  33 

Josias  Firmin,  the  elder,  of  Naylaud,  Co.  Suffolk,  tanner,  27  August, 
1638,  proved  the  last  of  November,  1638.  To  the  poor  of  Nayland.  To 
wife  Anne,  houses  and  lands  iu  Nayland  and  also  in  Stoke  next  Nayland 
(called  Noke  meadow  in  Stoke),  then  to  Gyles  Firmin  my  youngest  son 
and  his  heirs,  but  if  he  die  before  he  arrives  at  twenty  four  years  of  age, 
then  to  the  rest  of  my  children.  Lauds  in  Stoke  called  Edinondes  Field, 
after  death  of  wife,  to  eldest  son  Josias  Firmin  and  his  son  Josias,  my 
grand  child.  To  John  Firmin,  my  son,  ten  pounds  within  one  year  after 
my  decease.  To  my  daughter  Mary,  now  wife  of  Robert  Smith,  forty  five 
pounds.  To  daughter  Martha  Firmin  one  hundred  pounds  at  age  of  twen- 
ty one.  To  daughter  Sara  Firmin  tenement,  &c.  at  Foxyearth,  co.  Essex, 
which  I  purchased  of  one  Thomas  Partridge,  &c,  to  said  Sara  at  age  of 
twenty  years.  To  grand  child,  John  Firmin,  son  of  Josias  Firmin.  Sons 
Josias  and  Gyles  and  my  three  daughters.  Executors  to  be  wife  Anne  and 
son  in  law  Robert  Smith  of  Naylaud,  mercer.  Lee,  146. 

[See  abstracts  of  wills  and  extracts  from  parish  registers  relating  to  the  name  of 
Firmin  in  Emmertonand  Waters's  Gleanings,  pp.  34-9. — Ed.] 

Jose  Glover,  of  London,  being  by  the  providence  of  God  forthwith  to 
embark  myself  for  some  parts  beyond  the  seas,  16  May,  1638,  proved  22 
December,  1638,  by  Richard  Daveys,  one  of  the  executors,  power  being 
reserved  for  John  Harris,  another  executor.  To  my  dear  and  loving  wife 
all  my  estate,  &c.  both  in  New  England  and  old  England  for  life,  she  to 
maintain  and  liberally  educate  all  my  children.  After  her  decease  the 
property  to  go  to  two  eldest  sons,  Roger  and  John,  equally.  To  my  three 
daughters,  Elizabeth,  Sara  and  Priscilla,  four  hundred  pounds  apiece  (then 
follows  a  reference  to  a  decree  and  order  of  the  court  of  chancery),  my 
three  daughters  to  release  to  Edmond  Davyes  Esq.  and  Thomas  Younge, 
merchant  of  London,  at  day  of  marriage  or  arrival  at  full  age,  all  their  in- 
terests, &c.  in  tenements,  &c.  in  Dorenth*  and  Stone  in  co.  Kent,  &c.  To 
my  ancient,  faithful  servant  John  Stidman  fifty  pounds.  To  all  my  bro- 
thers &  sisters  that  shall  be  living  (except  my  sister  Collins)  five  pounds. 
To  friend  Mr  Joseph  Davies  and  his  wife  five  pounds  apiece.  The  execu- 
tors to  be  John  Harris,  my  loving  uncle,  warden  of  the  College  of  Win- 
chester, and  Richard  Davies,  my  ancient  loving  friend.  The  witnesses  were 
E.  Davies,  Joseph  Davyes,  Thomas  Yonge,  Samuel  Davyes  &  John 
Davyes.  Lee,  176. 

[See  the  article  by  J.  Hammond  Trumbull,  LL.D.,  on  the  christian  name  of  Mr. 
Glover,  in  the  Register,  xxx.  26-8.  His  will,  from  a  copy  preserved  on  the  Middle- 
sex Court  Files,  is  printed  in  full  in  the  Register,  xxiii.  136— 7. — Ed.] 

Sir  Robt  Carr,  of  Ithall,  co.  Northumberland,  knight.  All  estate  in 
America,  &c.  to  eldest  son  William  Carr,  the  other  estate  in  England  be- 
ing formerly  settled.  To  James  Deane,  my  now  servant  and  his  heirs,  for 
and  in  consideration  of  his  service,  a  plantation  within  any  of  the  six  islands 
granted  unto  me,  except  in  Carr's  Island.  This  having  been  read  to  him, 
29  May,  1067,  he  did  declare,  &c.  Proved  16  July,  1667,  when  commis- 
sion was  issued  to  William  Carr,  natural  son  and  lawful  heir  and  principal 
legatee  named  in  the  will  of  Sir  Rob*  Carr,  knight,  lately  of  Carr's  Island, 
in  New  England,  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas.  Carr,  90. 

[See  notice  of  Sir  Robert  Carr,  with  remarks  on  his  will,  in  the  Register,  xxiv. 
167.— Ed. 1 

*  Darent. 


34  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Nowell  Hilton  of  Charlestown,  co.  Middlesex  in  New  England,  mar- 
iner, appoints  bis  trusty  and  loving  kinsman  Nathaniel  Cutler,  of  the  pa- 
rish of  Stepney  in  co.  Middlesex,  sawyer,  his  attorney,  &c.  The  amount 
due  for  my  service  done  or  to  be  done  on  board  of  any  of  his  Maties  ships, 
vessels  or  frigates,  &c.  Signed  G  October,  1687,  in  presence  of  Mary  Story 
(her  mark),  Cuthbert  Stoy  (sic)  and  Samuel  Sapp,  at  the  two  Anchors  and 
three  Stars  on  Wappiug  Wall.  17  September  1G89  emanavit  comissio 
Nath11  Cutler,  &c.  Ent,  123. 

[Nowell  Hilton,  the  testator,  was  born  in  Charlestown,  May  4,  1663.  He  was  a 
son  of  William  Hilton  of  Charlestown  by  his  second  wife  Mehitable,  a  daughter  of 
Increase  Nowell.  After  the  death  of  his  father  his  mother  married  (2)  29:  8th, 
1684,  Deacon  John  Cutler.  Timothy  Cutler,  a  son  of  Deacon  John  Cutler,  mar- 
ried, Dec.  22,  1673,  Elizabeth  Hilton,  a  sister  of  the  testator.  See  the  articles  en- 
titled "  Some  of  the  Descendants  of  William  Hilton,"'  Register,  xxxi.  179.  See 
also  Wyman's  Genealogies  and  Estates  of  Charlestown,  255,  257,  504,  710.  This 
will  was  printed  in  full  in  the  Register,  xxxii.  50. — John  T.  Hassam.] 

Thomas  Golledge,  his  will  in  form  of  a  letter  written  from  Charde  in 
Somerset,  10  May,  1645,  and  addressed  to  his  wife  Mrs.  Mary  Golledge  at 
Chichester;  proved  by  Mary  Golledge,  1  June,  1648. 

"  My  Deere  Wyffe  I  am  now  goinge  in  the  service  of  my  Lord  and 
Master  Jesus  Christ.  I  knowe  not  howe  hee  will  dispose  of  my  fraile  lyfe 
in  breife  I  shall  desire  thow  wilt  take  all  fitt  opportunity  yf  the  Lord  soe 
dispose  to  leave  thee  wth  out  an  husband  as  to  transport  my  sweete  poore  in- 
nocent children  into  New  England  or  some  such  place  voyd  of  Trouble  be- 
cause the  Lord  ys  ready  to  shoote  his  fiery  darts  of  wrath  against  this  sin- 
full  land  and  you  wthout  an  husband  and  they  wthowt  a  ffather  may  suffer 
the  black  darknesse  of  Egiptian  Popery  or  Athisme  pray  sell  what  of  mine 
is  to  bee  sould  for  though  I  cannot  wthowt  helpe  of  a  lawyer  make  a  fformall 
will  yet  my  desire  in  breife  ys  that  thow  bee  my  sole  executor  &  have  full 
power."  Essex,  98. 


Notes  on  Abstracts  previously  printed. 
Joseph  Holland.     Will  Dec.  25,  1658.     [Page  9.] 

[  We  have  received  the  following  note  from  Prof.  Arthur  L.   Perry,  LL.D.,  of 

Williams  College  : 

If  Mr.  Waters's  abstract  of  the  will  of  Joseph  Holland  of  London,  citizen  and 
cloth  worker,  discredits  one  conjecture  of  Dr.  Bond  in  his  history  of  Watertown,  it 
strikingly  confirms  another  conjecture  of  that  author  in  the  same  volume.  A  John 
Perry  died  in  Watertown  in  1674,  aged  61.  Another  John  Perry  of  Watertown 
married  Sarah  Clary,  of  Cambridge,  Dec.  1667.  Bond  says  the  first  John  was 
"  probably  father  "  of  the  second  John.  Joseph  Holland's  will  makes  that  guess 
a  certainty.  He  leaves  bequests  "  to  son-in-law  John  Perry  and  Johanna  his  wife, 
my  daughter,  and  their  sons  John  Perry  and  Josias  Perry  and  daughter  Elizabeth 
Perry.''''  In  another  clause  :  "  To  my  said  daughter  Johanna  certain  needle  work 
wrought  by  my  first  wife,  her  mother.''  In  another  clause  he  leaves  twenty  pounds 
in  goods  "  to  my  son  Nathaniel  Hoi/and  of  Water/ on  in  New  England."  The  first 
John  Perry  was  therefore  brother-in-law  of  Nathaniel  Holland,  and  the  second  his 
nephew.  The  Perrys  came  to  Watertown  eight  years  (1666)  after  this  will  was 
drawn  (1658).  They  were  clothworkers,  i.  e.  weavers  and  tailors,  like  the  Hollands 
in  London.  The  London  names,  John  and  Johanna  and  Josiah  and  Joseph,  were 
kept  up  constantly  among  the  Perrys  in  Watertown  and  after  their  removal  to  Wor- 
cester in  1751,  and  some  of  them  are  not  even  yet  disused  as  christian  names  in  the 
family.  It  is  a  matter  of  record  in  the  family  Bibles  that  the  two  Perrys  came  to 
Watertown  from  London.  Inferentially,  therefore,  but  certainly,  they  were  among 
the  heirs  mentioned  in  Joseph  Holland's  will. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  35 

That  will  was  drawn  before  the  great  fire  of  London  in  1666.  The  mother  of 
Mrs.  John  Perry  the  elder  was  already  buried  in  St.  Sepulchre  Church  in  1658  ;  and 
the  good  Joseph  Holland,  citizen  and  clothworker,  directed  that  his  own  body  should 
be  buried  "  on  the  south  side  of  the  christening  pew  "  of  that  parish  church. 

A  grandson  of  the  second  John  Perry,  Nathan,  became  deacon  of  the  old  South 
Church  in  Worcester  in  1783,  and  continued  in  that  office  till  his  death  in  1806  ; 
his  son  Moses  succeeded  in  the  office  immediately,  and  continued  in  it  till  bis  death 
in  1842  ;  and  his  son  Samuel  succeeded  his  father  and  sustained  the  office  thirty-five 
years  longer,  making  ninety-four  years  of  continuous  service  in  one  family. 

Arthur  L.  Perry, 
Seventh  generation  from  first  John.] 


Nathaniel  Downeinge  of  London,  gentleman,  7  May,  1616,  proved  14 
May,  1616,  by  his  wife  Margaret  Downeinge.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish 
Church  of  St.  Dionis  Backchurch,  London,  or  elsewhere  it  shall  please  my 
executrix.  To  the  poor  of  St.  Dionis  and  of  St.  Gabriel  Fanchurch,  Lon- 
don. To  my  brother  Joseph  Downeinge,  now  dwellings  in  Ipswich,  in  the 
County  of  Suffolk,  twenty  pounds.  To  my  sister  Abigail  Goade,  wife  of 
John  Goade,  skinner,  twenty  pounds,  and  to  their  son,  John  Goad,  forty 
shillings  to  make  him  a  cup.  To  my  sister  Susanna  Kirby,  wife  of  Johu 
Kirby,  skinner,  twenty  pounds.  To  my  mother  in  law  Mary  Cellyn,  wid- 
ow, ten  pounds  and  the  "  Hope  [hoop]  Ringe  "  which  was  my  mother's. 
To  my  brother  Joshua  Downinge  the  seal  ring  of  gold  that  I  do  wear  on 
my  hand.  And  to  my  brother  Emanuel  Downeinge  I  give  the  like  ring  of 
gold  of  the  same  value  &  fashion.  The  residue  to  my  wife  Margaret  Downe- 
inge, whom  I  make  sole  executrix.  Whereas  I  am  now  seized  in  fee  of  and 
in  the  late  dissolved  monastery  of  the  "  Fryers  Carmelites,  or  the  White- 
ffryers,"  in  Ipswich  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  with  the  appurtenances,  &c. 
— this  to  wife  Margaret  and  her  heirs  forever.  Cope,  48. 

Sir  George  Downing  of  East  Hatley,  in  the  County  of  Cambridge, 
Knight  and  Baronet;  24  August,  1683,  with  codicil  added  7  July,  1684; 
proved  19  July,  1684.  My  body  to  be  interred  in  the  vault  which  I  have 
made  uuder  the  chancel  at  Crawden,  alias  Croyden,  in  the  county  of  Cam- 
bridge, by  the  body  of  my  wife  Frances.  Son  George  Downing,  Esq.,  and 
son  William  named.  Houses  in  or  near  King  Street,  in  the  city  of  West- 
minster, lately  called  Hampden  House,  which  I  hold  by  long  lease  from 
the  Crown,  and  Peacock^Court  there,  which  I  hold  by  lease  from  the  Col- 
legiate Church  of  St.  Feter,  Westminster  ;  all  which  are  now  demolished 
and  rebuilt,  or  rebuilding,  and  called  Downing  Street.  To  Edward  Lord 
Viscount  Morpeth  and  Sir  Henry  Pickering,*  Baronet,  my  son-in-law,  in 
trust,  &c.  Bequests  to  sons  Charles  and  William  Downing,  and  to  three 
daughters,  Lucy,  Mary  and  Anne,  at  age  of  twenty-one  years  or  day  of 
marriage.  The  guardianship  and  custody  of  the  persons  of  these  three 
daughters  entrusted  to  my  dear  daughter  Frances  Cotton.  Bequests  to 
daughter  Cotton's  children,  Francis,  John  and  Thomas,  and  to  Elizabeth 
and  Frances,  the  two  daughters  of  my  late  daughter  Pickering  deceased ; 
also  to  nephew  John  Peters,  niece  Lucy  Spicer,  nephew  Joshua  Down- 
ing and  Mr  Edmond  Woodroffe,  one  of  my  clerks  in  my  office  in  the  Ex- 
chequer. Hare,  139. 

*  This  Sir  Henry  Pickering  was  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Henry  Pickering  of  Whaddon,  who 
was  created  a  Baronet  2  January,  1660.  He  was  of  Barbados  in  1695,  and  had  two  wives, 
Philadelphia,  daughter  of  Sir  George  Downing,  by  whom  he  had  two  daughters,  Mary  and 
Anne  (who  both  died  without  issue),  and  secondly,  Grace,  daughter  of  Constant  Silvester, 
Esq.  (See  Reg.  xxxvii.  385.)  At  his  death,  iu  1705,  the  title  became  extinct.  (See  Add. 
MS.  24493,  British  Museum.)— H.  F.  W. 


36  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

This  Indenture  made  the  Thirteenth  day  of  Sept.  Anno  Doiri.  one  thou- 
sand seuen  hundred  and  in  the  twelfth  yeare  of  the  Reigne  of  our  Soue- 
raign  Lord  William  the  third,  by  the  grace  of  God  of  England,  Scotland, 
ffrance  and  Ireland  King,  defender  of  the  Faith  &ca. 

Between  Charles  Downing  of  London  in  the  Kingdome  of  England 
Esqr  of  the  one  part  and  Thorndike  Procter  of  Salem  in  the  Countey  of 
Essex  within  his  Majties  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  Eng- 
land in  America,  yeoman,  on  the  other  part  [then  follows  the  ordinary 
phraseology  of  conveyance  of  a  tract  of  three  hundred  acres  in  Salem 
which  was]  formerly  the  farme  of  Emanuel  Downing  of  Salem  aforesaid 
Gent:  Deceased,  Grandfather  of  the  said  Charles  Downing,  purchased  by 
the  said  Emanuel  Downing  of  one  Robert  Cole  unto  whome  the  same  was 
granted  by  the  said  town  of  Salem  one  thousand  six  hundred  thirty  and 
five*  [together  with  other  parcels  of  land  which  had  belonged  to  Emanuel 
Downing.  And  the  grantor  warrants  the  purchaser  that  he  may  hold 
these  premisses]  free  and  clear  or  well  and  sufficiently  Indemnified  saued 
and  kept  harmless  of  and  from  all  and  all  manner  of  former  and  other  gifts, 
grants,  bargaines,  sales,  leases,  releases,  mortgages,  Joyntures,  Dower, 
Judgments,  Executions,  Extents,  wills,  Entails,  tfines,  ^forfeitures,  titles, 
troubles,  charges  and  Incumbrances  whatsoever  had,  made,  done,  commit- 
ted, knowledged  or  suffered  by  the  said  Charles  Downing,  Sr  George  Down- 
ing, Baron',  late  father  of  the  said  Charles,  and  the  abouesaid  Emanuel 
Downing  or  any  of  them. 

This  Indenture  was  signed  by  the  grantor,  Charles  Downing,  Esqre,  and 
his  wife,  Sarah  Downing,  and  their  seals  affixed  on  the  day  and  year  first 
abovewritten.  Deeds  of  Essex  Co.,  Mass.,  Book  7,  Lvs.  7  to  10. 

The  will  of  Sir  George  Downing,  Knight  of  the  Bath  &  Baronet,  pro- 
viding (in  default  of  male  issue  to  his  cousin)  for  the  foundation  of  a  new 
college  in  the  University  of  Cambridge,  "which  college  shall  be  called  by  the 
name  of  Downing  College,"  was  dated  20  December,  1717,  and  proved  13 
June,  1749.  Lisle,  179. 

[The  foregoing  extracts  show  clearly  enough  the  connection  of  this  family  with 
New  England,  a  family  whose  name,  associated  as  it  is  with  a  street  in  which  has 
been,  for  so  many  years,  the  official  residence  of  the  Prime  Minister  of  England, 
the  centre  of  the  greatest  and  most  wide-spread  empire  of  modern  times,  and  with  a 
college  in  one  of  the  most  famous  universities  of  the  world,  is  known  wherever  the 
English  language  is  spoken,  and  bids  fair  to  last  so  long  as  English  history  shall  be 
read. 

From  some  MS.  notes  furnished  me  by  my  very  obliging  friend  Mr.  T.  0.  Noble, 
whose  authority  on  matters  connected  with  the  history  of  the  great  metropolis 
of  the  world  and  its  surrounding  parishes  is  unquestioned,  I  find  that  Sir  George 
Downing  was  rated  for  a  house  in  "  New  Pallace  "  (New  Palace  Yard,  Westmin- 
ster) for  twenty  years  previous  to  1683,  that  in  1728  the  rentals  of  the  whole  of 
Downing  Street  (for  assessment)  amounted  to  less  than  £1000,  and  in  1828  the  total 
was  £3000.  At  the  present  time  (1883)  the  whole  street  is  occupied  by  the  offices 
of  the  government  and  the  residences  of  the  First  Lord  of  the  Treasury,  Chancellor 
of  the  Exchequer,  &c.  From  the  "  Memorials  of  Westminster,"  by  the  Rev.  Mac- 
kenzie E.  C.  Walcott,  we  learn  that  "  The  official  residence  of  the  First  Lord  of  the 
Treasury  formerly  belonged  to  the  Crown  :  King  George  I.  gave  it  to  Baron  Bothmar, 
the  Hanoverian  Minister,  for  life.  After  his  death  King  George  II.  offered  the  house 
to  Sir  Robert  Walpole,  who  only  accepted  it  upon  the  condition  that  it  should  be 
attached  to  the  Premiership  forever.  Since  that  time,  therefore,  Downing  Street  is 
inseparably  connected  with  the  name  of  every  successive  Prime  Minister  of  Eng- 
land." Chapter  111.  of  the  Appendix  to  these  Memorials  gives  us  additional  in- 
formation, including  a  list  of  the  successive  occupants  of  the  official  residence  down 

*  This  must  be  a  mistake  for  1G38.  (See  Book  of  Grants,  Salem,  edited  by  William  P. 
Uphain,  Esq.)— H.  F.  W. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  37 

to  July  6,  1846.  "  Sir  Robert  Walpole  accepted  it  in  1732,  and  came  to  reside  here 
22  Sept.  1735."  "  In  the  small  waiting-room  of  No.  14,  for  the  first  and  only  time 
in  their  lives  met  Sir  Arthur  Wellesley  and  Lord  Nelson  ;  the  latter  was  well  known 
to  Sir  Arthur  from  the  prints  in  the  shop  windows  ;  they  conversed  together  for 
some  minutes  ;  on  parting  Lord  Nelson  went  out  of  the  room  and  asked  the  name 
of  the  stranger  whose  conversation  and  appearance  had  made  a  deep  impression  upon 

him." 

Lam  informed  by  William  H.  Richardson,  Esq.,  F.S.A.,  who  is  now  annotating 
"  The  Annals  of  Ipswiche,  by  N.  Bacon,"*  that  George  Downing,  who  was  un- 
doubtedly the  father  of  Emanuel  and  Nathaniel  Downing,  was  master  of  the  Gram- 
mar School,  Ipswich,  about  the  years  1607  to  1610.  Ilis  son  Emanuel,  baptized  in 
the  parish  church  of  St.  Lawrence,  Ipswich,  12  August,  1585,  married  at  Groton, 
Suffolk,  10  April,  1622,  Lucy  (baptized  27  January,  1601),  daughter  of  Adam  Win- 
throp,  Esq.,  and  sister  of  Governor  John  Winthrop.  Mr.  Downing  was  a  lawyer 
of  the  Inner  Temple,  London,  Attorney  in  the  Court  of  Wards,  and  seems  to  have 
lived  in  the  parishes  of  St.  Bridget  and  of  St.  Michael,  Cornhill.  He  came  over  to 
New  England  in  1638,  took  up  his  abode  in  Salem,  was  admitted  into  the  church 
4  November  of  the  same  year,  and  frequently  represented  the  town  in  the  General 
Court  of  the  colony.  The  date  of  his  death  is  not  known,  nor  has  any  record  yet 
been  found  of  any  will  made  by  him.  We  have  seen  what  became  of  his  farm  in 
Salem.  His  town  residence  was  conveyed,  8  August,  1656,  by  Lucie  Downing  of 
Salem,  with  consent  of  Emanuel  Downing  her  husband  (as  is  recited  in  the  deed)  to 
their  son  Lieut.  Joseph  Gardner,  as  the  dower  of  their  daughter  Ann  on  her  mar- 
riage with  Lieut.  Gardner.  It  was  described  as  a  messuage  or  tenement  in  Salem 
situated  upon  four  acres  of  ground  entire,  having  the  Common  on  the  east,  the 
6treet  or  highway  that  runs  from  the  meeting-house  to  the  harbor  on  the  south,  and 
the  lane  that  goes  to  the  North  River  on  the  West.  This  property  comprises  the 
various  estates  now  included  between  St.  Peter,  Ess?x,  Newbury  and  Browne 
Streets.  Lieut.  Gardner  and  his  wife  sold  various  lots  at  either  end  to  sundry 
members  of  the  Gardner  family,  and  to  Deacon  Richard  Prince  and  Mr.  William 
Browne,  Jr.  The  house,  which  stood  where  the  residence  of  the  late  Col.  Francis 
Peabody  stands,  remained  as  the- homestead  of  Mrs.  Gardner.  After  the  untimely 
loss  of  her  first  husband,  who  was  killed  in  the  great  Swamp  Fight,  19  December, 
1675,  she  took  for  a  second  husband  Simon  Bradstreet,  Esq.  ;  but  by  the  terms  of  the 
marriage  contract  of  2  May,  1676,  the  ownership  of  the  homestead  remained  with 
her.  It  was  afterwards  commonly  known  as  the  Bradstreet  house,  and  was  torn 
down  in  1750,  having  previously  been  used  as  a  tavern.  On  page  75  of  the  first  vol- 
ume of  the  Register,  and  on  page  185  of  the  fourth  volume  of  Historical  Collections 
of  the  Essex  Institute,  may  be  seen  an  engraving  representing  this  house,  in  which 
Sir  George  Downing  probably  passed  his  boyhood  while  under  the  tuition  of  the 
Rev.  John  Fisk,  preparing  for  entrance  into  Harvard  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  that  famous  first  class  of  1642.  For  a  long  account  of  him  and  his 
family,  and  a  list  of  his  published  works,  see  Sibley's  Harvard  Graduates,  vol.  i. 
pp.  28-51. 

Nathaniel  Downing,  brother  of  Emanuel  and  uncle  of  Sir  George,  was  baptized 
in  the  church  of  St.  Mary  at  the  Tower,  Ipswich,  8  October,  1587.  He  married,  6 
May,  1613,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Doctor  Daniel  Selyne  (or  Selin),  a  French  phy- 
sician, who  died"l9  March,  1614-15,  and  in  his  will  (Rudd,  2^)  mentions  his  son- 
in-law  Nathaniel  Downing.  Mr.  Downing  seems  to  have  had  one  son,  Daniel,  bap- 
tized at  St.  Dionis  Backchurch,  5  April,  1614,  and  buried  five  days  afterwards. 

In  the  Whitehall  Evening  Post  of  Febr.  11,  1764,  is  this  letter": 

"  To  the  Printer  &c.         Sir 

By  the  death  of  Sir  Jacob  Garrard  Downing  Bar1  an  estate  of  about  5  or 
6000  pr  annum  falls  to  the  University  of  Cambridge,  to  build  a  college,  to  be  called 
Downing  College.  The  late  Sir  George  Downing,  of  Gamlingay,  in  Cambridge- 
shire, B.ir*,  having  left  it  to  the  late  Sir  Jacob  Garrard,  and  his  Heirs  male  ;  &  for 
want  of  such  Issue,  to  the  rev.  Mr  Peters,  late  Lecturer  of  S'  Clement-Danes  &  his 
Heirs  male  :  both  of  whom  having  died  without  such  Issue,  the  Estate  descends  as 
above.  The  Original  of  the  Family  was  Dr  Calibut  Downing,  one  of  the  Preachers 
in  the  Rebel  Army,  &  a  great  man  with  Rump:  and  his  son,  afterwards  Sir  Geo: 
Downing  &  the  first  Baronet  of  the  Family,  was  made  Envoy  from  Cromwell  to  the 
States-General,  and  got  a  great  Estate,  owing  to  this  Incident.    When  King  Charles 

*  The  valuable  MS.  referred  to  in  note,  pp.  197-3,  vol.  xxxvii.  Keg. 


3tf  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

the  2d  was  travelling  in  Disguise  in  Holland,  to  visit  the  Queen  Mother,  attended 
only  by  Lord  Falkland,  &  putting  up  at  an  Inn,  after  he  had  been  there  some  Time, 
the  Landlord  came  to  these  strangers  and  said,  there  was  a  Begsar-man  at  the  Door, 
very  shabbily  dressed,  who  was  very  importunate  to  be  admitted  to  them  ;  on  which 
the  King  seemed  surprised,  &  after  speaking  to  Lord  Falkland,  bid  the  Landlord 
admit  him.  As  soon  as  this  Beggar-man  entered,  he  pulled  off  his  Beard  (which 
he  had  put  on  for  a  Disguise)  &  fell  on  his  knees,  &  said  he  was  Mr  Downing,  the 
Resident  from  Oliver  Cromwell  ;  &  that  he  had  received  Advice  of  this  intended 
visit  from  his  Majesty  to  the  Queen  ;  and  that,  if  he  ventured  any  farther,  he  would 
be  assassinated  ;  &  begged  secrecy  of  the  King,  for  that  his  Life  depended  upon  it, 
&  departed.  The  Kins  was  amazed  at  this,  &  said  to  Lord  Falkland,  How  could  this 
be  known  ?  there  were  but  you  &  the  Queen  knew  of  it.  Therefore  the  Queen  must 
have  mentioned  this  to  somebody  who  gave  Advice  of  it  to  his  Enemies.  How- 
ever, the  King  returned  back,  whereby  this  Design  was  prevented  Upon  this,  after 
the  Restoration,  Sir  George  Downing  was  rewarded,  made  a  Baronet  &  Farmer  of  the 
Customs,  &c.  &c,  whereby  this  large  Estate  was  raised. 

Besides  the  above  Estate  of  Sir  Jacob  Garret  Downing  Bar',  which  devolves  on 
the  University  of  Cambridge,  another  fine  Estate,  with  a  handsome  house  at  Put- 
ney, falls  to  his  Lady." 

In  the  London  Chronicle  of  Jan.  9,  1772,  is  this  Article  : 

"  We  are  assured  that  the  Heirs  at  Law  [B.  P.  Ewer  of  Bangor  who  married  a 
Barnardiston]  of  Sir  Jacob  Downing  Bar'  have  applied  for  a  Royal  Charter  to  found 
&  incorporate  the  College  at  Cambridge.  A  spot  is  fixed  upon  for  erecting  this  ed- 
ifice, which  is  a  spacious  Piece  of  ground,  fit  for  the  Purpose,  on  the  South  Side  of 
the  Town,  opposite  the  Physic  Garden,  &  between  Pembroke  &  Emanuel  Colleges. 
A  Design  is  preparing  &  Application  making  to  the  Owners  of  the  Ground  which 
belongs  to  several  Bodies  Corporate  ;  &  as  soon  as  an  Act  of  Parliament  can  be  ob- 
tained to  impower  them  to  sell,  this  noble  Benefaction  will  be  carried  into  imediate 
Execution." — n.  f.  w. 

The  English  genealogical  works  which  attempt  to  give  the  ancestry  of  Sir  George 
Downing,  baronet,  give  it  erroneously.  The  error  seems  first  to  have  been  promul- 
gated by  Anthony  a  Wood  in  his  Athenae  Oxoniensis,  published  1691-2,  where, 
in  an  account  of  Dr.  Calybute  Downing,  the  Puritan  writer,  son  of  Calybute  Down- 
ing of  Shennington,  Gloucestershire,  Sir  George  is  called  his  son.  The  error  has 
been  copied  into  several  Baronetages.  Dr.  Downing's  ancestry  has  been  carried 
back  through  his  grandfather,  Arthur,  of  Lexham  in  Norfolk,  to  his  great-grand- 
father Geoffrey  Downing  of  Norwich,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Wingfield.  There  are  no  indications  of  a  relationship  between  this  family  and  that  of 
George  Downing  of  Ipswich,  Suffolk,  who,  as  Mr.  Waters  shows,  was  father  of 
Emanuel,  the  father  of  Sir  George.  Savage  names  Mary,  wife  of  Anthony  Stoddard ; 
James ;  Anne,  wife  of  Capt.  Joseph  Gardner  and  afterwards  of  Gov.  Simon  Brad- 
street  ;  John ;  and  Dorcas,  as  other  children  of  Emanuel  Downing  ;  and  there  was 
probably  also  a  son  Joshua  (Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  4th  S.  vi.  79).  Emanuel  Downing  an- 
nounces his  intention  to  leave  New  England  in  the  fall  of  1654  with  Gen.  Sedgwick 
(Ibid.  p.  84).  He  was  living  as  late  as  Sept.  6,  1658,  in  Edinburgh  (Ibid.  p.  86). 
His  wife  was  living  in  England,  June  27,  1662  (Ibid.  p.  514).  The  place  and  date 
of  death  of  neither  are  known.  Interesting  letters  from  Emanuel  Downing  and 
other  members  of  his  family,  are  printed  in  the  volume  of  the  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  cited. 

Henry  Downing,  father  of  Col.  Adam  Downing,  distinguished  as  an  officer  in 
William  lll.'s  army  in  Ireland,  may  have  been,  as  represented  by  Burke  (Ext.  and 
Dorm.  Baronetage,  ed.  1844,  p.  163  ;  Landed  Gentry,  ed.  1853,  i.  453),  a  son  of  Dr. 
Calybute.     We  find  no  evidence  that  Sir  George  had  a  brother  Henry. 

It  is  not  probable  that  Wood  obtained  his  information  from  the  family,  for  the 
deed  of  which  Mr.  Waters  gives  an  abstract  proves  that  Shades  Downing,  son  of  Sir 
George,  knew  that  his  grandfather's  name  was  Emanuel  so  late  as  1700,  eight  years 
after  the  publication  of  Wood's  Athenas.  The  following  letter,  copied  for  us  by 
G.  D.  Scull,  Esq.,  of  Oxford,  England,  from  the  original,  shows  that  Wood,  while 
engaged  on  his  work,  applied  to  the  Rev.  Increase  Mather  for  information  about  the 
Downings,  but  with  little  success  : 

"  Sir 

I  have  yours  of  20th  Instant.     There  never  was  any  Dr  Downing  in  New 

'■uiil.     It  is  true  yl  Sir  George  Downing  (who  was  knighted  by  Charles  2lld) 

education  in  yc  Colledge  there  ;  but  had  no  other  degree  there  besides  yl  of 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  39 

Bachelor  of  Art.  Nor  do  any  in  that  colledge  proceed  further  than  Master  of  arts 
after  seven  years  standing,  as  'tis  in  Oxford  and  Cambridge.  We  never  (which  is 
pity)  had  any  Doctors.  I  am  ashamed  to  tell  you  that  I  cannot  procure  any 
further  account  concerning  non  conformist  writers.  I  have  really  laboured  to  grat- 
ify you  to  my  power.     I  heartily  wish  there  were  more  publick  spirits  in  the  world. 

Sir  Your  servant,  1.  Mather. 

London  July  23—1691. 
To  Mr  Anthony  Wood  near  Merton  College  in  Oxford." 

An  equally  inexplicable  error  will  be  pointed  out  in  this  article  when  we  come 
to  the  will  of  Sir  William  Phips,  who  is  represented  in  English  books  to  be  ances- 
tor of  the  present  Marquis  of  Norman  by.  Both  errors  have  years  ago  been  pointed 
out  by  our  countrymen.  The  second  volume  of  Hutchinson's  Massachusetts,  which 
was  reprinted  in  England  in  1768,  gives  the  true  christian  name  of  the  father' of  Sir 
George  Downing. — Editor.] 

Thomas  Warnett,  now  of  James  City  in  Virginia,  merchant,  13  Feb- 
ruary, 1G29,  proved  8  November,  1630,  by  Thomazine  Warnet,  relict  and 
executrix.  To  Mns  Elizabeth  Pott  one  Corfe  and  crosse  cloth  of  wrought 
gold  and  to  Dr  John  Pott  (1)  live  thousand  of  several  sorts  of  nayles.  To 
Francis  Pott  four  score  pounds  of  tobacco  which  he  oweth  me.  To  Mr 
Francis  Boultou,  minister,  one  firkin  of  butter,  one  bushel  of  white  salt, 
six  pounds  of  candles,  one  pound  of  pepper,  one  pound  of  ginger,  two  bush- 
els of  meal,  one  rundlett  of  ink,  six  quires  of  writing  paper  and  one  pair  of 
silk  stockings.  To  John  Johnson's  wife  six  pounds  of  soap,  six  pounds  of 
white  starch  and  one  pound  of  blue  starch.  To  John  Browning's  wife  one 
thousand  of  pins,  one  pair  of  knives  carved  with  two  images  upon  them, 
twelve  pounds  of  white  starch  and  two  pounds  of  blue  starch.  To  the  wife 
of  Mr  John  Uptone  one  sea  green  scarf  edged  with  gould  lace,  twelve 
pounds  of  white  starch  aud  two  pounds  of  blue  starch.  To  my  friend  Mr 
Thomas  Burges  my  second  best  sword  aud  my  best  felt  hat.  To  John  Gre- 
vett's  wife  one  pair  of  sheets,  six  table,  napkins,  three  towels  and  one  table 
cloth  marked  with  T.  W.,  six  pounds  of  soap,  six  pounds  of  white  starch 
and  one  pound  of  blue  starch.  To  Thomas  Key's  wife  one  gilded  looking 
glass.  To  Sarg'  John  Wane's  (2)  wife  four  bushels  of  meal  and  one  rundlett 
of  four  gallons  of  vinegar,  one  half  pound  of  "  threed  "  of  several  colours, 
twenty  needles,  six  dozen  of  silk  and  thred  buttons,  one  pewter  candlestick 
&  one  pewter  chamberpot.  To  Roger  Thompson's  wife  one  half  bushel  of 
white  salt,  one  pound  of  pepper  aud  one  jar  of  oil.  To  Benjamin  Symes  (3) 
one  weeding  hoe.  To  George  Mulestou  one  '  howing"  hoe  &  one  axe. 
To  John  Goundry  one  bar  of  lead  of  twenty  pound  weight  and  three  pound. 
To  John  Hattone  one  black  felt  hat,  one  suit  of  grey  kersie,  oue  shirt 
marked  T.  W.,  four  pairs  of  Irish  stockings,  two  pairs  of  my  own  wearing 
shoes,  one  bar  of  lead  and  six  pounds  of  powder.  To  John  Southerne  (4) 
six  pounds  of  caudles,  one  Poland  cap  furred  and  one  pair  of  red  slippers. 
To  Michael  Batt  (5)  his  wife  two  bushels *of  meal. 

The  rest  of  my  temporal  estate  in  Virginia,  my  debts  being  paid  aud 
legacies  paid  &  discharged,  to  wife  Thomazine,  whom  I  appoint  executrix. 
Friends  John  Southerne  and  James  Stome  overseers.  To  the  former  one 
black  beaver  hat  and  gold  band,  one  doublet  of  black  chamlet  and  one  pair 
of  black  hose ;  and  to  James  Stome  my  best  sword  and  a  gold  belt. 

The  witnesses  were  Francis  Boltone  (G)  &  John  Southerne. 

Scroope,  105. 

[The  following,  from  Harl.  MS.  (Brit.  Mas.),  1561,  f.  142,  undoubtedly  gives  the 
pedigree  of  the  testator  of  the  above  will,  and  indicates  his  place  of  residence  before 
his  miijration. 


40  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

John  Warnet  of  =  Susan,  d.  of Ridley 

Henipsted,  Sussex.        of  Wliellebeech,  Sussex. 

Francis  Warnet= Anne,  d.  of  Thomas  \Varnet=Thomazin,d.     Catharine.      Susan, 


of  Hempsted, 
ob.  v.  p. 


Edw.  Buys,     of  Southwark 
of  co.  Kent,     in  co.  Surrey, 
1623. 


and  heir  of  uxr  Edmond 

VV m.  Hall  of  Jordan  of  Gat- 

Woodalling,  wick,  co.  Surrey, 
co.  Norfolk. 


I  I  I 

Edmond  Warnett.         Thomas,  3  y.  old  1623.  Judith. 


H.  F.  W. 


1.  Dr.  John  Pott,  the  legatee  mentioned,  was  doubtless  the  John  Pott,  A.M., 
M.D.,  physician  for  the  colony  of  Virginia,  who  arrived  with  his  wife  Elizabeth  in 
October,  1621,  in  the  ship  George.  He  was  appointed  on  the  recommendation  of 
Dr.  Theodore  Gulston,  the  founder  of  the  Gulstonian  lectureship  of  Anatomy,  still 
maintained  by  the  London  College  of  Physicians.  In  the  Virginia  Land  Records, 
Book  No.  1,  p.  8,  he  appears  as  a  grantee,  on  August  11th,  1624,  of  three  acres  of 
land  in  "  James  Cittie,"  and  is  mentioned  as  a  "  Doctor  of  Physicke  "  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  "  Councill."  Francis  West,  the  governor  of  the  colony  and  a  younger 
brother  of  Lord  Delaware,  departing  for  England  March  5th,  1628,  Dr.  Pott  suc- 
ceeded him  as  governor,  and  so  served  until  some  time  in  March,  1630,  when  he 
was  superseded  by  Sir  John  Harvey.  Pott  was  then  arraigned  for  pardoning  Ed- 
ward Wallis,  condemned  for  murder  and  cattle  stealing.  This  was  the  first  trial  by 
jury  in  the  colony.  Pott  was  found  guilty  and  confined  to  his  plantation  at  Har- 
rope,  now  Williamsburg,  until  the  King's  pleasure  could  be  ascertained.  Gover- 
nor Harvey  forwarded  the  recommendation  of  the  Council  for  his  pardon,  and  Mrs. 
Pott  crossed  the  ocean  and  pleaded  her  husband's  cause.  The  commissioners  to 
whom  the  petition  was  referred  reported  to  the  King  that  "  condemning  him  for 
felony  was  very  rigorous,  if  not  erroneous,"  and  recommended  that  he  should  be 
restored  to  liberty  and  his  estate,  and  the  practice  of  his  profession. 

2.  I  find  in  the  State  Land  Registry  a  grant  of  300  acres  to  John  Wayne  (render- 
ed in  the  Index,  Waine)  in  Charles  River  County  (as  the  County  of  York  was  first 
called),  May  10th,  1638.     Book  No.  1,  p.  561). 

3.  It  may  be  recalled  that  Benjamin  Symmes  is  reported  in  1648  as  having 
founded  in  the  colony  a  free  school,  which  he  endowed  with  two  hundred  acres  of 
land,  a  good  house,  forty  milch  cows  and  other  appurtenances. 

4.  There  is  a  grant  also  of  record  to  John  Southerne,  "  Gent.''  (in  all  probability 
him  of  the  will),  of  twenty-four  acres  in  "James  Cittie,"  September  1st,  1627. 
Book  No.  1,  p.  55. 

5.  Michaell  Batt  appears  as  a  grantee  of  one  acre  of  land  in  "  James  Cittie  Is- 
land," September  20th,  1643,  Book  No.  I,  p.  890.  Grants  also  appear  contempo- 
raneously to  John,  William  and  Henry  Batt,  Batte  or  Batts,  as  the  name  is  various- 
ly rendered.  The  descendants  of  William  and  Henry  Batte  (as  the  name  now  ob- 
tains), brothers,  are  quite  numerous  in  Virginia,  and  of  high  respectability. 

6.  The  Rev.  Francis  Boulton,  Boltone  or  Bolton,  as  the  name  is  variously  render- 
ed, who  had  been  recommended  by  the  Earl  of  Southampton  for  some  vacant  parish 
in  Virginia,  arrived  in  the  colony  in  the  ship  George,  as  above,  and  was  assigned  to 
Elizabeth  City,  to  reside  with  Captain  Thomas  Newce. — R.  A.  Brock,  of  Richmond, 
Virginia.] 

William  Pepperell  of  St.  Stephens  by  Launceston,  in  the  County  of 
Cornwall,  5  June,  1655,  proved  15  October  1655,  by  Jane  Pepperell,  his 
widow,  and  William  Pepperell,  his  son.  Daughter  Alice  (under  12)  and 
Jane  Pepperell,  second  son  Robert,  wife  Jane,  son  Thomas  (under  12)  and 
eldest  son  William.  Richard  Call  my  brother-in-law,  John  Roe  of  Launces- 
ton, Thomas  Facy  of  St.  Thomas,  and  Robert  Pepperell  my  brother  (of 
whose  unfained  affection  and  fidelity  I  have  had  long  and  frequent  experi- 
ments), to  be  overseers.  The  witnesses  were  Nevill  Blighett,  Will  Blag- 
don  and  Nicholas  Dodge.  Aylett,  387. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  41 

[The  testator  could  not  have  been  the  grandfather  of  Sir  William  Pepperrell, 
bart.,  the  captor  of  Louisburg.  Possibly  he  may  have  been  his  great-grand- 
father. William  Pepperrell,  the  father  of  the  baronet,  was  horn  about  1646, 
having  died  Feb.  13,  1733-4,  in  his  87th  year.  Usher  Parsons,  M.D.,  in  the  biog- 
raphy of  the  son  (Boston,  1856) ,  states  that  the  father  was  born  in  Tavistock,  De- 
vonshire :  but  ten  years  later  (Register,  xx.  1)  he  calls  him  a  native  of  Wales.  The 
Wentworth  Genealogy  (ed.  1878,  p.  307)  calls  him  a  native  of  Cornwall.  "  Tra- 
dition," according  to  Dr.  Parsons,  "  says  that  he  spoke  broad  Welsh,  as  Boll  and 
Woll  for  Bill  and  Will."  He  had  three  sisters.  One  married  a  Phillips,  another 
a  Gilbert,  and  the  third,  Grace,  died  unmarried.  His  children  were  Andrew,  Mary, 
Margery,  Joanna,  Miriam,  William  the  baronet,  Dorothy  and  Jane.  For  an  ac- 
count of  the  descendants  of  the  baronet,  among  whom  is  Edward  Walford,  M.A., 
of  London,  Eng.,  editor  of  the  Antiquarian  Magazine,  see  Register,  xx.  1-6. — 
Editor.] 

George  Fenwick,  of  "Worminghurst,  co.  Sussex,  Esquire,  2  February, 
1656,  with  codicil  of  9  March,  1656,  proved  27  April,  1657,  by  Elizabeth 
Fenwick,  daughter  and  executrix.  To  wife  Katherine,  &c.  &c. ;  to  my 
most  natural  and  dear  mother,  M™  Dorothy  Clavering ;  to  brother  Claudius 
and  his  heirs  male  my  lands  in  Brenckborn  and  Nether  Framlington  in  the 
county  of  Northumberland  ;  to  my  nephew  Thomas  Ledgard  and  his  heirs 
male  land  in  Thirston  and  Tillington  in  Northumberland  ;  to  my  sister 
Ledgard  and  my  sister  Cullick  each  fifty  pounds  ;  to  my  brother  Ledgard 
and  my  brother  Cullick,  each  ten  pounds  ;  to  my  sister  Cullick's  children 
one  hundred  pounds  apiece  ;  to  my  niece  Clifton  fifty  pounds,  and  to  niece 
Bootflower's  boy  fifty  pounds ;  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  and  daughter 
Dorothy  ;  to  Ralph  Fenwick,  a  scholar  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  ten 
pounds  a  year  ;  to  my  daughters  land  in  Sussex  that  descends  to  them  from 
their  uncle  Edward  Apsley,  Esquire,  deceased. 

The  above  he  declared  to  be  his  will  10  March,  1656.  In  the  codicil  he 
bequeaths  to  his  sister  Cullick  and  her  children  all  his  estate  in  New  Eng- 
land ;  and  also  five  hundred  pounds  to  the  public  use  of  that  country  of  New 
England  if  "  my  "  loving  friend  Edward  Hopkins  think  fit.  He  makes 
bequests  to  his  friend  Robert  Leeves  and  to  his  servant  Moses  Fryer.  To 
Dame  Elinor  Selby  of  Barwick  he  leaves  ten  pounds  and  desires  her  to 
undertake  the  education  of  Dorothy.  His  father-in-law  Sir  Arthur  Hessle- 
ngg  to  accept  the  mean  remembrance  of  forty  shillings  to  buy  a  ring.  He 
also  mentions  his  cousin  Lawrence  and  his  wife,  his  cousin  Strickland  and 
his  lady,  his  ancient  acquaintance  and  dearly  beloved  friend  Sir  Thomas 
Widdrington,  his  dear  and  good  friend  Mr  Edward  Hopkins,  late  warden  of 
the  fleet,  his  friend  Aaron  Gourdon,  Dr.  of  Physic,  his  friend  Mr  Tempest 
Milner,  alderman  of  London,  and  the  latter's  kinsman  Robert  Key,  his 
father-in-law,  Mr  Claveringe,  and  Thomas  Burrell  of  Brinckborn,  North- 
umberland. He  gives  six  pounds  per  annum  to  Tristram  Fenwick  for  life, 
forty  shillings  to  Mr  Ogle  of  Leith  in  Scotland,  and  twenty  shillings  to  the 
widow  Clarke  of  Weldon.  Ruthen,  138. 

[The  family  of  Forster,  of  Newham,  from  which  Col.  George  Fenwick  and  hissis- 
ter  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Cullick  derived  their  descent,  are  said  by  Mundy  to  be  descended 
out  of  the  house  of  Forster  of  Etherston.  In  this  latter  family  the  baptismal  name 
of  Reignold  often  occurs,  suggesting  the  possible  origin  of  Reginald  Forster  of  Ip- 
swich. They  bore  Argent,  a  chevron  vert  between  three  bugle-horns  stringed  sable. 
"  these  verses  were  sett  about  the  Amies,"  says  Mundy  : 

"  let  us  derly  them  hold 
to  mind  ther  wortliynes 
that  wch  our  parent's  old 
hath  left  us'to  posses." 


42  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Col.  Fcnwick's  first  wife  and  the  mother  of  his  children,  was  Alice,  relict  of  Sir 
John  Botteler,  knight,  and  daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Apsley  of  Thackharn  in  county 
Sussex,  knight.  One  of  her  sisters,  Elizabeth,  was  the  wife  of  Sir  Albert  Morton, 
Secretary  of  State  to  King  James.  His  second  wife,  Catherine,  was  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  the  famous  Sir  Arthur  Hazelrigg  of  Noseley  Hall,  in  Leicestershire.  The 
monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  Col.  Fenwick  in  the  church  at  Berwick,  which 
he  is  said  to  have  been  principally  instrumental  in  building,  shows  that  he  died  15 
March,  1656.  It  will  be  noticed  that  his  sister  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Capt.  John  Cul- 
lick,  does  not  appear  on  the  following  pedigree,  probably  not  having  been  born 
until  after  1615,  when  the  visitation  was  made.  The  "  sister  Ledgard  "  was  Mary, 
wife  of  Thomas  Ledgard. 

The  following  pedigree  is  extracted  from  Richard  Mundy's  copy  of  Visitations  of 
Northumberland,  1575  and  1615,  Harl.  MS.  1554,  ff.  20,54: 

Thomas  dom9    = 
de  ffenwick  miles 
An0  4.  E.  2. 


Willm  de  ffenwick  = 
miles  17.  E.  3. 


Robertus  de  ffenwick  =  Elinor.  Petrus,  &c. 


Johannes  Fenwick  =  Elizebetha  filia  Alani  de  Hetton. 
miles  | 

Johannes  Fenwick  =  Alanus. 

Armiger  I 


John  Fenwick= 


Johannes  Fenwiek=  Catherina  filia 


dom  Eshenden  miles 


Wilmi  Plumpton  militis. 


Johannes  Fenwick  miles  =  Elizebetha  filia  Rogeri  de  Woderington. 
I 

Henericus  Fenwick  = 

Mary,  d.  &  h.  of  Wm.=John  Fenwick  of  Fenwick=Eliz.  d.  Sr  Roger  Woderington . 
Strother       1  wife     | 

issue. 


Gerard  Fenwicke  =  ....  d.  &  heire  of  Sr  Walter  Boura-hton 


6  son 


of  ... .  in  co.  Northumberland. 


Tristram  ffenwick  =  Margarett,  d.  of    ...  Ogel  of  Bothell. 
3  son j 

i  i  i  i 

George  ffenwick  =  Dorathey  d.  of      Gregory2         William3  Margerett,  ux. 

of  Brinckborne, 
1615. 


John  Forsterof  Robert  Ogle. 

Newham. 


I  I  I  I  I  I      .  I 

George  ffenwick        William2      Mary      Gregory3     Henry4     Claudius*      Margarett 
12yereold  1615. — u.  f.  w.] 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  43 

William  Hathorne,  of  Binfield  in  the  County  of  Berks,  yeoman,  18 
May,  1650,  proved  2  May,  1651,  by  Sara  Hathorne,  the  widow  and  exec- 
utrix. To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Binfield  twenty  shillings,  to  be  dis- 
tributed on  the  day  of  my  burial.  To  Robert  Hathorne,  my  son,  all  that 
my  messuage  or  tenement  now  in  the  tenure  of  my  brother-in-law  John 
Lawrence,  situate  and  being  in  Bray,  in  the  County  of  Berks,  together  with 
all  barns,  stables,  outhouses,  orchards,  gardens,  backsides,  easments,  profits 
and  hereditaments  thereto  belonging ;  and  also  that  my  cottage  closes  and 
parcels  of  land,  pasture  and  meadow,  lying  and  being  in  Bray  aforesaid,  and 
hereafter  particularly  mentioned.  That  is  to  say,  one  barn  with  two  or- 
chards and  five  closes  of  pasture  and  meadow  called  Neatherhouse  barn, 
neathouse  mead,  the  two  Butts,  Bishopps  cloase  and  the  backside,  containing 
in  all  eighteen  acres,  more  or  less,  lying  together  near  unto  the  said  mes- 
suage and  abutting  upon  Oakely  Greene  towards  the  North, —  (other  lots,  of 
four  acres  and  of  eighteen  acres  respectively,  abutting  upon  Oakely  Green 
towards  the  South),  one  cottage,  with  a  hay  house  and  backside,  late  in  the 
tenure  of  Richard  Braiser,  containing  one  acre,  more  or  less,  abutting  upon 
Okely  Greene  aforesaid  towards  the  North ;  also  one  close  and  one  pidle 
of  pasture  ground  called  Godlers,  containing  seven  acres,  adjoining  to  a 
lane  leading  out  of  Okeley  Greene  into  Didworth  Green  towards  the 
South,  to  have  unto  the  said  Robert  Hathorne  my  son  &  his  heirs  forever, 
upon  trust,  &c. — that  they  shall  give  and  pay  unto  William  Hathorne,  my 
eldest  son,  his  executors  or  assigns,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  of  law- 
ful money  of  England  within  two  years  next  after  ray  decease,  and  unto 
John  Hathorne,  my  son,  &c,  twenty  pounds  within  three  years,  &c.  Item, 
I  give  unto  Nathaniel  Hathorne,  my  son,  twenty  shillings  in  money.  Fur- 
ther unto  John  Hathorne  twenty  pounds,  if  living,  otherwise  to  his  wife 
and  children,  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease.  To  Edmond  Ha- 
thorne, ray  youngest  son  (thirty  acres  and  more  in  Bray)  upon  the  trust 
and  confidence  and  to  the  end,  intent  and  purpose  that  the  said  Edmond 
Hathorne,  ray  son,  his  heirs  or  assigns,  shall  give  and  pay  unto  Elizabeth, 
my  daughter,  the  wife  of  Mr  Richard  Davenporte,  her  executors  or  as- 
signs, the  sum  of  forty  pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England  within  two 
years  next  after  my  decease.  To  Anne,  my  daughter,  wife  of  Hugh  Smith, 
twenty  shillings,  and  to  Elizabeth,  her  daughter,  five  shillings.  To  Robert, 
Sara,  Anne  and  Katherine,  the  children  of  my  son-in-law  Philip  Lee,  five 
shillings  apiece. 

The  residue,  my  debts  being  paid,  my  funeral  expenses  discharged  and 
this  my  last  will  and  testament  in  all  things  duly  performed,  to  Sara  Ha- 
thorne, my  wife,  whom  I  ordain  and  make  sole  executrix. 

The  witnesses  were  John  Sowthey  als  Hayle,  Thomas  Dyer  and  Robert 
Southey  als  Hayle.  Grey,  87. 

Sara  Hathorne  (by  mark)  of  Binfield  in  the  County  of  Berks,  widow, 
5  September,  1655,  proved  14  March,  1655,  by  Nathaniel  Hathorne,  son 
and  sole  executor.  To  the  poor  of  Binfield  twenty  shillings,  to  be  bestowed 
on  such  as  have  most  need,  at  the  discretion  of  my  executors,  on  the  day 
of  burial.  To  Robert  Hathorne,  my  son,  a  round  table  in  the  chamber 
over  the  Hall,  with  a  drawer  to  him,  a  great  joyned  chair  in  the  parlor,  my 
elm  chest  in  the  chamber  over  the  parlor,  a  great  pair  of  andirous  standing 
in  the  parlor,  two  pillow  beares,  one  of  them  Holland  pillow  beare  and  the 
other  of  them  a  flaxen  pillow  beare,  two  silver  spoons,  one  of  my  best 
joined  stools  in  the  hall,  a  cupboard  cloth   wrought  with  blue   at  the  ends 


44  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

and  a  great  brazen  candlestick.  To  Anne,  my  daughter,  the  wife  of  Hugh 
Smith,  my  best  feather  bed  and  bolster  belonging  to  him,  a  feather  pillow, 
two  blankets,  my  green  rug,  my  green  sea  curtains  and  valians  to  them,  two 
pair  of  my  better  sheets,  the  fourth  part  of  all  my  pewter,  my  lesser  brass 
pot  and  pothooks,  my  little  skillett,  all  my  wearing  apparell,  three  of  my 
bigger  milk  bowls,  a  low  leather  chair,  my  best  green  matted  chair,  the 
biggest  chest  that  was  her  fathers  and  ten  pounds  of  lawful  money  of  Eng- 
land. To  my  two  grandchildren  Anne  Lee  and  Katherine  Lee,  twenty 
shillings  apiece.  To  all  the  residue  of  my  grandchildren,  that  is  to  say, 
Sara  Hathorne,  Elizabeth  Hathorne  and  Elizabeth  Hathorne,  Susanna 
Hathorne,  Nathaniel  Hathorne,  William  Smith  and  Elizabeth  Smith,  the 
several  sums  often  shillings  apiece.  To  Anne  Middleton,  my  late  servant, 
ten  shillings. 

The  residue  to  son  Nathaniel  Hathorne,  who  is  to  be  sole  executor.    The 
witnesses  were  John  Yonges  and  Henrie  Otwaie  (by  mark). 

Berkley,  34. 

[The  foregoing  will  of  William  Hathorne  of  Binfield  confirms  the  guess  made  in 
1879,  as  to  the  English  home  of  the  American  family  of  Hathorne,  and  the  inter- 
marriage of  Lieut.  Richard  Davenport,  of  New  Engiand,  with  that  family.  (See 
Gleanings  from  English  Records,  &c,  by  Emtnerton  and  Waters,  Essex  Institute, 
Salem,  Mass.,  where  sundry  abstracts  of  English  wills  may  be  found,  and  paternal 
and  maternal  pedigrees  of  the  distinguished  author  Nathaniel  Hawthorne.)  Bin- 
field,  Bray  and  Oakley  Green  are  all  in  the  North  Eastern  part  of  Berkshire,  a  little 
West  and  South  West  of  Windsor.  From  a  History  and  Antiquities  of  the  Hun- 
dred of  Bray,  by  Charles  Kerry,  London,  1861,  I  learn  that  there  was  a  manor  of 
Cruchfields  and  Hawthorne,  that  a  William  Hawthorne  was  one  of  the  tenants 
of  "  Queen  Lease  "  in  the  parish  of  Bray  and  Manor  of  Bray,  1650 ;  in  the  "  Ren- 
tall  of  the  Manor  of  Bray,  1650,"  William  Hawthorne  is  charged  one  pound  per  an- 
num for  all  lands  holden  of  the  manor,  Thomas  Hawthorne  is  charged  three  shil- 
lings, the  heivs  of  Robert  Hawthorne  five  shillings,  and  William  Hawthorne,  Jr., 
five  pence.  In  "  The  Assert  Rent  of  Bray,  1658,"  under  the  title  "Oakley,"  I 
find  "Ttobert  Hauthorne  for  house  and  lands,"  6ix  shillings  four  pence,  "Tho- 
mas Hauthorne  ditto,"  three  shillings  three  pence  halfpenny,  and  "  Henery  Hau- 
thorne for  lands,"  seven  shillings.  William  Hawthorne  was  one  of  the  church 
wardens  in  Bray,  A.D.  1600.  By  Indenture  dated  10  January,  6  James  (1609), 
Sir  John  Norris  confirmed  unto  William  Goddard,  William  Hathorne,  Thomas 
Westcottand  five  others,  and  their  heirs,  all  those  piddles  or  parcels  of  ground 
severally  lying  in  certain  hamlets  and  tithings  of  the  parish  of  Bray  in  the  county 
of  Berks,  whereupon  small  cottages  and  other  edifices  were  erected  and  built,  con- 
taining in  the  whole,  by  estimation,  five  acres,"  &c,  intrust  for  the  "relief  of 
such  poor,  impotent  and  aged  persons  as  from  time  to  time  thereafter  should  be 
dwelling  within  the  said  parish,  and  to  the  intent  that  the  poorest  and  most  aged 
and  impotent  persons  of  the  said  parish  should  be  provided  for  ever  of  houses  and 
habitation."  By  an  Indenture  dated  14  January,  1621,  it  appears  that  William 
Hawthorn  and  Thomas  Westcott,  who  were  the  surviving  trustees,  associated  with 
themselves  eight  other  substantial  inhabitants  of  the  parish  as  feoffees  in  trust,  &c. 
By  Indenture  of  feoffment  bearing  date  1  September,  1657,  it  appears  that  Thomas 
Wilcox  was  the  surviving  trustee.  On  page  1 10  of  the  History  may  be  found  "  The 
Legend  of  Hawthorn,"  which  narrates  the  finding  of  two  pots  of  gold  on  Haw- 
thorn Hill,  near  Cruchfield  (but  a  little  way  from  Binfield),  and  on  page  111  sun- 
dry notices  of  the  name  of  Hawthorne,  gathered  from  court  rolls,  registers  and  other 
authentic  sources  ;  from  which  it  appears  that  John  Hothorndied  1520,  leaving  Hen- 
ry Hothorn  his  son  and  heir.  Henry  died  1531,  leaving  Roger  his  son  and  heir.  In 
1535  a  field  of  Thomas  Hothorne  adjoined  one  held  by  John  Bysshop  in  "  Cryche- 
feld."  In  1533  Thomas  Hothorne  was  appointed  collector  for  the  lands  he  (Bys- 
shop)  held  called  "  Chaunters  "  by  the  yearly  rent  of  twenty  shillings  nine  pence. 
William  Hothorn  died  1538,  leaving  William  bis  son  and  heir.  William  Haw- 
thorne was  a  copyhold  tenant  1601  and  church  warden  1600-02.  Thomas  Hawthorn 
jun.  purchased  "  Brownings"  in  Holyport,  1602.  John  Hawthorne  held  a  coppice 
at  Binfield  called  "  Picking's  Points,"  1605.  One  of  this  family  married  Anne, 
daughter  of  Gilbert  Loirgins,  circa  1605.  And  Robert  Hawthorne's  name  occurs 
1656  to  1664.— H.  F.  w.] 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  45 

Nathaniel  Hathorne,  of  Cookham  in  County  Berks,  gentleman,  27 
September,  1652,  proved  29  July,  1654,  by  Martha  Hathorne,  the  relict 
and  executrix.  To  wife  Martha  eight  hundred  pounds  in  lieu  of  her  joint- 
ure and  thirds,  &c.  My  manor  of  South  Braham*  in  the  county  of  Som- 
erset. Estates  in  the  counties  of  Devon,  Somerset  and  Berks.  My  four 
brothers-in-law,  Thomas  Loggins,  John  Whistler,  Ralphe  Whistler  and  Tho- 
mas Whistler,  gentleman.  My  three  own  sisters,  Elizabeth,  Mary  and 
Anne,  and  John  Laurence,  the  husband  of  Anne.  My  son-in-law  Wil- 
liam Mattingly  and  Jone  his  wife.  My  kinsman  William  Eldridge  and 
Judith  his  wife.  Anne  Winche,  the  wife  to  my  nephew  John  Winch.  My 
nephew  William  Winche.  The  poor  of  Cookham  and  South  Braham. 
Wife  Martha  to  be  executrix,  and  two  loving  kinsmen,  Dr.  Daniel  Whist- 
ler of  Gresham  College,  and  John  Winche,  of  London,  haberdasher,  to  be 
overseers.     One  of  the  witnesses  was  John  Hathorne.  Alchin,  251. 

[This  testator  was,  of  course,  brother  to  the  foregoing  William  Hathorne  and  un- 
cle to  the  American  immigrant. 

It  is  with  a  peculiar  satisfaction,  it  must  be  confessed,  that  the  compiler  of  these 
Gleanings,  himself  a  native  of  Salem,  has  at  last  been  able  to  prove  beyond  a  doubt 
whereabouts  in  "  Our  Old  Home,"  that  elder  England  beyond  the  seas,  we  must 
look  for  the  ancestry  of  the  most  widely  known  among  the  distinguished  sons  of 
old  Salem,  the  most  original  of  the  prose  writers  of  our  New  England,  and  the  one 
whose  writings  are  most  native  to  her  soil ;  a  satisfaction  tinged  with  the  regret, 
however,  that  the  discovery  was  not  made  in  the  great  writer's  life-time.  We  can 
easily  imagine  with  what  delight  he  would  have  made  a  pilgrimage  into  Berk- 
shire, how  gladly  he  would  have  loitered  about  Binlield  and  Bray,  Cruchfield  and 
Oakley  Green,  making  new  sketches  to  illustrate  his  English  Note  Book,  and  how 
eagerly  his  quaint  and  vivid  fancy  would  have  seized  even  upon  the  scanty  materi- 
als offered  to  it  in  the  Legend  of  Hawthorn  Hill  and  its  pots  of  gold,  to  weave 
therefrom  a  story  that  should  rival  in  weirdness  any  of  his  "  Legends  of  New 
England." 

The  eldest  son  and  namesake  of  William  Hathorne  of  Binfield,  and  first  Ameri- 
can ancestor  of  the  distinguished  writer,  was,  next  to  Governor  Endicott,  by  far 
the  most  important  personage  in  the  civil  history  of  Salem  during  the  first  genera- 
tion. By  sheer  force  of  natural  talent  and  commanding  character,  this  son  of  a 
plain  English  yeoman  easily  came  to  the  front  rank  among  the  many  wise  and  ac- 
tive New  England  men  who  were  then  engaged  in  the  tremendous  and  to  them 
solemn  task  of  founding  a  state,  opening  up  the  wilderness,  treating  with  "  the 
barbarious  Heathen,"  justly  and  peaceably  if  possible,  but  with  fire  and  sword  if 
need  be,  allotting  lands  to  the  new  comers  in  proportion  to  their  means  and  ability 
and  to  the  numbers  of  their  families,  establishing  offices  of  record,  settling  disputes, 
levying  taxes,  ma'iing  provision  for  meeting-house  and  school-house,  regarding 
justice  and  morality,  a  careful  religious  training  and  the  free  education  of  all,  as 
the  only  sure  basis  of  good  order  and  sound  government,  the  only  firm  and  stable 
foundation  whereon  to  erect  the  superstructure  of  a  mighty  new  state.  In  all  this 
work  Major  William  Hathorne  bore  a  prominent  part,  whether  as  an  enterprising 
and  prosperous  merchant,  a  trusted  citizen  and  deputy,  an  honored  speaker  of  the 
House,  a  wise  and  influential  magistrate  in  the  highest  court,  or  an  active  and  suc- 
cessful commander  in  the  wars ;  and  his  career  illustrates  most  happily  the  wonder- 
ful capacity  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  race,  that  imperial  race  of  modern  times,  its  adapt- 
ability and  readiness  to  cope  with  new  conditions  of  life,  to  adjust  itself  to  strange 
and  heretofore  untried  surroundings,  its  plain  and  homely  common  sense,  its  union 
of  native  practical  sagacity  and  sound  judgment  with  a  love  of  law  and  order,  and 
at  the  same  time  a  spirit  of  adventure,  which  has  made  Great  Britain  not  only  the 
most  prosperous  of  nations,  but  the  greatest  colonizing  people  in  the  world,  the 
mother  of  Nations,  and  which  is  so  conspicuously  manifested  in  the  marvellous  ca- 
reer of  her  daughters,  the  "  Greater  Britain  "  in  America  and  Australia  and  else- 
where throughout  the  world  wherever  a  love  of  enterprise  or  any  other  cause  has 
led  its  people  to  settle  and  plant  new  homes. — n.  f.  w.j 

*  Probably  South  Bruham  (or  Brewham)  in  the  Hundred  of  Bruton.-  h.  f.  w. 


46  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Sir  William  Phips,  Knight,  of  Boston  iu  the  county  of  Suffolk,  Pro- 
vince of  Massachusetts  Bay,  in  New  England,  18  December,  1693,  sworn 
to  by  Dame  Mary  Phips  10  September,  169G;  proved  29  January,  1696. 
To  brother  James  Phips  or  his  heirs,  the  sum  of  five  shillings.  To  my 
dear  and  entirely  beloved  consort  Mary  Phips,  and  to  her  heirs  forever,  all 
my  estate,  real  and  personal,  &c.  &c,  with  power  to  alienate  by  deed  of  gift, 
will  or  codicil.  If  she  should  die  without  having,  by  will,  disposed  of  my 
estate,  &c,  it  shall  all  descend  and  fall  to  my  adopted  sou.  Spencer  Phips 
ats  Bennett  and  the  heirs  of  his  body.  If  he  should  die  without  issue  sur- 
viving, what  is  left  shall  be  equally  divided  and  shared,  one  half  thereof  by 
my  sisters  Mary,  Margaret  and  the  heirs  of  my  sister  Anne  deceased,  or 
their  heirs  forever,  and  the  other  half  in  like  manner,  to  the  relations  of 
my  beloved  consort,  reserving  only  out  of  the  whole  estate  one  hundred 
pounds  current  money  of  New  England,  which  my  said  relations  and  the 
relations  of  my  said  wife  shall  cause  to  be  paid  unto  John  Phipps,  son  to 
my  brother  John  Phipps  deceased,  or  to  his  heirs,  if  this  clause  be  not  re- 
pealed by  my  wife  aforesaid.  If  ray  dear  consort  should  die  before  my  said 
son  is  come  to  age  or  is  married,  then  I  do  nominate  and  appoint  my  friends 
Capt.  John  Foster,  Esq.,  and  Capt.  Andrew  Belcher  of  Boston,  merchants, 
to  be  trustees  of  my  estate  and  guardians  to  my  said  son,  until  he  shall  be 
of  full  age  or  married. 

The  witnesses  were  John  Phillips,  John  White,  John  Hiskett,  Josiah 
Stone  and  John  Greenough.  Pyne,  15. 

Francis  Phipps,  the  elder,  of  Reading,  in  the  county  of  Berks,  men- 
tions (inter  alios)  son  Constantine  Phipps,  in  his  will  proved  1668. 

Hene,  69. 

[A  flattering  sketch  of  the  mathematical  and  inventive  ability  of  Sir  William 
Phips — our  governor  during  the  time  of  the  witchcraft  delusion ;  with  a  copy  of 
the  epitaph  from  his  monument  in  St.  Mary  Woolnoth's  Church  in  London,  are 
given  in  "  The  Peerage  of  Ireland,"  by  John  Lodge,  vol.  vii.  p.  84,  of  the  edition  of 
1789,  edited  by  Mervyn  Archdall,  as  a  prelude  to  the  history  of  the  ancestry  of 
Lord  Mulgrave;  which  is  followed  by  the  statement  that  Sir  William  Phips  was 
father  of  Sir  Constantine  Phipps,  Lord  Chancellor  of  Ireland  from  1710  to  1714, 
who  was  grandfather  of  the  first  Baron  Mulgrave. 

Sir  William  (whose  will  is  given  above)  was  son  of  James  Phips,  a  gunsmith, 
who  came  from  Bristol,  England,  and  settled  near  the  Kennebec  River.  Cotton 
Mather  states  that  James  had  twenty-one  sons  and  five  daughters.  Sir  William 
mentions  in  his  will  but  one  brother  and  three  sisters,  and  having  no  child  adopts 
his  wife's  nephew,  afterward  known  as  Spencer  Phips,  who  lived  and  died  in  New 
England.  Sir  Egerton  Brydges  copied  the  statement  from  Archdall  and  incorporat- 
ed it  in  his  celebrated  edition  of  Collins's  Peerage  (1812),  but  having  noticed  later 
the  Life  of  Sir  William  Phips  by  Cotton  Mather,  corrects  the  statement  in  an  ap- 
pendix, so  far  as  Sir  Constantine  was  concerned,  by  suggesting  that  Spencer  Phips, 
the  adopted  son  of  Sir  William,  was  the  true  ancestor  of  Lord  Mulgrave.  Debrett, 
in  his  annual  Peerage,  carried  the  original  story  for  years,  but  finally  left  it  out  en- 
tirely. Burke  substituted  "cousin"  for  "  father,"  still  keeping  Sir  William 
Phips  for  the  "figure-head  "  of  the  family  by  saying  he  was  cousin  of  Sir  Con- 
stantine. Savage  (1861)  Vol.  iii.  p.  422,  calls  attention  to  the  "preposterous 
fable,"  and  quotes  "  Smiles's  Self-Help,  p.  169,"  as  a  present  example  of  its  con- 
tinuance. The  Heraldic  Journal  (1865),  Vol.  i.  pp.  154-5,  contains  a  full  and  in- 
teresting account  of  this  "  popular  error."  The  latest  promulgation  of  the  old 
story  which  has  come  to  my  sight  is  in  an  elegant  volume  purchased  by  the  Boston 
Athenaeum  during  1881,  "  Picturesque  Views  of  Seats  of  Noblemen,  &c,"  by  Rev. 
F.  O.  Morris,  no  date,  but  evidently  a  very  recent  publication,  Vol.  ii.  pp.  1 1  to  12, 
with  a  view  of  Mulgrave  Castle,  the  seat  of  the  Marquis  of  Normanby. 

This  magnificent  place  was  inherited  by  Constantine  Phipps  (a  grandson  of  Sir 
Constantine  previously  mentioned)  from  his  maternal  grandmother,  whose  paternity 
was  a  question  of  historic  doubt. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  47 

Catherine  Sedley,  created  Countess  of  Dorchester  for  life,  was  the  acknowledged 
mistress  of  James  II. ;  the  keeper  of  his  privy  purse,  Col.  James  Graham,  also  had 
intimate  relations  with  her.  It  happened  that  her  daughter— Lady  Catherine  Darn- 
ly— bore  an  exact  resemblance  to  his  daughter,  the  Countess  ot  Berkshire.  Col. 
Graham  was  i.ot  inclined  to  deny  the  paternity,  while  the  mother  asserted  that  her 
daughter  "  need  not  be  so  proud,  as  she  was  not  the  King's  child,  but  Col.  Gra- 
ham's."    (Jesse's  Lives  of  the  Stuarts,  Vol.  iii.  p.  508.) 

Lady  Catherine  Darnley  was  married  first  to  the  Earl  of  Anglesey,  from  whom 
she  was  divorced;  she  then  married  the  Duke  of  Buckingham.  From  him  she 
received  Mulgrave  Castle,  and  she  gave  it  to  Constantino  Phipps,  the  son  of  her 
daughter  by  her  first  husband. 

This  Constantine  Phipps  was  created  Baron  Mulgrave  of  the  peerage  of  Ireland  in 
1768,  but  the  titles  have  accumulated  upon  his  descending  line  until  the  present 
head  of  the  family  is  "  Marquis  of  Normanby,  Earl  of  Mulgrave,  Viscount  Norman- 
by  and  Baron  Mulgrave  of  Mulgrave,  co.  York,  in  the  Peerage  of  the  United  King- 
dom; Baron  Mulgrave  of  New  Ross,  co.  Wexford,  in  the  Peerage  of  Ireland." 
The  armorial  bearings  are  quarterings  of  those  of  James  II.!  and  of  Sir  William 
Phips ! 

Mr.  Waters  has  found  a  father  for  a  Constantine  Phipps,  and  we  hope  the  whole 
question  of  relationship  to  Sir  William  (if  any  existed)  will  be  fully  settled  soon. 
Dr.  Marshall  in  "  The  Genealogist,"  Vol.  vi.,  gave  new  material  as  to  the  mar- 
riages and  children  of  the  first  Constantine. — J.  C.  J.  Brown. 

From  ILst.  and  Antiquities  of  Reading,  by  the  Rev.  Charles  Coates,  LL.B.,  Lon- 
don, 1802,  p.  445,  we  learn  that  there  was  a  tradition  that  Sir  Constantine  Phipps, 
the  ancestor  of  the  Mulgrave  family,  was  born  at  Reading. — a.  p.  w.] 

Stmon  Bradstreete,  citizen  and  grocer  of  London,  22  February,  1627, 
proved  28  February,  1627,  by  Samuel  Bradstreete.  Daughter  Margaret, 
now  wife  of  Edmond  Slater,  citizen  and  mercer  of  London,  married  with- 
out my  love,  leave  or  consent.  My  nephew,  Samuel  Bradstreete,  to  be 
residuary  legatee  and  sole  and  absolute  executor.  Barrington,  14. 

[Simon  Bradstreet,  the  "  Nestor  of  New  England,"  who  was  governor  of  Massa- 
chusetts, 1679-86  and  1689-92,  was  probably  related  to  the  testator.  Gov.  Brad- 
street  used  on  his  will  a  seal  with  these  arms :  On  a  fesse  three  crescents,  in  base  a 
greyhound  passant  (Register,  viii.  313).  The  tinctures  are  not  indicated.  The 
arms  of  Sir  John  Valentine  Bradstreet,  baronet,  descended  from  Simon  B.  of  Kil- 
mainham,  co.  Dublin,  Ireland,  created  a  baronet  in  1759,  are,  Arg.  a  greyhound 
passant  gules;  on  a  chief  sable  three  crescents  or. 

The  father  of  Gov.  Bradstreet  was  named  Simon,  according  to  the  statement  of 
the  Rev.  Simon  B.  of  New  London  (Reg.  ix.  113).  Cotton  Mather,  who  does  not 
give  the  christian  name,  says  that  he  was  "a  minister  in  Lincolnshire  who  was 
always  a  nonconformist  at  home  as  well  as  when  preacher  at  Middleburgh 
abroad"  (Magnalia,  ed.  1702,  Bk.  ii.  p.  19;  ed.  1853,  vol.  i.  p.  138).  Gov.  Brad- 
street, according  to  Mather,  was  "  born  at  Horbling,  March,  1603."  He  died  at 
Salem,  March  27,  1697,  "  aet.  94,"  according  to  the  inscription  on  his  monument 
(Reg.  i.  76).  lie  was  bred  at  Emmanuel  College,  Cambridge,  A.B.  1620,  A.M. 
1624,  came  to  New  England  in  1630,  being  then  secretary  of  t'^e  Massachusetts 
Company.  He  married  first,  Anne,  daughter  of  Gov.  Thomas  Dudley,  by  whom  he 
had  eight  children — Samuel,  Dorothy  married  Rev.  Seaborn  Cotton  ;  Sarah  wife  of 
Richard  Hubbard  ;  Rev.  Simon,  Hannah  or  Ann,  wife  of  Andrew  Wig»in  ;  Dud- 
ley, John,  and  Mercy  wife  of  Nathaniel  Wade.  He  married  secondly  Mrs.  Anne 
(Downing)  Gardiner.  See  memoirs,  Register,  i.  75-7  ;  viii.  312-13.  Lists  of 
descendants  of  him  and  his  gifted  wife,  the  first  female  poet  in  New  England,  in- 
cluding some  eminent  American  writers,  are  printed  in  the  Register,  viii.  312-25  ; 
ix.  113-21.— Editor.] 

John  Sedgwicke,  of  the  parish  of  S*  Savior's,  Southwark,  in  county 
Surrey,  brewer,  27  November,  1638,  proved  5  December,  1638,  by  Mar- 
tha Sedgwicke,  widow  and  executrix.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church 
of  S'  Savior's.  To  wife  Martha  two  thousand  pounds  of  money  and  cer- 
tain personal  property  at  my  house  at  Barnes  in  county  Surrey,  late  in  the 
occupation  of    Mr  Hubland  deceased.     To    my   mother    Elizabeth   Sedg- 


48  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

wicke,  of  Woburn  in  the  county  of  Bedford,  widow,  the  sum  of  five  hun- 
dred pounds  in  money  within  one  year  after  my  decease.  But  if  she  die 
before  the  expiration  of  said  year,  then  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  of 
that  money  to  be  given  to  my  wife  and  the  other  two  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds  to  be  at  the  disposal  and  ordering  of  my  said  mother  to  such  of  her 
children  as  she  shall  think  most  meet,  at  her  own  will  and  pleasure.  To  my 
sister  Mary  Houghton,  now  wife  of  Robert  Houghton,  and  their  daughter 
Martha,  my  god-daughter,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  within  one 
year,  &c.  To  my  brother  William  Sedgwicke,  minister  of  Farnam,  near 
Bishops  Starford,  fifty  pounds  within  one  year,  &c.  "  Item  I  give  and  re- 
mitt  to  my  loving  brother  Robert  Sedgwicke,  of  Charlestowne  in  new  Eng- 
land Thirtie  and  eight  pounds  which  hee  oweth  mee  by  bill  and  fourty  shil- 
lings to  buy  him  a  ring."  To  my  father  and  mother  in  law,  Edward  and 
Joan  Wicke,  of  Leighton  in  the  county  of  Bedford,  the  sum  of  five  pounds 
each ;  to  sister  Joan  Wicke  ten  pounds  ;  to  brothers  Matthew,  Mark  and 
Thomas  Wicke  ten  pounds'  apiece ;  and  to  brother  Luke  Wicke  thirty 
pounds ;  all  within  one  year  after  my  decease.  To  my  friend  and  brother 
Nicholas  Crisp,  citizen  and  girdler  of  London,  ten  pounds,  and  to  his  wife 
Sarah  Crisp,  ten  pounds  within  one  year,  &c.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish 
of  Woburn  in  the  County  of  Bedford,  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds,  &c,  it 
being  the  parish  in  which  I  was  born.  To  the  poor  of  the  town  of  Leigh- 
ton  twenty  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  the  Liberty  of  the  upper  ground,  on 
the  Bankeside,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Saviors,  ten  pounds.  To  ten  poor  godly 
ministers  of  God's  word  the  sum  of  forty  pounds,  to  be  distributed  at  the 
discretion  of  my  overseers.  To  Mr  Nicholas  Morton,  minister  of  the  pa- 
rish of  St.  Saviors,  forty  shillings  to  preach  my  funeral  sermon.  To  Mr 
James  Archer,  minister  also  of  the  said  parish,  forty  shillings.  To  my 
uncle,  Mr  Stephen  Sedgwicke,  brewer,  five  pounds  to  buy  him  a  ring.  To 
servant  Nathaniel  Barrow  five  pounds.  Wife  Martha  to.  be  executrix, 
and  kinsmen  and  friends  Edward  Wicke,  Stephen  Sedgwicke,  Nicholas 
Crisp  and  Robert  Houghton  to  be  overseers.  Lee,   181. 

[Robert  Sedgwick,  named  in  this  will  as  brother  of  the  testator,  was  a  prominent 
man  in  early  New  England  history.  It  is  noteworthy  that  Sarah  Sedgwick,  second 
wife  of  Gov.  John  Leverett  (Reg.  xxxv.  348),  who  has  been  supposed  to  be  a  sister 
of  Robert,  is  not  mentioned  here.  Robert  Sedgwick  settled  in  Charlestown  as  early 
as  1636,  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Artillery  Company  in  1638,  was  chosen  Ma- 
jor-General, the  highest  military  office  in  the  colony,  May  26.  1652;  went  to  Eng- 
land and  was  appointed  by  Cromwell  commander  of  the  expedition  which  captured 
in  1654  the  French  posts  in  Acadia.  He  was6entas  a  commissioner  to  Jamaica  after 
the  capture  of  that  island  (Reg.  ante,  p.  24),  where  he  died  May  24  (Drake),  or 
June  24  (Palfrey),  1656.  His  children  were  Samuel,  Hannah,  William  and  Rob- 
ert (Wyman's  Charlestown).  His  widow  Joanna  became  the  second  wife  of  Rev. 
Thomas  Allen  of  Charlestown,  whose  first  wife  was  Anna,  widow  of  John  Harvard, 
founder  of  Harvard  College.  Descendants  have  been  distinguished  in  literature  and 
in  civil  and  military  life.— Editor.] 


Notes  on  Abstracts  previously  printed. 

Constant  Sylvester.     {Ante,  p.  17.) 

Grace  Sylvester. — In  the  Register  for  October  last,  page  385,  Mr.  Waters  gives 
an  abstract  of  the  will  of  Constant  Silvester,  made  in  Barbadoes  in  1671.  In  this 
will  the  testator  gives  his  two  daughters,  Grace  and  Mary,  "  two  thousand  pounds 
each  on  the  day  of  their  marriage,  besides  One  hundred  pounds  each  to  buy  them 
a  jewel  at  the  age  of  16  years."     The  following  deposition,  made  by  the  mother  of 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  49 

these  two  young  ladies,  has  been  transcribed  from  the  "  Proceedings  in  the  Spirit- 
ual Court  of  the  Diocese  of  London,"  and  brings  to  light  an  interesting  episode 
in  the  annals  of  the  family  of  Sylvester  : 

"12  Die  Menses  Decenibris  Anno  Dom  1685  which  day  appeared  p'son- 
ally  Grace  Sylvester,  widdow  and  Relict  of  Constant  Sylvester,  Esquire, 
decd  and  by  vertue  of  her  oath  deposed  that  about  Ten  years  since  her  hus- 
band being  dead,  her  affaires  called  her  into  Barbadoes  ;  she  left  her  child- 
ren, viz1  one  Sonn  and  two  daughters  under  the  care  and  tuition  and  gov- 
ernment to  Anne  Walrond  her  sister,  who  dyed  in  ffebruary  last,  as  she  was 
informed  and  she  was  likewise  informed  y'  one  Mr  John  Staples  being  an 
acquaintance  of  this  deponents  sonn  Constant  Sylvester,  thereby  became 
acquainted  with  Grace  Sylvester  this  deponents  daughter  and  pretended  to 
make  his  addresses  to  her  in  the  way  of  marriage  and  the  same  (as  this  de- 
poneut  was  informed)  Came  to  the  Knowledge  of  the  said  Anne  Walrond 
&  she  forbad  the  said  John  Staples  to  come  to  the  said  House  and  he  there- 
upon did  desist  and  she  doth  farther  depose  that  she  this  deponent  arrived 
at  London  on  the  28th  of  September  last  and  after  such  her  arrival  Sir 
Henry  Pickering  Bar1  made  courtshipp  in  the  way  of  marriage  to  her  this 
Deponents  daughter  Grace  Sylvester  and  he  made  also  his  addresses  to  this 
deponent  therein  to  whom  she  gave  her  consent,  upon  Information  of  his 
Quality,  State  and  Condition  and  after  some  tyme  the  said  Mr  John  Sta- 
ples came  to  her  this  deponents  lodgings  in  S'  James  S'  viz1,  on  or  about 
the  3d  day  of  Novr  last  and  in  the  prsence  of  this  Depon',  Henry  Walrond 
Senr  Esqre  and  severall  other  prsons  the  said  mr  John  Staples  told  this  de- 
ponent that  he  understanding  that  her  daughter  Grace  was  speedily  to  be 
married  to  Sir  Henry  Pickering  and  he  thought  good  to  acquaint  this  de- 
ponent that  her  daughter  could  not  justly  prceed  in  the  sd  match,  for  she 
was  by  promise  engaged  to  him  or  to  that  effect  and  he  being  asked,  when, 
where,  and  in  whose  prsence,  he  answered,  in  the  Mall  in  Sl  James  and  that 
her  sister  Mary  and  Mrs  Mary  Seaman  were  with  them,  but  were  either 
soe  much  before  or  behind  them  that  they  could  not  heare  theire  discourse 
and  the  sd  Grace  Sylvester  being  then  prsent  absolutely  denyed  that  she 
made  any  such  prmise,  but  declared  that  she  told  him  that  she  would  never 
marry  any  prson  wth  out  her  mothers  consent  and  approbation,  or  to  that 
very  effect,  whereupon  the  sd  John  Staples  replyed  that  the  prmise  made 
to  him  had  that  condicon  and  the  sd  Grace  denying  any  prmise,  the  sd  John 
Staples  said  that  this  was  noe  more  than  he  expected  and  in  a  little  tyme 
after  departed,  but  imediately  before  his  departure  had  some  private  dis- 
course with  Henry  Walrond  Senr  Esqr  and  this  depon4  findeing  that  her  sd 
daughter  Grace  Sylvester  was  noe  wayes  engaged  to  the  sd  John  Staples 
nor  had  any  kindness  for  him,  This  dep*  did  consent  that  the  said  Sir  Hen- 
ry Pickering  should  pursue  his  addresses  to  the  sd  Grace  her  daughter  which 
he  did  accordingly  and  hath  obteyned  the  affections  of  her  sd  daughter  and 
there  was  and  is  an  agreement  made  between  them  by  and  with  the  Con- 
sent of  this  dep1  and  that  order  was  and  is  given  for  drawing  up  writings 
and  settling  of  a  Joynture  and  preparation  for  the  marriage  between  him  the 

sd  Sir  Henry  Pickering  and  the  sd  Grace  to  be  solemnized  before  any 

or  Inhibition  was  served  on  the  said  Grace  which  was  not  served  as  she 
believeth  untill  the  fourth  of  this  Instant — December  and  upon  designe  (as 
this  dep*  doth  verily  believe)  by  the  sd  John  Staples  to  gett  some  money 
or  other  sinister  end.     In  witness  whereof  she  hath  hereunto  sett  her  hand. 

Gkace  Sylvester. 

12  Decemb.  1G85.       p'  fata  Gratia  Sylvester  ) 
vidua  jurat  coram  me,  Th°  Exton.  ) 


50  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

Henry  Walrond,  Senr  also  made  a  deposition  similar  to  the  above,  and  also  adds 
that  Staples  in  a  private  discourse  with  him  said  "  he  knew  the  Consent  or  promise 
made  to  him,  was  no  such  promise,  as  thereby  to  oblige  her,  meaning  the  sd  Grace, 
to  marry  him,  or  to  make  null  or  void  her  marriage  to  any  other  person,  but  he 
could  thereby  putt  a  stopp,  or  hindrance  if  he  pleased  to  her  marriage  with  any 
other  person  and  desired  this  deponent  (Henry  Walrond)  to  consider  thereof." 

Sir  Henry  Pickering  was  the  only  6on  of  Sir  Henry,  the  first  Baronet,  of  Whad- 
don,  co.  Cambridge,  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Vinor,  1st  Baronet, 
Lord  Mayor  in  1653.  He  succeeded  his  father  in  1667-8,  and  married  first  the 
daughter  of  Sir  George  Downing,  Bart.,  of  East  Hatley,  co.  Cambridge;  second, 
Grace  Sylvester,  by  whom  he  had  no  children.  He  resided  in  Barbadoes,  where  he 
died  in  1704-5.  With  him  the  Baronetcy  became  extinct. — G.  D.  Scull,  of  Ox- 
ford, England. 


Abstract  of  the  last  Will  and  Testament  of  the  most  reverend  Father 
in  God  Edmund  Grindall,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  made  8  May,  1583, 
and  proved  15  July,  1583.  All  other  wills  revoked  (except  one  bearing 
date  12  April,  1583).  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  choir  of  the  parish 
church  of  Croydon,  without  any  solemn  hearse  or  funeral  pomp.  To  her 
Majesty  the  Queen  the  New  Testament  in  Greek  of  Stephanas  his  impres- 
sion. To  my  next  successor  the  pictures  of  Archbishop  Warham  and  of 
Erasmus  and  all  such  instruments  of  music  and  other  implements  as  were 
bequeathed  and  left  unto  me  by  my  predecessor  that  last  was.  To  Lord 
Burghley,  the  Lord  High  Treasurer  of  England  that  my  standing  cup  which 
her  Majesty  gave  unto  me  at  New  Years  Tide  last  before  the  date  hereof. 
And  I  make  him  supervisor,  &c.  (Gifts  to  sundry  other  legatees.)  To 
my  faithful  friend  Mr  Nowell,  Dean  of  Paul's,  my  ambling  gelding  called 
Gray  Olyphant.  To  the  poor  of  the  town  and  the  lower  part  of  the  parish 
of  S'  Beghes  ;  to  the  use  of  the  parish  church  of  Sl  Beghes.  To  Mr  Doc- 
tor Gybsbn.  To  William  Woodhall,  my  nephew  (inter  alia),  "  my  blacke 
straye  nagg  called  Nixe."  To  Mr.  Wilson  my  chaplain  (certain  books) 
and  the  advowson  of  the  parsonage  of  Wonston  in  the  diocese  of  Winches- 
ter if  it  shall  fall  void  in  his  life  time ;  if  not,  then  to  Mr  Robinson,  now 
provost  of  Queen's  College,  Oxford.  To  my  nieces  Mabell,  Anne,  Barba- 
ra and  Frances,  the  daughters  of  Robert  Grindall,  my  brother.  To  my 
nieces  Dorothy,  Katherine,  Elizabeth  and  Isabell,  the  daughters  of  Eliza- 
beth Woodhall,  my  sister,  late  deceased  (fifty  pounds  to  each).  To  the 
children  of  Mabel,  daughter  of  my  sister,  fifty  pounds,  to  be  divided  amongst 
them  at  the  discretion  of  William  Woodhall,  their  uncle.  To  my  niece 
Woodhall  a  bowl.  To  my  niece  Isabell  Wilson,  one  other  bowl,  double 
gilt,  without  a  cover.  To  Edmond  Woodhall,  my  godson.  To  my  niece 
Frances  Younge,  widow.  To  John  Scott,  Esq.,  steward  of  my  household. 
To  my  servant  William  Grindall,  my  servant  William  Hales  (and  other 
servants  named).  To  John  Sharpe.  To  my  loving  friend  master  Thomas 
Eaton  and  his  wife.  To  Mr  William  Strycland,  Mr  Atherton,  John  Browne, 
fellow  of  Pembroke  Hall,  Cambridge,  Mr  Redman,  Archdeacon  of  Can- 
terbury. 

I  ordain  &  constitute  William  Redman,  Archdeacon  of  Canterbury,  John 
Scott,  Esq.,  Steward  of  my  Household,  and  William  Woodhall,  my  nephew, 
executors. 

Clause,  referring  to  a  Free  Grammar  School,  to  be  founded  in  St.  Beghes 
in  the  county  of  Cumberland,  blotted,  and  "  stroken  "  out  3  July,  1583. 
about  11  A.  M. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  51 

A  codicil  bequeathing  to  Mr  Redman,  Archdeacon,  &c,  all  his  antique 
coins  of  the  Roman  Emperors.  To  Mr  Wilson,  his  chaplain,  his  watch- 
He  did  forgive  his  niece  Ann  Dacres,  widow,  &c.  &c.  Rowe,  39. 

Snia  pro  allocacoe  corapi  bonorum  Reufendissimi  pris  EdI  Grindall  nug 
Cant  Archipi  defti — in  judicio  inter  Alexandra  Willson  Mariam  Willsou  et 
Aliciam  Willson  nepotes  ex  sorore  dci  defuncti  partem  hmoi  negotiu  promo- 
ven  ex  una  et  Johannem  Scott  Armigerum  executorem  superstitem  testa- 
menti  siue  ultime  voluntatis  dci  defuncti  partem  contra  quam  hfiioi  negoti- 
um  promovetur  necnon  Mabillam  Windor  ffranciscum  Dacres  Eleuam  Da- 
cres Dorotheam  Dacres  als Barbaram  Raper  ff ranciscam  Latus-  Jobem 

Wilkenson  Robertum  Wilkenson  Dorotheam  Bowman  Dorotheam  Will- 
son  Johannem  Gibson  Thomam  Gibson  Edmundum  Willson  Willum 
Willson  Johannem  Willson  Thomam  Willson  Mariam  Willson  Mariam 
Sheafe  et  Isabellam  Willson  proximos  consanguineos  dci  defuncti  in  specie 
ac  omnes  et  singulos  alios  jus  titulum  aut  Interesse  in  bonis  dicti  defuncti 
haben  aut  pretendeS  in  genere  ad  videndum  compum  dci  defuncti  exhiberi 
et  in  debita  Juris  forma  iustiricari  ltme  citat  etc.  etc. 

Lecta  lata  et  promulgata  fuit  hec  sfiia  dirfinitiua  etc  Tertia  sessione  Ter- 
mini Pasche  die  Jovis  decimo  octauo  viz4  die  menss  Maii  Anno  Domini 
millesimo  sexcentesimo  nono.  Dorset,  60. 

[This  celebrated  puritan  Archbishop,  the  son  of  William  Grindall,  was  born  at 
St.  Bees,  in  the  County  of  Cumberland,  in  1519.  He  was  fellow,^  president  and 
master  of  Pembroke  Hall,  Cambridge,  and  filled  successively  the  Sees  of  London, 
York  and  Canterbury.  He  died  July  6,  1583,  and  was  buried  in  the  chancel  of  Croy- 
den  church,  where  are  his  monument  and  epitaph.  The  free  school  of  St.  Bees  was 
incorporated  by  Queen  Elizabeth  in  the  name  of  Edmund  Grindall,  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury,  and  the  school  and  master's  house  were  built  by  his  executors.  The 
founder's  donation  was  fifty  pounds  a  year,  twenty  pounds  whereof  he  appointed  to 
be  paid  to  the  master  of  Pembroke  Hall,  Cambridge.  By  the  foundation  the  master 
of  the  school  is  to  be  a  native  of  Cumberland,  Westmoreland,  Yorkshire,  or  Lanca- 
shire, and  is  to  be  nominated  by  the  Provost  of  Queen's  College,  Oxford.  King 
James  I.  augmented  this  foundation.  Lord  Bacon  says  he  was  the  gravest  and 
greatest  prelate  of  the  land.    (Hutchinson's  His.  of  Cumberland.) — Thomas  Minns.] 

James  Woodhall  of  Walden  in  the  county  of  Essex,  yeoman,  21  Feb- 
ruary "  in  ye  thirtith  yere  of  the  raigne  of  oure  Soueraigne  Ladie  Eliza- 
beth," &c,  proved  30  June,  1601.  My  body  to  be  buried  at  the  discre- 
tion of  ray  executor.  To  William  Woodhall,  my  son-in-law  and  Mary  his 
wife,  my  daughter,  all  my  lands  and  tenements,  both  free  and  copy  hold 
lying  within  the  parish  church  of  Littlebury  in  the  county  of  Essex,  and  to 
their  heirs  forever,  "  in  consideration  of  ye  great  kindness  which  I  have 
found  in  him  towards  me  and  for  a  Remuneration  of  his  fatherly  goodnes 
and  charges  and  benevolence  bestowed  upon  the  children  of  William  Bird 
deceased,  his  said  wyves  late  husband."  To  the  same  all  that  my  messuage 
wherein  I  now  dwell,  situate  in  Walden  aforesaid,  in  a  street  there  com- 
monly called  Threshwell  hundred,  &c,  two  acres  I  bought  of  William 
Pumfrett,  two  parcels  I  bought  of  Thomas  Crofte,  one  and  a  half  acre 
of  land  lying  between  the  land  I  bought  of  Thomas  Crofte  and  the 
lands  of  George  Nicholls  Esq.,  two  acres  of  land  in  Windmill  lane  which  I 
lately  bought  of  John  Crofte,  two  and  a  half  acres  of  land  I  bought  of  Rich- 
ard Chapman,  lying  on  Windmill  Hill,  &c,  and  my  two  houses  in  Duck 
Street,  in  the  parish  of  Walden,  (one)  now  in  the  tenure  of  Richard  Aus- 
ten, the  other  late  in  the  tenure  of  Davy  Hodson.  James  Woodhall,  eldest 
son  of  the  said  William  Woodhall,  my  godson,  Edmond  Woodhall  (second 
6on)  and  WilV.am  Woodhall  (third  son).   Certain  land  at  the  Sandpits,  next 


52  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

the  land  lately  Richard  Plominers.  Land  near  William  Shelford,  land  near 
Thomas  Howard,  bought  of  William  Bowling.  To  William  Bird  and 
George  Bird,  sons  of  my  daughter  Mary.  To  Mary  Bird,  one  of  the  daugh- 
ters of  my  said  daughter  and  now  the  wife  of  John  Kyng,  clerk  and  canon 
of  Windsor.  To  Debora  Woodhall,  a  daughter  of  William  aud  Mary  Wood- 
hall  and  every  of  the  other  sons  and  daughters  of  the  said  William  and 
Mary,  viz.  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Edmond,  Dorothy,  Jane,  Katherine  and  Jo- 
hane  Woodhall.  Whereas  Johane  my  wife,  after  my  marriage  had  with 
her,  did  faithfully  promise  that  she  would  not  claim  any  title  of  dower,  &c. 
To  Robert  Nicholls,  her  son,  and  to  James,  her  son,  and  Henry,  her  son. 
William  Bird,  my  daughter's  eldest  son,  to  be  the  overseer  of  this  my  will. 

The  testator's  signature  was  Jamys  Woodhall.  The  witnesses  were 
William  Willson,  clerk,  John  Kyng,  clerk,  and  James  Crofte  Not.  Publique. 

In  a  codicil,  made  29  August,  1596,  referring  to  his  wife's  dowry  and  the 
bequests  to  Robert,  James  and  Henry  Nicholls,  her  sons,  and  to  the  child- 
ren of  William  Woodhall  of  Walden  Esq.,  his  son-in-law  and  daughter 
Mary  his  wife,  we  learn  that  "  synce  that  tyrae  it  hath  pleased  god  toblesse 
hym  with  one  sonne  more  named  Grindall  Woodhall,"  &c.  The  witnesses 
to  this  codicil  were  William  Bird,  George  Bird,  John  Sharpe,  Robert 
Longe  No.  Pub.,  William  Lawe  and  Josaphat  Webbe. 

In  another  codicil,  bearing  date  22  March,  1598,  he  makes  bequests  to 
his  wife  and  to  the  poor  of  Walden.  The  witnesses  to  this  were  George 
Bird,  Thomas  Bird,  William  Burroughs,  John  Sharpe  and  John  Rice. 

Woodhall,  1. 

William  Woodhall,  of  Walden  in  the  County  of  Essex  Esq.,  30  May 
First  of  James,  proved  29  November,  1604.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish 
church  of  Walden,  either  on  the  North  side  of  the  church  in  a  place  where 
I  appointed  or  else  by  my  father-in-law  and  my  son  James,  at  the  discre- 
tion of  my  executor. 

"  Nowe  whereas  my  wife  and  I  haue  bin  mareyed  this  foure  and  thirtie 
yeres  and  I  haue  had  nott  onely  by  her  many  children  but  alsoe  haue  founde 
her  a  moste  kinde  and  loviug  wief  I  should  farr  forget  myself  if  I  should  nott 
soe  prouide  for  her  as  she  may  haue  sufficient,"  &c.  &c.  I  leave  unto  my  said 
wife,  according  to  her  father's  will  all  such  lands  as  he  hath  bequeathed 
unto  her,  lying  either  in  the  parish  of  Walden  or  Lytlebury.  To  John, 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury  (certain  bequests)  humbly  beseeching  his  Grace 
to  be  good  and  favorable  to  my  son  Edmund  whom  I  leave  behind  me  to 
succeed  in  my  office.  To  loving  cousin  Doctor  Dun,  Mr  of  the  Requests 
and  Dean  of  the  Arches.  To  my  dear  and  faithful  brother  Mr  William 
Wilson.  To  Doctor  Birde  and  Michael  Woodcock  (spoken  of  in  another 
place  as  "son  Woodcock").  "  I  had  a  purpose  to  bestow  my  sonne  Wil- 
liam Woodhall  either  at  the  study  of  the  common  lawe  or  at  the  TJniversi- 
tie  of  Oxforde ;  but  gceiving  his  tabackicall  humor  I  see  he  hath  nott  anie 
minde  either  to  the  one  or  to  the  other,  And  therefore  for  anvthinge  I  see  he 
must  be  a  souldyer  or  servingrnan  both  places  commendable  for  a  younge 
man  especially  if  he  may  haue  a  pipe  of  tobacco.  And  to  that  ende  least  a 
farther  inconvenience  mighte  followe  for  his  better  maintenaunce  I  giue 
unto  the  said  William  the  place  wherein  Thomas  Lynne  was,"  &c.  &c. 
"  Nephew  John  Wilkinson  now  in  London,"  referred  to. — "  Son  Grind- 
all  Woodhall  to  be  an  apprentice  either  with  a  merch'  Venturer  or 
some  other  good  trade."  My  three  eldest  daughters,  Debora  Calton,  Wil- 
liam Burroe  aud  Michael  Woodcock.  My  four  other  daughters,  Mary, 
Jane,  Katharine  and  Joue  Woodhall. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


53 


"  Memorandum  that  on  Thursday  being  Ascencon  day  aud  the  second 
daie  of  June  1603  betweene  the  bowers  of  seaueu  and  eight  in  the  fore- 
noone  the  testator  within  named  being  in  his  bed  in  his  chamber  within  Mr 
Chayre's  bouse  in  Pawles  church-yarde  London  did  with  his  owue  hande 
subscribe  his  name  to  every  leafe  of  this  Will  being  flue  in  nomber,"  &c. 

The  witnesses  were  Jo:  Lawe  not.  pub.,  William  Birde,  Antho:  Calton, 
George  Birde,  Rich.  Theker,  Christopher  Yowle,  Robert  Longe,  William 
Cooke  and  Timothy  Paget.  Harte,  86. 

[The  following  pedigree  from  Harleian  MS.,  1541,  fob  55,  in  the  British  Museum, 
shows  the  connection  between  Archbishop  Grindall  and  the  Woodhalls,  whose  wills 
follow  his : 

John  Wood  hall  of  Ullock= 
in  Com.  Cumberland. 


John  Woodhall=Jennett,  d.  of 

I  . . . .  Crakeplace. 


Thomas  Woodhall=Joane,  d.  of Longdale. 


John*   Woodhall  =  Elizabeth,  da.  of  Wm.  Grindall  and  sister  of  Edmond 
of  Walden  in  Essex.       I      Grindall,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury 


William  Woodhall: 
of  Walden  in  Essex. 


:Mary,  da.  of  James  Woodhall=William  Byrd 
sonofJas.  Woodhall  of  Cockes-        1  Husband 
more  in  Com.  Cumberland.  vide  London. 


I  I 

Debora  uxr  Elizabeth 

Anthony         ux.  William 
Calton  Burrows  of 

Wickhambroke 
in  Com.  Snff. 


I 
Mary  ux. 
Tho.  Harrison 


Dorothy  f 
Jane 


ux. 


Katherine 
Barley 


Joanne 
ob.  s.p. 


I 
Edmond  Woodhall: 
of  Walden  in  Essex 


:Margaret  dau. 
...  Law. 


of 


I 
William 
ob.  s.p. 


James 
ob.  s.p. 


Grindall 
ob.  s.p. 


Edmond 


John  Mary  ux. 

Thos.  Goade 
Dr  of  Civil  Law. 


I 


Penelope  ux. 
John  Gibson  of  Crake 
Welborne  in  Com.  York. 

— H.  F.  W. 


In  Lipscomb's  County  of  Buckingham  is  an  interesting  account,  tracing  one 
branch  of  the  Woodhall  family  from  Walter  De  Flanders,  Lord  of  Wahal,  alias 
Woodhal,  20  William  the  Conqueror,  and  giving  the  coat  of  arms. 

In  the  Chapel  of  Eton  College  is  a  Latin  inscription  in  memory  of  "  Jane  Goad 
dau.  of  Edmund  Woodhall  aged  34  1657  the  mother  of  3  sons  &  2  daughters." 
(v.  iv.  p.  312,486.) 

In  the  church  of  Walden  in  Essex,  are  epitaphs  of  the  following  persons  :  James 
Woodhall,  Assistant  and  Treasurer,  died  1529  ;  William  Woodhall,  Esq.,  Register 
of  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  died  1603  ;  Mary,  daughter  of  James  Wood- 
hall, first  wife  to  William  Byrd,  afterwards  married  to  William  Woodhall.  She 
died  1613.    William  Byrde,  Gent.,  d.  1568.    (Salmon,  His.  of  Essex,  p.  142.)—  t.  m. 

I  have  a  conviction  that  the  Birds  mentioned  in  the  abstracts  of  the  wills  of 
the  Woodhalk  et  ah,  were  of  the  same  lineage  of  William  Byrd,  of  "  Wcstover," 


*  Willm  Woodhall  had  evidently  been  written  first,  in  the  same  ink   as  the  rest  of  the 
pedigree,  and  John  Woodhall  written  over  this  in  blacker  ink. — h.  f.  w. 
t  Dorothy  became  the  wife  of  Michael  Woodcock.    (See  Cussans'  Herts,  vol.  ii.  p.  149/ 

H.  F.  W. 


54  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

James  River,  Va.,  whose  parents  were  John  and  Grace  (8tagg,  or  Stegge)  Byrd,  (or 
Bird,  or  Birde),  of  London.  The  christian  names  John,  Thomas  and  VVilliam,  ap- 
pear to  be  favored  ones  in  his  pedigree.  William  Byrd,  the  first  of  the  name  in 
Virginia,  came  thither  a  youth  as  the  heir  of  large  landed  estates  of  his  maternal 
uncle  Colonel  Thomas  Stegge  (as  he  wrote  it) ,  whose  will  is  dated  31st  March, 
1690,  and  it  is  presumed  that  Byrd  arrived  in  the  latter  part  of  the  year.  If  the 
arms  are  given  of  the  Bird  legatees  under  the  Woodhall  wills,  the  family  identifi- 
cation would  be  of  easy  solution. — JR.  A.  Brock.] 

Edmund  Woodhall,  Esq.  Registrar  of  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Can- 
terbury, 25  January,  1638,  proved  3  February,  1688.  My  body  to  be  de- 
cently interred,  near  the  bodies  of  my  two  wives,  in  the  "He"  belonging 
to  me  in  the  church  of  Little  Munden  in  the  county  of  Hartford,  "  there 
to  sleep  free  from  further  molestacon  till  it  be  awaked  at  the  last  day  by 
the  Angels  trumpe  with  a  Surge — Arise  thou  that  sleepest  &  come  to  Judg- 
ment." I  will  that  the  like  monument  be  there  erected  for  me  as  I  did 
set  up  for  my  father  in  the  church  of  Walden,  but  my  desire  is  that  my 
funeral  may  be  without  any  great  cost,  my  will  &  meaning  being  that  only 
my  children  and  two  sons  iu  law  have  mourning  provided  for  them;  the 
charges  of  my  funeral  not  to  exceed  fifty  pounds.  My  two  eldest  daugh- 
ters, Mary  Goad,  now  wife  of  Thomas  Goad,  Doctor  of  Laws,  and  Dame 
Penelope  Gibson,  the  now  wife  of  Sir  John  Gibson  the  younger,  Knight. 
To  Bridget  Woodhall,  my  third  daughter,  one  thousand  pounds  and  to  Jane 
Woodhall,  my  youngest  daughter,  the  like  sum,  at  four  &  twenty  years  of 
age  or  day  of  marriage.  Son  Edmond  and  son  John  (who  appears  to  be 
at  King's  College,  Cambridge).  Brother-in-law  Alexander  Southwood, 
gentleman.  Brother  mr.  Michael  Woodcock.  Cousins  and  friends  Nicholas 
Hawes  Esq.  and  John  Wilkinson  gentleman. 

"  And  soe  Lord  Jesu  come  quickly."  Harvey,  20. 

William  Wilson,  Canon  of  St.  George's  Chapel,  Windsor  Castle,  23 
August,  1613,  proved  27  May,  1615.  To  be  buried  in  the  chapel  near  the 
place  where  the  body  of  my  dear  father  lies.  If  I  die  at  Rochester  or  Cliff, 
in  the  County  of  Kent,  then  to  be  buried  in  the  cathedral  church  of  Roch- 
ester, near  the  bodies  of  wives  Isabel  and  Anne.  To  my  cousin  Collins, 
prebendary  at  Rochester.  To  the  Fellows  and  Scholars  of  Martin  Col- 
lege, Oxford.  My  three  sons  Edmond,  John  and  Thomas  Wilson,  daugh- 
ter Isabel  Guibs  and  daughter  Margaret  Rawson.  My  goddaughter 
Margaret  Sofiiers  which  my  son  Sofners  had  by  my  daughter  Elizabeth,  his 
late  wife.  To  my  god-son  William  Sheafe,  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years. 
Son  Edmond,  a  fellow  of  King's  College,  Cambridge,  eldest  son  of  me,  the 
said  William.  To  son  John  the  lease  of  the  Rectory  and  Parsonage  of 
Caxton  in  the  County  of  Cambridge,  which  I  have  taken  in  his  name.  To 
Thomas  Wilson,  my  third  son.  Son  Edmond  to  be  executor  and  Mr  Eras- 
mus Webb,  my  brother-in-law,  being  one  of  the  Canons  of  St.  George's 
Chapel,  and  my  brother,  Mr  Thomas  Woodward,  being  steward  of  the  town 
of  New  Windsor,  to  be  overseers. 

The  witnesses  were  Thomas  Woodwarde,  Joh.  Woodwarde,  Robert 
Lowe  &  Thomas  Holl. 

In  a  codicU,  dated  i)  May,  1615,  wherein  he  is  styled  William  Wilson 
Doctor  of  Divinity,  he  directs  his  son  Edmond  to  give  to  his  son  John  forty 
pounds  and  to  his  wife  forty  marks,  he  gives  to  Lincoln  College  Oxford 
ten  pounds  towards  a  Library,  and  mentions  son-in-law  Mr  Doctor  Sheafe 
and  daughter  Gibbes.  To  this  Thomas  Sheafe  was  a  witness,  amongst 
others. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  55 

In  another  codicil,  of  12  May,  1G15,  he  says,  I  have  provided  for  the 
husband  of  my  daughter  Isabel  Gibbes  a  place  in  Windsor,  in  reversion,  of 
some  worth.  His  signature  to  this  codicil  was  witnessed  by  David  Raw- 
son  and  William  Newman.  Rudd,  36. 

[Rev.  William  Wilson,  D.D.,  of  Merton  College,  Oxford,  was  also  a  prebendary 
of  St.  Paul's  and  Rochester  cathedrals,  and  held  the  rectory  of  Cliffe,  in  the  county 
of  Kent.  In  1584  he  became  canon  of  Windsor  in  place  of  Dr.  Will.  Wick  ham 
promoted  to  the  see  of  Lincoln,  being  about  that  time  chaplain  to  Edmund  (Grin- 
dall),  Archbishop  of  Canterbury.  He  married  Isabel  Woodhall,  daughter  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  Woodhall  of  VValdcn  in  Essex,  and  niece  of  Archbishop  Grin- 
dall.  He  was  buried  in  St.  George's  Chapel,  Windsor  Castle,  near  the  body  of  his 
father,  William  Wilson,  late  of  Weilsbourne,  in  Lincolnshire,  Gent. 

His  eldest  son,  Edmund  Wilson,  M.D.,  of  London,  gave  the  infant  colonyof  Mas- 
sachusetts one  thousand  pounds  sterling  about  1633,  which  was  invested  in  arms 
and  ammunition.  See  Mass.  Colonial  Records,  v.  1,  p.  128,  and  2d  Mass.  Hist. 
Soc.  Collections,  v.  8,  p.  228. 

His  second  son,  Rev.  John  Wilson,  of  Christ's  College,  Cambridge,  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Mansfield  and  sister  of  the  wile  of  Mr.  Robert 
Keayne,  the  first  commander  of  the  Artillery  Company  of  Massachusetts,  and  in 
1630  accompanied  Winthrop's  company  to  New  England,  and  became  the  first  min- 
ister of  the  First  Church  in  Boston,  dying  in  office  in  1667.  For  a  fuller  account  of 
him,  see  Mather's  Magnalia,  vol.  ii.  p.  275.  For  his  will,  see  Register,  vol.  xvii. 
p.  343-4. 

His  daughter  Margaret  married  for  her  first  husband  David  Rawson,  of  London, 
and  was  the  mother  of  Edward  Rawson,  secretary  of  the  Massachusetts  Colony  from 
1650  to  1686.  For  her  second  husband  she  married  William  Taylor.  For  a  further 
account  of  them,  see  the  Taylor  Family,  prepared  by  the  late  Col.  Chester  for  Mr. 
P.  A.  Taylor.— t.  m. 

Since  these  abstracts  were  in  type,  the  editor  has  received  from  Mr.  Waters  ab- 
stracts of  the  wills  of  Edmund  Wilson,  M.D.,  of  William  Taylor  his  brother-in- 
law,  and  of  William  Taylor,  son  of  the  latter.  They  will  appear  in  another  num- 
ber.— Editor. 

The  following  notes,  taken  from  the  History  and  Antiquities  of  Berkshire,  by 
Elias  Ashmole,  Esq.  (Reading,  1736),  give  the  inscriptions  found  by  that  famous 
antiquary  in  the  Chapel  of  St.  George,  Windsor  Castle,  relating  to  this  family. 

On  the  North  Side  lies  a  Grave-stone,  on  which,  in  Brass  Plates,  is  the  Figure  of 
a  Man,  and  this  Inscription. 

1  o  me  to  live  is  Christ,  and  to  dye  is  Gain. 
Philip.  1.21. 
Here  underneath  lies  inter -r'd  the  Body  of  William  Wilson,  Doctour  of  Divinitie, 
and  Prebendarie  of  this  Church  by  the  space  of  32  yeares.    He  had  Issue  by  lsabell  his 
Wife  six  sons  and  six  daughters.     He  dtfd  the  15th  of  May,  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord 
161*5,  of  his  Aye  the  73.  beloved  of  all  in  his  Life,  much  lamented  in  his  Death. 
Who  thinke  of  Deathe  in  Lyfe,  can  never  dye, 
But  mount  through  Faith,  from  Earth  to  heavenly  Pleasure, 
Weep  then  no  more,  thouyh  here  his  Body  lye, 
His  SouVs  possest  of  never  endintj  Treasure. 

On  another  small  Brass  Plate,  on  the  same  Grave-stone,  is  the  following  Inscrip- 
tion. 

Neere  unto  this  Place  lyes  buried  William  Willson,  the  third  Son,  Who,  after  a  long 
Tiial  of  grievous  Sickness,  did  comfortably  yield  up  his  Spirit  in  the  Yeare  of  our 
Lord  1610.  of  his  Age  23.  Pp.  305-306. 

On  a  Brass  Plate,  on  a  Grave-Stone  Northward  of  the  last,*  is  this  Inscription. 

William  Wilson,  late  of  Weilsbourne,  in  the  County  o/"Lincolne,  Gent,  departed 
this  Lyfe,  within  the  Castle  of  Windsor,  in  the  Yeare  of  our  Lord  1587.  the  27th 
Day  of  August,  and  lyeth  buried  in  this  Place.  P.  309. 

*  The  "  last"  monument  referred  to  is  a  white  marble  monument  erected  to  the  memo- 
ry of  Henry  Somerset,  Duke  of  Beaufort,  at  the  east  end  of  a  small  chapel,  dedicated  to  the 
Virgin  Mary,  in  the  south-west  corner  of  the  church. 


56  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Arms  of  "  Will'm  Wilsonn,  of  Wclborne,  per  Norroy  flower,  1586." 

Per  pa/e  argent  and  azure  three  lions'1  (jambs  barivays,  erased  and  counter  changed. 
Crest : — A  lion's  head  erased  argent  guttee  de  sang. 

Harleian  Coll.,  No.  1550,  Fol.  192,  British  Museum  ;  Richard  Mundy's 
copy  of  the  Visitations  of  Lincolnshire,  1564  and  1592. 

— h.  f.  w.] 

John  Wilkinson,  of  London,  gentleman,  3  May,  1614,  acknowledged 
27  May,  1628;  acknowledged  again  18  June,  1634;  with  three  codicils, 
dated  respectively  18  June,  1634,  11  October,  1638,  and  21  March,  1638  ; 
proved  12  September,  1639.  To  my  brother  Robert  Wilkinson  the  laud 
whereon  he  now  dwelleth,  at  Preston  Howes,  pjsh  of  St.  Bees,  in  the  coun- 
ty of  Cumberland.  Sister  Jeane  Pyper,  wife  of  William  Pyper,  mariner. 
Sister  Mary  Wilkinson  and  brothers  Henry  and  James  Wilkinson. 

"  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  Right  Worshipfull  my  loving  uncle 
William  Wilson,  Doctor  of  Divinity,  five  pounds,  aud  to  every  one  of  my 
loving  cosens,  his  children,  twenty  shillings  apiece."  To  my  loving  uncle 
Henry  Bowman  and  every  one  of  his  children  by  my  aunt,  the  right  Wor- 
shipful, the  lady  Margaret  Gibson,  my  good  Aunt,  &c.  The  right  Wor- 
shipful Sir  John  Gibson,  Knight,  my  loving  cousin,  and  his  now  wife  and 
virtuous  lady,  the  lady  Anne  Gibson.  My  cousin  Thomas  Gibson  and  his 
brother  Edward  Gibson.  The  right  Worshipful  my  loving  kinsman  Wil- 
liam Byrd,  Doctor  of  the  civil  laws.  My  loving  kinsman  Mr  Thomas  Byrd, 
his  brother.  My  loving  kinsman  Mr  George  Byrd.  My  loving  cousin  Mrs 
Elizabeth  Burroes  aud  every  one  of  her  children.  My  loving  cousin  Mrs 
Dorothy  Woodcocke,  wife  of  Mr  Michael  Woodcocke,  and  every  one  of  her 
children.  My  loving  cousin  Mrs  Jane  Warren,  wife  of  Francis  Warren. 
My  loving  cousin  Katherine  Barley.  My  loving  cousin  Mr  William  Wood- 
hall.  My  loving  cousin  Griudall  Woodhall.  My  dear  and  loving  cousin 
Edmund  Woodhall  Esq.  &  my  loving  cousin  his  wife,  and  his  two  daugh- 
ters, Mary  &  Penelope  Woodhall.  Mr  John  Law,  Actuary,  and  Mrs  Ann 
Law,  his  wife.  My  loving  friend  John  Sharpe  of  Walden.  My  cousin 
Robert  Wilkinson,  of  Everdale,  in  the  county  of  Cumberland.  The  poor 
of  Preston  Howes,  where  I  was  born.  My  loving  cousins  Mary  Wilson 
and  Aylce  Wilson.  Michael,  Anthony  and  George  Calton,  sons  of  my 
cousin  Debora  Calton  deceased.  Edmond  Calton,  another  son,  when  master 
of  arts. 

In  the  first  codicil  he  mentions  his  friend  &  kinsman  Mr  William  Wil- 
kinson, mercer  in  Pater  Noster  Row,  cousin  Mrs  Grace  Pyne,  Jane  War- 
ren, deceased,  and  the  children  of  brother  Edward  Bowens.  Friend  Wil- 
liam Sharpe  and  his  three  sisters.  To  Ralph  Brownerigg,  Doctor  in  Di- 
vinity, a  seal  ring  of  gold.  Nephew  John  Wilkinson  goldsmith  of  London, 
son  of  brother  James.  The  children  of  my  sister  Mary  Bowen.  My  cou- 
sin Alice  Swallowe  and  her  husband  Mr  Thomas  Swallowe,  my  cousin. 
Others  mentioned.  Harvey,  151. 

Dame  Maiiy  Rowe,  widow  of  Sir  Thomas  Row,  Knight,  late  citizen 
and  alderman  of  London  (and  evidently  a  sister  of  William  Gresham  de- 
ceased and  of  Edmond  Gresham),  by  her  will  of  21  March,  1579,  proved 
in  the  year  1582-3,  bequeathed  to  William  Wilsonn,  parson  of  Cliff,  als 
Gyve,  in  Kent,  a  ring  of  gold,  of  three  pounds  or  three  jDOunds  in  money, 
and  to  his  wife  a  ring  of  gold  or  its  equivalent  in  money.  Rowe,  1. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  57 

Edward  Rawson,  of  Colbrooke,  in  the  parish  of  Langley  Marris,  in 
the  County  of  Buckingham,  mercer,  16  February,  1603,  proved  4  May. 
1604.  To  my  wife  Bridget  Rawson  for  and  during  her  natural  life,  my 
house  and  tenement  and  the  appurtenances,  &c.  lying  in  Colbrooke,  now 
in  the  occupation  of  Edward  Whitlock,  and,  after  her  decease,  unto  David 
Rawson  my  son  and  to  the  heirs  male  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten  ;  and, 
for  want  of  such  issue,  unto  Henrie  Rawson,  my  eldest  son,  &  to  the  heirs 
male  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten ;  and,  failing  such  issue,  to  the  right 
heirs  of  me,  the  said  Edward,  for  ever.  To  son  Henry  all  that  house 
called  the  "  Draggon  "  and  the  two  shops  thereunto  adjoining,  lying  and 
being  in  Colbrooke  aforesaid,  and  to  his  heirs  male,  &c,  with  remainder  to 
son  David  &  his  lawful  issue,  &c. ;  and  failing  such  issue,  unto  Raphe 
Warde,  my  brother-in-law  and  his  heirs  for  ever.  To  the  said  David  Raw- 
son,  my  son,  the  sum  of  two  hundred  pounds  at  his  full  age  of  one  and 
twenty  years.  Henry  Rawson,  also  a  minor.  My  executors,  at  their  costs 
and  charge,  shall  bring  up  my  said  son  David  in  some  reasonable  learning 
until  he  may  be  fitt  to  be  putt  to  apprentice  unto  some  good  trade  or  mys- 
tery.    My  brother  Henry  Rawson  doth  owe  me  fifty  pounds. 

Wife  Bridgett  and  son  Henry  to  be  executors,  and  friends  John  Bowser, 
gentleman,  Raph  Warde,  Philip  Bowreman  and  George  Charley  to  be 
overseers.  Harte,  40. 

David  Rawson,  citizen  and  merchant  tailor  of  Loudon,  a  most  unworthy 
servant  of  Jesus  Christ,  15  June,  1616,  proved  by  his  widow  Margaret 
Rawson  25  February,  1617.  My  goods,  &c.  shall  be  divided  into  three 
equal  &  just  parts  and  portions  according  to  the  laudable  custom  of  this 
honorable  city  of  London.  One  of  the  three  parts  to  Margaret  Rawson, 
my  loving  &  well-beloved  wife.  One  other  part  to  William  and  Edward 
Rawson  and  such  other  child  or  children  as  I  shall  hereafter  have  or  as  my 
wife  shall  be  with  child  withall  at  the  time  of  my  decease,  to  be  equally 
divided  amongst  them  all,  part  and  part  alike.  The  other  third  part  I  re- 
serve towards  the  payment  of  legacies,  gifts  and  bequests,  &c.  To  William 
Rawson,  my  eldest  son,  a  double  gilt  salt  and  a  standing  cup  with  a  cover, 
double  gilt,  and  half  a  dozen  of  Postle  spoons  and  two  double  gilt  spoons,  and 
a  silver  porringer,  a  silver  spoon  and  a  silver  bowl.  To  Edward  Rawson, 
my  son,  a  great  standing  bowl,  double  gilt,  and  six  silver  spoons,  and  two 
double  gilt  spoons,  "  which  was  given  him  by  those  which  were  his  wit- 
nesses at  his  christening,"  and  a  silver  bowl.  All  the  rest  of  the  plate  to 
my  wife.  To  the  relief  of  the  poor  of  the  Town  of  Colbrooke,  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Buckingham,  where  I  was  born,  the  sum  of  five  pounds  of  lawful 
money  of  England,  to  be  paid  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease.  To 
John  Emery,  son  of  John  Emerie  of  Colbrooke,  dark,  deceased,  five  pounds, 
to  be  paid  him  on  the  day  when  he  shall  be  made  a  freeman  of  the  city 
of  London.  To  William  Fenner,  a  poor  scholar  in  Pembroke  Hall  in  Cam- 
bridge, five  pounds  within  three  years  after  my  decease.  To  David  Ann- 
gell,  my  godson,  five  pounds  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years.  To  John 
Nayle,  the  son  of  Nicholas  Nayle,  of  Iver  in  the  County  of  Buckingham, 
five  pounds  on  the  day  he  shall  be  made  a  freeman  of  the  city  of  London,  if 
he  take  good  courses.  To  the  poor  people  at  my  funeral  the  sum  of  forty 
shillings.  To  John  Anngell,  clothworker,  forty  pounds,  &  to  Alexander 
Dubber,  clothworker,  forty  shillings,  which  I  will  shall  be  deducted  out  of 
such  money  as  they  shall  owe  unto  me  at  the  time  of  my  decease  (if  any 


58  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

be).  Item,  I  give  unto  my  godson  Edward  Rawson,  the  son  of  my  broth- 
er Henry  Rawson,  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  to  be  paid  unto  him  at  his  age  of 
twenty  one  years. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  dear  mother,  Bridget  Woodward,  the  sum 
of  ten  pounds,  which  I  desire  her  to  give  to  Mr  Winge  and  Mr  Foxe,  forty 
shillings  apiece,  if  she  so  please.  To  my  sister-in-law,  done  Rawson,  the 
sum  of  forty  shillings  to  make  her  a  ring,  and  to  my  sister-in-law  Isabel 
Gibbs  the  like  sum  of  forty  shillings  to  make  her  a  ring,  and  to  my  sister- 
in-law,  Elizabeth  Wilson,  the  like  sum  of  forty  shillings  to  make  her  a 
ring ;  which  said  four  legacies  so  given  to  my  mother  and  three  sisters  I 
will  shall  be  paid  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease.  Item,  I  do  give 
&  bequeath  to  my  brother-in-law,  Thomas  Wilson,  the  sum  of  five  pounds, 
to  be  paid  within  one  year,  &c. ;  and  to  Andrew  Warde,  son  of  my  uucle 
Raphe  Warde,  the  sum  of  five  pounds,  to  be  paid  him  at  his  age  of  twenty- 
one  ;  and  to  my  uncle  John  Warde  the  sum  of  forty  shillings,  if  he  be  living 
at  my  decease.  To  my  master,'  Mr  Nathaniel  Weston,  the  sum  of  forty  shil- 
lings to  make  him  a  ring,  and  I  desire  him  to  be  assisting  to  my  executrix  to 
help  get  in  my  debts.  To  Isabel  Sheafe,  daughter  of  Doctor  Sheafe,  three 
pounds,  to  be  bestowed  in  a  piece  of  plate  and  given  her  at  her  age  of  twen- 
ty one  years  or  at  the  day  of  her  marriage,  which  ever  shall  first  happen. 
To  my  son  Edward  Rawson,  over  and  above  his  said  part,  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  pounds  ;  and  to  my  apprentice  Matthew  Hunte,  the  sum  of  six 
pounds,  thirteen  shillings  and  four  pence,  to  be  paid  unto  him  on  the  day 
he  shall  be  made  a  freeman  of  the  City  of  Loudon  ;  and  to  William  Beard 
and  John  Samford,  my  apprentices  (the  like  sums  &  on  the  like  conditions). 

If  all  my  children  die  the  portions  shall  remain  &  come  to  Alexander 
Rawson,  the  eldest  son  of  my  said  brother  Henry  Rawson  (if  he  be  then 
living)  ;  but  if  he  die  then  to  John  Rawson  and  Edward  Rawson,  two  other 
of  the  children  of  my  said  brother,  &c.  equally.  The  Residue  to  wife  Mar- 
garet and  son  William.  I  constitute  my  loviug  friends,  Mr  Thomas  Wood- 
ward, of  Lincoln's  Inn,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  Esq.,  my  father-in- 
law,  my  brother  Henry  Rawson  and  Edmond  Wilson,  Doctor  of  Physic, 
and  John  Wilson,  master  of  Arts,  my  brothers-in-law,  overseers  and  give 
them  five  pounds  apiece.  If  wife  should  die  then  the  above  to  be  execu- 
tors during  the  minority  of  my  said  sons  William  and  Edward.  The  wit- 
nesses to  this  will  were  John  Wilkinson  &  Arthur  Viger  scr. 

In  a  codicil  made  27  November,  1617,  he  bequeaths  to  daughter  Dorothy 
Rawson,  besides  her  (child's)  portion,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  at 
her  age  of  twenty  one  or  day  of  marriage  ;  to  sister  Anne  Wilsou,  the  wife 
of  brother  Thomas  Wilson,  the  sum  of  forty  shillings  ;  to  uncle  John  Warde 
the  sum  of  seven  pounds,  thirteen  shillings  and  four  pence  and  some  of  my 
cast  apparell  ;  to  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Glover  the  sum  of  twenty  shillings  ; 
to  cousin  Jane  Lawrence  twenty  shillings  ;  to  Isabel  Cave  twenty  shillings  ; 
to  Aunt  Fenner  ten  shillings  ;  to  Mr  Frogmorton  forty  shillings ;  to  Mr. 
Houlte  twenty  shillings;  to  M™  Jane  Bartlett  ten  shillings  ;  to  M™  Martin 
of  Windsor  ten  shillings  ;  to  cousin  Dorothy  Sheafe  a  piece  of  plate  of 
fifty  three  shillings  price  ;  all  these  legacies  to  be  paid  withiu  one  year  and 
a  half  next  after  my  decease  by  my  executrix. 

The  witnesses  to  the  codicil  were  John  Wilkinson  &  John  Hill. 

Meade,  15. 

[These  wills  carry  the  pedigree  of  Edward  Rawson,  secretary  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Colony  from  1650  to  1686,  back  two  generations.     They  give  his  father  David 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  59 

Rawson  of  London,  and  his  grandfather  Edward  Rawson  of  Colebrook.  For  a  me- 
moir of  Secretary  Rawson,  with  a  portrait,  and  a  genealogy  of  his  descendants,  see 
Register,  vol.  iii.  pp.  201-8  and  297-330 ;  also  The  Rawson  Family,  editions  of 
1849  and  1875.— Editor. 

In  Lipscomb's  Buckingham  is  the  following  mention  of  the  Rawson  family.  In 
1540  Sir  John  Rawson  is  Grand  Prior  in  Ireland  of  the  Knights  Hospitallers.  Sir 
Michael  Stanhope,  Knt.,  knighted  at  Hampton  Court,  37  Henry  VIII.,  governor  of 
Hull,  &c,  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Nic.  Rawson,  Esq.,  of  Aveley,  Essex.  Ob. 
20  Feb.  1587.  The  ancestress  of  the  noble  families  of  Earls  Stanhope,  Chesterfield 
and  Harrington.  Richard  Rawson,  LL.B.,  was  presented  rector  of  Beaconsfield,  26 
July,  1525,  by  John  Scudamore,  Esq.  He  was  Canon  of  Windsor  and  Archdeacon 
of  Essex  ;  and  rebuilt  the  parsonage  here  where  his  arms  remained  in  1728.  He 
died  1543.  James  Rawson,  inst.  vicar  of  Wingrave,  8  August,  1508.  Edward 
Rawson,  inst.  Rector  of  Hedsor,  13  May,  1664  ;  also  vicar  of  Wooburn.  Edward 
Rawson,  presented  vicar  of  Wooburn,  5  Feb.  1662.  John  Rawson,  presented  vicar 
of  Turville,  5  Dec.  1532.  V.  i.  p.  265,  479;  v.  iii.  p.  195,  536,  580,  637,  631.  (See 
also  Maskell's  History  of  Allhallows  Barking,  in  London,  p.  47.) 

The  wife  of  Edward  Rawson  of  Colebrooke,  mother  of  David  Rawson  of  London, 
and  grandmother  of  Edward  Rawson  of  Boston,  Mass.,  married  for  her  second  hus- 
band Thomas  Woodward  of  Lincoln's  Inn. — T.  m.] 

William  Rawson  of  the  town  of  Northampton,  Notary  Publique,  4 
May,  1603,  proved  27  February,  1604.  To  be  buried  in  S*  Gyles  church, 
Northampton,  near  to  the  door  of  the  pew  where  I  use  to  sit.  To  Joane 
Glover  my  sister  ten  shillings  and  to  every  one  of  her  children  ten  shil- 
lings apiece  which  I  will  shall  be  paid  to  her  husband  to  their  uses  ;  and 
he  shall  have  the  use  thereof  until  the  said  children  accomplish  the  age  of 
one  and  twenty  years.  To  my  brother  Richard  his  children  ten  shillings 
apiece  in  same  manner  and  form  as  is  above  rehearsed  concerning  my  sister 
Glover's  children.  To  Mary  my  eldest  daughter,  one  "  gymold  Ringe  "  of 
gold,  with  a  sharp  diamond  in  it.  To  Elizabeth  my  daughter  a  little  gold 
ring  enamelled  that  the  lady  Cromwell  gave  her  mother,  with  the  poesie 
{Decreui  in  aeternum)  in  it,  which  rings  are  in  the  keeping  of  Martha  dow 
my  wife.  I  will  and  charge  these  my  said  children  to  keep  the  said  rings  so 
long  as  they  shall  live  in  remembrance  of  their  good  mother,  my  late  wife 
Francys,  My  children  William,  Mary,  Thomas,  Elizabeth  and  Timothy. 
To  son  James  my  greatest  silver  bowl ;  to  William  my  second  silver  bowl ; 
to  Thomas  my  best  silver  salt  parcel  gilt;  to  Timothy  a  stone  pot  garnished 
with  silver  double  gilt  and  six  silver  spoons  which  I  bought  of  Mrs  Warde. 
My  eldest  daughter  Mary.  My  three  youngest  children,  Mary,  Frances 
and  Melior.  My  wife  Martha,  her  father  Christopher  and  mother  Alice  and 
brother  Robert.  My  cousin  William  Ive.  My  brother-in-law  Mr  Francis 
Morgan  of  Kingsthorp.     Son  James  to  be  executor.  Hayes,  11. 

[Although  in  the  above  will  there  is  no  direct  reference  to  the  family  of  Secretarj 
Rawson,  yet  the  mention  of  the  names  Clover  and  Warde  has  led  me  to  save  it  foi 
printing.  (See  will  of  Secretary  Rawson 's  father,  who  speaks  of  a  cousin  Glovei 
and  of  the  Warde  family.) — H.  f.  w.] 

Richard  Pebne,  of  Gillingham  in  the  County  of  Dorset,  Gentleman 
one  or  two  days  before  his  death.  All  to  wife  ;  only  my  eldest  son  to  hav« 
an  eldest  son's  part.  Wife  to  be  executrix,  and  Mr.  Edward  Rawson  aud 
my  uncle  Foyle  to  be  overseers.  Sworn  to  10  April,  1636,  by  Edward 
Rawson,  Mary  Perne  and  Jane  Clark  (by  mark).  Proved  17  May 
1636,  by  Rachael  Perne,  widow,  relict  of  the  deceased.  Pile,  59. 


60  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

Rachcl  Perne  of  Gillingham  in  the  County  of  Dorset,  widow,  31 
March,  1656,  proved  13  November,  1656,  by  John  Perne,  son  and  execu- 
tor. My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Gillingham.  I  am 
possessed  of  a  living  called  Easthaimes  in  Gillingham,  as  by  a  lease  bear- 
ing date  12  October,  12th  of  late  King  Charles,  under  the  hand  &  seal 
of  William,  Lord  Stowerton,  for  and  during  the  term  of  four  score  and 
nineteen  years,  if  I,  the  said  Rachel,  and  Richard  Perne  and  John  Perne, 
my  sons,  or  either  of  us,  shall  live  so  long;  and  am  also  possessed  of  the 
lawful  right  of  a  certain  ground  called  Wagger  and  one  other  giound  called 
Ramsleare,  allowed  and  assigned  unto  me  for  &  in  lieu  of  the  fee  fostership; 
and  of  &  in  certain  lands  called  Linches,  by  virtue  of  a  lease  and  assign- 
ment to  me  made  by  John  Tyse,  clerk,  for  a  long  term  of  years,  if  William 
Bull,  Tliomas  Bull  and  Joane  Bull,  sons  &  daughter  of  Edward  Bull,  shall 
so  long  live ;  and  of  two  acres  of  mead  in  Combermeade,  by  virtue  of  a 
lease  and  other  assurances  to  me  made  for  divers  years  to  come,  which  said 
two  acres  were  heretofore  the  lands  of  one  Augustine  Matthew ;  and  of  one 
acre  of  allotment  heretofore  allowed  and  assigned  to  the  said  two  acres,  &c. 
in  lieu  of  common  upon  the  dissaforestation  of  the  late  forest  of  Gillingham  ; 
and  of  five  acres  of  meadow  or  pasture  upon  the  top  of  Bowridge  Hill,  now 
in  the  possession  of  Richard  Gornish,  baker,  &c.  All  the  above  to  John 
Tyse  of  Orcheston  St.  George  in  the  County  of  Wilts,  clerk,  Simon  Crock- 
er, of  Winterborne  Stoake  in  said  County  of  Wilts,  clerk,  and  John  Greene, 
of  the  parish  of  St.  James  in  the  said  county  of  Dorset,  gentleman,  &c, 
upon  the  trust  and  to  the  intents  following,  that  they  shall  permit  and  suf- 
fer my  eldest  son,  Richard  Perne,  to  take  &  receive  the  rents,  &c.  for  so 
long  time  as  he  shall  live  ;  and  after  his  death,  &c.  such  woman  as  shall  be 
his  wife  at  the  time  of  his  death,  so  long  as  she  shall  live ;  then  the  child 
or  children  or  grandchild  or  grandchildren  of  the  said  Richard  Perne  ;  In 
default  of  such  then  John  Perne  (in  the  same  way).  I  give  to  the  said 
Richard  Perne  half  my  plate  and  half  my  household  stuff  and  half  my  bacon 
and  half  my  cheese  in  my  house  at  Easthaimes  and  half  my  stock  of  bees 
there  in  my  beefold  or  garden  at  Easthaimes  and  all  my  timber  and  wood 
at  Easthaimes,  except  the  two  woodpiles  abutting  against  the  great  meade 
there  at  Easthaimes  and  one  of  my  cheese  steanes  and  all  my  doors  with 
their  locks  and  keys,   loose  boards,  "gice"  planks,  about  or  belonging  to 

my   said   house  of  Easthaimes,  my  biggest  white  mare  and  great 

colt  and  all  the  panes  of  glass  about  or  upon  my  windows  of  my  house  at 
Easthaimes.  To  John  Perne  (certain  property  similar  to  a  portion  of  the 
above)  and  also  my  lease  which  my  husband  took  of  Mr  William  Whittaker 
the  elder  deceased,  with  all  my  right  and  title  in  the  same.  To  my  son-in- 
law  John  Tyse  one  shilling. 

"  Also  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  sonne  in  Lawe  Edward  Rawson 
one  shilling."  To  daughter  Marie  Tyse  thirty  pounds  and  the  goods  that 
I  formerly  delivered  to  my  said  daughter  which  are  now  in  her  house  at 
Orcheston  St.  Georges  aforesaid.  "  Also  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my 
daughter  Rachel  1  Rawson  the  summe  of  ffortie  pounds  of  lawfull  monie  of 
England  to  be  paid  at  Mr  Webb's  house  in  London  unto  such  friend  as  my 
daughter  Rachell  Rawson  shall  nominate  or  appoint  to  receive  it  for  her." 
To  grandchildren  John  Tyse  and  Mary  Tyse,  ten  shillings  each,  to  daugh- 
ter Rachell  Rawson's  children  the  sum  of  ten  pouuds  to  be  divided  among 
them  according  to  the  discretion  of  my  said  daughter, — &  likewise  to  be 
paid  at  Mr  Webb's  house  aforesaid.  To  my  brother  Peter  Greene  twenty 
shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring,  to  sister  Anne  Stagg,  six  pounds,  to  be  paid  by 


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forty  shillings  yearly,  to  Marie  Tyse  my  great  bible,  to  maid  servants  Alice 
Clemont,  Anne  Frippe  and  Margerie  Bateman,  to  the  minister  or  the  cu- 
rate of  the  parish  &  to  the  poor  of  the  parish.  Son  John  Perne  to  be  sole 
executor. 

The  witnesses  were  Richard  Perne,  Mary  Tyse,  John  Hiscock  (by  mark), 
Alice  Clement  (by  mark)  and  Anne  Fripp  (by  mark). 

Berkley,  405. 

[It  seems  probable  from  the  following  pedigree  of  Stagg  of  Little  Hinton,  printed 
in  Hutchins's  Hist,  of  Dorset,  vol.  i.  p.  55,  from  the  visitation  book  1623,  that  the 
maiden  name  of  Rachel  Perne  was  Green. 

2  Margery,  dau.  of  =  William  Stagg=l  Maud,  dau.  of  Thomas  Pain,  of 


Mathews.  of  Ashton. 


Winterbourne,  c.  Wilts. 


1.  William  2.  Giles  Stagg=Margery,  dau.  of  John  Powlden, 

of  Little  Hinton.     I  ofDurweston. 


V\"m.  Stagg=Mary,  d.of  2.  Giles  Stagg=«Anne,  dau.  of Green. 

Bartlett.  of  ditto. 


Margaret.  Mary. 

— T.  M.] 

Sir  Henry  Lello  of  Ashdon  in  the  County  of  Essex,  Knight,  7  Janua- 
ry, 1629,  proved  18  January,  1629.  To  be  buried  iii  the  church  of  St. 
Brides  ats  Bridgett,  London,  in  the  "  Isle  "  of  the  said  church  where  my 
predecessors,  Wardens  of  the  Fleet,  have  been  buried,  if  I  depart  this  life 
in  London.  If  in  Ashdon,  then  in  the  parish  church  there.  I  do  give  and 
bequeath  to  my  most  Honble  and  loving  friends  the  gifts,  sums  and  be- 
quests hereafter  named.  To  the  Right  Honorable  Thomas,  Lord  Coven- 
trie,  Lord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  of  England,  my  great  Beaserstone. 
To  my  loving  friend,  Dr  William  Paske,  twenty  nobles.  To  Mr  John  El- 
dred  the  elder  twenty  pounds.  To  Mr  Binge  five  pounds.  To  Mr  James 
Ingram  twenty  pounds  and  also,  as  a  token  of  my  love  to  him,  my  "  cris- 
tall  cabonite,"  lying  now  in  a  chest  in  the  fleet,  for  his  great  respect  and 
good  service  done  unto  me  and  in  hope  of  his  future  care  of  the  place  for 
my  executor.  To  Mr  Robert  Bailey  twenty  pounds.  To  my  brother  in 
law  Edmund  (sic)  Hopkins  twenty  pounds.  To  my  kinsman  Cuthbert 
Macklyn  twenty  pounds,  to  his  wife  five  pounds  and  to  his  son  Henry  five 
pounds.  To  the  said  Cuthbert  Macklyn  the  office  of  Chamberlain  of  the 
Fleet  during  his  life,  with  this  direction  that  who  shall  execute  the  clerk's 
place  shall  be  in  the  nomination  of  my  very  loving  friend  Mr  James  In- 
gram and  my  executor,  because  it  shall  be  well  executed.  To  John  Lello, 
my  godson  and  kinsman,  twenty  pounds  at  his  setting  up  of  shop  to  begin 
his  trade.  To  the  servants  at  Ashdon.  To  the  poor  of  Clenton,  where  I 
was  born,  ten  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  Ashdon,  if  I  die  there,  five  pounds. 
To  Abigail  and  Margaret,  my  sister  Hopkins'  daughters,  two  hundred 
pounds  apiece,  and  to  Patience  and  Judith,  other  two  of  her  daughters, 
which  are  already  preferred  by  me  in  marriage,  to  Patience  one  hundred 
pounds  and  to  Judith  fifty  pounds.  To  Edward  Hopkins,  my  nephew,  all 
my  adventure  in  the  East  India  Company.  And  whereas  I  have  already 
given  him  four  hundred  pounds  for  which  I  am  indebted  and  stand  bound  for 


62  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

the  payment  thereof  unto  Benjamin  Eldred,  if  before  my  decease  I  shall 
not  have  paid  and  discharged  the  same  then  I  do  ordain  my  executor  to  pay 
it  or  so  much  as  shall  be  unpaid  at  my  decease. 

I  give  unto  my  sister  Katherine  Hopkins,  the  wife  of  Edward  (sic)  Hop- 
kins, all  my  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  in  Clenton  and  Clun  in  the 
County  of  Salop,  during  her  natural  life,  and,  after  her  decease,  to  Matthew 
Hopkins  her  son,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever.  Further,  whereas  I  and 
John  Eldred  aforenamed  purchased  the  Fleet  and  keeping  the  Palace  of 
Westminster  jointly,  to  us  and  our  heirs  forever,  since  which  said  purchase 
the  said  John  Eldred,  for  and  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  eight  thousand 
pounds,  &c.  &c.  hath  released  all  his  right,  title  and  interest  of  the  said 
office  and  keeping  of  the  Palace  of  Westminster  to  me  and  my  heirs  for- 
ever, and  for  non-payment  of  the  said  eight  thousand  pounds  at  the  several 
times  aforementioned  I  have  made  to  him  a  lease  for  three  score  and  ten 
years,  as  by  the  said  lease  doth  likewise  appear,  whereof  the  "  counter- 
paine  "  is  amongst  my  writings,  now  for  the  payment  of  the  said  sum  of 
eight  thousand  pounds,  as  all  my  debts  and  legacies,  I  do  ordain  and  ap- 
point Henry  Hopkins,  my  nephew,  whom  I  do  make  my  sole  executor,  to 
see  paid  and  discharged.  In  consideration  whereof  and  for  the  due  accom- 
plishment of  the  same  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  said  Henry  all  that 
my  manor  or  capital  messuage  called  the  Fleet,  otherwise  "  the  King's  Gaole 
of  the  Fleete,"  situate  in  the  parish  of  St.  Brides  London,  with  the  office 
of  "  Boarden  of  the  Fleete,"  &c.  &c,  and  also  the  keeping  of  the  Palace  of 
Westminster,  called  the  old  and  new  Palace,  with  the  benefits  and  rents  of 
the  shops  and  stalls  in  Westminster  Hall  and  without  &c.  &c,  in  as  large 
and  ample  manner  as  I  and  Mr  Eldred  had  and  purchased  the  same  from 
Sir  Robert  Tirrell,  Knight.  Also  I  give  unto  the  said  Henry  Hopkins  my 
farm  or  messuage  of  Thickho,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  and  all  my  lands, 
tenements  and  hereditaments  belonging  to  the  same,  &c.  ;  provided  that  if 
the  said  Henry  Hopkins  do  sell  the  office  of  the  Warden  of  the  Fleet,  for 
the  performance  of  this  my  last  will  and  follow  not  the  course  I  have  by 
the  same  set  down  then  I  do,  by  this  my  will,  appoint  him  to  pay  out  of 
the  said  purchase  money  to  his  brother  Edward  Hopkins  two  hundred 
pounds,  to  his  brother  Matthew  Hopkins  two  hundred  pounds  and  to  every 
one  of  his  four  sisters  before  named  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  apiece.  I 
advise  him  to  continue  the  execution  of  the  office  in  Mr  James  Ingram,  &c. 
&c,  because  he  is  a  sufficient  and  able  man  for  the  place,  well  acquainted 
therewith  and  one  that  I  have  always  found  very  honest  and  most  ready  to 
do  me  any  service  for  the  good  of  the  office. 

Bequests  are  made  to  the  poor  of  St.  Brides,  to  my  servant  Robert  Free- 
man, my  loving  friend  James  Weston  Esq.,  my  loving  friend  Sir  Paul  Pin- 
dor,  Knight,  to  Mr  John  Eldred's  son  Nathaniel,  my  godson,  to  my  serv- 
ant John  Lightborne,  and  his  son,  my  godson,  to  the  children  of  Josias 
Piggott,  to  my  kinsman  Willowe  Eve  and  to  his  wife  Judith,  my  niece. 

The  witnesses  were  Robert  Holmes,  Edward  Hopkins  and  Virgill  Rey- 
nolds. Scroope,  6. 

Henry  Hopkins,  Esq1-.  Warden  of  the  Fleet,  30  December,  1654, 
proved  24  January,  1654,  by  Edward  Hopkins,  brother  and  sole  executor. 

I  desire  to  lie  in  my  own  ground  in  S*  Bride's  church,  near  my  uncle 
and  predecessor  Sir  Henry  Lello,  if  I  expire  in  London  or  near  thereunto  ; 
to  which  parish  I  give  &  bequeath  five  pounds  if  I  be  buried  there.  Of  my 
temporal  estate, first,  because  there  is  the  greatest  need,  I  give  and 


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bequeath  to  my  sister  Judith  Eve  thirty  pounds  per  annum,  with  that  stock 
I  have  at  Ashdon  and  household,  provided  that  none  of  it  may  come  into 
her  husband's  hands  but  be  disposed  of  for  her  own  subsistence.  I  will 
that  my  executor  defray  the  charges  of  the  commencement  of  our  nephew 
Henry  Dalley  at  Cambridge  and  allow  him  some  competent  means  for  his 
subsistence  until  he  obtain  some  preferment  there  or  abroad.  I  will  that 
my  executor  take  special  care  of  our  dear  sister  Margaret  Tompsou  and 
her  two  children,  with  two  more  of  sister  Daily's,  according  as  the  estate 
will  arise  to  and  according  to  their  several  deserts,  which  are  very  different, 
and  so  are  their  necessities.  And  this  I  reserve  the  rather  to  him  because 
he  is  equally  related  with  me  unto  them  all.  To  master  James  Jackson, 
fellow  of  Clare,  that  ten  pounds  which  his  brother,  master  Richard  Jack- 
son, oweth  me  and  all  that  household  stuff  he  possesseth  of  mine  in  Clare 
Hall.  I  give  unto  Henry  Hopkins,  now  at  Barbadoes,  ten  pounds  ;  unto 
my  godson  William  Hall,  the  son  of  William  Hall  at  Lackford,  one  silver 
tankard  which  is  now  in  my  possession  at  the  Fleet.  To  my  loving  friends 
Doctor  Thomas  Paske,  master  James  Ingram,  Doctor  John  Exton,  Doctor 
William  Turner,  Dr  Robert  King,  Doctor  John  Leonard,  Doctor  Corne- 
lius Laurence,  Master  William  Hall  of  Lackford,  Master  John  Sicklemore, 
Master  Charles  Jones,  Master  John  Fifield,  Master  Charles  Bushie,  Mas- 
ter Jackson,  Master  Peele,  Master  Moungague  (sic)  Newse  and  Master 
Wilson,  fellows  of  Clare  Hall,  Master  Thomas  Hall  of  the  Exchequer, 
Master  Thomas  Rivett,  Master  Thomas  Newcomeu,  Master  Cutbert 
Macklin,  Master  Henry  Walthew,  to  each  of  them  a  ring  of  thirty  shillings 
price,  with  this  motto  inscribed — Proe  eo  non  pereo.  The  like  I  give  to 
my  loving  cousins,  Mr  John  Harris  of  Elton,  Master  Edward  Mathewes  of 
Burraton  and  my  brother,  Master  William  Lowe  of  Hereford.  To  the 
poor  of  the  parish  of  Elton,  where  I  was  born,  ten  pounds,  to  be  disposed 
of  at  the  discretion  of  my  executor  and  my  cousin  John  Harris.  To  my 
servant  Richard  Walker  five  pounds  and  I  will  that  my  executor  continue 
him  in  the  place  of  Tipstaff  of  the  Exchequer  as  long  as  he  behaves  himself 
well.  To  my  servant  Matthew  Pitt  the  place  he  now  holds  of  Tipstaff  in 
the  Common  Please,  during  his  good  behavior,  and  ten  pounds  in  money, 
with  all  my  wearing  clothes  &  do  commend  him  to  the  care  of  my  execu- 
tor as  judging  him  very  fit  his  employment  here  as  long  as  he  continue  it. 
I  give  unto  Thomas  Lell  the  son  of  Thomas  Lello,  draper,  ten  pounds  ; 
unto  Mistress  Bridget  Exton,  the  daughter  of  my  most  loving  friend,  my 
crimsou  damask  canopy  and  my  best  crimson  quilt. 

I  do  make  and  constitute  my  dear  and  loving  brother  Edward  Hopkins, 
merchant,  sole  executor,  &c. ;  and  to  my  said  executor  all  that  office  of 
Warden  of  the  Fleet  and  Keeper  of  the  Palace  of  Westminster  in  as  am- 
ple a  manner  as  I  had  it  from  my  uncle  Sir  Henry  Lello,  Knight.  To  my 
said  brother  and  executor  all  that  my  farm  of  Thickho,   in   the  parish   of 

Ashdon,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever and  all  else,  &c.  &c. 

Henry  Hopkins. 
"  There  haue  bin  many  interlinings  but  all  of  my  owne  hand." 

H.  Hopkins. 
The  witnesses  were  William  Ball,  Henry  Nevill  and  John  Milett. 

Aylett,  41. 

Edward  Hopkins,  esquire,  at  his  house  in  London,  7  March,  1657, 
proved  30  April,   1657,  by  Henry  Dalley,   nephew  aud  sole  executor.     If 


64  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

any  debts  shall  appear  to  be  due  in  New  England  that  they  be  paid  out  of 
my  estate  there.  As  for  the  estate  I  have  in  New  England  (the  full  accompt 
of  which  I  left  clear  in  ray  books  there,  and  the  care  and  inspection  where- 
of was  committed  to  my  loving  friend  Capt.  John  Culleck)  I  do  in  this 
manner  dispose.  To  eldest  child  of  Mr8  Mary  Newton,  wife  of  Mr  Roger 
Newton  of  Farmington  and  daughter  of  Mr  Thomas  Hooker  deceased,  thir- 
ty pounds ;  and  also  thirty  pounds  to  eldest  child  of  Mr  John  Culleck  by 
Elizabeth,  his  present  wife.  To  Mrs.  Sarah  Wilson,  the  wife  of  Mr 
John  Wilson,  preacher  of  the  gospel,  and  daughter  of  my  dear  pastor,  Mr 
Hooker,  my  farm  at  Farmington,  &c.  To  M"  Susan  Hooker,  the  relict  of 
Mr  Thomas  Hooker,  all  such  debts  as  are  due  to  me  from  her  upon  the 
Account  I  left  in  New  England.  The  residue  of  my  estate  to  my  father, 
Theophilus  Eaton,  Esq.,  Mr  John  Davenport,  Mr  John  Culleck  and  Mr 
Goodwyn,.in  trust,  &c. — to  give  some  encouragement  in  those  foreign  plan- 
tations for  the  breeding  up  of  hopeful  youths  in  a  way  of  learning,  both  at 
the  Grammar  School  and  College,  for  the  public  service  of  the  country  in 
future  times. 

Of  the  estate  in  England  one  hundred  &  fifty  pounds  per  annum  to  be 
paid  to  Mr  David  Yale,  brother  to  my  dear  distressed  wife,  for  her  comfor- 
table maintenance  and  to  be  disposed  of  by  him  for  her  good,  she  not  being 
in  a  condition  fit  to  manage  it  for  herself;  this  income  to  be  paid  in  quarterly 
payments.  The  thirty  pounds  per  annum  given  me  by  the  will  and  testa- 
ment of  my  brother  Henry  Hopkins,  lately  deceased,  to  be  given  to  our 
sister  M™  Judith  Eve,  during  her  natural  life,  and  to  be  made  up  to  fifty 
pounds  per  annum.  To  my  sister  Mra  Margaret  Thomson  fifty  pounds 
within  one  year  after  my  decease.  To  my  nephew  Henry  Thomson,  eight 
hundred  pounds,  whereof  four  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  him  within  six- 
teen months  after  my  decease,  and  the  other  four  hundred  pounds  within 
six  months  after  the  decease  of  my  wife.  To  my  niece  Katherine  Thom- 
son, but  now  Katherine  James  (over  and  above  her  portion  of  five  hun- 
dred pounds  formerly  given  her),  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my 
nieces,  Elizabeth  and  Patience  Dallye,  two  hundred  pounds  each,  provided 
they  attend  the  directions  of  their  brother  or  aunts,  &c,  in  disposing  of 
themselves  in  marriage.  To  brother  Mr  David  Yale  two  hundred  pounds; 
to  brother  Mr  Thomas  Yale  two  hundred  pounds  ;  to  my  sister  M™  Han- 
nah Eaton  two  hundred  pounds.  Within  six  months  after  the  decease  of 
my  wife  the  sum  of  five  hundred  pounds  to  be  made  over  into  New  Eng- 
land according  to  the  advice  of  my  loving  friends  Major  Robert  Thomson 
and  Mr  Francis  Willoughby  (for  public  ends,  &c).  Twenty  pounds  apiece 
to  Mr  John  Davenport,  Mr  Theophilus  Eaton  and  Mr  Culleck ;  a  piece  of 
plate  of  the  value  of  twenty  pounds  to  my  honored  friend  Mr  Wright ;  (a 
bequest)  to  my  servant  James  Porter ;  to  my  friends  Major  Robert  Thom- 
son and  Mr  Francis  Willoughby  twenty  pounds  each  in  a  piece  of  plate ; 
to  my  servant  Thomas  Hayter ;  to  my  sister  Yale  wife  of  David  Yale 
twenty  pounds ;  to  John  Lello,  a  youth  with  sister  Eve,  twenty  pounds  ; 
to  my  nephew  Henry  Dally,  M.A.  in  Cambridge,  my  land  and  manor  in 
Thickoe  in  the  County  of  Essex  and  I  appoint  him  executor,  and  Major 
Robert  Thomson  and  Mr  Francis  Willoughby  overseers,  of  my  will. 

Ruthen,  141. 

Edward  Hopkins,  governor  of  Connecticut,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Hartford, 
an  abstract  of  whose  will  is  given  above,  was  born  in  Shrewsbury,  England,  in  1600, 
and  died  in  London,  March,  1657.     For  action  of  the  General  Court  of  Connecti- 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  65 

cut  in  relation  to  his  legacy  to  Theophilus  fCaton  and  others,  trustees,  see  Colonial 
Records  of  Connecticut,  edited  by  J.  H.  Trumbull,  vol.  i.  p.  374;  and  for  corres- 
pondence in  relation  to  it,  see  the  same  volume,  page  578.  The  £500  for  "  public 
ends"  was  paid  to  Harvard  College  under  a  decree  in  chancery  in  1710.  With  it 
a  township  of  land  was  purchased,  which  was  named  Hopkinton  in  honor  of  the 
donor.  See  Savage's  notes  on  Winthrop's  New  England,  vol.  i.  1st  ed.  pp.  228-30 ; 
2d  ed.  pp.  273-5,  where  large  extracts  from  the  will  of  Gov.  Hopkins  are  made. 
It  seems  from  the  wills  here  abstracted  that  he  was  the  son  of  Edward  or  Edmund 
Hopkins,  that  his  mother  was  Katherine,  sister  of  Sir  Henry  Lello,  and  that  he 
had  two  brothers,  Henry  and  Matthew  ;  and  four  sisters,  Abigail,  Margaret,  Pa- 
tience and  Judith.  Eor  an  account  of  the  insanity  of  his  wife,  see  Winthvop'e  New 
England,  vol.  ii.  1st  ed.  p.  217  ;  2d  ed.  p.  266.  Another  early  settler  of  Hartford 
was  John  Hopkins,  who  could  not  have  been  a  brother  of  Gov.  Edward,  though 
he  may  have  been  related.  He  was  the  ancestor  of  President  Mark  Hopkins  of 
Williams  College,  and  of  the  late  Mark  Hopkins,  Esq.,  an  enterprising  citizen  of 
San  Francisco,  Cal. — Editor.] 

Thomas  Yale  of  London,  merchant,  the  poorest  of  what  is  stamp'd  with 
my  Creator's  image  and  most  unworthy  his  mercy;  29  September,  1G97  ; 
proved  17  January,  1697.  As  to  my  temporal  estate  here,  in  India,  and  else- 
where, &c.  To  my  dear  mother  Mrs  Ursula  Yale  and  my  beloved  brother  Mr 
Elihu  Yale.  The  hereditary  estate  in  the  county  of  Denbigh  to  my  broth- 
er Elihu  Yale's  male  issue,  if  he  have  any.  Failing  such,  then  to  the  heirs 
male  of  my  uncle  Thomas  Yale,  in  New  England  and  to  his  right  heirs 
forever. 

The  Revd  Doctor  John  Evans  of  London  and  Mr  Robert  Harbin  of  Lon- 
don to  be  trustees  and  overseers. 

Then  follows  an  account  of  his  estate.  Lort,  26. 

July,  1721.  Undecimo  die  ern'  com0  Catharinae  Yale  viduae  Relcaa  Elihu 
Yale  nug  goae  Sci  Andrea?  Holborn  in  Com  Middxise  ari  defti  keutis  etc. 
ad  adnistrandum  bona  jura  et  credita  dci  defti  de  bene  etc.  jurat. 

Admco  de  bo:  non  etc.  em'  mense  Febrii  1727. 

Admon.  Act.  Book  1721     P.  C.  C. 

[The  name  Ursula  here  given  as  that  of  the  testator's  mother,  shows  that  he 
and  his  brother  Elihu,  the  founder  of  Yale  College,  were  sons  of  David  Yale  and 
not  of  Thomas,  as  has  been  asserted  (Reg.  iv.  245  ;  Savage's  Gen.  Diet.  iv.  666). 
This-agrees  with  the  entry  on  the  register  of  the  private  school  of  William  Du 
Gard,  where  Elihu  (there  written  Eliah)  is  called  the  son  of  David  (Reg.  xiv.  201). 
Du  Gard  had  previously  been  head  master  of  Merchant  Taylors'  School,  London. — 
Editor.] 

Robert  Thomson  (residence  not  stated  in  will),  14  April,  1691.  To 
my  wife,  in  addition  to  her  jointure,  my  household  stuff,  plate,  coach  and 
horses  and  five  hundred  pounds;  and,  during  her  natural  life,  the  profits  of 
my  houses,  lands  and  stock  at  Gelford  in  New  England,  the  rents  of  my 
farm  at  Culpho  and  Felsham,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  and  of  that  bought 
of  Mr  Denham  in  Kent.  I  give  unto  my  wife  and  son  Joseph  five  hundred 
pounds  to  dispose  as  they  know  is  my  mind  without  being  accountable  to 
any.  I  will  that  there  be  not  above  three  hundred  pounds  expended  on  my 
funeral  in  mourning  and  all  other  expenses.  I  will  that  what  is  expended 
on  those  one  thousand  apiece  (which  I  have  by  deed  settled' on  my  daugh- 
ters Ashhurst,  Clark,  Miller  and  Duckinfield)  of  land  at  Nipmugg  in  ]Sew 
England  be  made  up  a  one  hundred  pounds  to  each  for  their  further  settle- 
ment, as  Mr  Staughton  shall  direct.  To  my  grandson  William  Thompson,  son 
of  my  deceased  son  William,  during  his  natural  life,  after  he  shall  attain  the 


&Q  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

age  of  tweiity  five  years,  Esham  iu  Lincolnshire,  with  its  appurtenances, 
bought  of  iny  cousin  Oldfiehl,  and  the  farm  in  Kent  bought  of  Mr  Denham, 
and  that,  in  the  mean  time,  my  executors  receive  the  profits  and  lay  them 
out  in  land  for  his  use  as  aforesaid ;  and  this  in  discharge  of  the  twelve 
hundred  pounds  which  my  executor  is  to  pay  :  after  his  decease  to  his  first 
son,  then  to  the  second  son  (and  so  on)  ;  failing  male  issue,  to  my  grandson 
Joseph,  son  of  my  son  Joseph  (in  the  same  order,  &c.)  ;  then  to  my  daugh- 
ters that  shall  be  living,  during  their  natural  lives,  and  after  their  deaths 
to  such  of  their  sons  as  are  or  shall  be  baptized  Robert.  Whereas  upon 
my  son  William's  marriage  I  did  settle  several  lands  in  Yorkshire  and  Kent 
upon  my  brother  Glover  and  son  Clarke  in  trust,  &c.  &c. 

On  examining  Mr  Richard  Bradly's  account  of  Kintledg,  I  found  an 
overweight  which,  for  the  reasons  writ  in  my  waste  book,  may  be  my  just 
right,  yet,  least  there  should  be  an  error,  I  will  that  his  heirs  or  executors 
be  paid  the  sixty  four  pounds.  I  give  unto  each  of  my  grandchildren  (ex- 
cept Joseph  Ashurst)  that  shall  be  living  at  my  death,  when  they  marry  or 
come  of  age,  fifty  pounds.     My  dear  wife  &  son  Joseph  to  be  executors. 

The  witnesses  were  Ann  Cunliffe,  Henry  Scoupholme,  John  Rooke  and 
William  Watson. 

The  testator  declared  it  to  be  his  will  12  March,  1693.  Signed  and  de- 
livered in  presence  of  Henry  Scoupholme,  Mary  Watson  and  A.  Hat- 
way.  Proved  by  Joseph  Thomson,  6  December,  1 694.  Confirmed  by 
decree  3d  Session  Trinity,  1695.  The  receipt  of  the  original  will  acknow- 
ledged by  Joseph  Thomson  13  July,  1695.  Box,  42. 

Sententia  pro  valore  Testamenti  Roberti  Thompson,  nuper  de  Stoke 
Newington  in  comitatu  Middlesexiae  armigeri  defuncti  etc.  etc.  in  judicio  inter 
F'ranciscam  Thompson,  relictam,  et  Josephum  Thompson,  filium,  dicti  de- 
functi, executores  hujusmodi  negotium  promoventes,  ex  una,  et  Dominam 
Elizabetham  Ashurst  (uxorem  domiui  Willielmi  Ashurst,  militis)  Mariam 
Gierke  (uxorem  Samuelis  Clerke  armigeri)  Annam  Miller,  viduam,  et  Do- 
minam Susan  Duckiugfeild  (uxorem  Domini  Roberti  Duckingfeild  Baron- 
etti),  filias  naturales  et  legitimas  dicti  defuncti,  ac  Guilielmum  Thompson 
nepotem  ex  filio  ejusdem  defuncti,  partes  contra  quas  idem  negotium  pro- 
movetur,  &c.  &c.  1695.  Irby,  201. 

In  connection  with  the  foregoing  it  may  be  well  to  note  that  Thomas 
Sprigg  of  London,  merchant,  in  his  will  of  19  May,  1675,  proved  14  Jan- 
uary, 1678,  appointed  Mr  Maurice  Thomson,  Col.  George  Thomson,  Sir 
William  Thomson  and  Major  Robert  Thomson  his  executors  and  trus- 
tees, &c.  King?  10« 

[Major  Hubert  Thompson  of  London  purchased  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Whitefield  of 
Guilford,  Ct.,  who  returned  to  England  in  1651,  his  property  in  that  town  includ- 
ing the  famous  "  stone  house"  built  in  1639 — one  of  the  oldest  buildings  in  New 
England  now  standing.  The  property  remained  in  Thompson's  family  "  to  the 
great  detriment  of  the  town  till  October  22,  1772,  when  Andrew  Oliver,  Esq.,  of 
Boston,  as  attorney  for  Thompson's  heirs,  sold  it  all  to  Mr.  Wyllys  Elliott  for  £3000 
of  the  current  money  of  Massachusetts."  (Smith's  Guilford,  p.  92.)  Savage 
(Gen.  Diet.  ijj.  288)  conjectures  that  Thompson  married  a  sister  of  Gov.  Hopkins. 
We  see  by  the  Hopkins  wills  that  the  governor  had  a  sister  Margaret  who  married 
a  Thompson  ;  but  the  names  of  her  children,  Henry  and  Katherine,  are  not  found 
as  the  children  of  Robert  Thompson  in  the  probate  of  his  will.  It  is  possible,  how- 
ever, that  they  and  their  mother  died  alter  1657  and  before  1691.  Several  letters 
from  Major  Robert  Thompson  are  printed  in  Hutchinson's  Collection  of  Papers. 
Winthrop,  in  his  History  of  New  England,  under  1639  (vol.  i.  p.  307  of  1st  ed.,  p. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  67 

370  of  2d  ed.),  states  that  "a  fishing  trade  was  begun  at  Cape  Ann  by  one  Mr. 
Maurice  Tomson,  a  merchant  of  London."  (See  also  Mass.  Colony  Records,  i.  256.) 
This  was  probably  Maurice,  eldest  brother  of  Maj.  Thompson,  son  of  Robert  of 
VVatton,and  grandson  of  Maurice  of  Cheshunt.  "  He  was  Governor  of  the  East 
India  Company  in  the  reign  of  King  Charles  the  First,  as  was  also  his  brother 
Sir  William  in  the  reign  of  King  Charles  the  Second."  His  son,  Sir  John  Thomp- 
son, bart.,  was  created  Baron  Haversham,  May  4,  1696.  (Collins's  Peerage,  ed. 
1741,  pp.  230-233.)  For  other  facts  concerning  Major  Thompson  and  his  broth- 
ers and  their  families,  see  Collins's  Peerage,  as  cited.  See  also  Wotton's  Baronet- 
age, iv.  488. — Editor. 

[From  Hartfordshire  Pedigrees.] 
Rob1  Thomson  that  com  out  of  ye  North= 

Morris  Thomson  of  Sheston  (Cheston*)  Hartfdsh.=Kath.  dau.  of  ... .  Harvey. 


Rob1  Thomson  of  Watton  in  Hartfdsh.  living  1634=Elizbth  dau.  of  John  Harnsett 

of  Wotton,  Hartfd. 


Paul  3 
Robert  4 


Morris  eldest  son                          Elizabeth=. . . .  Stokes  Parson  of  Watton  in  Hart. 
George  2  | 

— John  Stokes,  eldest  son 

— George  Stokes 

=Anne,  Mary,  Elizth,  Ellen. 

Harl.  MS.  1234,  fol.  124,  and  Harl.  MS.  1547,  fol.  11. 

— H.   F.    W.] 

Hannah  Wallin,  alias  Poulter,  of  Sl  Andrews  Undershaft,  London, 
spinster,  15  March,  1661,  proved  7  August,  1663,  by  Joseph  Alston. 

To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Mary  Hill,  London,  as  nigh  to 
the  place  where  my  dear  brother  John  Wallin  als  Poulter  was  buried  as 
conveniently  may  be  with  such  charge  of  my  funeral  as  is  answerable  to 
my  degree  and  estate,  with  the  remainder  of  my  estate  which  is  hereby 
undisposed  of,  which  I  have  purposely  left  sufficient  to  perform  the  same 
in  a  handsome  and  plentiful  manner.  To  Mr  Joseph  Alstone  of  London, 
Norwich  merchant,  and  Mary  his  wife  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  Joseph,  Ed- 
ward, Isaac  and  Clare  Alstone,  children  of  said  Joseph  and  Mary,  five  pounds 
apiece,  the  sons  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years  and  the  daughter  at  the  age 
of  twenty  one  or  day  of  marriage.  To  Mr  Edward  Ashtone,  kinsman  of 
the  said  Joseph  Ashtone  (sic)  the  father,  and  unto  Thomas  Spring  servant 
unto  the  said  Joseph  Ashton,  the  father,  five  pounds  apiece  within  six 
months  after  my  decease.  To  John  Baldridge,  son  of  Mr  Baldridge,  now 
dwelling  with  the  said  Joseph  Alstone  the  father,  five  pounds  at  the  age  of 
twenty  one.  To  my  kinsman  Thomas  Hunt,  the  elder,  thirty  pounds  with- 
in six  months  after  my  decease.  To  his  son  Thomas  Hunt  five  pounds  at 
the  age  of  twenty  one.  To  my  god-daughter  Hannah  Hunt,  daughter  of 
the  same,  twenty  pounds  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years  or  day  of  her  mar- 
riage. To  my  kinsmen  Edward  and  John  Hunt,  brothers  of  the  said  Tho- 
mas Hunt  the   elder,  ten  pounds  within   six  months.     To  Elizabeth , 

*  My  friend  Mr.  Eades  suggests  that  Cheshunt  may  be  intended,  he  having  seen  the 
name  in  this  form  before. — h.  f.  w. 

Collins  gives  Cheshunt  as  the  residence  of  this  person. — Editor. 


68  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

sister  of  the  said  Thomas  Hunt  the  elder,  ten  pounds  within  six  months. 
To  my  cousin  John  Poulter  of  Hitchin,  in  the  county  of  Herts,  forty  pounds 
within  three  mouths  after  my  decease  ;  and  to  Mary  Poulter  his  daughter 
twenty  pounds  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  or  the  day  of  her  marriage. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeathe  unto  Thomas  Poulter  (being  now  at  Vir- 
ginia or  some  parts  beyond  the  seas),  brother  of  the  said  Mary  Poulter, 
the  sum  often  pounds  of  like  lawful  money,  to  be  paid  unto  him  within  six 
months  next  after  my  decease.  To  the  son  and  daughter  of  my  cousin  Isaac 
Poulter,  late  of  Hitchen  aforesaid  deceased,  whose  names  I  know  not,  five 
pounds  within  six  months.  If  they  die,  then  amongst  the  children  of  my 
cousin  John  Poulter  equally.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  St.  Andrew 
Undershaft  three  pounds  ;  to  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Hitchen,  where  I 
was  born,  five  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Katherine,  wife  of  my  cousin  Tho- 
mas Hunt  the  elder,  to  Mary  Poulter,  daughter  of  my  said  cousin  John 
Poulter,  and  to  my  cousin  Elizabeth ,  sister  of  my  said  cousin  Tho- 
mas Hunt  the  elder,  all  my  wearing  apparel. 

The  executors  to  be  Mr  Joseph  Alstone  the  father  and  Mary  his  wife. 
When  the  will  was  proved  by  the  former,  power  was  reserved  for  the 
latter.  Juxon,  112. 

This  family  of  Poulter,  or  Pulter,  were  long  settled  in  Hitchin  in  Hert- 
fordshire. They  bore — argent,  two  bendlets  Sable,  in  the  sinister  chief  a 
Cornish  chough  of  the  Last.  Crest —  Out  of  a  ducal  coronet  Azure  a  demi 
bear  rampant  Ermine. 

Samuel  Purchas,  rector  of  S' Martins  near  Ludgate,  31  May,  1625, 
proved  21  October,  1626.  Five  pounds  to  the  poor  of  Thaxted  where  first 
I  received  light.  To  my  son  Samuel  all  that  messuage  and  tenement  in 
the  parish  of  Thaxted  which  I  lately  bought  of  Absolon  Onion,  &c.  A 
portion  lately  bought  of  my  brother  William  Purchas  and  by  him  purchas- 
ed of  one Kent  ats  Reynolds,  who   formerly  had  bought   of  Absolon 

Onion,  unto  Martha  my  daughter  and  her  heirs,  also  lands  near  a  hamlet 
called  Beyton  End,  which  were  lately  belonging  to  my  father  George  Pur- 
chas, of  pious  memory,  in  the  parish  of  Thaxted,  now  in  the  tenure  of  my 
brother  William.  My  wife  Jane  to  have  the  use  of  the  said  lands  so  long 
as  she  shall  continue  a  widow.  If  my  son  &  daughter  die  without  issue 
these  premises  shall  descend  to  Daniel  Purchas,  son  of  my  brother  Wil- 
liam, with  remainder  to  Samuel,  son  of  the  said  William.  If  my  brother  Wil- 
liam's posterity  should  fail  then  to  the  heirs  of  my  brother  George  Purchas, 
i.  e.  to  his  eldest  son  John.  In  defect  of  issue  of  brother  George  then  to 
Samuel,  son  of  my  brother  Thomas  Purchas  of  Eastwood  and  to  his  heirs 
forever. 

My  library  and  all  my  books,  globes,  maps  and  charts  unto  Samuel  my 
son,  except  all  those  books  or  works  or  any  part  of  them  whereof  I  have 
been  the  author,  namely  my  Pilgrimage,  Pilgrim  and  Pilgrims,  of  which 
he  hath  already  had  one  printed  copy  of  each  of  them.  The  other  printed 
books  thereof  now  in  my  custody  or  now  due  or  hereafter  to  be  due  upon 
reckonings  frota  Mr  Fetherstone  I  reserve  &  bequeath  to  the  performance 
of  my  will.  One  of  each  to  my  daughter  Martha,  my  brethren  George 
and  William  and  to  my  brother  in  law  William  Perkins,  to  each  of  them 
one  entire  work  of  my  Pilgrims  in  four  books.  Wife  Jane  to  be  execu- 
trix. Brethren  George  &  William  and  William  Perkins  to  be  overseers. 
My  seal  ring  to  my  sou  Samuel.  Hele,  \'6i. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  69 

[Samuel  Purchas,  rector  of  St.  Martins,  Ludgatc,  London,  and  author  of  Pur- 
chase his  Pilgrimage  and  Purchas  his  Pilgrinies,  was  born  in  Thaxted,  Essex,  about 
1577,  and  died  in  London  probably  in  1626.  For  an  account  of  him  and  his  writ- 
ings, see  Allibone's  Dictionary  of  Authors,  vol.  ii.  p.  1706.  See  also  Drake's  Dic- 
tionary of  American  Biography,  p.  745  ;  and  Notes  and  Queries,  London,  1867,  3d 
S.  xi.  57.  For  notices  of  his  son  Samuel,  rector  of  Sutton,  Essex,  also  an  author, 
Bee  Allibone's  Dictionary,  and  Notes  and  Queries,  1868,  4th  S.  ii.  541. 

It  seems,  from  the  following  note  by  Dr.  Perkins,  of  Salem,  that  the  christian 
name  of  the  father  of  the  author  of  the  "  Pilgrimes  "  was  George. — Editor. 

"  William  Perkins,  merchant  taylor,  who  is  mentioned  in  the  will  of  Samuel 
Purchas,  was  the  son  of  George  Perkins  of  Abbots  Salford  in  the  county  of  War- 
wick, yeoman,  by  his  wife  Katherine  ;  he  was  baptized  January  I,  1579.  He  mar- 
ried first,  Katherine ,  May  22,  1603.     She  died  Sept.  18,  1618.     He  married 

second,  Mary,  daughter  of  George  Purchas  of  Thaxted,  in  the  county  of  Essex, 
March  30,  1619.  She  died  Oct.  29,  1629  (Register,  x.  369).  This  Mary  must 
have  been  a  sister  of  the  testator,  Samuel  Purchas,  and  of  '  Brethren  William  and 
George.'  William  Perkins  had,  by  liis  first  wife  Katherine,  a  son  (inter  al.)  Wil- 
liam, born  Aug.  25,  1607,  who  immigrated  to  N.  England  about  1630-1,  and  whose 
name  appears  in  various  places  in  our  early  history  as  Rev.  William  Perkins.  He  was 
first  in  Boston  and  afterwards  in  Weymouth,  Roxbury,  Ipswich,  Gloucester,  and 
last  in  Topsfield,  where  he  died,  May  21,  1682.  He  was  a  man  of  education  and 
very  varied  accomplishments.  He  has  descendants  now  living  in  Topsfield  and  else- 
where.    His  daughter  Mary  was  the  second  wife  of  Oliver  Purchase,  of  Lynn. — 

G.  A.  Perkins.] 

Margaret  Stone,  wife  of  Simon  Stone  of  St.  Andrews  Holborn,  gen- 
tleman, and  relict  and  executrix  of  John  Fawne,  late  of  St.  Buttolph  without 
Aldergate,  London,  gentleman,  deceased,  did,  about  the  beginning  of  May, 
1605,  and  about  "sevenights"  before  her  death  and  at  divers  other  times, 
&c.  make  her  test,  nuncupativ.  Her  husband  the  said  Simon  Stone  to  have 
the  keeping  and  bringing  up  of  her  daughter  Judith  Fawne. 

The  above  will  was  proved  23  May,  1605,  by  Simon  Stone. 

Hayes,  35. 

Thomas  Foulks,  planter,  lying  in  Princess  Ann's  county  in  Virginia. 
1  August,  1692,  proved  19  Sept.  1692.  I  do  leave  my  plantation  in  Prin- 
cess Ann's  County  in  Virginia  &  all  my  servants  &  my  stock  &  all  other 
things  belonging  to  it,  also  in  cash  250u  sterling  which  is  now  in  the  hands 
of  John  Vicary  mariner  living  in  the  city  of  Bristol,  to  the  said  John  Vica- 
ry,  my  sole  executor. 

Wit :  John  Barwick,  Edward  Cocks,  John  Vicary. 

Confirmed  per  sententiam  31  October,  1692.  Fane,  141. 

[William  Fookes,  an  ancestor  probably  of  the  testator  Thomas  Foulkes,  received 
a  patent  of  450  acres  of  land  lying  on  "  Nanzamond  "  river,  November  24th,  1636. 
Va.  Land  Records,  Book  No.  I,  p.  399.  The  name,  variously  rendered  :  Foulkes, 
Fowlkes,  Folkes,  and  Foulks,  is  quite  numerously  and  respectably  represented  in  the 
states  of  Virginia  and  North  Carolina. — R.  A.  Brock. 

Joseph  Wade  (called  also  Ward)  of  Boston  in  New  England,  on  board 
the  ship  Mary,  21  October,  1691,  proved  17  October,  1692.  He  speaks  of 
clothes  lent  to  John  Trinby,  4s  to  Mr  Collins  the  waterman  at  Barbadoes, 
68  lent  to  William'  Jewry,  messmates  Thomas  Linch,  Valentine  Baker, 
William  Barten  &  George  Golden.  All  money  goods  &  chattells  in  New 
England  left  to  Frances  Gibbs  of  Boston  aforesaid  spinster. 

Wit:   John  Marshall,  Edward  Mobryd,  Richard  Hazard.     Fane,  193. 

Jone  Cole,  of  the  city  &  County  of  Exon,  spinster,  12  September. 
1687,  proved   16    February.    1693.     Referring  to  will   of  husband  John 


70  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

Cole,  left  with  her  when  he  took  a  voyage  to  America,  intended  for  the  city 
Philadelphia;  to  Alice  Stoker's  children,  to  William  Home,  to  Fortuna 
Martin's  brothers  and  sisters.  Residue  to  Fortuna  Martin,  kinswoman. 
James  Kearle  executor  of  husband's  will  &  mine.  Box,  28. 

John  Larabee  of  New  England  (evidently  a  mariner)  appoints  Eliza- 
beth Crawford  of  London  bis  attorney,  &c.  30  April,  1694.  Proved  19 
June,  1694.  Box,  130. 

Richard  Charlett  in  the  Province  of  Maryland  in  the  County  of  Cal- 
vert, in  Pawtuxen  River,  in  Swanson's  Creek,  28  August,  1686,  proved  4 
April,  1694.  To  cousin  Hannah  Kings  forty  pounds,  to  cousin  Richard 
Kings  ten  pounds.  All  the  rest  to  my  brothers  &  sisters.  Brother  Rich- 
ard Kings  to  be  executor.  (Signed)  Richard  Charlet. 

Wits  :  Philip  Rogerson,  Thomas  Vuett,  Ann  Rogerson,  William  Goode. 

Box,  72. 

Mary  Godwyn  of  Lyme  Regis  in  the  County  of  Dorset,  widow,  the  last 
of  March,  1665,  proved  6  June,  1665.  To  the  poor  of  Lyme  Regis  five 
pounds  upon  condition  that  my  body  is  permitted  to  be  buried  in  the 
church  of  Lyme  Regis  aforesaid  without  a  sermon  or  the  Service  Book  in 
such  order  as  is  therein  appointed.  To  my  three  cousins  William,  James, 
Ynatius,  the  sons  of  my  brother  William  Hill,  in  New  England,  one 
hundred  &  fifty  pounds,  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them.  To 
John  Tyderleigh,  &  Susau  &  Mary  Tytherleigh,  children  of  Nathaniel 
Tytherleigh  of  Lyme  Regis  &  to  Grace,  wife  of  the  said  Nathaniel  &  to 
Nathaniel  their  son,  ten  pounds  each.  To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Kerridge 
five  pounds  (&  some  land)  to  cousin  William  Hill  of  Lyme,  son  of  my  late 
brother  Benjamin  Hill  &  to  Mary  his  now  wife  &  Benjamin  their  son  & 
their  four  daughters,  at  ages  of  one  &  twenty  years.  To  cousin  Joane 
Berry,  wife  of  John  Berry.  To  sister  Martyn.  To  Mr  Wyatt,  clerk.  To 
Mr8  Thomazine  West,  wife  of  Mr  Walter  West.  To  Henry  Fry  of  Wey- 
ford,  my  sister's  son  &  to  his  daughter  Elizabeth.  To  my  cousin  John 
Shute,  to  my  cousin  Anne  Whitfield,  to  Elizabeth  Sprake,  daughter  of  my 
cousin  William  Kerridge,  to  Mary  Hoare,  my  now  servant,  to  James  Gol- 
lopp  of  Taunton,  to  Mr  Bartholomew  Westley,  to  M™  Sara  Kerridge,  late 
wife  of  Mr  John  Kerridge  of  Wooten,  to  my  sister  Paveatt,  to  my  cousin 
Mr  John  Kerridge  who  lives  in  Lyme  churchyard,  to  Grace,  daughter  of 
mr.  Nathaniel  Tyderleigh,  to  William  &  Samuel  Courtney,  sons  of  William 
Courtney,  one  of  my  executors,  to  Elizabeth  daughter  of  my  cousin  John 
Whetombe  (sic),  to  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Hart,  to  the  widow  Isaacke,  the 
widow  Ilockett,  the  widow  Pike  &  John  Palmer's  wife,  to  my  cousin  Ju- 
dith, sister  of  my  cousin  Ann  Whitfield,  to  my  cousin  Mary  Fry  of  Woat- 
hill,  to  M"  Elizabeth  West,  wife  of  Mr  Gabriel  West,  to  Mr  Richard  Far- 
rant's  two  children.  To  Mr  John  Farrant,  Mr  Robert  Burridge  &  Mr  Wil- 
liam Courtney  all  my  right,  title  &  interest  in  the  dwelling  house  &  gar- 
den, with  the  Appurtenances  wherein  I  do  now  live  in  Combestreete,  the  is- 
sues &  profits  thereof  to  be  to  the  use  of  such  and  to  be  given  &  disposed 
to  such  poor  outed  and  ejected  ministers  from  time  to  time  as  they  shall 
think  fit  &  in  their  judgments  have  most  need  &  best  deserve  the  same. 
All  the  residue  to  the  said  three  whom  I  make  executors. 

Hvde,  61. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  71 

[The  above  will  answers  the  query  printed  in  the  Register  (vol.  xxxv.  p.  184). 
The  widow  of  William  Hill  and  mother  of  William,  James  and  Ignatius,  became  the 
wife  of  Mr.  Edmund  Greenleaf  (ancestor  of  the  New  England  families  of  that  name) 
who,  in  a  paper  appended  to  his  will  and  recorded  in  the  Suffolk  Registry  at  Boston 
(B.  7,  L.  112),  says:  "  When  I  married  my  wife  I  kept  her  grandchild,  as  I  best 
remember,  three  years  to  schooling,  diet  &  apparel ;  and  William  11  ill,  her  son, 
had  a  bond  of  six  pounds  a  year,  whereof  I  received  no  more  than  a  barrel  of  pork 
of  311  0.  0.  of  that  6U  0.  0.  a  year  he  was  to  pay  me,  and  sent  to  her  son  Ignatius  Hill 
to  the  Barbadoes,  in  mackerel,  cider  &  bread  &  pease,  as  much  as  come  to  twenty 
pounds,  and  never  received  one  penny  of  it.  His  aunt  gave  to  the  three  brothers 
50u  apiece — I  know  not  whether  they  received  it  or  no ;  but  I  have  not  received  any 
partofit.  Witness  my  hand  Edmund  Greenleaf." 

''  Besides  when  I  married  my  wife  she  brought  me  a  silver  bowl,  a  silver  por- 
ringer and  a  silver  spoon.  She  lent  or  gave  them  to  her  son  James  Hill,  without  my 
consent." — H.  F.   Waters. 

See  Mr.  Appleton's  article  on  the  Greenleaf  family  in  the  Register  for  July,  1884 
(xxxviii.  page  299). 

Mrs.  Sara  Ker ridge,  named  by  Mrs.  Godwyn,  was  perhaps  Sarah,  sister  of  the 
Rev.  John  Woodbridge  of  Andover,  Mass.,  and  of  the  Kev.  Benjamin  Woodbridge, 
whose  name  heads  the  list  of  the  graduates  of  Harvard  College.  (Reg.  xxxii.  337, 
342;  xxxvii.  240.)  Sarah  Woodbridge  married,  Dec.  27,  1632,  John  Kerridge 
(Mitchell's  Woodbridge  Record,  p.  9),  probably  the  Rev.  Mr.  Kerridge  of  Wooton 
Fitz-Paine,  Dorset,  who  was  ejected  in  1662  and  died  soon  after  (Palmer's  None. 
Mem.,  ed.  1778,  p.  487).  His  son  John  Kerridge,  M.A  ,  of  Corpus  Christi  College, 
Oxford,  was  for  a  time  schoolmaster  at  Abingdon,  Berks  ;  thence  went  to  Lyme 
Regis  where  he  was  ejected  as  a  schoolmaster  ;  was  afterwards  pastor  of  a  dissent- 
ing church  in  Culleton,  Devonshire,  and  died  April  15,  1705  (Ibid.  p.  460). — Ed.] 

Joseph  Tilden  citizen  &  girdler  of  London,  1  February,  1642.  To  my 
brother  Freegift  Tilden  five  pounds,  to  my  niece  Sara  Smyth  ten  pounds, 
to  my  sister  Lydia  Tilden,  late  wife  of  my  brother  Nathaniel  Tilden,  ten 
pounds,  and  to  her  two  daughters  who  are  married  in  New  England  twenty 
nobles  apiece.  The  livery  of  the  company  of  Girdlers  whereof  I  am  a 
member  to  attend  my  corps  to  burial.  To  the  said  company  for  poor  mem- 
bers and  widows  ten  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  Smallhead  Street  in  the  par- 
ish of  Tenterden,  Kent,  three  pounds  for  the  poor  at  the  discretion  of  Mr 
Thomas  Huckstropp.  To  the  widow  Hamoud  three  pounds.  To  the  wid- 
ow Prestwich  of  Lainbheth  in  the  County  of  Surrey  thirty  shillings,  to  Jane 
Ranndall  a  diaper  table  cloth  with  the  napkins  belonging  to  it,  to  my  maid 
servant  Margaret  Smart  ten  shillings,  to  my  nurse  five  shillings,  to  the 
poor  of  the  parish  of  S'  John  Baptist,  London,  the  several  legacies  follow- 
ing i.  e.  the  widow  Armefleld  thirty  shillings  and  to  the  rest  of  the  said  par- 
ish fifty  shillings,  to  be  distributed  among  them  at  the  discretion  of  my 
brother  Thatcher.  To  Hudnall  the  hairdresser  of  our  parish  twenty  shil- 
lings. My  nephew  Joseph  Tilden,  son  of  my  brother  Nathaniel  Tilden,  to 
be  sole  executor.  My  brother  Hopestill  Tilden  to  be  administrator  in  trust 
for  the  use  of  the  said  Joseph  until  he  shall  take  upon  him  the  executor- 
ship and  I  give  to  the  said  Hopestill  ten  pounds  for  his  pains.  To  my 
brother  George  Thatcher  the  half  year's  rent  due  next  Lady  day  for  my 
lands  in  Sussex.     George  Thatcher  to  be  overseer. 

(Signed)  Jos  Tillden. 

Wit :  Henry  Randall  Francis  Helmes  Val:  Crome. 

By  a  codicil  he  bequeaths  the  residue  to  nephew  Joseph  Tilden. 

Letters  of  administration  were  issued  18  March,  1642,  to  Hopestill  Till- 
den, brother  of  the  deceased,  during  the  absence  of  Joseph  Tillden,  execu- 
tor named  in  the  will  &  now  dwelling  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas. 

Crane,  28. 


72  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

[Elder  Nathaniel  Tilden,  brother  of  the  testator,  settled  in  Scituate,  Ma9S.  For 
an  account  of  him  and  his  descendants,  see  Deane's  History  of  Scituate,  pp.  353-5. 
One  of  his  descendants  is  the  Hon.  Samuel  J.  Tilden,  formerly  governor  of  the 
state  of  New  York,  and  the  democratic  candidate  for  president  of  the  United  States 
in  1876  (see  Register,  vol.  xxxviii.  p.  6). — Editor.] 

Thomas  Spelman  of  Virginia,  gentleman,  declared  his  will  that  his 
daughter  Mary  Spelman  in  Virginia  should  have  all  that  he  had  here  in 
England  &  what  he  had  in  Virginia  his  wife  should  have,  in  presence  of 
Jane  Bridges  (her  mark)  Mary  Rowe  (her  mark)  &  Fran:  Spelman.  Let- 
ter of  administration  was  granted  24  April,  1627,  to  Francis  Spelman 
natural  and  lawful  brother  of  the  said  Thomas  Spelman  lately  of  Truro 
in  the  county  of  Cornwall  deceased,  &c.  &c.  during  the  absence  of  Han- 
nah Spelman  the  relict  of  the  said  deceased  in  the  parts  of  Virginia  then 
dwelling,  &c.  Skinner,  40. 

[Thomas  Spilman,  of  "  Kicoughton  in  the  corporacion  of  Elizabeth  Citty,"  re- 
ceived a  grant  of  fifty  acres,  his  "  first  personall  divident  "  as  an  "  ancient  plant- 
er, *  *  *  to  be  augmented  and  doubled  by  the  Company,"  December  1st,  1624. 
Va.  Land  Records,  Book  No.  1,  p.  35. — R.  A.  Brock. 

Query.  Was  this  Thomas  Spelman  a  relative  of  Henry  Spelman,  whose  "  Rela- 
tion of  Virginia,''  1609  (see  Register,  xxvii.  332),  was  edited  by  J.  F.  Hunnewell 
and  printed  for  him  in  1872?  The  author  of  the  Relation  was  a  son  of  Sir  Henry 
Spelman,  the  antiquary,  whose  pedigree  will  be  found  in  Blomefield's  Norfolk,  2d 
ed.  vol.  vi.  pp.  150-5. — Editor.] 

Ralph  Hooker,  of  Barbadoes,  14  March,  1663,  proved  27  May,  1665. 
To  my  good  friend  and  neighbor  Mrs  Judith  Pinney  eight  hundred  and 
twenty  one  pounds  eight  shillings  and  three  pence  which  she  oweth  me, 
and  also  one  hundred  thousand  pounds  of  Muscovado  Sugar.  And  for  the 
remainder  of  her  debt  to  me  my  executors  to  forbear  to  call  on  her  for  it 
until  February  next,  excepting  only  the  debt  which  she  owes  me  as  execu- 
trix of  Mr  Robert  Challoner  deceased,  which  I  desire  may  be  paid  this 
year.  To  my  friends  Capt.  Jeremy  Eggiuton,  Mr  John  Knight,  Mr  Ste- 
phen Spicer,  Mr  John  Bawdon  and  Mr  John  Sparks  each  a  ring  with  a 
death's  head,  value  three  pounds  sterling.  To  my  friend  Dr  Peter  la  Rous 
fifty  pounds  sterling  to  buy  himself  a  ring.  To  Mr  Jeoffrie  Body  two  thou- 
sand pounds  of  Muscovado  Sugar.  To  Thomas  Peake  one  thousand  pounds 
of  Muscovado  Sugar.  To  Edward  Russell  my  servant  one  half  piece  dow- 
las. To  my  cousin  Mr  James  Woods  of  London  merchant,  ten  pounds 
sterling  and  to  his  wife  ten  pounds  sterling.  To  my  cousin  Mrs  Woods,  re- 
lict of  my  cousin  John  Woods  deceased  ten  pounds  sterling  and  to  her  son 
John  Woods  five  pounds  sterling.  To  my  cousin  Edward  Hooker  his  child- 
ren that  are  alive  in  England  five  pounds  sterling  each.  To  my  cousins 
Robert  &  Edward  Boys,  my  cousin  Soane  &  her  sister  &  my  cousin  Anne 
Boys,  to  each  of  them  five  pounds  sterling. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  young  cousin  Peter  Bennett  the  son 
of  Richard  Bennett  of  New  England  (the  which  Peter  was  my  own  sister's 
son)  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  sterling,  to  be  paid  him  when  he  shall 
accomplish  t\\e  age  of  eighteen  years  of  age.  To  my  poor  kindred  in  Eng- 
land one  hundred  &  fifty  pounds  sterling,  to  be  distributed  by  my  cousin 
James  Woods,  something  of  it  to  be  given  to  my  aunt  Webbe  her  children 
of  Ottebourne,  if  any  alive,  my  cousin  Edward  Hooker  of  Chilcombe  can  in- 
form. For  goods  consigned  to  Capt.  Samuel  Davis  &  myself  he  to  make 
returns  to  the  principals  in  London,  but  not  to  meddle  or  intermedle  with 
any  of  my  other  consignations.     A  reference  to  goods  sold  in  this  island  on 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  73 

account  of  Sir  Andrew  Riccard  &  Co.  To  Capt.  Davis  five  pounds  sterling 
and  a  horse.  To  my  friend  Capt.  William  Porter  ten  pounds  &  a  gold  hat 
band  &  my  best  beaver  if  he  please  to  wear  it  for  my  sake.  To  Hugh 
Lewis  three  pounds  sterling  to  buy  him  a  ring.  My  executor  to  confer 
with  Mr  Stephen  Spicer  who  is  administrator  with  me  about  Mr  John  Wil- 
liams' estate.  Reference  to  shipments  home  to  Mr  Mico  on  ac't  of  John 
Williams  deceased, — much  more  sugar  than  I  have  received  on  ac't.  My 
executor  may  employ  Mr  Jeoffery  Body  on  my  books  and  accounts.  He 
knows  the  accounts  between  Mr  John  Knights  &  myself  and  also  about  Mr 
John  Williams'  estate,  Mr  John  Lewis'  estate  and  all  the  accounts  in  my 
books.  My  loving  cousin  John  Hooker,  now  residing  in  the  Island  of  Bar- 
badoes,  to  be  sole  executor  and  my  cousin  James  Woods  of  London,  mer- 
chant, to  be  overseer  in  trust. 

Wit :  John  Hawkesworth,  Josias  Cox,  John  Watkins. 

Barbadoes By  the  Deputy  Governor. 

This  Fifteenth  day  of  April,  1664,  personally  appeared  before  me  Major 
John  Hawkesworth  &  Mr  Josias  Cox  &  made  oath  that  they  saw  Major 
Ralph  Hooker  sign,  seal  &  publish  the  foregoing  Writing,  &c.  &c. 

Henry  Willoughby. 

A  true  copy  of  the  Original  recorded  in  the  Secretary's  Office  of  Barba- 
does attested  17  August,  1664.  Edward  Bowden  Dep:  Secretary. 

Hyde,  50. 

[The  Richard  Bennett,  referred  to  in  the  above  will,  said  by  Savage  to  have  been 
of  Salem  in  1636,  afterwards  of  Boston,  had  a  wife  Sybil,  the  mother  of  his  child- 
ren, whose  maiden  name  is  here  shown  to  be  Hooker,  and  a  second  wife  Margaret. 
His  will  of  21  June,  1677,  with  a  codicil  of  6  July,  1677,  was  proved  at  Boston  8 
September,  1677.  In  it  he  mentions  grandchild  Susanna  Bennett,  daughter  of  son 
Peter,  wife  Margaret  Bennett,  eon  Jonas  Clarke  and  Susanna  his  wife,  and  cousin 
Anthony  Bennet  of  Bass  River,  New  England.      (Suffolk  Probate  Registry,  B.  6, 

p.   195.) — H.   F.  W.] 

Elizabeth  Vansoldt  of  Whitegate  Alley  in  the  parish  of  Buttolph 
Bishopsgate  London,  widow,  7  September,  1665.  Five  pounds  to  be  spent 
about  my  funeral.  To  my  son  Abraham  Vansoldt  in  Virginia  or  elsewhere 
twenty  pounds  within  three  months  after  my  decease  (and  certain  movea- 
bles). Legacies  to  daughter  Mary  Wills,  cousin  M"  Judith  Bonnell  of  the 
Old  Jury,  daughter  Anne  White  {inter  alia  two  pictures  made  &  drawn 
for  my  brother  Stripe  &  his  wife),  grand  child  James  White,  &  loving  friend 
Thomas  Parker  of  Walbrook  London  &  his  wife.  My  loving  son  James 
White  to  be  full  and  sole  executor. 

James  White  having  died,  letters  of  administration  were  granted  12  Oc- 
tober, 1665,  to  Anna  White.  Hyde,  126. 


Notes  on  Abstracts  previously  printed. 

Sir  William  Phips,  Knight  (ante,  pp.  46). 

The  following  inscription  on  a  monument  in  St.  Mary  Woolnoth  Church,  be- 
tween Lombard  and  King  William  Street,  London,  is  contributed  to  the  Register 
by  A.  M.  Haines,  Esq.,  of  Galena,  111. 

"  Near  this  place  is  interred  the  body  of  Sir  William  Phipps,  Knight;  who  in 
the  year  1687  by  his  great  industry,  discovered  among  the  rocks  near  the  hanks  of 
Bahama  on  the  north  side  of  Hispaniola  a  Spanish  plate-ship  which  had  been  under 


74  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

water  forty  four  years,  out  of  which  he  took  in  gold  and  silver  to  the  value  of 
£300,000  Sterling  ;  and  with  a  fidelity  equal  to  his  conduct,  brought  it  all  to  Lon- 
don, where  it  was  divided  between  himself  and  the  rest  of  the  adventurers.  For 
which  great  service  he  was  knighted  by  his  then  Majesty  King  James  II.  ;  and 
afterwards,  by  the  command  of  his  present  Majesty,  and  at  the  request  of  the 
principal  inhabitants  of  New  England,  he  accepted  of  the  government  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  which  he  continued  to  the  time  of  his  death  ;  and  discharged  his 
trust  with  that  zeal  for  the  interest  of  his  country,  and  with  60  little  regard  to  his 
own  private  advantage,  that  he  justly  gained  the  good  esteem  and  affections  of  the 
greatest  and  best  part  of  the  inhabitants  of  that  Colony. 

"  He  died  the  18th  of  February,  1694,  and  his  Lady,  to  perpetuate  his  memory, 
hath  caused  this  monument  to  be  erected." 

Robert  Thompson. — The  following  notes,  appended  by  Mr.  Waters  to 
the  will  of  Major  Thomson  (ante,  pp.  65-6),  were  accidentally  omitted  in 
the  last  number : 

[Information  of  Hugh  Squier.  Heard  three  men  of  quality,  one  seemingly  a 
Dutchman,  rejoice  that  the  Dutch  had  done  so  well,  and  attribute  it  chiefly  to  the 
care  and  diligence  of  Maurice  Thompson  and  his  brother  Major,  in  supplying  them 
with  information  of  the  motions  of  the  English  fleet ;  they  said  these  men  served 
much  better  than  Scott  for  his  thousand  guilders  a  year.  Finds  that  Maurice  Thomp- 
son was  always  violent  against  kingly  government,  was  intimate  with  the  Protec- 
tor, sat  on  some  of  the  high  courts  of  justice,  and  sentenced  some  beheaded  lords  to 
death,  so  that  he  is  incapable  of  bearing  any  office.  He  was  a  poor  man  in  Vir- 
ginia, but  got  a  great  estate,  chiefly  from  the  king's  party.  He,  Hugh  Peters  and 
Nich.  Corsellis,  a  Dutchman,  went  over  in  the  beginning  of  the  war  to  collect 
money  in  Holland  for  the  distressed  Protestants  in  Ireland,  and  was  always  in  great 
favour  with  the  Dutch.  As  to  Major,  can  hear  of  no  one  of  that  name  but  a  rich  Mr. 
Major,  who  married  his  daughter  to  the  Protector's  6on  Richard,  but  he  is  no  bro- 
ther of  Maurice  Thompson,  so  thinks  they  must  mean  his  brother  Major  Rob. 
Thompson,  who  was  so  great  with  Cromwell  that  he  had  nearly  married  his  daugh- 
ter :  he  began  with  nothing,  rose  high  enough  to  purchase  2,200'  a  year  in  bishops' 
lands,  and  lost  it  on  the  Restoration,  so  that  he  brags  that  he  hates  not  the  persons 
but  the  office  of  bishops  ;  he  is  bold,  full  of  malice,  and  embittered  against  govern- 
ment ;  he  was  six  or  6even  years  a  navy  commissioner  for  the  Protector,  so  that 
he  knows  all  the  ways  of  the  navy,  and  is  thus  able  to  commit  this  treason.  Thinks 
their  houses  should  be  searched,  and  Council  should  consider  whether  to  seize  them. 
Asks  directions  in  case  he  should  again  meet  the  three  men  whose  discourse  he 
heard.  [2  pages  with  postscript  in  cypher  undecyphered.l  Westminster,  24  June, 
1666. 

Account  of  two  other  brothers  of  these  Thompsons  :  George,  who  lost  his  leg 
fighting  against  the  King,  but  got  a  great  estate.  When  the  army  had  fallen  into 
the  posture  of  a  brand-iron,  with  the  Rump  in  the  middle,  threatening  a  battle  royal, 
Haslerigg  and  Morley  to  support  the  Rump,  and  Lambert  and  his  party  to  pull  them 
down,  this  Col.  George  Thompson  was  with  some  thousands  in  St.  George's-in-the- 
Fields,  Southwark,  and  with  Bibles  in  their  hands,  and  good  swords  also,  they  de- 
clared for  King  Jesus,  which  signified  what  they  pleased,  except  King  Charles. 
"  Endorsed  Col.  G.  Thompson,  of  Southwark,  a  Millenary,  &c.*'     24  June,  1666. 

Calendar  of  State  Papers,  Domestic  Series,  1665-1666. 

The  great  interest  taken  by  this  family  in  the  affairs  of  the  British  Colonies  of 
North  America,  and  the  important  parts  played  by  them  (directly  or  indirect!}')  in 
the  management  of  those  affairs,  as  shown  by  the  State  Papers,  would  seem  to  war- 
rant the  giving  of  60  much  space  to  this  account  of  them.  From  this  family  were 
derived  the  baronial  house  of  Thomson  Lords  Haversham,  created  4  May,  1696,  aud 
extinct  on  the  death  of  Maurice,  the  last  Baron  Haversham  in  1741,  a  family  closely 
allied,  by  intermarriages,  to  the  house  of  Annesley,  Earls  of  Anglesey.  Of  the  child- 
ren of  Major  Robert  Thomson,  the  testator  of  the  foregoing  will,  Elizabeth  became 
the  wife  of  William  Ashhurst,  son  of  Henry  Ashhurst,*  an  eminent  merchant  of 
London,  descended  from  an  old  Lancashire  family.     This  William  was  himself  Lord 

*  Of  this  Henry  Ashhurst,  Morant  (vide  History  of  Essex,  ii.  296)  says:  "  He  had  the 
chief  hand  in  settling  the  corporation  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  America,  of 
which  he  was  treasurer;  and  also  zealously  promoted  the  translation  of  the  Bible  into  the 
Indian  language.    He  dyed  in  1680."— h.  f.  w. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  it) 

Mayor  of  London  in  1693,  one  of  the  representatives  of  the  city  in  several  parlia- 
ments, received  the  honor  of  knighthood  from  King  William  III.,  and  died  12  Jan- 
uary, 1719  ;  his  lady  survived  till  22  March.  1723.  His  brother  Henry  was  created 
a  Baronet  in  1688.  Her  sister  Mary  was  the  wife  of  Samuel  Clarke,  Esq.,  of  Snail- 
well  in  the  county  of  Cambridge  (of  Kentish  stock),  who  was  created  a  Baronet 
25  July,  1698,  and  died  8  March,  1719.  Another  sister,  Susan  Thomson,  was  the 
second  wife  of  Sir  Robert  Duckenfield,  of  Duckenfield  Hall,  Cheshire,  created  a 
Baronet  16  June,  1665,  who  died  Nov.  1729. — h.  f.  w.l 

John  Scotchford  of  Brenchlie  in  the  county  of  Kent,  clothier,  26  De- 
cember, 1600,  proved  16  January,  1600.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church 
of  Brenchley.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish.  To  Jasg  Saxbie,  Henry  Alchin 
and  Lawrence  Bycie,  to  every  of  them  ten  shillings.  To  my  servants.  To 
every  one  of  my  godchildren  twelve  pence  apiece.  To  John  Scotchford  my 
uncle  ten  shillings.  To  Laurence  Briggenden  ten  shillings.  To  Jone,  my 
sister,  wife  of  Richard  Browne,  forty  shillings,  and  to  her  son,  Noe  Stone, 
three  pounds.  To  every  one  of  the  children  of  the  said  Jone,  my  sister, 
ten  shillings.  To  my  sister  Martha,  wife  of  Richard  Glydd,  twenty  shil- 
lings. To  her  son  John  my  godson,  twenty  shillings,  and  to  the  rest  of  her 
children  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  every  one  of  my  daughters,  Elizabeth, 
Anne,  Margaret,  Mary  and  Martha,  one  hundred  pounds  at  one  and  twenty 
years  of  age  or  day  of  marriage.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth,  at  the  age  of 
one  and  twenty  years,  the  sum  of  ten  pounds,  which  ten  pounds  was  given 
her  by  her  grandmother,  my  mother.  To  my  wife  Elizabeth  one  hundred 
and  fifty  pounds  within  one  year  after  my  decease  (and  other  bequests  made 
to  her). 

To  every  one  of  the  daughters  of  John  Bigge  two  shillings,  and  to  his  son 
Hope  Bigg  ten  shillings;  to  Mary  wife  of  John  Bett  ten  shillings;  to  Mary 
wife  of  George  Stacie  ten  shillings;  all  within  twelve  months  after  my  de- 
cease. To  my  mother  niue  pounds  ten  shillings  yearly  (in  quarterly  pay- 
ments) &c.  To  George  Saxbie,  my  uucle,  twenty  shillings,  and  to  Wil- 
liam Saxbie,  my  uucle,  ten  shillings ;  both  within  three  months  after  my 
decease.  To  Edward  Henshall,  vicar  of  Brenchley,  twenty  shillings.  The 
residue  to  my  son  Thomas  Scotchford  and  his  heirs  forever.  John  Saxbie 
and  Robert  his  son,  both  of  Brenchley,  clothiers,  to  be  my  executors.  Rich- 
ard Glidd,  of  the  parish  of  Brightling,  in  the  County  of  Sussex,  yeoman, 
and  John  Maynard  of  Brenchley,  yeoman,  to  be  the  overseers. 

The  witnesses  were  Edward  Henshall,  Script,  and  John  Maynard. 

Woodhall,  40. 

[The  testator  of  the  above  will  was  probably  the  ancestor  of  John  Scotchford, 
town  clerk  of  Concord,  who  married  Susanna  (perhaps)  daughter  of  George  Meri- 
am,  and  died  10  June,  1696.  The  will  is  at  any  rate  of  interest  as  relating  to  the 
Bigg  family. — h.  f.  w.] 

Ninion  Butcher,  of  Mary  Aldermanbury,  Loudon,  25  February,  1658, 
proved  13  October,  1660.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Staplehurst.  To 
eight  poor  people  of  the  parish  of  Marden  five  shillings  apiece,  and  to  ten 
poor  people  of  the  same  parish  two  shillings  apiece.  To  Mris  Lawrence, 
widow,  twenty  shillings,  to  M"  Southen  forty  shillings,  and  to  Henry  Par- 
sons ten  shillings.  To  eight  poor  people  of  the  parish  of  Aldermanbury 
five  shillings  apiece,  and  to  eight  more  poor  people  two  shillings  and  six- 
pence. To  my  loving  daughter  Elizabeth  Houlden  five  hundred  and  fifty 
pouuds  if  my  said  daughter  is  living  in  twelve  months,  &c.  if  not  then  to 
her  children  at  their  respective  ages  of  eighteen  years.     To  my  sister    Re 


76  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

becca  Glover  five  hundred  pounds  within  one  year,  if  my  sister  is  living,  if 
not  then  to  her  children  at  eighteen.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Pointell  five 
hundred  pounds  in  one  year,  &c.  if  alive,  if  dead  then  to  her  children  at 
their  several  ages  of  eighteen.  To  my  grand  children,  Elizabeth  Butcher, 
fifty  pounds  at  eighteen,  William  Butcher,  twenty  pounds  at  one  and  twen- 
ty, and  Hannah  Butcher  twenty  pounds  at  eighteen.  To  my  grandchild- 
ren, James  Houlden,  fifty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty,  and  Mary  Houlden, 
fifty  pounds  at  eighteen.  To  my  grandchildren,  Rebecca  Glover,  fifty 
pounds  at  eighteen,  and  Thomas  Glover,  twenty  pounds  atone  and  twenty; 
and  twenty  pounds  to  every  other  child  of  my  daughter  Glover's  that  shall 
be  born  before  my  death,  and  to  be  paid  at  eighteen  if  daughters  and  at  one 
and  twenty  if  sons.  To  my  grandchildren,  Judith  Pointell,  forty  pounds 
at  eighteen,  Daniel  Pointell,  twenty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty,  and  Edward 
Pointell,  twenty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty.  To  my  reverend  Pastor  Mr 
Edmund  Calamy  four  pounds  within  6  months.  To  every  one  of  my  bro- 
ther William's  children  that  shall  be  alive  six  months  next  after  my  de- 
cease twenty  shillings.  To  my  kinswomen  Mary  and  Elizabeth  Sheefe 
twenty  shillings  apiece  at  eighteen.  To  my  kinsman  Thomas  Butcher  of 
Staplehurst  twenty  shillings  in  twelve  months.  To  my  kinsman  Richard 
Butcher  twenty  shillings  in  twelve  months.  To  my  cousin  Tunnell  twenty 
shillings  a  year  during  natural  life.  To  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Busnell  twen- 
ty shillings  in  twelve  months.  To  my  cousins  Joseph,  Samuel  aud  Caleb 
Swinoke  twenty  shillings  apiece  in  twelve  months.  To  my  cousin  Eliza- 
beth Crosse,  in  Southward,  twenty  shillings  in  twelve  months.  To  my 
cousin  Mary  Hasleden  twenty  shillings  in  twelve  months.  To  my  loving 
sister  Johnson  forty  shillings  in  twelve  months.  To  Mr  Bland  and  his  wife 
ten  shillings  apiece  in  twelve  months.  All  my  lands  to  my  son  John 
Butcher  and  his  heirs  forever,  and  the  residue  to  him.  My  three  daugh- 
ters, Elizabeth  Houlden,  Rebecca  Glover  and  Mary  Poyntell.  Grandchild- 
ren Elizabeth  and  Hannah  Butcher,  daughters  of  son  John.  Son  John 
Butcher  to  be  executor  and  son6  Daniel  Poyntell,  Francis  Willoughby  and 
Thomas  Glover  to  be  overseers.  Nabbs,  176. 

[I  suspect  Thomas  Glover  (husband  of  Rebecca)  was  son  of  John  Glover  of  Dor- 
chester.— h.  f.  w.J 

John  Ive  of  Naylonde,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  clothier,  4  Dec.  1618, 
proved  17  June,  1619.  To  wife  Anne  the  house  wherein  I  dwell,  for  and 
during  her  natural  life.  Friends  William  Forth,  gentleman,  and  Thomas 
Blythe  to  be  executors.  To  my  eldest  son  John  Ive  twenty  pounds  within 
one  year  after  the  decease  of  my  wife.  My  son  Thomas  Ive  of  London 
oweth  unto  me  forty  pounds  by  a  bond  bearing  date  9  January,  1617.  To 
my  son  Myles  Ive  the  sum  of  five  pounds  to  be  paid  unto  him  within  one 
year  after  the  decease  of  my  wife.  To  my  son  Ambrose  fifteen  pounds, 
within  one  year,  &c.  To  my  two  daughters  Anne  and  Mary  five  pounds 
apiece,  &c.  Tt>  my  grandchild  John  Ive,  son  of  my  son  Thomas,  three 
pounds  at  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  To  every  one  of  my  grand- 
children, the  children  of  my  son  John,  Miles  and  Anne,  now  living,  twenty 
shillings  apiece,  the  sons  at  twenty-one  and  daughters  at  eighteen.  The 
younger  children  of  my  son  Thomas.  The  children  of  my  son  Miles.  The 
children  of  my  daughter  Anne  Frost. 

The  witnesses  were  Edmund  Wells,  John  Smyth  and  Richard  Robinson. 

Parker,  57. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  77 

Edmund  Chaplin  of  Little  Waldingfield  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  and 
the  Diocese  of  Norwich,  gentleman,  6  October,  1618,  proved  8  February, 
1618,  by  John  Wincoll  and  Thomas  Brian,  with  power  reserved  for  the 
widow  Martha  Chaplin  to  act.  To  my  grandchild  Edmunde  Chaplin,  eld- 
est son  of  my  late  son  Edmunde,  my  messuage  called  Lyons,  in  Whatiield, 
Suffolk,  at  the  age  of  five  and  twenty  years.  To  grandchild  William  Chap- 
lin, another  son  of  said  Edmund  and  to  Ursula  and  Elizabeth  Chaplin,  his 
daughters  (minors).  To  John  Wincoll,  my  grand  child,  at  the  age  of  four- 
teen, Anne  Wincoll,  my  grand  child,  at  sixteen,  John  Wincoll,  my  son  in 
Law,  Awdry  Wincoll,  my  daughter,  his  wife.  Thos.  Brian  my  sou  in  law 
and  Martha  Brian,  my  daughter,  his  wife.  John  Howe  of  Melford,  my 
nephew,  and  Judith  his  wife.  To  my  friend  Mr  Thomas  lies  of  Hammer- 
smith, Middlesex,  gentleman,  a  ring  of  gold  (value  forty  shillings)  desiring 
him,  of  all  kindness,  to  stand  good  grand  father  and  friend  unto  the  young 
poor  fatherless  children  of  my  late  son  and  his  son-in-law  Edmund  Chap- 
lin and  his  wife  Anne  the  daughter  of  Mr  lies.  If  interred  at  Little  Wal- 
dingfield, then,  &c.  If  interred  at  Lindsey,  &c.  To  Pernell  Wilkinson, 
wife  of  Wilkinson  the  elder,  and  to  the  widow  Mallard,  both  of  Little  Wal- 
dingfield, five  shillings  apiece.  A  bequest  to  four  household  servants  of 
John  Wincoll.  All  the  residue  to  wife  Martha,  appointed  executrix,  with 
sons  John  Wincoll  and  Thomas  Brian. 

The  witnesses  were  George  Wincoll,  Francis  Wincoll  and  Joseph  Bri- 
ante.  Parker,  40. 

Sententia  pro  confirrnacone  testi  Edmundi  Chaplin  def  in  judicio  inter 
Johannem  Wincoll  et  Thomam  Bryant  partes  hmoi  negotium  promoveu- 
tes  ex  una  et  Martham  Chaplin  ats  Bryant  filiam  u'ralem  dicti  defuncti 
Edmundum  et  Wttm  Chaplin  nepotes,  Ursulam  et  Eliz.  Chaplin  neptes 
ex  filio  eiusdem  defuncti,  etc.     21  June  1619.  Parker,  56. 

Testamentum  nuncupativum  Thome  Ayrks,  of  the  parish  of  Froome  in 
the  County  of  Somerset,  broad  weaver,  14  January,  1638.  To  the  church 
there  three  shillings  and  fourpence  ;  to  the  poor  six  shillings  and  eight 
pence.  Having  a  debt  of  five  pounds,  eight  shillings  due  him  by  bond 
from  one  Nathan  Doale,  of  Brooke  in  com.  Wilts,  his  will  was  that  Symon 
Ayers,  his  brother,  should  have  that  debt  to  his  own  use  ;  also  his  wearing 
apparel  and  a  piece  of  new  green  cloth  which  lay  in  the  chest,  of  five  yards; 
also  his  broad  loom  unto  Simon  Ayers  and  William  Ayers,  his  brother 
Simon  Ayers  his  children,  to  each  the  moiety.  A  cupboard  at  his  father's 
to  Anne  Ayers,  daughter  of  Simon  Ayers.  His  wife  consents  to  these  leg- 
acies.    Wituesses  John  Lacie  and  Richard  Eyers. 

A  commission  issued  forth  20  March,  1638,  to  Mary  Ayers,  the  relict. 

Harvey,  54. 

Symon  Eyre  of  Osmington  in  the  County  of  Dorset,  yeoman,  29  April, 
1659,  proved  4  October,  1660,  by  William  Eyre.  To  wife  Joan  and  son 
William  Eyres,  &c.  To  my  daughter-in-law  Mary  Eyres  the  sum  of  three 
score  pounds  which  was  promised  her  at  the  marriage  of  her  unto  my  son 
Symon  Eyres,  provided  the  portion  promised  by  her  friends  in  marriage  be 
truely  and  duely  paid  and  for  those  children  she  had  by  my  son  Symon. 
To  my  four  grand  children  twenty  shillings  to  be  divided  equally  amongst 
them.  Son  William  to  be  executor  and  my  good  friends  Robert  and  Henry 
Godshall  to  be  overseers.     One  of  the  witnesses  was  a  John  Evre. 

Nabbs,  182. 


78  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

Nathanaell  Smith,  19  February,  1650.  "I  dispose  of  my  money  and 
goods  that  is  now  in  new  England  and  elsewhere  in  wise  and  manner  fol- 
lowing." The  sixty  three  pounds  in  Mr  George  Corwin's  hands  due  by 
bond,  twenty  pounds  of  it  to  my  kinsman  Thomas  Edwards,  eighteen 
pounds  to  my  sister  Ruth  Halford,  ten  pounds  to  Mr  John  Nicolls,  flaxman, 
five  pounds  to  my  cousin  Nathaniel  Edwards  and  ten  pounds  to  my  uncle 
John  Smith.  The  money  in  James  Brown's  hand  and  that  which  is  in 
Master  Makepeace  his  hand,  Brown's  being  eight  or  ten  pounds  and  Mr 
Makepeace's  four  pounds  ten  shillings,  my  will  is  that  my  sister  Hanna 
Mellowes  shall  have,  &c.  The  linen  that  I  have  I  do  give  the  napkins, 
towells  and  tablecloths  and  one  half  the  sheets  to  my  kinsman  Thomas  Ed- 
wards and  the  other  half  of  the  sheets  to  my  sister  Hanna  Mellowes  in 
New  England.  Linen  of  mine  in  my  brother  Mr.  Samuel  Wandley's  hands 
I  do  freely  bestow  it  upon  him.  Also  if  there  should.be  any  allowance  for 
the  plundered  estate,  one  half  whereof  is  due  to  me,  I  do  give  one  half  to 
my  brother  Mr  Samuel  Fisher  and  the  other  half  to  be  distributed  between 
my  sister  Walford  and  my  sister  Wandley.  My  kinsman  Thomas  Edwards 
and  cousin  Nathaniel  Edwards  to  be  administrators. 

The  witnesses  were  Samuel  Brinsmeades  and  Samuel  Oliver. 

20  March  1650  emanavit  comissio  Thomae  Edwards  et  Nathanaeli  Ed- 
wards, consanguineis  dicti  defuucti,  ad  administrand  bona  jura  et  credita 
diet,  defuncti  iuxta  tenorem  et  effectum  testamenti  ipius  defuncti,  eo  quod 
dictus  defunctus  nullum  omnino  in  hujusmodi  testamento  nominauit  Exe- 
cutorem  etc.  Grey,  53. 

[In  the  Massachusetts  Archives,  at  the  State  House  in  Boston  (B.  15,  No.  70), 
may  be  found  a  copy  of  this  will.  Another  copy  is  in  the  Court  House  at  Salem, 
among  the  records  of  Ipswich  Court,  165 1 ,  in  the  present  office  of  the  Clerk  of  Courts 
for  the  County  of  Essex.  I  have  (scanty)  minutes  of  what  seems  to  be  an  earlier 
will,  made  1  January,  1648  (Mass.  Archives,  B.  15,  No.  72),  in  which  the  testator 
mentions  William  Halford,  "  my  brother  Andrew  Halford's  sonnc,"  cousin  Nathan- 
iel Wandley,  cousin  Hannah  Mellowes  to  have  the  linen  and  Abraham  Mellowes 
my  books,  my  brother  Edward  Mellowes  and  my  brother  Samuel  Wandley  to  be 
executors. — n.  f.  w.] 

Edward  Apslet  of  Apsley  in  the  County  of  Sussex.  The  yearly  pro- 
fits of  all  my  real  and  personal  estate,  in  Sussex,  Middlesex  and  Kent,  to 
my  brother  George  Fenwick,  till  my  nephew  Edward  Fenwick  attain  the 
age  of  twenty  one  years.  Then  my  will  is  that  he  should  change  his  name  to 
mine  ;  and  so  I  give  to  him  the  said  Edward  Fenwick  als  Apsley  all  mine 
estate,  both  real  and  personal,  he  paying  to  his  father  one  hundred  pounds 
per  annum  during  his  life,  to  Jo:  Apsley,  son  to  my  cousin  Jo:  Apsley  of 
Pulberrow  fifty  pounds  per  annum  during  his  life,  to  my  servant  Margaret 
Moyse  twenty  pounds  per  annum,  to  Thomas  Stringer,  my  servant,  ten 
pounds  per  annum,  to  Moses  Fryer  ten  pounds  per  annum,  to  be  paid  to 
him  at  the  house  his  father-in-law,  Mr  Evernden,  now  lives  in,  to  Jo:  Ad- 
ams als  Humphrey  ten  pounds  per  annum  and  a  lease  for  twenty  one  years 
of  all  the  lands  he  holdeth  of  me,  at  the  rents  he  now  payeth,  to  the  town 
of  Steyning  five  pounds  per  annum,  to  Sir  Thomas  Middleton  one  hundred 
pounds.  To  Sir  Arthur  Heislerige  two  either  of  my  stone  horses  or  mares. 
To  Duncombe  Colchester  such  of  my  geldings  as  he  shall  choose  and  twen- 
ty pounds,  ten  pounds  by  the  year.  To  my  cousin  Richard  Coldicott  one 
hundred  pounds.  I  would  have  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  paid  to  Mr 
Bartholomew ;  Mr  Pierce  knoweth  where  he  liveth.     Other  bequests. 

There  issued  forth  letters  of  administration,  13  August,  1652,  to  Sir  Ar- 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  79 

thur  Haslerigg,  one  of  the  members  of  the  right  honorable  the  Parliament 
of  the  Common  Wealth  of  England,  and  a  "  legatary  "  named  in  this  will, 
for  that  the  said  deceased  named  no  executor,  the  pretended  will  or 
"scrowle"  of  the  said  deceased,  bearing  date  11  October,  1651,  being  de- 
clared and  decreed  null  and  void.  Bowyer,  215. 
[See  will  of  Col.  George  Fenwick,  ante,  p.  41. — h.  p.  w.] 

Nathaniel  Eles  late  of  Harden  in  the  County  of  Hartford,  husband- 
man (nuncupative)  26  July,  1653,  proved  18  February,  1653.  To  every 
one  of  the  children  of  Mr  William  Eles  twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  John 
Eles,  son  of  the  said  William,  a  two  and  twenty  shilling  piece  of  gold  over 
and  above,  &c.  To  every  one  of  the  children  of  Mr  Nathaniel  Eles  twenty 
shillings  apiece.  It  was  his  will  that  Richard  White  who  liveth  with  Mr 
Nathaniel  Eles  should  have  all  the  money  due  unto  him  from  goodmau  Sal- 
mon. To  the  two  sisters  of  the  said  Richard  White  the  rents  of  his  house 
and  lands  till  his  brother  John's  sou  shall  come  to  age.  To  the  poor  of 
Harnden  and  Essenden  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  each  parish  if  his  money 
would  hold  out.  To  Mrs  Wilton  and  Mary  Smith  twenty  shillings  apiece. 
To  goodwife  Lewis  one  shilling.  To  his  brother's  daughter  all  the  remain- 
der of  the  money  in  his  chest.  To  his  brother's  son  his  house  and  lauds 
when  he  cometh  of  age.  To  his  sister  in-law  a  bond  which  is  in  his  chest. 
Master  William  Eles  to  be  sole  executor.  Alchin,  179. 

[See  will  of  Nathaniel  Eeles,  ante,  p.  25. — h.  f.  w.] 

Richard  Crouch  (by  mark)  of  the  parish  of  St.  Gyles  without  Crip- 
plegate,  London,  Brewer's  Servant,  27  October,  1660,  proved  29  Novem- 
ber, 1660.     My  body  to  be  buried  at  the  discretion  of  my  executrix. 

Imprimis  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  brother  William  Crouch  in  New 
England  beyond  the  seas  one  shilling  of  English  money,  to  be  paid  unto 
him  within  one  twelvemonth  next  after  my  decease  if  the  same  be  demand- 
ed. To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Ayres,  wife  of  Richard  Ayres,  the  sum  of 
twelve  pence  of  like  mouey  if  the  same  be  demanded  in  twelve  months. 
The  residue  to  my  loving  wife  Anne  Crouch,  who  is  to  be  executrix. 

The  witnesses  were  William  Howe,  Dauiel  How  and  Thomas  Gill,  Scr. 

Nabbs,  206. 

[William  Crouch,  of  Charlestown,  married  Sarah ,  daughter  of  Barnabas  Lamson, 
of  Cambridge.  See  Wyman's  Charlestown,  pp.  251,597;  Paige's  Cambridge,  p. 
597. — Editor. 

In  connection  with  the  above  it  may  be  well  to  notice  the  will  of  Peter  Lidget  of 
Boston,  merchant,  made  10  February,  1670-71,  with  a  codicil  dated  21  April,  1676, 
proved  5  May,  1676.  (Suff.  Reg.  Prob.,  B.  6,  pp.  160-162.)  The  following  persons 
are  named  :  My  wife  Elizabeth,  my  daughter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Usher,  my  only 
eon  Charles,  my  daughter  Jane,  my  three  children,  the  three  children  of  my  sister 
Elizabeth  Cornel,  lately  deceased,  viz:  Peter,  Mary  and  Robert,  my  sister  Mary 
Smith's  two  children,  John  and  Peter,  they  living  in  Essex,  to  be  paid  in  London,  my 
three  kinswomen,  cousin  Crouch  of  Charlestown,  cousin  Cooke  of  Cambridge  and 
cousin  Rice  of  Sudbury,  the  three  children  of  my  aunt  Lampson,  my  grandchild 
Elizabeth  Usher,  jr.     My  son  Charles  to  marry  Mrs  Bethiah  Shrimpton. — h.  f.  w.] 

Thomas  Burnell,  citizen  and  clothworker  of  London,  5  July,  1661, 
with  a  codicil  bearing  date  19  August,  1661,  proved  2  October,  1661,  by 
the  oath  of  Hester  Burnell  his  widow. 

Remembering  the  sayiug  of  St.  Jerome  which  soundeth  daily  in  mine 
ears,  Surgite  mortui  et  venite  ad  judicium. 

If  I  die  in  London,  to  be  buried  within  the  chancel  door  of  the  parish 


80  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

church  of  Allhallows  Barking,  near  Tower  Hill,  under  tho  gravestone  there 
lying  where  my  dear  brother  John  Burnell  and  his  virtuous  wife  Mary  (of 
worthy  memory)  lie  buried.  But  if  it  shall  please  the  almighty  God  that  I 
shall  die  at  Stanmore  Magna  then  my  desire  is  that  I  may  be  buried  therein 
the  vault  within  that  chancel  door  of  the  said  parish  church  where  the  bones 
of  my  dear  deceased  father  and  mother  lie  buried,  at  the  discretion  of  my  lov- 
ing and  dear  wife  Hester  Burnell.  To  my  she  cousin  Hasell,  my  nephew 
John  Burnell  Sen1",  and  his  three  sisters,  An,  Katherine  and  Elizabeth,  and 
to  the  three  sous  of  my  deceased  brother  William  Burnell,  viz:  Thomas, 
John  and  Henry  Burnell ;  also  unto  my  sister  Rewse,  my  two  nephews 
John  and  Richard  Ball  and  their  five  sisters,  An,  Barbara,  Jane,  Margaret 
and  Elizabeth,  my  cousin  Sarah  Edliu  and  also  my  cousin  William  Pindar, 
junr,  for  his  help  for  the  getting  in  of  mine  estate, — to  all  of  them  the  sum 
of  thirty  pounds  apiece.  Also  I  give  unto  my  nephew  John  Morley,  resi- 
dent in  New  England,  and  to  his  sister-in-law,  the  wife  of  his  brother  Tho- 
mas Morley  deceased,  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  apiece,  and  unto  her  son  Tho- 
mas Morley,  both  resident  in  or  about  Hamburgh,  together  with  all  the 
children  of  my  nephews  John  Burnell,  Senr,  and  Thomas  and  Henry  Bur- 
nell, lawfully  begotten  in  wedlock,  that  shall  be  living  at  my  death,  the  sum 
of  five  pounds  apiece.  To  my  loving  and  dear  wife  fifty  pounds.  Also 
unto  her  loving  brother,  Henry  Wollastone,  Esq.  and  his  son  Henry,  my 
brother-in-law  Robert  Smyth,  my  nephew  Doctor  Richard  Ball,  my  cousin 
Doctor  William  Pindar,  my  cousin  Thomas  Reeve,  my  cousin  James 
Gough,  my  nephew  John  Burnell,  senr,  my  cousin  Doctor  Coe,  Bourcheirs 
and  lludyere,  my  cousins  Thomas  and  Henry  Burnell,  and  all  their  wives, 
also  my  sister  Rewse,  my  cousin  Anne  Young  and  her  sister  Allett,  and  my 
cousin  Sarah  Edlin,  widow,  also  unto  my  cousin  John  Ball,  Esq.  and  my 
cousin  William  Robinson  and  my  cousin  John  Cooke ;  also  unto  my  cousins 
Doctor  Trench  and  Doctor  Deake  and  Doctor  Winter  and  their  wives,  and 
old  Mrs  Churchman,  the  sometime  bedle's  wife  of  Marchaut  Taylor's  Hall ; 
to  all  the  sum  of  six  pounds  apiece  towards  their  mourning. 

My  copyhold  land  and  houses  in  Stanmore  Magna,  in  the  County  of  Mid- 
dlesex unto  my  wife  for  and  during  her  natural  life.  Whereas  I  have  late- 
ly purchased  another  house  and  land  lying  in  or  near  upon  Weald  Green  in 
the  parish  of  Harrow  upon  the  Hill,  called  or  known  by  the  name  of 
Brookes,  another  field,  wood  ground  and  springs  called  Sander's  Hill,  and 
now  both  in  the  tenure  and  occupation  of  John  Dancer ;  and  also  my  pre- 
sent house  and  garden  wherein  I  now  dwell  here  in  London,  &c.  &c,  with 
five  other  tenements,  all  lying  in  the  court  or  alley  called  Nunn's  Court  or 
Alley,  in  the  street  or  parish  of  St.  Stephens,  Coleman  Street,  London, 
(and  other  leases,  &c.)  ; — all  these  to  my  wife  for  life  ;  and  then  to  my 
nephew  John  Burnell,  Senr,  my  chief  house  and  lands  lying  in  Stanmore 
Magna,  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  Fiddles  (and  a  lot  of  other  lauds 
there-to  my  said  nephew  for  life,  then  to  his  wife,  if  he  do  marry  again,  and 
his  children  equally,  during  the  natural  life  or  second  marriage  of  his  said 
second  wife,  if  he  marry  again,  then  equally  among  his  children  and  their 
heirs  forever ;  failing  such  issue,  equally  among  the  children  of  the  three 
daughters  of  my  eldest  brother  John  Burnell  long  since  deceased.  Also, 
after  my  wife's  decease,  I  give,  &c.  to  my  nephew  Thomas  Burnell,  eldest 
6on  of  my  brother  William  Burnell  deceased,  my  two  thirds  of  the  house 
and  land  he  now  lives  in,  called,  &c.  Buggs,  for  life,  then  to  his  wife  and 
children  during  her  life  or  second  marriage,  then  to  the  children.  To  my 
nephew  John  Brvrnell,  junr  now  resident  in  the  East  Indies   (estate  in  Har- 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  81 

row,  &c).  To  my  nephews  John  and  Richard  Ball  (the  house,  &c.  in  Lon- 
don). Legacies  to  godson  Burnell  Ball,  son  of  said  nephew  Richard  Ball, 
to  my  brother  Robert  Smyth,  my  brother  Thomas  Wollaston  and  my  bro- 
ther-in-law Justice  Henry  Wollaston. 

The  witnesses  to  the  will  were  Robert  Fenn,  Peter  Whitinge  and  Wil- 
liam Pindar,  Junr.  It  was  published  by  the  said  Thomas  Burnell  for  his 
will  19  August,  1661. 

In  the  codicil  he  names  his  nephew  Thomas  Burnell,  citizen  and  haber- 
dasher of  London,  nephew  Henry  Burnell,  citizen  and  leatherseller  of  Lon- 
don and  his  three  daughters,  Elizabeth,  Mary  and  Barbara,  nephew  John 
Burnell,  citizen  and  clothworker  of  Loudon,  n,ow  in  the  East  Indies,  neph- 
ew William  Pindar,  citizen  and  clothworker  of  London  and  niece  Eliza- 
beth Gough,  wife  of  James  Gough. 

The  witnesses  to  the  codicil  were  John  Mosse,  Notary  Public,  and  Ed- 
ward Bullocke.  May,  150. 

[Stanmore  Magna  lies  at  the  extremity  of  the  County  of  Middlesex,  towards  Hert- 
fordshire, from  which  county  John  Morley  prohably  came,  as  shown  by  his  will, 
wherein  he  disposes  of  real  estate  in  Cheshunt,  Hertfordshire.  John  Burnell,  Esq., 
was  lord  of  the  manor  of  Stanmore,  and  died  in  1605.  His  widow  Barbara  was  lady 
of  the  manor  for  twenty-six  years.  After  her  death  it  was  for  some  time  the  property 
of  her  son  Thomas  Burnell,  Esq.,  as  we  learn  from  Lyson's  Environs  of  London 
(vol.  3),  in  which  also  are  given  the  arms  of  this  family : — Sable  on  a  bend  Or  three 
escallops  of  the  field. — h.  f.  w.] 

John  Astwood,  of  Milford  in  the  Colony  of  Newhaven  in  New  Eng- 
land, 27  June,  1654,  proved  31  August,  1654,  by  his  son  Samuel  Astwood. 

To  my  loving  wife  Sarah  Astwood  all  my  estate  in  New  England  what- 
soever it  be  in  household  stuff  or  cattle  or  debts,  to  be  disposed  by.  her  aa 
she  shall  see  meet  for  her  own  proper  use.  Of  my  estate  here  in  England, 
in  Abutley,  I  do  give  my  brother  William  Astwood  ten  pounds  sterling 
within  one  year  after  my  decease.  To  my  loving  mother  five  pounds  ster- 
ling and  the  use  of  two  rooms  of  my  house  so  long  as  she  please.  To  my 
brother  Robert  Astwood  do  I  give  five  pounds  sterling  within  two  years 
after  my  decease.  To  John  Rute  do  I  give  ten  shillings  after  my  decease. 
The  rest  of  my  property  to  my  executor.  My  son  Samuel  to  be  sole  ex- 
ecutor.  The  witnesses  were  Nicholas  Hudley  and  Robert  Swan  (by  mark). 

Alchin,  505. 

[See  Register,  xiv.  304  ;  xxxv.  245. — Editor.] 

Peter  Cushing,  citizen  and  turner  of  London,  2  February,  1663,  proved 
12  January,  1664.  To  wife  Godly  Cushing  (referring  to  contract  with 
John  Greenhill  of  London  and  William  Newbold  of  London,  gent.).  The 
messuage  or  tenement  wherein  I  now  dwell,  in  or  near  Broad  Street,  Lon- 
don, and  other  tenements.  To  my  brother  Thomas  Cushing.  To  ten  min- 
isters (who  are  named).  To  the  "  Mr,  Warden  and  Cominalty  of  the  Mis- 
tery  or  Arte  de  lez  Tumors,"  London,  whereof  I  am  a  member.  To  Abi- 
gail Phillips,  Margaret  Bull  and  Sarah  Norris,  my  god-daughter.  To  my 
loving  friend  Francis  Gil  low  of  Stratford  Bow,  in  the  county  of  Middlesex, 
gent.  To  Martha  Gamlin,  now  wife  of  Henry  Gamlyn  and  daughter  of  the 
said  Francis  Gillow.  To  my  sister  Katherine.  To  William  and  Robert 
Cushing,  sons  of  my  brother  William  Cushing.  My  loving  friend  Mr  Wil- 
liam Devonshire.  My  God  daughter  Sarah  Norris,  the  daughter  of  David 
Norris,  in  St.  Clement's  Lane.  To  my  wife's  kinsman,  Richard  Hill,  twenty 
pounds.  My  loving  brother  Theophilus  Cushing.  My  brother  William 
Cushing's  youngest  daughter.  To  Anne  Cushing,  daughter  of  my  said  bro- 
ther William. 


82  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

"  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  each  one  of  the  children  of  my  nephew  Daniell 
dishing,  son  of  my  late  brother  Matthew  Cushing,  which  shalbe  living  at 
my  death  fiftie  pounds  a  peece."  To  Deborah  Briggs,  wife  of  Matthew 
Briggs,  one  hundred  pounds. — all  within  twelve  months  next  after  the  de- 
cease of  my  wife  Godly.  The  residue  to  my  brother  Thomas  Cushing. 
The  tenement  in  Bread  Street  which  I  purchased  of  William  Swayne,  Esq. 
Loving  friends  Arthur  Remington,  Thomas  Hartley  and  William  Green- 
wood to  hold  property  in  trust.  After  payment  of  debts,  legacies,  annui- 
ties, &c.  the  residue  to  my  said  nephew  Daniel  Cushing  and  to  Jeremy 
Cushing,  Matthew  Cushing  and  John  Cushing,  sons  of  the  said  Matthew 
"  Cushion,"  my  brother  deceased. 

The  witnesses  were  Francis  Gillow,  Henry  Woods,  John  Dawson  and 
Thomas  Stevens.  Hyde,  3. 

[See  Register,  x.  79,  173. — h.  f.  w.] 

Elizabeth  Hailes  of  Lower  Shadwell  in  the  parish  of  Stebunheath  ats 
Stepney,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  widow,  28  September,  1664,  proved 
22  March,  1664,  by  Thomas  Parker  and  William  Bugby,  the  executors. 
My  executors  to  invite  such  a  number  of  my  christian  friends  as  they  shall 
think  fit  to  accompany  my  corps  to  my  funeral,  and  to  disburse  and  lay  out 
for  the  accommodation  of  those  friends  the  full  sum  of  thirty  pounds.  To 
my  cousin  Thomas  Parker  twenty  pounds,  and  to  my  cousin  Ann  Parker, 
his  wife,  twenty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  John  Parker,  son  of  my  said  cou- 
sin Thomas  Parker,  thirty  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Thomas  Little  ten 
pounds ;  to  Elizabeth  Little,  his  wife,  thirty  pounds  ;  and  to  Mary  Little, 
his  daughter,  ten  pounds.     To  my  grandchild  William  Bugby,  five  pounds. 

To  my  cousin  John   Foster,  of  Tower   Hill,  and  to  ,  his  wife,  five 

pounds  apiece.     To  my  cousin  William  Foster,  at  New  England,  the  full 

6um  often  pounds  of  like  lawful  money.     To  my  cousin Graves,  of 

Tower  Hill,  widow,  twenty  shillings.     To   my  cousin  Elizabeth  Harris  ten 

pounds,  and  to  her  daughter ,  my  husband's  goddaughter,  four  pounds. 

To  my  cousin  Appleby,  of  London,  Beavermaker,  and  to ,  his 

wife,  five  pounds  apiece.  To  my  cousin  Isaac  Foster's  daughter,  four 
pounds  ;  to  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Parsons  twenty  pounds ;  to  my  cousin 
Martha  Goodwin  twenty  pounds  ;  to  my  cousin  John  Hutchinson  twenty 
pounds.  To  my  said  cousin  John  Hutchinson's  five  sons  (that  is  to  say)  John, 
Henry,  Edmond,  Thomas  and  George  Hutchinson,  ten  pounds  apiece.  To 
my  cousin  Ann  Barber,  widow,  twenty  pounds,  to  her  daughter  Susan,  now 
the  wife  of  Robert  Aldons,  ten  pounds,  and  to  the  children  of  the  said  Su- 
san ten  pounds.  These  legacies  to  be  paid  within  one  month  next  after  my 
decease  to  the  several  respective  legatees,  or  to  so  many  of  them  as  shall 
demand  the  same ;  they  to  give  absolute  discharges  of  any  further  claim  to 
mine  or  my  deceased  husband's  estate. 

To  my  cousin  Thomas  Parker  the  full  sixteenth  part  of  the  good  ship 
William  and  Elizabeth,  of  London,  &c.  &c,  of  which  ship  he  the  said  Tho- 
mas Parker,  under  God,  at  the  date  hereof,  is  master.  To  Jane  Bugby, 
the  wife  of  my  aforesaid  grandchild  William  Bugby,  my  full  two  and  thirti- 
eth part  of  the  good  ship  called  the  Owners  Adventure,  of  London,  &c.  &c, 
of  which  ship,  under  God,  the  said  William  Bugby,  at  the  date  hereof,  is 
master.  To  my  aforesaid  cousin  John  Parker  my  other  two  and  thirtieth 
part  of  the  aforesaid  ship.  Twenty  pounds  amongst  the  poor  of  Shadwell, 
to  be  "  distributed  to  and  amongst  the  Auntient  poore  and  such  as  are  not 
Idle,  drunken  or  of  badd  conversation,"  within  one  month  next  after  my 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  83 

decease.  Twenty  pounds  to  another  division  of  Stepney,  respect  being 
first  had  to  aged  poor  seamen  and  their  families  in  want. 

My  loving  cousin  Thomas  Parker  and  my  loving  grandchild  William 
Bugby  to  be  my  executors,  and  my  loving  friends  Mr  John  Hall  and  Mr 
Day  to  be  the  overseers.  Two  twenty  shilling  pieces  of  gold  to  be  given 
to  Doctor  William  Clarke,  minister  of  Stepney,  for  his  pains  to  preach 
my  funeral  sermon,  if  he  shall  please  to  undertake  the  same.  To  my  nurse 
Margaret  Wybrow  forty  shillings. 

The  witnesses  were  John  Hulme,  Elizabeth  Hill,  Raph  Matthews  and 
William  Bissaker.  Hyde,  25. 

Roger  Glover  of  London,  merchant,  being  now  at  the  Island  of  Mea- 
vis,  14  November,  1636,  proved  5  Sept.  1637.  William  Hawkins,  citizen 
and  waxchandler  of  London,  to  be  overseer.  Goods,  &c.  in  the  Increase  of 
London  to  be  disposed  of  for  the  advantage  of  Richard  Rowe  of  London, 
merchant,  my  loving  brother  Richard  Glover  of  London,  merchant,  and 
my  loving  sisters  Elizabeth  and  Sara  Glover,  whom  I  appoiut,  &c.  executors. 
Debts  due  in  the  Indyes  and  debts  formerly  due  in  any  part  of  the  West 
Indyes.  To  my  niece  Elizabeth  Glover,  daughter  of  my  loving  brother 
Joss:  Glover  fifty  pounds.  To  William  Rowe,  son  of  the  said  Richard 
Rowe,  thirty  pounds.  To  my  niece  Elizabeth  Pemmerton  forty  pounds.  To 
John  Worcester  ten  pounds.  To  my  friend  Capt.  Thomas  Sparrowe,  Gov- 
ernor of  the  Island  of  Meavis  two  thousand  weight  of  tobacco.  To  Mr 
George  Upcote  of  the  same  Island  five  hundred  weight  of  tobacco.  To 
Nicholas  Godsalve,  Secretary,  three  hundred  pounds  of  tobacco.  Debts 
due  from  Thomas  Littleton  late  Governor  of  the  abovesaid  Island.  To 
James  Littleton,  his  son,  one  hundred  pounds. 

The  witnesses  were  Thomas  Sparrow,  John  Worcester,  Thomas  Hinde 
and  Nicholas  Godsalue,  Seer.  Goare,  126. 

Thomas  Nelson  of  Rowlay  in  the  County  of  Essex  in  New  England, 
being  by  Providence  called  now  to  make  a  voyage  into  Old  England  "  this 
6ixt  of  Sextilis,  here  called  August,  1648."  To  wife  Joane  for  her  natu- 
ral life  my  mill,  millhouse,  &c.  in  Rowlay  and  all  that  ground  near  unto 
the  said  mill,  lately  in  the  occupation  of  Joseph  Wormehill,  and  all  my 
upland  and  meadow  or  other  ground  between  Rowley  Oxe  Pasture  on  one 
part,  the  common  on  another  part  and  the  Mill  River  and  "the  Brook 
that  goeth  from  the  town  on  the  other  part, — all  containing  fifty  acres  more 
or  less,  provided  she  make  no  claim  to  any  other  part  of  my  houses,  lands, 
&c, — also  two  acres  of  ground  in  the  Pond  field  next  Mrs  Rogers,  during 
her  natural  life  (leaving  out  the  pond),  to  build  her  an  house.  The  rever- 
sion of  said  mills,  &c.  I  give  amongst  my  children  and  their  heirs,  as  well 
that  child  which  my  wife  is  withall  as  the  rest.  To  my  eldest  son  Philip 
Nelson  a  double  portion,  and  to  son  Thomas  Nelson  and  daughter  Marie 
Nelson  and  the  child  or  children  she  is  withall  their  equal  parts.  Richard 
Bullingtam  (sic)  Esq.  and  my  honored  uncle  Richard  Dumer  gen1  shall 
have  the  education  of  my  son  Philip  Nelson  and  Thomas  Nelson  and  the 
proportions  of  both  their  estates,  &c.  for  their  education  and  maintenance, 
till  they  come  to  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  &c.  My  uncle  Richard  Dum- 
mer  to  have  the  education  of  my  daughter  Marie  Nelson  and  the  other 
children.  To  my  son  Philip  Nelson  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  which  was  given 
him  by  my  aunt  Katharine  Witham  and  is  in  my  hands,  &c.  Mr  Richard 
Bellinghara  and  my  uncle  Richard  Dumer  to  be  executors.     I  would  in- 


84  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

treat  Mr  Ezekiell  Rogers  of  Rowly  and  Mr  John  Norton  of  Ipswich  to  be 
overseers.  Signed  Dec.  24th,  1645,  in  presence  of  Jeremy  Howchin  and 
Ezechiell  Northens. 

I  Thomas  Nelson  being  about  to  return  to  Rowland  in  New  England  do 
by  these  present  test-my  confirming  of  my  last  will  and  testament  which  I 
made  and  left  in  New  England   with  my  wife's  uncle  Mr  Richard  Dumer. 

My  youngest  child  Samuel  Nelson  being  born  since  that  will  was 

made,  &c.  &c. 

The  witnesses  were  Henry  Jacike  als  Jesse,  Daniel  Elly  (by  mark), 
Sara  Appleyard  (by  mark). 

The  above  will  was  proved  21  February,  1650,  by  Richard  Dummer 
one  of  the  executors,  power  being  reserved  for  Richard  Bellingham,  the 
otber  executor,  &c.  Grey,  30. 

[See  Essex  Co.  Court  Papers,  vol.  iii.  Nos.  65  and  70. — II.  F.  Waters. 

This  will  was  also  proved  and  recorded  in  the  Suffolk  County  Probate  Court.  An 
abstract  is  printed  in  the  Register,  iii.  267-9.  An  account  of  Thomas  Nelson  ia 
printed  in  the  Register,  xxxv.  271  ;  see  also  pp.  261,  267,  269. — Editor.] 

Benjamin  Woodbridge  of  Englefield,  in  the  county  of  Berks,  25  Oc- 
tober. 1684  (nuncupative)  in  presence  and  hearing  of  Dame  Elizabeth 
Alleyn,  M"  Mary  Alleyn  and  Mrs  Mariabella  Charles.  He  bequeathed 
all  to  his  wife  Mary.  As  no  executor  was  named,  Letters  of  Administra- 
tion were  issued  to  his  widow  3  April,  1685.  Cann.  51. 

[His  name  stands  first  on  the  list  of  graduates  of  Harvard  College.  See  Register, 
xxxii.  293. — Editor.] 

Pargiter. 

London  ye  2d  of  August  1654 

Brother  Francis I  beinge  now  intended  by  divine  providence 

for  Ireland  desireinge  in  my  absence  that  you  would  be  pleased  to  receive 
and  open  whatsoever  letters  shall  come  to  mee  from  beyound  Seas,  or  from 
freinds  here  ;  And  for  what  goods  of  mine  or  others  that  shalbe  consigned 
to  mee  from  the  Barbadoes  or  elcewhere  I  request  you  to  enter  them  in 
the  custome  house  and  take  them  up  and  to  dispose  of  them  at  price  Currant 
(except  you  see  anie  probability  to  advance  by  keepinge  of  them  which  I 
leave  to  yor  discretion  And  withall  you  may  please  to  take  notice  that  I 
stand  indebted  to  the  Account  of  John  Washington  (as  per  Account  sent 
him  thirty  eight  pound  tenn  shillings  and  tenn  pence,  which  monies  is  to 
pay  the  fraught  of  Servants  to  the  Barbadoes  in  case  his  freinds  have  or 
shall  provide  anie  to  send  him  And  for  the  dischargeinge  of  part  of  this 
debt  I  herewith  leave  you  a  bond  of  Thomas  Pargiter's  for  twenty  and 
three  pounds  payable  to  mee  the  Sixth  day  of  September  next,  but  since 
bee  made  this  bond  to  mee  T  have  had  of  him  to  the  value  of  aboute  Sea- 
venteene  shillings  Soe  rests  due  but  twenty  two  pounds  and  three  shil- 
lings. The  rest  (or  this  if  his  occation  require  it  sooner)  I  desire  you 
wilbe  pleased  to  disburse  for  mee  And  to  pay  yorselfe  out  of  the  proceeds  of 
such  goods  of  mine  as  shall  come  to  your  hands  There  is  likewise  due 
from  mee  to  my  cosen  Robert  Wards  account  five  pounds  which  monies  as 
sooue  as  you  shall  have  soe  much  monies  of  mine  in  your  hands  I  then 
desire  it  may  be  paid  to  James  Yeates  for  my  Cosen  Robert  Wards  Ac- 
count I  likewise  leave  one  bill  of  Ladinge  for  my  cosen  John  Washing- 
ton's goods  shipt  in  the  Advice  Mr  Robert  May  which  I  desire  may  be  sent 
him  the  verie  next  shipp  after  Mr  Mays  that  shall  goe  for  the  Barbadoes 
And   if  Mr  Lapsey  will  doe  mee   the   favour   (as  bee  hath  promised  mee) 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  85 

which  is  to  lett  mee  have  aboute  halfe  a  dozen  hoggs  heads  of  his  Virginia 
Tobacco  at  price  Currant  to  Satisfie  the  debt  of  thirty  two  pound  Seaven- 
teene  shillings  and  eleaven  pence  which  hee  owes  mee  I  shall  then  desire 
my  Cosen  Thomas  Pargiter  the  groser,  or  some  others  of  Judgment  whom 
you  shall  thiucke  fitt  to  looke  it  over  that  it  be  found  marchantable  and 
good  and  worth  the  monie  And  then  desire  you  to  receave  it  and  shipp  it 
out  in  his  name  for  Waterford  or  Dublin  in  Ireland  And  this  is  all  the 
material!  at  present :  only  (in  case  of  mortallity)  I  then  bequeath  to  you 
the  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  now  restinge  in  my  brother  Robert  Pargiters 
hands  for  which  a  yeares  interest  was  due  to  mee  in  may  last  And  there  is 
three  pounds  tenn  shillings  and  nine  pence  due  to  mee  from  my  nephew 
William  Pargiter  And  I  doe  stand  indebted  unto  Thomas  Pargiter's  bro- 
ther who  lives  at  Wardingtou  five  pounds  And  five  pounds  more  to  my 
ffuther  which  hee  lett  him  have  long  since  And  for  what  other  estate  of 
mine  shalbe  cominge  to  mee  from  beyound  Seas  together  with  the  ffifty 
pounds  my  brother  ffraucis  Smith  hath  of  mine  upon  a  mortgage  I  doe  as 
before  (oidy  in  case  of  mortallity)  bequeath  it  to  my  brother  William  Par- 
giter and  my  brother  Ezechiell  Pargiter  to  bee  equally  devided  betweene 
them.  Soe  wishinge  you  health  and  prosperity  in  all  your  affaires  I  take 
leave  and  rest     Your  Lovein^e  brother  to  Cofnand      Theodor  Pargiter. 

Commission  or  Letters  of  Administration  issued  20  May,  1656,  to  Wil- 
liam Pargiter  and  Ezekiel  Pargiter,  natural  and  lawful  brothers  of  the 
decea.-ed.  Berkeley,  164. 

[What  is  known  of  this  John  Washington  who  was  in  Barbadoes  just  before  the 
emigrant  ancestor  of  George  Washington  settled  in  Virginia? — Editor.] 

Letters  of  Administration  on  the  estate  of  John  Lloyde,  late  in  Vir- 
ginia, deceased,  granted  27  August,  1653,  to  his  daughter  Mary  Lloyde. 

Admon  Act  Book  P.  C.  C,  1653,  fol.  24. 

[Though  I  have  not  met  with  the  name  of  John  Lloyde  in  early  record  or  print  of 
Virginia,  the  following  data  of  others  of  the  same  name  may  prove  of  interest.  The 
State  Land  Registry  Office  presents  of  record,  grants  to  Cornelius  Lloyd,  800  acres 
in  Elizabeth  City  county,  June  2,  1635  ;  400  acres  on  the  west  branch  of  Elizabeth 
River,  March  13,  1636;  100  acres  on  the  east  side  of  Elizabeth  River,  Dec  22,  1636 — 
Book  No.  1 ,  pp.  394,  359  and  406  severally.  Cornelius  Lloyd  of  London,  merchant, 
Win.  Tucker,  Maurice  Tompson,  George  Tompson,  William  Harris,  Thomas  Dob- 
son,  James  Stone  and  Jeremiah  Blackman,  mariner,  8000  acres  in  Charles  City  coun- 
ty, February  9,  1636,  Book  No.  1,  p.  410.  Edmund  Lloyd,  400  acres  in  James  City 
county,  May  20,  1636,  Book  No.  1,  p.  359.  Humphrey  Lloyd,  250  acres  in  Charles 
River  county,  November  6,  1637,  Book  No.  1,  p.  523.  Cornelius  Lloyd  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  House  of  Burgesses  from  Lower  Norfolk  county,  March  2,  1642-3,  Oct.  1, 
1644,  and  Nov.  3,  1647.  "  Leftenant  Colonel  "  Cornelius  Lloyd  appears  as  a  bur- 
gess from  Lower  Norfolk  county,  May  6,  1652,  and  July  5,  1653. — Hcning's  Statutes, 
i.  pp.  239,  283.  340,  373  and  379.  Edward  Lloyd  as  burgess  from  Lower  Norfolk 
county,  Feb.  17,  1644-5. — Hening,  i.  p.  289. — R.  A.  Brock,  Richmond,  Va.] 

Letters  of  Administration  on  the  estate  of  Robert  Boughton  the 
younger,  late  in  New  England,  bachelor,  deceased,  issued  to  his  father 
Robert  Boughton,  31  January,  1655. 

Admon  Act  Book  P.  C.  C,  1656,  fol.  6. 

Letters  of  Administration  on  the  estate  of  Samuel  Frye,  late  in  Vir- 
ginia, bachelor,  deceased,  issued  12  March,  1655,  to  his  mother  Ann  Frye, 
widow.  Admon  Act  Book  P.  C.  C,  1656. 

[The  following  grants  of  record  in  the  Virginia  Land  Registry  Office  may  have 
some  connection  with  the  testator  Samuel  Frye  : — To  William  Frye,  250  and  500 
acres  in  James  City  county,  May  20,  1637,  and  Aug.  29,  1643,  Book  No.  1,  pp.  421 
and  906  ;  to  Joseph  Farye,  250  acres  in  Charles  City  county,  May  27,  1638,  Book 
No.  1,  p.  561. — R.  A.  Brock,  Richmond,  Va.] 


86  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Letters  of  Administration  on  the  estate  of  Andrew  Gilliard,  in  ship 
King  of  Poland,  late  in  Virginia,  deceased,  issued  2  April,  1656,  to  John 
Fulling,  cousin  German.  Admon  Act  Book  P.  C.  C,  1656. 

Letters  of  Administration  on  the  estate  of  Margaret  Gibbons,  late  of 
New  England,  but  at  her  death  of  Plymouth  in  County  Devon,  issued  28 
February,  1656,  to  Jerusha  Rea,  now  the  wife  of  Capt.  Thomas  Rea,  natu- 
ral and  lawful  daughter  of  the  deceased. 

Admon  Act  Book  P.  C.  C,  1657. 

[This  was  Margaret,  widow  of  Maj.  Gen.  Edward  Gibbons.  See  Register,  viii. 
276;  ix.  346;  Savage's  Gen.  Diet.  ii.  245;  Woman's  Charlestown,  i.  406.— Ed.] 

Letters  of  Administration  on  the  estate  of  Richard  Pate,  late  in  Vir- 
ginia, deceased,  issued  30  October,  1657,  to  John  Pate,  his  brother's  son. 

Admon  Act  Book  P.  C.  C,  1657. 

[The  following  grants  are  of  record  in  the  Virginia  Land  Registry  Office  : — Rich- 
ard Pate,  1141  acres,  of  land  on  the  north  side  of  York  River,  Dec.  12,  1650,  Book 
No.  2,  p.  271.  John  Pate,  1000  acres  in  Rappahannock  county,  Dec.  31,  1662, 
Book  No.  5,  p.  201.  The  name  Pate  is  numerously  represented  in  Virginia  at  the 
present  day. — R.  A.  Brock,  Richmond,  Va.] 

Francis  Anthony,  Doctor  of  Physick,  25  May,  1623,  proved  19  June, 
1623.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Bartholmewes.  My  lease 
at  Barnes  I  bequeath  to  my  beloved  wife,  consisting  of  mansion  house,  gar- 
den, orchard,  &c,  late  in  the  occupation  of  Thomas  Erskins,  and  ten  pounds 
a  year  to  be  paid  out  of  my  dwelling  house  in  St.  Bartholmewes,  during 
her  natural  life,  and  all  moneys  in  the  hands  of  Sir  Stephen  le  Sure, 
Knight,  and  Mr  Richards.  To  my  daughter  Martha,  as  her  dowry  money, 
three  hundred  pounds.  The  inheritance  of  this  my  dwelling  house  in  St. 
Bartholmewes  to  Francis  my  son,  my  copyhold  lands,  &c.  in  Barnes  to 
my  youngest  son  Charles.     Other  estates  to  eldest  son  Francis. 

To  my  sons  Francis,  John  and  Charles  all  that  state  of  mine  in  Virginia, 
together  with  all  disbursements  of  all  and  singular  such  moneys  as  the 
Company  have  received  from  me  for  thirty  shares,  and  all  the  appurtenances 
in  Southampton  Hundred  there,  to  be  divided  amongst  them  by  equal  por- 
tions as  long  as  they  shall  be  living,  "and  so  to  the  longest  liver  of  them 
three."  To  my  wife  the  basin  and  ewer  of  silver  and  all  such  other  plate 
as  was  in  her  possession  at  the  time  of  my  marriage  with  her.  To  my 
daughter  Viekars  twenty  pounds  a  year.  To  my  son  Charles  twenty 
pounds  a  year  during  the  term  of  the  lease  at  Barnes.  To  my  daughter 
Smith  and  my  daughter  Martha  each  twenty  pounds,  in  the  same  manner. 
To  John  and  Charles,  my  sons,  all  my  books  equally  except  my  written 
books,  which  I  bequeath  to  Charles.  To  them  I  give  and  bequeath  all  my 
medicines  equally. 

I  appoint  my  wife  and  Sir  Stephen  le  Sure,  Knight,  my  executors,  and 
Mr  Ilumfrey  Selwood  overseer. 

The  testator  made  his  mark  26  May.  Probate  was  granted  to  Elizabeth 
Anthony  the  relict  and  one  of  the  executors,  power  being  reserved  for  the 
other.  On  the  17th  of  March,  1629,  commission  issued  to  Sir  Stephen  le 
Sieur,  Knt,  the  other  executor.  Swann,  60. 

Francis  Anthony  of  London,  gentleman,  11  Aug.  1623,  proved  18  Aug. 
1623.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  of  St.  Gyles  without  Crepelgate,  Lon- 
don.    To  wife  Judith  Anthony  all  those  two  leases  of  the  mansion  house,  &c. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  87 

&c.  situate,  lying  and  being  in  Barnes  in  the  County  of  Surrey,  sometime 
in  the  tenure  of  one  Thomas  Erskins,  and  my  right,  title,  interest,  &c.  in  the 
same  by  virtue  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Francis  Anthony,  my  fa- 
ther deceased,  on  condition  she  do  suffer  my  mother  in  law  Elizabeth  An- 
thony to  enjoy  such  part  of  the  same  mansion  house   and  premisses  as  by 
the  last  will  and  testament  of  my  said  father  she  is  appointed  to  enjoy,  and 
that  she   pay  such  legacies  as  are  or  shall   be   due   to  be   paid   to   my  said 
mother  for  her  dower,  my  brother  Charles  Anthony,  my  sister — Robinson, 
my  sister — Smith  and  my  sister  Martha,  out  of  the  same  two  leases,  &c.  or 
out  of  my  messuage  or  tenement  in  the  tenure  of  John  Anthony  my  bro- 
ther, situate,    lying   and  being  in  the   parish  of  Great   St.  Bartholraewe 
near  West  Smithfleld.     To  my  son  Edmond  Anthony  all  my  said  messuage 
or  tenement  in  Great  St.  Bartholmewe,  &c.  to  hold  forever ;  but  if  my  said 
son  Edmond  shall  depart   this  present  life  before  he   shall  accomplish   his 
full  age  of  twenty  and  one  years  then  to  Elizabeth  Anthony  my  daughter. 
If  both  die  before   accomplishing  the  age  of  .twenty   one  then  to  my  said 
wife  Judith  for  and  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life,  my  wife  to  receive 
the  rents,  &c.  until  they  attain  their  several  ages,  as  aforesaid.    To  my  said 
daughter  Elizabeth  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  at  her  age  of  twenty  one  or 
day  of  marriage.    To  Sara  Russha  my  daughter  in  law  fifteen  pounds  due  me 
by  bond  from  my  brother  Charles  Anthony  within  four  years  next  after  the 
date  hereof.     To  my  said  wife  all  the  arras  hangings,   the   best  taffata  bed, 
&c.     To  the  poor  of  St.  Gyles  without  Crepelgate  ten  shillings.     The  res- 
idue  to   my  wife  Judith    whom  I  appoint  executrix.     My  brother   John 
Anthony,  Doctor  of  Phy  sicks,  and  Edmund  Bollyvant  to  be  overseers. 
Wit :  John  Wandley  Scr.,  Edward  Leche,  John  Duesh. 

Swann,  87. 

[Prauncis  Anthoyne  obijt  one  Wensdaye  the  13  of  August  buryed  in  Sl  Giles  Cri- 
plegatt  before  the  Pulpett  the  15  of  ye  same  1623  w4  7  escochens. — Harleian  MSS. 
1754,  f.  63— h.  f  w.] 

Ezekiell  Culver  well,  of  London,  clerk,  5  July,  1630,  proved  9  May, 
1631.  To  Nicholas  Piccard  my  kinsman  ten  pounds.  To  Katherine  my 
kinswoman  ten  pounds.  To  Mrs  Johnson,  wife  to  Frederick  Johnson,  five 
pounds.  Item  to  Margaret  Chevers,  for  herself  and  her  son  Ezekiell,  ten 
pounds.  To  John  Hudson,  student  at  the  University  in  Dublin,  forty  shil- 
lings. To  Josiah,  son  to  Martha  Wilson,  five  pounds.  To  old  Alice  Grind- 
er twenty  shillings.  To  old  Ellyn  Smith,  a  maid,  forty  shillings.  To  Eze- 
kiell Washbourne,  son  of  Robert  Washbourne,  five  pounds.  To  my  daugh- 
ter Sarah  one  hundred  pounds  to  her  own  use.  To  Benedict,  son  of  my 
daughter  Sarah  Barfoot,  two  hundred  pounds.  To  poor  faithful  preachers 
and  godly  poor  students  in  either  University  one  hundred  pounds. 

For  all  my  English  books  (my  bible  in  quarto  excepted,  which  I  give  to 
Martha  Wilson)  I  leave  to  my  executrix  for  her  own  use.  All  my  Latin 
books  I  will  to  be  divided  in  three  parts,  equally  as  may  be,  and  then,  by 
lot,  to  give  to  Nicholas  Piccard  one  lot,  to  Josias  Wilson  another  lot,  a 
third  lot  to  Ezekiell  Cheuers.  The  residue  to  my  daughter  Sara,  whom 
I  appoint  sole  executrix.     Wit:  Arthur  Harbur. 

Reg.  of  Commissary  Court  of  London  (1629-34),  fol.  147. 

[Ezekiel  Culverwell,  a  Puritan  divine  and  author,  was  curate  of  Felsted  in  Essex, 
but  in  1583  was  suspended  for  not  wearing  the  surplice;  was  afterwards  rector 
of  Starabridge  magna  in  the  6ame  county,  of  which  living  he  was  deprived  about 
1609,  his  successor  having  been  instituted  March  27  of  that  year.  He  was  afterwards 
curate  of  St.  Antholin's,  London.    The  register  of  that  church,  contains  this  entry 


88  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

under  the  year  1631  :  "  April  14,  Mr  Ezekiel  Culverwell,  minister,  bur."  Bio- 
graph  ical  sketches  are  printed  in  Brook's  Puritans,  iii.  512,  and  Davids's  Noncon- 
formity in  Essex,  p.  125.  See  also  Newcourt's  Repertorium,  ii.  542;  Register  of 
St.  Antholin  (Elarl.  Soc.),p.  65.  Brook  and  Davids  give  the  titles  and  dates  of  hie 
works ;   as  does  also  Allibone  in  his  Dictionary  of  Authors,  i.  458. — Editor. 

Ezekiel  Cheever,  one  of  the  legatees  named  in  the  foregoing  will,  was  doubtless 
the  famous  master  of  the  Boston  Latin  School.  He  was  born  in  London,  Jan.  25, 
1614,  came  to  Boston  in  New  England  in  1637,  and  died  there  Aug.  21,  1708,  in  the 
ninety-fourth  year  of  his  age.  For  a  biographical  notice  of  him  and  an  account  of 
his  family,  see  the  articles  entitled  "  Ezekiel  Cheever  and  Some  of  his  Descendants," 
in  the  Register  for  April,  1879  (xxxiii.  164),  and  April,  1884  (xxxviii.  170). — John 
T.  Hassam. 

In  vol.  i.  p.  395  London  Visitations  (edited  by  Dr.  Howard  and  Col.  Chester), 
appears  the  marriage  of  Thomas  Horton,  of  London,  merchant,  a0  1634,  3d  son  to 
Margaret,  dau.  of  Lawrence  Culverwell. — J.  C.  J.  Brown.] 

James  Holt  of  Virginia,  planter,  8  December,  1629,  proved  12  May, 
1631.  To  my  sou  James  Iloult  all  and  singular  my  goods,  catells,  chat- 
ells,  household  stuff  and  all  my  houses  and  ground  and  all  other  things 
which  I  have  or  may  have  ia  Virginia  or  elsewhere  ;  and  also  all  the  ser- 
vants which  are  or  shall  be  mine  in  Virginia,  and  all  the  time  that  they 
have  yet  to  serve  with  me ;  only  to  my  servant  William  Bond  one  year  of 
his  time.  To  my  servant  Richard  Bawinton  four  years  of  his  time.  My 
executors  to  be  Nathaniel  Flood,  planter,  Henry  King,  planter,  Theoph- 
ilus  Berrestone,  planter. 

Wit:  Theophilus  Berrestone  and  Peter  Perkins. 

Emauavit  commissio  Wmo  Donne,  curatori  ad  lites  Jacobi  Houlte,  &c. 
(for  the  reason,  it  appears,  that  those  named  executors  in  the  will  were  be- 
yond the  seas). 

Reg.  of  Commissary  Court  of  London  (1629-34),  fol.  150. 

[The  following  grants  from  the  Virginia  Land  Registry  Office  may  be  infbrmatory 
in  connection  with  the  above. 

Randall  Holt,  400  acres  in  James  City  county,  Sept.  18,  1636;  Thomas  Holt,  500 
acres  in  New  Norfolk  county,  May  22,  1637  ;  Robert  Holt,  700  acres  in  James  City 
county,  July  -23,  1640.— Book  No.  1,  pp.  386,  423  and  727. 

John  Fludd,  2100  acres  in  James  City  county,  May  12,  1638,  Book  No.  1,  p.  548. 
John  Flood,  "  Gentleman,"  "  an  antient  planter,"  1 100  acres  in  James  City  county, 
June  7,  1650 — "  Mary  Flood,  John  Flood,  John  Lawrence  and  John  Connaway," 
being  among  the  "  head-rights."—  Book  No.  2,  p.  227.  Francis  Flood,  300  acres 
on  York  river,  April  1,  1651,  Book  No.  2,  p.  318.  John  King,  300  acres  in  Charles 
River  county,  Dec.  10,  1642  ;  "  Anne  his  wife,  Katharine  Kaliaway,  Thomas  Clary, 
Phillip  Neale,  Alice  Smith  and  Alice  Cocke,"  "  transports  "  or  "  head-rights  "  ; 
John  King,  500  acres  in  York  county,  Nov.  9,  1649. — Book  No.  2,  p.  192.  John 
King;  200  acres  in  "  Gloster  "  county,  October  10,  1651,  Book  No.  2,  p.  345.— R. 
A.  Brock,  Richmond,  Va.J 


Notes  on  Abstracts  previously  printed. 
Thomas  Spelman  (ante,  p.  72). 

[The  Thomas  Spelman  (Spilman)  of  Virginia,  an  abstract  of  whose  will  is  found 
in  the  Genealogical  Gleanings  of  Henry  F.  Waters,  in  the  Register  of  July,  1884,  p. 
323.  came  to  Virginia  in  A.D.  1616,  when  he  was  about  sixteen  years  of  age.  His 
wile  Hannah,  when  about  eighteen  years  old,  arrived  in  A.D.  1620.  In  the  Muster 
of  Inhabitants,  taken  in  January,  1624-5,  and  published  in  Hotlen's  Lists,  Thomas 
was  then  listed  as  twenty-four  years  old  and  his  wife  as  twenty-three.  The  daugli 
ter  Mary,  in  England,  in  1627  could  not  have  been  more  than  six  years  old.  Spil- 
man in  1625  had  four  white  servants  in  his  employ,  and  lived  at  Kecoughton  in 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  89 

Elizabeth  City  Corporation,  now  Hampton.  At  the  same  time  there  was  another 
Thomas  Spilman  living  at  James  City,  twenty-eight  years  of  age,  who  came  in  A.D. 
1623,  and  was  a  servant  of  Richard  Stephens,  who  arrived  in  the  ship  George  with 
him.  Stephens  was  for  several  years  a  prominent  colonist. — From  Rev.  Edward 
D.  Neill,  of  St.  Paul,  Min.] 

Rachel  Perne  {ante,  pp.  60-61). 

[1  may  add  from  my  own  family  papers,  that  "  John  Tyse,  clerk,"  son-in-law  of 
Richard  and  Rachel  Perne,  mentioned  on  p.  60,  had  two  children,  John  and  Mary. 
The  former,  I  think,  died  unmarried  ;  but  Mary  married,  first,  John  (or  Nicholas) 
Goddard,  of  Gillingham,  and,  secondly,  in  1681,  tWilliam  Weston,  of  Weston  in 
Stalbridge,  both  in  Dorsetshire.  She  died  about  the  year  1725,  having  had  an  only 
son,  John  Goddard  of  Gillingharu,  who  died  in  1702,  leaving,  by  his  wife  Martha 
Cox,  who  predeceased  him,  Mary  Goddard,  sole  heiress.  She  became  in  1717  the 
wile  of  William  Ilelyar  of  Coker,  co.  Somerset,  eldest  son  of  William  Helyar  of 
Coker,  M. P.  for  Somersetshire  in  1714,  and  from  this  marriage  is  descended  the 
present  Horace  Augustus  Helyar  of  Coker  Court,  Secretary  of  the  British  Embassy 
at  the  Hague. — Letter  of  the  Rev.  Charles  J.  Robinson,  M.A.,of  West  Hackney, 
London,  England.] 

Thomas  Browne,  17  April,  1663,  proved  17  July,  1663.  List  of  Prop- 
erty &c.  viz  : — on  board  the  Samuel,  Jemaico,  one  half  of  fifty  thousand 
pounds  of  Sugar,  the  other  half  belonging  to  George  Thompson.  Goods 
coming  per  George  Ladd.  I  left  behind,  in  hands  of  George  Thompson, 
&c.  I  have  in  Abraham  Brown's  hands,  in  New  P^ngland,  one  hundred  and 
fifty  pounds.  I  have  in  brother  William's  hands  about  one  hundred  pouuds. 
I  have  in  Virginia  employment  fifty  pounds,  &c. 

For  the  hundred  pouuds  to  brother  William,  I  freely  forgive  him.  To 
my  sister  Joane  Browne  twenty  pounds,  besides  ten  pounds  I  owe  her.  To 
my  cousin  Joane  Browne  ten  pouuds.  Which  sums  I  desire  may  be  paid 
out  of  the  sugars  I  have  in  Barbados.  The  balance ;  to  my  son  Thomas, 
God  sending  him  to  age,  one  third,  and  two  thirds  to  my  wife  Priscilla 
Browne. 

Wit :  Argent  Tuttle,  William  Browne.  Juxon,  89. 

[Abraham  Browne,  an  early  settler  of  Watertown,  is  supposed  by  Bond,  in  his  his- 
tory of  that  town,  to  be  a  son  of  Thomas  Browne  of  Swan  Hall,  in  the  parish  of 
Hawkedon,  co.  Suffolk,  by  bis  wife  Joan.  A  tabular  pedigree  of  this  family  from 
John  Browne,  alderman  of  Stamford,  co.  Lincoln,  in  1376  and  1377,  is  found  in  that 
book,  pp.  116-17. — Editor.] 

John  Pemerton  (by  mark)  of  Lawford  in  the  County  of  Essex,  wea- 
ver, 9  September,  1653,  proved  25  March,  1654,  by  John  Beestou,  sole 
executor.  For  my  worldly  goods  being  in  New  England,  in  the  custody  of 
Hercules  Woodman,  living  in  Newbery  in  the  County  of  Essex,  or  his 
assigns,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  daughter-in-law  Deborah  Gofe,  there 
born,  and  to  her  heirs  forever,  and  all  my  moveable  goods  which  I  now 
possess  in  this  England,  both  within  doors  and  without,  whatsoever. 
I  make  and  ordain  my  loving  kinsman  and  faithful  friend,  John  Beeston  of 
Dedham,  my  executor.  My  debts  to  be  paid  within  six  months  next  after 
my  decease.  My  desire  is  likewise  that  if  my  said  daughter-in-law  should 
happen  to  die  without  heirs  that  then  all  the  forementioned  estate  should 
be  equally  divided,  that  is,  for  my  means  in  New  England,  to  my  brother 
James  Pemerton  and  to  my  sister  Robinson,  to  be  equally  divided  between 
them.  And  for  such  my  other  goods  my  desire  is  that  they  may  be  divided 
equally  between  my  three  brothers,  William,  Richard  and  Thomas. 

The  witnesses  were  William  Winge,  John  Stud  and  Thomas  Boston. 

Alchin,  191. 


90  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

[The  above  will  throws  light  upon  the  family  of  the  Reverend  Ebenezer  Pember- 
ton,  minister  of  the  old  South  Church  in  Dos  ton,  700-1717,  the  testator  evidently 
being  his  uncle  John,  who  was  of  Boston  lt>32,  and  afterwards  of  Newbury.  Sav- 
age suggests  that  he  may  have  been  living  in  Wiunesemit  in  16B2  ;  but  that  sug- 
gestion is  disproved,  not  only  by  this  discovery  but  also  by  a  document  among  the 
Massachusetts  Archives  (B.  15,  No.  43),  wherein  John  Pamerton  of  Winnesimmet 
distinctly  calls  himself  (14  April,  16G2)  son  of  James,  of  Maiden.  h.  f.  w. 

The  name  of  "  Hercules  Woodman,  of  Mai  lord  [probably  Christian-Malford,  Wilt- 
shire], mercer,"  appears  in  the  list  of  passengers  who  embarked  "  aboute  the  vl  of 
Aprill  1635  "  in  the  James  of  London.  William  Cooper,  master.  (See  Register, 
xiv.  333.)  He  settled  at  Newbury.  His  true  name  was  Archelaus,  at  least  that  is 
the  name  he  went  by  m  this  country. 

Another  person  by  this  surname,  namely,  Edward  VVoodman,  settled  at  Newbu- 
ry, Mass.,  about  the  same  time  as  Archelaus.  lie  was  deputy  from  Newbury  and 
held  other  important  offices.  A  genealogy  of  the  Woodman  family  by  a  descendant, 
Cyrus  Waterman,  A.M.,  was  published  in  1874.  The  author  supposes  that  Edward 
Woodman  came  from  Corsham  in  Wiltshire,  about  eleven  miles  from  Christian-Mal- 
ford.    No  connection  has  been  traced  between  Edward  and  Archelaus  Woodman. 

Who  was  the  Deborah  Goffe  named  as  born  in  New  England? — Editor.] 

Richard  Lardner  of  Portsea,  in  the  County  of  Southampton,  mer- 
chant, nominated  Mr  Urian  Oakes  of  Southweeke,  Southampton,  gentle- 
man, and  Mr  Thomas  Mills  and  Mr  John  Mills,  of  Portsmouth,  overseers 
to  the  carrying  out  of  his  will,  proved   1670-71.  Duke,  64. 

Alicia  Lisle  of  Moyles  Court  in  the  County  of  Southampton,  widow, 
9  June,  1682,  with  codicil  of  same  date,  proved  11  November,  1689.  To 
the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Ellingham  two  pounds  withiu  one  year  after  my 
decease.  I  have  settled  upon  Thomas  Tipping  of  Wheattield  in  the  County 
of  Oxford,  Esq.,  and  Christopher  Warman  of  Milborne  Weekes  in  the 
County  of  Somerset,  gentleman,  their  heirs  and  assigns,  the  reversion  and 
inheritance  of  the  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Moyles  Court,  alias  Rockford 
Moyles  and  over-Burgatt  and  several  other  manors,  lands,  tenements  and 
hereditaments  in  the  said  County  of  Southampton  and  in  the  County  of 
Dorset  and  elsewhere,  mentioned  in  an  indenture  tripartite,  dated  19  Feb. 
1678,  to  be  conveyed  to  William  Tipping,  Esq.,  for  five  hundred  years,  who 
hath  since  conveyed  and  assigned  over  his  interest.  &c.  to  the  said  Tliomas 
Tipping  and  Christopher  Warman ;  which  said  conveyance  is  in  trust  for 
the  payment  of  certain  debts  in  a  schedule  thereunto  annexed,  &c.  &c.  The 
overplus  (after  payment  of  such  debts)  to  my  worthy  friends,  the  said  Wil- 
liam Tipping  and  Mrs.  Frances  Tipping  his  sister,  Richard  Lloyd,  citizen 
and  linen-draper  of  London,  and  Triphena  his  wife,  to  hold  forever  upon 
this  especial  trust,  &c.  to  discharge  my  funeral  expenses  and  pay  debts,  &c. 
and  to  pay  unto  my  daughter  Anne  twelve  hundred  pounds  at  the  age  of 
one  and  twenty  years  or  day  of  marriage,   to   pay  unto   my  grandaughter 

Hore,  daughter  of  my  daughter  Bridgett,  now  in  New  England,  the 

sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  at  age  of  one  and  twenty  or  day  of  marriage, 
to  pay  unto  my  daughter  Mary  one  annuity  or  yearly  rent  of  six  pounds 
during  her  natural  life,  but  if  said  daughter  Mary  marry  against  their  con- 
sent said  annuity  shall  cease,  to  pay  to  daughter  Mabella  Lisle  an  annuity 
of  forty  pounds  (under  same  conditions).  The  residue  to  be  distributed 
among  my  daughters  or  daughters'  children  as  they  (the  trustees)  shall 
think  fit.  To  cousin  Judah  Rie  ten  pounds  within  two  years  after  my  de- 
cease. To  William  Carpentar,  my  servant,  thirty  pounds  (in  two  years). 
In  the  codicil  she  bequeaths  to  daughter  Margaret,  now  the  wife  of  Mr 
Whitaker,  seventy  pounds  (in  two  years).  Witnesses  Anne  Tipping,  Wil- 
liam Withrington,  John  Swan  and  Abiah  Browne.  Ent,  159. 

fl  am  indebted  to  Henry  Marillier,  Esq.,  for  the  reference  to  the  above  will. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


91 


The  following  pedigree  is  from  Berry's  County  Genealogies,  County  of  Hants, 
pages  173-175. 


Arms.— Or,  on  a  chief  az. 

three  lions  rampant, 

of  the  field. 
Crest.— A  stag  statant  ar. 

attired  or. 


Jordan  de  Insula  =  Hawise. 
lived  in  time  of 
King  Henry  I.  and 
K.  Stephen. 


Geffrey  de  Insula  = 
gave  lands  in  franc  almoine 
for  the  soul  of  Earl  Baldwin 

of  Devonshire. 


Walter  de  Insula,  in  time  of  King  John  =  Margaret 


Baldwin  de  Insula  > 

Lord  of  Wodeton  &  Plomp- 

ton  in  the  Isle  of  Wight, 

lived  in  time  of  Henry  III. 


John  de  Insula 

a  baron  in  the  time 

of  Edward  I.,  and  Governor 

of  Carisbrooke  Castle, 

ob.  32  Edw.  I. 


Walter  de  Insula,  Lord  of  Wodeton  =  Margaret. 

Walter  de  Insula,  Lord  of  Wodeton  =  Florence. 


liam  d 


William  de  Insula,  Lord  of  Wodeton  =  , 


William  de  Insula  =  , 
Lord  of  Wodeton,  44th  Edward  III.  I 


Sir  John  de  Insula  or  Lisle,  Knt.  =  Margaret  dau.  of  John 


Lord  of  Wodeton. 


Bremshot  of  Bremshot 
in  co  Southampton. 


George  Lisle  =  Anna,  dau.  of 

Montgomery,  of  Calais. 

Lance  ot  Lisle  =  Anne,  dau.  of 

I  Sir  Thos.  Wroughton,  Knt. 

Thomas  Lisle  = ,  dau.  of Moore 

©f  Moore  Court,  Esq. 


Wo 


Anthony  Lisle  of  Wodeton,  Esq.  =  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  John  Dormer 
temp.  30th  Elizabeth.  |  of  Steeple-Barton  in  co.  Oxon,  Esq. 


Sir  William  Lisle  =  Bridget,  dau  of  Sir  John  Hungerford 
Knighted  in  1606 :  living  1622.  I  of  Down-Ampney  in  co.  Gloucester,  Knt. 


John  Lisle  of  Moyles  Court 
Co.  Southampton ;  he  was  one  of  the 
judges  who  condemned  King  Charles 
the  First,  for  which  he  was  obliged  to 
fly  the  kingdom,  and  ob.  abroad. 

2d  son. 


Alice,  dau.  &  co-heir  of  Sir  White  Beconsawe  Knt., 
beheaded  at  Winchester,  1685, 
by  the  order  of  J  udge  Jeffries. 


H.  F.  W. 


Mrs.  Bridget  Hoar  (daughter  of  John  and  Alicia  Lisle  and  widow  of  Leonard 
Hoar,  president  of  Harvard  College)  married  1686,  Hezekiah  Usher,  Jr.,  who  died 
s.  p.  July  11,  1697.  She  died  May  25,  1723.  See  Usher  Genealogy,  Req.  xxiii. 
410-13.— Editor.] 

Thomas  Cotton,  of  Pond  Street,  Hampstead,  in  the  County  of  Middle- 
sex, gentleman,  9  May,  1730,  proved  11  August,  1730.  by  Bridget  Cot;on, 
his  widow,  and  Thomas  Cotton,  his  son.     To  dear  wife   M"  Bridgett  Cot- 


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GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


ton,  who  for  many  years  has  been  a  dear  and  tender  wife  to  me  and  a  faith- 
fnl  partner  with  me  in  all  my  joys  and  sorrows  of  life  and  a  tender  mother 
to  all  my  dear  children,  &c.  I  appoint  her  executrix,  in  conjunction  with 
my  son  Thomas  Cotton,  as  soon  as  he  shall  become  of  age,  which  will  be, 
God  willing,  on  the  20  July  next  ensuing.  To  wife  I  give  and  bequeath 
whatever  money,  bonds,  leases  or  estates  that  yet  belong  unto  me  in  any 
wise  upon  the  death  of  our  dear  Honoured  mother,  Mr8  Bridgett  Usher, 
late  of  Boston  in  New  England,  left  in  trust  with  the  Honoured  Judge 
Sewal  or  others.  At  her  decease  all  my  effects,  &c.  to  be  equally  divided 
between  our  two  dear  children  Thomas  Cotton  and  Alicia  Cotton.  For, 
as  our  eldest  son  Mr  Leonard  Cotton  wherever  he  at  present  is  has  long 
ago  received  from  me  far  above  the  property  of  worldly  goods  I  had  to  be- 
stow upon  my  children,  I  only  give  him  ten  pounds. 

The  witnesses  were  Edward  Morton,  Anne  Tanton  and  Eleanor  Breare- 
cliff.  Auber,  152. 

[The  following  pedigree  is  from  Add.  MS.  24458  (Brit.  Museum),  p.  54. 


Thomas  Cotton  of 

Auditor  to  Sir  Thos. 
Weston;  supposed  to  be 
son  or  gr.  son  of  Richard 
Cotton  of  Combermere. 


Wm.  Fownes  of  Kendley  =  Eliz'th,  dau.  of. 


near  Wenlock  in  co.  Salop. 


Bought  the  upper  Haigh 

&c.  of  Anthony  Urtou, 

30  Sept.  lGio.  Will  dated 

7  April,  1055,  pro.  22 

January  lti5N 

Bur.  at  Wortlev,  Feb. 

1657,  at.  62. 


wife  of  Leeke 
of  Criggau. 


William  Cotton  of  Nether  Denby  =  Eleanor  Fownes, 


parish  of  l'eniston.  gen.,  an  iron 

master,  living  at  Wortley  1056,  at 

Hawkhurst,  parish  of  Silkston  1667. 

Will  dated  24  Feb.  1674.    Died  13 

March  following  and  was  bur.  at 

Peniston  church   on   17th.      He 

bought  the  Haigh  of  Wm.  Fownes, 

24  Sept.  1660. 


bur.  at  Peniston, 
30  Nov.  1699. 


I    I    I 
John. 
Gilbert. 
George. 


William,  Daniel, 

mar.  1st  Barbara,    married 

dau.  of  Thos.      &  had  issue. 
Curwen;  2d  Anna, 
dau.  of  Geo.  Westby. 

Issue  by  both. 


Joanna, 

Joshua, 

Eleanor, 

John, 

Jill 

Susanna. 

ux.  Thos. 

drowned 

ux.  James 

d.  young. 

Elizabeth 

Hall  (issue). 

at  sea,  or 

Wright,  a 

Ann. 

died  in 

silenced 

Mary. 

Holland. 

minister. 

Thomas  Cotton,  V.D.M.  =  Bridget,  dau.  of  Leonard  Hoare,  Pres'dt  of  Cambridge 


born  at  or  near  Wortley  1657. 
A  minister  in  London  many 
years.    Died  1730 &  was  buried 
in  Bunhill  Fields. 


University  in  N.  E.,  by  Bridget  his  wife,  dau.  of  the 

Lord  Lisle ;  who  remarried Usher.    Portraits 

of  some  of  this  family  are  in  poss'n  of  Mr.  Bayes  Cotton. 


Thomas  Cotton 
of  Hackney, 
Atty.  at  Law, 
second  son, 
d.  23  March,  1797, 
»t.  87.    Buried  at 
Bunhill  Fields. 


:  Rebecca,  dau.  of 

Joshua  Bayes, 
V.D.M.,  minister 

inLondon, 
d.  7  Feb.  1799,  aet.  82. 
Bur.  in  Bunhill  Fields 


Leonard  Cotton  = 
eldest  son, 
settled  in  America. 


Alicia, 
d.  unmarried. 


Colonel  Cotton, 
an  American  Loyalist. 


Bayes  Cotton, 
living. 


I 
Joshua. 


Mrs.  Bridget  Cotton  is  mentioned  hy  her  step-father,  Hezekiah  Usher,  of  Boston, 
in  his  will,  recorded  in  Suffolk  Co.  Probate  Registry  (B.  11,  p.  318),  in  which,  after 
speaking  in  very  strong  terms  of  his  wile,  he  goes  on  to  say  :  "  But  as  for  her 
daughter  Bridget,  if  her  mother  had  not  been  so  undermining  and  over-reaching 
for  her  I  should  a  been  willing  to  have  done  what  I  could  for  her  and  I  do  give  her 
the  tumbler  with  the  armes  of  a  spread  eagle  with  two  heads  but  I  think  one  head 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  (J3 

for  a  body  is  enough."  This  doubtless  refers  to  the  arms  of  the  Hoare  family.  If 
bo,  is  it  not  the  earliest  si<in  of  their  use  in  New  England  ? 

In  Massachusetts  Archives  at  the  State-House  in  Boston  (Book  8,  No  22),  in  the 
case  of  Samuel  Sewall,  surviving  trustee  to  Mrs.  Bridget  Usher,  vs.  Winthrop.  may 
be  found  a  certificate  from  the  Rev.  Joshua  Richardson,  Rector  of  the  parish  church 
of  Allliallow8  on  the  Wall,  London,  1692,  showing  that  Mr.  Thomas  Cotton  of  Pen- 
ieton  in  the  County  of  York,  and  Mrs.  Bridgctt  Hoar  of  the  Parish  of  St.  Buttolph, 
Bishopsgate  in  the  city  of  London,  were  married  21  June,  1689.  And,  in  the  same 
volume  (No.  67)  is  a  deposition  made  hy  Henry  Newman  that  Mrs.  Bridgett  Hoar, 
daughter  of  Madame  Usher,  is  the  wife  of  Mr.  Thomas  Cotton,  &c.  H.  F.  w. 

I  do  not  find  the  name  Cotton  among  the  patentees  of  land  in  the  Virginia 
Land  Registry  Office.  The  following  extracts  from  the  Parish  Register  of  Sussex 
County,  Va.,  1737-1775,  in  which  the  entries  are  made  alphabetically  by  Christian 
not  surname,  may  however  be  of  some  interest  to  the  Cotton  family  of  New  England. 
Amelia  dau.  of  John  and  Lucy  Cotton  b.  Dec.  1,  1739. 


Sarah         " 

i« 

ii 

ii 

i . 

b.  Sept.  24,  1741. 

Ephraim  son 

K 

it 

it 

tt 

b.  Dec.  13,  1747. 

Drury,    son 

Thos. 

ti 

Jane 

tt 

b.  Aug.  10.  1741. 

Mary    dau. 

Thos. 

(i 

Jean 

tt 

b.  Apr'l  3,  1743. 

Frederick  eon 

Joshua : 

and  Susanna    " 

b.  June  11.  1760. 

Sponsors  :    Drury,  Henry  &  Elizh  Cotton 

Jesse    son 

it 

<( 

it 

tt 

b.  Dec.  28,   1758. 

Drusilla  dau. 

<« 

t< 

ti 

tt 

b.  Dec.  9,  1763. 

Howell    son 

M 

t« 

it 

tt 

b.  Mch  3,  1765. 

Edmund    son 

(i 

>> 

tt 

it 

b.  Mch.  30.   1769. 

Sponsors : 

Thos.  Whitfield,  Wm  Sela  &  Elizh  flight 

Susanna  dau. 

(( 

(« 

it 

Cotton    b.  Oct.  3,  1775. 

Becky  dau. 

Richard 

& 

Betty 

Cotton  b.  Mch.  29,  1756. 

Gary    Bon 

it 

it 

it 

it 

b.  Mch.  12,  1765. 

Jane    dau. 

« 

<t 

tt 

ti 

b.  Apl.  14,  1762. 

Sally    dau. 

t< 

it 

it 

tt 

b.  June  2,   1748-9. 

Seth    son 

(< 

<« 

tt 

tt 

b.  Nov    1,  1750. 

Weaver    son 

t< 

ti 

tt 

it 

b.  July  2,  1768. 

Betty    dau. 

Henry 

(< 

Sarah 

Cotton   b.  Jan.  3,  1762. 

Thomas  eon 

(c 

»« 

u 

tt 

b.  May  2.  1766. 

John     eon 

Seth 

ti 

Rebecca 

it 

b   Oct.  22,  1772. 

William     son 

i< 

ft 

ti 

ii 

b.  Nov.  6,  1769. 

Hardy    eon 

William 

it 

Eliz* 

tt 

b.  Feb.  1.  1766. 

Selah    dau. 

it 

(< 

it 

ft 

b.  Dec.  14,  1759. 

Alsobrook    son       " 

it 

tt 

tt 

b.  Aug.  20,  1768. 

Lucretia  dau. 

William 

ti 

Lucy 

tt 

b.  Nov.  14,  1762. 

Littlebury  eon 

Drury 

« 

Phebe 

tt 

b.  Mch.  10,  1764. 

R.  A.  Brock,  of  Richmond,  Va.] 

Robert  Pecke,  minister  of  the  word  of  God  at  Hingham  in  the  County 
of  Norfolk,  24  July,  1651,  proved  10  April,  1658,  by  Samuel  Pecke,  one 
of  the  executors.  To  Thomas,  my  son,  and  Samuel,  my  son,  and  their 
heirs  forever  the  messuage  wherein  I  now  dwell,  situate  and  lying  in 
Hingham,  and  an  enclosure  called  the  Lady  Close  (of  eight  acres).  To 
Robert  Pecke,  son  of  my  son  Robert  deceased,  twenty  pounds  at  the  age  of 
twenty  three  years.  To  John  Pecke,  son  of  said  Robert,  ten  pounds  at 
the  age  of  twenty  two  years.  To  Benjamin  Pecke,  the  youngest  son  of 
said  Robert  Pecke  deceased,  twenty  pounds  at  the  age  of  twenty  two  years. 
To  the  children  of  Anne  Mason,  my  daughter,  wife  of  Capt.  John  Mason, 
of  Seabrooke,  on  the  river  Connecticot  in  newe  England,  forty  pounds  to 
be  divided  equally  and  to  be  sent  to  my  son  John  Mason  to  dispose  of  it  for 
their  use.  To  my  son  Joseph  during  his  natural  life  fourteen  pounds  year- 
ly to  be  in  hands  of  sons  Thomas  and  Samuel,  and  I  commit  said  son  Joseph 
to  the  care  of  my  two  sons  Thomas  &  Samuel.  To  the  children  of  Thomas 
&  Samuel,  my  sons,  five  pounds  apiece  at  age  of  twenty  one  years.     To  my 


94  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

now  wife  Martha  Pecke  forty  pounds  within  two  months  after  my  decease. 
If  I  depart  this  life  in  Hingham  my  body  may  be  interred  in  the  church- 
yard near  unto  Anne,  my  wife  deceased. 

When  the  will  was  proved  power  was  reserved  to  Thomas  Pecke,  the 
other  executor,  to  act.  Wootton,  153. 

["  The  Lord  and  patron  of  Burgate  is  Sr  Edmund  Bacon,  Baronet.  James  Bacon, 
sonne  of  Sr  James  Bacon  of  Friston,  Knt,  was  Rector  of  Burgate  in  the  time  of  K. 
Charles,  an  excellent  preacher,  but  he  had  a  very  weake  body,  he  married  .... 
daughter  of  ....  Honeywood  Esq.  She  was  grandchild  of  that  famous  Mrs  Mary 
Honeywood,  so  often  made  mention  by  defines  in  regard  of  her  long  distresse  of  con- 
science, and  brought  up  by  her.  The  husband  of  yt  Mrs  Mary  Honey  wood  was  a  man 
of  3000£  pr  annum,  in  those  times.  She  was  after  the  death  of  Mr  Bacon  married 
to  Mr  Robert  Pecke  Rector  of  Hingham  in  NorfF.  a  woman  of  singular  parts." — Add. 
MS.  15520,  British  Museum. 

This  MS.  is  entitled  on  the  cover,  Church  Notes  for  the  County  of  Suffolk,  1655- 
1665,  and,  on  fly  leaf,  inside,  "  Ryece's  Collections  of  the  Antiquities  of  Suffolk  :" 
but  this  is  undoubtedly  a  mistake.  Robert  Rice  or  Ryece,  the  antiquary,  died  in 
1637-8,  as  will  be  seen  from  his  will  (which  follows).  The  handwriting  shows  these 
Notes  to  be  the  work  of  one  of  the  Candler  family. 

"  John  Hale,  Mr  in  Arts,  was  preacher  there  [in  Mildenhall]  in  the  time  of  the 
Long  Parliament  and  there  lived  in  very  good  esteeme,  his  father  was  a  citizen  of 
London — hee  married  Mary  daughter  of  Thomas  Sothebie  Rector  of  Combes.  She 
was  since  his  death  married  againe  to  Thomas  Peck  of  Prittlewell  in  Essex— whose 

first  wife  was daughter  of  John  Rogers  the  famous  preacher  of  Dedham  his 

2d  was  daughter  of Caley,  this  was  his  3d." — Add.  MS.  15520  British  Muse- 
um— u.  f.  w. 

More  about  the  Rev.  Robert  Peck  and  his  connection  with  the  Bacon  family  will 
be  found  in  the  Registf.r,  xxxvii.  193.  Rev.  Robert  Peck  and  his  brother  Joseph 
came  to  New  England  in  1638  (Reg.  xv.  26)  and  settled  at  Hingham.  The  former 
returned  to  England.  The  latter  remained  here  and  has  numerous  descendants, 
one  of  whom,  Ira  B.  Peck,  Esq.,  of  Woonsocket,  R.  I.,  published  in  186S  a  large 
volume  on  the  family  (Reg.  xxiv.  96,  187).  The  will  of  Rev.  Robert  Peck,  and  that 
of  his  father,  Robert  Peck  of  Beccles  in  Suffolk,  England,  are  printed  in  full  by  Mr. 
1.  B.  Peck,  who  also  gives  a  tabular  pedigree  of  the  ancestors  of  the  two  New 
England  emigrants  for  twenty  generations. 

The  descendants  of  Anne,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Peck  and  wife  of  Capt. 
John  Mason,  the  conqueror  of  the  Pequots,  are  the  subject  of  an  article  by  the  late 
Chancellor  Walworth  in  the  Register,  vol.  xv.  pp.  117-22,  217-24,  318  ;  xvii.  39-42, 
214-19.— Editor.] 

Robert  Rice  of  Preston  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  gentleman  ;  "This 
Seaveuth  daie  of  ffebruary  In  the  latter  dayes  of  this  miserable  world  from 
Christs  birth  1637";  proved  16  February  1638  by  Sara  Allen  executrix. 
My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  South  side  of  the  Chancell  in  the  church  yard 
of  Preston  as  near  unto  my  wife  as  conveniently  may  be.     To  Mr  Thomas 

Willis,  now  minister  and  Vicar  of  Preston To  my  reverend  and  good 

friend,  late  minister  and  Curate  in  Great  Waldingfield,  Mr  Peachie,  now 
resident  in  Clare  or  thereabouts.  To  my  reverend  good  friend  Mr  Stanes- 
bie,  sometime  minister  of  Little  Waldingfield,  and  to  Mr  William  Lambert 
now  present  minister  of  Little  Waldingfield.  To  my  cousin  Robert  Hobert 
of  Lynsey  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  gentleman.  To  my  cousin  Mr  Wil- 
liam Munnings,  late  resident  at  Sir  llenry  Myldmayes  in  the  County  of 
Essex.  More,  I  give  unto  him  and  his  heirs  forever,  my  copyhold  meadow 
in  Monkes  Illigh  in  the  County  of  Suffolk;  between  the  common  river  there 
and  the  King's  highway  leading  from  Monkes  Illigh  church  to  Brenfc- 
Elligh,  containing  four  acres,  commonly  called  Skipps  meadows,  and  now 
in  the  occupation  of  Katherine  Munninge,  widow ;  he  to  sell  it  and  divide 
the  proceeds  between  three  of  his   sisters,  Ann,  Katherine  and  Ellen  Mun- 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  95 

ninge,  so  as  one  half  shall  go  to  Anne  Munninge,  aged,  lame  and  impotent, 
and  the  other  half  to  Katherine  and  Ellen.  To  Thomas  Munuing,  some- 
time my  servant.     To  my  cousin  Robert  Doe,  of   Bardwell. 

To  my  nephew  John  Appleton,  the  second  son  of  my  loving  brother  in 
the  law  John  Appleton  of  Chilton,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk  deceased,  my 
Latin  bossed  Bible,  of  Trimelius,  in  folio.  To  William  Mills,  of  Lanhaui, 
in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  painter  and  glazier,  forty  shillings,  with  all  my 
boxes  of  Painting  Colours,  with  the  desire  that,  so  long  as  he  shall  live  and 
be  able  to  work,  that  he  do  from  time  to  time  keep,  renew  and  amend,  as 
need  shall  require,  the  decays  of  colours,  words,  letters,  compartments  and 
forms  of  those  tables,  writings  and  inscriptions  which  he  hath  at  any  time 
made  for  me,  as  thev  are  fixed  in  the  Parish  church  or  chancell  of  Preston 
aforesaid.  To  Zouch  Allen  the  son  of  my  niece  Sarah  Allen,  widow,  my 
customary  tenement  called  Perkins-Brouds,  in  Preston.  To  the  aforesaid 
John  Appleton  my  copyhold  lands  and  tenements  holden  of  the  manor  of 
Brettenham  Hall  in  the  said  County  of  Suffolk.  To  my  loving  cousin  Rich- 
ard Kymbould  of  Braintree  in  the  county  of  Essex.  To  my  cousins  Rice 
Munninff  and  his  sister  the  wife  of  Francis  Lucas.  To  Robert  Johnson, 
my  godson,  and  William  Johnson,  his  brother,  sometime  my  servant.  To 
my  loving  brother-in-law  Samuel  Appleton,  gentleman,  now  dwelling  at 
Ipswich  in  New  England.  To  Sarah  Allen,  sister  of  Zouch  Allen,  at  the 
age  of  twenty  one  years.  To  Edmoud  Belts,  of  this  town,  my  tenant.  My 
niece  Mrs  Sarah  Allen,  widow,  to  be  the  sole  executrix.  Harvey,  36. 

["  Riece  was  yeoman  of  the  Guard  to  K.  Hen.  7  note  yl  all  the  kings  Guard  were 
gentlemen  borne  at  ye  first  hee  was  Capt  of  Riece  banke  (?)  and  came  to  inhabit 
in  Sufi',  with  little  John  Vere  E.  of  Oxford.  His  sone  was  justice  of  Peace  and 
setlcd  himselfe  at  Preston  his  name  Roger  he  liued  in  Preston  in  the  dayes  of  Edw. 
Mary  &  Eliza  :  (thus  far  TUletson).  Robert  Riece  his  sonne  had  his  education  in 
Genena  in  the  house  of  Theodore  Beza  he  liued  in  Preston  in  ye  dayes  of  Q.  Eliza: 
k.  James  and  K.  Charles  and  died  lamented  leaning  a  good  name  behind  him  but 
sine  prole.  He  was  a  man  very  skilfull  in  Heraldy  and  set  up  the  Royall  amies  of 
England  in  a  faire  Table  in  ye  church  of  Preston  in  Suff.  and  in  the  glasse  windowea 
the  coats  of  very  many  of  the  cheife  gentry  of  Suff.  in  his  time  where  they  remaine 
this  25  of  March  1655."     Harleian  MS.  6071  (Candler's),  p.  343,  British  Museum. 

H.  f.  w. 

Samuel  Appleton,  named  in  this  will,  a  son  of  Samuel  Appleton  of  Little 
Waldingfield,  Suffolk,  England,  was  born  in  that  parish  in  1586,  and  was  baptized 
there  Aug.  13  of  that  year.  He  died  in  Rowley,  Mass.,  1670.  Messrs.  I.  A.  Jewett 
(1850),  John  Appleton  ( 1867)  and  VY.  S.  Appleton  (1873  and  1874)  have  published 
books  on  this  family.    Mr.  Jewett  prints  the  will  of  Robert  Ryece  in  full. — Ed.] 

Agnes  Darby,  relict  of  Augustine  Darby  of  Bisley  in  the  County  of 
Surrey  (nuncupative),  21  May,  1G50,  proved  18  June,  1650.  To  Henry 
Collier  of  Horsell,  yeoman.  He  to  pay  unto  Edward  Darby  in  New  Eng- 
land ten  pounds  when  he  shall  come  and  demand  the  same.  To  Richard 
Darby  five  shillings.  To  John  Darby  twelve  pence.  To  Margaret  Lee, 
wife  of  John  Lee,  five  shillings.  Youngest  son  Austen  Darby.  Son  John 
Ellis.     Joane  Bowbrick,  wife  of  Thomas  Bowbrick.    Henry  Lee  a  witness. 

Pembroke,  90. 

[Edward  Darby  or  Derby  was  of  Braintree,  Mass.  He  married  Jan.  25,  1659-60, 
Susanna  Hook.  Several  others  of  the  surname  settled  in  New  England.  Roger  Der- 
by, from  Topsham,  Devonshire,  settled  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  about  1671,  and  among 
other  eons  had  Richard,  born  Oct.  1679,  who  settled  in  Salem,  Mass.,  and  was  the 
ancestor  of  a  distinguished  family. — Editor.] 

Richard  Houghton,  citizen  and  Merchant  Taylor  of  London,  30  July, 
1652,  proved  4  August,  1652.     To   my  sister   Alice  White  forty  shillings 


96  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

and  to  her  son  twelve  pence.  To  my  sister-in-law  Anne  Houghton  twenty 
shillings  and  to  her  sons  who  are  now  in  the  Common  Wealth  of  England 
forty  shillings  apiece,  and  to  her  other  sou  who  is  now  beyond  the  seas,  if 
he  be  now  living  and  come  home  safe  and  alive  within  one  year  after  the 
date  hereof,  forty  shillings.  Furthermore  unto  one  of  my  said  sister  in  laws 
sons  who  is  now  married  (a  bequest)  and  to  the  other  son  here  residing, 
&c.  To  my  uncle  Hanmer  twenty  shillings  and  to  his  children  twelve  pence 
apiece.  To  my  cousin  Thomas  Cooke,  living  in  Fow  lane,  Southwark,  thir- 
ty shillings  and  to  his  children  twelve  pence  apiece.  To  Daniel  Cooke, 
where  I  now  lodge,  five  pounds,  whom  I  desire  to  be  sole  executor.  George 
Home,  cordwainer,  and  Mr  Whittle,  merchant  taylor,  to  be  overseers.  A 
bequest  to  cousin  Anne  Cord,  widow,  and  her  children.  To  fifty  poor  tay- 
lors  ten  shillings  apiece;  to  fifty  poor  bodiesmakers  ten  shillings  apiece; 
to  fifty  poor  glovers  ten  shillings  apiece;  to  fifty  poor  widows  ten  shillings 
apiece.  To  the  two  eldest  daughters  of  my  executors  wife  twenty  shillings 
apiece ;  to  his  own  daughter  Mary  forty  shillings  and  to  M™  Cooke  herself 
thirty  shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring ;  and  to  Daniel  Man,  to  buy  him  a  coat, 
ten  shillings.     Sundry  other  bequests  made.  Bowyer,  227. 

George  Moody  of  Moulton  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  yeoman,  20  Febru- 
ary, 1651.  To  wife  Lydia  my  mansion  house  commonly  called  Fryatts 
&c.  &c.  To  my  cousin  Mary  Smith  thirty  pounds  in  the  second  year  after 
my  death.  To  my  cousin  Jonas  Alston's  wife  thirty  pounds  four  years  after 
my  decease.  To  my  cousin  Alstone's  daughter,  Ann  Alstone  ten  pounds 
in  the  sixth  year  after  my  decease.  To  my  cousin  Samuel  Warren,  sou  of 
my  sister,  Margaret  Warren,  forty  pounds  in  the  third  year  after  my  de- 
cease. To  my  cousin  Clement  Warren,  son  of  my  sister  Margaret  Warren, 
ten  pounds  in  the  fifth  year  after  my  decease.  House  to  sister  Margaret 
Warren  and  her  son  George  Warren  after  her  decease.  To  George  War- 
ren's  wife  ten  pounds  in  the  fifth  year  after  my  decease.  To  her  daughter 
Sara  five  pounds  in  the  sixth  year,  &c.  and  five  pounds  among  the  rest  of 
her  children  in  the  seventh  year,  &c.  To  my  brother  John  Salmon's  eldest 
son  thirty  pounds  in  the  eighth  year,  &c.  Ten  pounds  to  the  rest  of  his 
children  in  the  ninth  year.  To  Francis  Hovell's  children  five  pounds  in 
the  tenth  year,  &c.  To  Richard  Hovell  of  Ashlield  Magna,  to  Mr  Croxen, 
to  Mr  Archer,  to  Mr  Chatchpole,  to  Mr  Deaken  at  Newmarket,  to  Mr  West- 
wood  of  Dallam,  to  the  poor  in  Newmarket,  of  Gaseley,  of  Dallum,  of 
Barrow,  of  Denham  and  of  Moulton.  Mr  Jonas  Alston  and  John  Salmon 
the  younger  to  be  executors.  Certain  lauds  to  go  to  brother  Samuel  Moo- 
dy in  Berry  (sic)  and  to  his  heirs  forever.  Mr.  Eyres  to  preach  my  funeral 
sermon.     The  witnesses  were  Thomas  Warren  and  Nathaniel  Eyre. 

Administration  with  the  will  annexed  was  granted  3  May,  1654,  to  Sam- 
uel Moody,  brother  of  the  deceased,  &c.  the  executors  haviug  renounced  the 
trust.  Bowyer,  61. 

Samuel  Moody,  of  Mowlton,  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  Esquire,  18 
February,  1657,  proved  by  his  son  John  Moody,  executor,  28  June,  1658. 
To  eldest  son  George  Moody,  houses,  lands,  &c.  in  Mowlton.  My  late 
mansion  in  Bury,  where  my  son  George  now  dwells,  the  lease  renewed  in 
my  son's  name.  A  sou  Henry  named.  To  son  John  all  my  lands  in  Ire- 
laud.  To  Henry  lauds  in  Gaywood  near  Lynn,  in  Norfolk  (forty  acres). 
To  daughter  Anne  in  three  years  after  my  death  or  at  her  day  of  marriage, 
and  to  daughter  Elizabeth  (with  the  same  condition).     To  daughter  Mar- 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


97 


garet  Westropp,  daughter  Sarah  Cooke  and  grandchild  Mary  Browne.  To 
the  poor  of  James  Parish  in  Bury.  To  Mr  Slater,  minister  in  Bury.  To 
the  children  of  my  sister  Greenwood  one  hundred  pounds  in  full  for  the 
deht  which  she  or  her  husband  claims  from  my  brother  George  Moodye  or 
his  executors  or  administrators. 

The  witnesses  were  Thomas  Stanton  and  Edward  Oxborough. 

Wootton,  492. 

[The  following  pedigree  is  from  Harl.  MS.  6071  (British  Museum),  p.  512  (or 
fol.  254  ). 

MOODY. 


George  Moody  of  Moulton  =  , 
famous  lor  his  house  keeping  I 
and  wast  and  plaine  dealing. 


George  = John 

Moodye      daughter  Moody, 

of  Moulton     ofHouill,     went  over  to 
8.  p.         ftls.  Smith.  New  England. 


I. 


Samuell  Moody  = 
a  wollen  Draper 

in  Bury. 
Alderman,  of 
great  power  in 
committees.  Justice 
of  the  peace  since 
the  death  of  K. 
Charles,  chosen  by 
the  Bourugli  in  Bury 
into  seuerall  parlia- 
ments in  that  time. 
After  the  death  of 
his  Brother  he  ha'd 
his  father's  estate 
in  reuertion. 


Mary,  daughter 
of  John  Boldro, 

Gent,  (of  St. 
Edmunds  Bury). 


Daughter. 


George: 
Moodey 
a  wollen 
Draper 
in  Bury. 


Anne,  dau. 
of  Ambrose 

Bigge  of 
Glemsford, 

Gent. 


John  Moody=Anne,  one 
Capt.  of  foote    of  the  daus. 
&  afterward    &  co-heirs  of 

sergeant-major of  Flowton 

of  horse  in  the 

service  of  the 

Parliament. 

Since  a  merchant 

in  Ipswich. 


Samuel  Moody, 
a  Capt. — 
Thomas. 
Henry, 
all  of 
them 
8.  p. 


Mary=John  Browne, 
Moody,  Alderman  of 
eldest  Bury  this 

daughter,      yeare  1658. 


Samuel. 

Ambrose. 

George. 


Margaret  Moody, 

married  to 
Major  Westhorp 
.of  Hundon. 


Sarah  Moody, 
m.  to  ffm.  Cooke 

of  Bury, 
a  Linen  Draper. 


Anne  Moody.       Elizabeth  Moody. 


H.  F.  W. 


John  Moody,  according  to  the  Apostle  Eliot's  records,  came  to  New  England  in 
1633  and  settled  at  Roxbury.  His  wife  was  named  Sarah.  He  removed  to  Hart- 
ford, Ct.  His  widow  died  in  1671  at  Hadley.  (See  Reg.  iv.  179  ;  xxxv.  242  ;  Win- 
throp's  New  England,  ed.  1853,  i.  126;  Savage's  Diet.  iii.  225). — Editor. 1 

Thomas  Cobbet  of  Moorton,  parish  of  Thame,  in  the  County  of  Oxford, 
12  November,  1617,  proved  11  February,  1617.  My  body  to  be  buried  in 
the  church  of  Thame.  To  Thomas  Cobbet,  eldest  son  of  my  son  John,  five 
pounds  within  one  year  after  my  decease.  To  each  of  the  rest  of  my  son 
John's  children  forty  shillings  apiece  within  one  year,  &c.  To  son  Raphe 
Cobbet  forty  pounds  within  one  year  &  six  months,  &c.  To  Thomas,  eldest 
son  of  Raphe  five  pounds  within  one  year  and  six  months,  &c,  and  to  each 
of  the  rest  of  son  Raphe's  children  forty  shillings  (within  the  same  period). 
To  my  son  Christopher  Pytts  ten  shillings,  as  a  token  of  my  love,  and  to 
my  daughter  Johane  Pytts  twenty  pounds  within  one  year,  &c.  To  each 
of  my  god  children  twelve  pence  apiece. 


98  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Item,  I  give  to  my  cousin  Thomas  Cobbett  of  Newbury  forty  shillings  of 
good  &  lawful  money  of  England,  to  be  paid  him  within  one  year  after  my 
decease.  My  son  John  Cobbett  to  be  sole  Executor  ;  and  my  brother  John 
Cobbett  and  my  son  in  law  Christopher  Pitts  to  be  overseers  and  to  have 
five  shillings  apiece  for  their  pains.  Meade,  10. 

[Rev.  Thomas  Cobbet,  of  Lynn  and  Ipswich,  Mass.,  is  said  by  Mather  to  have 
been  born  in  Newbury,  England,  in  1608.  (See  Magnolia,  ed.  1853,  vol.  i.  p.  518.) 
He  was  probably  related  to  this  family. — Editor.] 

Francis  Fawconf.r,  of  Kingscleare  in  the  County  of  Southampton, 
Gentleman,  1  September,  1GG2,  proved  21  May,  1663.  To  the  poor  of 
the  parish  of  Kingscleare  three  pounds,  to  be  distributed  within  six  days 
next  after  my  decease.  To  my  cousin  Peter  Fawconer,  son  of  Richard 
Fawconer  deceased,  all  my  freeland  containing  thirty  acres,  more  or  less, 
and  the  barn  and  timber  and  wood  thereupon  growing,  in  Kingscleare 
Woolands,  which  I  purchased  and  bought  of  James  Waite,  and  all  the 
rents  issuing  out  of  the  said  lands,  to  the  said  Peter  Fawconer  and  his  heirs 
forever,  and  twenty  pounds  and  all  my  wearing  apparel.  To  his  sister 
Elizabeth  Fawconer  one  hundred  pounds. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  brother  Edmond  Fawconor  that  is  liv- 
ing in  New  England  two  hundred  pounds  of  lawfull  money  of  England. 
To  John  Fawkner  of  Kingscleare  twenty  pounds.  To  Alice  Person,  wid- 
ow, one  hundred  pounds.  To  Elizabeth  Fawconer,  their  sister,  forty 
pounds.  More,  to  the  abovenamed  Peter  Fawconor  a  joyned  bedstead,  a 
bedmatt,  a  bedcord,  a  feather  bed,  a  feather  bolster,  two  feather  pillowes, 
a  pair  of  pillowbeares,  a  pair  of  sheets  of  the  best,  a  pair  of  blankets,  a 
coverlet  and  curtains  and  my  great  chest,  &c.  To  Alice  Person,  widow, 
a  brass  pot,  &c,  and  all  the  brewing  vessell  that  I  have  standing  at  her 
brother  John  Fawconer's  house  except  the  brewing  tub.  To  Nicholas 
Knite  of  Kingscleare,  miller,  ten  shillings  ;  to  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  forty 
shillings;  to  her  five  children  that  she  had  by  her  first  husband,  that  is,  to 
Richard,  Francis,  John,  Daniel  and  Anthony  Fawkoner,  twenty-five  pounds 
to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them,  five  pounds  apiece,  at  the  age  of  twen- 
ty one  years.  To  Elizabeth  Fawconer,  sister  of  Peter  (some  pewter).  To 
my  brother  in  law,  John  Carter,  and  to  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  each  a  twenty 
shilling  piece  of  gold.  To  John  Carter  the  younger  (some  furniture  stand- 
ing at  Coldhenly  House).  To  Agnes  Fawkener,  widow,  twenty  shillings. 
To  Winifrit  Waite,  wife  of  James  Waite  of  Kingscleare  ten  shillings  in 
gold ;  and  to  their  son  James  and  daughter  Katherine  Waite  ten  shillings 
each.  To  Francis  Friser,  of  Kingscleare,  the  elder,  ten  shillings.  To  Alice 
Alle  ten  shillings.  To  Christopher  Dugdale  of  Husborne*  ten  shillings. 
To  his  five  children  that  he  had,  by  Master  Webber's  daughter,  one  hun- 
dred pounds,  equally  to  be  divided  amongst  them,  twenty  pounds  apiece,  at 
age  of  twenty  one  years.  I  appoint  John  Atfield  of  Kingscleare,  gentle- 
man, overseer,  and  give  him  two  twenty  shilling  pieces  of  gold,  and  to  his 
wife  one  twenty  shilling  piece  of  gold. 

The  residue  to  my  sister's  son,  Matthew  Webber,  whom  I  make  execu- 
tor ;  and  it  is  my  will  that  he  should  agree  with  my  Lord's  officers  for  the 
Heriotts  that  were  due  to  the  Lord  at  my  decease  and  to  pay  them  in  mon- 
ey or  in  goods,  as  they  can  agree. 

Wit:  John  Atfiell,  Nicholas  Bartholomew  (his  mark). 

Juxon,  60. 

*  This  is  probably  meant  for  Hurstuorne.— h.  f.  w. 


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99 


[The  following  pedigree  of  the  Fawknor  family  of  King's  Clear,  to  which  the  tes- 
tator of  the  preceding  will  and  his  brother  Edmund  (who  settled  in  Andover, 
Massachusetts)  must  have  belonged,  is  from  the  Visitation  of  Hampshire,  1634. 

Arms.— Sa.  three  falcons  ar.,  beaked,  legged  and  belled  or. 
Crest. — A  garb  or,  banded  ar. 

Margaret=Richard  Fawknor=Catharine. 


William  Fawknor  = , 


Thomas  Fawknor  =  Elizabeth,  dau. 
of  King's  Clere.      |  of  John  Atfeld. 


Peter  Fawknor 
of  Kings  Clere. 


=  Joane,  dau.  of 
Nicholas  Withers* 
of  Sidmanton. 


Mary, 

mar.  John  Lawrance 

of  King's  Cleere. 


I 

Edward  = 


I 


I 


I 


Peter 
ob.  s.  p 


John  Fawknor  =  Catherine  dau.         William=         Richard  =         Jane, 

married 
Hugh  Langley. 


of  King's  Cleere  , 
m.  2d,  Catherine, 

dau. of 

Haliwell,  of 
Shrewsbury, 
and  wid.  of 
Gardiner. 


of  John  Apleton, 

of  King's  Cleere, 

first  wife. 


Kaffe. 


Richard. 

Francis. 

John. 


Thomas  Fawknor  =  Barbara,  dau.  of 
of  King's  Cleere.  I  Thomas  Goddard 
of  liircheuwood. 


I 


Ellen,  mar.  Francis 
Wyrdman  of  King's  Cleere, 
third  son  of  John  Wyrdman 
of  Charlton,  in  co.  Berks. 


Thomas  Fawknor  =  Constance,  dau.  of 


of  King's  Cleere, 
1031. 


William  Sotwell  of 
Grenham,  in  co.  Berks. 


Peter, 
ob.  young. 


John. 


Margaret, 
ob.  young. 


Constance, 
ob.  young. 


A  daughter, 
ob.  before  it  was  christened. 


I 
Catherine, 
ob.  young. 


H.  F.  W.] 


Thomas  Fawnr,  25  December,  1651,  proved  17  August,  1652.  To 
Robert  Williams,  the  chirurgeou  of  the  ship  called  the  Peter,  one  watch 
and  a  cornelian  ring.  To  my  servant,  William  Martin,  his  passage  to  Vir- 
ginia and  his  freedom  there  and  one  suit  of  clothes  with  black  ribbons.  To 
the  poor  of  Skendleyt  parish  in  Lincolnshire  forty  shillings.  To  Mr  Hatch, 
woollen  draper,  nine  pounds ;  to  Mr  Crayford  seven  pounds  ;  to  Thos.  Dagger 
one  chest  with  whatsoever  is  in  it.  To  my  father  one  pair  of  silver  fringed 
gloves  and  one  pair  of  white  gloves ;  to  my  mother  two  rings  with  stones  in 
them.  To  Mr  Murrell,  Mr  John  Richards,  Mr  Corbin,  Matt.  Johnson 
(sundry  bequests).  To  my  brother  Robert  my  rapier  and  belt.  To 
John  Younge  and  John  Stone,  whom  I  make  executors  ....  all  my  debts  due 
to  me  in  Virginia,  and  likewise  the  disposing  of  all  my  estate  now  shipped 
in  the  ship  called  the  Peter,  and  the  return  whereof  is  to  be  divided  among 
my  brothers  and  sisters,  whereof  Mrs  Francis  White  is  to  have  one  part.  To 
the  seamen  two  cases  of  drams. 

The  witnesses  were  John  Richards  and  James  Frisby. 

Bowyer,  220. 

♦Harleian  MS.  1139  (fol.  22),  in  British  Museum,  gives  the  surname  Whitacres,  instead  of 
Withers,  as  above, 
t  This  is  so  written.    Probably  Skendleby  is  meant. — h.  f.  vr. 


100  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Robert  Nickolson,  of  London,  Merchant,  and  son  of  Francis  Nickol- 
son,  Esq.  10  November,  1651.  Ten  pounds  sterling  towards  the  relief  of 
the  English  captives  in  Turkey.  Forty  shillings  to  Mr  Pickett,  sometime 
minister  of  Chappell  alias  Pontibridge,  Essex,  and  twenty  shillings  to  the 
poor  of  the  said  parish.  To  Capt.  Sam:  Matthewes  of  Virginia,  Esq.  one 
pair  of  Buckskin  gloves,  cost  five  shillings,  and  to  Mr8  Matthewes  his  wife 
two  pairs  of  kid  skin  gloves.  To  Sam:  Matthewes,  the  son  of  said  Capt., 
one  pair  of  Buckskin  gloves  and  to  his  brother  one  pair  of  corderont  (sir) 
gloves.  To  Mrs.  Mary  Bernard  of  Warwick  River  six  pairs  of  kid  gloves 
and  to  her  daughters  three  pairs  of  gloves  apiece.  Item  fourteen  shillings 
more  of  gloves  or  other  ware  which  Stephen  Wooderife  oweth  me.  I  give 
unto  John  Younge,  Mr  of  the  ship  Peter  of  London  twenty  shillings  ster- 
ling to  buy  his  wife  a  ring  and  to  himself  a  buckskin  pair  of  gloves  of  five 
shillings.  To  Mr  John  Richards  two  pairs  of  cordevant  gloves  and  Mr 
Lockers  Sermons.  To  Mr  Thomas  Fawne  two  pairs  of  cordevant  gloves 
and  Leo  Afer,  a  History  book.  To  John  Stone  twenty  shillings,  two  pairs 
of  Cordevant  gloves,  all  the  rest  of  the  syrups  and  all  the  books  in  the  cab- 
in. Gloves  to  Mr  Driver,  Mr  Freizby  and  Matthew  Johnson.  To  John 
Corbin  my  coasting  coat,  my  stuff  coat  and  one  turkey  waistcoat  and  two 
pairs  of  cordevant  gloves.  To  the  seamen  one  case  of  Drams.  To  the 
6teward,  boatman,  carpenter  and  gunner  all  my  clothes  and  bedding,  where- 
of the  steward  is  to  have  one  half.  To  the  poors  box  five  shillings.  To 
Robert  and  Peter,  each  of  them,  one  pair  of  gloves.  To  M™  Veheath  Land 
Vernald  one  diamond  ring,  one  gold  ring,  the  motto  Idem  qui  pridem,  which 
said  M"  Veheath  Land  is  daughter  to  Mrs  Mary  Vernald  of  Warwick 
River,  widow.  To  Mr  Murrell  and  the  Doctor,  to  each  of  them  one  pair  of 
gloves. 

All  the  which  gifts  are  to  be  given  and  satisfied  unto  every  and  several 
said  party  or  parties  by  the  said  John  Younge  and  John  Corbin  at  or  near 
the  Barbadoes  or  at  or  near  Virginia  upon  demand,  if  the  said  John  Younge 
and  John  Corbin  shall  think  fit.  And  the  said  John  Younge  and  John  Cor- 
bin are  to  lay  out  four  or  five  pounds  upon  my  buriai  at  the  Barbadoes  or 
at  Virginia,  &c.  All  my  goods  or  all  goods  consigned  to  me,  Robert  Nick- 
olson, now  shipped  in  the  ship  called  the  Peter,  to  be  sold  for  the  best  ad- 
vantage and  the  returns  to  be  paid  to  my  father  Mr  Francis  Nickolson, 
Esq.  in  Ipswich. 

All  the  rest  of  my  estate  to  be  distributed  equally  between  my  brothers 
and  sisters.     Eldest 'brother  Francis  Nicholson  mentioned. 

The  witnesses  were  John  Richards,  Thomas  Fawne  and  John  Stone. 

The  executors  named  in  the  will  renounced  the  executorship  and  letters 
of  administration  issued  26  August,  1652,  to  Francis  Nicholson  the  father, 
the  testator  being  referred  to  as  late  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas  deceased. 

Bowyer,  228. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 


101 


virimie^ 


[I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  Eedes  for  the  sketch  of  the 
Nicholson  cuat  of  arms,  of  which  an  engraving  will 
be  found  in  the  margin.  It  will  be  noticed  that  no 
colors  are  indicated  on  the  shield. — H.  f.  w. 

Robert  Nicholson  was  granted  500  acres  of  land  in 
"<  Charles  City  County,  Virginia,  Jan.  3,  1655,  Book 
No.  4,  p.  11,  Va.  Land  Reg.  Office. 

The  Samuel  Matthews  mentioned  in  the  will,  is 
presumably  "an  ancient  planter  "  who  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Council  of  the  Colonv  of  Virginia  as  early 
as  1629.  In  March,  1630,  he  built  the  fort  at  Point 
Comfort,  James  river.  He  served  continuously  in 
the  Colonial  Council  or  House  of  Burgesses,  and 
latterly  as  County-Lieutenant  of  Warwick  County, 
deriving  thence  his  title  of  Lieutenant-Colonel,  in 
1656  he  was  sent  as  one  of  the  agents  of  the  Colony 
to  England,  and  on  March  13,  1658,  was  elected  by 
the  assembly  Governor  of  the  Colony  to  succeed  Ed- 
ward Digges.  He  was  an  honest,  energetic  and 
faithful  servant  of  the  Colony,  and  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  January,  1660,  was  universally  lamented. 
The  following  grants  to  the  name  Matthews  are 
on  record  in  the  Virginia  Land  Registry  : 
Thomas  Matthews  "  chirurgeon "  1100  acres  in 
Henrico  County,  May  11,  1639,  Book  No.  1,  p.  646. 
Thomas  Matthews  "chirurgeon  "  470  acres  in  Hen- 
rico County,  Oct.  10, 1641,  Book  No.  1,  p.  777. 
3000  acres  upon  Warwick  river,  Aug.  20,  1642, 


200  acres  upon  Warwick  river,  Aug.  20,  1642, 


"  Captain  Samuel  Matthews  Esq. 

Book  No.  1,  p.  814. 
"  Captain  Samuel  Matthews  Esq. 

Book  No.' 1,  p.  815. 
"  Captain  Samuel  Matthews  Esq."  4000  acres  on  the  North-side  of  Rappahannock 

river,  Jan'y  6th,  1639,  Book  No.  1,  p.  882. 

In  regard  to  the  name  Barnard,  mentioned  in  the  will,  it  may  be  said  that  to  Mrs. 
Anna  Barnard  was  granted  1000  acres  in  Northumberland  County,  A  pi.  3,  1652,  and 
among  the  "transports"  or  "head-rights"  was  "Mr.  Richard  Bernard,"  Book 
No.  2,  p.  306.     Va.  Land  Reg.  Office.  R.  A.  Brock,  of  Richmond,  Va.] 

Thomas  Stegge,  now  bound  forth  in  a  voyage  to  Vergenia,  6  October, 
1651,  proved  14  July,  1G52,  by  Elizabeth  Stegg,  relict  and  sole  executrix. 
To  sister  Alice  ten  pounds  per  annum  during  her  natural  life,  to  be  paid 
her  every  half  year.  To  my  brother  Christophers  two  daughters  twenty 
pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid  them  within  two  years  after  my  decease.  To  my 
wife's  sister  Emelion  Reade  one  full  sixteenth  part  of  the  good  ship  now 
called  the  Seven  Sisters,  with  the  profits,  &c.  I  give  to  ray  son  Thomas 
Stegg  in  Virginia  all  my  whole  estate  in  Virginia,  as  also  one  quarter  part 
of  the  Seven  Sisters,  now  bound  to  Virginia,  and  all  goods  and  apparel  I 
have  in  that  ship  or  any  other  servants  and  ought  else  belonging  to  me  ;  as 
also  one  quarter  part  of  the  ship  Increase  and  all  that  shall  accrewunto  her 
for  her  voyage  now  at  sea  ;  and  for  more  I  leave  it  to  the  consideration  of 
his  mother.  To  my  daughter  Grace  Byrd  and  her  children  the  houses  I 
bought  of  Mr  Neale  in  Bedlam,  as  also,  after  the  decease  of  my  wife  or 
at  the  next  marriage  of  my  wife,  I  give  her  and  her  children  my 
houses  in  the  cloisters  at  St.  Katherines  that  I  bought  of  Mr.  Tokely ; 
also,  in  like  kind  and  case,  I  give  her  and  her  children  my  annuity  at 
Elinge,  if  it  so  long  continue,  until  the  death  of  my  said  wife  or  her  second 
marriage.  To  Elizabeth  Byrd,  my  daughter's  eldest  daughter,  one  hun- 
dred pounds  if  she  live  until  the  age  of  fourteen  years.  To  wife  Elizabeth 
Stegg,  during  her  natural  life   or  widowhood,  my  whole  estate,  after  debts 


102         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

and  legacies  are  paid,  excepting  what  is  directly  given  away  before  to  my/ 
son  and  houses  at  Bedlam  to  my  daughter.  But  in  case  my  said  wite 
should  marry  again  I  give  her  out  of  my  estate  eight  hundred  pounds ;  and 
the  rest  to  be  equally  divided  between  my  two  children.  Wife  Elizabeth 
to  be  executrix  and  loving  friend  Mr  ....  Loton,  Mr.  Roger  Draiton  and 
Mr  Robert  Earle  to  be  overseers,  and  ten  pounds  apiece  to  buy  them  each 
a  cloak.  Bowyer,  202. 

[Thomas  Stegge,  "  merchant,"  was  granted  1000  acres  of  land  between  "  Old 
man's  and  Queen's  Creeke,"  January  6th,  1639,  Book  No.  1,  p  694. —  Virginia 
Land  Records. — R.  A.  Brock,  Richmond,  Va.] 

Thomas  Stegge  of  the  county  of  Henrico  in  Virginia  Esq.  31  March, 
1669-70,  proved  15  May,  1671.  To  beloved  wife  Sarah  Stegge,  for  orna- 
ments for  her  person  and  as  a  token  of  my  loving  remembrance  of  her  affec- 
tionate and  tender  care  for  me  in  sickness  and  in  health  (sundry  personals) 
and  more  one  Indian  girl  named And  if  she  resolve  to  go  for  Eng- 
land my  will  is  that  she  have  free  power  to  accommodate  herself  with  bed- 
ding, provisions  and  other  necessaries  for  her  voyage  without  the  contradic- 
tion of  any  person  whatsoever.  And  further  she  is  hereby  given  free  pow- 
er to  bestow  upon  her  friends  at  her  departure  the  value  of  twenty  pounds 
sterling.  I  desire  Mr  Thomas  Grindon  of  London  to  pay  unto  my  said 
wife  or  her  order  as  soon  as  conveniently  he  may  after  her  advice  received 
all  such  sums  of  money  as  are  due,  belonging  or  appertaining  to  me  in  his 
hands  or  custody.  To  my  dearest  mother  Elizabeth  Grindon,  wife  of  Mr 
Thomas  Grindon,  citizen  of  London,  twenty  pounds  sterling  yearly  &c. 
during  her  natural  life.  To  my  loving  sister  Mrs  Grace  Byrd  wife  of  Mr 
John  Byrd,1  citizen  and  goldsmith  of  London,  two  hundred  &  forty  pounds 
due  to  me  in  the  hands  of  her  said  husband,  as  by  his  account  sent  me  last 
year  doth  appear,  and  to  my  said  sister  one  diamond  ring  given  me  by  my 
mother  when  I  was  last  in  London,  which  I  promised  to  give  my  sister  if 
I  died  before  her.  To  every  child  of  my  said  sister  and  brother  Bird  of 
London  now  living  one  hundred  pounds  sterling  to  each  of  the  sons  at  the 
age  of  twenty  one  years  respectively  and  to  the  daughters  at  the  age  of 
twenty  one  or  day  of  marriage.  I  give  and  bequeath  all  the  right,  title  and 
interest  I  at  present  have  or  hereafter  shall  have  to  part  of  a  house  bought 
by  the  Honorable  Thomas  Ludwell  Esq.*  and  myself  of  Henry  Randolph 
and  now  in  the  possession  of  us  together  with  all  my  interest  in  the  furni- 
ture in  the  house  and  all  lands  &c.  thereto  belonging,  to  him  the  said  Tho- 
mas Ludwell  and  his  heirs  forever,  requesting  him  to  pay  out  of  the  same 
to  the  Right  Honble  Sir  William  Berkley  Knt,  Governor,  fifty  pounds  ster- 
ling within  six  months  after  my  decease,  as  a  token  of  that  unfeigned  respect 
I  am  and  ever  shall  be  obliged  to  pay  his  Honor  for  his  many  graces  and 
favors. 

All  other  lands,  messuages,  tenements  &c.  in  Virginia  or  England  to  Wil- 
liam Bird,3  eldest  son  of  the  aforementioned  John  and  Grace  Bird  in  Lon- 
don, to  him  and  his  heirs  forever.  But  because  my  cousin  is  yet  young  and 
not  so  well  experienced  in  the  transactions  of  the  world  I  desire  my  loving 
wife,  for  a  year  or  two  that  she  continues  in  the  country,  to  continue  the 
managing  of  the  estate  &c,  charging  my  cousin  not  to  be  led  away  by  the 
evil  instructions  he  shall  receive  from  others  but  to  be  governed  by  the 
prudent  and  provident  advice  of  his  aunt ;  further  desiring  and  charging  my 
cousin,  in  all  matters  of  moment  and  bargains  of  consequence,  to  make  his 
address  to  the   Honble  the  Secretary4  for  his  assistance,   whom  I  earnestly 


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103 


entreat,  for  the  dear  friendship  we  have  so  long  mutually  enjoyed,  that  he 
will  please  to  continue  his  kindness  to  my  Remains  and  accept  the  trouble 
of  being  overseer  to  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament. 

The  witnesses  were  Henry  Randolph,5  Edward  Hill8  and  John  Knowles. 
The  above  will  was  proved  by  the  oath  of  Sara  Stegge,  relict  and  execu- 
trix. Duke,  69. 

["  Captain  Thomas  Stegge,  Gentleman,"  received  the  following  grants  of  land  : 
800  acres  in  Hen- 
rico county  Dec. 
•29th,  1662,  Book 
No.  4,  page  583; 
1280  acs.  in  Hen- 
rico county,  on 
the  north  side  of 
James  river  [in- 
cluding the  present  site  of  the  city  of  Richmond],  January  5th,  1663,  and  1850  acres 
in  the  same  county,  December  29th,  1663,  Book  No.  5,  pp.  -200  and  528.  Va.  Land 
Rec.  It  is  recorded  in  the  family  Bible  of  the  Byrds  of  "  Westover,"  that  "  he  was 
an  Officer  in  King  Charles's  Army."  He  was  for  several  years  a  member  of  the 
county  court  of  Charles  City,  and  was  a  man  of  prominence  and  influence. 

1  Of  the  family  of  Byrd,  Brexton,  Cheshire. 

2  The  ancestor  of  the  prominent  Virginia  family  of  Ludwell  [Register,  xxxiii. 
220].  He  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Colonial  Council  in  1674.  He  appears  to 
have  been  previously  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Burgesses.  The  following  grants  of  land 
are  of  Record:  Thomas  Ludwell,  961  acres  in  Henrico  county,  June  16th,  1663, 
Book  No.  4,  p.  599.  Thomas  Ludwell  and  Thomas  Stegge  [they  were  probably  mer- 
chants and  partners  in  business],  one-half  acre  in  "James  Cittie,"  January  1st, 
1667,  Book  No.  6,  p.  223.  Thomas  Ludwell,  1432  acres  in  Westmoreland  County, 
October  15th,  1670,  Book  No.  6,  p.  327.  His  son  Philip  Ludwell,  who  was  succes- 
sively governor  of  North  Carolina  and  secretary  of  the  colony  of  Virginia,  who  mar- 
ried Lady  Frances  (she  was  thrice  married,  her  first  husband  being  Samuel  Ste- 
phens ;  no  issue  by  the  first  or  second  marriage),  the  widow  of  Sir  William  Berke- 
ley, and  was  the  ancestor,  maternally,  of  the  distinguished  patriots  of  the  Revo- 
lution, Richard  Henry,  Francis  Lightfoot,  Thomas  Ludwell,  William  and  Arthur 
Lee,  was  a  beneficiary  in  the  following  grants  of  land  : 

Philip  Ludwell,  200  acres  in  Rappahannock  county,  April  17,  1667,  Book  No.  6, 
p.  121  ;  "  Collonel  "  Philip  Ludwell,  400  acres  in  New  Kent  county,  October  22d, 
1673,  Book  No.  6,  p.  474.  Philip  Ludwell,  Robert  Handfort  and  Richard  White- 
head, 20,000  acres  in  New  Kent  county,  Oct.  24th,  1673,  Book  No.  6,  p.  467. 

There  appears  to  have  been  a  John  Ludwell,  "  planterin  ,"  Charles  City  county 
in  1662. 

3  According  to  the  family  Registry,  "  The  Honorable  William  Byrd  Esquire  the 
first  of  the  name 
who  settled  in  this 
Colony  was  born 
in  1652  and  died 
in  1704  at  '  West- 
over,'  Virg.  He 
came  from  Brex- 
ton in  Cheshire  to 
inherit  the  effects  f  ~Z  Y '  4s 
of  his  uncle  Cap-  J^ 
tain  Stagg."  Oc-  tf 
tober  27th,  1673,  "Captain  William  Bird"  was  granted  1280  acres  of  land  on 
the  north  side  of  James  river,  "  formerly  granted  Collo.  Thomas  Stegg,  by  patent 
dated  January  5th,  1663."  Va.  Land  Records.  He  subsequently  received  other 
extensive  grants,  was  a  member  of  the  Council,  and  for  a  number  of  years  Receiver 
General  of  the  Colony.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Colonel  Warham  Ilors- 
monden  of  "  Purley  in  Essex,  England,"  a  member  of  the  Virginia  Council. 

William  Byrd,  son  of  the  preceding,  was  born  at  "  Westover  "  March  10,  1674; 
died  there  August  26th,  1744.  He  was  educated  in  England  ;  "  called  to  the  bar 
in  the  Middle  Temple,  studied  for  some  time  in  the  Low  Countries,  visited  the  Court 


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104  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

of  France  and  was  chosen  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society."  He  succeeded  his  father 
as  Receiver  General  of  the  Colony,  "  was  t'irice  appointed  public  agent  to  the  court 
and  ministry  of  England,  and,  being  thirty-seven  years  a  member,  at  last  became 
President  of  the  Council."  His  genius  is  embalmed  in  our  national  literature  as 
the  author  of  the  Weslover  Manuscripts,  which  contain,  with  other  papers,  the 
"  History  of  the  Dividing  Line  between  Virginia  and  North  Carolina  as  run  in 
1728-29,"  Colonel  Byrd  being  one  of  the  Commissioners  on  the  part  of  Virginia.  He 
was  the  founder  of  Richmond,  Va.,  which  was  laid  off  by  Major  William  Mayo  in 
April,  1737.  He  married  twice.  First,  Lucy,  daughter  of  Colonel  Daniel  Parke, 
Governor  of  the  Leeward  Islands;  secondly,  May  9th,  1724,  "  Mrs.  Maria  Taylor, 
eldest  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Thomas  Taylor  of  Kensington,  England,"  born  No- 
vember 10th,  1698,  died  August  25th,   1771. 

William,  the  eldest  son  by  the  second  marriage,  born  September  6th,  1728,  died 
January  1st,  1777,  was  a  member  of  the  Virginia  Council;  and  in  1756  served  as 
Colonel  of  the  2nd  Virginia  regiment  in  the  French  and  Indian  war.  He  was  mar- 
ried twice— first,  April  10,  1748,  to  Elizabeth  (born  October  13th.  1731  ;  died  July 
14th,  1760),  daughter  of  John  Carter  of  "  Shirley,"  James  river ;  secondly,  Jan- 
uary 29th,  1761,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Ann  (daughter  of  Joseph  Ship- 
pen)  Willing  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  who  survived  him.  Charles  Willing  was  son  of 
Thomas  and  Ann  Willing  of  Bristol,  Eng. 

4  Major  Robert  Beverley,  the  father  of  the  historian  of  Virginia. 

*  Henry  Randolph,  long  the  clerk  of  Henrico  county.  Joseph  W.  Randolph, 
the  veteran  bookseller  of  Richmond,  is  a  descendant. 

6  Colonel  Edward  Hill,  Senior,  a  member  of  the  Council. — R.  A.  Brock.] 

Rebecca  Saintbury  of  St.  Olave  Southwark,  in  County  of  Surrey, 
widow,  30  November,  1677,  proved  2  January,  1678.  To  grandson  John 
Leeson  mj'  houses  in  Shoreditch  for  term  of  my  lease.  To  Sarah  Leech- 
field  twenty  shillings,  to  Susanna  Leechfield  twenty  shillings,  to  Anne 
Leechfield,  their  mother,  twenty  shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  niece  Re- 
becca Tapley  forty  shillings.  The  remainder  of  my  ready  money,  lega- 
cies &  funeral  expenses  being  thereout  first  paid,  born  and  discharged,  I 
give  to  my  grandsons  Thomas  &  James  Spicer,  equally.  All  the  residue 
of  my  estate  (excepting  twenty  pounds  which  I  give  unto  my  niece  Eliza- 
beth Griffin7  now  inhabiting  in  Virginia,  and  excepting  my  iron  and  brass 
goods  which  I  give  to  my  grandson  John  Leeson  and  granddaughter  Anue 
Spicer,  to  be  divided  betwixt  them  &c,  and  excepting  two  silver  spoons 
which  I  give  to  the  children  of  my  grandson  John  Tomlinsou)  I  give  unto 
Anne,  Elizabeth,  Sarah  and  Mary  Spicer,  daughters  of  John  Spicer,  gen- 
tleman, to  be  divided  amongst  them,  share  and  share  alike.  John  Spicer, 
gentleman,  to  be  the  sole  executor. 

The  witnesses  were  Mary  Bowder,  Ruth  Halsey  (by  mark)  and  George 
Miniett.  King,  11. 

[  7  The  following  early  grants  of  land  to  the  name  of  Griffin  are  of  record  : 

Thomas  Griffin,  1064  acres  in  Lancaster  county,  July  4th,  1653,  Book  No.  3,  p.  79. 
Samuel  Griffin,  1155  and  1046  acres  in  Rappahannock  county,  April  16  and  Jan. 
I,  1660,  Book  No.  4,  pp.  472  and  473. 

William  Griffin,  400  acres  in  Northampton  county,  December  9,  1662,  Book  No. 
4,  p.  570. 

Humphrey  Griffin,  200  acres  "  in  the  south  branch  of  Nancimond  river  on  Mat- 
thews Creek,"  March  11th,  1664,  Book  No.  5,  p.  67. 

Richard  Griffin,  57  acres  in  Westmoreland  county,  September  30th,  1664,  Book 
No.  5,  p.  129.  Judge  Cyrus  Griffin,  last  president  of  the  Continental  Congress,  was 
the  son  of  Leroy  Griffin  and  his  wife  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  John  Bertrand  and 
his  wife  Charlotte  Jolly,  Hugnenot  refugees — all  of  Rappahannock  county.  The 
family  tradition  is  that  the  paternal  ancestor  of  Judge  Cyrus  Griffin  was  from 
Wales.  From  the  christian  names  of  the  first  two  grantees  cited  above,  Thomas  and 
Samuel,  which  were  borne  by  two  brothers  of  Judge  Griffin,  and  have  been  perpet- 
uated in  succeeding  generations,  1  am  inclined  to  think  that  they  were  brothers, 
and  that  one  or  the  other  of  them  was  the  ancestor  of  Judge  Griffin. — r.  a.  b.] 


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Batt  of  Virginia. 

[From  Pedigrees  of  Yorkshire  Families,  West  Riding,  collected  about 
1666-67,  with  additions  made  1702.] 

Batt  of  Okewell,  near  Birstall  in  the  Wapentake  of  Agbrigg  and  Mor- 
ley,  bears  Arg.  a  chev.  belw.  3  reremice  displayed  sable. 

Henry  Batt  of  Okewell  in  Birstall,  lived  in  the  reign  of  K.  Henry  VIIL, 
Edw  VI.,  and  until  second  year  of  Q.  Mary  ;  was  witness  to  the  last  Will 
and  Testament  of  Sir  Henry  Savile  of  Thornhill,  Knt  of  the  Hon.  Order  of 
the  Bath,  and  had  forty  shillings  yearly  annuity  for  life  given  him  out  of 
his  lands,  by  the  said  will,  and  the  keeping  of  his  courts.  He  purchased 
the  manors  of  Birstall,  Heckmondwyke  and  Heaton,  in  Bradford  dale,  with 

other  lands.     He  married  .  .  . . ,  dau.  of  ....  and  had  issue — Henry, , 

John. 

Henry  Batt  (son  &  heir  of  Henry)  married  . . .,  dau.  &  co.-h.  of  Mr 
Richard  Wilkinson  of  Bradford,    and  had  issue — Henry    (s.  p.),    Robert, 

Richard  who  lived   at  Spenn    in    Gomershall married   to   Mr  Geo. 

Parry married  to  Mr  Tho8  Crowle,  and  Margaret  married  to  Mr  An- 
thony Hopkinson  of  Birstall. 

Robert  Batt  (son  &  heir  of  Henry)  was  fellow  and  vice  master  of  Uni- 
versity College,  Oxford,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Parry,  of  the 
Golden  Valley  in  Herefordshire  and  had  issue — John,  William  and  Henry8 
(both  lived  in  Virginia),  Robert,  Mary  married  1st  to  Mr  Reresby  Eyre, 
afterward  to  Mr  Henry  Hirst,  Elizabeth  married  to  Richard  Marshe  Dr  of 
Divinity,  Dean  of  York,  Rebecca  unmarried,  Catherine  married  to  Mr  Phi- 
lip Mallory.  The  said  Mary  survived  her  husband  and  was  afterwards 
married  to  Mr  Richard  Rawlinson  of  Rotheram. 

John  Batt  Esq.  (son  and  heir  of  Robert)  was  captain  of  a  foot  company 
in  the  Reg'  of  Agbrigg  and  Morley,  &  Justice  of  Peace  in  the  West  Rid- 
ing ;  married  Martha,  daughter  of  Mr  Thomas  Mallory,  Dean  of  Chester, 
and  had  issue — John,  drowned  in  the  Irish  Seas  coming  from  Virginia 
with  his  father,  William,  Thomas  and  Henry  in  Virginia  1667,  and  Martha. 

William  Batt  Esq.  (son  &  heir  of  John)  is  captain  of  a  foot  company  in 
the  same  Reg*,  Justice  of  the  Peace  1667  ;  married  Elizabeth  daughter  of 
Mr  William  Horton  &  hath  issue — William,  Gladdhill,  John,  Thomas  died 
young,  Elizabeth,  Martha  and  Judith. 

John  Batt  Esq.  (third  son  and  h.  of  William)  is  now  living  1702;  mar- 


ried ....  daughter  of  ....  Metcalfe. 


Harl.  MS.  4630,  page  26. 


[A  partial  genealogy  of  Batte  of  Virginia  was  published  in  the  Richmond  Stand- 
ard, June  4th,  1881 /a  copy  of  which  is  in  the  library  of  the  New  England  Historic 
Genealogical  Society. 

The  following  grants  of  land  are  of  record  to  the  name  : 

John  Batte  and  John  Davis,  750  acres  in  Charles  river  county  (now  York),  April 
2nd,  1667,  Book  No.  1,  p.  638 

William  Batt,  220  acres  on  Mobjack  bay,  September  5th,  1643,  Book  No.  I,  page 
901;  182  acres  on  "  Chipoke  Creek,  called  by  the  natives  in  the  Indian,  Paco 
lacke,  in  James  Cittie  county,"  April  11th,  1649,  Book  No.  2,  p.  161. 

Thomas  and  Henry  Batte,  5878  acres  "  on  the  south  side  of  James  river  in  Appa- 
mattock  in  Charles  Cittie  county,"  August  29th,  1668,  Book  No.  6,  p.  126. 

"William  Batt,  700  acres  in  Charles  City  county,  April  22d,  1670,  Book  No.  6, 
p.  285. 

Henry  Batte  and  John  Sturdivant,  3528  acfes  in  Charles  City,  October  28th,  1673, 
Book  No.  6,  p.  480. 

Thomas  Batt  and  John  Bevill,  400  acres  in  Henrico  county,  October  25th,  1690, 
Book  No.  8,  p.  122. 


106  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Henry  Batt,  700  acres  in  Charles  City  county,  and  200  acres  in  Bristol  parish,  do., 
Book  No.  8,  p.  44. 

William  Batte,  250  acres  in  Prince  George  county,  March  22d,  1715,  Book  No. 
10,  p.  280.—  Va.  Land  Records. 

8  Henry  gave  his  estate  in  England  and  Virginia  to  his  brother  William.  The 
descendants  of  the  last  in  Virginia  include  the  names  of  Cox,  Poythress,  Eppes,  Col- 
ley,  Gilliam,  Russell,  Maddox,  llinton,  Ritchie,  Poindexter,  French  and  Friend. — 

R.  A.  B.J 

Henry  Benskin,  lately  arrived  in  England  from  the  Plantation  of  Vir- 
ginia, 26  September  1692,  proved  19  October  1692.  Touching  the  estate 
which  I  have  in  England  (having  already  settled  that  which  I  have  in  Vir- 
ginia before  I  left  that  place)  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  mother  Benskin, 
Mr  Alexander  Roberts  of  Shad  well,  shipwright  and  Mr  Thomas  Whitfield 
twenty  shillings  for  rings.  All  the  rest  to  my  two  daughters,  Mary  Har- 
man,  wife  of  William  Harman  of  New  Kent  County,  on  York  River,  Vir- 
ginia, and  Frances  Marston,  wife  of  William  Marston,  living  upon  Shipper- 
hominy  River,  in  James  City  County,  Virginia,  equally  between  them.  The 
said  Mr  Alexander  Roberts  and  Mr  Thomas  Whitfield  to  be  executors,  &c. 

Wit :  Benj.  Jones,  Thomazine  Harris,  Robert  Sandford,  servt  to  Mr  Whit- 
field, Scr.  Fane,  181. 

[I  fail  to  find  of  record  any  grants  of  land  in  Virginia  to  the  testator  Henry  Bun- 
skin,  or  to  any  of  his  surname.  The  following  grants  may  however  be  of  interest 
in  connection  with  the  names  of  two  of  the  legatees  named  : 

Henry  Harman  and  John  Bishop,  168  acres,  3  perches  and  23  poles  in  Charles 
City  county,  Sept.  20,  1683,  Book  No.  7,  p.  305. 

Robert  Harmon,  1200  acres  in  New  Kent  county,  April  20,  1687,  Book  No.  7,  p. 
552. 

Thomas  Marston,  1300  acres  on  the  north-east  side  of  Chickahominy  river,  in 
James  City  county,  Sept.  20,  1691,  Book  No.  8,  p.  211. 

Eliza  Marston,  349  acres  in  St.  John's  parish,  New  Kent  county,  April  21st,  1696, 
Book  No.  8,  p.  249.—  Va.  Land  Records. 

The  name  Marston  is  quite  a  common  one  at  the  present  day  in  eastern  Virginia, 
while  that  of  Harman  is  prominently  represented  in  the  Valley  District. — r.  a.  b.] 

George  Whittacre,  passenger  aboard  the  good  ship  called  the  William, 
of  London,  bound  from  Virginia  to  London,  13  May  1654,  proved  26  June 
1654.  Seven  hogsheads  of  tobacco  to  my  brother  Edward  Duckworth, 
living  in  the  backside  of  Sl  Clements  Deanes  hard  by  the  new  Inn,  Lou- 
don, if  the  said  Edward  or  his  wife  be  then  living.  If  not  to  be  found,  then 
to  William  Scott,  who  is  made  executor.  Some  sugar  aboard  Mr.  Web- 
ber's ship.  . 

Wit:    Solomon  Williams,  Owen  James.  Alchin,  252. 

[The  Rev.  Alexander  Whittaker,  "  the  apostle,'*  who  accompanied  Sir  Thomas 
Dale  to  Virginia  in  1611  ;  married  and  baptized  Pocahontas  in  1614,  and  was 
drowned  in  James  river  in  1616,  may  be  mentioned  in  this  connection.  The  follow- 
ing grants  of  land  to  the  name  in  its  various  renderings  are  of  record  : 

Edward  Whittaker,  100  acres  "adjoining  the  pallisadoes  of  middle  plantacon,'' 
February  8,  1638,  Book  No.  1,  p.  365. 

Captain  William  Whitacre,  90  acres  in  James  Cittie  county,  June  5th,  1656, 
Book  No.  3,  p.  381. 

William  Whitacer,  90  acres  in  James  Cittie  county,  March  18th,  1662,  Book  No. 

5,  p.  157. 

Richard  Whittaker,  135  acres  in  "James  Cittie"  county,  October  22d,  1666, 
Book  No.  5,  p.  153  ;  158  acres  in  Middlesex  county,  February  17th,  1667,  Book  No. 

6,  p  275. 

William  Whitacar,  400  acres  in  James  City  county,  April  20th,  1680,  Book  No.  7, 
p.  25. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  107 

Richard  Whicker,  300  acres  on  Knoll's  Island,  Currituck,  Lower  Norfolk  county, 
April  20th,  1682,  Book  No.  7,  p.  141.— Fa.  Land  Records. 

The  descendants  of  one  Richard  Whitaker,  a  settler  in  Warwick  county,  Virginia, 
in  the  17th  century,  are  now  quite  numerous  in  and  around  Enfield,  N.  C. — R.  a.  b.] 

Joseph  Walker  of  St.  Margarets  in  the  City  of  Westminster,  gentle- 
man, 13  February  1666,  proved  27  February  1666.  To  my  kinsman  John 
Walker,  now  living  or  being  in  Virginia  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas,  ten 
shillings,  provided  he  release  &  discharge  my  executors  of  &  from  all  other 
claims  &c.  To  my  kinsman  Andrew  Walker,  citizen  &  draper  of  London, 
ten  shillings  (with  the  same  proviso)  and  to  my  kinsman  Samuel  Walker, 
seaman  (under  the  same  condition)  ten  shillings.  All  other  property  to 
my  kinswoman  Mary  Snow,  now  the  wife  of  Nicholas  Snow,  citizen  and 
armorer  of  London,  whom  I  nominate  executrix.  Carr,  33. 

[Peter  Walker  was  granted  150  acres  in  Northampton  county,  September  20th, 
1645,  Book  No.  2,  p.  44. 

John  Walker  (probably  him  of  the  text),  1000  acres,  and  150  acres  "  on  Ware 
river,  Mobjack  Bay,"  January  29th,  1651,  Book  No.  2,  pp.  356  and  357.  There 
are  numerous  subsequent  grants  to  "Lieut.  Collo."  John,  Henry,  Richard  and 
William  Walker. —  Va.  Land  Records.  John  Walker  was  a  member  of  the  Virginia 
Council,  1658-1660.— r.  a.  b.] 

Charta  Donationis  Georgii  Chauncey. 

George  Chauncey  Senr  of  Barking  in  the  county  of  Essex  Esq.  28  No- 
vember 1621,  proved  25  August  1624.  I  grant,  bargain  &  sell  unto  George 
Chauncey,  my  son,  all  my  goods  &c.  on  condition  &c.  He  to  pay,  after  my 
decease,  to  Edward  Chauncey  my  son  two  hundred  pounds,  to  he  paid  out 
of  that  one  thousand  pounds  which  Alexander  Williams  of  Gilston  in  the 
county  of  Hartfordshire  doth  now  owe  unto  me,  to  Charles  Chauncey  my 
son  one  hundred  marks  and  Judith  Chauncey  my  daughter  three  hundred 
pounds.  To  Frances  Porter  my  daughter  nine  &  twenty  pounds  yearly, 
to  her  hands  and  not  to  any  other,  for  her  sole  use  &c,  and  not  to  the 
hands  of  Ambrose  Porter  or  to  any  other  for  his  use.  This  annuity  to  be 
paid  immediately  after  my  decease,  at  Cranbrooke  House  in  Barkinge  in 
the  said  County  of  Essex,  or  at  some  other  place  that  the  said  George,  my 
son,  and  Frances  Porter  shall  appoint  the  same  to  be  paid.  To  William 
Chauncey  my  nephew  five  pounds  within  one  year  after  my  decease.  To 
Alice  Clarke  twenty  pounds  yearly  during  such  years  as  are  to  come  in  an 
annuity  granted  by  me  to  one  John  Clarke  deceased  late  husband  to  the 
said  Alice. 

If  I  the  said  George  shall  tender  at  any  time  during  my  life  the  sum  of 
twenty  shillings  at  my  now  dwelling  house  in  Barking  to  the  use  of  George 
Chauncey  my  son,  that  then  and  at  all  times  after  this  present  deed  of  gift 
to  be  frustrate  and  of  none  effect. 

The  witnesses  were  William  Chauncy,  Matthew  Chauncey  &  Nathaniel 
Rowdon  (by  mark).  There  issued  commission  to  George  Chauncey,  natu- 
ral &  lawful  son  of  George  Chauncey  late  of  Barking  in  the  County  of 
Essex  deceased.  Byrde,  62. 

Judith  Chauncy  of  Yardley,  in  the  County  of  Hertford,  spinster,  2 
December,  1657,  proved  1  March,  1657,  by  Henry  Chauncy  and  Mountague 
Lane. 

"  To  my  deare  and  lovinge  brother  Mr  Charles  Chauncy  minister  of  gods 
word  and  nowe  liveinge  in  newe  England  Twentie  pounds  of  currant  Eng- 
lish money  which  I  desire  to  haue   paid  and  conveyed  unto  him  as  soone  as 


108  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

it  may  be  safely  done  after  my  decease.  And  I  doe  likewise  will  and  be- 
queath unto  my  loveinge  Cousens  Isaac  Chauncy  and  Ichabod  Chauucy, 
twoe  of  the  sons  of  my  said  loveinge  brother  ffive  pouudes  apeece.  And  I 
doe  giue  and  bequeath  unto  the  rest  of  my  said  brothers  children  which  are 
nowe  in  newe  England  with  him  (and  are  sixe  in  number  as  I  am  inform- 
ed) fforty  shillings  apeece  to  be  paid  to  them  as  soone  after  my  decease  as 
it  may  conveniently  and  safely  be  done." 

Bequests  are  made  to  loving  cousin  Mr  Mountague  Lane,  cousine  Mr 
Henry  Chauncye  the  elder  of  Yardley  and  Mris  Anne  Chauncy  his  wife, 
cousin  George  Chauncy  the  third  son  of  the  aforesaid  Henry  and  godson  of 
the  testatrix,  said  godson's  mother,  his  brother  Peter  Chauncy  and  his  sis- 
ters Anne,  Elizabeth  and  Mary  Chauncy,  cousins  Henry,  John  and  Peter 
Chauncy,  three  of  the  sons  of  cousin  Henry  Chauncy,  cousin  Alexander 
Chauncy  the  elder  now  living  in  the  County  of  Kent,  nephew  Mr  John 
Humberston  aud  his  daughter  Judith  Humberston,  Mr.  John  Sykes,  clerk, 
and  his  son  John  Sikes,  godson  of  testatrix,  John  Starr,  son  of  Edmoud 
Starr,  late  of  London,  dyer,  aud  to  Thomas  Burges  whom  she  had  put  au 
apprentice  to  a  tailor.  The  residue  she  left  to  her  cousins  George  Chaun- 
cy, Henry  Chauncy  the  elder  of  Yardley  and  Mountague  Lane. 

The  witnesses  were  John  Sykes,  Hannah  North  (by  mark)  and  Grace 
Couch.  Wootton,  109. 


Ichabod  Chauncet  of  the  City  of  Bristoll,  Doctor  in  Physick,  19 
March  1688,  with  codicil  made  26  September  1690,  proved  17  February 
1691.  My  body  to  be  laid  near  my  children  in  St.  Philip's  church  yard 
in  the  said  city.  To  Nathaniel  Wade  Esq.  Dauiel  Gwillim,  merchant, 
and  William  Burgesse,  grocer,  property  in  trust.  Wife  Mary,  sons  Staun- 
ton, Charles  &  Nathaniel.  To  brother  Nathaniel  Chauncy's  children.  To 
brother  Isaac  and  to  cousin  Oziell  Chauncy,  my  cousins  Charles,  Elizabeth 
and  Isaac  Chauncy.  Fane,  138. 

Snia  pro  Valore  Test1  et  Codicilli  Ichabod  Chauncey  nuper  civitatis 
Bristoll,  in  medicinis  Doctor  defuncti,  Quod  coram  nobis  in  judicio  inter 
Mariam  Chauncey  viduam  relictam  et  executricem  in  Testamento  sive  ulti- 
ma voluntate  dicti  defuncti  nominatam,  partem  hurnoi  negotium  promo- 
ventem  ex  una  et  Stanton  Chauncey  minorem  filium  uaturalem  etlegitimum 
dicti  defuncti  per  Josephum  Wetham  ejus  curatorem  agentem  partem  con- 
tra quam  dictum  negotium  promovetur  etc. 

Die  Jovis  decimo  die  mensis  Decembris  Anno  Dni  millimo  sexcefimo 
nouagmo  primo.  Vere,  233. 


Isaac  Chauncy,  having  by  the  tender  mercy  of  the  most  High  been 
preserved  in  life  unto  an  old  age,  26  February  1712,  proved  15  March 
1711.  To  son  &  daughter  Nisbet  each  five  pounds.  The  House  I  live  in, 
in  Little  Moorfields  &c.  Wife  Jane  Chauncy.  To  daughter  Elizabeth  Nis- 
bet my  gold  non  striking  watch.  To  my  daughter  in  law,  the  relict  of  my 
late  son  Uzziel  Chauncy,  five  pounds.  To  my  grand  daughters  by  her  two 
pounds  apiece.  To  the  widow  &  relict  of  my  late  6on  Charles  Chauncy 
the  sum  of  money  due  me  from  the  African  Company.  Reference  to  the 
children  of  said  sou  as  infants.  Brother  Wally,  Son  Isaac.  Wife  Jane  ex- 
ecutrix.    Son  Nisbet  &  friend  Richard  Tailor  to  aid  her.         Barnes,  46. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  109 

[We  have  here  abstracts  of  the  wills  of  George  Chauncy,  the  father,  Judith,  a 
sister,  and  Ichabod  and  Isaac,  sons  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Chauncy,  president  of  Har- 
vard College.  Isaac  and  Ichabod  Chauncy  both  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in 
1651,  and  sketches  of  their  lives,  with  lists  of  their  publications,  are  to  be  found  in 
Sibley's  Harvard  Graduates,  i.  302-9.  For  a  genealogy  of  the  family,  see  Register, 
x.  106-120,  '251-62,  323-36  ;  xi.  148-53.  Tabular  pedigrees  will  be  found  at  x.  257 
and  xi.  148.— Editor. 

Henry  Chauncy,  the  half  brother  of  Judith  and  of  Charles  the  president  of  Harv- 
ard College,  had  a  son  Henry,  who  with  his  wife  and  children  are  all  mentioned 
in  the  will  of  Judith.  His  wife  was  Anna,  daughter  of  Peter  Parke  of  Tottenham, 
co.  Middlesex  ;  their  children  were  Henry,  John,  George,  Peter,  Anne,  Elizabeth 
and  Mary.  Henry,  the  eldest  of  the  sons,  was  the  author  of  the  History  of  Hert- 
fordshire; he  was  admitted  to  Caius  College,  Cambridge,  Eng.,  1647;  to  the  Mid- 
dle Temple,  1649  ;  Degree  of  the  Bar,  1656  ;  Justice  of  the  Peace,  1661  ;  called  to  the 
bencli  of  the  Temple,  1675,  and  the  same  year  made  Steward  of  the  Borough  Court 
in  Hertford  ;  Charter  Recorder.  1680;  Reader  of  the  Middle  Temple,  1681  ;  the 
same  year  he  was  Knighted  ;  in  1685,  Treasurer  of  the  Middle  Temple  ;  1688,  called 
by  Writ  to  the  State  and  Degree  of  a  Serjeant  at  Law. 

The  details  of  the  Chauncy  family  history  have  been  gathered  by  a  descendant, 
William  Chauncy  Fowler,  and  published  as  the  "  Chauncy  Memorials."  On  p.  312  is 
given  an  account  of  the  marriages  and  children  of  George  ;  on  p.  313,  extracts  from 
the  will  of  Judith  ;  on  pp.  46,  337,  pedigree  of  Isaac's  descendants  and  his  will  in 
full;  his  grandson,  Rev.  Charles  Chauncy,  was  the  minister  of  the  1st  Church  of 
this  city,  and  his  name  is  perpetuated  here  by  Chauncy  Street,  where  the  church 
was  then  located  ;  on  p.  78  is  a  pedigree  of  the  descendants  of  Isaac.  President 
Chauncy,  like  other  early  presidents  of  Harvard  College,  sacrificed  his  own  and  his 
family's  pecuniary  prospects  by  his  devotion  to  the  college  interests;  lie  had  an 
estate  of  £60  income  given  him  by  a  Mr.  Lane — probably  a  relative,  of  Bristol,  Eng- 
land. President  Quincy  wrote  of  the  early  presidents,  that  "  they  experienced  the 
late  of  literary  men  of  that  day, — thankless  labor,  unrequited  service,  arrearages 
unpaid,  posthumous  applause,  a  doggerel  dirge  and  a  Latin  epitaph." 

The  Chauncy  family  of  England  is  referred  to  in  the  Histories  of  Hertfordshire 
by  Sir  Henry  Chauncy,  vol.  ii.  400  ;  Clutterbuck,  pp.  60,  189  ;  Harl.  Soc.  Pub.  viii. 
353  ;  Norfolk  Arch.  So.  i.  113;  Histories  of  Northamptonshire,  by  Bridges,  i.  119  ; 
Baker,  i.  494.— See  p.  312  of  Chauncy  Memorials. — John  Coffin  Jones  Brown.] 

Frances  Hanham  (or  Hannam)  of  Boston  in  the  County  of  Lincoln, 
widow,  4  April  7th  of  Charles  (1631)  proved  by  William  Hastinges,  bro- 
ther &  executor  13  June  1631.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Bos- 
ton. To  the  poor  of  Boston  thirty  shillings.  To  Mr.  John  Cotton  and  Mr 
Anthony  Tuckney,  the  ministers,  at  Boston,  to  each  of  them  as  a  token  of  my 
hearty  affection  and  true  respect  unto  them,  to  either  of  them  the  sum  of 
twenty  shillings,  to  be  paid  them  presently  after  my  decease.  To  my  bro- 
ther Mr  Ambrose  Hayes  twenty  shillings,  within  three  months  &c,  to  make 
him  a  ring.  To  my  brother  Thornell  ten  shillings  and  to  his  wife  twenty 
shillings,  within  three  months  &c.  To  my  brother  Mr  William  Hastinges 
of  Asterby  ten  shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring.  To'  the  wife  of  Mr  Thomas 
Askham  &  to  the  wife  of  Mr  Richard  Westland  ten  shillings  each  within 
three  months  &c.  To  my  daughter  Pollixena  all  my  rings  &  Jewells  &  my 
taffety  petticoat.  To  John  Howseman  my  man  servant  my  sorrel  mare 
&c.  To  my  sister  the  wife  of  the  said  Mr  William  Hastinges  all  my  wear- 
ing apparell  not  before  given.  To  the  widow  Yates  six  shillings  eight 
pence  presently. 

Item  I  give  to  Jonas  Horrax,  nephew  to  Mrs  Cotton,  ten  shillings  to  be 
presently  paid  after  my  decease.  Item  I  give  to  Mr  Thomas  Leveritt  & 
to  his  wife  to  be  paid  them  within  three  months  next  after  my  decease 
either  of  them  ten  shillings.  To  Philip  Hannam  my  son,  in  full  of  all  leg- 
acies &  bequests  given  him  by  the  last  will  of  his  late  deceased  father,  the 
sum  of  two  hundred  &  fifty  pounds  (at  full  age  of  one  and   twenty).     To 


110  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

Rudyard  Hanuam  my  son  &c.  two  hundred  pounds  &  to  daughter  Pollix- 
ena  two  hundred  pounds  (at  one  &  twenty).  If  all  my  said  children  de- 
part this  life  before  said  ages  of  one  &  twenty  then  to  Anne,  Frances  Pol- 
lixena  and  Pascha  Hastinges  daughters  of  my  said  brother  William.  Mr 
Thomas  Askham  of  Boston  to  be  guardian  of  Pollixena  Mr  Richard  West- 
land  of  Boston  guardian  of  Philip  and  brother  William  Hastinges  guardian 
of  Rudyard.  St.  John,  73. 

[The  first  wife  of  the  Rev.  John  Cotton,  according  to  Mather  (Magnalia,  ed.  1853, 
i.  58),  "  was  Elizabeth  Ilorrocks,  sister  of  Mr.  James  Horrocks,  a  famous  minister  of 
Lincolnshire."  Perhaps  Jonas  was  his  son.  It  is  stated  in  Palmer's  Nonconform- 
ists' Memorial  (ed.  1778,  i.  510),  that  Christopher  Horrocks  of  Bolton  in  the  Moors, 
and  his  family,  caine  to  New  England  with  Mr.  Cotton.  Has  any  one  met  with 
other  evidence  of  their  residence  here?  They  left  their  son  Thomas  at  Cambridge 
University.  After  taking  his  degrees  fie  became  a  clergyman,  and  after  the  restora- 
tion was  ejected  from  the  living  of  Maiden,  in  Essex. — Editor.] 

Mary  Usher,  late  of  the  parish  of  St.  Anne,  Westminster,  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Middlesex,  widow,  deceased.  Administration  on  the  goods,  chattells 
and  credits  pertaining  to  her  estate  was  granted,  3  April  1739,  to  Patient 
Usher,  the  Wife  and  lawful  Attorney  of  James  Usher,  the  natural  and  law- 
ful son  and  only  issue  of  the  said  deceased,  for  the  use  aud  benefit  and  dur- 
ing the  absence  of  the  said  James  Usher,  now  at  Philadelphia  in  America. 

Admon.  Act  Book,  1740. 

Patient  Usher,  late  of  Philadelphia  in  Pennsylvania,  in  North  Ameri- 
ca, widow,  deceased.  Administration  on  her  estate  was  granted  29  April 
1749,  to  Elias  Bland,  the  lawful  Attorney  of  Margaret  Kearsley,  formerly 
Brand,  wife  of  John  Kearsley,  the  niece  and  next  of  kin  of  the  said  de- 
ceased, for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  said  Margaret  Kearsley,  formerly 
Brand,  now  residing  at  Pennsylvania  aforesaid,  having  first  made  a  sincere 
and  solemn  affirmation  or  declaration,  according  to  Act  of  Parliament  &c. 

Admon.  Act  Book,  1750. 

Thomas  Scottow  of  Boston  in  New  Englaud,  chirurgeou,  now  bound 
forth  on  a  voyage  to  sea  in  the  ship  Gerrard  of  London,  Captain  William 
Dennis  commander,  14  November  1698,  proved  4  September  1699.  To 
my  loving  sister  Elizabeth  Savage  of  New  England  aforesaid  all  my  real  & 
personal  estate  in  New  England  of  what  kind  soever.  To  my  loving  friend 
Margaret  Softley  of  the  parish  of  Sl  Paul,  Shadwell,  in  the  county  of  Mid- 
dlesex, widow,  all  &  singular  such  moneys,  salaries  and  wages  whatso- 
ever as  is  and  shall  become  due  to  me  for  my  service  in  the  said  ship  and 
all  other  my  goods  and  chattels  and  estate  whatsoever  in  said  ship  to  her 
own  use  in  satisfaction  of  what  I  shall  owe  and  be  indebted  unto  her  at 
my  death  ;  and  I  appoint  her  executrix. 

The   witnesses     were    James   Richmond,    Richard   Baddeley    &    Theo: 

Pomeroy.  Pett,  150. 

[Thomas  Scottow  was  a  son  of  Joshua  Scottow,  and  was  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  1677.  His  sister  Elizabeth  married  Thomas,  second  son  of  Maj.  Thomas 
Savage.  See  Hist.  Catalogue  of  Old  South  Church,  ed.  by  Hill  and  Bigelow,  page 
220.— Editor.] 

Philip  Gibbs  of  the  City  of  Bristol,  ironmonger,  now  bound  to  Virgin- 
ia, 26  August,  1658,  proved  23  October  1674.  To  brother  Jacob  Gibbs. 
To  brother  in  law  Philip  Marshall  of  Evisham,  in  the  County  of  Worces- 
ter, shoemaker,  and  his  sons  Anthony,  Philip  and  Francis  Marshall.  The 
said  Philip  Marshall  to  be  executor.  Buuce,  113. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  Ill 

John  Watte  of  the  city  of  Worcester,  glover,  13  August  1691,  proved 
14  November  1691.  My  body  to  be  decently  interred  according  to  the 
discretion  of  my  dear  and  loving  wife ;  and  my  worldly  goods  and  estate  I 
bequeath  in  such  manner  as  herein  after  is  expressed,  viz'.  As  for  and 
concerning  my  land  in  Pennsylvania  which  I  have  impowered  Milicent  Flos- 
kins  to  sell  and  dispose  of  I  give  the  money  to  be  raised  by  the  sale  there- 
of to  my  son  Benjamin,  and  five  pounds  more,  for  the  raising  him  a  stock 
to  be  paid  him,  with  the  improvement  thereof,  when  he  shall  accomplish  the 
age  of  one  &  twenty  years,  or  have  served  out  an  apprenticeship,  which 
shall  first  come  or  be.  And  I  give  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  the  sum  of 
five  pounds,  to  be  paid  her,  with  the  improvement  of  the  same,  when  she 
shall  attain  the  age  of  one  &  twenty  years  or  be  married,  which  shall  first 
come  or  be.  And  in  case  either  of  my  said  children  shall  depart  this  mor- 
tal life  before  the  said  legacy  shall  become  due  &  payable,  as  aforesaid,  then 
I  give  the  whole  to  the  survivor  of  them.  And  I  give  Francis  Willis,  my 
servant,  ten  shillings  as  a  token  of  my  love  and  to  the  intent  he  may  be  as- 
sisting to  my  wife  in  all  things  she  desires  of  him,  And  my  will  is  my  child- 
ren may  be  bred  up  &  well  educated  by  my  dear  wife  ;  and  I  appoint  her 
guardian  to  my  said  children.  And  all  the  residue  of  my  goods  &  chat- 
tells,  after  the  payment  of  my  just  debts,  legacies  and  educate  (sic)  and 
breeding  up  of  my  said  children,  I  give  to  my  dear  and  loving  wife  Eliza- 
beth Wayte,  and  I  do  appoint  and  ordain  her  executrix  and  the  said  Fran- 
cis Willis  executor.     Wit :  John  Lacy,  Stephen  Cosens,  Tho:  Taylor. 

Vere,  200. 

William  Whittingham,  of  Sutterton  in  the  County  of  Lincoln,  yeo- 
man, 22  December  1591,  proved  1  October  1599  by  Richard  Whitting- 
ham, son  and  executor.  To  the  poor  of  Sutterton  ten  shillings.  Towards 
the  reparation  of  the  church  twenty  shillings.  I  give  unto  Baruke  Whit- 
tingham, mine  eldest  son,  twenty  pounds  within  one  year  after  my  decease. 
To  Anne  Pell,  my  daughter,  the  wife  of  Stephen  Pell,  twenty  pounds 
within  one  year  &c.  To  Agnes  Whittingham,  the  daughter  of  my  son  Rich- 
ard, twenty  pounds  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years  or  day  of  marriage.  To 
every  of  the  four  children  of  Robert  Harvie  of  Kirton,  yeoman,  which  he 
had  by  my  daughter,  five  pounds  at  their  several  ages  of  eighteen  or  days 
of  their  several  marriages,  which  shall  first  happen.  To  the  said  Richard 
Whittingham,  my  son,  my  "  swane  marke,"  called  the  "  Romaine  A," 
marked  as  it  appeareth  in  the  "  margent  "  of  this  my  will. 

All  the  residue  to  the  said  Richard,  my  son,  whom  I  make  executor ; 
my  body  in  decent  manner  to  be  brought  to  the  earth  and  buried  in  the 
church  of  Sutterton  ;  and  I  appoint  Anthony  Irbie,  of  Whapload,  Esq.  su- 
pervisor &c,  to  whom  I  give  forty  shillings  for  his  pains  in  that  behalf, 
advising  and  charging  my  sons  Barucke  and  Richard  that  if  any  trouble  or 
difference  arise  between  them  concerning  this  my  last  will  and  testament, 
&c.  that  they  be  directed  therein  by  my  supervisor. 

Concerning  my  lands,  I  give  to  William  Whittingham,  my  nephew,  one 
of  the  sons  of  Barucke  Whittingham,  my  son,  two  acres  and  a  half  acre  of 
arable  land,  lying  in  Bicker  in  the  said  County  of  Lincoln,  in  the  tenure  of 
the  widow  Rowte,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever.  To  Richard  Whitting- 
ham, my  nephew,  one  other  of  the  sons  of  the  said  Barucke,  my  son,  two 
and  a  halfe  acres  in  the  tenure  of  Kenelm  Philips,  in  Bicker  aforesaid.  To 
Barucke  Whittingham,  my  nephew,  one  other  of  the  sons  of  Barucke  &c. 
one  acre  &  a  half  acre.     To  Agnes  Roote,  widow,  late  wife  of  William 


112         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Roote,  deceased,  one  cottage  with  the  appurtenances  in  Donnington,  for 
term  of  her  life,  the  remainder  thereof,  after  her  decease,  to  the  uses  men- 
tioned in  the  last  will  of  John  Whittingham,  my  cousin.  I  give  and  devise 
to  Richard  AVhittingham,  my  son,  and  to  his  heirs  forever  all  that  my  man- 
sion house  wherein  I  now  dwell,  together  with  that  house  at  the  end  of  my 
yard  which  I  had  by  the  gift  of  my  son  Thomas  "Whittingham,  and  my 
house  called  my  mother's  house  &c.  (and  a  lot  of  other  lands  and  tene- 
ments). 

Wit:   Anthony  Irbye,  Thomas  Landsdaile  (his  mark),  William  Bennett. 

Kidd,  80. 

Richard  Whittingham  of  Sutterton  in  the  parts  of  Holland,  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln,  gentleman,  6  March  1615,  proved  18  April  1618.  My 
body  to  be  buried  in  the  Church  of  Sutterton.  To  Elizabeth  my  wife  one 
messuage  and  twenty  acres  and  one  rood  in  Algorkirke,  in  Lincoln,  lying 
in  seven  parcels,  which  were  late  my  brother  William  Whittingham's,  to 
wife  for  term  of  life,  then  to  the  heirs  of  my  body  by  the  said  Elizabeth 
lawfully  begotten  ;  and,  for  fault  of  such  issue,  to  remain  unto  William 
Field,  son  of  George  Field  of  Algarkirke,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  &c. ; 
and,  for  want  of  such  heirs,  then  to  remain  to  Elizabeth  Stowe,  wife  of 
Thomas  Stowe  of  Algarkirke  &c.  husbandman,  and  sister  of  the  said  Wil- 
liam Field,  and  to  the  heirs  of  her  body  &c.  ;  next  to  Jane,  now  the  wife 
of  Christopher  Passmore,  one  other  of  the  sisters  of  the  said  William  Feyld, 
and  to  the  heirs  of  her  body  &c.  ;  then  to  the  right  heirs  of  me  the  said 
Richard  Whittingham  forever.  If  my  wife  be  with  child  then  to  such 
child  nine  acres  of  pasture,  in  Algarkirke,  called  Oxholme,  late  my  brother 
William  Whittingham's,  subject  to  the  payment  of  forty  pounds,  by  will  of 
my  said  brother  William,  unto  the  children  of  Nicholas  Thompson  of  Wig- 
toft.  If  wife  be  not  with  child  then  the  above  to  the  children  of  the  said 
Nicholas  and  to  their  heirs  forever. 

All  the  lands  &c.  in  Sutterton  late  my  uncle  Richard  Whittingham's 
(subject  and  chargeable  with  my  Aunt  Whittingham  her  annuity  of  forty 
pounds  by  the  year)  unto  Hannah  Foster,  now  wife  of  Christopher  Foster, 
and  daughter  of  Stephen  Pell  deceased,  and  to  her  heirs  forever.  Sundry 
lauds  &c.  (after  decease  of  my  wife  without  heirs  of  her  body  by  me,  as 
aforesaid)  to  remain  to  Kellam  Harvie,  son  of  Robert  Harvie,  and  to  his 
heirs  forever.  Other  lands  to  remain  to  Thomas  Harvie  of  Kirton,  sou  of 
Robert  Harvie,  and  to  his  heirs.  After  the  decease  of  my  wife  without 
issue  &c.  my  messuage  and  twelve  acres  of  pasture  in  Kirton,  in  a  place 
called  Willington  there,  unto  William  Taylor,  my  cousin  of  Northkyrne, 
and  to  his  heirs  forever.  Other  land  to  Anne  Richards,  wife  of  Walter 
Richards  and  daughter  of  Robert  Harvie  of  Kirton,  and  to  her  heirs  for- 
ever. I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  aforesaid  Thomas  Harvie,  my  cousin, 
and  his  heirs,  one  acre  of  land  arable  in  Sutterton,  in  a  place  called  Shet- 
tlefield,  between  the  lands  of  William  Hewitson,  on  the  North,  and  my 
lands,  South,  &c,  in  trust  &c.  I  give  my  revertion,  after  my  Aunt  Whit- 
tingham's decease,  of  all  my  messuages  &  lands  &  tenements  in  Boston,  in 
the  said  County  of  Lincoln,  to  Elizabeth  my  wife,  for  term  of  life  ;  then  to 
the  heirs  of  her  body  by  me  &c. ;  then  to  Kellam  Harvie.  To  the  poor  of 
Sutterton  five  pounds  over  and  above  the  ten  pounds  given  by  my  father. 
To  my  servants  William  Barker  and  Thomas  Handley  and  John  Roote. 
To  Alice  Parkynson,  Percy  Brandon,  Frauncs  Christian.  To  the  daugh- 
ter of  William  Hewitson,  ray  god  daughter.    To  Ellen  Diggle,  daughter  of 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  113 

Edtuoud  Diggle,  clerk,  my  god  daughter  &c.  I  give  unto  my  brother  Mel- 
lowes  his  children  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  William  Ingoldsbie,  one  of  the 
sons  of  my  brother  Ingoldsbie,  clerk,  to  be  paid  at  his  first  commencement, 
when  he  shall  bachelor  of  Art,  or  within  three  years  after  my  de- 

cease, which  shall  first  happen.  To  all  the  rest  of  my  sister  Ingoldsbie's 
children.  To  Olive  Welbie  and  to  all  the  rest  of  her  brothers  and  sisters. 
To  my  Aunt  Whittingham,  my  Aunt  Massingberd,  my  father-in-law,  Mr 
Doctor  Buckley,  my  brother-in-law,  JMr  Peter  Buckley  and  to  Edward,  his 
son.  To  Mr.  Cotten.  To  Michael  Harbert.  To  James  Wilkinson.  To 
Robert  Johnson  of  Kirton. 

My  wife  to  be  executrix  and  residuary  legatee,  and  my  friends  Mr  Tho- 
mas Middlecott,  of  Boston,  Esq.,  Mr  Anthony  Ingoldsbie,  of  Fishtoft, 
clerk,  and  Mr  Edmond  Diggle  of  Sutterton,  clerk,  to  be  supeiwisors. 

Wit :  Anthony  Ingoldsbie,  Edmond  Diggle  &  Thomas  Knott. 

Meade,  28. 

[Articles  on  the  Whittingham  family,  by  Mrs.  Caroline  H.  Dall,  now  of  George- 
town, D.  C,  will  be  found  in  the  Register,  xxvii.  135-9;  xxxiv.  34-7.  Compare 
the  above  abstracts  with  the  extracts  from  the  parish  registers  of  Sutterton,  near 
Boston,  Lincolnshire,  in  Reg.  xxxiv.  35-6. 

An  account  of  the  ancestry  of  the  New  England  Whittinghams  is  given  in  the 
obituary  of  Mrs.  Mary  (Whittingham)  Saltonstall,  widow  of  Gov.  Gurdon  Salton- 
stall  of  Connecticut,  in  the  New  England  Weekly  Journal,  Boston,  January  26, 
1730.  There  are  important  errors  in  it.  The  obituary  is  copied  into  the  Register, 
xi.  26-7. 

It  would  seem  from  the  will  of  Richard  Whittingham,  that  he  married  a  daugh- 
ter of  the  Rev  Edward  Bulkley,  D.D.,  of  Odell  (Reg.  xxiii.  303),  whose  son,  the 
Rev.  Peter  Bulkley,  named  in  the  will,  was  the  first  minister  of  Concord,  Mass. 
Perhaps  the  Mr.  Mellowes  also  mentioned,  was  related  to  Abraham  Mellows  of 
Charlestown,  Mass.  There  was  a  subsequent  connection  between  the  Bulkley  and 
Mellows  families,  Hannah  Smith,  a  niece  of  the  Rev.  Peter  Buikley,  having  mar- 
ried Edward,  son  of  Abraham  Mellows  (Wyman's  Charlestown,  ii.  665). — Editor. 

With  one  exception  the  Whittingham  family  material  published  before  1880, 
stands  unrivalled  for  blunders.  In  the  Register  (xxxiv.  pp.  34-37)  Mrs.  Dall 
began  the  work  of  correction  by  printing  extracts  from  the  Registers  of  the  parish 
of  Sutterton  in  Lincolnshire,  which  had  been  furnished  to  her  by  the  curate.  Rev. 
W.  W.  Morrison.  The  two  wills  which  Mr.  Waters  has  sent  may  be  most  valua- 
ble aids  towards  the  discovery  of  the  ancestry  of  the  John  Whittingham  who  mar- 
ried Martha  HubHard.  The  names  correspond  exactly  with  those  given  from  the 
parish  records.  So  far  we  stand  on  secure  ground.  The  evidence  is  wanting 
winch  proves  John  of  New  England  to  be  son  of  Baruch,  who  was  born  in  Sutterton 
A.D.  1588,  and  is  said  to  have  died  there  in  1610;  possibly  Mrs.  Dall  has  this 
evidence,  at  any  rate  she  refers  to  a  list  of  deaths  of  the  Whittinghams  of  Sutter- 
ton, which  it  is  hoped  she  will  contribute  to  the  next  number  of  the  Register.  I 
have  the  strongest  doubts  of  the  quotation  "  From  Mad.  de  Salis,  copied  from  Alie's 
Norfolk  " — (vol.  34,  p.  36).  A  lie  1  am  afraid  it  is — as  I  never  heard  of  the  book, 
and  know  of  no  reason  to  suppose  that  the  record  of  a  marriage  on  this  side  of  the 
ocean  should  have  been  recorded  and  printed  in  a  County  History  of  England. 
The  grossest  frauds  have  been  discovered  in  pretended  copies  from  abroad,  espe- 
cially when  the  American  correspondent  informed  the  searcher  what  he  wanted. 

Mrs.  Dall  mentions  "William1  Whittingham  with  wife  Joanna,  who  was  buried 
at  Sutterton  Feb.  3,  1540."  William,2  in  his  will  of  1591,  mentions  "  my  house 
called  my  mother's  house,"  and  I  should  judge  that  it  was  so  called  because  Wil- 
liam1 had  married  an  heiress  or  resident  of  Sutterton,  he  having  been  the  first  of 
the  name  in  that  locality.  The  parish  records  contain  baptisms  between  1540  and 
1570  of  the  children  of  Roger2  and  William2  only.  Supposing  them  to  be  brothers 
and  sons  of  William1  I  have  made  this  pedigree,  marked  with  *  if  mentioned  in  the 
will  of  William,2  and  with  f  if  mentioned  in  the  will  of  Richard.4 

William1  Whittingham  m.  Joanna .     They  were  probably  parents  of: 

Roger,2  who  married  and  had  Margaret,3  b.  1544  ;  Dorothea,3  b.  1548  ;  Jane,3  b. 
1549  :  Anna,3  b.  1555,  and  an  only  son  John3*  (6tyled  cousin  in  the  will  of 
William2). 


114  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

William,2  will  given  above,  who  married  and  had  Thomas,3*  b.  1540  [who  mar- 
ried and  had  daughters  Ac/nela*  b.  1570,  and  Susanna,4  b.  1572]  ;  Joan,3  b.  1546, 
m.  15G9,  Thomas  Pcrcye;  Baruch,3*  b.  1547,  m.1577,  Eliz.  Taylor  [they  had  Baruch** 
b.  1588,  Eliz.*  b.  1593,  William,'1*  Richard**  will  given  above,  m.  Elizabeth  Bulk- 
ley,  daughter  of  Mr.  Doctor  Bulkley]  ;  Richard,3!  b.  1563,  m.  Mabell,  daughter  of 
Francis  Quarles  (see  Harl.  Soc.  Pub.  Vis.  of  Essex,  1612,  p.  271)  [they  had  Ag- 
nes,4* b.  1590,  and  perhaps  Richard,4  b.  1G10]  ;  Ann,3*  b.  1568,  m.  Stephen  Pell*t 
[they  had  Hannah  Pellf]  ;  Dorothea,3  b.  1552,  and  Almira,3  b.  1554;  one  of  these 
was  the  wife  of  Robert  Harvie,*f  of  Kirton,  who  had  four  children,*  of  whom  Kel- 
lam ,t  Annef  and  Thomasf  are  mentioned  by  their  cousin  Richard. 

John  Whittingham,  who  married  Martha  Hubbard,  had  a  son  William,  who 
married  Mary  Lawrence  ;  she  died  in  childbirth,  November,  1671.  Their  son  Wil- 
liam (5th  child)  was  born  November  9,  1671.  William,  the  husband,  was  proba- 
bly sick  at  the  time,  and  hastened  over  to  England  to  arrange  for  the  legal  acquire- 
ment of  his  hereditary  property  in  Lincolnshire;  making  a  home  in  Cambridge, 
co.  Middlesex,  England,  at  "  Marie  le  Savoy."  His  will  is  dated  25th  March, 
1672:  •'  Win  Whittingham  late  of  Boston  in  Massachusetts  &c.  Gentleman,  being 
sick,  gives  to  his  eldest  son  Richard, — House,  Barn,  Mill-house,  &c.  together  with 
20  acres  arable  land,  and  844  acres  of  pasture,  now  in  possession  of  Wm  Pakey  in 
the  town  of  Sutter boro',  in  the  parts  of  Holland  (low-lands)  in  the  County  of  Lin- 
coln— gives  to  son  William,  one  dwelling  house  and  barn,  &c.  with  42i  acres  of  land 
in  tenure  of  John  Trigg  ;  also  One  Cottage  and  barn  with  5  acres  of  land  in  tenure 
of  Thomas  Baily  in  Sutterboro'.  To  daughter  Mary  one  messuage,  &c.  with  18 
acres  land  in  tenure  of  John  Wilson  and  Mr.  Baker  ; — to  daughter  Elizabeth  one 
messuage,  &c.  with  15-i  acres  of  land,  also  one  cottage  and  1  acre  of  land — John 
Gidny,  George  Ledman  and  John  Baker  tenants; — to  daughter  Martha  two  cot- 
tages and  124  acres  of  land  in  the  possession  of  John  Pakey,  Wra  Walker  and  Rich- 
ard Gunn, — daughters  to  have  possession  at  the  age  of  20  years  or  days  of 
marriage,  &c.  &c.  Mentions  Uncle  Nathaniel  Hubbard  of  London,  Gentleman  ; 
brother  Richard  Whittingham  ;  brother  in  law  John  Clark  of  Boston  in  New  Eng- 
land and  his  mother  Mrs.  Martha  Eire  (annuity  to  her).  Gifts  to  James  Whitcomb 
of  Boston  ;  cousins  Mary  Hubbart  and  Anne  Hubbert.  Father  in  law  John  Law- 
rence of  New  York  in  America,  William  Ilubbert  of  Ipswich,  of  America,  and  said 
Uncle  Nathaniel  Hubbard  of  London,  Gentleman,  and  John  Lewine  of  London  Esq. 
Executors.  Proved  "  Arch.  Canterbury  "  same  month  and  year  as  dated. —  In  the 
certificate  he  is  styled  as  "  formerly  of  Boston  in  New  England,  now  of  Marie  le 
Savoy  of  Middlesex."  Proved  in  Boston,  New  England,  23d  July,  1672;  recorded 
Suffolk  Deeds,  vol.  7,  p.  224. 

I  suppose  the  ."  town  of  Sutterboro'  "  is  the  same  as  Sutterton.  With  proof  as 
to  the  missing  link,  consanguinity  would  be  easily  established. — John  Coffin  Jones 
Brown.] 

Richard  Bifield  minister  of  the  word  of  God,  of  Isleworth  in  the 
County  of  Middlesex,  23  August  1633,  proved  24  October  1633.  To  Rich- 
ard, my  eldest  son  twenty  shillings.  To  the  children  of  the  said  Richard 
viz.  to  Mary  twenty  shillings,  to  Timothy  twenty  shillings,  to  Sarah  Bifield 
ten  shillings  and  to  his  other  three  children  Samuel,  Anne,  &  Richard  ten 
shillings  apiece.  To  my  son  Nathaniel  Bifield  six  pounds  and  a  maikj 
within  two  years  after  my  decease  (and  other  property).  To  my  grand- 
child Bathshua  Clifford,  wife  of  Mr  William  Clifford,  clerk,  twenty  shil- 
lings, the  which  twenty  shillings  the  said  Mr  William  Clifford  oweth  me. 
To  my  grandchild  Richard  Weston  four  pounds  in  one  year  &e.  To  grand- 
child Mary  Weston  three  pounds  in  two  years  &c.  To  my  loving  wife 
Margaret  Bifield  twenty  five  pounds  which  was  owing  to  me  from  Edward 
Browne  my  son  in  law  deceased  and  now  is  due  to   me  from  the  executors 

%  This  amount,  commonly  written  vi£  xiii3  iiiid,  seems  to  have  been  a  favorite  amount 
to  bequeath  previous  to  the  17th  century.  It  is  just  ten  marks  or  twenty  nobles,  and  very 
likely  (as  my  friend  J.  C.  C.  Smith,  Esq.  suggests)  would  be  so  read  and  spoken  of,  rather 
than  six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  and  four  pence.  The  noble  was  one  half  of  a  mark,  or 
six  shillings  and  eight  pence. — h.  f.  w. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  115 

of  his  last  will  and  testament.  To  said  Margaret  twenty  pounds  which  my 
eldest  son  Richard  doth  owe  me.  If  my  son  Richard  shall  depart  this  life 
before  my  wife  Margaret  his  mother  aforesaid  then  the  said  twenty  pounds 
shall  be  paid  within  one  month  after  his  decease  unto  the  said  Margaret, 
my  wife  &  his  mother.  All  the  rest  of  my  estate,  saving  my  three  cloakes 
and  all  my  study  of  books  which  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Nathaniel  Bi- 
field  clerk,  my  son  aforesaid,  I  leave  unto  my  loving  wife  Margaret  and 
appoint  her  sole  executrix.  Russell,  85. 


Richard  Byfeild  minister  of  the  Gospel,  pastor  of  the  church  in  Long 
Ditton  in  the  County  of  Surrey,  15  August  1662,  proved  11  June  1665. 
(The  will  begins  with  an  interesting  confession  of  Faith.)  A  reference  to 
a  statute  or  Recognizance  of  the  nature  of  statute  staple  ordained  &  pro- 
vided for  the  recovery  of  debts,  bearing  date  17  June  1662,  taken  &  ac- 
knowledged before  Sir  Orlando  Bridgeman,  Knight,  Lord  chief  Justice  of 
His  Maiestie's  Court  of  Common  Pleas  at  Westminster  and  a  bond  of  six 
hundred  pounds  to  Maurice  Gethin  &  John  Kay,  citizens  and  merchant 
taylors  of  London,  for  the  payment  of  a  debt  of  five  hundred  pounds,  the 
security  being  a  messuage  or  tenement  in  I  aeld  in  the  County  of  Sussex, 
now  in  occupation  of  John  Richardson  my  tenant. 

Bequests  are  made  to  "  my  five  daughters  "  Rebecca,  Dorcas,  Priscilla, 
Mary  &  Debora,  to  eldest  son  Mr  Samuel  Byfeild  (inter  alia  the  works  of 
Thomas  Aquinas  in  fourteen  volumes  and  one  gold  ring  which  hath  engra- 
ven on  it  Thomas  Lancashire)  and  to  second  son  Mr  Richard  Byfeild. 
Whereas  God  hath  blessed  me  with  ten  children  more  born  to  me  by  my 
dear  &  loving  wife  M™  Sarah  Byfeild  which  ten  children  are  all  now  living 

(praised  be  the  name  of  our  God)  To  my  daughter   Sarah   (at  one 

&  twenty  or  day  of  marriage),  to  son  Tymothy  that  fifty  pounds  given 
unto  me  as  a  legacy  by  my  godly,  loving  friend  Mr  Herring,  citizen  of 
London  deceased.  Mention  is  made  of  land  &  tenement  in  the  West  end 
of  Little  Heath  in  East  Sheene  in  the  parish  of  Mortlake  in  the  County  of 
Surrey,  house  &c.  in  the  tenure  &  occupation  of  Abraham  Baker,  a  little 
tenement  leased  out  to  Robert  Hartwell  deceased  &  now  in  the  occupation 
of  Benjamin  B'eilder  of  East  Sheene,  a  tenement  in  the  occupation  of  John 
Cooke  of  East  Sheene,  a  tenement  leased  to  Lucy  Northall  widow  deceas- 
ed and  now  in  the  occupation  of  Margaret  Parker  her  daughter,  in  East 
Sheene,  lands  lately  in  the  occupation  of  John  Poole  of  East  Sheene,  car- 
penter and  other  lands.  Sons  John,  Nathaniel  &  Thomas.  To  son  Na- 
thaniel the  three  tenements  now  in  the  tenure  &  occupation  of  William 
Lytter  of  Thomas  Greaves  &  of  John  Best.  Tq  son  William  Wagstaffe 
forty  shillings  to  buy  him  books,  to  daughter  M"  Elizabeth  Bowers  three 
pounds,  to  my  three  grandchildren  the  daughters  of  Mr  Robert  Goddin, 
the  husband  of  my  daughter  Mary  deceased,  to  my  grandchild  Ann  Wick- 
ins,  my  daughter  Mr8  Ann  Wickins,  my  daughter  M™  Elizabeth  Berrow, 
my  two  grand  children  John  &  Sarah  Wright.  In  the  codicil  (dated  in 
one  place  21st,  in  another  31st,  May,  1664)  the  testator  says,  "  God  hath 
taken  to  himself  my  youngest  son  Thomas  " — "  the  Lord  hath  also  made 
a  great  breach  upon  us  in  taking  to  himself  by  death  our  sou  William 
Wagstaffe." 

The  above  will  was  proved  by  Sarah  Byfeild,  relict  &  executrix. 

Hyde,  58. 


116  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

["  Richard  Bifieid,  minister,  was  buried  the  30th  uf  Decr  1664."  He  was  rector 
of  Long-Ditton,  had  hern  one  of  the  assembly  of  divines,  and  published  several  ser- 
mons and  religious  tracts. — Extract  from  Parish  Register  of  Mortlake,  with  re- 
marks thereon.     Lysons's  Environs  of  London,  vol.  i.  p.  371. 

Richard  Byfield,  M.A.,  who  was  ejected  from  the  Rectory  of  Long  Ditton  in  Sur- 
rey, retired  to  Mortlake  and  continued  to  preach  to  the  last  sabbath  of  his  life,  lie 
died  December  26,  1664,  aged  67.  and  was  buried  in  the  parish  church." — Surrey 
Congregational  History,  by  John  Waddington,  D.D.  Printed  in  London,  1866.  P. 
250.— n.  f.  w. 

Nathaniel  Byfield,  son  of  Rev.  Richard  of  Long  Ditton,  came  to  New  England 
about  11)74,  and  settled  hist  in  B  tston  and  afterwards  in  Bristol,  but  returned  to 
Boston,  where  lie  died  June  6,  1733,  in  his  80th  year  (see  Lane's  Manual  of  the 
First  Church  in  Bristol,  it.  I  ,  p.  74).  It  is  said  that  he  was  one  of  twenty-one 
children  (Savage's  Diet.  i.  325).  Rev.  Nicholas  Byfield  of  Chester  and  Isleworth 
(Bliss's  Wood's  Ath.  Ox.  ii.  323,  and  Brook's  Puritans,  ii.  298),  whom  Brook  calls 
a  half  brother  of  Richard  of  Long  Ditton.  is  more  likely  to  have  been  an  uncle. 
Nicholas  was  father  of  the  celebrated  Rev.  Adoniram  Byfield. — Editor.] 


Notes  on  Abstracts  previously  printed. 

Thomas  Cotton  {ante,  p.  91) : 

[Benj.  Woodbridge,  of  Boston,  deposes  30  Dec.  1697,  that,  when  I  was  in  Lon- 
don 2  years  ago  and  since,  I  was  often  to  see  Mrs.  Bridget  Usher  the  wife  of  Mr. 
Hezekiah  Usher  (lately  deceased)  who  dwelt  with  her  son  in  law  Mr.  Thomas  Cot- 
ton a  minister  of  the  Gospel  who  married  her  daughter  and  who  had  one  son  living 
about  5  years  old.  They  dwelt  in  Hodsdon's  Square  near  Shoreditch.  He  complained 
how  he  was  unjustly  kept  from  his  wife's  portion  for  about  7  years  it  being  here 
in  New  England,  and  that  he  would  be  glad  to  have  relief  in  that  case.  {Mass.  Ar- 
chives,\iii.  66.) — William  M.  Sargent,  of  Portland,  Me.] 


Stephen  Wheatland  of  the  city  of  Winchester  in  the  County  of  South- 
ampton, 6  Jauuary,  1737,  proved  18  June,  1739.  To  my  son  Stephen 
Wheatland,  clerk,  one  shilling.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Barlow,  wife 
of  Henry  Barlow,  one  shilling.  To  my  granddaughter  Elizabeth  Bar- 
low one  shilling.  To  Henry  Barlow  one  shilling.  To  my  grandchildren 
Susanna  Whitehead,  Anna  Whitehead,  Stephen  Wheatland  Whitehead  and 
Elizabeth  Whitehead  and  their  heirs,  and,  for  want  of  such  heirs,  to  Wil- 
liam Whitehead,  my  grandson,  and  his  heirs  forever,  all  my  freehold  mes- 
suages and  tenements,  lands  and  hereditaments  situate,  lying  &  being  in  the 
city  of  Winchester.  My  loving  son  and  daughter  Edward  Whitehead  & 
Susanna  his  wife  to  be  executor  &  executrix. 

Wit :  Tho  :  Cropp,  Richard  Rimes,  James  Pledger. 

Henchman,  142. 

I  Possibly  there  may  be  some  connection  between  Stephen  Wheatland,  the  tes- 
tator, and  the  family  from  which  Henry  Wheatland,  M.D.,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  presi- 
dent of  the  Essex  Institute,  is  descended.  The  name  Stephen  is  found  in  both.  Dr. 
Wheatland  writes  to  us  :  "  My  father,  Richard  Wheatland,  was  bom  in  Wareham, 
England,  in  1762.  His  parents  were  Peter  and  Bridget  (Foxcroft)  Wheatland, 
who  were  married  about  1752.  Their  eldest  child  was  born  in  1753.  We  have  in 
Salem  the  family  bible  <jiven  to  my  father  by  his  mother,  during  a  visit  to  England 
in  1799.  It  contains  the  records  of  the  births  of  the  children,  7  sons  and  3  daugh- 
ters, viz.  :  John,  Stephen,  Peter,  George,  Richard,  Robert,  2d  John,  Bridget,  Mar- 
garet and  Anne.  My  impression  is  that  my  father's  father  was  born  about  midway 
between  London  and'Wareham,  probably  in  the  vicinity  of  Winchester." 

See  Gleanings  by  Fmmerton  and  Waters,  p.  130,  in  relation  to  William  Wheat- 
land, who  died  19  Feb.  1575. — Editor.] 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  117 

Memorandum  That  the  tenth  daye  of  July  iGii  John  Harvard  of  the 
gishe  of  S*  Sauior  in  Southwarke  wthin  the  County  of  Surrey  Butcher  be- 
irn^e  then  sicke  and  very  weake  in  hody  hut  of  good  memory,  beinge  moved 
to  dispose  of  his  temporall  estate  uttered  theise  or  the  like  wordes  in  effect 
(in  the  presence  of  us  whose  names  be  suhscrihed)  viz',  I  give  unto  Franc  s 

Rodders  tenn  poundes And  all  the  rest  of  my  goodes  and  estate  I  giue 

unto  my  brothr  Thomas  Harvard,  and  I  make  my  said  brother  Tho:  Har- 
vard my  sole  Executor,  And  to  witnes  the  same  we  haue  hereunto  sett  our 
handes     Tho:  Harvard  his  mrke  Ricd  Yearwood  Robert  Harvard  his  mrke. 

The  above  will  was  proved  21  July  1611  by  Thomas  Harvard  brother 
and  executor  &c.  158,  Berry 

(Archdeaconry  of  Surrey). 

Marche  the  27.  Anno  i622. 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  I  Thomas  Harvard  of  the  precinct  of 
S4  Katherins  neere  the  tower  of  London  beinge  sicke  in  bodie  but  of  per- 
fect memory  thankes  be  to  God  doe  ordaine  this  my  last  will  and  testament 
in  manner  and  forme  followinge.  ffirst  I  doe  bequeath  my  Soule  into  the 
handes  of  almightie  god  that  gave  it  me,  and  to  his  sonne  Jesus  Christ  that 
Redeemed  me  by  whose  death  and  merritts  I  doe  trust  onelie  to  be  saved 
and  my  Sole  receyved  into  eternall  ioye.  for  my  bodie  to  be  committed  to 
the  Earthe  from  whence  it  came  and  to  be  buryed  at  the  discretion  of  my 
Executrix  hereundernamed  And  for  the  rest  of  the  porcion  of  goodes 
which  the  lorde  hath  lent  me  duringe  my  life  my  will  is  my  welbeloved 
wife  shall  fullie  and  whollie  enioy  it  whatsoeuer  and  to  give  unto  my  child- 
ren that  the  lorde  hath  sent  me  whatsoever  it  pleaseth  her  into  whose 
hiindes  after  my  decease  I  comitt  all  that  my  estate  and  porcion  ether  in 
England  or  elsewhere  beyonde  the  Seas  and  this  I  ordaine  as  my  last  will 
and  testament  and  disanull  all  former  whatsoeuer  making  my  deerly  be- 
loved wife  Margarett  Ilarvarde  my  sole  executrix.  In  witnes  whereof  I 
have  hereunto  put  my  hande.     The  marke  of  Thomas  Harvard. 

Subscribed  and  deliuered  by  Thomas  Harvard  in  the  presentes  of  us 
hereunder  named     Edmond  Swettenham  the  marke  of  Ann  Blaton. 

Probatum  fuit  TESTAMENTCMsuprascriptum  apud  London  coram  vene- 
rabili  viro  magro  Richardo  Clarke  legum  doctore  Surrogato  venerabilis  viri 
domini  Willimi  Bird  militis  legum  etiam  doctoris  Curie  Prerogatiue  Cantuar- 
ens"  magfi  Custodis  siue  Commissarii  ltime  constituti.  Vicesimo  tertio  die 
mens"  Au<nisti  Anno  Dni  Millesimo  sexcentesimo  vicesimo  secundo.  Jura- 
mento  Margarete  Harvard  relicte  et  executricis  dicti  defuncti  in  eodem  testa- 
mento  nominat.  Cui  Commissa  fuit  Administracio  bonorum  iurium  et  credi- 
torum  dicti  defunct  de  bene  et  fideliter  administrafid  &c.  Ad  sancta  Dei 
Evangelia  Jurat.  78,  Saville. 


o 


July  the  xxvith:  1G25 
The  Last  Will  and  Testament  of  Margaret  Harwar*  of  Sl  Kathe- 
rines  widdowe  sicke  and  weake  in  bodie  but  in  perfecte  memorie  thanks  be 
gee  geven  to  god  in  this  manner  and  forme  followeinge  ;  ffirst  I  bequeathe 
my  soule  into  the  hands  of  Allmighty  god  that  gave  it  me,  and  to  Jesus 
Christ  my  saviour  that  redeemed  me  hopinge  and  trustinge  only  to  be  saved 
by  his   merritts  death  and  passion  and  my  bodie   I  committ   to  the  earth 

*  This  mime  in  the  original  will  appears  invariably  as  Harvard. — h.  f.  w. 


118         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

from  whence  it  came  and  to  be  buried  att  the  discretion  of  my  executors 
hereunder  named  And  my  worldly  goodes  I  bequeathe  in  this  manner  and 
forme  followeinge  ;  ffirst  my  will  and  desire  is  that  the  howse  I  now  dwell 
in,  commonly  called  by  the  name  of  the  Christopher  scittuate  and  beinge  in 
Sl  Katherins  neere  the  Tower  of  London  be  sould  to  the  best  advantage, 
And  to  him  or  her  that  will  give  most  money  for  it,  And  beinge  sould  the 
money  to  be  devided  in  this  manner  followeinge,  The  money  to  be  devided 
between  my  three  daughters  Margarett  Harward  Alse  Harward,  and  Jone 
Ilarward,  And  if  any  of  my  said  daughters  doe  chance  to  dye  before  their 
legacies  come  to  their  hands  or  growe  due,  my  will  is  that  their  parte  or 
parts  shall  come  to  the  survivors  of  those  three;  Item  my  will  is  and  I  be- 
queathe unto  John  Walbank  my  Sonne  the  some  of  Twenty  Pounds  of  Cur- 
rant English  money  if  he  be  livinge  And  if  it  please  god  that  he  be  dead 
then  my  will  is  that  this  Sonne  Thomas  Walbancke  my  Grandchilde  shall 
have  it  paid  him  when  he  comes  to  lawfull  Age.  It.  my  will  is  and  be- 
queath unto  my  daughter  Susan  Walbanck  the  some  of  ffive  Pounds  to  be 
paid  unto  her  when  my  said  howse  is  sould  It.  my  will  and  desire  is  that 
those  worldly  goodes  that  god  hath  blessed  me  withall  shall  be  equally  de- 
vided betwixt  my  said  three  daughters  Jone,  Margarett  Ilarward  and  Alse 
Harward  parte  and  parte  alike  ;  every  one  there  share ;  And  if  any  of 
them  happen  to  dye  before  their  part  come  to  their  hands  my  will  is  it  shall 
come  to  the  survivor  or  survivo™.  It.  my  will  is  and  I  doe  give  unto  Tho- 
mas Wallbanck  my  grandchild  the  some  of  Tenn  Pounds  to  be  paid  unto 
him  out  of  my  two  daughters  porcons  Jane  and  Alse.  It.  I  give  and  be- 
queathe unto  Thomas  Ilarward  the  sonne  of  Thomas  Harward  my  late 
husband  the  some  of  Tenn  Shillins.  It.  my  will  is  and  I  bequeathe  unto 
my  frend  Edmond  Swettenham  of  East  Smithfeild  the  some  of  ffourty 
shillinges  to  make  him  one  gould  ringe  withall  to  weare  for  my  sake;  And 
I  doe  ordaine  my  daughter  Margarett  Harward  my  sole  executrix  of  this 
my  last  will  and  testamente ;  And  I  doe  appointe  and  desire  my  two  lov- 
inge  frends  Robert  Evebancke  and  Edmond  Swettenham  my  two  over- 
seers of  this  my  will  and  I  doe  give  unto  Robert  Evebauck  for  his  paines 
twenty  shillings;  The  marke  of  Margarett  Ilarward. 

Witnes  Edmond  Swettenham  Rob't  Ewbancke  The  marke  of  Marie 
psons. 

Probatum  fuit  Testamentum  suprascriptum  apud  London  cora  Magis- 
tro  Thoma  Langley  Clico  Surrogato  venerabilis  viri  domiui  Henrici  Mar- 
ten Millitis  legum  doctoris  Curie  Prerogative  Cantuariensis  Magistri  Cus- 
todis  sive  Commissarii  legitime  constituti  Nono  die  mensis  Septembris  An- 
no Dni  Millesimo  sexcentesimo  vicesimo  quinto,  Juramento  Thome  Goul- 
dan  Notarii  Publici  Procufis  Margarete  Harward  filie  et  executricis  in 
hufnoi  Testo  nominat  Cui  Commissa  fuit  Administraco  bonorum  iurium  et 
creditorum  dci  defunct  de  bene  et  fidelit  Administrated  eadem  Ad  sancta 
Dei  Evanirelia  Jurat.  91,  Clarke. 


tov 


In  the  name  of  God  Amen.  The  eight  and  Twentyth  daie  of  July 
Anno  Dni  one  Thousand  sixe  hundred  Twentie  five,  &  in  the  ffirst  yere 
of  the  Raigne  of  our  Soveraigne  lord  Charles  by  the  grace  of  God  Kinge 
of  England  Scotland  ffraunce  and  Ireland  defender  of  the  faith  &c.  I  Robert 
Harvard  of  ye  pish  of  S4  Saviours  iu  Southwaike  in  the  Countie  of  Surrey 
Butcher,  being  not  well  in  body  but  sound  in  minde  in  memory  (laud  and 
praise  bee  to  allmightie  god  therefore)  doe  make  and  ordayne  this  my  pre- 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         119 

seut  last  will  and  Testament  in  manner  and  forme  following  that  is  to  saie, 
Hirst  and  principally  I  bequeath  and  commend  my  soule  into  the  hands  of 
allmighty  God  trusting  through  his  mercie  and  for  the  meritts  of  his  deere 
Sonne  my  lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ  to  haue  forgivnes  of  all  my  Shines, 
and  after  this  life  ended  to  bee  made  ptaker  of  life  eulastinge  in  the  kiugdome 
of  heaven  And  I  will  that  my  body  bee  decently  and  Christianly  buried  in 
the  pish  Church  of  Sl  Saviours  aforesaid,  after  the  discretion  of  my  execu- 
trix hereundernamed,  And  as  touching  that  Temporall  estate  of  goods  and 
Chatties  wherewth  it  hath  pleased  god  of  his  goodnes  to  blesse,  my  minde 
and  will  is  as  followeth  vTzt,  Inprimis  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the 
poore  of  the  pish  of  Sl  Saviour  aforesaid  forty  shillings  and  to  bee  payd 
and  distributed  according  to  the  cliscrecon  of  my  said  Executrix  &  Over- 
seers hereunder  menconed  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  John  Harvard 
my  Sonne  Two  hundred  pounds  To  bee  payd  unto  him  when  he  shalbee 
accomplish  his  age  of  one  and  Twentie  yeres  Item  I  give  &  bequeath 
unto  Thomas  Harvard  my  Sonne  the  like  some  of  two  hundred  pounds  to 
be  payd  likewise  unto  him  when  he  shall  accomplish  his  age  of  one  and 
Twenty  yeres  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Peter  Harvard  my  Sonne 
the  like  some  of  Two  hundred  pounds  to  bee  payd  likewise  unto  him  when 
he  shall  accomplish  his  age  of  one  and  Twenty  yeres  And  if  any  of  them 
my  said  three  Bonnes  depart  this  life  before  his  said  pte  and  porcon  shall 
growe  due  to  bee  payd  by  this  my  will,  Then  I  give  ye  pte  or  porcon  of 
him  deceaseinge  to  the  residue  of  them  Surviving  equallie  to  bee  devided 
betwixt  them,  or  wholly  to  the  Survivor  yf  two  of  them  decease  And  if  it 
shall  happen  all  my  said  three  Children  to  decease  before  they  shall  accom- 
plish theire  severall  ages  of  twenty  and  one  yeres  as  aforesaid  Then  and  in 
such  case  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Cosin  Thomas  Harvard  and  his 
Children  ffifty  pound  to  bee  payd  within  three  moneths  next  after  the  de- 
cease of  the  last  Child  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Robert  Harvard  my 
godson  sone  of  my  said  cosin  Thomas  Harvard  Ten  pounds  to  be  payd  unto 
him  when  he  shall  accomplish  his  age  of  one  and  Twenty  yeres  All  the  rest 
and  residue  of  my  goods  and  Chatties  whatsoever  my  debts  (if  any  be)  be- 
inge  first  payd  and  my  funerall  expences  discharged  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  Katherin  Harvard  my  welbeloved  wife  whom  I  constitute  ordayne 
and  make  full  and  sole  Executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament  And 
it  is  my  will  that  shee  shall  haue  the  use  of  my  said  Childrens  porcons  for 
theire  education  and  bringing  up  untill  tho,  same  shall  growe  due  to  them 
as  aforesaid  And  I  make  and  ordayne  my  good  neighbour  and  friend  Mr 
Richard  Yearwood  Citizen  &  Grocer  of  London  and  the  said  Thomas  Har- 
vard my  Cosin  Overseers  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament  desireing  them 
as  much  as  in  them  shall  consist  and  lie  to  see  the  same  gformed  according 
to  my  true  intent  and  meaneing  herein  declared  And  I  give  unto  them  for 
theire  paynes  to  bee  taken  in  seeing  this  my  will  performed  Twenty  shil- 
lings a  peece  to  make  them  rings  for  a  remembrance  Provided  alwaies  & 
I  will  and  oidayne  hereby  that  my  saide  wife  shall  w^  sufficient  Suerties 
wthin  three  moneths  next  after  my  decease  or  at  least  before  shee  shalbe 
espoused  or  married  agayne  to  any  other,  enter  and  become  bound  in  the 
some  of  one  Thousand  pounds  unto  my  said  Two  Overseers,  if  they  shalbe 
both  liveingor  to  the  Survivor  of  them  if  either  of  them  shallbee  deceased, 
wlh  condicon  to  pay  the  gts  and  porcons  of  my  said  Children  wch  I  haue 
before  bequeathed  unto  them,  accordinge  to  my  true  intent  and  meaning 
herein  declared,  and  at  such  tyme  or  times  as  before  is  limy  ted  and  set 
downe  for  the  payment  thereof,     In  witnes  whereof  I  the  said  Robert  Har 


120         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

vard  haue  to  this  my  prsent  last  will  and  Testament  put  my  hand  and  Seale 
the  daie  and  yere  first  aboue  written,  The  marke  of  the  said  Robert  Har- 
verd  Sealed  acknowledged  and  delivered  by  the  said  Robert  Harverd 
for  and  as  his  last  will  and  Testament  the  daie  and  yere  first  aboue  written 
in  the  presence  of  Ric:  Sandon  Scr  The  mrke  of  Richard  Rayner. 

Probatoi  fuit  Testamentum  suprascriptum  apud  London  coram  magis- 
tro  Thoma  Langley  Clico  Surrogato  venerabilis  viri  Domini  Henrici  Mar- 
teu  militis  legum  doctoris  Curie  Prerogative  Cantnariensis  magistri  Custo- 
dis  sive  Comissarii  Itirae  constituti  Sexto  die  mensis  Octobris  Anno  Dni 
millesimo  sexcentesimo  vicesimo  quinto  Juramento  Katheringe  Harvard 
Relicte  dicti  defuncti  et  executricis  in  huiusmodi  Testamento  nominat  Cui 
Comissa  fuit  administrat  &c.  de  bene  et  fideliter  administrando  eadem,  ad 
sancta  dei  Evangelia  Jurat.  Ill,  Clarke. 

John  Elletson  citizen  and  cooper  of  London  15  June,  1626,  proved 
the  last  day  of  June,  1626.  To  Mr  William  Quelch,  clerk,  sometimes  min- 
ister of  S4  Olaves  in  Southwarke,  forty  shillings,  &  to  Mr  Archer,  minister 
of  Sl  Saviours  in  Southwarke,  twenty  shillings,  within  six  months  after  my 
decease  if  they  be  theu  living.  To  my  sister's  son  Stephen  Hall,  Bachilor  of 
Divinity  at  Cambridge  twenty  pounds,  to  be  paid  him  within  six  months 
next  after  my  decease.  To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Rigate  full  power  and 
authority  to  dispose  of  the  house  wherein  she  now  dwelleth  for  the  term  of 
two  years  next  after  her  decease  conditionally  that  a  pepper  corn  be  paid 
yearly  therefore  to  my  executrix.  The  residue  of  the  term  of  years  unex- 
pired of  the  said  house  I  will  and  bequeath  unto  my  nephew  Robert  Ellet- 
son, son  of  my  late  deceased  brother  Robert  Elletson,  his  executors  and 
assigns.  To  my  aforesaid  nephew  Robert  all  those  my  two  messuages  or 
dwelling  houses,  &c.  situate  &  being  in  the  liberties  of  East  Smithfield  in 
the  parish  of  S'  Buttolph's  Algate,  to  him  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  law- 
fully to  be  begotten,  and,  for  want  of  such  issue,  to  his  brother  William 
Elletson  &  to  the  heirs  of  his  body,  &c,  and,  for  lack  of  such  issue,  to 
George  Elletson  his  brother  and  to  his  heirs  forever,  which  houses  I  bought 
and  purchased  of  Mr  Norton,  gentleman.  And  my  will  and  mind  is  that 
my  loving  wife  Katherine  Elletsonne  shall  have  her  thirds  out  of  the  same 
during  the  term  of  her  natural  life.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my 
said  loving  wife  Catherine  Elletson  and  her  assigns  during  her  natural  life 
the  yearly  sum  of  twelve  pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England  to  be  paid 
unto  her  quarterly  and  to  be  issuing  and  going  out  of  all  and  singular  my 
lands  tenements  and  hereditaments  whatsoever  lying  and  being  in  the  sev- 
eral parishes  of  Alverstoke  and  Rowner  in  the  County  of  Southampton. 
To  my  sister  in  law,  Mary  Elletson,  and  her  two  daughters,  Elizabeth 
Elletson  and  Margaret  Elletson,  and  their  assigns,  during  the  natural  life 
of  my  said  loving  wife  Catherine  Elletson,  the  like  yearly  sum  of  twelve 
pounds,  &c.  To  my  nephew  George  Elletson,  son  cf  my  said  brother 
Robert,  all  that  my  messuage,  barns,  lands  &  commons,  &c.  called  or  known 
by  the  name  of  Hemeleys,  situate  in  the  parish  of  Alverstoke  (with  re- 
mainder first  to  William,  then  to  Robert,  brothers  of  the  said  George), 
which  aforesaid  premises  I  bought  and  purchased  of  Thomas  Rabenett, 
mariner.  To  nephew  Robert  my  messuage,  &c.  situate  in  Brockhurst  in 
the  parish  of  Alverstocke  and  Rowner,  &c.  (with  remainder  to  his  brothers 
William  and  George,  &c.)  which  premises  I  bought  of  Robert  Nokes  of 
Brockhurst,  yeoman.     To  nephew   William  my  messuage,  &c.  in  Newton 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  121 

in  the  parish  of  Alverstocke,  &c.  (with  remainder  to  Robert  and   George), 
which  premises  I  bought  of  my  brother  Robert  Elletson.     To  Thomas 
Elletson,  son  of  Anthony  Elletson,   born  at   Lymehouse  in  the  parish   of 
Stepney,  the  sum  often  pounds,  to  be  paid  him  at  the  age  of  one  and  twenty 
years  it  he  shall  be  then  living.     To  Robert  Wilson  in  Southwark  all  such 
sum  or  sums  of  money  which  he  oweth  me  upon  one  certain  obligation 
conditionally  that  he  give  unto  Mr  Thomas  Foster  Bailiff  of  the  Borough  of 
Southwark,  as  a  legacy  and  bequest  from  me  the  sum  of  three  pounds,  &c. 
within  three  months  next  after  my  decease,  and  three  pounds  more  to  the 
poor  of  the  parish  of  Sl  Olaves,  where  he  is  a  parishioner,  &c.  &c.     To  my 
kinswoman  Jane  Merricke  one  quarter  or  fourth  part  of  the  good  Bark  call- 
ed the  Jane  of  Gosport,  with  the  fourth  part  of  the  tackle,  munition  and 
apparel),  which  said   Bark  is  in   partnership  between  her  husband  Walter 
Merricke  and  myself.     And  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  sister  Mary  Ellet- 
son and  her  two  daughters  the  other  quarter  or  fourth  part  of  the  same 
Bark.     To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Bygate,  widow,  twenty  pounds  yearly  <& 
every  year  during  her  natural  life,  to  be  paid  her  by  five  pounds  the  quar- 
ter, or  within  one  and  twenty  days  after  the  quarter  day,  out  of  the  tenements 
which  I  lately  purchased  by  lease  of  the  wife  of  James  Turner,  holden  by 
the  masters,   brethren  and  sisters  of  S*   Catherine's  and  which   is  situate 
and  being  in  the  parish  of  All  Saints  Barkin  near  unto  Tower  Hill.     To 
my  eldest  brother  George  Elletson,  dwelling  in  the  County  of  Lancaster, 
five  shillings,  conditionally  that  he  shall  give  to  my  executrix  a  general  ac- 
quittance of  all  demands  whatsoever  from  the  beginning  of  the  world  until 
the  day  of  the  receipt  of  the  same  legacy.     To  my  brother  William  Ellet- 
son, dwelling  in  the  said  County  of  Lancaster,  ten  shillings  (on  the  same 
condition).    To  my  sister  Agnes  Stables,  the  sum  of  twenty  shillings,  to  be 
paid  her  upon  lawful  demand.     To  my  sister  Ellen  Towers,  dwelling  in  the 
County  of  Laucaster,  the  sum  of  twenty  shillings  (upon  lawful  demand).     1 
absolutely  release  and  discharge  Richard  Edwards,  dwelling  at  White  Wal- 
tham  in  the  County  of  Berks,  of  all  sum  or  sums  of  money  which  he  oweth 
me,  and  particularly  of  one  specialty  of  thirty  pounds  which  I  freely  forgive 
him. 

Item  I  give  unto  my  son  in  law  Joseph  Knapp  and  unto  Agnes  his  wife, 
my  kinswoman,  all  that  my  house,  together  with  my  buildings,  yards  and 
appurtenances  thereunto  belonging,  and  to  his  son  John  Knap  after  his  de- 
cease, during  the  term  of  a  lease  which  I  took  of  Mr  John  James,  gentleman, 
paying  the  rents,  &c. ;  also  the  goods,  household  stuff  &c  in  and  about  the 
said  house,  which  is  in  their  possession  and  which  I  left  freely  to  them  at  my 
coming  away  from  Mill  Lane.  To  my  said  son  Joseph  Knapp  all  that  my 
third  part  and  bargains  of  boards  whatsoever  remaining  in  the  County  of 
Sussex  which  is  in  partnership  between  Mr  Anthony  Keeme,  Mr  Richard 
Waker  and  myself,  citizens  and  coopers  of  London.  To  the  said  Joseph 
my  best  livery  gown  and  my  second  cloak.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  two 
silver  cups,  gilded,  with  my  name  to  be  ingraven  upon  them,  to  the  value  of 
twenty  pounds,  which  shall  be  bought  by  my  executrix  and  given  to  the 
company  of  coopers  of  the  city  of  London  within  six  months  next  after 
my  decease.  To  twenty  poor  people  which  is  in  the  Almshouse  at  Rat- 
cliffe  twenty  shillings  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them.  To  M"  Suttey, 
my  mistress,  dwelling  at  Ratcliffe,  over  and  above  the  part  of  the  said  gift 
of  twenty  shillings,  the  sum  of  ten  shillings. 

Item  whereas  Hugh  Horsell  of  Southwarke,  Innkeeper  deceased,  by  hw 
last  will  and  testament  did  give  and  bequeath  unto  his  children  the  sum  of 


122         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

six  hundred  pounds  as  by  his  said  will  appeareth,  of  the  which  I  have  al- 
ready paid  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  to  Mary  one  of  the  children  of 
the  said  Hugh  Ilorsell  for  her  legacy,  as  also  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds 
which  I  gave  with  Nicholas  Ilorsell,  one  of  the  said  children,  to  bind  him  an 
apprentice,  so  that  there  is  remaining  now  of  the  said  six  hundred  pounds 
the  sum  of  four  hundred  and  eighty  pounds  to  be  paid  unto  them  as  in  their 
said  father's  will  more  at  large  and  plainly  appeareth.  Therefore  my  desire 
and  meaning  is  and  it  is  expressly  my  will  that  my  executrix  hereafter  nam- 
ed shall  truly  pay  and  satisfy  unto  the  children  of  the  said  Hugh  Ilorsell 
or  to  the  survivors  of  them  the  said  sum  of  four  hundred  and  eighty  pounds 
in  every  point  according  to  their  father's  will  and  to  see  them  well  educated 
and  brought  up  in  all  things  necessary  in  the  fear  of  God  and  in  learning. 
And  I  do  further  will  that  my  executrix  shall  within  one  month  next  after 
my  decease  enter  into  obligation  of  one  thousand  pounds  to  my  overseers 
hereafter  named  in  every  kind  to  see  these  legacies  performed  and  the  said 
children  well  brought  up  and  educated.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Al- 
verstocke  and  Gosport  the  sum  of  twenty  shillings.  To  the  poor  of  the 
parish  of  All  Saints  Barking  in  Tower  Street,  twenty  shillings.  To  George 
Browne  my  kinsman  twenty  shillings  to  be  paid  upon  lawful  demand.  I 
absolutely  acquit  and  discharge  Richard  Graye,  waterman,  a  bill  of  debt  of 
three  pounds  which  he  oweth  me.  I  absolutely  acquit  and  discharge  Nicho- 
las Parsons,  ostler  at  the  Queen's  Head  in  Southwark,  of  a  debt  of  twenty 
and  eight  shillings  which  he  oweth  me.  To  my  kinsman  William  Hughs 
and  Agnes  his  wife  one  hundred  pounds  &c. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  loving  wife  Catherine  Elletson 
the  lease  of  all  and  singular  the  premises  which  I  hold  of  the  Master,  breth- 
ren and  sisters  of  Sl  Katherines,  together  with  all  the  rents  and  profits  that 
shall  arise  by  reason  of  the  same  ;  to  have  and  to  hold  the  same  lease  and 
the  rents  and  profits  thereof  unto  my  said  loving  wife,  Katherine  Elletson, 
for  and  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life,  she  paying  the  rents  and  per- 
forming the  covenants  contained  in  the  same  lease  on  my  part  to  be  per- 
formed, the  remainder  of  the  years  that  shall  be  to  come  from  and  after  the 
death  and  decease  of  my  said  wife  and  the  rents  and  profits  that  shall  arise 
by  reason  of  the  same  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  kinsman  Robert 
Elletson,  son  of  my  said  brother  Robert  Elletson,  and  the  issue  of  his  body 
lawfully  begotten.  And  if  it  shall  fortune  my  said  kinsman  to  die  and  de- 
part this  life  before  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  years  in  the  said  lease 
granted  having  no  issue  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten  then  living  that  then 
I  give  and  bequeath  the  said  lease  and  the  benefit  and  prolits  thereof  aris- 
ing unto  his  brother  William  Elletson,  his  executors  and  assigns.  The  rest  and 
residue  of  all  and  singular  my  goods  and  chattels  whatsoever  moveable  and 
immoveable  not  before  by  me  given  and  bequeathed,  my  debts  and  legacies 
being  paid  and  my  funeral  expenses  discharged  I  wholly  and  absolutely  give 
and  bequeath  unto  my  said  loving  wife  Catherine  Elletson  whom  I  make 
and  ordain  the  sole  and  only  executrix  of  this  my  present  last  will  and  tes- 
tament, desiring  her  to  see  the  same  in  all  things  performed  according  to 
my  mind  and  meaning  herein  plainly  declared,  and  I  do  hereby  nominate 
and  appoint  my  loving  friends  Mr  Anthony  Kemme,  Mr  George  Preston 
and  Mr  Richard  Waker,  citizens  and  coopers  of  London,  overseers  thereof, 
desiring  them  according  to  my  trust  in  them  reposed  to  be  aiding  and  as- 
sisting to  my  said  executrix  in  the  due  "  exequition  "  of  this  my  present 
last  will  and  testament;  and  I  give  unto  each  of  them  for  their  pains  tak- 
ing therein  the  sum  of  three  pounds  apiece  &c.     Provided  always   that  if 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  123 

my  said  wife  shall  not  be  contented  to  accept  of  the  said  legacies  before 
given  uuto  her  and  to  pay  and  perform  the  legacies  herein  by  me  bequeath- 
ed according  to  the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  this  my  present  last  will 
and  testament  then  my  will  is  that  she  shall  have  only  so  much  of  my  es- 
tate and  no  more  as  shall  justly  belong  unto  her  by  the  custom  of  the  city 
of  London  and  then  I  make  and  ordain  my  said  kinsmen  William  Ilewes 
&  Robert  Elletsonne,  son  of  my  said  brother  Robert  Elletson,  executors  &c. 
Wit :  William  Manbey  Scr.     Edward  Thomas  William  Hedges. 

91,  Hele. 

Richard  Yearwood  of  Southwarke  in  the  County  of  Surrey  and  citi- 
zen and  grocer  of  London,  8  September  1632,  proved  6  October  1632, 
and  confirmed  by  Decree  of  the  Court  in  the  last  session  of  Trinity  Term 
1633,  After  my  funerals  done  and  discharged  I  will  that  an  Inventory  shall 
be  taken  of  all  my  estate  in  goods,  chattells,  wares,  merchandizes  plate  and 
other  things  whatsoever  and  be  indifferently  valued  and  appraised,  and  that 
therewithall  the  debts  which  I  do  owe  shall  be  first  duly  satisfied  and  paid. 
But  because  the  debts  which  my  wasteful  son  hath  brought  me  uuto  are 
so  great  that  I  fear  much  that  my  personal  estate  will  not  be  sufficient  to 
satisfy  the  same  or  at  the  least  will  not  be  collected  and  got  in  convenient 
time  to  give  that  satisfaction  which  is  fit  and  just  much  less  to  pay  and  sat- 
isfy such  other  legacies  as  by  this  my  will  I  have  appointed  and  given  I 
do  therefore  will,  ordain  and  appoint  that  my  executors  hereafter  named 
or  the  survivor  of  them  with  as  much  convenient  speed  as  they  can  after 
my  decease  for  the  speedier  payment  of  my  debts  and  discharging  of  my 
legacies  shall  sell  and  dispose  all  those  my  tenements  and  hereditaments 
situate  lying  &  being  in  the  parish  of  S'  Mary  Magdalen  of  Bermondsey 
within  the  County  of  Surrey,  near  the  church  there,  which  I  purchased  of 
Walter  Oliver,  being  three  tenements  or  houses  &c  in  the  several  occu- 
pations of  Thomas  Miller  Robert  Fisher  and  John  Bould  their  or  some 
of  their  assignee  or  assignees.  And  my  will  is  as  well  the  leases  which  I 
bought  of  the  same  and  which  are  in  being  in  friends'  names  as  also  the  in- 
heritance of  the  said  houses  be  sold  for  the  uses  aforesaid  by  mine  execu- 
tors or  the  survivor  of  them  and  by  such  other  persons  and  friends  who 
have  any  interest  or  estates  in  the  same  for  my  use  or  benefit.  They  shall 
sell  &c.  all  that  my  tenement  &c.  in  the  tenure  or  occupation  of  John 
Blacke,  in  the  parish  of  Lingfield  within  the  County  of  Surrey  which  I 
bought  of  Edmond  Rofey,  and  my  tenement  &c.  in  the  parish  of  Frinsbury 

within  the  County  of  Kent,  now  or  late  in  the  tenure  &  occupation  of 

Jones,  which  I  bought  of  Henry  Price.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Richard 
Yearwood  my  son  all  that  my  manor  or  farm  with  the  appurtenances  &c. 
in  the  parish  of  Burstow  within  the  County  of  Surrey,  now  or  late  in  the 
tenure  &c.  of  Edmond  Rofey  &c.  to  have  &  to  hold  during  the  term  of  his 
natural  life  (then  follow  conditions  of  entailment  on  the  issue  of  the  body  of 
the  said  Richard  Yearwood  the  son).  And  for  default  of  such  issue  to 
Hannah  Payne  my  daughter  during  her  natural  life  ;  and  after  her  decease 
to  Richard  Payne  her  second  son  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  to  be 
begotten;  and  for  default  of  such  issue  to  my  right  heirs  forever.  Item  I 
give  unto  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Sl  Saviours  in  Southwark  inhabiting 
within  the  liberty  of  the  Borough  of  Southwark  whereof  I  am  a  parishion- 
er the  sum  of  ten  pounds  &c.  I  give  uuto  Mr  Morton  and  Mr  Archer  min- 
isters of  the  said  parish  forty  shillings  apiece.  I  give  to  William  Brayne 
apprentice  with  Nicholas  King  grocer  twenty  pounds  &c.  to  be  paid  unto  him 


124  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

at  the  expiration  of  his  time  of  apprenticeship.  I  give  unto  Margaret  Dal- 
lin  wife  of  Christopher  Dallin  cooper  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  &c.  to  be 
paid  unto  her  in  five  years  by  forty  shillings  a  year.  To  Hannah  Groue 
daughter  of  Richard  Groue  of  Middle  Wiche  in  the  County  of  Chester  ten 
pounds  at  day  of  marriage  or  age  of  twenty  and  one  years. 

Item  I  give  to  Katherine  my  well  beloved  wife  her  dwelling  in  all  that 
part  of  my  dwelling  house  wherein  I  do  now  live  during  so  long  time  as  she 
shall  continue  a  widow  and  dwell  in  the  same  herself  if  my  lease  thereof 
shall  so  long  continue,  my  said  wife  paying  therefore  yearly  to  my  ex- 
ecutors hereafter  named  the  sum  of  five  pounds  per  annum  by  half  yearly 
payments  &c.  And  I  do  further  give  unto  her  all  such  household  stuff  and 
so  much  value  in  plate  as  she  brought  with  her  when  I  married  her.  And 
I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  cousin  Nicholas  King  grocer  and  Margaret 
his  wife  and  the  longer  liver  of  them  the  lease  of  my  now  dwelling  house, 
onely  I  will  that  my  said  wife  do  dwell  and  continue  in  such  part  thereof 
as  I  have  before  appointed  during  such  time  as  aforesaid.  To  my  loving 
friend  and  cousin  Mr  Stephen  Street  grocer  ten  pounds.  The  said  Nicho- 
las King  and  Stephen  Street  to  be  executors. 

The  residue  and  remainder  of  all  my  personal  estate  and  which  shall  re- 
main of  my  lands  and  tenements  by  me  appointed  to  be  sold  as  aforesaid, 
my  debts  being  paid  and  my  funeral  expenses  and  legacies  discharged,  I 
will  the  same  shall  be  distributed  and  divided  by  my  executors  in  man- 
ner following  viz*  two  third  parts  thereof  unto  Richard  Yearwood  my  son 
if  he  shall  be  then  living  and  that  my  said  executors  shall  discern  him  to 
be  reformed  and  become  a  frugal  man,  and  the  other  third  part  thereof  I 
will  shall  be  divided  to  and  amongst  my  daughter  Payne's  eight  children 
now  living  viz'  Edward,  Richard,  John,  George,  Anne,  Timothy,  Susan  and 
Katherine,  and  the  survivors  of  them  ;  the  same  to  be  paid  to  their  father 
for  their  uses.  And  I  appoint  my  loving  friends  Mr  Drew  Stapley  grocer 
and  my  son  in  law  Edward  Payne  to  be  overseers  of  this  my  will.  And  I 
do  give  to  either  of  them  for  a  remembrance  of  my  love  and  their  pains  to 
be  taken  therein  the  sum  of  five  pounds  apiece. 

Wit :  Thomas  Haruard,  William  Frith  William  Sheappard  John  Fincher. 

13  march  1661  administration  de  bonis  non  was  granted  to  his  daughter 
Hannah  Payne,  the  executors  being  dead.  98,  Audley. 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen.  I  Katherine  Yarwood  of  the  parrish  of 
S'  Saviours  in  the  Burroughe  of  Southwarke  in  the  Countie  of  Surrey 
widdowe  being  at  this  tyme  weake  in  bodie  but  of  perfect  memory  praised 
be  God  therefore  doe  ordayne  this  my  last  will  and  Testament  revoakeing 
all  former  wills  and  Testamentes  whatsoever  ffirst  I  bequeath  my  soule 
into  the  mercifull  hands  of  my  Deare  Redeemer  Jesus  Christ  the  eternall 
sonne  of  God  whoe  by  his  holy  Spirit  as  my  trust  and  hope  is  will  prserve 
me  to  his  heavenly  kingdome;  And  my  bodie  to  be  interred  at  the  discre- 
tion of  my  executors  And  for  my  worldly  goods  I  thus  dispose  of  them. 
Inprimis  I  give  to  my  eldest  sonne  John  Harvard  Clarke  all  that  my  mes- 
suage Tenement  or  Inne  comonly  called  or  knowne  by  the  name  of  the 
Queenes  head  in  the  Borroughe  of  Southwarke  aforesaid  with  the  appurte- 
nances and  all  my  deedes  and  writeings  touching  and  concerning  the  same 
and  all  my  estate  right  title  interest  terme  of  yeares  and  demand  whatsoever 
which  I  have  of  and  unto  the  same  and  of  and  unto  everie  part  and  parcell 
thereof.     Item  I  give  unto  the  said  John  Hervard  and  unto  Thomas  Her- 


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rard  my  sonne  equally  to  be  devided  betweene  them  all  my  messuages  Ten- 
ements and  hereditaments  whatsoever  wth  their  and  every  of  their  appur- 
tenances scituate  and  being  in  the  parrish  of  All  Saintes  Barkeing  nere  unto 
the  Tower  of  London  whereof  I  am  possessed  under  two  severall  leases 
made  by  the  Master  brethren  and  Sisters  of  the  Hospitall  of  S*  Katherine's 
nere  the  Tower  of  London  unto  John  Elletson  deceased  ;  and  all  my  deedes 
and  writeings  touching  and  concerning  the  same.  And  all  my  severall  and 
respectiue  estates  right  title  interest  terme  of  yeares  and  demaund  which  I 
have  of  and  unto  the  same,  and  of  and  unto  every  part  and  parcell  thereof. 
Nevertheless  my  will  and  meaueing  is  and  soa  I  doe  hereby  appoint  and  de- 
clare that  the  said  John  Harvard  and  Thomas  Harvard  their  executors 
Administrators  and  Assignes  shall  yearly  and  every  yeare  dureing  the.  con- 
tinuance of  the  severall  tymes  in  the  said  severall  leases  graunted,  paye  or 
cause  to  be  payed  out  of  the  rentes  issues  and  proffits  of  the  said  last  men- 
coed  premisses  at  the  feast  of  the  nativity  of  our  Lord  God  twentie  shillings 
to  fower  poor  people  that  are  reputed  of  honest  conversation  dwelling  in  the 
parrishe  of  Sl  Saviours  aforesaid  by  five  shillings  apeece  And  that  the 
said  John  Hervard  and  Thomas  Hervard  their  executors  Administrators 
and  Assignes  shall  paye  or  cause  to  be  payed  the  residue  and  remainder  of 
the  rentes  issues  and  profhtes  of  the  said  last  mentioned  premisses  unto  such  of 
the  Children  of  Hugh  Harsall  late  of  the  Burrougk  of  Southwarke  aforesaid 
Innkeeper  deceased  as  have  not  their  poicons  paied  and  was  given  and  be- 
queathed unto  them  by  the  last  wills  &  testamtes  of  the  said  John  Ellet- 
son and  Hugh  Harsall  or  either  of  them  untill  such  tyme  as  the  said  Child- 
ren shall  have  all  their  said  porcons  paied  unto  them  and  afterwards  that 
the  said  John  Hervard  and  Thomas  Hervarde  their  executors  adm'strat0™ 
and  assignes  shall  enioye  the  residue  of  the  said  rentes  issues  and  proffits  of 
the  said  last  menconed  premisses  to  their  owne  proper  uses  and  behoofes 
equally  to  be  devided  betweene  them  Item  I  give  to  my  said  sonue  John 
Hervard  two  hundred  and  fiftie  poundes  in  money  And  I  doe  appoint  two 
hundred  pounds  parcell  thereof  to  be  payed  wth  the  moneys  due  upon  one 
obligacon  of  the  penall  some  of  fower  hundred  poundes  beareing  date  the 
first  daye  of  this  instant  moneth  of  Julie  made  by  my  sonne  Thomas  Her- 
vard unto  my  Overseer  Mr  Mooreton  for  my  use  condiconed  for  the  pay- 
ment of  two  hundred  pounds  at  or  upon  the  first  daye  of  January  now  next 
ensueing  Item  I  give  to  my  sonne  Thomas  aforesaid  one  hundred  poundes 
in  money  Item  to  the  Children  of  my  Brother  Thomas  Rogers  I  give  for- 
tie  shillings  a  peece.  Item  to  the  poore  of  this  parrish  of  Sl  Saviours  I  give 
fortie  shillinges  Item  to  Mr  Archer  one  of  our  Ministers  I  give  twentie 
shillings.  Item  to  MriB  Moreton  our  other  Ministers  wife  I  give  my  best 
gould  wrought  Coyfe  which  of  my  two  best  shee  please  to  make  choice  of 
Item  my  Sister  Rose  Reason  and  my  sister  Joaue  Willmore  to  each  of  them 
I  give  a  ring  at  the  discretion  of  my  executors  Item  to  old  Mris  Blanchard 
I  give  my  best  paire  of  Gloves  Item  to  my  Cosen  Joseph  Brocket  the 
younger  I  give  twentie  shillings ;  and  to  my  Cosen  Mary  Brocket  I  give 
my  best  scarlet  Petticoate  or  the  value  thereof  in  money  at  the  discretion  of 
my  executors  Item  I  make  and  ordayne  my  two  sonnes  John  and  Tho- 
mas Hervard  aforesaid  ioinct  executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament. 
Item  for  the  overseers  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament  I  appoint  my 
loveing  frend  Mr  Moreton  our  minister  of  Sl  Saviours  aforesaid  for  one, 
and  to  hirn  in  token  of  my  love  I  give  three  pounds  and  my  paire  of 
6ilver  hafted  knyves  ;  And  for  my  other  Overseer  I  appoint  my  Cosen 
Mr  Thomas  Hervard    Butcher  of   S*  Saviours  aforesaid  and  to  him  like- 


126  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

wise  in  token  of  my  love  I  give  three  pounds  Item  I  give  to  nay  said  ex- 
ecuto™  and  Overseers  eight  pounds  by  them  to  be  bestowed  on  such  Christ- 
ian poore  as  they  thiuke  fitt  And  I  will  that  all  my  legacies  formerly  giv- 
en and  bequeathed  except  the  two  hundred  pounds  payable  by  the  obliga- 
tion as  aforesaid  shalbe  paied  and  deliuered  by  my  executors  wthin  one  moneth 
after  my  decease  The  residue  of  all  and  singular  my  goods  Chattells  and 
gsonall  estate  after  my  debts  payed  and  funeralls  discharged  I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  my  said  sonnes  John  Hervard  and  Thomas  Hervard  equally 
to  be  devided  betweene  them  In  wittues  whereof  I  have  unto  every  sheete 
being  seaven  in  number  put  to  my  hand  and  have  sealed  the  same  this  sec- 
ond daye  of  Julie  in  the  eleaventh  yeare  of  the  reigne  of  our  Souaigne 
Lord  Charles  by  the  grace  of  God  of  England  Scotland  ffrance  and  Ire- 
land Kinge  Defender  of  the  faith  &c.     AnnoO^  Dni  1G35.     The  marke  of 

Catherine  Yarwood. 

Memorandum  that  theis  wordes  viz1  porcons  in  the  seaventh  lyne  and 
John  in  the  fourteenth  lyne  of  the  fourth  sheete  were  interlyned  and  after- 
wards this  will  was  read  sealed  and  published  to  be  the  last  will  and  Tes- 
tament of  the  said  Catherine  Yarwood  in  the  prsence  of  us  ;  Sealed  and 
published  by  Katherine  Yarwood  aforesaid  in  the  presence  of  us  William 
Brayne  Robert  Greaton  William  Sheap. 

Probatdm  fuit  Testamentum  suprascriptum  apud  London  coram  mro 
Johanne  Hansley  Clico  Surrogato  venabilis  viri  Dni  Henrici  Marten  mili- 
tis  legum  etiam  Dcoris  Curie  Prerogative  Cantuar  magri  Custodis  siue 
Com1"  ltime  constituti  vicesimo  septimo  die  mensis  Julii  Anno  Dni  mil- 
lesimo  sexcentesimo  tricesimo  quinto  Juramentis  Johis  Hervard  et  Thome 
Hervard  filiorum  dee  defunctae  et  executorum  in  huiusmodi  Testamento 
nomiuatorum  Quibus  comissa  fuit  administraco  omnl  et  singuloru  bonoru 
iuriu  et  creditoru  dcas  def  de  bene  et  fideliter  administrando  eadm  &c  Ad 
sancta  dei  Evangelia  Jurat.  77,  Sadler. 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen  the  fiefteeuth  daie  of  July  Anno  Domini 
one  thousand  six  hundred  thirtie  and  six  And  in  the  twelueth  yeare  of  the 
raigue  of  our  Soveraigne  Lord  Charles  by  the  grace  of  god  kinge  of  Eng- 
land Scotland  ffrauuee  and  Ireland  Defender  of  the  faith  &c  I  Thomas 
Harvard  of  the  pishe  of  Saint  Olave  in  Southwarke  in  the  County  of  Sur- 
ry and  Cittizen  and  Clothworker  of  London  beinge  att  this  preseute  sicke 
and  weake  in  bodie  but  of  good  and  pfecte  mynde  and  memorie  all  laude 
and  praise  be  given  to  Allmightie  god  therefore  and  cousideringe  with  my 
selfe  the  frailtie  and  mutabilitie  of  this  present  life  and  the  certaintie  of 
death,  And  to  the  end  that  I  may  bee  the  better  prepared  and  settled  in  my 
mynde  whensoever  it  shall  please  god  to  call  me  out  of  this  trausitorie  life 
I  doe  by  the  pmission  of  god  make  and  declare  this  my  last  will  and  Testa- 
ment in  manner  and  forme  followinge,  That  is  to  saie,  ffirst  and  principally 
I  comend  my  Soule  into  the  hands  of  Allmightie  god  hopeinge  aud  assuredly 
beleevinge  through  the  death  and  passion  of  Jesus  Christe  his  only  sonue  and 
alone  Saviour  to  obtaine  Remission  and  forgiveues  of  all  my  Synns  and  to 
be  made  ptaker  of  everlastinge  life  My  bodie  I  comitt  to  (he  earth  from 
whence  it  came  to  be  decently  buried  att  the  discrecon  of  my  executors 
here  under  named,  And  as  concerninge  all  such  worldly  goods  Chattelles  and 
psonall  estate  as  it  hath  pleased  god  to  endue  me  wth  in  this  life  I  give  and 
bequeath  the  same  in    manner  and  forme  followinge.  That  is  to  saie  Inpri- 


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mis  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  deere  and  welbeloved  wife  Elizabeth 
Harvard  the  some  of  fower  hundred  poundes  of  lawful  English  money  to 
be  paied  unto  her  within  six  monethes  next  after  my  decease  More  I  giue 
and  bequeath  to  my  said  lovinge  all  my  plate  and  howsehold  stuffe  ex- 
ceptinge  only  my  best  standinge  bowle  of  silver  guilte  and  my  great  Cheste 
with  two  lockes  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  lovinge  wife  Eliz- 
abeth Harvard  one  Annuitie  or  yearely  payment  of  thirty  poundes  of  good 
and  lawfull  Englishe  mony  to  be  yearely  due  goeinge  out  issuinge  and  pay- 
able unto  my  said  wife  out  of  all  those  messuages  and  Tenementes  with 
thappurteniices  And  the  rentes  issues  and  proffites  of  them  scituate  lyinge 
and  beinge  att  or  neere  Towerhill  in  the  parishe  of  All  Saintes  Barkinge  in 
London  which  I  hould  ioyntly  togeather  with  my  brother  John  Harvard 
by  vertue  of  a  lease  to  us  thereof  made  by  the  Mr.  brothers  and  sisters  of 
the  Hospitall  of  Saint  Katherines  neere  the  Tower  of  London,  To  have  and 
to  hould  the  said  Annuitie  or  Rente  charge  of  Thirtie  poundes  p  Ann  unto 
my  said  loveinge  wife  for  and  duringe  the  tearme  of  her  naturall  life  to  be 
paied  unto  her  att  fower  feastes  or  tearmes  in  the  yeare,  That  is  to  saie  att 
the  feastes  of  Saint  Michaell  Tharchangell,  the  birth  of  our  lord  god,  Than- 
nuntiacon  of  the  blessed  virgin  Marie  and  the  Nativitie  of  Saint  John  Bap- 
tist or  within  one  and  twentiedaies  nexte  ensuinge  everie  of  the  same  feaste 
daies  by  equall  and  even  porcons,  The  first  paimente  thereof  to  beginn  and 
to  be  made  att  the  feaste  of  the  feastes  aforesaid  which  shall  first  and  next 
happen  and  come  after  my  decease,  or  within  one  and  twentie  daies  then 
nexte  ensuinge  with  power  to  distreyne  for  the  same  Annuitie  in  and  upon 
the  said  tenementes  or  anie  of  them,  if  the  same  anuitie  shall  happen  to  be 
behinde  and  unpaied  contrary  to  this  my  will,  Provided  that  my  ffather  in 
lawe  Mr.  Nicholas  Kinge  or  his  heires  att  any  time  duringe  the  tearme  of 
my  naturall  life  doe  assure  and  conveie  unto  me  and  my  heires  or  within 
six  moneths  after  my  decease  to  my  executors  hereunder  named  or  to  such 
pson  or  psons  as  I  the  said  Thomas  Harvard  shall  by  anie  writinge  under 
my  hand  name  and  appointe,  And  theire  heires  and  assignes,  And  to  such 
use  and  uses  as  I  shall  thereby  lymitt  and  declare  and  in  such  good  sure 
and  sufficiente  manner  and  forme  as  by  learned  Councell  shall  be  advised 
and  required  All  that  messuage  or  Tenement  with  thappurteniices  and 
the  rente  and  Revercon  thereof  scituate  and  beinge  in  or  neere  Shippyard 
in  the  pishe  of  Saint  Saviours  in  Southwarke  now  or  late  in  the  tenure  or 
occupacon  of  Owen  Jones  or  his  assignes  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto 
such  childe  or  Children  as  my  wife  nowe  goeth  with  or  is  with  childe  of  the 
some  of  three  hundred  poundes  of  lawfull  Englishe  money  to  be  paied  and 
deliuered  into  the  Chamber  of  the  Cittie  of  London  for  the  use  of  such 
Child  and  children  within  one  yeare  nexte  after  my  decease  to  be  imployed 
for  the  use  and  benefitt  of  such  childe  and  children  untill  they  shall  accom- 
plishe  the  age  of  Twentie  and  one  yeares  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto 
such  childe  and  children  as  my  wife  goeth  with  or  is  with  childe  of  all  that 
my  moitie  or  halfe  parte  of  the  lease  of  the  said  Tenemte8.  with  thappur- 
teniices att  or  neere  Tower  hill  in  the  said  gishe  of  All  Saintes  Barkinge 
holden  of  and  from  the  Hospitall  of  Saint  Katherines  and  the  moitie  of  my 
rentes  and  revercons  thereof,  And  all  my  estate  tearmes  of  yeares  and  de- 
maund  therein  charged  with  the  said  Annuity  of  Thirtie  poundes  p  Ann  by 
me  herein  before  given  unto  my  said  wife,  Prouided  allwaies  and  my 
mynde  and  will  is  that  if  my  said  wife  shall  not  be  with  childe  att  the  time 
of  my  decease,  or  that  such  childe  and  children  shall  happen  to  miscarry  or 
dye  or  departe  this  life  before  he  she  or  theie  shall  accomplishe  the  age  or 


128  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

ages  of  twentie  and  one  yeares  then  in  such  case  or  cases  and  not  otherwise 
I  doe  giue  and  bequeath  unto  the  severall  persons  hereunder  named  the 
seurall  legacies  and  somes  of  money  hereunder  rneuconed,  That  is  to  saie, 
To  my  said  loviuge  wife  one  hundred  poundes.  to  my  said  brother  John 
Harvard  one  hundred  poundes.  To  and  amongst  the  children  of  my  unckle 
Rogers  fforty  poundes  To  my  godsonn  William  Harvard  ffiefteene  poundes, 
To  the  eldest  sonne  of  my  Cosseu  Thomas  Willmore  ffower  poundes  to  my 
Cossen  Robert  Harvard  five  poundes  to  John  Brockett  the  sonne  of  Joseph 
Brockett  ffortie  shillinges,  And  then  alsoe  and  in  such  case,  I  doe  give  and 
bequeath  unto  my  said  brother  John  Harvard  my  said  moitie  or  half  parte 
of  the  lease  of  the  said  Teuementes  with  the  appurtennces  att  or  neere 
Towerhill  aforesaid  and  the  rentes  and  the  Revercons  thereof,  And  all  my 
estate  tearme  of  yeares  and  demaunde  therein  charged  with  the  said 
Annuity  of  Thirtie  pounds  g  ann  by  me  given  to  my  said  wife,  Item 
I  doe  alsoe  by  this  my  will  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  brother  John 
Harvard  the  sume  of  one  hundred  poundes  lawfull  English  mony,  and  my 
standinge  bowle  of  silver  guilt  and  my  Chest  with  twoe  lockes  before  ex- 
cepted, Together  with  my  best  whole  suite  of  apgell  and  my  best  cloake, 
And  all  things  belouginge  thereunto,  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Mr 
Nichollas  Morton  Minister  and  Preacher  in  the  giske  of  Saint  Saviors  in 
Soutlnvarke  the  some  of  fforty  shillinges  in  recompence  of  a  Sermon  which 
I  desire  he  should  preach  at  my  funerall,  for  the  better  Comforte  edifyinge 
and  iustruecon  of  such  my  freinds  and  neighboures  and  other  people  as 
there  shalbe  assembled,  Item  I  giue  and  bequeath  unto  James  Archer  Min- 
ister twentie  shillinges.  Item  I  giue  and  bequeath  unto  Mr  Osney  Minister 
the  some  of  twenty  shillinges,  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Mr  Clarke 
Minister  the  some  of  twenty  shillinges,  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my 
said  ffather  in  lawe  Mr.  Nicholas  Kinge  the  some  of  three  poundes  to  make 
him  a  ringe.  Item  I  giue  and  bequeath  unto  my  Cossen  William  Harvard  the 
some  of  Teune  poundes,  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  Cossen 
Robert  Harvard  the  some  of  six  poundes,  Item  I  give  unto  the  said  Joseph 
Brockett  my  seale  Ringe  of  gould,  I  will  that  there  shalbe  distributed 
by  my  executors  on  the  day  of  my  buriall  the  some  of  ffortie  shillinges,  that 
is  to  saie  to  and  amongst  the  poore  people  of  Saint  Saviours  in  Southwarke 
the  some  of  twenty  shillings  and  to  And  amongst  the  poore  people  of  the 
gishe  of  Saint  Olave  in  Southwarke  the  like  some  of  twenty  shillings  Att 
the  discrecon  of  my  Executors  where  moste  neede  shall  appeare. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Mother  in  -lawe  Margarett  King  ffortie 
shillinges  and  unto  her  twoe  daughters  Margaret  and  Ilanah  the  like  some 
of  ffortie  shillinges  a.peece  to  make  them  Ringes.  The  rest  residue  and  Re- 
mainder of  all  and  singuler  my  goodes  chattelles  and  worldly  substance  what- 
soever not  herein  before  given  or  bequeathed,  I  give  and  bequeath  in  forme 
followinge,  that  is  to  saie,  Twoe  full  third  gts  thereof  unto  such.childe  and 
children  as  my  said  wife  nowe  goeth  withall  or  is  with  childe  of  And  thother 
twoe  third  gtes  thereof  I  fully  and  wholly  give  unto  my  said  lovinge  wife 
Elizabeth,  and  my  said  lovinge  brother  John  Ilai  vard  equally  betweeue 
them  to  be  devided  gte  and  porcon  alike.  And  in  case  my  said  wife  shall 
not  be  with  childe  att  the  time  of  my  decease  or  that  such  child  and  child- 
ren shall  dye  before  theie  shall  accomplishe  theire  age  or  ages  of  twentie 
and  one  yeares  Then  in  such  case  I  give  and  bequeath  the  residue  and  re- 
mainder of  my  estate  my  debtes  funerall  expences,  and  my  legacies  beinge 
paied  and  gformed  unto  my  said  lovinge  wife  and  my  said  brother  equally 
betweeue  them  to  be  devided  gte  and  porcon  alike,  And  my  will  and  mean 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  129 

inge  is  that  the  legacies  by  me  in  and   by  this  my   last  will  given  and  be- 
queathed unto  my  said  wife  and  such  childe  and  children  as  she  nowe^goeth 
with  or  is  with  childe  of  is  and  are  in  full    Recompence  and  satisfaccon  of 
such  parte  of  my  estate  shee  they  or  anie  of  them  shall  or  may  claime  or  chal- 
lenge by  the  custome  of  the  Citty  of  London,  And  to   the  end  they  shall 
make  noe  clayme  or  challege  thereby,  And  if  they  shall  make  such  Claime 
or  challenge  by  the  said   custome  Then  I  will  that  the  said  legacies  by  nw 
to  them  given   shall  cease  and  bee  voide  and  not  be   paied,   And  I  doe  or- 
daine  and  make   my  said  welbeloved  brother   John   Harvard  And  the  sain 
Niehollas  Morton  preacher  executors  of  this  my  said   last  will  and  Testa- 
ment in  trust  for  the  due  gformance  of  this  my  said  laste  will  and  the  pay- 
ment of  the   legacies  herein   included  and  given   and  especially  and  before 
all  of  such  debtes  as  in  right  and  conscience  1  shall  owe  to  anie  gson  or 
gsons  att  the  time  of  my  decease  as  my  trust  is  in  them,    And    in   recom- 
pence of  theire  paines  therein  to  be  taken,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  either 
of  them  the  sume  of  fme  poundes  lawfull  englishe  mony  apeece,   And  I  doe 
nominate   and  appoint  my  said  lovinge  ffather  in  lawe   Mr  Nicholas  Kinge 
and  my  lovinge   Cossen  Thomas  Harvard  and  my  lovinge  freind   Mr.  John 
Spencer  Merchante  to  be  overseers  of  this  my  will  desiring  them  to  se  the 
same  gformed  accordinge  to  my  true  meaning  and  to  be  aidinge  and   assist- 
inge  to   my  said  Executors   with  theire   best  advice  And  for  theire  paines 
therein   to  be  taken  I  give   and  bequeath   unto   every  one  of  them  three 
poundes  apeece  of  like  mony,    And   I   doe  hereby  revoke  and  disalowe  of 
all  former  willes  and  bequestes  by  me  in  any  wise  heretofore  made  And  this 
to   stand  and  continewe  for  and  as  my  last  will  and  testament,    In  witnes 
whereof  to  this  my  said  last  will  and  testament  conteyninge  with  this  sheete, 
Nyne  sheetes  of  paper,  I  the  said  Thomas  Harvard  have  sett  my  hand  and 
seale  the  daie  and  yeare  first  aboue  written  Thomas  Harvard     Sealed   and 
published  by  the  said  Thomas  Harvard  for   and  as  his  last  will  and   testa- 
ment the  daie  and  yeare  abovesaid  in  the  prsence  of  me  Richard  Greene 
Scr:  Richard  Barlowe. 

Pkobatdm  fuit  Testamentum  suprascriptum  apud  London  coram  magro 
Willmo  Sames  legum  dcore  Surrogato  venerabilis  viri  domini  Henrici 
Marten  militis  legum  etiam  dcOris  Curie  Prerogatiue  Cant  magri  Custodis 
sive  Comissarii  ltime  constitut,  Quinto  die  mensis  Maij  Anno  domini  mil- 
limo  sexcentesimo  tricesimo  septimo  Jurament  Nicholai  Morton  Cleric 
executoru  in  humoi  testament  nominat;  cui  comissa  fuit  administracio 
omni  et  singuloru  bonoru  iuriu  et  creditoru  diet  def  de  bene  et  fidle  ad° 
eadm  ad  scta  dei  evang:  iurat,  Reservata  jptate  similem  comissioem  faciend 
Johanni  Harvard  alteri  execut  etiam  in  dicto  testament  nominat  cum  vene- 
rit  earn  petitur.  69,  Goare. 

[At  last,  thanks  to  the  mother  that  bore  him,  and  who  by  her  careful  mention  of 
him  in  her  will  as  "  my  eldest  son,  John  Harvard,  clarke,"  has  again,  as  !t  were, 
brought  him  to  light,  we  are  enabled  to  lift  the  veil  that  for  nearly  two  hundred 
and  fifty  years  has  hidden  our  modest  and  obscure,  but  generous  benefactor,  the 
godfather  of  America's  oldest  University,  the  patrun  Saint  of  New  England's  scho- 
lars; to  learn  his  parentage  and  birthplace,  and  to  form  some  idea  of  his  youthful 
surroundings.'  The  will  of  his  brother'Tliomas,  to  be  sure  (discovered  by  me  on 
Washington's  birth-day,  1884),  furnished  the  first  important  evidence  in  regard  to 
him.  It  will  be  noticed  in  that  will,  made  15  July,  lf>3(i,  that  he  appoints  his  brother, 
John  Harvard,  and  the  Rev.  Nicholas  Morton,  parson  of  St.  Saviour's,  joint  execu- 
tors ;  that  this  will  was  presented  for  probate  5  May,  1637,  by  Mr.  Morton  alone,  and 
power  granted  only  to  him,  a  similar  power  being  reserved  for  John  Harvard,  the 


130  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

other  executor,  when  he  should  come  to  seek  it.  This  seemed  to  show  plainly  enough 
the  absence  of  John  Harvard,  the  brother  of  Thomas,  on  that  fifth  of  May,  1637 
Well,  that  was  the  year  of  the  first  appearance  of  our  John  Harvard  on  the  soil  of 
New  England,  as  shown  by  the  records  of  Charlestown  ;  so  that  probably  on  that 
very  day  in  May  he  was  on  his  way  across  the  Atlantic.  The  inference  then  was  a  rea- 
sonable one  that  the  John  Harvard  named  in  the  will  of  Thomas  Harvard  of  South- 
wark  and  the  wise  benefactor  after  whom  our  ancient  University  was  named  were 
one  and  the  same  person.  But  it  needed  just  the  mention  of  him  in  his  mother's 
will  as  "  clarke,"'  taken  in  connection  with  this  fact  of  his  absence  at  the  proving 
of  his  brother's  will,  to  put  the  matter  beyond  question.  Here  too  it  seems  as  if  en- 
vious chance  had  sought  to  hide  him,  for  in  the  Calendar  of  1637  the  name  of  the  tes- 
tator, which  in  the  record  is  plainly  enough  "  Harvard,"  was  entered  "  Haward," 
a  name  which  might  be  passed  over  by  any  one  hunting  for  the  name  of  Harvard. 
It  was  only  by  gleaning  thst  I  came  upon  it. 

Again — the  Register  Books  of  St.  Saviour's,  Southwark,  the  parish  in  which  our 
benefactor  first  saw  the  light,  seem  to  have  lent  themselves  to  increase  the  mystery 
that  has  enveloped  the  English  surroundings  of  John  Harvard,  as  will  appear  from 
the  following  list  of  baptisms  :* 

1601  May  31  Marye  Harverde  d.  of  Robert,  a  Butcher. 

1602  July  15  Robert  Harverde  s.  of  Robert,  a  Butcher. 

1606  September  30  Robert  Harvye  s.  of  Robert,  a  Butcher. 

1607  November  29  John  Harvye  s.  of  Robt.  a  Butcher. 

1609  December  3  Thomas  Harvye  s.  of  Robt.  a  Butcher. 

1610  November  1  William  Harverd  8.  of  Robert,  a  Butcher. 

1612  September  27  Katherin  Harverd  d.  of  Robert,  a  Butcher. 

1613  December  12  Ann  Harverd  d.  of  Robt.  a  Butcher. 
1615  April  2  Peter  Harvye  d.  of  Robt.  a  Butcher. 

Why,  if  his  name  was  Harvard,  should  we  accept  the  baptism  of  John  Harvye  as 
the  baptism  of  our  John  Harvard?  Here  again  the  mother  comes  to  our  assistance. 
It  can  readily  be  seen  that  Katherine  Yearwood  must  have  been  the  widow  of  Rob- 
ert Harvard  and  mother  of  the  John,  Thomas  and  Peter  named  in  his  will.  It  may 
not  appear  so  evident  that  John  Elletson,  whose  will  I  have  given  in  its  order  of 
time,  had  married  the  widow  Harvard  before  she  became  the  wife  of  Richard  Year- 
wood.  The  will  of  John  Elletson  makes  no  mention  of  any  of  the  Harvard  family  ; 
yet  no  one  can  read  attentively  that  will  and  the  will  of  Mrs.  Katherine  Yearwood 
in  connection  with  each  other,  without  being  forced  to  the  conclusion  that  Kathe- 
rine Yearwood  must  have  been  the  widow  of  John  Elletson  and  the  executrix  of  his 
will,  and,  as  such,  the  successor  of  his  trust  in  regard  to  the  children  of  Hugh 
Horsall,  or  Harsall,  deceased.  So  convinced  was  I  of  this  that  almost  the  first  ob- 
ject of  my  quest  in  the  register  of  St.  Saviour's,  was  the  record  of  the  marriage  of 
John  Elletson  with  the  widow  Harvard.     And  I  soon  found  it  entered  thuB  : 

1625  Januarie  19  John  Ellison  &  Katherine  Harvie. 
Here  we  find  mother  and  son  both  appearing  under  another  and  the  same  name, 
viz.,  llarvie  or  Harvye.  I  found  too  in  the  will  of  Thomas  Cox,  citizen  and  vint- 
ner of  London,  made  12  September  and  proved  21  September,  1613  (79  Capell)  be- 
quests made  to  sundry  members  of  this  family  (John  Harvard's  uncles'?)  as  follows': 
"  1  give  Mrs  Hervcrd  als  Harvey  wife  of  Mr  Thomas  Harverd  als  Harvey  of  Sl  Kath- 
erines  Butcher  six  payre  of  best  sheets,"  &c. — "  I  doe  give  and  bequeath  unto  Rich- 
ard Harverd  als  Harvey  of  S'  Saviour's  parish  aforesaid  butcher,  my  now  tenant, 
the  sum  of  ten  pounds."  &c.  A  Robert  Harvy  als  Harverde  the  elder  of  Rooke- 
by  (Rugby)  was  mentioned  by  Thomas  Atkins  of  Dunchurch,  Warwickshire,  in 
his  will,  41st  Elizabeth.     (48,'Kidd  ) 

The  burial  of  the  father  of  John  Harvard  is  thus  entered  : 

1625  August  24  Mr  Robert  Harvey,  a  man,  in  the  church. 

The  youngest  son,  Peter,  mentioned  in  his  father's  will  (of  28  July,  1625)  but 
nut  in  the  widow's,  was  buried  four  days  before  the  father,  also  in  the  church, 
where  also  Richard  Yearwood  (a  vestryman)  was  buried  18  October,  1632,  and  Kath- 
erine Yearwood  9  July,  1635.  John  Harvard's  elder  brother  Robert  was  buried 
the  very  day  before  his  father  made  his  will.     Evidently  the  family  were  suffering 

*  The  first  two  children  in  the  list,  viz.  Mary  (bapt.  1601)  and  Robert  (bapt.  1602),  were 
probably  the  children  of  Mr.  Harvard  by  his  first  wife,  Barbara  Descyn,  whom  he  married 
26  June,  1600. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  131 

from  the  visitation  of  the  plague  in  the  summer  of  1625.  I  saw  other  burials  entered, 
but  did  not  have  time  to  note  them.  All,  however,  I  think,  were  buried  in  the  church. 
As  I  passed  through  this  venerable  edifice,  once  the  place  of  worship  of  our  modest 
benefactor,  I  noticed  that  the  great  window  in  the  South  Transept  was  of  plain 
glass,  as  if  Providence  had  designed  that  some  day  the  sons  of  Harvard  should  place 
there  a  worthy  memorial  of  one  who  is  so  well  entitled  to  their  veneration. — Henry 
F.  Waters.] 

William  Ward  of  the  parish  of  S'  Savior  in  Southwarke  in  the  County 
of  Surrey  citizen  and  goldsmith  of  London  2  April  1 624. 

My  body  to  be  buried  within  the  parish  church  of  S*  Saviors  in  South- 
wark  aforesaid.  My  estate  shall  be  divided  into  three  equal  parts  or  por- 
tions according  to  the  laudable  custom  of  the  city  of  London.  One  of  which 
said  third  parts  of  my  estate  I  do  give,  devise  and  bequeath  unto  my  now 
wellbeloved  wife  Roase  Ward.  One  other  third  part  of  my  said  estate  I 
do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving  son  Edward  Ward  and  unto  my  well 
beloved  daughter  Roase  Warde  equally  between  them  to  be  divided  part 
and  part  alike  (both  minors).  The  other  third  part  I  reserve  towards  the 
payment  of  debts,  funeral  expenses  and  legacies  &c. 

To  loving  aunt  Margaret  Wood  widow  forty  shillings  per  annum,  in 
quarterly  payments.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Sl  Savior's  four  pounds 
sterling.  To  Mr  James  Archar  our  minister  twenty  shillings  sterling.  To 
the  churchwardens  and  vestry  men  of  the  parish  of  S'  Saviors  aforesaid  of 
which  society  I  am  now  a  member  the  sum  of  six  pounds  sterling  to  make 
a  dinner  for  them.  To  my  good  friend  Mr  Richard  Yarwood  one  silver 
bowl  of  the  weight  of  twelve  ounces.  Item  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto 
my  brother  Mr  Robert  Harverd  and  to  my  friend  George  Garrett  and  my 
cousin  William  Shawarden  to  every  of  them  a  ring  of  gold  to  the  value  of 
twenty  shillings  or  twenty  shillings  apiece  in  money.  The  remainder  shall 
be  divided  into  three  equal  parts  or  portions,  two  of  which  I  do  give  and 
bequeath  unto  my  said  son  Edward  Ward  to  be  likewise  paid  unto  him  at 
his  age  of  one  and  .twenty  years,  and  the  other  third  part  of  the  said  re- 
mainder I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  daughter  Roase  Ward  to  be  paid 
unto  her  on  the  day  of  her  marriage  or  at  her  age  of  one  and  twenty  years, 
which  shall  first  happen.  If  both  my  said  children  shall  happen  to  die  be- 
fore the  legacies  by  this  my  last  will  bequeathed  unto  them  and  either  of 
them  shall  grow  due  then  I  do  will  and  bequeath  all  and  every  the  legacies, 
herein  by  me  before  bequeathed  unto  my  said  children,  unto  my  said  loving 
wife  Roase  Ward  and  unto  my  cousin  Elizabeth  now  wife  of  the  forenamed 
William  Shawarden  equally  between  them  to  be  divided  &c.  And  I  do 
make  and  ordain  my  said  son  Edward  Warde  and  my  said  good  friend  Mr 
Richard  Woodward  executors  of  this  my  last' will.  And  I  do  nominate  and 
appoint  the  foresaid  Robert  Harvard,  George  Garrett  and  William  Shawar- 
den to  be  overseers  of  this  my  will. 

This  will  containing  four  sheets  of  paper  was  read  signed  sealed  and  de- 
livered in  the  presence  of  us  Josua  Whitfeild  aud  me  William  Page  Scri. 
Memorandum  that  this  word  Woodward  was  mistaken  in  the  fifteenth  line  of 
this  sheet  and  that  according  to  the  true  intent  of  the  said  William  Ward 
the  same  was  meant  and  should  have  been  written  Yearwood  who  is  the 
man  mentioned  to  be  nominated  in  the  eighth  line  of  the  —  sheet  to  be  Rich- 
ard Yearwood  and  mistaken  by  me  the  writer,  witness  William  Page  Scri. 

Administration  was  granted  to  Roase  Ward,  the  widow,  during  the  mi- 
nority of  Edward  Warde  the  son.  5  October  1624.  80,  Byrde. 


132  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

[The  foregoing  abstract  was  found  in  the  course  of  my  gleaninss  nearly  a  year  ago, 
and  preserved  on  account  of  its  mention  of  Robert  Harvard  and  Richard  Year  wood. 
It  now  turns  out  to  be  very  important  as  evidence  that  Robert  Harvard's  wife  Kath- 
erine,  the  mother  of  our  John  Harvard,  was  a  Rogers ;  for  in  my  reading  of  the 
registers  of  St.  Saviour's  I  came  upon  the  following  marriage  : 

1621  Oct  17  William  Warde  and  Rose  Rogers. 

This  I  made  note  of  at  the  time,  not  remembering  this  long  preserved  abstract  of 
William  Ward's  will,  but  solely  because  I  recalled  that  Katherine  Yarwood  had 
mentioned  a  sister  Rose  Reason,  and  as  I  fully  believed  the  testatrix  would  turn  out 
to  be  a  Rogers,  the  name  Rose  Rogers  struck  me  as  worth  noting.  Rose  Ward 
and  Rose  Reason  were  probably  one  and  the  same  person. 

Another  most  important  evidence  of  John  Harvard's  identity  remains  to  be  shown. 
Knowing  that  he  must  have  been  the  owner  of  landed  property,  and  believing  that 
before  leaving  for  America  (in  the  spring  of  1637)  he  would  be  selling  some  of  this 
property,  I  surmised  that  some  record  of  such  sale  would  appear  in  some  of  the  docu- 
ments preserved  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  although  I  had  been  informed  that  the 
Record  Office  had  been  searched  for  trace  of  John  Harvard,  and  that  it  was  hardly 
worth  the  while  for  me  to  make  a  search  there.  However,  I  laid  the  matter  before  my 
young  friend  Francis  Grigson,  Esq.  (a  son  of  the  late  Rev.  William  Grigson,  our 
former  corresponding  member),  and  sought  his  advice.  He  said  that  my  surmise 
was  quite  reasonable,  and  that  the  best  field  of  investigation  would  be  the  Feet  of 
Fines.  No  one  could  be  kinder  than  he  in  showing  me  how  to  look  for  the  evidence 
I  wanted.  After  almost  a  whole  day's  labor,  in  which  I  found  many  suggestive 
items  bearing  on  American  names,  I,  at  last,  found  an  entry  which  led  me  to  send 
for  the  Feet  of  Fines  of  the  Hillary  Term,  12th  Charles  I.,  County  Surrey.  The 
following  is  a  copy  of  the  first  (and  important)  part  of  this  document : 

Hec  est  finalis  concordia  fca>  in  cur>  Dni  Regis  apud  Westm)  in  Octavis  Purifica- 
c'ois  Be'  Marie  Anno  regnornm  caroli  Dei  gra>  Angli  Scotie  fi'ranc  et  Hibnie  Regis 
fidei  Defens  etc  a  conqu>  duodecimo  coram  Johe>  ffinch  Rico)  Hutton  Georgio  Ver- 
non et  ffrancisco  Crawley  justic1  et  aliis  dni  Regis  fidelibus  tunc  ibi)  prsentil>us  Int' 
Johe  in  iMan  et  Johannam  uxo>m  eius  quer>  et  Johe'm  Harvard  et  Annam  uxohn 
eius  deforc)  de  uno  mesuagio  et  tribus  Cotagijs  cum  p'tin'  in  Parochia  Sci)  Olavi  in 
Southwarke. 

The  next  day,  after  a  long  search,  I  was  able  to  examine  the  Concord  of  Fines, 
relating  to  the  same  transaction,  where  I  hoped  to  find  the  signatures  of  the  parties 
to  this  agreement,  as  was  the  custom.  This  case,  to  my  great  regret,  proved  an 
exception  to  the  rule,  and  I  was  unable  therefore  to  get  a  tracing  of  John  Harvard's 
autograph.  However,  I  was  enabled  to  fix  the  precise  date  of  the  transfer,  vizt.  16 
February,  12th  Cnarles  I.  The  consideration  given  by  John  and  Johan  Man  was 
one  hundred  and  twenty  pounds  sterling. 

Here  we  find  John  Harvard  appearing  in  February,  1636-7,  as  a  grantor  of  real 
estate  in  St.  Olave  (where  his  brother  Thomas  wa  ;  V* -mg) and  with  wife  Ann ;  surely 
most  important  evidence  that  he  was  the  John  Har\  ■>.•  I  who  six  months  afterwards 
-was  in  New  England  with  a  wife  Ann  ;  and  the  above  date  of  transfer  and  the  date 
of  probate  of  his  brother  Thomas  Harvard's  will  undoubtedly  furnish  the  limits  of 
the  period  of  time  within  which  John  Harvard  left  old  England  to  take  up  his 
abode  in  our  New  England.  He  must  have  set  sail  some  time  between  16  February 
and  5  May,  1637.  The  four  tenements  thus  conveyed  were,  without  doubt,  the 
same  as  those  described  in  the  following  extract : 


John  Man  of  the  parish  of  St.  Olave  in  Southwarke  in  the  County  of  Surrey,  sea 
captain,  6  August  1660,  proved  25  November  1661. 

"  I  giue  and  bequeath  all  those  my  foure  houses  or  Tenements  with  thappurte- 
nanees  thereunto  belonging  scituate  in  Bermondsey  streete  in  the  parish  of  S4  Olave 

in  Southwarke  and  County  aforesaid  which  I  purchased  of  one Harbert,  being 

in  the  occupation  and  possession  of  one Greenball  or  his  assignes  at  yearely 

Rent  of  eight  and  twenty  pounds  unto  Mary  my  Loveing  wife  dureing  her  naturall 
life  and  from  and  after  her  decease  to  the  heires  of  our  bodyes  lawfully  to  bee  be- 
gotten  forever  and  for  want  of  such  issue  to  the  heires  of  the  said  Mary  my  wife 
Lawfully  to  bee  begotten  of  her  body  forever.'' — h.  f.  w.]  180,  May. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  133 

In  Dei  Nomine  Amen.  The  Sixt  Daye  of  the  moneth  of  fTebruary 
Anno  dni  1637  I  John  Sadler  of  Ringmer  in  the  County  of  Sussex  Clerke 
Compos  mentis  et  Corpore  sanus  thankes  be  to  God  therefore  doe  make  & 
ordayne  this  my  last  will  &  Testament  viz1  ffirst  I  will  &  bequeath  my 
poore  sinfull  Soule  to  God  the  father  Beseechinge  him  of  his  mercy  to  save 
it  for  his  sonne  Jesus  Christ  his  satisfaccons  sake  And  my  Body  I  will  to 
be  buryed  where  &  by  whome  &  in  what  manner  God  hath  appointed, 
ffor  my  worldly  goodes  I  will  &  bequeath  them  in  maner  followinge  ffirst  I 
will  aiid  bequeath  to  my  daughter  Anne  the  wife  of  John  Haruard  Clarke 
Twentie  shillinges  to  be  payd  her  after  my  decease  when  shee  shall  demand 
it.  Item  I  will  and  bequeath  to  my  sonne  John  Sadler  Twenty  Shillinges 
to  be  payd  him  within  a  moneth  after  my  death  if  it  be  demaunded  Alsoe  I 
will  and  bequeath  to  the  poore  of  the  parish  of  Worsfield  in  the  County  of 
Salop  Twenty  shillinges  to  be  distributed  amongst  them  after  my  death 
And  I  will  to  the  poore  of  ye  pish  of  Ringmer  abouenamed  the  summe  of 
Tenn  shillinges  to  be  distributed  amongst  them  after  my  departure  And 
for  the  rest  of  my  worldly  goodes  whatsoever  legally  bequeatheable  I  will 
and  bequeath  them  to  Mary  my  deare  and  loveinge  wife  not  doubtinge  of 
her  good  and  godly  diposeinge  of  them  whome  I  make  the  sole  and  onely 
Executrix  of  this  my  will  In  wittnes  whereof  I  say  In  wittnes  whereof  I 
haue  hereunto  sett  my  hand  &  seale  John  Sadler. 

Witnesses  hereunto  John  Shepherd  John  Legener. 

Pkobatum  fuit  Testamentum  suprascriptum  apud  London  coram  vem- 
abili  viro  dno  Henrico  Marten  milite  legu  dcore  Curiae  Prerogative 
Cant  Magfo  Custode  sive  Comissario  ltime  Constituto  vicesimo  primo  die 
meusis  Octobris  Anno  dni  Millino  sexcentmo  quadragesimo  Juramento 
Marie  Sadler  Relicts  dicti  defuncti  et  Executricis  in  hmoi  Testamento 
noiat  Cui  Comissa  fuit  Administraco  omniu  et  singlorum  bonorum  iurium 
et  Creditorum  eiusdem  defuncti  de  bene  et  fideliter  Administraudo  eadem 
Ad  sancta  dei  Evangelia  coram  Magro  Esdra  Coxall  Clico  vigore  Comissi- 
onis  in  ea  parte  als  emanat  Jurat.  Coventry,  128. 

[John  Sadler,  MA.,  whose  will  is  given  above,  was  instituted  Vicar  of  Patcham 
in  the  county  of  Sussex,  3  November,  1008,  as  I  have  been  informed  by  E.  H.  VV. 
Dunkin,  Esq.,  who  has  for  years  been  making  careful  researches  among  the  records 
relating  to  this  county.  In  Patcham  Mr.  Sadler's  children  were  baptized  as  fol- 
lows : 

Ann  d.  of  Jn.  Sadler,  Mary,  August  24,  1614. 
John  s.  of  Do April  0,  1617. 

Afterwards  he  was  settled  at  Ringmer,  where  1  find  he  was  inducted  12  October. 
lG2r>,  and  was  buried  there  3  October,  1640.*  His  son  John  was  a  graduate  of 
Emanuel  College,  Cambridge,  MA.  1038,  Fellow  of  the  College,  Master  in  Chan- 
cery, Town  Clarke  of  London  and  Master  of  Magdalen  College,  Cambridge,  we 
learn  from  Cole's  Collection  (Add.  MS.  5851,  British  Museum).  From  Le  Neve's 
Fast.  Eccl.  Angl.  we  get  this  confirmed  and  with  further  information,  under  the 
title  St.  Mary  "Magdalene  Coll.  Masters.  John  Sadler,  M.A.,  was  admitted  1050, 
and  deprived  at  the  restoration. 

*  The  Burrcll  Collection  (Add.  MSS.  .5697,  &c.  British  Museum),  from  which  I  took  the 
above  item,  gives  the  date  lfi42,  a  manifot  error  as  shown  by  date  of  probate  of  will  ;  be- 
sides, Burrell  convicts  himself  in  the  next  line,  showing  the  date  of  induelion  of  Mr.  Sad- 
ler's successor,  1G40.  My  friend  Mr.  Dunkin  gives  me  the  entry  from  the  Ringmer  Reg- 
ister as  follows :    "  1640  Oct.  3  buryed  Mr  John  Sadler  minister  of  Ringmer."       h.  f.  w. 


134  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

In  the  same  MS.  Cole  gives  the  admission  of  John  Harvard,  P  1631,  and  the 
same  year  Tho.  Allen  P.  June  22,  Suff.  Mr.  Harvard's  graduation  is  shown  to  be 
1635.  His  pastor,  Nicholas  Morton,  M.A.  1619,  horn  in  Leicestershire,  was  Dixy 
Fellow  and  afterwards  chaplain  of  St.  Mary  Overies,  London  (i.e.  St.  Savior's, 
Southwark). 

In  the  Sussex  Archaeological  Society's  Collection  (vol.  11,  p.  225)  is  given  "A 
Rolle  of  the  several  Armors  and  furniture  with  theire  names  of  the  clergie  within 
the  Arch  Deaconry  of  Lewes  and  Deanery  of  South  Mailing  with  the  Deanry  of 
Battell  in  the  County  of  Sussex.  Rated  and  appoynted  the  11th  day  of  March  A0 
D'ni  1612  by  the  Right  Reverend  father  in  God  Samuell  (Harsnet)  Lo.  Bishoppe  of 

Chichester."     I  extract  the  following  item  :  "  Petcham,  Mr  Jo.  Sadler,  vicar 

a  musquet  furnished." 

As  the  widow  Ann  Harvard  became  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Allen,  the  fol- 
lowing abstract  may  be  worth  noting  here : 

Mense  Octobris  1673,  Vicesimo  Septimo  die.  Em'.  Com0.  Thomas  Allen  filio  nrali 
et  ltiffio  Thomas  Allen  nup  Civti3  Norwicen  vid  def  hentis  etc.  Ad  Admistrand 
bona  jura  et  cred  d'ei  def  de  bene  etc  jurat.         Admon.  Act  Book  1673,  fol.  128. 


I  cannot  refrain  from  expressing  the  gratitude  I  feel  toward 3  my  brother 
antiquaries  in  England  for  the  kindly  sympathy  and  generous  assistance  I  have 
received  from  them;  and  I  desire  to  name  especially  Messrs.  E.  H.  W.  Dunkin, 
Francis  Grigson,  David  Jones,  Robert  Garraway  Rice  and  J.  C.  C.  Smith,  who 
have  shown  kindness  without  stint  in  this  matter,  as  in  all  other  matters  connected 
with  my  genealogical  work  in  England. — Henry  F.  Waters.] 


Testamentatum   Georgii  ffox. 

I  do  give  to  Thomas  Lower  my  sadle  and  bridle  they  are  at  John  Nel- 
son's and  spurrs  and  Bootts  inward  leathers  and  the  New  England  Indian 
Bible  and  my  great  book  of  the  signifying  of  names  and  my  book  of  the 
New  Testament  of  Eight  languages  and  all  my  physical  things  that  came 
from  beyond  the  sea  with  the  outlandish  cupp  and  that  thing  that  people 
do  give  glisters  with  and  my  two  dials  the  one  is  an  Equinoctiall  Diall 
And  all  my  overplus  Books  to  be  divided  among  my  four  sons  in  law  and 
also  all  my  other  books  And  my  Flamock  I  do  give  to  Thomas  Lower 
that  is  at  Benjamin  Antrobus  his  closett  and  Rachell  may  take  that  which 
is  at  Swarthmore.  And  Thomas  Lower  may  have  my  Wallnutt  Equinoc- 
tiall Diall  and  if  he  can  he  may  gett  one  cut  by  it  which  will  be  hard  to 
do,  and  he  shall  have  one  of  my  prospect  glasses  in  my  Trunck  at  Lon- 
don and  a  pair  of  my  gloves  and  my  seale.  G:  ff:  And  the  flameing 
sword  to  Nath:  Meade  and  my  other  two  seals  I:  Rouse  and  the  other  Dan: 
Abraham  And  Tho:  Lower  shall  have  my  Spanish  Leatherhood  and  S: 
Meade  shall  have  my  magnifying  glass  and  the  tortoise  shell  comb  and 
cace.     G.  ff. 

And  let  Tho:  Docra  that  knoweth  many  of  my  Epistles  and  written 
Books  which  he  did  write  come  up  to  London  to  assist  ffriends  in  sorting 
of  my  Epistles  and  other  writings  and  give  him  a  Guinea.     G.  ff. 

And  all  that  I  have  written  concerning  what  I  do  give  to  my  Relations 
either  money  or  otherwise  John  Loft  may  putt  it  up  in  my  Trunck  at  John 
Elsons  and  write  all  things  down  in  a  paper  and  make  a  paper  out  of  all 
my  papers  how  I  have  ordered  things  for  them  and  John  Loft  may  send 
all  things  down  by  Poulesworth  Carryer  in  the  Trunck  to  John  ffox  at 
Poulesworlh  in  Warwickshire  And  lett  John  ffox  send  John  Loft  a  full 
Receipt  and  a  discharge  and  in  this  matter  none   of  you  may  be  concerned 


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but  John  Loft  only.  And  my  other  Little  Trunck  that  standeth  in  Benja- 
min Antrobus  his  closett  with  the  outlandish  things  Thomas  Lower  shall 
have  and  if  it  be  ordered  in  any  other  papers  to  any  other,  that  must  not 
stand    so,    but   as  now    ordered.     G.  ff.  And   Sarah   thou  may    give 

Sarah  Freckelton  halfe  a  guinea  for  she  hath  been  serviceable  to  me  an 
honest  carefull  young  woman  G.  ff.  Make  no  noise  of  these  things  but  do 
them  in  the  life  as  I  have  ordered  them  And  when  all  is  done  and  cleared 
what  remains  to  the  printing  of  my  Books  Benjamin  Antrobus  and  Mary 
hath  one  100  pounds  of  mine,  take  no  use  of  them  for  it  when  you  do  re- 
ceive it  And  in  my  chest  in  Benjamin  Antrobus  his  Chamber  there  is  a 
little  Guilt  Box  with  some  gold  in  it  Sarah  Meade  to  take  it  and  let  it  do 
it  service  among  the  rest  so  far  as  it  will  goe     the  Box  is  sealed  up. 

G.  ff. 

I  do  order  William  and  Sarah  Meade  and  T.  Lower  to  take  care  of  all 
my  Books  and  Epistles  and  papers  that  be  at  Benjamin  Antrobuses  and 
att  R.  R.  Chamber  and  those  that  come  from  Swarthmore  and  my  Jour- 
nall  of  my  life  and  the  passadges  and  travells  of  ffriends  and  to  take  them 
all  into  their  hands  And  all  the  overplus  of  them  they  may  have  and  keep 
together  as  a  Library  when  they  have  gathered  them  together  which  are  to 
be  printed  ;  And  for  them  to  take  charge  of  all  my  money  and  defray  all 
as  I  have  ordered  in  my  other  papers  and  anything  of  mine  they  ma}'  the 
my  (sic)  take,  and  God  will  and  shall  be  their  reward   The  8th  moth  1688. 

G.  ff. 

Thomas  Lower  and  John  Rouse  may  assist  you  And  all  the  pas- 
sages and  Travels  and  sufferings  of  ffriends  in  the  beginning  of  the  spread- 
ing of  the  truth  which  I  have  kept  together  will  make  a  fine  History  and 
they  may  be  had  at  Swarthmore  with  my  other  Books  and  if  they  come  to 
London  with  my  papers  then  they  may  be  had  either  at  W:  M:  Ben:  An- 
trobus his  closett,  soe  it  is  a  fine  thing  to  know  the  beginning  of  the  spread- 
ing of  the  Gospel,  after  so  long  night  of  Apostacy  since  the  Apostles'  days 
that  now  Christ  reigns  as  he  did  in  the  hearts  of  the  people.  Glory  to  the 
Lord  for  ever  Amen.     The  8th  moth  1688  G:  ff: 

30  December  1697:  Appeared  personally  Sarah  Meade,  wife  of  Wil- 
liam Meade  of  the  parish  of  S1  Dyonis  Back  church,  London,  citizen  and 
merchant  Taylor  of  London,  and  did  declare  that  she  is  of  the  number  of 
dissenters  commonly  called  Quakers;  and  she  did  declare  in  the  presence 
of  Almighty  God,  the  witness  of  the  truth  of  what  she  said,  that  she  has 
known  George  Fox,  late  of  Swarthmore  in  the  County  of  Lancaster  Gen- 
tleman, deceased,  he  marrying  with  her,  the  declarant's  mother  ;  and  she 
has  often  seen  him  write  and  is  well  acquainted  with  his  handwriting  and 
she,  having  now  seen  and  perused  three  papers  hereunto  annexed  and 
marked  No  1,  2  &  3,  containing  the  last  Will  &  Testament  of  the  said 
George  Fox  deceased,  the  first  beginning  thus  (I  do  give  to  Thomas  Low- 
er, &c)  and  ending  thus  ("  Torkel  shel  com  &  case.  G.  ff"),  the  second  be- 
ginning thus  (and  all  that  I  have  written,  &c.)  and  ending  thus  (the  Box 
is  sealed  up.  G.  ff.)  and  in  the  margin  (give  him  a  guinea),  the  third  begin- 
ning thus  (I  do  order  William  &  Sarah  Meade,  &c. )  and  ending  thus,  (glory 
to  the  Lord  forever  Amen.  G.  ff.  the  8th  mon  1688)  she  did  declare  that  she 
did  &  does  verily  believe  that  the  same  three  papers  were  and  are  all  wrote  by 
&  with  the  proper  handwriting  of  the  said  George  Fox  deceased  And  she 
farther  declared  that  above  a  year  before  the  death  of  the  said  George  Fox 
(who  died  on  or  about  the  thirteenth  day  of  January  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 


136  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

one  thousand  six  hundred  &  ninety)  the  said  George  Fox  did  deliver  to  her 
a  parcel  of  papers  sealed  up  &  thus  superscribed  with  his  own  hand,  viz 
(Papers  of  George  Fox  which  are  to  be  laid  up  in  the  Trunk  of  his  at 
William  Meade's  and  not  to  be  opened  before  the  time)  and  on  the  next 
day  after  the  deceased's  death  the  said  bundle  was  opened  in  the  presence 
of  the  declarant  and  of  several  other  persons  and  they  the  three  papers 
hereunto  annexed  and  marked  No  1,  2  &  3  were  found  amongst  other  pa- 
pers relating  to  his  concerns.  Sarah  Meade. 

30  Decembris  1697  dicta  Sara  Meade  fecit  declarationem  suprascriptam 
coram  me  George  Bramston  Suit. 

30  December,  1697  Appeared  personally  William  Ingram  of  the  parish 
of  S*  Margaret's,  New  Fish  Street  London,  citizen  &  Tallow  Chandler  of 
London,  aged  about  fifty  seven  years,  and  declared  that  he  is  of  the  number 
of  Dissenters  commonly  called  Quakers  ;  and  he  did  declare  in  the  presence 
of  Almighty  God,  the  witness  of  the  truth  of  what  he  said  (then  follows 
a  declaration  similar  to  the  foregoing  as  to  handwriting  of  deceased  testa- 
tor, &c). 

A  similar  declaration  was  made,  the  same  day,  by  George  Whitehead  of 
the  parish  of  S'  Botolph  without  Bishopsgate,  London,  gentleman,  aged 
about  sixty  years  and  also  of  the  number  of  Quakers,  &c. 

Tricesimo  die  mensis  Decembris  Anno  DniMillinio  Sexcenfiio  nonagemo 
septima  emanavit  comco  Margarets  ffox  relictre  et  Legariaj  nominatae  in 
Testamento  Georgii  ffox  nug  de  Swarthmore  in  com  Lancastrise  sed  in 
Proa  omniu  Sanctoru  Lombard  Street  London  defti  hentis  &c  ad  admin- 
istrand  bona  Jura  et  credita  dicti  defti  juxta  tenorem  et  effectu  Testamenti 
ipsius  defti  (eo  quod  nullu  omnino  noiaverit  extorem)  declaracone  in  pre- 
sentia  dei  Omnipoten  juxta  Statutum  parliament  in  hac  parte  editum  et 
provisu  de  bene  et  fideliter  administrated  eadem  g  dictam  Margaretam  ffox 
prius  facta.  Fyne,  280. 

[George  Fox,  born  in  July,  1624,  mai'ried  27  8mo.  1669,  in  Bristol,  Margaret, 
widow  of  Thomas  Fell  of  Swarthmore  Hall,  Lancashire.  She  is  said  to  have  died 
at  Swarthmore  in  1702,  near  the  eighty-eighth  year  of  her  age.  Of  her  children  by  her 
first  husband,  Margaret  is  said  to  have  been  the  wife  of  John  Rous,  Bridget  of  John 
Draper,  Sarah  of  William  Meade,  Mary  of  Thomas  Lower,  Susanna  of  (William?) 
Ingram,  and  Rachel  of  Daniel  Abraham. — h.  f.  w.] 

Letters  of  administration  on  the  estate  of  the  Rev.  George  Piggott 
clerk,  late  chaplain  in  the  regiment  of  marines  under  the  command  of  the 
Hon.  Col.  John  Wynyard,  at  Jamaica  in  the  West  Indies,  granted,  30 
June,  1743,  to  the  Rev.  George  Piggott,  clerk,  son  and  lawful  attorney  of 
Sarah  Piggott,  widow,  the  relict  of  the  said  deceased,  for  the  use  and  ben- 
efit of  the  said  Sarah  Piggott,  now  residing  at  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in 
New  England.  Admon.  Act.  Book,  1743. 

[For  this  abstract  the  readers  of  the  Register  are  indehtcd  to  Robert  Garraway 
Rice,  Esq.,  of  Acar  Lodge,  Bramley  Hill,  Croydon,  Surrey. — n.  F.  w. 

The  Rev.  George  Pigot  was  settled  as  Rector  of  St.  Michael's  Church,  Marble- 
head,  1728  ;  he  came  to  Marblehead  from  Providence,  and  in  addition  to  his  paro- 
chial duties  officiated  every  month  in  Salem,  where  in  a  short  time  he  gathered  a  con- 
gregation of  between  two  and  three  hundred  persons. 

In  1730  Mr.  Pigot  made  what  proved  to  be  an  unsuccessful  attempt  to  regain  a 
right  to  the  Baronies  of  Morley  and  Monteagle,  to  which  he  was  an  heir,  and  re- 
quested permission  to  return  to  England  to  attend  to  tiie  matter,  which  was  evi- 
dently not  granted.  His  rectorship  ended  in  1736.  During  his  rectorship  there  are 
recorded  454  baptisms,  among  the  n  four  of  his  own  slaves,  95  marriages,  145  buri- 
als. In  going  from  the  house  of  a  poor  and  sick  parishioner  whom  lie  had  heen  vis- 
iting in  the  winter  of  1736,  Mr.  Pigot  fell  on  the  ice  and  broke  his  left  arm,  which 


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he  fractured  again  the  following  summer  ;  his  health  consequently  became  broken, 
and  he  obtained  leave  to  visits  England,  and  is  supposed  to  have  died  there  or  on  the 
passage.     His  wife  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  fifteen  years  after. 

Samuel  Curwen,  Esq.,  in  his  Diary,  writing  of  Cardiff,  1st  August,  1777,  says: 
"  After  my  departure  I  learnt  that  a  daughter  of  the  late  Parson  Pigot  of  Marble- 
head  was  an  inhabitant  of  this  place." — George  R.  Curwen. 

The  baronies  of  Morley  and  Monteagle  in  1686,  on  the  death  of  Thomas  Parker, 
the  third  inheritor  of  the  two  baronies,  fell  into  abeyance  between  the  issue  of  his 
two  aunts,  Katharine  who  married  John  Savage,  earl  of  Rivers,  and  Elizabeth  who 
married  Edward  Cranfield,  Esq.  (Burke's  Extinct  Peerage,  ed.  1846,  p.  409).  Rev. 
George  Pigot,  of  Marblehead,  wrote  to  the  secretary  of  the  London  Society  for 
Propagating  the  Gospel,  August  1,  1730  :  "  I  think  it  proper  at  this  juncture  to 
notify  the  Horrble  Society  of  one  affair  which  might  otherwise  deserve  their  blame  : 
It  is  that  I  have  made  a  claim  by  Mr.  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Commons  to  be  re- 
stored to  my  right  to  the  Baronies  of  Morley  and  Monteagle,  and  that  I  do  not  know 
how  soon  I  may  have  a  call  to  make  out  the  same.  Therefore  I  request  the  Hon'- 
ble  Society  to  give  me  leave  to  come  home  upon  a  proper  invitation."  (Bp.  Perry's 
Massachusetts  Historical  Papers,  p.  262.)  Mr.  Pigot,  in  a  letter  Dec.  27,  1734, 
speaks  of  having  a  large  family  (Ibid.  p.  304). 

May  1,  1718,  "  Mr.  George  Piggott  "  of  Newport  was  admitted  to  the  freedom 
of  the  colony  of  Rhode  Island  (R.  I.  Records,  iv.  227).  May  5,  1724,  "  Georse 
Pigot"  of  Warwick  was  admitted  freeman  to  that  colony  (Ibid.  p.  340).  Was 
either  of  these  the  minister  ? — Editor. 

A  year  or  two  ago  I  met  at  the  rooms  of  the  New  England  Historic  Genealogical 
Society,  Rev.  Mr.  Pigot,  an  English  clergyman,  who  said  he  was  a  descendant  of 
Rev.  George  Pigot,  of  Marblehead.  He  visited  the  rooms  to  obtain  genealogical  in- 
formation concerning  his  ancestor.  He  had  an  elder  brother  in  Australia  who  had 
sufficient  property  to  maintain  the  dignity  of  a  baron.  He  wished  to  obtain  docu- 
mentary evidence  to  substantiate  the  claim  to  the  barony  which  he  said  was  in 
abeyance  in  their  line  of  the  Pigot  family. — John  Coffin  Jones  Brown. J 

William  Horsforde  of  Dorchester  in  the  County  of  Dorset,  gentle- 
man, 30  June,  1621,  proved  25  January,  1622.  To  be  buried  in  the  church 
of  S'  Peters.  To  the  poor  of  the  Hospital  of  Dorchester  five  pounds.  I 
give  &  bequeath  my  house  and  lands,  with  the  appurtenances,  in  the  parish 
of  Sl  Peter's,  in  the  lane  there  going  towards  the  Fryery,  wherein  George 
Hooper,  needle  maker,  lately  dwelt,  and  which  I  purchased  of  Mr  Joseph 
Longe  and  Thomas  Bullocke,  unto  Joane  my  wife  for  the  term  of  her  life ; 
then  to  Joane  my  daughter  and  the  heirs  of  her  body,  &c.  ;  then  to  my 
own  right  heirs  forever.  My  daughter  Sarah  and  her  husband,  my  son  in 
law,  John  Hardey.  To  their  children,  John,  Jane  and  Sarah  Hardey  and 
the  child  wherewith  my  daughter  Sarah  is  now  great,  one  hundred  pounds, 
which  was  meant  to  be  given  unto  them  by  my  brother  Hugh  Horsforde 
deceased,  and  one  hundred  pounds  besides.  To  my  daughter  Joane  Hors- 
forde four  hundred  &  fifty  pounds.  My  daughter  Grace,  the  wife  of  Tho- 
mas Frye,  and  her  children.  My  friends  John  Strode  of  Chantmarrell, 
Richard  Bingham  of  Melcombe,  Richard  Kesier  and  William  Clapcott,  of 
Frampton,  to  be  executors.  Swann,  27. 

[There  was  a  William  Horsford,  spelled,  in  other  places  on  the  record,  Horseford, 
Hosford,  Hosseford,  who  was  an  early  inhabitant  of  Dorchester,  Mass.  He  is  first 
mentioned  October  8,  1633,  when  he  is  styled  ''  Goodman  Hosseford";  freeman 
1634  ;  went  to  Windsor,  Conn.  ;  was  a  Commissioner  to  the  General  Court  in  1637. 
VVith  his  old  Dorchester  companions  and  friends,  Mr.  John  Witehfield.  and  Mr.  John 
Branker  ''  theschoolmaster,"'  he  became  associated  as  ruling  elders  of  the  church  in 
Windsor.  They  frequently  delivered  the  weekly  lecture  before  the  church.  Mr. 
Savage  says,  he  probably  removed  to  Springfield,  and  there  preached  from  October, 
1652,  to  October,  1656,  "  when  Moxon  gave  up  in  disgust."  It  seems  that  here- 
turned  to  England  with  his  second  wife  Jane,  widow  of  Henry  Fowkes.  In  1656, 
being  then  in  England,  he  gave  land  at  Windsor  to  his  two  children.  His  wife  also 
gave  some  of  her  land  to  Windsor  church  and  to  her  husband's  children,  &c.     "  In 


138  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

1671,"  says  Mr.  Savage,  "  she  was  at  Tiverton,  co.  Devon."  William  had  a  son 
John,  whose  nine  children  wore  living  at  their  father's  decease,  August  7,  1683. 
(See  Savage,  Hinman,  Stiles's  Windsor.) — William  B.  Trask.] 

Morgan  Holman  of  Barwicke  within  the  parish  of  Swyre,  in  the 
County  of  Dorset,  gentleman,  in  his  will,  dated  19  June,  1614,  proved  19 
April,  1G23,  mentions  (among  others)  cousin  Humphrey  Jolyff,  and  speaks 
of  land  which  he  lately  purchased  of  Nicholas  Darbye,  Lawrence  and  Rog- 
er Darbye.  Swaun,  33. 

Bold  Bodghey,  Esq.,  Warden  of  the  Fleete,  17  October,  1669,  published 
and  acknowledged  by  testator  the  next  day.  Whereas  since  my  marriage 
with  Jane  the  widow  &  relict  of  William  Celey,  Esq.,  by  whom  I  have  had  no 
children,  and  who  either  hath  or  pretended  to  have  a  reasonable  good  estate, 
which  I  have  not  wasted  or  intermedled  with ;  since  which  marriage  I  have 
lived  but  an  uncomfortable  life ;  I  do  therefore  give  and  bequeath  unto  my 
said  wife,  for  her  better  support  and  as  an  addition  to  her  own  estate,  the 
sum  of  twenty  pounds  per  annum,  to  be  paid  to  her  yearly  and  every  year 
during  the  life  of  MrU  Challener  alias  Bamfield,  her  mother  in  law,  now  liv- 
ing, to  be  paid  unto  her  by  my  executors  by  ten  pounds  at  the  end  of  every 
six  months  after  my  decease.  To  my  daughter  Martha  Boughey  the  sum 
of  one  thousand  pounds, .to  be  paid  unto  her  at  the  day  of  her  marriage,  or 
within  such  short  time  after  as  my  executors  can  raise  the  same  ;  and  in 
the  mean  time  I  give  unto  her  thirty  pounds  per  annum  for  her  mainte- 
nance; and  if  she  happen  to  die  before  she  be  married,  then  I  give  and  be- 
queath the  said  sum  of  one  thousand  pounds  between  my  two  sons  John 
&  Bold  Boughey.  Reference  is  made  to  an  engagement  of  John  Boughey, 
son  and  heir  of  the  testator,  to  come  into  partnership  with  Edmond  Peirce, 
Esq.,  in  the  business  and  office  of  Wardenship  of  the  Fleete.  To  my  son 
Bold  Boughey  three  hundred  pounds  at  his  age  of  one  and  twenty,  or  when 
he  shall  be  a  Freeman  of  London  and  set  up  his  trade  of  a  Linendraper. 
Unto  the  poor  prisoners  of  the  Fleete  five  pounds  per  annum,  to  be  paid 
on  Christmas  Eve  during  all  the  time  that  any  of  my  name  or  family  shall 
be  Wardens  of  the  Fleete.  To  my  brother  Thomas  Boughey  one  hundred 
pounds  to  be  paid  him  within  twelve  months  after  my  decease.  To  my  two 
nieces  Priscilla  and  Margaret  Roe  ten  pounds  apiece,  to  put  them  out  to 
some  trades  such  as  my  executor  shall  think  fit.  To  my  good  friends  Mr 
Robert  Leighton,  Capt.  William  Oakes,  Sir  John  Carter,  Mr  Griffith  Bo- 
derdo,  Mr  James  Johnsen,  Charles  Cornwallis,  Esq.,  Mr  Samuel  Fisher, 
Mr  Richard  Beale  and  Mr  Robert  Wigmore,  forty  shillings  apiece,  to  buy 
them  rings.  The  same  to  my  old  servant  Christopher  Story.  To  my  ser- 
vant Thomas  Corbett  the  like  sum ;  and  it  is  my  desire  that  he  be  contin- 
ued in  his  place  of  Tipstaff  in  the  exchecquer  so  long  as  he  shall  "  abare  " 
himself  honestly.  My  friends  Edmond  Peirce,  Esq.,  and  William  Church, 
gentleman,  to  be  executors,  and  to  each  ten  pounds  for  their  pains  therein. 
My  loving  brother  in  law  Robert  Wiggmore,  Esq.,  and  Charles  Cornwallis, 
Esq.,  to  be  overseers. 

The  above  will  was  proved  by  Edmond  Peirce,  who  took  out  letters  15 
November,  1669,  and  by  William  Church,  25  June,  1672.       Coke,  133. 

[The  testator  of  the  above  will,  although  he  makes  no  mention  therein  of  New 
England  or  New  England  people,  is  clearly  enough  the  writer  of  the  letter  bearing 
date  "  London,  4th  may  1662,"  and  superscribed  "  For  my  Deare  Sister  Mr8  Eliza- 
beth Harris  att  Wroxhury  These  in  New  England,"  which  was  printed  in  the  July 
number  of  theN.  E.  Hist,  and  Gen.  Register,  1851  (vol.  v.  pp.  307-8).     In  it  he 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  139 

Bpeaks  of  his  family  thus  :  "  our  youngest  Fro"  Timothy  is  Chaplaine  to  the  Kings 
Riilimt  of  Guards  in  Dunkirke,  Thomas  Imployed  by  me  in  business,  our  sister 

Ka^therine is  married  to  one  Mr  Thorpe  in  London,     ...   our  Sister  Hannah  is 

married  tooneM1  Wilding  and  lives  in  Shrewsbury.  Mary  is  married  to  M?Koe,who 
hath  an  Imployment  under  me  in  London,  and  lives  well,  Priscilla  is  married  to  an 
honest  minister  one  Mr  Bruce  and  at  present  Lives  in  London,  is  Chaplaine  to  mee, 

at  the  ffleete.    Our  Sisters,  except  Katherine,  are  all  mothers  of  children." 

"  I  was  married  but  it  pleased  god  to  remove  my  wife  by  death  about  foure  yeares 
since  :  I  have  only  two  sonnes  and  a  daughter  (viz)  John,  Bold  and  Martha  living ; 
my  wife  was  with  child  of  the  tenth  when  she  died." 

We  are  told  that  "  Robert  Harris  &  Elizabeth  Boffee  were  married  Jan.  24, 
1642,"  in  Roxbury. — n.  f.  w.] 

Peter  Hodges  late  of  East  West  Guersey"  in  America,  planter,  and 
now  in  the  parish  of  S'  Mary  Magdalen,  Bermondsey,  in  the  County  ot 
Surrey,  the  one  &  twentieth  of  July,  1697,  proved  21  December,  1697. 
To  my  dearly  and  well  beloved  friend  Elizabeth  Willis,  of  the  said  parish, 
spinster,  whom  I  intended  for  my  lawful  wife,  as  well  for  the  natural  love 
and  affection  I  have  and  bear  to  her  as  for  divers  other  good  causes  and 
considerations  me  hereunto  especially  moving,  all  those  two  hundred  acres 
of  woodland  in  East  West  Guersey  in  America  by  me  held  and  granted 
from  the  Governour  of  the  said  Island,  together  with  the  deed  or  writing 
by  which  the  same  premisses  are  granted,  which  is  now  left  in  the  hands 
of  Thomas  Revell  of  Burrington  in  East  West  Guersey  aforesaid  ;  also  all 
my  horses,  hogs  and  other  cattle  whatsoever  in  the  said  Island,  marked  with 
a  half  Gad ;  and  also  all  and  singular  my  estate,  both  real  and  personal,  as 
well  within  the  said  Island  of  East  West  Guersey  as  any  other  place  or 
places  whatsoever,  &c.  To  all  or  any  of  my  Relations  that  shall  lawfully 
claim  any  estate  or  interest  iu  the  said  premisses,  &c,  I  give  and  bequeath 
one  shilling  if  demanded  and  no  more.  The  said  Elizabeth  Willis  to  be 
executrix. 

Wit :  Joann  Pryor  Senior,   Mary  Pryor,  Joann  Pryor  Junior,   Haunah 

Richeson  and  John  Parry  Scr.  Pyne,  284. 

[Burrington  should  he  Burlington.     Thomas  Revell  was  at  this  time  a  member  of 
the  West  Jersey  Council.    See  New  Jersey  Archives,  ii.  146  et  seq.— Editor.] 

James  Montgomery,  of  James  River  in  Nantzimum  in  the  Island  of 
Virginia,  and  late  chirurgeon  of  His  Majesty's  ship  S'  Albans,  being  sick 
and  weak  of  body  in  Richmond  in  the  County  of  Surrey,  25  August,  1697, 
proved  24  December,  1697.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  such  parish  as  it 
shall  please  God  to  call  my  soul  from  thence.  To  my  two  loving  brothers 
Robert  and  Benjamin,  all  such  writings,  obligatory  bills  and  accounts  which 
are  my  property  in  Virginia  aforesaid.  To  my  brother  Benjamin  one  bed. 
To  my  brother  Robert  all  the  residue  of  my  estate  (lands  excepted).  To 
Sarah,  wife  of  William  Cranbury,  of  the  place  above  named  in  Virginia 
aforesaid,  I  give  and  bequeath  one  warming  pan  now  in  the  custody  of  the 
said  Sarah  ;  and  touching  all  such  wages  or  pay  as  shall  appear  due  to  me 
for  my  service  performed  on  board  His  Majesty's  Ship  S'  Albans  above  nam- 
ed I  dispose  thereof  as  follows  (viz1)  to  my  sister  Jane  and  to  her  youngest 
son  now  living,  and  to  her  daughters  Jane  and  Elizabeth  three  pounds  apiece, 
to  be  paid  unto  them  or  either  of  them  on  his  or  her  respective  marriage  day. 
This  money  is  to  be  raised  out  of  such  pay  as  shall  appear  due  to  me  from 
the  Right  Honorable  the  Treasurer  or  Paymaster  to  His  Majesty's  Navy. 
To  my  godson  James  Buxton  two  pounds,  and  to  his  brother  Richard  one 
pound  ten  shillings.  To  Martha,  daughter  of  my  brother  Benjamin,  five 
pounds.     To  my  nephews  James  and  Benjamin  five  pounds  apiece.     To  my 


140  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

nephew  Robert  Montgomery  five  pounds.  To  Joseph  Halford  of  Rich- 
mond in  the  County  of  Surrey,  chandler,  I  devise  and  bequeath  one  hogs- 
head of  tobacco,  freight  and  custom  of  the  same  being  hereby  appointed  to 
be  paid  by  him  for  the  same  when  arrived  from  Virginia.  Papers  relating 
to  my  said  ship's  affairs,  &c.  now  in  the  custody  of  ....  Bird  of  Wapping 
in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  Instrument  Maker.  My  will  is  that  if  my  ex- 
ecutors shall  think  fit  to  authorize  him  their  Attorney  to  receive  the  money 
due  thereupon  or  shall  recall  them  out  of  his  said  custody  that  there  shall 
be  an  allowance  of  twelve  pence  per  each  pound  to  such  person  as  shall  take 
care  in  the  management  and  receipt  of  the  same.  My  brother  Robert  and 
William  Wilson  of  London,  merchant,  to  be  joint  executors. 

Wit :  Thomas  Ryley,  Nathaniel  Clark  Not.  Pub0  in  Richmond  in  the 
County  of  Surrey.  Pyne,  290. 

[Benjamin  Montgomery  appears  as  the  patentee  of  450  acres  of  land  in  Nansemond 
County,  October  26th,  1699,  Book  No.  9,  p.  241.  The  following  grants,  also  of 
record,  may  be  of  interest:  Robert  Montgomery,  Edmund  Belson  and  other  inhabi- 
tants of  Coward  Creek,  Nansemond  County,  850  acres  in  Nansemond  County,  April 
30th,  1671,  Book  No.  6,  p.  678;  Hugh  Montgomery,  280  acres  in  Lower  Norfolk 
County,  October  21st,  1687,  Book  No.  7,  p.  615,  Virginia  Land  Records. 

R.  A.  Brock.] 

Edward  Fraunces  of  Vere  in  Jamaica  but  now  in  London  in  Great 
Britain  Esq.  24  Dec.  1740.  All  my  property  to  my  loving  brother  .Tames 
Fraunces  of  Cheapside,  London,  apothecary.  If  he  die  without  issue,  law- 
fully begotten,  then  all  to  my  cousins  Elizabeth  Jacquelin  now  the  wife  of 
Richard  Ambler  of  York  Towu  in  Virginia  Esq.,  Mary  Jacquelin  the  now 
wife  of  John  Smith  of  Gloucester  County  in  Virginia,  merchant,  and  Mar- 
tha Jacquelin  of  York  Town  aforesaid,  spinster,  equally,  share  &  share 
alike.  To  my  negro  servant  maids  Madge  &  Maria  to  each  an  annuity  of 
twenty  shillings  Jamaica  money  for  &  during  their  respective  lives.  To 
Henry  Smallwood,  Esq.,  John  Verdon,  Esq.,  Varney  Phelp,  Esq.,  and 
Moses  Kerrett,  Esq.,  each  a  gold  ring  of  twenty  shillings  value.  My  bro- 
ther James  Fraunces,  the  said  Varney  Phelp  &  Moses  Kerrett  to  be  joint 
executors. 

Wit:  John  Hyde,  Jn°  Harwood,  Jn°  Hawkesworth. 

Proved  3  April,  1741,  by  James  Fraunces,  with  power  reserved  for  the 
other  executors.  Spurway,  89. 

[Edward  Jaquelin,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Craddock)  Jaquelin,  of  county 
Kent,  England,  and  a  descendant  of  a  Protestant  refugee  from  La  Vendee,  France, 
during  the  reign  of  Charles  IX. ,  of  the  same  lineage  as  the  noble  family  of  La  Roche 
Jaqueline,  came  to  Virginia  in  1697  ;  settled  at  Jamestown  ;  married  Miss  Cary, 
of  Warwick  county,  and  died  in  1730,  leaving  issue  three  sons  (Edward  the  eldest) 
— neither  of  whom  married — and  three  daughters  :  Elizabeth,  oi  the  text,  who  mar- 
ried Richard  Ambler  ;  Mary,  of  the  test,  who  married  John  Smith,  who  is  believed 
to  have  been  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  of  the  Council,  and  of  the  Board 
of  Visitors  of  William  and  Mary  College ;  Martha,  who  died  unmarried  in  1804, 
aged  93  years.  Edward  Jaquelin  "  died  as  he  had  lived,  one  of  the  most  wealthy 
men  in  the  colony." 

Riehard  Ambler,  son  of  John  Ambler,  sheriff  of  county  York,  England,  in  1721, 
migrated  to  Virginia  early  in  the  18th  century  ;  settled  at  Yorktown  ;  married 
Elizabeth  Jaquelin  and  had  issue  nine  children,  all  of  whom  died  at  an  early  age, 
except  three  sons  :  Edward,  Collector  of  the  Port  of  York;  married  and  left  issue. 
He  was  a  man  of  consideration  in  the  colony,  and  when  Lord  Botetourt  came  over 
as  Governor  lie  brought  a  letter  of  introduction  to  him  from  Samuel  Athawes,  mer- 
chant, London  (see  Virginia  Hist.  Reg.  iii.  1850,  pp.  25,  26)  ;  John,  born  31st  De- 
cember, 1735,  Burgess  from  Jamestown,  and  Collector  of  District  of  York  river, 
died  27th  May,  1766,  in  Barbadoes ;  Jaquelin,  born  9th  August,  1742,  married 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  Lewis  Burwell,   of    "  White  Marsh,"   Gloucester   County 


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member  of  the  Virginia  Council  duririg  the  Revolution,  and  long  State  Treasurer. 
He  left  issue  :  Eliza,  married  first,  William  Brent  of  Stafford  County,  and  second- 
ly, Col.  Edward  Carrington  of  the  Revolution  and  member  of  Congress  (no  issue)  ; 
Mary  Willis,  married  Chief-Justice  John  Marshall ;  Anne,  married  George  Fisher, 
of  Richmond  ;  Lucy,  married  Daniel  Call,  lawyer  and  legal  reporter,  Richmond. 
Upon  the  tomb  of  John  Ambler,  of  Jamestown,  Virginia  (born  25th  September, 
1762,  died  8th  September,  1836),  in  Shockoe  Hill  Cemetery,  Richmond,  Virginia, 
the  Ambler  and  Jaquelin  arms  are  quartered:  Ambler — Sa.  on  a  fesse  or,  bet.  3 
pheons  ar.  a  lion  passant  guard,  gu.  Jaquelin — On  a  bird  3  roses  (no  tinctures  dis- 
cernible). 

Much  information  regarding  the  Amblers  and  Jaquelins  of  Virginia  is  given  in 
Meade's  Old  Churches  and  Families  of  Virginia,  i.  p.  97,  et  seq.  The  descendants 
of  Edward  Jaquelin  and  Richard  Ambler  have  intermarried  with  the  families  of 
Baylor,  Byrd,  Carter,  Nicholas,  Norton,  Randolph  and  others  of  prominence. 

R.  A.  Brock,  of  Richmond,  Va.] 

Anna  Coltman  of  London,  widow,  10  February,  1622,  proved  25 
August,  1623.  To  my  grand  daughter  Anne  Coltman,  daughter  of  my  son 
William,  one  hundred  pounds  at  her  day  of  marriage  or  age  of  twenty-one 
years.  If  she  die  before  that  time  then  this  sum  to  her  father  and  his 
younger  daughter  Alice  and  his  son  Richard,  to  be  equally  divided  between 
them.  To  my  son  Francis  Coltman  twenty  pounds,  to  be  paid  him  within 
three  months  after  my  decease. 

Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  Henry,  if  he  be  living,  the  sum 
of  ten  pounds  of  the  lawful  money  of  England,  to  be  paid  unto  him  within 
three  months  next  after  his  return  from  Virginia.  Francis  my  eldest  son, 
William  my  youngest  sou.  Other  legacies  to  children.  To  my  daughter 
Margaret,  the  wife  of  my  son  William,  a  ruby  ring  of  gold.  To  Ralphe 
Canning,  citizen  and  ironmonger  of  London,  forty  shillings  ;  and  I  appoint 
him  sole  executor.  To  his  wife  a  ruby  ring  of  gold.  To  my  friend  Mrs. 
Anne  Hebb  of  London,  widow,  whom  I  appoint  overseer,  forty  shillings 
and  a  saphire  ring  of  gold.  Swann,  78. 

Solomon  Stedman  of  Boston  iu  New  England,  mariner,  20  October, 
1696,  proved  1  December,  1697.  Henry  Cole  of  Sl  Pauls,  Shadwell,  Ba- 
ker, to  be  my  attorney  to  demand  and  receive  of  and  from  the  Right  Hon- 
orable the  Treasurer  of  His  Majesty's  Navy  and  Commissioner  for  Prize 
money,  &c.  &c.     I  bequeath  all  my  estate  to  my  brother  John  Stedman. 

Wit:  Abraham  Card,  Sam1  Forrest,  John  Smith.  Pyne,  298. 

Augustine  Fish  of  Bowden  Magna  in  the  County  of  Leicester,  yeo- 
man, 7  April,  1646,  proved  23  September,  1647,  by  Christian  Fish  the 
relict  and  executrix.  To  Thomas  Fishe  my  second  son-,  and  to  my  wife, 
during  her  life,  and  after  her  life  ended  to  Thomas  and  his  heirs  males  for- 
ever one  farm,  whereon  my  eldest  son  liveth,  called  by  the  name  of  Royses 
Farm,  with  all  that  John  Fish  had  there  during  my  life,  both  in  town  and 
field  ; — moreover  seven  "  pastors  "  in  Acharhads  which  sometimes  did  be- 
long to  Palmer's  House  in  the  neather  end,  I  give  unto  Thomas  Fish  and 
his  heirs  males  as  aforesaid,  with  this  caution  and  proviso  that  he  shall  pay 
unto  his  youngest  sister,  Elizabeth  Fish,  one  hundred  marks  at  her  age  of 
twenty  three  years  or  on  her  marriage  day,  which  shall  first  happen,  if  her 
marriage  be  with  the  liking  of  the  overseers  and  her  mother  and  brother. 
If  Thomas  Fish  die  without  issue  male  his  land  to  return  unto  Bartholo- 
mew Fish.  In  like  manner  if  Bartholomew  die  without  issue  male  it  is  to 
return  to  William  Fish  which  is  in  New  England,  if  he  be  then  living.  I 
give  unto  Christian  my  daughter  the    cottage    house    wherein    "  Jhon " 


142  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

Warde  and  his  sister  liveth,  with  that  spot  of  ground  adjoining,  bought  of 
Richard  Watts,  to  enter  at  the  death  of  Jhon  Warde,  with  one  cow  and  five 
sheep.  I  give  unto  Jhon  Halliake  the  eldest  son  of  William  Ilalliake,  after 
his  father  and  mother's  decease,  the  three  acres  which  did  belong  to  Pal- 
mer's farm,  unto  him  forever ;  and  all  the  rest  of  his  other  children  which 
will  be  ruled  by  parents  and  grandmother  I  give  five  pounds  apiece,  to  be 
paid  at  their  marriage  or  at  twenty  years  old.  I  give  unto  Bartholomew  Fish 
my  youngest  son  five  pounds.  I  give  unto  William  Fish  in  New  England,  if 
he  return,  five  pounds.  Further  to  my  son  Thomas  Fish,  after  the  lease 
is  expired  which  now  my  son  John  Fish  holdeth,  called  by  the  name  of 
Waters  his  close,  to  my  son  Thomas  and  his  heirs  forever.  To  my  grand- 
children at  Brigstock,  to  help  to  buy  every  one  a  sepp,* nobles  apiece. 

I  also  give  unto  my  grand  children  at  Thorpe,  in  Rutland,  three  ewes,  to 
be  given  at  the  discretion  of  my  executrix.  I  also  give  unto  my  servants 
half  a  crown  apiece  more  over  than  their  wages.  I  make  my  wife  full  and 
sole  executrix,  praying  Thomas  Fish  my  second  sou,  to  assist  her  with  his 
power.  I  also  wish,  if  be  thought  good  unto  my  executrix,  to  give  unto 
my  eldest  son's  children  two  nobles. 

The  Test,  of  Augustine  Fishe  "  Ritten  "  with  his  own  hand.  Intreat- 
ing  these  two  my  sons,  Edward  Marriat  and  Robert  Sly  to  be  overseers. 

Wit :  Maurice  Dix  and  William  Whittwell.  Fines,  186. 

[The  William  Fish  mentioned  is  probably  William  of  Windsor,  Ct.  See  Savage's 
Gen.  Diet.  ii.  161  ;  Connecticut  Col.  Records,  i.  144,  148;  ii.  519. — Editor.] 

James  Carter  of  Hinderclay  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  yeoman,  Satur- 
day, 8  Sept.  1655.  "  I  give  unto  the  children  of  my  brother  Thomas  Carter 
who  now  is  in  the  new  England,  to  every  of  them  Tenn  pounds  apeece  as 
Conveyniently  as  the  same  may  bee  raysed  out  of  my  parsonall  Estate."  To 
the  two  sons  of  my  brother  William  Stubbs  of  Ilarleston,  by  his  late  wife 
who  was  my  sister,  and  his  two  daughters  by  her,  &c.  To  Frances  Ed- 
wards, my  wife's  kinswoman. 

Commission  was  issued  24  October,  1655,  to  Mary  Carter  widow  of  the 
said  James  Carter.  Aylett,  391. 

[The  Thomas  Carter  mentioned  was  probably  Thomas  of  Sudbury,  who  died  Aug. 
14,1659.  There  were  at  least  two  others  who  may  have  been  the  man,  viz.,  Rev. 
Thomas,  of  Woburn,  who  died  Sept.  5,  1684  (Register,  xvii.  51)  ;  and  Thomas,  of 
Charlestown,  who  died  about  1652.     (Wyman's  Charlestown,  i.  186.) — Editor. 

Mr.  Samuel  R.  Carter,  Paris,  Oxford  County,  Maine,  in  letter  of  July  21,  1884, 
surmises  that  the  Rev.  Thomas  Carter  may  have  first  landed  in  Virginia  (emigrat- 
ing thence  to  New  England) ,  and  that  he  may  have  been  a  relation  'of  John  Carter, 
the  ancestor  of  the  well-known  Virginia  family  of  the  name.  There  is,  however, 
nothing  of  tradition  or  record  to  substantiate  the  theory. — R.  A.  Brock.] 

John  Cooper,  of  Weston  Hall  (in  the  County  of  Warwicke),  21  No- 
vember, 1654,  proved  1  October,  1655,  by  Elizabeth  Cooper,  his  widow 
and  executrix.  To  brother  Timothy  Cooper,  now  in  New  England,  the 
sum  of  thirty  pounds,  but  if  it  happen  that  he  shall  die  before  this  shall  be 
due  then  to  his  children  that  shall  be  living.  To  sister  Dorcas  ten  pounds, 
but  if  she  die,  &c.  then  to  brother  Timothy  if  living,  if  not  then  to  his 
children.  My  wife  to  have  the  benefit  of  the  said  sums  of  thirty  pounds 
and  ten  pounds  during  her  widowhood.  "  Yet  notwithstandinge  if  it  shall 
please  god  to  afflict  my  wife  in  anie  of  his  providences  towards  her  that  shee 
hath  neede  of  all  that  I  have  as  it  shall  evidently  appeare  to  supply  her- 

*  Interesting  as  a  survival  of  the  Anglo  Saxon  term  for  sheep. — h.  f.  w. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  143 

selfe  in  her  want  Then  my  will  is  that  that  I  have  bequeathed  to  my  bro- 
ther and  sister  shalbe  voyde  and  shall  not  be  exported  from  her."  Wife 
Elizabeth  to  be  executrix.  Friends  Humphrey  Hale  and  John  Buttery 
"  to  be  helpefull  to  my  wife  as  her  occation  shall  require." 

The  witnesses  were  John  Sutton  &  John  Buttery.  Aylett,  392. 

[The  Timothy  Cooper  mentioned  was  probably  the  person  of  that  name  at  Lynn, 
who  died  March,  1659,  and  had  sons  John  and  Timothy,  and  several  daughters. — 
Editor.] 

Joseph  Townsend,  now  of  London,  gentleman,  but  late  of  South  Car- 
olina in  America,  4  February,  1732,  proved  16  August,  1736.  Money  to 
be  raised  to  satisfy  my  brothers  in  law  Mr  John  Glasse  of  Cary  Street, 
gentleman,  all  such  sum  &  sums  that  I  am  or  shall  be  indebted  unto  him 
together  with  interest  thereon.  If  any  thing  remain  I  give  &  bequeath  the 
same  unto  my  loving  sister  Hannah  Glass,  wife  of  the  said  John  Glass,  in 
trust,  to  divide  and  give  the  same  unto  my  dear  son  William  Sinclar  Town- 
send  and  Hannah  Townsend,  equally  to  be  divided  between  them,  to  be 
paid  at  their  several  ages  of  one  &  twenty  years  ;  and  I  desire  her  to  take 
care  of  them,  &c.  My  dear  sister  to  be  sole  executrix,  without  the  control 
of  her  said  husband. 

Wit :  Do  Strangways  G.  Thornton,  Rob':  Thornton.  Derby,  185. 

John  Endicott  of  Salem   in  New  England,  chirurgeou,  now  resident 

in  London,  being  bound  on  a  voyage  to  New  England,  12  August,   1689, 

proved  30  March  1695  by  Anne  Endicott,   his  widow.     He  mentions  wife 

Anne  and  the  child  she  goes  with,  brother  Samuel,  and  refers  to  the  will 

of  his  father  Zerubbabel  Endicott.  Irby,  208. 

[This  John  Endicott  was  a  grandson  of  Gov.  John  Endicott.  See  Register,  i.  336. 
— Editor.] 

William  March  of  Charlestown  in  New  England,  but  now  residing  in 
the  parish  of  Stepney  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  mariner,  being  veiy 
sick,  &c.  makes  his  friend  Mr  Richard  Robison  of  Shadwell,  shipwright, 
executor  and  gives  him  two  guineas.  "  I  can  hold  my  pen  no  longer."  29 
October,  1694,  proved  13  September,  1695.  The  witnesses  were  Anne 
Pearce  &  Jane  Willoughby.  Irby,  220. 

[This  William  March  was  the  son  wf  Nicholas  and  Martha  March  of  Charlestown. 
His  mother  married  for  a  6econd  husband  William  Dadey.  Administration  on  this 
estate  in  this  county  was  granted  to  Mrs.  Dadey.  Inventory,  Sept.  12,  1695,  £24. 
See  Wyman's  Charlestown,  ii.  655. — Editor.] 

Letters  of  administration  granted  11  November,  1633,  to  John  Conant, 
clerk,  uncle  on  the  father's  side  (patruo)  of  Caleb  Conant,  lately  in  the 
parts  beyond  the  seas,  bachelor,  deceased. 

Admon.  Act  Book  for  1633,  Leaf  204. 

John  Parris  of  the  Island  of  Barbadoes,  Esq.,  15  May,  1660,  proved 
23  October,  1661.  To  wife  Susanna  Parris  one  hundred  pounds  a  year,  in 
quarterly  payments;  and  I  do  bind  my  third  part  of  three  plantations  in  the 
said  Island  for  performance  of  the  same.  To  Thomas  Parris,  son  of  my 
brother  Thomas,  one  hundred  pounds  out  of  the  revenue  of  said  planta- 
tions. To  Samuel  Parris,  another  son  of  brother  Thomas,  one  hundred 
pounds  (as  before),  and  to  Martyn  Parris,  another  son  (a  similar  bequest). 
If  any  of  my  said  three  nephews  die  before  they  attain  the  age  of  twenty 
one  years,  the  legacies  shall   remain  equally  to  the   survivors.     To  Sarah 


144  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Parris,  daughter  of  my  brother  Richard  Parris,  deceased,  one  hundred 
pounds  to  be  paid  within  one  year  after  my  decease.  To  my  sister  Mar- 
garet Bully  ten  pounds.  To  my  sister-in-law  Susanna  Parris,  forty  shil- 
lings to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  my  sister  Rebecca  Parris  forty  shillings  to 
buy  her  a  ring.  To  Thomas  Martaine,  son  of  my  cousin  Thomas  Mar- 
taine  of  this  Island,  one  thousand  pounds  of  Musko  sugar  within  twelve 
months  after  my  decease.  To  Hugh  Leman,  one  half  piece  of  fine  dowlas, 
&c.  Bequest  to  James  Minge.  To  Thomas  Newman,  son  of  George  Newman 
deceased,  fifty  pounds  at  age.  To  ray  brother  Thomas  Parris  all  my  third  part 
of  three  plantations  (as  above)  as  also  all  my  part  of  the  stone  house  at 
Reades  Bay  and  land  at  the  Bridge,  &c,  provided  he  pay  annuity  &  leg- 
acies, &c.  To  John  Parris,  eldest  son  of  my  said  brother  Thomas,  after 
the  death  of  his  father  (all  the  above  real  estate),  with  remainder  to  Tho- 
mas, next  to  Samuel,  then  to  Marrine  (sic)  Parris,  sons  of  my  said  brother. 
And  my  said  cousin  John  Parris  shall  have  my  gold  ring  with  the  signet. 

The  residue  to  brother  Thomas  Parris.  Richard  Evens,  Capt.  James 
Klinkett,  Left.  Anthony  Woodward  and  my  cousin  Thomas  Martine  to  be 
my  executors,  in  trust,  until  other  orders  shall  be  given  by  my  brother 
Thomas  Parris  who  is  at  London. 

The  above  will  was  proved  by  Thomas  Parris,  brother  of  the  deceased. 

May,  161. 

Anne  Parris  of  S4  Mary  Islington,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  wife  to 
Thomas  Pa»ris  now  or  late  resident  at  the  Island  of  Barbadoes  beyond  the 
6eas  merchant,  9  June,  1665,  proved  10  June,  1665.  Reference  to  bond 
of  husband,  before  marriage,  to  one  Mr  William  Freeman,  in  trust  for  the 
use  of  me,  for  the  payment  of  five  hundred  pounds,  &c.  To  Samuel  Hal- 
Bey,  dow  an  apprentice  in three  hundred  pounds.  To  my  loving  cou- 
sin Thomas  Bent,  citizen  &  merchant  taylor  of  London,  cousin  Frances 
Ascue  &  cousin  Elizabeth  Smith  fifty  pounds  apiece.  Their  mother,  my 
sister,  Elizabeth  Smith,  my  sister  Tanser.  Others  mentioned.  Mr  Tho- 
mas Doelittle  &  Mr  Peter  Royle  to  be  executors.  Hyde,  65. 

[The  Rev.  Samuel  Deane,  in  his  History  of  Scituate,  Mass.  (page  320-1),  speak- 
ing of  Thomas  Parris,  of  Scituate,  who  was  born  at  Pembroke,  May  8,  1701,  says  : 
"  From  undoubted  documents,  now  [1831]  in  the  possession  of  Rev.  Martin  Parris, 
ofMarshfield,  we  learn  that  this  gentleman  was  son  of  Thomas  Parris,  who  came 
to  Long  Island,  1683,  from  London,  from  whence  he  removed  to  Newbury,  1685, 
and  to  Pembroke,  Mass.,  1697  ;  which  latter  was  son  of  John  Parris,  a  dissenting 
minister  of  Ugborough,  near  Plymouth,  England, — whose  father  was  Thomas,  a 
merchant  of  London.  The  last  named  Thomas  had  a  brother  John,  a  merchant  and 
planter  of  great  wealth,  who  deceased  in  Barbadoes,  1660.  His  original  will  is  in 
the  possession  of  Rev.  Martin  Parris." 

The  testator  is  undoubtedly  the  wealthy  merchant  and  planter  of  Barbadoes  re- 
ferred to  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Deane,  and  the  Rev.  John  Parris  of  Ugborough  must  be 
his  nephew  John,  whom  he  calls  "  the  eldest  son  of  my  said  brother  Thomas  '' 
The  late  Hon.  Albion  Keith  Parris,  the  second  governor  of  Maine,  was  the  sixth  in 
descent  from  Rev.  John.     (See  Historical  Magazine,  vol,  i.  (1857)  pp.  130-1.) 

Mr.  Thomas  Parris  was  Assistant  Justice  in  Barbadoes,  April  11,  1631  (Regis- 
ter, xxxix.  p.  138). 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Parris,  of  Danvers,  of  witchcraft  notoriety,  appears  to  have 
been  the  son  of  Thomas  Parris,  of  Barbadoes,  who  died  in  1673,  and  who  was  pro- 
bably Thomas,  a  younger  brother  of  Rev.  John  Parris,  also  named  by  the  testator. 
(See  Register,  x.  34.)— Editor.] 

Joseph  Wilkinson  of  Calvert  County  in  the  Province  of  Maryland 
merchant,   25   April,   1734.     To   my  brother  in  law  Mr  John  Skinner  an 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  145 

handsome  suit  of  mourning  and  a  mourning  riug  of  twenty  shillings  ster- 
ling price.  To  my  dear  and  loving  wife,  one  full  third  part  of  my  personal 
estate.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  one  other  full  third  part.  To  my  sou 
Joseph  the  remaining  third  part.  If  my  wife  be  with  child  then  my  estate 
is  to  be  equally  divided  among  all  my  children.  My  wife  to  be  executrix. 
In  case  of  her  death  my  brother  in  law  Mr  John  Skinner  to  be  executor. 

Wit :  John  Smith,  Posths:  Thornton,  Roger  Boyce,  Alexr  Lawson. 

22  July,  1736,  there  issued  a  commission  to  William  Torver  the  lawful 
attorney  of  Mary  Wilkinson  the  widow  and  executrix  of  the  deceased,  &c, 
to  administer  according  to  the  tenor  &  effect  of  the  said  will,  for  the  use 
&  benefit  of  the  said  executrix,  now  residing  in  Maryland. 

Derby,  168. 

Edward  Parks  citizen  &  merchant  tailor  of  London,  23  January  1650 
To  wife  Mary  Parks,  in  lieu  of  her  thirds,  fifteen  hundred  pounds  (in  va- 
rious payments)  and  one  third  of  the  plate  and  household  stuff,  and  all  that 
my  freehold  messuage  or  tenement  with  its  appurtenances,  &c.  which  I 
lately  purchased  of  William  Pennoyer  of  London,  merchant,  wherein  I  now 
dwell,  in  the  parish  of  Stepney,  being  the  North  western  part  of  that  great 
messuage  formerly  the  possession  of  the  Right  Hon.  Henry  Earl  of  Wor- 
cester.    My  wife  to  have  the  education  of  my  children. 

If  my  son  Henry  Parks  shall  within  three  months,  &c.  and  after  notice 
given,  release  and  quitclaim,  &c.  all  his  part  of  all  my  goods,  &c.  (accord- 
ing to  the  custom  of  the  city  of  London)  and  release  to  George  Jackson  of 
Sandhurst  in  the  county  of  Kent  all  his  part  of  lands,  &c.  in  Maid- 
stone in  the  County  of  Kent  which  I  lately  have  sold  to  George  Jack- 
son, then  I  give  &  bequeath  unto  him  three  hundred  pounds  (in  various 
payments).  And  further  I  give  &  bequeath  unto  my  said  son  Henry  Parks 
and  his  heirs  forever,  in  consideration  as  well  of  the  release  by  him  to  be 
made  to  my  brother  George  Jackson  of  the  lands  in  Maidstone,  &c.  all  my 
messuages,  houses,  lands,  tenements  &  hereditaments  situate,  lying  and 
being  in  New  England  in  the  parts  of  America  beyond  the  seas. 

If  my  son  Edward  Parks,  within  three  months  next  after  notice  given 
him  of  my  death  and  after  he  shall  attain  the  age  of  twenty  &  one  years, 
release  his  part  of  personal  estate  according  to  purport  of  an  indenture, 
dated  26  June  1640,  between  me  the  said  Edward  Parks,  of  the  one  part,  and 
Thomas  Westby  of  Fresby  in  the  county  of  York,  gentleman,  and  Edward 
Gell  of  Brimington  in  the  county  of  Derby  Esq.,  of  the  other  part,  then  I 
give  and  bequeath  unto  the  said  Edward  three  score  pounds  for  his  prefer- 
ment &  placing  him  to  apprentice.  To  my  son  John  five  hundred  pounds 
within  three  months  after  he  attains  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  and  to 
sons  William  &  Stephen  (the  same  amount  with  the  same  limitation). 
To  daughter  Elizabeth  Parks  five  hundred  pounds  at  twenty-one  or  day  of 
marriage.  To  sons  Thomas,  Dannett,  Francis  &  Samuel  (legacies  similar  to 
their  brother  John's  above).  To  Mark,  Francis  &  Susan  Wilcox,  three  of  the 
children  of  my  sister  Alice  Wilcox,  ten  pounds  apiece,  &  to  Anne  Wilcox 
another  daughter  twenty  pounds,  to  be  paid,  the  sons  at  twenty-one  and 
the  daughters  at  that  age  or  day  of  marriage.  Bequeaths  to  the  widow 
Brewer,  to  Martha  Wilson  now  wife  of  Thomas  Wilson,  being  both  my 
late  servants,  to  my  daughter  Mary,  now  wife  of  Thomas  Plampin  and  my 
two  grand  children  Thomas  and  Edward  Plampin.  Reference  to  lands  in 
Hadleigh  in  the  county  of  Suffolk  lately  bought. 


146  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    JLN    ENGLAJND. 

My  son  In  law  Thomas  Plampiu  and  cousin  John  Bagnall,  both  of  Lon- 
don, merchant  tailor6,  to  be  my  executors  and  my  brothers  Dr  William  Forth 
and  Dannett  Forth  of  London,  woollen  draper,  to  be  overseers.  A  Thomas 
Forth  a  witness. 

The  above  will  was  proved  29  January  1650  ;  but  the  executors  having 
died  before  fulfilling  their  trust  a  commission  was  issued  29  March  1673 
to  John  Parkes,  a  son  &  legatee.  He  also  died  before  completing  his  ad- 
ministration, and  commission  was  issued  3  November,  1681,  to  Mary  Caw- 
ley  als  Parkes,  the  widow  relict  of  said  defunct,  &c.  Grey,  10. 

[A  full  abstract  of  this  will  was  printed  in  a  note  in  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Collections, 
4th  S.,  vol.  vii.  p.  385,  from  a  copy  obtained  for  me  by  Col.  Chester.  The  note  was 
appended  to  several  letters  from  Edward  Parks  to  John  Winthrop,  Jr.  These  show 
that  Parks  terms  Henry  Bright  of  Watertown  his  uncle.  In  the  genealogy  of  the 
Brights  of  Suffolk,  Eng.  (Boston,  1858),  we  find  on  pp.  270-71,  an  abstract  of  the 
will  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Dell,  sister  of  Henry  Bright,  in  which  she  mentions  her 
nephew    William  Parks.     She  also  mentions  her  brother  Henry  Bright,  William 

Forth  and Blowers,  her  sister  Martha  Blowers,  her  cousin Cawby,  Esq., 

and  her  nephew  Dr.  William  Forth. 

Henry  Parks,  son  of  Edward,  sold  in  1655,  his  land  in  Cambridge  to  John  Sted- 
man,  and  very  probably  catne  here  for  the  purpose.  This  particular  branch,  how- 
ever, then  ceased  to  have  any  connection  with  New  England.  But  at  Cambridge 
one  of  the  early  settlers  was  Dea.  Richard  Parke,  1638-1655,  whose  son  Thomas 
had  a  son  Edward.  At  Roxbury  was  William  Parke,  whose  will  of  20  July,  1684, 
mentions  only  three  daughters  and  their  children,  brother  Thomas  Parks  of  Ston- 
ington,  deceased,  and  brother  Samuel  with  his  sons  Robert  and  William.  Savage 
says  that  these  three  were  sons  of  Robert  of  Wethersfield  and  New  London,  who 
died  in  1665.  Very  probably  this  Robert  was  the  man  who  wrote  to  John  Winthrop 
in  1629  from  Easterkale  in  Lincolnshire  (see  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.,  5th  S.  vol.  i. 
p.  194),  proposing  to  go  to  New  England. 

These  may  have  been  relatives  of  Edward  Parke,  who  was  clearly  allied  to  Win- 
throp through  the  Forths.  The  family  name  of  Dannett  ought  also  to  lead  to  some 
trace  of  this  family. 

The  Alice  Wilcox,  sister  of  Edward  Parks,  recalls  the  William  Wilcockes  of  our 
Cambridge,  who  died  in  1653,  leaving  a  widow  Mary  (Powell)  but  no  children,  and 
a  sister  Christian  Boiden  in  Old  England.  A  John  Wilcox  was  of  Dorchester, 
1661,  and  went  to  Middletown.  The  names  Wilcox,  Hastings,  Fox  and  Hall  are 
in  the  Leicestershire  Visitations,  and  Wilcox  also  in  Rutland. — W.  H.  Whitmore.] 

William  Goore  of  Nether  Wallop  in  the  county  of  Southampton  gen- 
tleman, 9  November  1587.  To  wife  Joane,  eldest  son  AVilliam,  all  my 
land  called  Garlacks.  To  my  four  youngest  sons  Richard,  John,  Nicho- 
las and  William  Goore  the  younger  all  my  land  in  Newington,  in  the 
county  of  Wilts,  and  in  Basingstoke,  in  the  county  of  Southampton,  and 
two  hundred  pounds  apiece.  To  my  four  daughters  Agnes,  Elizabeth, 
Barbara  and  Margery  Goore  two  hundred  pounds  apiece.  The  executors 
to  be  my  eldest  son  William  Gore  and  Margaret  Reade,  the  supervisors 
to  be  John  Pittman  of  Quarley,  Thomas  Elie,  Clerk  vicar  of  Nether  Wal- 
lop and  Leonard  Elie  of  Wonston. 

10  May  1588.  Emanavit  comissio  Will"10  Sl  John  armigero  marito  so- 
roris  naturalis  et  ltime  diet  def  et  Leonardo  Elie  generoso  uni  superviso- 
rum  &c.  cum  consensu  Wmi  Gore  filii  &c.  durante  minori  etate  eiusdem 
Willmi  et  Margarete  Reade  als  Gore  alterius  executorum  &c. 

Rutland,  37. 

William  Gore  of  Nether  Wallop  in  the  county  of  Southampton,  gentle- 
man, 22  January  1655,  proved  29  March  1656.  Wife  Elizabeth  to  be 
sole  executrix.  To  the  poor  of  Nether  Wallop  three  pounds  to  be  d'strib- 
uted  in  one   month   after  my  decease.     To  my  wife  a   portion   of  my  now 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  147 

dwelling  house  at  Garleggs  in  the  parish  of  Nether  "Wallop  and  part  of  the 
orchard.  To  my  cousin  Richard  Hamon.  To  Amy  Singer,  daughter  of 
my  late  sister  Margaret,  and  Jane  Singer,  another  daughter,  and  Roger 
Singer,  a  son.  To  my  cousin  Mary  Poore  the  now  wife  of  John  Power 
thirty  pounds.  To  Nicholas  &  Margaret,  son  and  daughter  of  my  late  sis- 
ter Wallingford,  twenty  pounds  apiece  in  one  year  after  my  decease.  To 
my  cousin  Nicholas  Gore,  son  of  Nicholas  Gore  late  of  Farley  deceased, 
ten  pounds  in  one  year.  To  Nicholas  Hatchet  of  Nether  Wallop  five 
pounds  in  one  year.  My  brother  in  law  Mr  Robert  Sadler,  my  cousin  John 
Poore  and  my  cousin  Richard  Miller  of  Broughton.  To  the  now  five  child- 
ren of  Richard  Hamon  forty  pounds  apiece  and  to  William  Poore  and  Eliza- 
beth Poore,  son  &  daughter  of  my  late  cousin  William  Poore  deceased, 
forty  pounds,  and  to  the  now  children  of  my  late  cousin  Thomas  Singer 
deceased,  forty  pounds.  To  my  godson  Richard  Sherfield,  son  of  my  late 
brother  Roger  Sherfield,  gentleman,  deceased.  If  my  cousin  Nicholas 
Wallingford  shall  have  issue  of  his  body  or  Margaret  Wallingford  have 
issue  of  her  body  then,  &c.  To  John  Gore,  son  of  my  late  uncle  Richard 
Gore.     To  my  uncle  Hugh  Mundy.  Berkeley,  110. 

[In  these  Goore  wills  Mr.  Waters  is  evidently  probing  the  connections  of  the  an- 
cestors of  our  Merrimac  Valley  settlers.  The  villages  of  Wallop,  like  those  of 
Chouldcrton,  lie  upon  the  edges  of  the  Counties  of  Wilts  and  Southampton,  and 
when  Dummer,  Saltonstall  and  Kawson,  with  their  English  associates,  had  arranged 
for  developing  a  stock-raising  town  in  New  England,  they  arranged  also  to  secure 
from  co.  Wilts  and  its  vicinity  the  transfer  of  a  colony  of  practical  men  not  only 
accustomed  to  the  care  of  live  stock,  but  to  the  trades  which  interlaced  in  the  pro- 
ducts of  a  6tock-rai8ing  community.  The  matter  of  first  importance  was  to  secure 
ministers  with  whom  the  community  would  feel  at  home.  Rev.  Thomas  Parker 
and  his  relatives  the  Noyes  family,  natives  of  Choulderton,  were  secured,  and  with 
them  the  Wiltshire  men  were  glad  to  join. 

In  the  will,  proved  28  March,  1657,  the  names  of  many  of  the  Poore  family  are 
mentioned  as  cousins  of  the  testator,  and  so  is  Nicholas  Wallingford,  who  came  in 
the  Confidence  from  Southampton  in  1638,  with  others — Stephen  Kent,  John  Rolfe, 
John  Saunders,  John  and  William  llsley,  and  more  recruits  to  join  their  relatives 
who  established  the  town  of  Newbury.  Joseph  Poore,  of  Newbury,  married,  6  Au- 
gust, 1680,  Mary  Wallingford,  daughter  of  Nicholas,  born  20  August,  1663.  Antho- 
ny Sadler  was  a  passenger  in  the  same  vessel.  In  the  Visitation  of  co.  Wilts 
in  1623  are  pedigrees  of  the  Sadler  family  on  p.  G3.  The  son  and  heir  of  the  family 
given  there  is  Robert  Sadler,  born  in  1608,  who  may  have  been  the  person  mentioned 
as  "  brother-in-law  "  in  the  will  given  above. 

The  will  proved  in  1588  contains  an  instance,  not  uncommon  at  that  period,  but 
a  terrible  annoyance  to  genealogists,  of  two  sons  having  the  same  baptismal  name — 
eldest  son  William,  and  four  youngest  sons,  among  whom  is  William  the  younger. 
The  name  of  Margaret  Read  recalls  the  fact  that  the  Read  and  Noyes  family  inter- 
married in  the  locality  of  these  testators. — John  Coffin  Jones  Brown.] 

Joseph  Blake  of  Berkley  County  in  the  Province  of  South  Carolina,  18 
December,  1750.  My  whole  estate  to  be  kept  together  until  it  raises  the  sum 
of  two  thousand  pounds  sterling  money  of  Great  Britain  and  one  thou- 
sand pounds  Proclamation  money,  or  the  value  thereof,  in  the  currency  of 
this  province,  exclusive  of  the  maintenance  of  my  sons  Daniel  and  William 
and  my  daughter  Ann  Blake.  After  said  sums  are  cleared — to  be  kept  at 
interest  and  the  interest  applied  towards  educating  &  maintaining  my  sons 
Daniel  &  William  and  daughter  Ann  until  they  arrive  at  full  age.  Then 
one  thousand  pounds  sterling  to  my  son  Daniel,  the  same  to  son  William 
and  the  remaining  thousand  pounds  Proclamation  money  to  daughter  Ann. 
To  son  Daniel  the  plantation  I  now  live  on  called  Newington  and  a  tract 
of  land  on  the  Cypress  Swamp  lying  between  the  lauds  of  Mr  James  Post- 


148  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

ell  and  Barnaby  Brandford,  part  of  which  I  purchased  of  Mr  James  Postell 
deceased,  the  remainder  I  took  up  of  the  King ;  and  that  part  of  my  land 
on  Charles  Town  Neck  which  lies  between  the  High  Road  and  Cooper 
River  ;  and  fifteen  hundred  acres  to  be  taken  out  of  my  lands  on  Cumbee 
River  between  Mra  Hudson's  land  and  the  land  I  bought  of  Colonel  Wil- 
liam Bull,  the  line  to  run  towards  Calf  Pen  Savauah  as  far  back  as  will 
take  in  the  quantity  of  fifteen  hundred  acres  ;  and  a  plantation  containing 
five  hundred  &  ninety-seven  acres  in- two  tracts  bounding  on  Mrs  Donings 
and  Mr"  Drake  to  the  North  East  and  to  the  North  West  on  Mrs  DoniDgs, 
Mrs  Sacheveralls  and  Doctor  Brisbanes,  to  the  South  West  on  a  tract  of 
land  which  was  formerly  Mr  Dowses  but  now  mine  and  on  Mr  Ways,  to 
the  South  East  on  Mr  Richard  Warings.  To  son  William  &  his  heirs  for- 
ever my  plantation  containing  more  or  less  on  Wadmelaw  River  and  new 
cut,  commonly  called  Plainsfield,  lying  between  lands  of  Mr  John  Atchin- 
son  and  Mr  Fuller  ;  and  that  part  of  my  land  on  Charles  Town  Neck  that 
lies  between  the  High  Road  and  Ashly  River,  bounding  on  Mr  Gadsdens, 
Mr  Hunts  &  Mr  John  Humes  ;  and  two  tracts  of  land  lying  between  Mr 
Atchinsons  and  Mr  Stoboes,  one  tract  containing  two  hundred  &  thirty 
acres,  the  other  seventy-six  acres  ;  and  two  tracts  of  land  containing  four 
hundred  &  forty  acres  purchased  of  Stephen  Dowse  by  Mrs  Jennis,  bound- 
ing on  Mr  William  Elliott,  Mr  John  Dray  ten  &  Mr  Graves. 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving  daughter  Rebecca  Izard,  to  her  and 
her  heirs  forever  a  tract  of  land  containing  eighteen  hundred  &  seventy 
three  acres  in  Granville  County  on  the  Lead  of  Coosaw,  Hatchers  and 
Chili  Phina  Swamp,  bounding  on  James  Therrs  to  the  North  West  ;  and 
an  Island  on  Port  Royal  River  in  Granville  County  commonly  called  Cat 
Island,  containing  four  hundred  acres.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  loving 
daughter  Ann  Blake  one  thousand  acres  of  land  to  be  laid  out  by  my  exec- 
utors and  executrix  on  the  Calf  Pen  Savanah  to  be  taken  out  of  my  lands  on 
Cumbee  on  the  head  of  the  said  tracts  and  an  island  containing  two  hundred 
and  eighty-six  acres  of  land  in  Granville  County  on  the  North  East  side  of 
Port  Royal  River  and  on  all  other  sides  on  marshes  and  creeks  out  of  the 
said  River.  I  give  all  my  Real  estate,  not  already  given,  devised  or  be- 
queathed, unto  my  two  sons  Daniel  &  William  Blake,  all  my  household 
goods  &  plate  to  be  divided  between  my  two  sons  Daniel  &  William  &  my 
daughter  Ann  Blake,  to  each  a  third.  To  son  Daniel  my  coach  &  harness 
and  Prime  Thorn,  his  wife  Betty  Molly  &  all  their  children  which  they 
have  or  shall  have.  To  son  William  AVally  Johnny  MoJutto  Peter  Mol 
Juda  &  all  their  children,  &c.  To  daughter  Ann  Blake  Lampset  Nanny 
Patty  &  Molly  child  of  Hannah  &  all  their  children,  &c.  All  the  residue 
of  my  personal  estate  (not  already  given,  devised  or  bequeathed)  unto 
my  four  children  Rebeccah  Izard,  Daniel  Blake,  William  Blake  &  Ann 
Blake,  to  be  equally  divided. 

I  nominate,  &c.  daughter  Rebecca  Izard,  son  Daniel  Blake  and  son 
Ralph  Izard  executrix  &  execute rs  &  guardians  to  my  children  until  they 
attain  the  ages  of  twenty-one  years,  &c.  &  to  improve  the  estate  of  my  said 
children  either  by  putting  money  at  Interest,  buying  slaves  or  any  other 
way  they  shall  judge  most  advantageous. 

Wit:  Jacob  Molte,  William  Roper,  Alexander  Rigg. 

Charles  Town  So  :   Carolina     Secretarys  Office. 

The  foregoing  Writing  of  two  sheets  of  paper  is  a  true  copy  from  the 
Original  will  of  the  Honble  Joseph  Blake  Esquire  deceased.  Examined 
&  certified  p  William  Pinckney  Depty  Secty. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  149 

11  February  1752  Depositions  of  John  Ouldfield,  of  South  Carolina,  plant- 
er, &  William  George,  freeman  of  South  Carolina,  at  present  residing  in 
the  citv  of  London,  gentleman. 

The  will  was  proved  20  February  1752  by  Daniel  Blake  Esq.  son,  &c. 
&c.    Power  reserved  for  the  other  executors.  Bettesworth,  30. 

George  Jones,  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia  in  the  Province  of  Penn- 
sylvania, yeoman,  having  a  design  by  the  Permission  of  the  Almighty  to 
pass  over  the  seas,  22  September  1743.  To  Sarah  Toms  daughter  of  Rob- 
ert Toms  twenty  pounds  current  money  of  Pennsylvania,  to  be  paid  her  at 
her  age  of  eighteen  years.  To  Thomas  Howard  of  the  city  of  Philadel- 
phia, joyner,  all  my  right  &  title  of  &  to  my  seat  in  Christ  church  in  Phila- 
delphia. To  Mary  Howard,  daughter  of  Thomas  Howard,  ten  pounds  at 
age  of  eighteen.  To  Andrew  Robertson,  miller  at  Wesschicken,  my  horse, 
saddle  &  bridle,  my  watch  &  seal  thereto  affixed.  To  Kattrine  Hinton 
one  hundred  pounds  immediately  after  my  decease,  &c.  provided  that  the 
said  Katrine  do  not  marry  till  after  my  decease.  To  Abraham  Pratt,  of 
the  city  of  Philadelphia  joyner,  twenty  pounds,  &c.  To  the  children  of 
my  brother  James  Jones  deceased,  of  the  parish  of  S'  John  at  Brogmore 
Green  in  the  County  of  Worcester  in  Great  Britain,  &  to  my  sister  Eliza- 
beth Clay,  of  the  city  of  Worcester,  &  to  her  children,  all  the  rest  &  re- 
mainder of  my  estate,  Real  &  Personal,  to  be  equally  divided. 

I  do  nominate  &  appoint  Jonathan  Robeson  of  Philadelphia  Esq.,  Law- 
rence Anderson,  of  Philadelphia  merchaut,  and  Jacob  Duchee,  shopkeeper 
in  Market  Street,  executors. 

Wit:   William  Cunningham,  Warwick  Coats   John  Chapman. 

14  February  1752  Admon.  with  the  will  annexed  of  the  goods  &  chat- 
tells,  &c.  of  George  Jones  late  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  in  the  Province 
of  Pennsylvania,  but  at  the  city  of  Worcester  deceased,  lying  and  being  in 
that  part  of  Great  Britain  called  England  only  but  no  further  or  otherwise, 
was  granted  to  Elizabeth  Clay,  widow,  the  natural  &  lawful  sister  of  the 
said  deceased  &  one  of  the  Residuary  Legatees  named  in  said  will,  for  that 
Jonathan  Robeson  Esq.,  Lawrence  Anderson  &  Jacob  Duchee,  the  execu- 
tors appointed  in  said  will,  have  taken  upon  them  the  execution  thereof  so 
far  as  concerns  that  part  of  the  estate  of  the  said  deceased  within  the  Pro- 
vince of  Pennsylvania,  but  have  respectively  renounced  the  execution  of  the 
said  will  and  their  right  of  administration  of  the  said  deceased's  estate  in 
that  part  of  Great  Britain  called  England.  Bettesworth,  39. 

[Probated  in  Philadelphia,  1751,  Book  i.  p.  404.— C.  R.  Hildeburn,  of  Phila- 
delphia.] 

William  Stockton,  Clerk,  parson  of  Barkeswell  in  the  County  of 
Warwick,  2  March  1593,  proved  17  June  1594  by  Elizabeth  his  relict  &  ex- 
ecutrix, through  her  attorney  Thomas  Lovell  Not.  Pub.  The  will  men- 
tions brother  Randulph  Stockton,  brother  Raphe  Stockton,  the  children  of 
cousin  John  Stockton,  parson  of  Alcester,  the  children  of  cousin  Thomas 
Gervise,  son  Jouas  Stockton,  eldest  daughter  Debora  Stockton,  wife  Eliza- 
beth &  daughters  Judith  &  Abigail,  cousins  John  Stockton  &  Thomas  Ger- 
vis  and  Thomas  Benyon  of  Barkeswell  yeoman,  &  John  Massame  of  the 
city  of  Coventry,  clothworker,  to  be  overseers.  Dixey,  49. 

[1  suppose  the  "  cousin  John  Stockton,  parson  of  Alcester,"  mentioned  in  the  above 
will,  was  the  father  of  Patience,  wife  of  Edward  Holyoke  of  New  England,  whose 
father,  John  Holliock,  of  Alcester  in  the  county  of  Warwick,  mercer,  made  his  will 
21  November  30th  Elizabeth  (proved  31  January,  1587)  in  presence  of   John  Stock- 


150  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

ton.  If  this  be  so,  then  Mr.  Stockton  must  have  removed  before  1607  to  Kinkolt 
in  Leicestershire,  where  he  was  living  (probably  as  Rector  of  that  parish),  as  shown 
by  a  letter  from  young  Edward  Holyoke  to  his  betrothed,  dated  21  Nov.  1607.  (See 
Emmerton  &  Waters's  Gleanings  from  English  Records,  pp.  57-59.)— h.  f.  w.] 

Robert  Wilcox,  the  younger,  of  Alcester  in  the  county  of  Warwick, 
mercer,  xiiii  October  1626,  proved  14  February  1626.  To  my  father  Mr 
Robert  Wilcox,  over  and  above  the  two  hundred  pounds  due  to  him 
by  bond,  one  hundred  pounds  within  one  year  after  my  decease  (and  some 
chattell  goods).  To  my  son  Robert  fifty  pounds  to  be  put  out  for  his  best 
use  at  his  age  of  xiiii  years.  My  will  is  that  Ann  &  Elizabeth  Heath  shall 
have  xu  between  them  for  the  money  I  received  by  their  brother  Richard's 
will.  To  each  of  my  sisters  xl".  To  Humfry  Bedowe  x".  To  Joane 
my  maid  servant  xv8,  to  Elenor  ray  maid  servant  x*.  I  give  x11  to  be  from 
time  to  time  lent  gratis  to  honest  tradesmen  at  the  discretion  of  Mr  Bay- 
liffe  for  the  time  being,  with  the  assent  of  my  father  Wilcox,  brother 
Bridges,  brother  Holioke  and  Mr  Jeliffe,  or  of  three,  two  or  one  of  them 
so  long  as  any  of  them  shall  live,  and,  after  the  death  of  the  survivor  of 
them,  at  the  discretion  of  Mr  Bayliffe  for  the  time  being.  To  mine  ap- 
prentice xx"  at  thend  of  his  term.  The  rest  of  my  goods  chattells,  &c.  to 
Martha,  my  beloved  wife,  whom  I  make  sole  executrix.  The  overseers  to 
be  my  well  beloved  father  in  law  John  Halford  and  George  Jelliffe  and  my 
brother  Florisell  Bovey  and  I  give  them  ii9  vid  apiece  for  their  pains. 

Wit:  Samuel  Hulford,  Edward  Holioke.  Skinner,   12. 

[An  article  on  the  Wilcoxes  of  New  England  is  printed  in  the  Register,  xxix. 
25-9,  but  no  connection  with  Robert  of  Alcester  is  found.  There  is  probably  some 
relationship  between  his  "  brother  Holioke  "  and  Edward  Holyoke,  the  immigrant 
ancestor  of  the  Holyokes  of  New  England,  who  seems  to  have  come  from  Alcester 
(see  will  of  Edward  Holliock,  1587,  in  Emmerton  and  Waters's  Gleanings,  p.  57). 
Two  other  New  England  immigrants,  William  and  Richard  Waldern  (written  by 
descendants,  Waldron),  were  natives  of  Alcester  (see  Reg.  viii.  78). — Editor.] 

Mr.  Thomas  Roper's  will.  John  West  my  servant  to  be  set  free.  Al- 
exander Gill,  servant  to  Capt.  Peirce,  to  be  set  free  or  else  if  Capt.  Peirce 
shall  refuse  to  release  him,  then  that  the  said  Alexander  receive  two  hun- 
dred pounds  of  Tobacco  from  Capt.  Peirce.  I  give  and  bequeath  all  tobac- 
coes  due  unto  me  in  Virginia  to  my  brother  John  Roper  in  England  and 
that  Mr  George  Fitz  Jefferyes  receive  it  to  the  use  of  my  said  brother.  Item 
a  pair  of  Linen  breeches  to  William  Smith  of  James  City.  To  the  said  Wil- 
liam Smith  a  waistcoat.  To  my  brother  John  Roper  three- hundred  and 
odd  pounds  of  good  &  lawful  money  of  England,  in  the  hands  of  my  father 
in  law  Mr  Thomas  Sheaperd  of  Moine  in  Bedfordshire.  The  residue  to 
my  brother  John  Roper.  Fifty  shillings  in  money  to  Mr  Haute  Wyatt, 
minister  of  James  City. 

Wit :   Haut  Wyatt,  William  Smith,  George  Fitz  Jefferey. 

In  the  letter  of  administration  (5  February  1626)  to  John  Roper  Tho- 
mas Shepard  is  spoken  of  as  the  natural  &  lawful  father  of  John,  Eliza- 
beth and  Constance  Shepard,  brother  and  sisters  of  the  deceased  on  the 
mother's  side  {ex  materno  latere),  the  letters  of  administration  granted 
in  the  month  of  May  1624  having  been  brought  back  and  renounced. 

Skinner,  11. 

[According  to  a  pedigree  of  the  Wyatt  family  furnished  me  some  years  ago  by 
Reginald  Stewart  Boddington,  Esq.,  London,  England,  the  Rev.  Hawte  Wyatt  (a 
younger  brother  of  Sir  Francis  Wyatt,  twice  governor  of  Virginia,  married  1618, 
buried  24  August,  1644,  at  Boxley)  was  the  second  son  of  George  and  Jane  (daugh- 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  151 

ter  of  Sir  Thomas  Finch  of  Eastwell,  Knight,  by  his  wife  Katherine,  elder  daughter 
and  co-heiress  of  Sir  Thomas  Moyle  of  Eastwell)  Wyat  (of  Allington  Castle,  Box- 
ley,  and  in  right  of  his  wife,  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Wavering,  eon  of  Sir  Thomas 
Wyat  by  his  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Brooke,  Lord  Cobham,  beheaded 
11  April,  1554)  and  Jane  (married  1537),  younger  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Sir 
William  Hawte  of  BLshopbourne,  co.  Kent,  Knight,  and  to  whom  Queen  Mary 
granted  the  Manor  of  Wavering)  ;  inducted  after  his  return  to  England  to  the  liv- 
ing of  Boxley,  3  October,  1632,  and  Rector  of  Merston,  co.  Kent;  died  31  July, 
1638  ;  buried  at  Boxley. 
He  was  married  twice,   "  and  his  issue  said  to  have  gone  to  Virginia.'''' 

The  following  document  in  my  possession  may  be  of  interest  in  connection  with 
the  immediately  preceding  paragraph  : 

"  Oct.  29,  1655.  This  day  Pindabake  the  Protector  of  the  young  King  of  Chis- 
koyack  was  at  my  house  [punctuation  mine],  intending  to  have  spoken  with  the 
Governor,  then  expected  to  be  heer'd,  but  he  came  not,  &  therefore  bee  desyned  to 
leave  his  mind  with  mee,  Maior  Will  Wiat  &  divers  others,  as  followith,  viz  :  that 

Wassahickon  the [illegible]  had  freely  given  unto  Mr.  Edward  Wyatt  and  his 

heyres,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns,  all  the  land  from  Mr.  Hugh  Guinn's 

old  marked  trees  to  Vttamarke  Creeke,  including  all  Pagan [illegible]  high 

Land,  being  freely  given,  and  with  the  consent  of  all  the  rest  of  the  Indians,  it  was 
also  agreed  among  them  all  that  neither  the  King  nor  any  other  of  his  Indians 
6hould  sell,  alienate  or  dispose  of  any  land  belonging  unto  them  without  the  con- 
sent of  Mr.  Ed.  Wyatt,  which  was  the  only  business  that  he  had  to  acquaint  the 
Gov'r  therewith  in  the  behalfe  of  Mr.  Ed.  Wyat,  as  we  heere  doe  testify  under  our 
hands,  this  present  29th  of  October,  1655." 


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J^fg 


The  marke  of  Will'm  Benett 

John  West  Junior 
*-   -^  Toby  West 

/^W"  The  marke  )^/f  of  W>«  Godfrey 

The  marke  of  w       John  Talbutt 

Pindabake,  Protector  of  John  King  \Q 

the  young  King  of  v^ 
Chiskoyake 

Signed  and  sealed  in  the  presence  of 
all  whose  names  are  here  subscribed! 

I  find  the  following  grants  of  land  to  the  name  Wyatt  and  Wyat  of  record  in  the 
Virginia  Land  Registry  Office:  Ralph  Wyatt,  "  Gent."  Book  No.  1,  p.  590,  lease 
to  Richard  Johnson,  Roger  Davis  and  Abraham  Wood,  "  planters,"  "  one  parcell 
of  Islands,"  1636 ;  Henry  Wyat,  Esq.,  eldest  son  of  Sir  Francis  Wyat,  p.  757,  lease 
for  21  years,  of  50  acres  in  Pasbylaiers  James  City  county  for  the  raising  of  corn  for 
the  better  protection  of  the  plantation,  Dec.  16, 1641 ;  Thomas  Wyat,  p.  916,  2000  ac. 
on  the  south  side  of  the  Rappahannock  river,  "  twenty  miles  up,"  Sept.  24,  1643  ; 
George  Wyatt,  No.  2,  p.  54,  250  acres  in  James  City  county,  April  12,  1642  ;  Rich- 
ard Wyatt,  p.  154,  500  acres  in  Mobjack  bay,  Aua;.  20,  1645  ;  William  Wyatt,  No.  3, 
p.  4,  400  acres  in  Gloucester  county,  April  27.  1653  ;  p.  354,  300  acres  in  New  Kent 
county,  June  6,  1665;  Edward  Wyatt  and  Robert  Grig,  4,  p.  439,  370  acres  in 
Kingston  parish,  Gloucester  county,  April  19,  1662;  William  Wyatt,  5,  p.  286, 
400  acres  in  Gloucester  county,  March  16,  1663;  Major  William  Wyatt,  p.  439, 
1940  acres  in  New  Kent  county,  May  20,  1664;  William  Wyatt,  p.  453,  300 
acres  in  New  Kent  county,  May  20,  1664;  Anthony  Wyatt,  p.  510,  282  acres 
in  New  Kent  county,  June  28,  1664;  Thomas  Wyatt,  p.  608,  500  acres  in  Mobjack 
bay,  May  9,  1666;  William  Wyatt,  6,  p.  322,  500  acres  in  New  Kent  county,  June 
20,  1670;  Anthony  Wyatt,  p.  247,  398  acres  in  Charles  City  county,  July  24,  1669  ; 


152  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

William  Wyatt,  p.  296,  2240  acres  in  New  Kent  county,  April  17,  1669;  p.  364, 
1900  acres  in  New  Kent  county,  Oct.  21,  1670;  7,  p.  32,  850  acres  in  New  Kent 
county,  April  25,  1680  ;  Henry  Wyatt,  p.  123,  649  acres  in  New  Kent  county,  April 
20,  1682;  John  and  Richard  Wyatt,  p.  321,  650  acres  in  New  Kent  county,  Sept. 
20,  1683;  Nicholas  Wyatt,  p.  510,  115  acres  in  Brandon  parish  [Charles  City  coun- 
ty?], April  27,  1686;  John  Wyatt,  9,  p.  654,  700  acres  in  King  and  Queen  county, 
May  2,  1705;  James  Wyatt,  No.  10,  p.  85,  139  in  upper  parish  ofNansemond 
county,  May  2,  1713;  Richard  Wyatt,  p.  247,  285  acres  in  Charles  City  county, 
Aug.  15,  1715  ;  Francis  Wyatt,  23,  p.  635,  377  acres  in  Prince  George  county, 
Nov.  25,  1743;  Francis  Wyatt  and  Mary  Hawkins,  No.  28,  p.  208,  100  acres  in 
Prince  George  county,  Aug.  20,  1747,  and  in  same,  p.  211,  200  acres  in  Amelia 
county,  Aug.  20,  1747. 

Anthony  Wyatt  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Charles  City  County,  Virginia,  1660- 
70. — R.  A.  Brock,  of  Richmond,  Va.] 

Nicholas  Jupe,  citizen  &  merchant  Taylor  of  London,  10  March  1650, 
proved  13  October  1651.  To  cousin  Benjamin  Jupe,  his  executers  &  as- 
signs, all  my  moiety  or  half  part  of  two  houses,  &c.  in  the  parish  of  S' 
Buttolph  Aldgate,  London,  in  the  occupation  of  Richard  English  and  Ed- 
ward Mott,  and  the  house  where  a  stone-cutter  did  dwell  and  my  own 
dwelling  house  and  so  much  of  the  dwelling  house  as  is  now  in  Mr  Finch's 
occupation, — which  I  and  Richard  English  bought  of  Matthew  Beanes.  To 
the  said  Benjamin  fifteen  pounds  and  to  his  brother  John  &  his  sister  Mar- 
garet five  pounds  apiece.  To  Anthony  and  Mary  Jupe,  equally  between 
them,  my  half  of  five  houses  which  were  bought  by  me  and  the  said  Richard 
English,  standing  in  Gravel  Lane  in  the  Parish  of  Saint  Buttolph  without 
Aldgate,  London,  being  in  one  row  or  rank,  they  to  pay,  out  of  the  profits, 
to  Christopher  Jupe  &  Thomas  Evans  ten  pounds  apiece  within  two  years 
after  my  decease.  I  give  to  Simeon  Smith  my  half  of  four  tenements 
granted  by  lease  from  the  Hospital  of  Christ  Church  London.  To  Rebec- 
ca Smith,  daughter  of  my  brother  Joseph  Smith,  my  lease  of  tenements 
in  the  occupation  of  Mr  Mason  &  Mr  Harman.  To  the  poor  of  Bishops- 
gate,  to  the  minister,  Mr  Fuller,  to  the  poor  of  Aldgate.  To  Richard  Eng- 
lish &  John  Euerett  &  to  each  of  their  wives  twenty  shillings  apiece,  to 
Sarah  Martin  &  Mrs  Katherine  Jackson  twenty  shillings  apiece,  to  Mr  Dye 
and  his  wife  twenty  shillings  apiece,  to  Simeon  Smith  forty  shillings,  to 
Sarah  Wilmott  ten  pounds,  to  Rebecca  Unckles  three  pounds  &  to  her 
mother  four  pounds,  to  my  brother  Christopher's  daughter  Mary  five 
shillings,  to  my  cousin  Evans  forty  shillings,  to  my  cousin  Christopher  Jupe 
forty  shillings,  to  cousin  John  Jupe  twenty  shillings,  to  cousin  Margaret  Jupe 
twelve  pounds,  to  Anne  Foster  twenty  shillings,  to  my  wife's  sister  Den- 
ton three  pounds  &  to  her  daughter  twenty  shillings,  to  Mr  Hedges  &  his 
wife  twenty  shillings  apiece,  to  Edward  Smith  the  elder  and  Edward  Smith 
the  younger  and  to  Elizabeth  Smith  (certain  legacies),  to  William  Harper 
forty  shillings,  to  Thomas  Jackson  twenty  shillings,  more  to  Benjamin 
Jupe  ten  pounds,  more  to  Joseph  Smith  &  his  daughter  Rebecca  Smith, 
&c.  Loving  friends  Mr  Grimes,  Richard  English  &  John  Everett  to  be 
overseers.     Simeon  Smith  to  be  executor.  Grey,  189. 

[At  the  time  of  the  decease  of  the  testator,  the  five  houses  in  Gravel  Lane  above 
devised  were  in  the  occupation  of  "  John  Trigg  senior  mr3  oakeman  ;  widdow 
Izard  widdow  Bocken  and  mr  Chambe"  "  and  the  interest  of  the  testator's  niece 
Mary  Jupe,  afterward  Mary  Morse,  therein,  was  conveyed  with  other  property  by 
her  husband  John  Morse  of  Boston  in  New  England,  salt  boiler,  by  deed  of  mort- 
gage dated  Nov.  9th,  1654,  recorded  with  Suffolk  Deeds,  Lib.  2,  fob  180,  to  Capt. 
Robert  Keaine  of  said  Boston,  uncle  of  said  mortgagor,  to  secure  the  payment  of 
£32.  Capt.  Keaine  had  advanced  £15  to  pay  for  the  passage  of  Morse,  his  wife  and 
his  wife's  brother,  Benjamin  Jupe,  from  New  England  back  to  Old  England,  and 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  153 

the  latter  sum  was  to  be  paid  at  the  Golden  Crown  in  Bircliin  Lane,  London,  on  or 
before  April  26,  1655,  out  of  the  rents  belonging  to  the  said  wife  or  brother  Benja- 
min Jupe  remaining  in  the  hands  of  Simeon  Smith  of  Smthwark.  the  executor  of 
the  foregoing  will,  as  appears  hy  a  bond  and  order  recorded  fol.  183  and  184.  See 
also  fol?  86  and  182.  See  note  to  the  will  of  Benjamin  Kaine  (ante,  page  2). 
See  also  the  abstract  made  by  Stanley  Waters  of  an  indenture,  found  by  him  in 
the  Suffolk  Court  Files,  dated  March  10,  1652,  "  between  Benjamin  Kayen  of  Lon- 
don Esquire,  sonne  and  heire  apparent  of  Robert  Kayen  of  Boston  in  N.  E., 
Esquire,  on  the  one  part,  and  Simeon  Smith,  Cittizen  and  Haberdasher,  of  London, 
the  executor  of  the  last  will  &c.  of  Nicholas  Jupe,  Cittizen  &  Marchant  Tayler  of 
London,  deceased,  of  the  other  part."  This  abstract  was  published  in  the  Register 
for  July,  1881  (xxxv.  277).— John  T.  Hassam.] 

Francis  Newton  of  London,  grocer,  24  August  1660,  proved  11  Jan- 
uary 1661,  now  bound  out  on  a  voyage  to  Virginia.  To  wife  Mary  New- 
ton six  hundred  pounds  within  six  mouths  after  my  decease.  The  residue 
to  my  loving  sisters  Elizabeth  and  Susan  Newton  and  loving  brother  Joseph 
Newton,  equally,  &c.  Friends  John  Berry,  Anthony  Stanford  &  Joseph 
Wilson  to  be  executors.  Laud,  8. 

[See  note  "  Newton  of  Kingston  upon  Hull,  England,"  Reg.  April,  1885,  p. 
194—  R.  A.  Brock.] 

Richard  Smith,  of  Sl  Dunstau's  West,  London,  Cook,  13  January  1660, 
proved  17  January  1661.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  S*  Dun- 
stans  in  the  West.  Wife  Joane,  brother  John  Smith.  To  my  sister  Ann 
Hawthorne  five  acres  in  the  possession  of  John  Alley,  butcher,  of  the  year- 
ly value  of  five  pounds  for  her  natural  life,  &c.  and  then  to  her  two  sons 
John  &  Nathaniel  Hawthorne  and  their  heirs  equally.  To  my  brother 
John  Smith  the  reversion  I  purchased  (after  the  decease  of  Anne  Henman, 
widow)  of  William  Backhouse  Esq.,  with  remainder  to  his  eldest  son  Sam- 
uel Smith  &  his  heirs  male,  next  to  Richard  Smith,  second  son  of  said 
brother  John,  then  to  the  right  heirs  of  the  body  of  the  said  John  Smith. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  William  Hawthorne,  son  of  Anne  Hawthorne, 
my  sister,  the  reversion  of  one  pightle  called  Leachrye  or  Tan-house  Pigb- 
tle,  containing  by  estimation  three  acres,  in  the  possession  of  John  Vincent. 
One  third  part  of  land  called  Welshman's  (after  my  wife's  decease)  to  my 
loving  sister  Mary  Holloway  and  the  heirs  of  her  body,  one  third  to  my 
loving  sister  Rachel  Horton  &  the  heirs  of  her  body,  the  remaining  third 
to  the  children  of  John  Topping  begot  upon  the  body  of  my  sister  Pru- 
dence and  their  heirs.  To  my  wife  the  lease  or  leases  of  the  two  houses 
in  Chancery  Lane,  &c.  To  my  loving  friend  Mr  Robert  Hawe  of  Woke- 
ingham  twenty  shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring.  To  Mr Sedgwick,  with- 
out Temple  Bar,  ten  shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring.  To  the  poor  of  the  town 
of  Wokeingham  twenty  shillings.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Wokeing- 
harn  and  dwelling  in  the  said  town  twenty  shillings.  Lands,  &c.  in  Woke- 
ingham in  the  County  of  Berks.  Brother  John  Smith  to  be  executor 
&  Richard  Palmer  of  Wokeingham  Esq.  to  be  overseer. 

Wit :  L.  Astry,  George  Chapman.  Laud,  9. 

[The  Salem  Hathornes,  as  well  as  the  Hawthornes  named  above,  were  allied  with 
a  Smith  family,  the  immigrants,  William  and  John  Ilathorne  (Reg.  xii.  295  ;  Em- 
merton  and  Waters's  Gleanings,  pp.  52-5)  having  had  a  sister  Anne  who  was  the 
wife  of  Hugh  Smith  (ante,  pp.  43-5). — Editor.] 

Henry  Sewall  of  the  parish  of  Sl  Michael  in  the  city  of  Coventry, 
alderman,  aged  fourscore  years  or  thereabouts,  1  Sept.  1624,  proved  the 
last  of  June   1628  by  Margaret  Sewall   his   relict  and  executrix.     To  my 


154  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

wife  Margaret  an  annuity  or  yearly  rent  charge  of  eleven  pounds,  eight 
shillings,  issuing  out  of  certain  lands  in  Ansley  in  the  county  of  Warwick, 
granted  to  me  &  my  heirs  forever,  and  now  in  the  tenure  of  Elizabeth 
Throckmorton  widow,  and  all  my  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments,  with 
the  appurtenances,  &c.  in  the  city  of  Coventry  &  in  Corley  and  Coundon 
in  the  County  of  Warwick  and  in  Radford  Coundon  in  Urchenfield  & 
Stoke  in  the  county  of  the  city  of  Coventry.  To  Henry  Sewall,  my  eldest 
son,  all  my  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments,  &c.  &c.  in  the  hamlet  of 
Radford  in  the  county  of  the  city  of  Coventry  and  in  Coundon  in  Urchen- 
field in  the  county  of  the  city  of  Coventry  and  in  Coudon  in  the  County 
of  Warwick,  and  all  my  lands,  tenements  &  hereditaments,  &c.  in  Dog 
Lane  in  the  said  city,  in  the  occupation  of  Richard  Baldwyn,  a  messuage 
or  tenement  &  one  garden,  with  the  appurtenances,  in  Much  Park  Street, 
in  Coventry,  in  the  tenure  of  Henry  Critchlowe,  draper,  and  all  those  mes- 
suages or  tenements,  &c.  &c.  in  the  said  city  in  the  several  occupations  of 
John  Harbert,  William  Heyward,  Richard  Heyes  or  Walter  Wiggens,  and 
all  those  three   tenements  in   Little   Park  Street,   in  the  occupation  of  Mr 

Heury   Davenport,   Thorton,  Katherine  West,  or  their  assigns,  after 

the  decease  of  my  wife  Margaret,  and  during  his  natural  life  ;  then  to  the 
heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten,  &c.  ;  also  to  the  said  Henry,  my  son, 
a  tenement  &  garden,  &c.  &c.  in  Heylane  in  the  said  city,  in  the  tenure  of 
Bryan  Conigrave. 

To  Richard  Sewall,  my  younger  son,  after  the  decease  of  my  wife  Mar- 
garet, lands  &  tenements,  &c.  in  Corley,  in  the  county  of  Warwick,  which 
I  lately  purchased  of  Stephen  Hales  Esq.  with  the  wyndell  thereupon  now 
standing,  and  other  lands,  &c.  purchased  of  Richard  Patchett,  of  Martin 
Whadocke  &  of  Thomas  N icklyn  and  of  Thomas  Barre ;  also  to  the  same 
Richard  one  messuage,  &c.  in  Smithford  Street,  Coventry,  in  the  tenure  of 
Jefford,  barber,  and  a  tenement  &  certain  stables  called  the  Sextree  in 
Coventry. 

To  my  daughter  Anne,  now  the  wife  of  Anthonie  Power,  my  messuage 
&  tenement,  &c.  &c.  in  Corley,  now  in  the  occupation  of  me  the  said  Hen- 
ry, which  I  lately  purchased  of  Daniel  Oxenbridge,  and  other  lands, 
&c.  purchased  of  Thomas  Patchet  &  of  George  &  Walter  Holbech,  and 
two  tenements  in  Bailie  Lane  in  Coventry,  one  in  the  tenure  of  Theophi- 
lus  Washington,  and  a  messuage  in  High  Street,  Coventry,  in  the  ten- 
ure of  Mr  William  Hancock,  and  a  messuage  in  the  suburbs  of  Coventry 
in  the  tenure  of  John  Lindon,  and  a  messuage  in  the  tenure  of  Roger 
Bird  and  a  tenement  in  the  tenure  of  Joyce  Hobson,  a  widow  and  late  in 
the  occupation  of  Lawrence  Armeson. 

To  Margaret,  my  youngest  daughter,  now  the  wife  of  Abraham  Randell, 
tenements  without  Newgate  in  the  several  tenures  of  Francis  Robinson  & 
Edward  Coles,  lands,  &c.  purchased  of  John  Home  of  Stoke,  gentleman, 
lands  in  the  tenure  of  John  Wilkinson,  &  of  William,  or  Thomas,  Pywall, 
that  my  messuage  or  tenement  &  garden  in  Bailie  Lane,  in  the  city  of 
Coventry  wherein  I  now  dwell,  tenements,  &c.  in  Bailie  Lane  in  the  oc- 
cupation of.  Roger  Dudley,  James  Knib,  William  Miller,  Edward  Malpas, 
Johane  Newlaud,  widow,  William  Cumberledge  &  Edward  Bissaker,  a  ten- 
ement in  Earl  Street  in  the  occupation  of  John  Wright,  a  garden  in  the 
occupation  of  Mr  Richard  Clarke,  a  tenement  I  purchased  of  John  Ham- 
mond, Doctor  in  Physick  and  tenements  in  Darbie  lane  in  the  occupation 
of  the  widow  Wothon  &  the  widow  Kinsman.  Reference  also  made  to 
tenements  in  the  occupation  of  Richard  Faulkner,  Raphe  Mellowes,  Peter 


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155 


Baxter,  Henry  Wetton,  Randall  Cleaver,  Clerk,  Thomas  Hobson  and  John 
Hill.  To  my  loving  friend  Humphry  Burton  forty  shillings,  &c.  &c.  Wife 
Margaret  to  be  executrix  and  friends  Mr  William  Hancock,  of  Coventry, 
alderman,  and  my  loving  kinsman  Reginald  Home,  gentleman,  to  be  over- 
seers.    To  my  cousin  John  Home  a  cloke  cloth. 

Wit:   John  Brownell,  James  Brownell.  Barrington,  63. 

[The  eldest  son  of  the  testator  of  the  above  will,  Mr.  Henry  Sewall,  came  over  to 
New  England  and  was  the  ancestor  of  the  distinguished  family  of  that  name  in 
Massachusetts.  In  Essex  County  Court  Papers  (Book  xxvi.  No.  59)  may  be  found 
a  deposition  made  10  April,  1679,  by  Robert  Walker,  of  Boston,  Linen  webster, 
aged  about  eeventy-two  years,  in  which  he  testified  that  about  fifty-six  years  before, 
living  with  his  father  in  the  town  of  Manchester,  in  Lancashire,  within  the  realm 
of  England,  he  did  then  know  one  Mr.  Henry  Sewall  who  lived  at  the  same  town 
and  in  the  same  street  with  the  deponent's  father,  being  his  overthwart  neighbor, 
and  that  afterwards  the  said  Mr.  Henry'Sewall  removed  with  his  family  to  New 
England,  and  there  dwelt  in  the  town  of  Newbury,  &c.  &c.  H.  F.  Waters. 

This  will  furnishes  another  example  of  the  wisdom  of  the  course  pursued  by  the 
associated  collection  and  publication  of  material  of  this  kind.  In  the  introduction 
to  the  Sewall  Papers,  now  in  course  of  publication  by  the  Mass.  Historical  So- 
ciety, after  stating  the  investigations  made  by  Col.  Chester,  the  main  results  of 
whose  search  was  placed  in  their  hands,  the  editors  state  that  the  Sewall  family 
cannot  be  traced  beyond  the  two  brothers  (Henry,  whose  will  is  here  given,  and  his 
brother  William,  both  of  whom  had  been  mayors  of  Coventry  in  England).  It  is 
to  be  supposed  that  neither  the  editors  nor  Col.  Chester  had  the  detail  which  Mr. 
Waters  furnishes  your  readers,  for  in  "the  closing  paragraphs  of  the  will  here  given, 
the  mention  of  his  "  loving  kinsman  Reginald  Home,  gentleman,"  who  was  made 
an  overseer  of  the  will,  and  the  bequest  to  his  ''  cousin  John  Home,"  furnish  direct 
guides  to  obtain  the  name  of  the  father  of  Henry  and  William  Sewall.  It  ap- 
pears from  the  pedigree  of  the  Home  family,  which  is  given  below  from  the 
Visitation  of  Warwickshire,  1619  (see  Harleian  Soc.  Pub.,  vol.  xii.  p.  343),*  that 
William  Shewell  married  Matilda  Home,  and  that  her  brother  John  was  the  father 
of  both  Reginald  and  John,  who  are  mentioned  in  this  will  of  Henry  Sewall 
respectively  as  his  "kinsman"  and"  cousin." 


Reginaldus  Home  de  Pickesley=Margeria  fil. 
in  com.  Salop 


, .  Lee  de  Whitechurch 


Matdda      Winifrida 
ux.  Wil'i  ux.  Mathei 
Shewell      Dorington 


Joh'es  Home  de=Jana  filia  Thomse       Ellena  uxor 
Childes  Areole    I  Morton  de  Ingleton        Rob'ti 
in  com.  Salop      |    in  com.  Staff.  Cooke 


II  II 

Maria  uxor  Reginaldus  Horne=Anna  filia  2  Johannes 

Hen.  Crow-    de  Stoke  infra  Tho.  

der  de  lib'tates  de  Couen-     Pachet  de 

Stoke  iuxta       try  fil  et  hser,  Barwell  in     3  Tho- 

Couentry         6up'stes  1619         Com.  Leic.       mas 


Margareta 
ux.  Joh'is 
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London 


Alicia  ux.  Rici 
Holland  de 

Sadington  in 
Com.  Leic. 
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1  Anna  2  Johanna      Henricus= 
Home  fil.  et 
hseres.  aet.  31. 
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Cassandra 
filia 

Xr'  ofori 
Randall 
de  Stoke 


Joh'es=Martina 
Home    Frowlick 

de        de  Germania 
London      inferiori 
Lime  Street, 
fil.  2. 


Reginaldus 


3  Fran- 
ciscui 


Anna 
aet.  dim. 
Anni  1619 


Judge  Samuel  Sewall  was  always  sharp  in  money  matters,  from  the  time  when  he 
received  the  dowry  upon  his  marriage  with  the  mint-master's  daughter  until  his 


*  Was  John  Home  (otherwise  Orne),  of  Salem,  descended  from  this  Warwickshire 
family  ? 


15G  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

death,  and  whether  his  visit  to  his  relatives  was  one  of  affection  or  for  mercenary 
motives,  it  is  plain  that  if  lie  could  get  an  honest  penny,  he  went  for  it.  He  evi- 
dently had  a  full  copy  of  this  will,  and  displayed  this  paragraph  from  it  in  his 
Diary,  under  date  of  April  9,  1689  : 

"  To  the  said  Margaret  during  her  natural  Life  and  after  her  decease  to  the  Heirs 
of  her  Body  issuing,  and  for  want  of  such  issue  of  her  body,  to  remain  to  the  right 
heirs  of  me,  the  said  Henry  the  Testator,  for  ever." 

This  extract  is  followed  by  a  memorandum  of  the  date  of  Margaret  Randall's 
will,  May  4,  1646.  If  this  will  could  be  found  it  might  throw  some  light  upon 
other  relations. 

The  Judge  saw  some  of  the  real  estate  which  had  been  left  to  his  grandfather's 
sister  Margaret,  with  the  above  proviso,  and  she  had  given  it  to  the  descendants  of 
her  sister  Anne,  ignoring  the  rights  of  the  descendants  of  Henry,  her  brother,  the 
grandfather  of  the  judge.  He  told  them  who  he  was,  and  offered  to  confirm  the 
right  (for  a  consideration  ?),  and  he  received  the  emphatic  answer  that  his  rela- 
tives would  not  give  him  3d.  for  it.  John  Coffin  Jones  Brown.] 

Noell  Mew  being  intended  by  God's  permission  to  go  to  old  England, 
3  August,  1691,  proved  4  April,  1700.  To  my  wife  Mary  Mew,  during 
her  widowhood,  all  my  estate,  real  and  personal.  But  if  she  sees  cause  to 
marry,  then  she  is  to  have  out  of  my  estate  in  England  one  hundred 
and  ten  jjounds  sterling  in  lieu  of  her  dowry,  in  one  year  after  her  marriage, 
and  all  the  household  stuff.  To  my  son  Richard  Mew  all  my  farm  Rockey 
Farm,  &c,  with  the  mulatta  boy  called  George  and  fifty  pounds  sterling, 
he  paying  each  of  his  sisters  five  pounds  per  annum  to  help  bring  them  up 
till  of  age  or  married,  and  then  to  be  acquitted  of  the  said  payment.  To 
him  also  my  great  bible  and  silver  tankard.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Mew 
one  hundred  pounds  sterling,  &c,  an  Indian  girl  called  Jenny,  one  Spanish 
silver  cup,  one  round  silver  cup,  one  silver  dram  cup  with  a  funnel.  To 
my  daughter  Patience  one  hundred  pounds  sterling,  the  negro  woman  Bess, 
six  silver  spoons.  All  my  land  in  West  Jarsey  to  be  sold  and  the  proceeds  to 
be  equally  divided  betwixt  my  said  three  children.  My  wife  to  be  execu- 
trix and  my  friends  William  Allen,  Benjamin'  Newberry  and  Peleg  San- 
ford  to  be  overseers. 

Wit :  Richard  Jones,  Joseph  Blvdenburgh,  Thomas  Roberts,  William 
Cload. 

Testimony,  22  December,  1692,  that  the  above  is  a  true  copy.  John 
Easton  Govr,  John  Greene  Dep.  Govr,  Walter  Clarke,  Benjamin  Newberry, 
William  Allen,  Christopher  Almy.  In  the  Probate  the  testator  is  called 
Noell  Mew  late  of  Newport  in  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island  -and  Providence 
plantations,  in  New  England,  deceased.  Noel,  59. 

[Richard  Mew,  of  Stepney,  merchant,  was  one  of  the  first  twelve  proprietors  of 
East  Jersey,   1681  (N.  J.  Archives,  i.  366,  383  et  seq.).     Richard  Mew,  of  New- 
port, R.  1.,  merchant,  had  an  action  at  law  against  Jahleel  Brenton  in  1708.   (R.  1. 
Colonial  Records,  iv.  39.     See  also  iii.  555.) — Editor.] 

Nathaniel  Webb  of  Mountserrett,  merchant ,  proved  by   Robert 

Webb,  Esq.,  his  son,  26  March,  1741.  I  grant  full  power  and  authority 
to  my  executors  to  make  &  execute  a  lease  to  my  beloved  wife  Jane  of 
all  my  negroes  on  and  belonging  to  a  certain  plantation  in  the  parish  of  S' 
Anthony  in  the  said  Island,  commonly  called  Carrolls  Plantation,  with  the 
house  &  lands  in  town  (and  sundry  movables)  for  her  natural  life,  she 
paying  to  my  executors  in  trust  for  my  children  the  yearly  sum  of  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pounds  sterling.     This  in  full  satisfaction  of  her  dower,  also 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  157 

the  use  of  half  ray  house  in  the  town  of  Taunton  one  half  of  the  furniture, 
&c.  To  my  eldest  son  Robert  ray  estate  in  the  County  of  Somerset  formerly 
under  lease  to  John  &  Richard  Barber  of  Tauntoa,  and  all  my  houses  and 
lauds  in  said  Tauntoa  or  elsewhere  in  England,  and  five  thousaud  pounds 
sterling,  &c.  To  my  son  Nathaniel  my  plantations  in  Mouutserratt  now 
under  lease  to  John  Dyer  of  the  said  island,  and  all  my  houses  &  lauds  in 
the  said  island,  and  my  house  and  laud  in  the  town  of  Bassterre  in  the 
island  of  St  Christophers.  Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  son  John  all  my 
lands  in  the  County  of  Connecticut  in  New  England  near  the  town  of  Sea- 
brook,  they  containing  about  five  hundred  acres.  To  my  brother  Johu 
Webb  of  Abingtou  one  hundred  pounds  sterling,  at  the  same  time  forgiv- 
ing him  what  he  owes  me.  To  my  brother  Harry  Webb  fifty  guineas  to 
buy  him  a  mourning  ring.  To  my  executors  ten  guineas  each  to  buy  them 
mourning  rings.  To  my  sisters  Anne  Stone  &  Sarah  Smith  twenty  pounds 
sterling  each  to  buy  them  mourning  &  mourning  rings.  The  rest  &  resi- 
due to  my  five  children,  Robert,  Ann,  Ruth,  Nathaniel  &  John. 

I  appoint  William  Gerrish,  Esq.,  in  Loudon,  Isaac  Ilobhouse  of  Bristol, 
merchant,  John  Paine  of  Taunton,  mercer,  Dominick  Trant,  Thomas 
Meade,  George  French  and  Peter  Lee  of  this  Island,  Harry  Webb  of  An- 
tbma  and  my  son  Robert  Webb  executors  &  the  guardians  of  my  children. 

Spurway,  78. 

Benjamin  Plummer  of  Portsmouth  in  the  Province  of  New  Hamp- 
shire in  New  England  Esq.  7  May,  1740,  proved  12  March,  1740.  To  my 
esteemed  friend  Mrs  Mary  Macphederis  my  gold  watch,  my  negro  boy 
named  Juba  and  a  ring  of  five  guineas  price.  To  Theodore  Atkinson  Esq. 
my  saddle  Horse  aud  to  him  &  his  wife  each  of  them  a  gold  ring.  To  Mr 
John  Loggin  one  suit  of  mourning  apparel.  The  whole  of  my  apparel  to 
be  sold  for  the  most  they  will  fetch  in  the  town  of  Boston.  To  my  hon- 
ored mother  one  hundred  pounds  sterling.  The  residue  to  be  equally  di- 
vided amongst  my  brothers.  My  brother  Mr  Thomas  Plummer  of  Lon- 
don, merchant  &  Theodore  Atkinson  of  Portsmouth  Esq.  to  be  the  ex- 
ecutors. 

Wit :  Arthur  Browne,  James  Jeffrey,  Josh  Peirce. 

Proved  at  London  by  Thomas  Plummer,  power  reserved  for  Theodore 
Atkinson  the  other  executor.  Spurway,  73. 

[I  extract  the  following  from  a  letter  to  me  from  Miss  Plumer,  of  Epping,  N.  H., 
dated  Nov.  1,  1885,  in  reply  to  an  inquiry  about  Benjamin  Plumer  :  "  In  a  note  at 
the  end  of  my  father's  manuscript  genealogy  of  the  Plumer  family,  my  father 
writes,  '  Benjamin  Plumer  was  appointed  collector  of  Piscataway  in  New  England. 
His  commission,  of  which  I  have  a  copy  in  the  handwriting  of  R.  Waldron,  Secry, 
is  dated  Feb.  11,  1736.  It  was  sworn  to  before  Gov.  Belcher,  June  8th ,  1736.  He 
was  perhaps  the  progenitor  of  the  Portsmouth  Plumers.  There  is  a  silver  vase  in 
the  Atkinson  family  on  which  is  inscribed  the  deaths  of  various  persons,  among 
the  rest  that  of  Benjamin  Plumer,  Esquire,  who  died  May  8th,  1740,  aged  24  years. 
If  this  was  the  collector  he  was  but  twenty  when  appointed.'  " — Com.  by  George 
Plumer  Smith,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

In  the  New  Hampshire  Provincial  Papers,  vol.  iv.  p.  864,  is  a  letter  from  John 
Thomlinson  to  Theodore  Atkinson,  dated  "  London,  5  April,  1737."  Mr.Thom- 
linson  writes  :  "  Altho  the  Bearer  Mr.  Plummer  his  coming  over  Collector  in  your 
place  may  be  6ome  Disadvantage  or  Disappointment  to  you,  yet  when  I  tell  you  I 
daresay  he  will  prove  the  most  agreeable  Gentleman  that  you  could  have  had,  in 

every  respect,  you  will  excuse  my  here  recommending  him  to  your  friendship 

He  is  a  gentleman  of  good  sense  and  of  a  very  good  family  and  good  circum- 
stances."    I  presume  that  Plumer  was  an  Englishman. —  Editor.] 


158  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Notes  on  Abstracts  previously  printed. 

Nathaniel  Parker  {ante,  p.  8). 

P'  My  god-daughter  the  daughter  of  ray  nephew  Bernard  Saltingstall." 
The  pedigree  of  the  Saltonstall  family,  given  in  Bund's  Watertown,  shows  that 
Bernard  Saltonstall  was  a  great-grandson  of  Gilbert  Saltonstall,  from  whom  the 
New  England  family  descended,  through  Sir  Richard  of  Huntwicke.  The  Bernard 
Saltonstall  referred  to  in  the  will  was  son  of  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall  of  North  Ock- 
cnden,  co.  Essex.  Susanna,  sister  of  Bernard,  married  William  Pawlett  of  Cottles 
in  co.  Wilts,  who  was  a  grandson  of  William  Pawlett,  first  Marquis  of  Winchester. 
(See  Dr.  Marshall's  Visitation  of  co.  Wilts,  1623,  p.  92.) 

John  Coffin  Jones  Brown.] 

Richard  Perne  ;    Rachel  Perne   {ante,  pp.  59-61  and  89). 

[It  was  noticed  in  Rachel  Perne's  will  that  she  cut  off  Edward  Rawson,  our  faith- 
ful Colonial  Secretary,  with  the  proverbial  shilling,  although  she  bequeathed  to 
Rachel,  his  wife  and  her  daughter,  £40. 

By  a  deed  of  his  recorded  in  Suffolk  Deeds,  vol.  iii.  pp.  413  and  414,  he  acknow- 
ledges receipt  of  a  marriage  "  portion  of  £300,  which  he  long  since  Receaved  with 
his  wife."  This  accounts  for  the  omission  to  bequeath  any  more  of  the  Perne  es- 
tate to  him  on  its  final  distribution  by  will.  John  Coffin  Jones  Brown. J 

Dorothy  Lane  of  London,  widow,  17  January,  1605.  My  body  to  be 
buried  in  the  parish  church  or  churchyard  of  S'  Dunstans  in  the  East,  Lon- 
don, where  I  am  a  parishioner.  To  Susan  Harrys,  daughter  of  my  late  son 
in  law  William  Harrys,  late  of  Wapping  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  mari- 
ner deceased,  and  of  Dorothie  my  daughter,  late  his  wife,  ten  pounds.  To 
George  Stake,  son  of  my  late  sister  Elizabeth,  thirty  shillings.  To  my  cousiu 
Jeffery  Thorowgood  twenty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Bennet  Burton  twenty 
shillings.  To  my  cousins  Elizabeth  and  Sara  Quaitmore,  daughters  of 
Rowland  Quaytmore  and  of  my  said  daughter  Dorothie,  his  now  wife,  five 
pounds  apiece.  To  the  said  Rowland  Quaytmore,  my  son  in  law,  thirty 
shillings  to  make  him  a  ring.  To  Helen  Averell,  late  wife  of  William  Ave- 
rell,  Schoolmaster,  deceased,  my  small  joyned  chair  with  a  back.  To  the 
said  Dorothie  Quaytmore,*  my  daughter,  and  William  Harrys,  her  son,  and 
to  the  heirs  of  the  said  William  Harrys,  the  son,  lawfully  begotten,  all  those 
my  two  tenements  and  two  acres  in  Saffron  Walden  in  the  County  of  Essex, 
which  late  were  Symon  Burton's,  my  late  brother's  deceased,  the  said 
Dorothie  Quaytmore  &  William  Harrys  her  son  to  pay  out  to  Samuel 
Harrys,  son  of  my  said  daughter  Dorothie  Quaytmore,  ten  pounds  upon 
reasonable  request,  within  two  months  next  after  such  day  or  time  as  the 
said  Samuel  Harrys  shall  attain  and  come  to  the  lawful  age  of  twenty-one 
years,  and  unto  Jane  and  Joane  Burton,  daughters  of  my  said  late  brother 
Symon  Burton  of  Saffron  Walden  aforesaid,  five  pounds  apiece  within  four 
years  next  after  such  day  or  time  as  my  said  daughter  Dorothie  &  William 
her  son  or  her  heirs  or  assigns  shall  first  enter  and  enjoy  the  said  two  ten- 
ements, &c.  To  Susan  &  Dorothie  Harrys,  daughters  of  my  said  daugh- 
ter Dorothie  Quaytmore  (certain  bequests).  To  Mary  Quaitmore  five 
pounds.  To  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Quaytmore  (certain  table  linen)  and  to 
Sara  Quaytmore  her  sister  (a  similar  bequest).  To  Mary  &  Sara  Thorow- 
good, daughters  of  my  cousin  Jeffery  Thorowgood,  twenty  shillings.  To 
Richard  Weech  of  London,  merchant,  twenty  shillings.  The  residue  to  my 
daughter  Dorothie  and  she  and  the  above  named  William  Harrys  the  son 
appointed  full  &  sole  executors.     The  said  Jeffery  Thorowgood  &  Richard 

*  Rowland  Coitmore  and  Dorothy  Harris  (widow)  married  at  Whitechapel,  co.  Mid.  28 
March,  1594-5.    Elizabeth,  their  daughter,  bapt.  25  Feb.  1595-6.^1.  J.  Greenwood. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  159 

Weech  appointed  overseers.     To   my  cousin  Walter  Gray  five  shillings, 
and  to  his  wife  my  stuff  gown  lined  with  f urr. 

The  witnesses  were  William  Jones,  Scr.,  Jeffery  Thorowgood,  signum 
Roberti  Powell,  shoemaker,  and  me  Richard  Perne. 

Commission  was  issued  4  March  1608  to  Dorothie  Quaytmore,  with 
power  reserved  for  William  Harrys,  the  other  executor,  &c. 

Dorsett,  23. 

Thomas  Rainborowe  of  East  Greenwich  in  the  County  of  Kent,  mar- 
iner, 4  December  1622,  proved  23  February  1623.  My  body  to  be  buried 
in  the  church  yard  of  P^ast  Greenwich  with  such  solemnity  as  my  executors 
in  their  discretion  shall  think  fit.  My  wife  Martha  and  eldest  son  Wil- 
liam Rainborowe  to  be  executors.  Ten  pounds  to  be  given  for  the  putting 
forth  of  poor  children  of  the  parish  of  Greenwich  aforesaid,  &c.  To  said 
Martha  my  wife  all  my  plate  and  household  stuff  and  the  furniture  of  my 
house  and  also  my  one  sixteenth  part  of  the  good  ship  called  the  Barbara 
Constance  of  London  and  my  one  sixteenth  of  the  tackle,  apparel,  muni- 
tion, furniture,  freight,  &c.  of  the  said  ship.  To  my  said  sou  William  two 
hundred  pounds  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease,  and  one  sixteenth 
of  the  good  ship  Rainbowe  of  London  &  one  sixteenth  of  her  tackle,  &c, 
one  sixteenth  of  the  ship  Lilley  of  London  (and  of  her  tackle,  &c),  one  forty 
eighth  part  of  the  ship  Royal  Exchange  of  London  (and  of  her  tackle,  &c). 
To  my  son  Thomas  Rainborowe  two  hundred  pounds  within  one  year,  &c. 
To  my  daughter  Barbara  Lee  two  hundred  pounds  within  one  year,  &c.  To 
my  daughter  Martha  Wood  two  hundred  pounds  within  one  year,  &c.  To 
my  daughter  Sara  Porte  two  hundred  pounds  within  one  year,  &c. 

Whereas  I  have  taken  of  the  Right  Honorable  Edward  Lord  Dennie, 
Baron  of  Waltham  Holy  Cross  in  the  County  of  Essex,  by  Indenture  of 
Lease  bearing  date  the  eight  and  twentieth  day  of  September  Anno  Domi- 
ni 1619,  a  capital  messuage  called  by  the  name  of  Claver  Hambury  and 
certain  lands,  with  their  appurtenances,  situate,  lying  &  being  in  the  said 
County  of  Essex,  for  the  term  of  two  and  twenty  years,  &c.  and  for  and 
under  the  yearly  rent  of  a  peppercorn,  &c. ;  for  which  said  lease  I  have 
paid  to  the  said  Lord  Denny  the  sum  of  two  thousand  three  hundred  pounds 
of  currant  English  money ;  and  the  said  messuage  and  lauds,  &c.  are  worth 
vearly  in  rent  {de  claro)  two  hundred  and  twenty  pounds  or  thereabouts, 
&c.  &c.  it  is  my  will  that  there  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  rents,  profits,  &c. 
to  Martha  my  wife  one  annuity  or  annual  rent  of  one  hundred  pounds,  to 
my  son  William  an  annuity,  &c.  of  twenty  pounds,  to  my  son  Thomas  an 
annuity,  &c.  of  twenty  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Barbara  Lee  an  annuity, 
&c.  of  twenty  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Martha  Wood  an  annuity,  &c.  of 
twenty  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Sara  Port  an  annuity,  &c.  of  twenty 
pounds. 

The  residue  of  my  personal  property  to  my  two  executors  to  be  divided 
equally,  part  and  part  alike.  My  dwelling  house  and  lands  in  East  Green- 
wich shall  be  sold  by  my  executors  for  the  most  profit  they  can  &  within 
as  short  time  after  my  death  as  conveniently  may  be,  and  of  the  money 
arising  therefrom  one  third  shall  go  to  my  wife  Martha,  one  third  to  my 
son  William  and  the  other  third  to  my  said  four  other  children,  Thomas, 
Barbara,  Martha  &  Sara. 

The  witnesses  were  J.  W.  the  mark  of  John  Wotton,  of  the  precinct  of 
Sl  Katherine's,  mariner,  John  Woodward,  Not.  Pub.,  and  John  Brookr 
his  servant.  Byrde,  8 


160  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Anthony  Wood  of  Redrith  in  the  county  of  Surrey,  mariner,  13  Au- 
gust 1625,  proved  at  London  3  January  1G25  by  the  oath  of  Martha  Wood 
bis  relict  and  executrix.  To  wife  Martha  all  my  lease  &c.  in  my  now  dwell- 
ing house  in  Redrith  &  my  part  of  the  good  ship  Exchange  of  Loudon  & 
of  the  Charity  of  London.  To  son  Richard  all  my  portion  of  the  good  ship 
Rainbow  of  London  &  my  adventure  in  her  &c.  To  my  sons  Richard, 
Thomas  &  Anthony  live  hundred  pounds  apiece,  &  to  my  daughter  Sara 
five  hundred  pounds,  at  one  &  twenty.  To  my  brother  John  Wood  five 
pounds  a  year  for  eighteen  years.  To  my  mother  Raynborrowe  three 
pounds  for  a  ring.  To  my  brother  William  Raynborowe  five  pounds  for  a 
cloak.  To  my  brother  Francis  Port  three  pounds  for  a  ring.  To  my  bro- 
ther Thomas  Lee  three  pounds.  To  my  brother  Thomas  Raynborowe 
three  pounds.  To  my  uncle  William  Wood  &  his  wife  four  pounds,  for  & 
in  remembrance  of  tokens  of  my  love  unto  them.  I  give  to  my  said  wife 
all  my  lease  of  certain,  lands  at  Waltham  which  I  have  &  hold  from  the 
Lord  Denny,  &c.  My  said  wife  &  my  said  son  Richard  to  be  full  &  sole 
executors  &c,  and  I  name  &  appoint  overseers  of  this  my  will  my  loving 
friends  the  wor11  Henry  Garway  &  William  Garwaye  of  London  mer- 
chants. 

A  codicil  made  Tuesday  the  23d  of  August  A.D.  1625  revokes  the  be- 
quest of  his  portion  of  the  ship  Rainbow  to  son  Richard  &  bequeaths  it  to 
Martha  Wood  his  wife.  Hele,  4. 

Rowland  Cottemore  of  Wapping  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  mar- 
iner, 5  June,  1626,  proved  24  November  1626  by  Katherine  Coytemore, 
relict  and  executrix.  To  son  Thomas  Coytemore  and  his  heirs,  &c.  the 
messuage  or  tenement,  lands,  hereditaments  and  appurtenances  in  the 
manor  of  Milton  in  the  parish  of  Prittlewell  ah.  Pricklewell,  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Essex,  now  in  the  tenure  and  occupation  of  John  Greene,  &c.  and 
my  farm  and  copyhold  land  of  forty  four  acres  or  thereabouts,  in  the  parish 
of  Great  Bursted  in  the  County  of  Essex ;  wife  Katherine  to  have  the  use 
and  rents  until  my  son  Thomas  shall  accomplish  his  age  of  one  and  twenty 
years.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Coytemore  three  score  pounds  at  her 
age  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  day  of  marriage,  also  the  tenement  or  mes- 
suage known  by  the  sign  of  the  Blewboare  in  the  town  or  parish  of  Retch- 
ford,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  now  in  the  tenure  of  William  Ashwell  ah. 
Hare.  To  my  son  in  law  Thomas  Gray*  and  his  heirs  my  two  copyhold 
tenements,  &c.  in  Rederith  ah.  Rederifr,  in  the  County  of  Surrey,  now  in 
the  several  occupations  of  Francis  Welby  and  John  Moore.  If  my  child- 
ren and  children's  children  die  before  they  accomplish  their  several  ages  of 
one  and  twenty  or  be  married,  then  my  aforesaid  lands  shall  remain,  come 
and  be  unto  my  kinsman  Hugh  Hughs  ah.  Gwyn,  my  sister  Elizabeth's 
son.  To  my  grandson  William  Ball,  son  of  William  Ball,  forty  shillings. 
To  my  daughter  in  law  daughter  Dorothy  Lamberton  forty  shillings.  To 
the  poor  of  Wapping  three  pounds  and  to  the  poor  of  the  Upper  Hamlet 
of  Whitechapel  forty  shillings.  To  the  masters  of  Trinity  House,  for  their 
poor,  ten  pounds  within  one  year,  &c. 

My  wife  Katherine  to  be  executrix  and  sons  in  law  Thomas  Gray  and 
William  Rainsborough  of  Wapping  aforesaid,  mariners,  to  be  overseers. 
The  witnesses  were  Raphe  Bower  pub.  scr.  and  John  Wheatley  serv4  to 
the  said  scr.  Hele,  125. 

*  Sec  Gray  and  Coytmore  Families,  Reg.  xxxiv.  253. — Ed. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  161 

Martha  Rainborowe  of  the  parish  of  S'  Bridget  als.  Brides,  near 
Fleet  St.  London,  widow,  late  wife  of  Thomas  Rainborowe,  late  of  East 
Greenwich  in  the  county  of  Kent,  mariner,  deceased,  made  her  will  29  No- 
vember 1  G26,  proved  23  September  1631.  In  it  she  referred  to  her  hus- 
band's will  &  the  lease  of  the  messuage  called  Claverhambury  and  the  dis- 
position of  its  rents,  bequeathed  her  own  annuity  among  her  five  children, 
devised  to  her  daughter  Bai'bara  Lee  her  sixteenth  part  of  the  good  ship 
called  Barbara  Constance  and  gave  the  residue  of  her  goods,  chattels,  &c. 
to  her  said  daughter  Barbara,  wife  of  Thomas  Lee,  citizen  &  armorer  of 
Loudon,  whom  also  she  appointed  sole  executrix. 

The  witnesses  were  Robert  Woodford,  Thomas  Turner  and  Tho:  East- 
wood. S'  John,  102. 

William  Rainborow*  of  London  Esq.  16  July  1638,  with  codicil  of 
1  February  1642,  proved  8  April  1642.  To  the  Hamlet  of  Wappiug  as  a 
stock  for  their  poor  fifty  pounds  ;  to  the  Hamlet  of  Whitechapel  ten 
pounds,  &c.  To  the  Trinity  House  fifty  pounds,  with  the  condition  that 
they  give  to  poor  seamen  or  their  widows  of  the  Hamlet  of  Wapping, 
every  St.  Thomas  Day.  forty  shillings.  To  my  eldest  son  Thomas  Rain- 
borowe all  those  my  houses  in  Southwark  purchased  of  Mr  William 
Gambell  and  some  of  them  lately  built.  To  my  sou  William  Rain- 
borowe those  my  houses  in  Gun  Alley  in  Wapping  purchased  of  my  father 
in  law  Renold  Hoxton  and  also  one  thousand  pounds.  To  my  son  Edward 
twelve  hundred  pounds.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter  Mar- 
tha Coytmore,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Coytmore  now  in  New  England,  the  sum 
of  seven  hundred  pounds,  if  she  be  alive  at  the  time  of  my  death.  To  my 
daughter  Judith  Rainborowe  one  thousand  pounds  &  to  my  daughter  Joane 
Rainborowe  one  thousand  pounds.  All  this  to  be  paid  to  them,  by  my  ex- 
ecutors, at  their  several  days  of  marriage  or  at  their  age  of  one  and  twenty 
years,  and  those  that  be  of  age  at  six  months  after  my  decease.  To  the 
four  sons  and  one  daughter  of  my  deceased  sister  Sara  Port,  namely  Robert, 
John,  Thomas,  William  and  Martha  Porte,  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds, 
that  is  to  each  fifty  pounds,  at  twenty  one.  To  my  brother  Mr  Thomas 
Rainborowe  fifty  pounds.  To  my  sister  Buckridge  fifty  pounds.  To  my 
sister  Wood  fifty  pounds.  To  my  father  in  law  Renold  Hoxton  and  to  my 
mother  in  law  Joane  Hoxton  ten  pounds  apiece  to  buy  them  each  a  ring. 
My  executors  to  be  my  loving  sons  Thomas  and  William  Rainborowe  and 
I  appoint  them  to  bring  up  my  younger  children  to  their  age  of  twenty  one 
years  or  day  of  marriage  and  to  have  the  tuition  of  them  and  be  at  the 
charges  of  meat  &  drink  &  clothes  &  learning.  For  overseers  I  desire  my 
loving  brothers  in  law  Mr  Robert  Wood  and  Mr  John  Hoxton  to  have  a  care 
that  this  my  will  be  fulfilled  and  do  give  them  twenty  pounds  apiece  for 
their  pains.     Witnesses  Robert  Wood  and  William  Ashley. 

To  my  mother  in  law  Jone  Hoxton  my  house  at  Wapping  now  in  the 
occupation  of  Mr  Sander  Bence,  during  her  natural  life,  toward  her  mainte- 
nance.    To  my  grand  child  William  Rainborowe  one  hundred  pounds. 

Codicil.  Whereas  the  said  William  Rainborowe  hath  by  his  will  given 
to  Martha  Port  fifty  pounds  the  said  William  Rainborow  did  about  a  year 
since  and  at  other  times  afterwards  declare  his  mind  and  will  to  be  that  the 
said  Martha  should  not  have  or  expect  the  said  legacy  because  he  had  given 
her  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  and  all  her  wedding  clothes  in  marriage  with 
William  Ashley.     Subscribed  by  witnesses  1   February  1641. 

Witnesses  to  the  codicil,  John  Hoxton,  Thomas  Hoxton  &  Mary  Bennfes. 

Campbell,  51. 


162  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Steven  Winthrop  of  James  Street,  Westminster,  Esq.,  3  May  1658, 
proved  19  August,  1658.  To  wife  Judith  the  house  wherein  I  now  dwell, 
with  the  house  adjoining,  lately  erected,  for  her  life,  and  then  to  all  my 
children.  All  the  rest  to  my  daughters  Margaret,  Joanna  and  Judith  and 
such  child  or  children  as  my  said  wife  shall  now  be  great  withall.  To  my 
nephew  Adam  Winthrop,  son  of  my  brother  Adam  Winthrop  deceased  ;  to 
the  children  of  my  brother  Deane  Winthrop ;  to  my  brother  Samuel  Win- 
throp's  children  ;  to  my  half  brother  John  Winthrop's  children  ;  to  my  cou- 
sin Mary  Rainborowe  daughter  of  my  brother  in  law  William  Rainborowe 
Esq. ;  to  my  cousin  Judith  Chamberlaine,  daughter  of  my  brother  in  law 
John  Chamberlaine  Esq. — sundry  bequests.  "  To  the  poor  of  Boston  in  New 
England  one  hundred  pounds  of  lawfull  money  of  England  upon  Condition 
that  the  Inhabitants  of  Boston  aforesaid  doe  build  and  erect  a  Tombe  or 
Monument,  Tombes  or  Monuments,  for  my  deceased  ffather  and  Mother 
upon  their  graue  or  graues  of  ffifftie  pounds  value  att  the  least,  whoe  now 
lyeth  buried  att  Boston  aforesaid,  according  to  the  Loue  and  honour  they 
bore  to  him  and  her  in  theire  life  time."  The  executors  to  be  my  wife 
Judith  Winthropp,  my  brother  in  law  John  Chamberlaine  Esq.  and  Tho- 
mas Plampyon,  gentleman. 

The  witnesses  were  Leo:  Chamberlaine,  Elizabeth  Baldrey  and  Clement 
Ragg  (by  mark).  Wootton,  418. 

[In  Suffulk  Registry  of  Deeds  (Book  8,  p.  193)  may  be  found  record  of  convey- 
ance made  by  Judith  Winthrop  and  John  Chamberlain,  executors  of  Stephen  Win- 
throp, 20  April,  1671,  to  Edward  Rainborow  of  London,  of  all  the  said  Winthrop's 
land  in  New  England,  consisting  of  one  half  of  Prudence  Island  and  fifteen  hun- 
dred acres  in  Lynn  or  Salem,  &c.  This  latter  property  included  the  well  known 
Pond  Farm   (Lynnfield),  originally  granted  to  Colonel  John  Humfrey. — h.  r.  w. 

In  addition  to  the  ten  letters  of  Stephen  W.,  printed  in  Part  IV.  of  the  Win- 
throp Papers  (5  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  viii.  pp.  199-218)  we  have  found  several  others, 
but  they  are  of  no  importance.  Before  his  final  return  to  England  he  was  Recorder 
of  Boston  and  a  Representative;  and,  but  for  the  failure  of  his  health  caused  by 
sleeping  on  the  damp  ground,  there  is  reason  to  believe  Cromwell  would  have  made 
him  one  of  his  generals,  as  Roger  Williams,  writing  to  John  Winthrop,  Jr.,  in 
1656,  says,  "  Your  brother  Stephen  succeeds  Major-General  Harrison."  By  his 
own  desire  he  was  buried  with  his  ancestors  at  Groton  in  Suffolk,  where  were  also 
interred  a  number  of  his  children,  most  of  whom  died  young.  Only  two  daughters 
are  known  with  certainty  to  have  survived  him:  Margaret,  who  married  1st,  Henry 
Ward,  and  2d,  Edmund  Willey,  R.  N.,  and  had  issue;  and  Joanna,  who  mar- 
ried Richard  Hancock,  of  London,  and  died  s.  p.  During  his  military  service 
his  wife  resided  partly  at  Groton  and  afterwards  at  Marylebone  Park  near  Lon- 
don, a  portion  of  which  estate  he  had  purchased.  This  gave  rise  to  an  absurd  tra- 
dition, perpetuated  in  some  pedigrees  of  tho  last  century,  that  the  Winthrops  were 
"  of  Marylebone  Park  before  they  settled  in  Suffolk."  Besides  his  house  in  James 
Street,  Westminster,  he  owned,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  his  lather's  house  in  Boston, 
on  the  southerly  portion  of  which  estate  the  Old  South  Church  now  stands  ;  this 
was  subsequently  sold  by  his  widow,  but  whether  Bhe  ever  returned  to  New  Eng- 
land I  do  not  know.  My  kinsman  Robert  Winthrop,  of  New  York,  has  a  portrait 
(of  which  I  have  a  copy)  of  a  young  officer  of  the  Stuart  period,  which  has  been  in 
our  family  for  generations,  and  is  called  ''Colonel  Stephen  Winthrop,  M.P."  If 
authentic,  it  must  have  either  been  sent  by  him  as  a  present  to  his  father  before 
his  death,  or  subsequently  procured  by  his  brother  John,  or  his  nephew  Fitz-John, 
during  their  residenoc  in  England. — R.  C.  Winthrop,  Jr.] 

Thomas  Rainborowe  of  East  Greenwich  in  the  County  of  Kent,  gen- 
tleman, 24  November,  1668,  proved  2  January  1671  by  Mary  Rainborowe, 
his  widow  &  executrix.  To  wife  Mary,  for  life,  an  annuity  bought  of  Ralph 
Buskin  of  Oltham  in  the  County  of  Kent  Esq.  one  bought  of  Edward  Tur- 
ner of  East  Greenwich,  gentleman,  and  all  my  other  goods,  moneys,  &c. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  163 

She  to  be  executrix  and  to  pay  two  hundred  pounds  (on  a  bond  which  tes- 
tator made  to  his  mother*).  I  give  to  my  brother's  son  Edward  Raiu- 
borowe  twenty  pounds,  to  my  brother's  daughter  Judith  Winthrop  twen- 
ty pounds  and  to  my  said  brother's  daughter  Joane  Chamberlaine  fifty 
pounds.  To  the  poor  of  East  Greenwich  ten  pounds.  The  witnesses  were 
William  Richardson  &  John  Fuller.  Eure,  7. 

[The  following  notes  on  the  Rainsborough  family,  collected  some  years  ago,  will 
throw  light  on  Mr.  Waters's  abstracts  : 

1537. — Reynold  Ravynsbye,  freeman  of  the  Co.  of  Cloth  Workers,  London. 

1598. — Roger  Rainseburye  of  Stawley,  co.  Somerset.  Will  dated  July  24,  prov- 
ed Aug.  23,  1598.  Bequeaths  to  the  poor  of  Kettleford  3-4.  To  the  poor  of  Ash- 
brittle  3-4.  To  his  goddaughter  Agnes  Gover  20s.  To  each  of  his  other  godchildren, 
not  named,  4d.  To  Edward  Blackaller  his  wife's  godson  20s.  Residue  to  wife 
Honor,  whom  he  appoints  executrix,  and  her  friends  John  Gover  and  William 
Golde  overseers. — Book  Lewyn,  to.  68. 

1603.— Nicholas  Rainbury  of  Stawley.  Will  dated  April  19,  1603  ;  proved  May 
4,  1011.  To  the  poor  of  Stawley  the  interest  of  £10, — to  be  used  in  keeping  them 
at  work.  To  each  of  his  godchildren,  not  named,  6s.  To  Mary,  dau.  of  Richard 
Wyne  20s.  To  each  of  the  children  of  John  Grover  12d.  To  the  poor  of  Ashbrit- 
tle  10s.  To  the  poor  of  Kettleford  5s.  To  each  of  the  ringers  12d.  To  Parson  John 
Blackealler  10s.  Residue  to  his  sister-in-law  Honour  Rainsbury,  whom  he  appoints 
executrix,  and  William  Golde  and  John  Gover,  overseers. — Book  Wood,  fo.  46. 

Stanleigh  or  Stowley,  Kittesford  and  Ashbuttel,  all  in  Milverton  Hundred. 

1615. — Henry  Raygnesburye  of  Culmstock,  co.  Devon,  husbandman.  Will  dated 
Feb  8,1615;  proved\\larch  9,  1615.  To  his  son  Henry  £60.  To  daughter  Alice 
R.  £80,  to  be  paid  to  her  uncle  Christopher  Baker,  clothier,  for  her  use.  To  George, 
son  of  Andrew  Bowreman  10s.  To  each  of  his  godchildren,  not  named,  12d.  To 
the  poor  20s.  Residue  to  wife  Susan  whom  he  appoints  executrix. — Book  Cope, 
fo.  29. 

During  the  Protectorate  the  Baker  family  held  the  Manor  of  Columbstock,  Hem- 
yoke  Hundred,  co.  Devon. 

1636. — Henry  Raynsbury,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Austin  (Augustine)  in  London t 
factor.  Will  dated  March  15,  1636,  proved  May  8,  1637.  To  Mr.  Stephen  Deni- 
son,  Doctor  and  Lecturer,  of  Great  AH  Hallows,  10s,  to  preach  a  sermon  at  his  bu- 
rial, and  to  the  minister  of  the  parish,  where  he  shall  be  buried,  for  giving  him  way 
to  preach  the  sermon  £5.  To  each  poor  man  and  woman  of  the  parish  as  the  church 
wardens  may  select  10s.  To  the  parish  of  Cullumstock,  co.  Devon,  where  he  was 
born  £100 — for  the  use  of  the  poor  forever,  the  interest  to  be  divided  once  a  year 
among  eight  poor  men  and  women.  To  the  poor  of  Samford  Arundel  (Milverton 
Hund.)  co.  Somerset,  £10 — for  the  use  of  the  poor  forever,  'fo  his  sister  Alice 
Wood,  widow,  of  Henryoke,  co.  Devon,  all  his  inheritage  lands  in  the  county  of 
Lincoln,  during  her  life,  then  to  be  divided  among  her  five  children.  To  Mrs.  Susan 
Fleming,  wife  of  Mr.  John  Fleming  of  St.  Austin's,  London  £100.  To  their  three 
children,  Roland,  Mary  and  Susan,  each  £10.  To  each  of  his  godchildren,  not 
named,  20s.  To  ten  poor  laboring  porters  of  Blackwall  Hall  (market  for  selling 
woolen  cloths),  each  10s.  To  cousin  Edward,  s.jn  of  cousin  Edward  Baker  of  Hen- 
ryoke £20.  To  ten  poor  servant-maids  of  Cullumstock,  each  20s.  Residue  to  his 
godson  Henry  Baker,  son  of  cousin  John  Baker  the  elder,  of  (.'uliumstock,  clothier, 
when  21  years  of  age.  Appoints  the  said  John  Baker  executor,  and  his  uncle 
Christopher  Baker,  cousin  Henry  Holwaye,  and  gossip  John  Rew,  overseers,  and 
gives  each  of  them  £5. — Book  Goare,  fo.  59. 

The  Hundreds  of  Milverton,  co.  Somers  and  Henryoke,  co.  Devon  adjoin. 

The  parish  registers  of  Whitechapel,  co.  Mid.,  which  begin  in  1558,  record  the 
marriage  of 

Thomas1  Raineborow  and  Martha  Moole,  Nov.  11,  1582. 

In  Chancery  Proceedings,  temp.  Elizabeth,  P.p.  No.  23,  occurs  a  bill,  filed  1641 ; 
Thomas  Raynsbury  and  others,  to  vacate  an  annuity  charged  by  George  Peirce 
plaintiff  on  a  freehold  messuage  in  Gate  Lane,  parish  of  St.  Mary  Staynings,  London, 
for  use  of  plaintiff's  daughter  Eliz.  Peirce. 

Thomas  Rainborowe  of  East  Greenwich,  mariner,  had  a  lease  of  certain  lands,  28 
Sept.  1619,  at  Ciaverhambury,  co.  Essex,  from  Lord  Edward  Denny,  which  manor,. 

*  His  mother  had  been  dead  many  years. 


164  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

with  Hallyfield  Hall,  &c,  had  been  granted  by  Henry  VIII.,  1542,  to  his  lordship's 
grandfather  Sir  Anthony  Dennye. 

His  children,  baptized  at  Whitechapel,  were  : 

1.  1583,  April  28.     Barbara,2  m.  Thomas  Lee,  armorer,  of  London,  and  after 

Mr. Burbridge,  or  Buckridge. 

2.  1584-5,  Feb.  21.     Elizabeth,2  d.  unm.  before  1619. 
3    1587,  June  11.     William.2 

4.  1589,  Sept.  23      Martha,2  m.  Anthony  Wood. 

5.  1591-2,  Feb.  20.     Thomas,2-d.  young. 

6.  1594,  Oct.  15.     Thomas.2 

7.  1597,  June  19.     Sarah,2  m.  Francis  Porte. 

The  name  is  6pelled  variously  on  the  registers,  as  Rain(e)borow(e),  Rain(e)s- 
borow(e),  Raynsborow,  Raineburrow(e),  Rainsberry,  and,  though  possibly  it  is  sy- 
nonymous with  Raniesbury  or  Remmesbury  [of  co.  Wilts,  &c  ),  the  armorial  bear- 
ings of  the  two  families  do  not  coincide,  the  Rainsborowe  arms  being  similar  to 
those  of  the  Raynes,  Rcynes,  or  Reymes. 

The  will  of  Thomas1  Rainborowe,  mariner  of  East  Greenwich,  co.  Kent,  dated  4 
Dec.  1622,  and  proved  23  Feb.  1623,  is  given  in  this  article  by  Mr.  Waters,  as  also 
that  of  the  widow,  Martha  Rainborowe,  who  afterwards  resided  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Bridget's,  London,  where  she  died  in  1631. 

Before  considering  the  elder  son  William,2  it  may  be  briefly  stated  that  the  sec- 
ond son — 

Thomas2  Rainborow,  bapt.  at  Whitechapel  15  Oct.  1594,  in  his  will  of  24  Nov. 
1668,  proved  2  Jan.  1671  (as  given  by  Mr.  Waters),  is  styled  "  of  East  Greenwich, 
gent."  He  evidently  died  without  issue  surviving  him,  though  he  had  a  son  Tho- 
mas,3 bapt.  at  Whitechapel,  18  Sept.  1614.  The  will  of  his  widow  is  as  follows: 
Mary  Rainborow  of  Greenwich,  co.  Kent,  widow  ;  dated  11  Feb.  1677,  proved  9 
Apr.  1678.  W  hereas  she  has  heretofore  expressed  her  kindness  to  her  brother  and 
sister,  not  named,  to  the  utmost  of  her  ability,  she  now  gives  them  but  twelve 
pence.  Appoints  her  niece  Sarah  Trott,  who  now  lives  with  her,  executrix,  and 
makes  her  residuary  legatee. —  Book  Reeve,  fol.  37. 

William2  Rainborow  (eldest  son  of  Thomas1),  bapt  at  Whitechapel,  11  June, 
1587.  In  Nov.  1625,  we  find  him  a  part  owner  and  in  command  of  the  Sampson  of 
London,  500  tons,  built  at  Limehouse,  and  now  granted  the  privilege  of  carrying 
great  guns.  His  name  occurs  frequently  in  the  Cal.  Dom.  State  Papers.  Secretary 
Lord  Edward  Conway  writes  him,  20  March,  1626,  relative  to  taking  aboard  the 
trunks,  &c.  of  Sir  Thomas  Phillips,  Ambassador  for  Constantinople.  Letters  of 
Marque  were  granted  24  Oct.  1627,  and  finally,  when  the  reconstruction  of  the  navy 
was  paramount  with  King  Charles,  the  merchantman  Sampson,  well  fortified  with 
iron  ordnance,  was  one  of  the  vessels  presented,  in  Dec.  1634,  by  the  City  of  Lon- 
don, for  his  Majesty's  service.  William  Raynisborowe,  as  one  of  the  inhabitants  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  Tower,  complained,  in  the  summer  of  1627,  of  the  nuisance  of  an 
alum-factory  erected  at  the  west  end  of  Wapping.  Five  years  later  we  find  his 
knowledge  and  experience  of  maritime  matters  duly  recognized  by  the  Lords  of  the 
Admiralty,  who  in  their  order  of  21  April,  1632,  appoint  Capt.  Rainsborough  one 
of  the  gentlemen  to  attend  a  meeting  of  the  Board  on  the  26th,  to  give  their  opin- 
ion concerning  the  complements  and  numbers  of  men  to  be  allowed  for  manning  each 
of  his  Majesty's  ships. 

Jan.  2,  1634-5,  the  King  in  Council  had  expressed  his  desire  that  the  Merhonour, 
the  Swiftsure,  the  City  of  London  and  other  vessels  should  be  presently  put  forth  to 
sea.  The  order  was  confirmed  March  10,  and  the  first  named  vessel  was  ordered  to 
be  fitted  out  and  victualled  by  April  24  for  six  months'  service,  the  charge  to  be 
defrayed  with  moneys  paid  by  the  several  ports  and  maritime  places.  To  the  Mer- 
honour, at  Chatham,  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  appoint  Capt.  William  Rainbo- 
rough,  March  30,  with  Capt.  William  Cooke  as  Master.  This  44  gun  vessel  (800 
tons),  sometimes  called  the  May  Honora,  had  been  rebuilt  and  launched,  25  April, 
1614,  at  Woolwich,  by  Phineas  Pett.  Other  vessels  commissioned  at  the  time 
were  the  Constant  Reformation,  Capt.  Thomas  Ketelby  ;  the  Swallow,  Capt.  Henry 
Stradling  ;  the  Mary  Rose,  Capt.  George  Carteret;  the  Sampson,  Capt.  Thomas 
Kirke,  &c.  &c.  ;  and  these  were  under  the  command  of  Sir  William  Monson,  Vice 
Adm.  in  the  James,  and  Sir  John  Pennington,  Rear  Adm.  in  the  Swiftsure.  Since 
the  death  of  the  Duke  of  Buckingham  in  1628,  the  office  of  Lord  Admiral  had  re- 
mained in  commission,  but  on  May  14,  1635,  one  of  the  Navy  Commissioners,  Rob- 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  1G5 

ert  Bertie,  Lord  Willoughby  de  Eresby  and  Earl  of  Lindsey,  was  appointed  Admi- 
ral, (Justos  Maris,  General  and  Governor  of  His  Majesty's  Fleet,  for  the  guard  of 
the  Narrow  Seas.  He  was  to  defend  the  King  and  the  Kingdom's  honor,  which  had 
been  lately  called  in  question  by  a  fleet  of  French  and  Dutch  off  Portland,  and  to 
exact  "  the  due  homage  of  the  sea  "  from  passing  ships,  and  so  restore  to  England 
her  ancient  sovereignty  of  the  Narrow  Seas  ;  he  was  also  to  clear  the  neighboring 
waters  of  pirates  and  Turks  ;  to  convoy  merchants  and  others  desiring  it ;  to  guard 
against  any  infringement  of  the  custom  on  the  part  of  returning  vessels,  &c.  About 
the  middle  of  April  the  Merhonour  repaired  to  Tilbury  Hope  to  receive  the  remain- 
der of  her  stores;  and  on  May  16  the  Admiral  came  on  board,  the  ships  meeting 
twelve  days  later  in  the  Downs.  Rainsborough's  vessel,  though  a  good  sailer, 
proved  somewhat  leaky,  and  the  Admiral  was  desirous  at  first  of  changing  to  the 
Triumph  ;  however,  the  leaks  having  been  found  and  her  foremast  repaired,  he  con- 
cluded she  would  do  well  for  her  present  employment,  and  continued  cruizing  in  her 
until  he  brought  the  fleet  into  the  Downs  once  more  on  Oct.  4.  Most  of  the  ships 
were  now  ordered  to  Chatham  and  Deptford,  though  a  few  continued  out  under  Sir 
John  Pennington.  The  Earl  despatched  his  journal  of  the  expedition  to  the  King, 
and  hoped  he  might,  with  his  Majesty's  favor,  return  home.  The  Hollanders,  who 
in  pursuit  of  the  Dunkirk  frigates,  had  been  accustomed  to  land  on  the  English 
coast,  committing  depredations  upon  the  inhabitants,  had  been  checked  ;  one  of  their 
armed  bands  had  been  arrested  at  Whitby,  and  a  vessel  of  21  guns  had  been  taken 
and  sent  into  Hull ;  moreover,  Capt.  Stradling,  in  the  Swallow  of  30  guns,  being 
off  the  Lizard  alone,  had  met  the  French  Admiral  Manti  with  two  vessels,  who  after 
receiving  an  admonitory  shot  apiece,  had  each  struck  their  flags  and  topsails,  and 
saluted  with  three  pieces  of  ordnance. 

Writs  were  now  sent  to  the  sheriffs  of  the  various  counties  of  England,  to  levy 
money  to  defray  the  charge  of  a  fleet  for  next  year  of  double  the  strength  of  that 
which  had  just  been  employed,  and  attention  was  paid  to  the  improvement  of  the 
vessels  in  the  removal  of  the  cumbersome  galleries,  as  suggested  by  Capt.  Rains- 
borough.  This  gentleman,  together  with  one  of  the  commissioners.  Sir  John  Wos- 
tenholm  and  others,  was  appointed  Dec.  9  to  inquire  into  the  institution,  state,  or- 
der and  government  of  the  Chest  at  Chatham,  as  established  in  15S8  by  Queen  Eliz- 
abeth, with  Adms.  Drake  and  Hawkins,  for  the  relief  of  wounded  and  decayed 
seamen,  and  to  certify  their  doings  to  the  Co.  of  Chancery. 

Towards  the  close  of  Feb.  1635-6, a  list  of  Naval  Captains,  twenty-five  in  num- 
ber, was  handed  in  for  the  year,  with  Algernon,  Earl  of  Northumberland,  as  Adm., 
Sir  John  Pennington  as  V.  Adm.,  and  Sir  Henry  Mervyn  as  Rear  Adm.  The  Earl, 
in  the  Triumph,  had  chose  Rainborow  as  his  Captain,  with  William  Cooke  as  Mas- 
ter, and  during  the  next  month  he  desired  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  that  his  Cap- 
tain's pay  might  be  made  equal  to  theirs,  and  that  he  might  have  a  Lieut.,  as  he 
had  more  business  to  do  than  any  other  captain  of  the  fleet.  April  9,  the  ships  at 
Portsmouth  were  awaiting  the  arrival  of  Capt.  R.  to  take  them  out  to  sea,  the  Ad- 
miral having  promised  to  send  him  down  for  that  purpose. 

At  this  time,  and  for  a  long  series  of  years  previous,  England  was  and  had  been  suf- 
fering from  a  grievous  scourge,  viz.  :  the  pirates  from  the  north  of  Africa.  So  bold  and 
venturesome  had  they  become  during  the  summer  of  1636,  as  to  land  within  twelve 
miles  of  Bristol  and  successfully  carry  off  men,  women  and  children.  Their  chief 
place  of  refuge  was  the  port  of  Cardiff  and  its  vicinity,  whence  they  carried  on  their 
depredations  along  cither  coast  of  the  St.  George's  Channel.  No  relief,  save  an 
occasional  collection  for  the  redemption  of  captives,  had  heretofore  been  devised, 
and  numerous  were  the  petitions  and  statements  now  being  presented  to  the  King 
and  the  H.  of  Lords.  The  Court  was  moved  to  proclaim  a  general  fast,  and  a  ser- 
mon was  preached  in  October  by  the  Rev.  Charles  Fitz-Geffry,  of  St.  Dominick,  in 
Plymouth,  from  Heb.  13,  3  ;  this  was  printed  at  Oxford,  and  entitled,  "  Compas- 
sion towards  Captives,  chiefly  towards  our  Brethren  &  Countrymen  who  are  in  such 
miserable  bondage  in  Barberie."  A  cotemporaneous  document  reads:  "  It  is  cer- 
tainly known  that  there  are  five  Turks  in  the  Severne,  wrier  they  weekly  take  either 
English  or  Irish  ;  and  that  there  are  a  great  number  of  their  ships  in  the  Channell, 
upon  the  coast  of  France  and  Biscay.  Whereby  it  is  come  to  passe  that  our  mare- 
ners  will  noe  longer  goe  to  sea,  nor  from  port  to  port  ;  yea,  the  fishermen  dare  not 
putt  to  sea,  to  take  fish  for  the  country.  If  timely  prevention  be  not  used,  the  New- 
foundland fleet  must  of  necessity  suffer  by  them  in  an  extraordinary  manner."  The 
greater  part  of  the  captives,  reported  to  be  some  2000  in  number,  had  been  taken 
within  the  last  two  years,  and  the  sea-rovers,  most  to  be  dreaded,  were  the  pirates 
of  New  Sallee,  who  had  revolted  from  the  Emperor  of  Morocco,  headed  by  a  rebel 


166  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

who  was  called  the  Saint.  The  matter  coming  to  be  more  seriously  discussed,  three 
plans  were  suggested — peace,  war,  or  suppression  of  trade.  Finally  it  was  proposed 
that  Capt.  Rainsborough  should  be  employed  in  an  expedition  against  Sallee,  and 
he  and  Mr.  Giles  Penn  (father  of  the  future  Adm.  William  Penn)  were  called 
upon  by  the  King,  Dec.  28,  to  give  their  opinion  concerning  the  particulars.  In  a 
letter,  some  three  weeks  earlier,  Capt.  R.,  then  an  invalid  at  Southwold,  on  the 
Suffolk  coast,  states  his  great  willingness  to  attend  the  Lords  and  further  their  pro- 
ject, as  soon  as  he  can  set  out  for  London.  The  plan,  which  he  subsequently 
submitted,  states  that  to  redeem  the  captives  would  require  over  100,000/.,  the  pay- 
ment of  which  would  but  encourage  the  pirates  to  continue  their  present  course. 
Whereas  to  besiege  them  by  sea  would  not  only  effect  the  purpose,  but  give  secu- 
rity for  the  future,  or  a  fleet  might  be  kept  on  their  coast  for  two  or  three  years, 
until  their  ships  were  worm-eaten.  That  "  the  maintenance  of  the  suggested  fleet 
would  be  very  much  to  the  King's  honor  in  all  the  maritime  ports  in  Christendom, 
&c."  He  recommends  himself  to  go  as  Admiral  in  the  Leopard,  Capt.  George  Car- 
teret as  V.  Adm.  in  the  Antelope,  Capt.  Brian  Harrison  in  the  Hercules,  Capt. 
George  Hatch  in  the  Gt.  Neptune,  Capt.  Th.  White  in  the  largest  pinnace,  and 
Capt.  Edmund  Scamon  in  the  lesser.  The  plan  was  adopted,  and,  Feb.  20,  1636-7, 
Sec.  Coke  writes  from  Whitehall  to  the  Lord  Dep.  Strafford:  "This  day  Capt. 
Rainsborough,  an  experienced  &  worthy  seaman,  took  his  leave  of  his  Majesty,  and 
goeth  instantly  to  sea  with  four  good  ships  and  two  pinnaces  to  the  coast  of  Bar- 
bary,  with  instructions  &  resolution  to  take  all  Turkish  frygates  he  can  meet,  &  to 
block  up  the  port  of  Sally,  &  to  free  the  sea  from  these  rovers,  which  he  is  confident 
to  perform." 

March  4  the  little  squadron  was  in  the  Downs  and  on  the  eve  of  departure.  The 
port  of  Sallee  was  reached  in  good  season,  and  the  enemy's  cruisers,  about  to  start 
for  England  and  Ireland,  were  hemmed  in  and  twenty-eight  of  their  number  de- 
stroyed. A  close  siege  was  now  maintained,  assisted  on  the  land  side  by  the  old 
Governor  of  the  town,  and  the  place  was  delivered  up  to  the  English,  July  28th. 

The  Emperor  now  agreed  to  join  in  a  league  with  King  Charles,  promising  never 
again  to  infest  the  English  coasts,  and  forthwith  delivered  up  some  300  captives, 
with  whom  Capt.  Carteret  immediately  returned  homeward.  Rainsborough,  how- 
ever, on  Aug.  21,  proceeded  to  Saffee  to  treat  for  about  1000  English  captives  who 
had  been  sold  to  Tunis  and  Algiers.  Here  he  remained  till  Sept.  19,  when  the 
Emperor's  Ambassador  came  aboard,  accompanied  by  Mr.  Robert  Blake,  a  merchant 
trading  to  Morocco,  for  whom  the  Emperor  had  formed  a  friendship,  and  who  had 
obtained  the  position  of  Farmer  of  all  his  Ports  and  Customs.  On  the  21st  they 
left  the  coast,  and  arriving  fifteen  days  later  in  the  Downs,  landed,  Oct.  8,  at  Deal 
Castle.  Detained  at  Gravesend  through  sickness,  it  was  not  until  the  19th  that  the 
Ambassador  was  conducted  to  London  by  the  Master  of  Ceremonies,  and,  landing 
at  the  Tower,  was  taken  to  his  lodgings  "  with  much  display  &  trumpeting."  In 
the  procession  were  the  principal  citizens  and  Barbary  merchants  mounted,  all  rich- 
ly apparelled,  and  every  man  having  a  chain  of  gold  about  him,  with  the  Sheriffs 
and  Aldermen  in  their  scarlet  gowns,  and  a  large  body  of  the  delivered  captives, 
some  of  whom  had  been  over  thirty  years  in  servitude,  arrayed  in  white,  and  though 
it  was  night,  yet  the  streets  "  were  almost  as  light  as  day."  Sunday,  Nov.  5,  the 
Ambassador  was  received  by  the  King,  to  whom  he  brought,  as  a  present  from  his 
imperial  master,  some  hunting  hawks  and  four  steeds,  "  the  choicest  &  best  in  all 
Barbary,  &  valued  at  a  great  rate,  for  one  Horse  was  prized  at  1500  pound."  These, 
led  by  four  black  Moors  in  red  liveries,  were  caparisoned  with  rich  saddles  embroid- 
ered with  gold,  and  the  stirrups  of  two  of  them  we're  of  massive  gold,  and  the  bosses 
of  their  bridles  of  the  same  metal.  An  account  of  the  proceedings  was  printed  to- 
wards the  close  of  the  month,  entitled,  "  The  Arrival  &  Entertainment  of  the  Moroc- 
co Ambassador  Alkaid  (or  Lord)  Jaurar  Ben  Abdella.  from  the  High  &  Mighty 
Prince  Mully  Mahamed  Sheque,  Emperor  of  Morocco,  King  of  Fesse  &  Susse,  &c." 

Great  was  the  enthusiasm  created  by  the  successful  issue  of  the  expedition,  and 
even  Waller  was  prompted  to  eulogize  the  event  in  the  following  rather  ponderous 
lines : 

"  Salle  that  scorn 'd  all  pow'r  and  laws  of  men, 
Goods  with  their  owners  hurrying  to  their  den  ; 

*  *  *  *  * 

This  pest  of  mankind  gives  our  Hero  fame, 
And  thus  th'  obliged  world  dilates  his  name. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  167 

With  ships  they  made  the  spoiled  merchant  moan ; 
With  ships,  their  city  and  themselves  are  torn. 
One  squadron  of  our  winged  castles  sent 

O'erthrew  their  Fort,  and  all  their  Navy  rent: 

****** 

Safely  they  might  on  other  nations  prey  ; 

Fools  to  provoke  the  Sov'reign  of  the  Sea  ! 

****** 

Morocco's  Monarch,  wondering  at  this  fact, 
Save  that  his  presence  his  affairs  exact, 
Had  come  in  person,  to  have  seen  and  known 
The  injur'd  world's  revenger,  and  his  own. 
Hither  he  sends  the  chief  among  his  Peers, 
Who  in  his  bark  proportion'd  presents  bears, 
To  therenown*d  for  piety  and  force, 
Poor  captives  manumis'd  and  matchless  horse." 

Even  grumbling  Master  Andrew  Burrell,  who,  in  a  pamphlet  of  1646  condemns 
the  entire  Navy,  its  officers,  &c,  though  he  had  himself  built  for  them  the  Marie 
Rose,  "  the  most  sluggish  ship  "  they  had  afloat,  confesseth  that  Rainsborough's 
Fleet  "performed  better  service  than  England's  Navie  did  in  44  years  before.'' 
The  King  was  very  willing  and  forward  to  have  knighted  the  gallant  Admiral,  but 
he  declined  the  honor,  and  order  was  given  that  he  should  have  a  gold  chain  and 
medal  of  the  value  of  300/. ;  a  memorial  of  loyal  service  perhaps  still  extant, 
"  should  not  very  opposite  family  feelings  have  melted  it  down  in  the  days  of  the 
Rump,"  observes  Disraeli  in  his  Life  of  Charles  I.  An  augmentation  to  the  fam- 
ily arms  was  undoubtedly  conferred  at  the  time  in  the  shape  of  "  a  Saracen's  head 
couped  ppr.  in  the  fesse  point." 

Meanwhile  the  raising  of  funds  and  supplies  for  the  equipment  of  the  fleet  for  the 
following  year  had  again  become  necessary,  and  Strafford,  writing  to  the  Abp.  of 
Canterbury  from  Dublin,  27  Nov.,  says  in  connection,  "  this  action  of  Sallee,  I 
assure  you,  is  so  full  of  honor,  that  it  will  bring  great  content  to  the  subject,  and 
should,  methinks,  help  much  towards  the  ready,  cheerful  payment  of  the  shipping 
monies."  Early  in  Feb.  1637-8,  the  list  of  sliips,  which  were  to  keep  the  seas  dur- 
ing the  following  summer,  was  published,  headed  by  the  Sovereign  of  the  Seas. 
This  vessel,  launched  at  Woolwich  the  preceding  year,  had  been  in  progress  since 
May,  1635,  and  surpassed  in  size,  tonnage  and  force  anything  heretofore  constructed 
for  the  English  Navy.  Thomas  Hey  wood  published  an  account  of  it,  with  a  view 
of  this  "  his  Mnjesty's  royal  Ship,  the  Great  Glory  of  the  English  Nation,  and  not  to 
be  paralleled  in  the  whole  Christian  World,"  while  Marmaduke  Rawdon,  of  York, 
mentions  in  his  Life,*  a  visit,  in  1638,  to  the  Royal  Sovereign,  Capt.  Rainsberry, 
then  newly  finished  and  riding  at  Erith,  below  Woolwich. 

Burrell,  in  his  pamphlet  before  alluded  to,  condemns  the  vessel  as  "an  admira- 
ble ship  for  costly  Buildings,  &  cost  in  keeping  ;  and,  which  adds  to  the  miracle, 
the  Royall  Ship  is  never  to  be  used  for  the  Kingdom's  good,"  &c.  The  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Navy  answered  in  reply  :  "  Capt.  Rainsborough,  whom  Master  Bur- 
rell confesseth,  in  his  time,  was  the  most  eminent  Commander  in  this  Kingdom, 
had  the  trial  of  her  in  the  Channel  of  England,  and  at  his  return  reported  to  his 
Majestie  that  he  never  set  his  foot  in  a  better  conditioned  Ship  in  all  his  life.  And 
as  for  her  Forces,  she  is  not  inferior  to  the  greatest  Ship  in  Christendom."! 

On  Sunday,  March  18th,  Algernon,  Earl  of  Northumberland,  obtained  the  position 
of  General  at  Sea,  or  Lord  High  Admiral,  during  his  Majesty's  pleasure,  the  King 
designing  to  eventually  bestow  that  office  upon  his  younger  6on,  the  Duke  of  York. 

That  Capt.  Rainsborough  was  ever  in  active  naval  service  after  his  cruise  in  the 
Sovereign  does  not  appear.  He  and  others,  owners  of  the  200  ton  ship  Confidence 
of  London,  were  allowed  Feb.  19,  by  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty,  to  mount  her  with 
20  pieces  of  cast-iron  ordnance,  and,  during  the  fall  of  the  year,  together  with  some 
155  other  sea-faring  men,  he  signed  his  consent  to  a  proposition  made  by  the  Lord 
High  Admiral  and  the  Att.  General,  that  an  amount  be  deducted  from  their  wages 
for  the  establishment  of  the  Poor  Seamen's  Fund,  to  be  administered  by  the  officers 
of  the  Trinity  House.     The  following  year,  as  appears  by  a  paper  among  the  Duke 

*  Camden  Soc.  Pub. 

t  She  subsequently  did  such  good  service  that  the  Dutch  nicknamed  her  "  the  Golden 
Devil." 


1G8  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

of*  Northumberland's  MSS.,  he  submitted  a  proposition,  in  the  form  of  articles,  sug- 
gesting that  i0,000  pieces  of  ordnance,  with  carriages,  &c,  be  kept  in  readiness  to 
arm  100  collier-ships,  which  may  fight  with  a  great  army;  stating  their  superior- 
ity for  such  service.  Commission  was  given,  Oct.  20,  1639,  to  Sir  Edward  Little- 
ton, Solic.  General,  Sir  Paul  Pindar  and  Capt.  William  Rainsborough,  to  inquire 
into  the  truth  of  the  statements  made  in  the  petition  to  the  Privy  Council,  by  Ed- 
ward Deacon,  who  with  his  goods  had  been  seized  and  detained  in  Sallee  for  debts 
there  contracted  by  Mr.  Robert  Blake,  as  factor  for  some  London  merchants;  peti- 
tioner having  come  to  England,  after  leaving  his  son  in  Barbary  as  a  pledge,  in  pur- 
suit of  said  Blake,  who,  at  the  time,  or  immediately  subsequent,  was  one  of  the 
gentlemen  of  the  Council. 

As  William  Rainsborough,  Esq.,  he,  with  Squire  Bence,  merchant,  were  members 
from  Aldborough,  a  seaport  of  co.  Suffolk,  in  the  Fourth  Pari,  of  Charles  I.,  held 
at  Westminster  from  13  April  to  5  May,  1640  ;  as  also  in  the  Parliament  which 
convened  3  Nov.  following  ;  that  most  notable  of  English  Parliaments,  before  which, 
a  week  later,  Thomas,  Earl  of  Strafford,  was  accused  of  high  treason.  May  27, 
1641,  he  with  others  took  the  oath  of  Protestation,  for  the  defence  of  the  religion 
established,  of  the  King's  person,  and  the  liberty  of  the  subject;  the  same  having 
been  assented  to  by  both  houses  on  the  3d  and  4th  of  the  same  month.  Aug.  25th 
Capt.  R.  was  at  the  head  of  the  committee  for  taking  the  whole  state  of  the  navy 
into  consideration,  and  providing  ships  for  transporting  the  ordnance  and  ammuni- 
tion from  Hull  and  other  parts  of  the  north.  Five  days  later  the  merchants'  peti- 
tion for  erecting  a  Company  for  America  and  Africa,  &c,  was  referred  to  Sir  John 
Colpepcr  and  Mr.  Pymin  especially,  assisted  by  twenty-three  other  members,  among 
whom  was  Capt.  Rainsborough.  The  same  day  he  was  included  in  a  committee  to 
whom  had  been  referred  the  Act  for  making  Wapping  Chapel  parochial.  He  was 
also  appointed,  Sept.  9,  a  member  of  the  Recess  Committee,  during  the  adjourn- 
ment of  Parliament  till  Oct.  20th  ;  and  on  Nov.  19,  was  on  a  committee  for  naval  af- 
fairs, with  some  other  members,  including  Sir  Henry  Vane.  Three  days  later  it  was 
ordered  "  that  citizens  that  serve  for  the  City  of  London  and  Capt.  Rainsborough  do 
inform  themselves  what  shipping  are  now  in  the  River  that  are  fit  to  transport  the 
Magazine  at  Hull  to  the  Tower,  and  to  give  an  account  of  it  to-morrow  morning  "  ; 
this  was  in  pursuance  of  a  resolution  of  the  3d. 

And  so  ends  his  life  and  public  services,  for  no  more  is  heard  of  him  till  Feb.  14, 
1641-2,  when  the  Speaker  of  the  House  was  ordered  to  issue  a  warrant  to  the  Clerk 
of  the  Crown  in  Chancery  for  a  new  writ  to  be  issued  forth  for  the  election  of  a  new 
Burgess  to  serve  for  the  town  of  Alborough  in  co.  Suffolk,  in  the  room  and  stead  of 
Capt.  Rainsborough  deceased,  and  Alex.  Bencc,  Esq.,  was  accordingly  elected.  On 
the  17th  his  body  was  interred  in  St.  Catherine's  (Tower),  London.  At  the  time  of 
his  decease  the  Captain  was  a  widower,  his  wife  Judith,  a  daughter  of  Renold  and 
Joane  Hoxton,  having  been  buried  at  Wapping,  3  March,  1637-8.  The  will  of  Wil- 
liam Rainsborow  of  London  Esq.,  dated  16  July,  1638,  with  codicil  of  1  Feb.  1641 
proved  8  April,  1642,  has  been  already  given. 

1.  Thomas3  Rainsborowe,  Esq.,  of  Whitcchapel,  co.  Midd.  (William,2 Thomas1), 
commonly  known  in  history  as  Col.  Rainsborough.  A  naval  captain  at  first  under 
the  L.  H.  Adm.  Warwick;  then  a  colonel  of  infantry  under  the  Parliament,  and 
finally  V.  Adm.  of  their  Fleet.  A  member  of  the  Long  Parliament.  A  more  de- 
tailed account  of  this  prominent  and  distinguished  individual  may  be  given  here- 
after. Suffice  it  to  say  that  the  Rev.  Hugh  Peters,  alluding  to  the  services  of  this  offi- 
cer at  the  taking  of  Worcester,  that  last  stronghold  for  the  King  (in  July,  1646), 
observes,  '"  and  truely  I  wish  Colonell  Rainborow  a  suitable  employment  by  Sea  or 
Land,  for  both  which  God  hath  especially  fitted  him  ;  foraine  States  would  be  proud 
of  such  a  Servant  ''*  Resisting  a  seizure  of  his  person  on  the  part  of  the  royalists, 
he  was  killed  at  Doncaster,  29  "Oct.  1648,  and  buried  at  Wapping,  14  Nov.  Ad- 
ministration on  his  estate  was  granted,  24  Nov.,  to  his  widow  Margaret,  maiden 
name  probably  Jenney. 

1.  William,4  eldest  son;  mentioned  in  wills  of  his  grandfather  1638,  and  his 
uncle  Edward  1677.  He  was  a  Captain  in  the  army,  it  would  appear, 
during  the  Protectorate,  and  judging  from  the  Winthrop  Letters  (Mass. 
Hist.  Soc.  Col.  5,  viii.)   was  in  Boston,  N.  E.,  1673  ;  living  1687. 

2.  William3  Rainsborow  (William,2  Thomas1)  ;  mentioned  in  Savage's  Geneal. 
Die  as  being  of  Charlestown,  Ma68.  Col.  1639  ;    Artillery  Co.  same  year  ;  purchas- 

*  King's  Pamphlets,  Brit.  Mas.,  E.  351. 


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ed  17  Dec.  1640,  of  Th.  Bright,  house  and  land  in  Watertown,  which  had  been 
the  homestall  of'Lt.  Robt.  Feake.  Budington  mentions  his  purchase  of  the  old  meet- 
ing-house. He  was  evidently  a  trader  or  sea-captain.  March  7,  1643-4,  the  trea- 
surer of  the  Colony  was  ordered  to  attend  to  the  discharge  of  Mr.  Rainsborow's 
debt,  with  allowance  of  £20  forbearance  for  the  time  past,  and  the  loan  of  two  sach- 
ars  for  two  great  pieces  for  one  voj'age.  He  had  heen  in  England  in  1642,  when 
in  April  his  name,  and  that  of  his  brother  Thomas,  are  found  on  the  list  of  the 
proposed  Adventurers  by  Sea.  against  Ireland.  This  was  the  expedition  against 
Galway,  &c,  whereof,  under  Lord  Forbes,  his  brother  Thomas  was  commander, 
and  the  Rev.  Hugh  Peters  chaplain. 

Judging  from  the  discharge  of  his  debt  and  the  loan  of  cannon,  Capt.  R.  again 
returned  to  the  old  country  in  1643-4,  and  though  there  are  subsequent  entries  as 
to  the  debt,  the  moneys  are  always  to  be  paid  to  parties  abroad  on  R.'s  account.  He 
immediately  espoused  the  people's  cause  and  joined  that  division  of  the  army  which 
was  in  the  west  under  Lord  Essex.  Finding  himself  in  a  critical  position,  the  Lord 
General  despatched  Stapleton,  his  General  of  Horse,  to  Parliament,  calling  for  aid, 
and  on  the  night  of  Aug.  30th,  Sir  William  Balfour,  his  Lieut.  General,  passed 
safely  through  the  King's  Quarters  with  2300  horse,  and  reached  London.  Two 
nights  thereafter  Essex  himself  and  Lord  Roberts  fled  in  a  cock-boat  to  Plymouth, 
and  the  following  day,  Sept.  2,  1644,  the  commanding  officer,  Serj.  Major  General 
Skippon,  surrendered  with  all  the  infantry  and  a  few  horse.  According  to  a  return* 
found  in  the  quarters  of  Sir  Edward  Dodsworth,  Com.  Gen.  of  the  Horse,  we  find 
that  the  cavalry  had  previously  mustered  at  Tiverton,  co.  Devon,  39  troops,  420  offi- 
cers and  2785  men.  The  first  division  of  8  troops,  639  men,  under  Sir  Philip  Sta- 
pleton, Major  Gen.  Philip  Skippon  and  Maj.  Hamilton  ;  the  six  troops  of  the  second 
division  (62  officers,  432  men),  being  commanded  by  Sir  William  Balfour,  14  offi- 
cers, 100  men  ;  Major  Balfour,  9  officers,  77  men  ;  Sir  Samuel  Luke  (Gov.  of  New- 
port Paganel,  co.  Bucks),  10  officers,  72  men  ;  Capt.  Rainsborow,  9  officers,  57  men  ; 
Capt.  Sample,  10 officers,  61  men  ;  Capt.  Boswell,  10  officers,  65  men. 

Prestwich's  "  Respublica  "  describes  the  cornet  of  Capt.  Rainsborough's  troop 
as  follows  :  "  Azure  ;  from  the  sinister  base  point  all  over  the  base,  and  up  to  the 
middle  of  the  dexter  side,  clouds  Argent,  shaded  with  black  and  crimson  ;  near  the 
middle  or  base,  a  book  in  pale  closed  and  clasped  and  covered  Or,  on  the  front  or 

side  thus  :  VERBUM  between  this  book  and  the  dexter  side,  and  a  little  above  the  base, 
.    dei  ;  ' 

an  armed  arm  and  hand  uplifted,  as  issuant  from  the  clouds,  and  as  in  pale,  holding 
in  his  hand  a  Hussar's  sword  as  barrways,  and  waved  on  both  sides,  and  the  point 
burning  and  inflamed  with  fire  proper,  hilted  Or;  in  chief  a  scroll,  its  end  turned 
or  doubled  in,  and  then  bent  out  and  split,  and  fashioned  double  like  two  hooks,  en- 
dorsed Argent,  lined  Or,  and  ends  shaded  with  crimson  and  Argent,  and  in  Ro- 
man capital  letters  Sable,  vincit  Veritas.  Arms. — Chequered  Or  and  Azure,  and 
in  fess  a  Moor's  head  in  profile,  bearded  and  proper,  his  head  banded  with  a  wreath 
Argent." 

In  the  list  of  officers  for  the  New  Model  of  the  army,  which  was  sent  up  from  the 
House  of  Commons  to  the  House  of  Lords,  3  March,  1644-5,  and  approved  on  the 
18th,  Col.  Sheffield's  squadron  of  horse  consisted  of  his  own  troop  and  those  of  Ma- 
jor Sheffield  and  Captains  Eveling,  Rainsborow,  Martin  and  Robotham.  He  sub- 
sequently obtained  the  rank  of  Major,  and  Whitelock  informs  us  of  letters  received, 
July  2,  1647,  from  the  Commissioners  in  the  Army,  certifying  "  that  the  General 
had  appointed  Lt.  Gen.  Cromwell,  Cols.  Ireton,  Fleetwood,  Rainsborough,  Harri- 
son, Sir  Har.  Waller,  Richard  Lambert  and  Hammond,  and  Major  Rainsborough,  or 
any  five  of  them,  to  treat  with  the  Parliament's  Commissioners  upon  the  papers  sent 
from  the  Army  to  the  Parliament,  and  their  Votes." 

From  the  Journals  of  the  House  of  Commons,  under  date  of  27  Sept.  1650,  we  read 
that  "Mr.  Weaver  reports  from  the  committee  for  suppressing  lycentious  and  im- 
pious practices,  under  pretence  of  religious  liberty,  &c,  the  confession  of  Lawrence 
Clackson  (or  Claxton),  touching  the  making  and  publishing  of  the  impious  and 
blasphemous  booke  called  the  '  Single  Eye,'  and  also  Major  Rainsborrow's  car- 
riage "  in- countenancing  the  same.  Claxton,  departing  from  the  established 
church,  appears  to  have  joined  all  the  prominent  sectaries  of  the  day,  and  from  a 
tract  of  his  published  in  1660,  entitled  "  the  Lost  Sheep  Found,"  we  gather  that 
much  of  his  trouble  and  imprisonment  resulted  from  his  own  licentious  behavior, 
he  maintaining  that  "  to  the  pure  all  things  are  pure."    He  was  sent  to  the  house 

*  Symond's  Diary  of  Marches,  Camden  Soc.  Pub. 


170         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

of  correction  for  one  month  and  then  banished,  and  his  book  was  burned  by  the 
common  hangman.  Major  Rainsborough,  residing  at  the  time  at  Fulham,  was  one 
of  his  disciples,  "  and  seems  to  have  been  an  apt  scholar  in  improving  his  relations 
with  the  female  part  of  the  flock."*  It  was  resolved  by  the  House  that  he  be  dis- 
charged and  disabled  of  and  from  being  and  executing  the  office  of  Justice  of  Peace 
in  cc.  Middlesex,  or  any  other  county  within  England  or  Wales. 

For  almost  nine  years  we  hear  nothing  of  him,  but  on  Tuesday,  19  July,  1659,  he 
presented  a  petition  to  the  House  on  behalf  of  the  Sheriffs,  Justices  of  the  Peace 
and  Gentry  of  the  co.  of  .Northampton,  and  on  the  same  day  was  made  a  Commis- 
sioner for  the  Militia  for  the  same  county.  In  accordance  with  a  report  from  said 
commissioners,  he  was  appointed  by  Parliament,  Aug.  9,  Colonel  of  a  Regiment  of 
Horse  in  co.  Northants.f  After  the  Restoration,  a  warrant  was  issued,  17  Dec. 
1660,  to  Lieut.  Ward  for  the  apprehension  of  Col.  William  Rainsborough  at  his 
residence,  Mile  End  Green,  Stepney  (near  London),  or  elsewhere,  for  treasonable 
designs,  and  to  bring  him  before  Secretary  Sir  Edward  Nichols.  He  was  accord- 
ingly arrested  and  confined  in  the  Gatehouse.  On  his  examination  next  day  he  de- 
clared he  was  a  Major  of  horse,  but  dismissed  by  Cromwell  in  1649 ;  that  the  Rump 
Parliament  made  him  a  Colonel  of  Militia-horse,  1659,  but  nothing  was  done;  that 
he  had  bought  40  cases  of  pistols  for  militia,  and  had  since  tried  to  dispose  of  them. 
He  gave  bond  for  500/.,  Feb.  7,  1661,  with  Dr.  Richard  Barker  of  the  Barbican  as 
security  for  his  good  behavior. 

His  wife's  name  was  Margery,  and,  as  we  have  seen  before,  the  will  of  Capt. 
Rowland  Coytmore  of  Wapping,  in  1626,  mentions  a  son-in-law  William  Rains- 
borough, mariner,  of  Wapping  ;  while  the  will  of  Stephen  Winthrop,  1658,  leaves 
a  legacy  to  "cousin  Mary  Rainsborowe,  daughter  of  my  brother-in-law  William 
Rainsborowe,  Esq."  From  the  Winthrop  Letters  (Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.  5,  viii.) 
he  appears  to  have  been  in  Boston,  N.  E.,  in  1673,  with  his  nephew  William. 

3.  Martha,3  bapt.  at  Whitechapel,  20  April,  1617;  married  at  Wapping,  14 

June,  1635,  Thomas  Coytmore, %  son  of  Capt.  Rowland  Coytmore,  an  East 
India  trader.  He  came  to  N.  England  next  year  and  was  wrecked,  27 
Dec.  1644,  on  the  coast  of  Spain,  leaving  issue.  Her  second  husband, 
whom  she  married  4  Dec.  1647,  was  Gov.  John  Winthrop,  to  whom  she 
was  fourth  wife  ;  he  died  26  March,  1649,  aged  61.  She  married  third- 
ly, 10  March,  1652,  John  Coggan  of  Boston,  as  his  third  wife  ;  he  died 
27  April,  1658,  leaving  issue.  Disappointed  of  a  fourth  marriage,  we  are 
given  to  understand  thatshe  committed  suicide  in  1660. 

4.  Judith,3  bapt.   at  Wapping,  14  Sept.    1624  ;    married   about   1644,  Ste- 

phen Winthrop, son  of  Gov.  John  W.,born  24  March,  1619.  lie  return- 
ed to  England  1645,  became  a  Colonel  of  Horse  under  Parliament,  re- 
ceiving 474/.  10s.  per  annum,  and  in  1656  was  M.P.  for  Banff  and  Aber- 
deen. Resided  at  time  of  decease  in  James  Street,  Westminster.  His 
will  of  3  May,  proved  19  Aug.  1658,  mentions  three  daughters,  Marga- 
ret, Joanna  and  Judith,  as  before  given.  She  is  mentioned  1668,  in  her 
uncle  Thomas's  will. 

5.  Samuel,3  b.        ob.  infs. ;  buried  at  Wapping,  24  Nov.  1628. 

6.  Joane,3  b.    ;  m.  John  Chamberlain,  a  captain  under  Parliament ;  living  in 

May,  1687,  a  brewer  at  Deptford,  co.  Kent.  She  is  mentioned  1668  in 
her  uncle  Thomas's  will.  The  will  of  S.  Winthrop,  1658,  mentions  their 
daughter  Judith. 

7.  Reynold,3  bapt.  at  Whitechapel,  1  June,  1632. 

8.  Edward,3  bapt..  at  Whitechapel,  8  Oct.  1633.     Richard  Wharton,  writing 

from  Boston,  N.  E.,  Sept.  24,  1673,  to  a  kinsman  of  rank  and  influence 
in  England,  suggests  that  his  Majesty  should  send  out  two  or  three  frig- 
ates, by  the  ensuing  February  or  March,  with  some  300  soldiers,  for  the 
recapture  of  New  York  from  the  Dutch.  That  the  expedition  should  be 
assisted  by  a  colonial  force,  the  whole  to  be  under  the  command  of  some 
native  leader,  such  as  Maj.  Gen.  Daniel  Dennison.  He  continues  :  "  for 
a  more  certain  knowledge  of  the  constitutions  of  or  government  &  com- 
plexions of  the  people  I  refer  you  to  Mr  Edwd  Rainsborough  an  intellig' 

•  Notes  and  Queries,  4th  Series,  xi.  487. 

t  In  the  limits  of  Charleton,  parish  of  Newbottle,  co.  Northants,  is  a  camp  and  hill  com- 
monly called  "  Rainsborough  Hill,"  supposed  to  be  of  Danish  origin. 

X  Katherine,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Martha  Quoitmore,  bapt.  at  Wapping,  13  April, 
and  buried  19  April,  1636. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  171 

Gentleman  who  went  home  three  months  since.      1  have  requested  him 
to  wait  on  you  &  communicate  w'  I  have  advised  him Mr  Rains- 
borough  dwells  at  Knights  bridge  &  is  to  be  heard  of  at  Mr  Whiting's 
shop  upon   the   old   Exchange."*     He  appears   to   be   the  same   party 
whose  will  runs  as  follows :  Edward  Rainborow  of  Cranford,  co.  Mid- 
dlesex, gentleman ;  Sept.  14,  1677  (proved  May  4,  1682),  being  in  good 
health, "but  going  beyond  the  seas,   do   make   this  my   last   will,   &c. 
Bequeaths  to  his  wife  Christian  one  fourth  of  all  his  real  and  personal 
estate  during  her  life.     To  his  dear  friend  Mary  Alcock,  widow,  for  and 
in  consideration  c  f  a  very  considerable  sum  of  money  for  which  he  stands 
indebted  to  her,  one  fourth  part  of  his  real  and  personal  estate  either  in 
England  or  N.  England,  during  her  life  ;  one  eighth  part  to  be  at  her  ab- 
solute disposal.     To  son  Mytton  Rainborow  one  fourth  of  all  his  real  and 
personal  estate  when  twenty-one  years  of  age.   To  daughter  Judith  Rain- 
borow one  fourth  of  his  real  and  personal  estate  until  her  brother  Myt- 
ton   shall  enjoy  that  part  which   is  given  to  his  mother  and  also  the 
eighth  part  given  to  Mary  Alcock.     To  his  nephew  William  Rainsbo- 
row  five  pounds  to  buy  him  a  ring.     Appoints  his  wife's  sister,  Mrs.  Sa- 
rah Mackworth  of  Shrewsbury,  and  Mrs.  Mary  Alcock  of  Cranford,  ex- 
ecutors.— Book  Cottle,  folio  62. 
Concerning  the  New  England  estate  referred  to  by  Edward  Rainsborowe  in  his 
will  of  1677,  as  above,  we  have  evidence  on  file  in  the  Registry  of  Deeds,  Salem,  of 
which  the  following  is  a  summary  :     Whereas  Judith  Winthrop  and  John  Cham- 
berlain, two  of  the  Executors  of  Stephen  Winthrop  deceased,  had  by  certain  deeds  of 
Indenture,  Bargain  &  Sale  conveyed  to  Edward  Rainsburrowe  of  London,  merchant, 
all  those  parcells  of  lands  lying  &  being  in  N.  England  in  America,  viz  :  one  moiety  of 
Prudence  Island,  lying  in  or  near  ye  bay  of  Narragansett,  in  Rhode  Island  Colony, 
and  all  that  Farm  at  Lynn  or  Salem,  containing  by  estimation  1500  acres  more  or 
less,  now,  considering  the  great  hazard  of  transmitting  ye  conveyances  beyond  sea, 
the  said  Executors  do  acknowledge  before  a  notary  public  the  said  deeds  of  bargain 
and  sale,  21  April,  1671.     The  document  was  signed  in  presence  of  JS'ich.  Hayward, 
Not.  Pub.,  Symon  Amory,  Tim0  Proutsenr,  and  bis  son  Wm  Prout.   Timothy  Prout, 
shipwright  of  Boston,  testified  to  the  same  before  Dep.  Gov.  John  Leverett,  5  Mar. 
1672-3,  and  the  instrument  was  recorded  and  compared  5  July  following.     As  late 
as  21  March,   1695-6,  the  above  was  compared  with  the  original  and  found  an  ex- 
actly true  copy  of  ye  record  in  ye  bookc  of  Deeds  Lib:  8°  Page  195. 

Meanwhile  John  Chamberlain,  the  sole  surviving  executor  of  Stephen  Winthrop 
deceased,  having  been  shown  a  copy  of  the  instrument  above  referred  to,  as  being 
on  file  in  some  court  in  N.  England,  made  oath  31  May,  1687,  that  he  had  never 
signed  nor  executed  any  such  writing  or  instrument,  nor  did  he  believe  that  Judith 
Winthrop,  widow  &  executrix,  had  made  any  such  conveyance  to  the  late  Edward 
Rainsburrow.  This  testimony  of  Mr.  Chamberlain  appears  to  have  been  given  at  the 
request  of  his  nephew  William4  Rainsburrowe,  son  of  Vice  Adm.  Thomas3  Rains- 
burrowe, being,  we  may  infer,  at  the  time  the  only,  or  at  least  the  eldest,  male  rep- 
resentative of  "the  family,  and  acting  in  the  interest  of  his  cousins  the  children  of 
Stephen  Winthrop  deceased.  Robert  Wildey,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Paules  Peters, 
co.  Middlesex,  cook,  and  "  Thomasine  Jenney,  of  the  same  place  spinster,  aunt  of  ye 
said  William  Rainsburrowe,"  swore  to  their  knowledge  of  and  acquaintance  with 
John  Chamberlayn  for  thirty  years  and  upwards  last  past ;  that  he  and  Stephen 
Winthrop,  Esq.,  whom  they  had  also  known,  had  married  two  sisters,  "  this  depo- 
nent William  Rainsburrow's  Aunts,  and  sisters  of  Edward  Rainsburrow  in  ye  above 
written  affidavit  named,  &c.  &c."  Nicholas  Hayward,  the  Notary  Public,  men- 
tioned in  the  first  instrument,  swore  that  he  had  never  draWn  up  such  a  paper,  and 
the  whole  denial  was  witnessed  by  four  parties  on  the  point  of  departure  from  Lon- 
don for  New  England,  and  was  also  compared  with  the  original  about  nine  years 
later,  viz  :  21  March,  1695-6.  I.  J.  Greenwood.] 

Edmund  Spinckes  of  Warmington  in  the  County  of  Northampton, 
clerk,  2  October  16G9,  proved  11  August  1G71.  I  give  out  of  that  seven 
hundred  &  fifty  pounds  which  will  be  due  to  me  or  mine  from  the  heirs  or 
executors  or  administrators  of  Thomas  Elmes  of  Lilford  Esq.  (after  the 
decease  of  himself  the  said  Thomas  Elmes  and  the  Lady  Jane  Compton), 

*  Hist.  Mag.,  1867,  p.  299. 


172  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

to  my  eldest  son  Nathaniel  Spiuckes  one  hundred  pounds,  to  Seth,  my  sec- 
ond son,  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  to  William,  my  third  son,  one  hun- 
dred &  fifty  pounds,  to  Elmes,  my  fourth  son,  one  hundred  &  fifty  pounds, 
and  to  Martha,  my  only  daughter,  two  hundred  pounds.  To  Nathaniel 
Spiuckes,  my  eldest  son  &  heir,  all  that  land  in  Ireland,  in  King's  County, 
which  is  now  in  the  possession  of  the  heirs  or  assigns  of  Thomas  Vincent 
sometimes  alderman  of  London,  which  is  due  to  me  according  to  a  writing 
signed  hy  him  to  that  purpose  6  March  1642.  Item  I  give  to  the  said 
Nathaniel  Spinckes  all  that  fifty  pounds,  more  or  less,  with  the  profit  of  it, 
that  is  now  in  the  Iron  works  in  New  England,  acknowledged  received  by 
John  Pocock  then  Steward  of  the  Company  and  living  then  in  London,  his 
Acquittance  bearing  date  March  19th  1645.  Item,  I  give  to  the  said  my  son 
Nathaniel  all  that  estate  whatsoever  it  be  that  falleth  to  me  or  shall  full  in 
New  England,  as  joint  heir  with  John  Nayler  of  Boston  in  Lincolnshire, 
clerk,  to  Boniface  Burton,  now  or  late  of  Boston  in  New  England,  my 
uncle  and  mother's  brother  and  only  brother ;  also  my  library  of  books, 
only  such  excepted  as  his  mother  shall  choose  out  for  her  own  use.  To 
Seth  Spinckes,  my  second  son,  five  pounds  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years, 
to  William  five  pounds  at  twenty-four,  to  Elmes  five  pounds  at  twenty-four 
and  to  Martha,  my  only  daughter,  five  pounds  at  twenty-four.  All  the 
rest  to  my  wife  Martha,  whom  I  appoint  sole  executrix.  My  loving  friend 
Mr.  Sam1  Morton,  clerk  &  rector  of  the  parish  church  of  Iladdon,  in  the 
County  of  Huntingdon,  and  my  much  respected  cousiu  Mr  Richard  Conyer, 
cleik  and  rector  of  Long  Orton  and  Butolph-Bridge  in  the  County  of  Hunt- 
ingdon, to  be  overseers.  A  schedule  to  be  annexed  to  the  said  will  &c. 
that  Seth  shall  have  paid  him  out  of  the  estate  that  my  father  Elmes  left 
my  wife  &c.  &c.     (So  of  all  the  other  children.) 

18  May  1693  Emanavit  commissio  Nathanieli  Spinckes,  clerico,  filio  et 
administratori  Marthse  Spinckes  defuncta?  &c.  &c.  Duke,  107. 

[I  presume  that  this  is  the  "  Edmond  Spinckes  "  whose  name  immediately  precedes 
that  of  John  Harvard  in  the  Recepta  ab  ingredientibus  of  Emmanuel  College  (Regis- 
ter, xxxix.  103). 

Boniface  Burton,  whom  Mr.  Spinckes  calls  his  mother's  only  brother,  died  June 
13,  1669,  "  aged  113  years,"  according  to  Judge  Sewall,  who  calls  him  "  Old  Fa- 
ther BonifaccBurton  "  (Reg.  vii.  206).  Hull  in  his  Diary  (Trans.  Am.  Antiq.  Soci- 
ety, iii.  279)  gives  his  age  as  '"  a  hundred  and  fifteen  years."  Both  ages  are  pro- 
bably too  high.  Burton's  will  was  dated  Feb.  21,  1666-7,  and  proved  June24,  1669. 
An  abstrachof  the  will  is  printed  in  the  Register,  xx.  241,  and  on  page  242  are  some 
facts  in  his  history.  He  left  nothing  to  the  family  of  Mr.  Spinckes  nor  to  John 
Nayler.  After  bequests  to  Increase  Mather,  to  his  niece  Mrs.  Bennet,  her  husband 
Samuel  Bennet  and  their  children,  Burton  leaves  the  rest  of  his  property  to  his 
wife  Frances  Burton. 

For  an  account  of  the  Iron  Works  in  which  Mr.  Spinckes  had  an  interest,  see 
"  Vinton  Memorial,"  pp.  463-74.  John  Pococke  is  named  among  the  undertakers. 
— Editor.] 

George  Ludlowe1  of  the  County  and  Parish  of  Yorke  in  Virginia 
Esq.  8  September  1  Goo.  To  my  nephew  Thomas  Ludlow,  eldest  son  to 
my  brother  Gabriel  Ludlowe  Esq.  deceased,  all  my  whole  estate  of  lands 
and  servants,  &c.  that  I  have  now  in  possession  in  Virginia,  to  him  and  his 
lawful  heirs  forever  ;  also  my  sixteenth  part  of  the  ship  Mayflower,  whereof 
Capt.  William  White  is  commander,  which  part  I  bought  of  Mr  Samuel 
Harwar  of  London,  merchant,  only  this  year's  "fraught"  excepted,  which 
I  have  reserved  for  my  tobacco  &c.  My  executor,  yearly  and  every  year 
during  the  natural  life  of  my  now  wife  Elizabeth  Ludlowe,  to  pay  unto  her 


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fifty  pounds  sterling  in  London.  My  crop  wholly  this  year  to  be  consigned 
to  Mr  William  Allen  of  London,  merchant,  and  one  Mr  John  Cray  that 
lives  at  the  Green  man  on  Ludgate  Hill,  whom  I  make  my  overseers  of  my 
estate  in  England.  Moneys  due  from  Mr  Samuel  llarwar  at  the  Sun  and 
Harp,  in  Milk  Street,  London.  To  my  brother  Gabriel  all  his  children, 
now  in  England,  one  hundred  pounds  apiece,  and  the  remainder  of  the 
money  (in  England)  to  my  brother  Roger  Ludlowe's*  children  equally; 
and  Mr  Thomas  Bushrode8  to  be  paid  seventy  five  pounds. 

Whereas  my  brother  Roger  Ludlowe  hath  consigned  divers  goods  to  me 
as  per  my  book  appears,  as  debts  in  New  England  and  in  Virginia  as  by 
his  letters  and  other  writings  appear  &c.  To  my  said  brother  the  hundred 
pounds  I  lent  him.  To  my  cousin  Samuel  Langrish  three  thousand  pounds 
of  tobacco  &c.  To  George  Bernard,4  son  to  Col.  William  Bernard,  my  great 
silver  tankard  with  my  arms  on  it  &c.  To  George  Webster,6  son  to  Capt. 
Richard  Webster  of  Jamestown  the  silver  tankard  that  Mr  Bowler  brought 
in  the  year  1655.  To  Col.  William  Bernard,  Major  William  Gooch6  and 
Capt.  Augustine  Warner7  ten  pounds  apiece,  and  I  desire  and  nominate 
them  to  be  overseers  here  in  Virginia.  To  Doctor  Henry  Waldron  all  the 
debt  he  owes  me  on  book,  and  the  physic  I  have  sent  for  for  him.  To  Mr 
Bushrode  five  pounds.  To  my  man  Archyball  a  cloth  suit  &c.  To  Jane 
Greeham  my  servant  one  year  of  her  time.  To  M"  Rebecca  Hurst  all  the 
clothes  that  I  have  sent  for  her  in  full  of  her  time  being  with  me  in  my 
house. 

Wit :  Nicholas  Trott,  Augustine  Hodges. 

Codicil : — I  Colonel  George  Ludlowe  &c.  My  nephew  Thomas  Lud- 
lowe intends  to  intermarry  with  one  Rebecca  Hurst  that  is  at  this  present 
living  in  my  house.  In  that  case  my  will  is  and  my  desire  that  my  over- 
seers here  in  Virginia  take  into  their  custody  all  my  whole  estate  and  dis- 
pose of  the  same  until  they  can  send  into  Ireland  to  my  nephew  Jonathan 
Ludlowe,  eldest  son  to  my  brother  Roger,  who  lives  in  Ireland  at  Dublin. 
Now  in  case  my  aforesaid  nephew  Thomas  shall  marry  with  the  said  Re- 
becca then  it  is  my  will  that  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  nephew  Jon- 
athan all  the  estate  that  I  did  formerly  give  unto  my  nephew  Thomas  Lud- 
lowe and  make  and  constitute  the  said  Jonathan  my  full  and  sole  executor. 
Otherwise  my  former  bequest  to  stand  valid  and  the  said  Thomas  shall  en- 
joy what  I  have  formerly  given  him  to  his  use  and  heirs  as  my  executor 
and  heir.     23  October  1655.     Witness: — James  Biddlecombe. 

On  the  first  day  of  August,  in  the  year  of  Our  Lord  God  1656,  there  is- 
sued forth  Letters  of  administration  to  Roger  Ludlow  Esq.,  the  father  oi 
and  curator  lawfully  assigned  to  Jonathan,  Joseph,  Roger,  Anne,  Mary  and 
Sarah  Ludlowe,  minors,  the  nephews  and  nieces  and  residuary  legataries  in 
this  will,  during  the  minority  of  the  said  minors ; for  that  no  ex- 
ecutor is  therein  named  as  touching  the  said  deceased's  estate  in  England. 

Berkeley,  256. 

Administration  on  the  goods  &c.  of  John  Ludlow,  late  of  Virginia  bache- 
lor, deceased,  granted  to  his  brother  Francis  Ludlow  15  September  1664. 

Admon  Act  Book  p.  c.  c. 

[*  George  Ludlow  (or  Ludlowe),  of  the  text,  was  a  prominent  and  influential  colo- 
nist. Grants  of  land  to  him,  aggregating  some  17,000  acres,  are  of  record  in  the 
Virginia  Land  Registry  ;  the  first,  of  500  acres,  "  in  the  upper  county  of  New  Nor- 
folk," being  dated  August  21,  1638.  He  was  long  County  Lieutenant  of  York 
county,  and  thus  by  title  "  Collonell  ";  Member  of  the  Council  1642-55.     There  is 


174         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

a  tradition  that  his  brother  Roger  Ludlow  was  a  fugitive  in  Virginia  from  Con- 
necticut near  the  close  of  the  17th  century. — R.  A.  Brock,  of  Richmond,  Va. 

The  testator  was  probably  the  Mr.  George  Ludlow  whose  name  appears  on  the 
list  of  those  who  desired  Oct.  19,  1630,  to  be  made  Freemen  of  Massachusetts.  He 
must  have  returned  soon  after  to  the  old  world,  as  a  petition  received  from  him  in 
England  was  acted  upon  by  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts,  March  1,  1630-31. 
— Editor. 

2  Roger  Ludlow  was  an  assistant  of  the  Massachusetts  colony,  1630-4,  and  was 
deputy  governor  in  1634.  In  1635  he  removed  to  Windsor,  Ct.,  and  was  the  first 
deputy  governor  of  Connecticut  colony.  In  1639  he  removed  to  Fairfield.  He  was 
a  commissioner  of  the  United  Colonies  in  1651,  2  and  3.  He  removed  to  Virginia 
subsequent  to  April  13,  1654,  but  probably  about  that  time.  A  full  memoir  of  him 
by  Hon.  Thomas  Day,  LL.D.,  is  printed  in  Stiles's  History  of  Ancient  Windsor, 
pp.  687-8.  Mr.  Day  styles  him  the  "  Father  of  Connecticut  Jurisprudence."  We 
have  in  this  will,  for  the  first  time,  the  names  of  his  children.  His  daughter  Sarah, 
who  is  said  to  have  been  "  distinguished  for  her  literary  acquirements  and  domestic 
virtues,"'  married  Rev.  Nathaniel  Brewster,  of  Brookhaven,  Long  Island,  whose 
memoir  will  be  found  in  Sibley's  Harvard  Graduates,  i.  73. — Editor. 

3  Thomas  Bushrod  was  a  Burgess  from  York  county,  March,  1658-9.  Richard 
Bushrod  was  granted  2000  acres  in  Westmoreland  county,  Oct.  15,  1660  (Land 
Registry,  Book  No.  4,  p.  450).  There  were  probably  marriages  of  members  of  the 
Washington  family  with  that  of  Bushrod,  and  hence  the  transmission  of  Bushrod 
as  a  Christian  name,  instanced  in  Bushrod  Washington,  nephew  of  George  Wash- 
ington, and  Justice  of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court. — R.  A.  Brock. 

4  The  name  Bernard  is  of  early  mention  in  the  records  of  Virginia.  Thomas  Ber- 
nard was  granted  189  acres  of  land  in  James  City  county,  January  20,  1641,  No.  1, 
p.  762 ;    William  Bernard,  1050  acres  in  Warwick  county,  December  16,  1641,  No. 

1,  p.  761;  "Collonell"  William  Bernard,  800  acres  in  Lancaster  county,  October 
8,  1659,  No.  4,  p.  372.  William  Bernard,  with  title  of  Captain,  was  a  Member  of 
the  Council  in  1647,  and  with  that  of"  Collonell,"  1655-58.  Captain  Thomas  Ber- 
nard, Burgess  from  Warwick  county  in  1644. — R.  A.  Brock. 

*  Major  Richard  Webster  was  a  Burgess  from  James  City  county,  March,  1657-8. 
Thomas  Webster  was  granted  251  acres  in  Henrico  county,  October  20,  1665  (No. 
5,  p.  519,  Land  Registry).  Lucy,  daughter  and  heir  of  Roger  Webster,  dee'd,  was 
granted  250  acres  in  Hampton  parish,  Nov  19,  1642.     Head  rights  :  Edward  Spark, 

Stephen ,  Thomas  Webster,  Susan  Webster,  Book  No.  p.  857.    Lucy,  Judith 

and  Jane  Webster  were  granted  500  acres  in  James  City  county,  July  20,  1646,  No. 

2,  p.  52.— R.  A.  Brock. 

6  William  Gooch,  "  Gent.,"  was  granted  1050  acres  on  the  south  side  of  the  Poto- 
mac river,  Oct.  18,  1650  (No.  2,  p.  251,  Land  Registry).  Captain  William  Gooch 
was  a  Burgess  from  York  county  in  1654.  Major  William  Gooch  died  October  29, 
1655,  aged  29  years.  His  tomb  in  the  burying  ground  at  "  Temple  Farm,"  York 
county  (where  Gov.  Alexander  Spotswood  was  also  buried),  bears  the  arms  of  Gooch 
of  Norfolk  county,  England  (of  which  family  was  Sir  William  Gooch,  Lieutenant 
Governor  of  Virginia,  1727-40),  as  follows:  Paly  of  eight,  ar.  and  sa.  a  chevron  of 
the  first,  between  three  dogs  of  the  second,  spotted  of  the  field.  Crest. — A  grey- 
hound passant  ar.  spotted  sa.  and  collared  of  the  last. 

Jeffery  Gooch  was  granted  500  acres  in  Northumberland  county,  January  30, 
1650  (No.  2,  p.  279,  Land  Registry).  The  Gocch  family,  descended  probably  from 
Major  William  Gooch  or  Jeffery  Gooch,  as  above,  has  been  most  estimably  repre- 
sented in  Virginia. — R.  A.  Brock. 

7  Colonel  Augustine  Warner  (son,  it  is  presumed  of  Augustine  Warner)  granted 
250  acres  "  called  Pine  Neck,  on  New  Pocoson,"  October  12th,  1635  (No.  I,  p.  298, 
Land  Registry),  born  June  3,  1642  ;  died  June  19,  1681 ;  Burgess  from  Gloucester 
county,  1658,  and  Member  of  the  Council  during  the  administration  of  Governor 
Sir  William  Berkeley,  is  buried  at  "  Warner  Hall,"  Gloucester  county.  The  Lewis, 
Washington  and  other  prominent  families  have  intermarried  with  that  of  Warner, 
which  is  a  favored  Christian  name  in  Virginia. 

John  Lewis,  second  son  of  Robert  Lewis,  from  Brecon,  Wales,  of  Abington,  Ware 
parish,  Gloucester  county,  Virginia,  married  Isabella  Warner,  "daughter  of  a 
wealthy  and  retired  India  merchant ;"  called  his  seat  "  Warner  Hall,"  a  spacious 
mansion  of  26  rooms,  in  which  was  long  illustrated  the  refined  hospitality  typical 
of  the  Old  Dominion.  This  Isabella  Warner  was  probably  a  daughter  of  the 
Augustine  Warner,  the  first  grantee  as  above. — See  article,  "Descendants  of 
Robert  Lewis  from  Wales,"  Richmond  Standard,  Feb.  5,  1881. — R.  A.  Brock.] 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  175 

John  Cutler  of  Ipswich  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  merchant,  10  No- 
vember 1645,  with  codicil  dated  6  January  1645,  proved  29  January  1645. 
To  Robert  Cutler,  my  cousin,  youngest  son  of  my  deceased  uncle  Samuel 
Cutler,  one  half  of  my  manor  of  Blofields  als  Burnivalls  and  of  all  lands, 
tenements,  hereditaments,  rights,  members  and  appurtenances  thereunto 
belonging  &c.  in  Trimly  S'  Mary  and  Walton  in  the  said  County  of  Suf- 
folk. lAhe  said  Robert  die  without  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten  or, 
having  such  heirs,  if  the  same  shall  die  before  they  come  to  the  age  of  one 
&  twenty,  then  the  said  half  to  my  cousin  Martha  Noore,  the  wife  of  Raphe 
Noore  of  Ipswich,  merchant,  sister  of  the  said  Robert  (on  certain  condi- 
tions). The  other  half  to  the  said  Martha  Noore.  John  Smithier  of  Ip- 
swich, to  be  assistant  to  my  executor  in  &  about  the  getting  in  of  my  estate 
beyond  the  seas  and  elsewhere.  To  Elizabeth  Smithier  his  daughter  and 
all  the  rest  of  his  daughters  and  to  his  three  sons  John,  William  and  Henry 
and  to  Nicholas  Kerrington,  the  said  Mr  John  Smithier's  wife's  brother's 
son.  The  said  Mr  John  Smithier  and  his  wife  and  the  longer  liver  of  them 
shall  dwell  in  my  messuage  or  tenement  wherein  they  now  dwell  in  S' 
Nicholas'  Parish,  Ipswich,  rent  free  for  three  years.  To  Mr  Samuel  Snel- 
ling,  son  in  law  to  my  cousin  Mr  Ralph  Noore,  and  to  my  cousin  Martha 
Snelliug  his  wife,  and  Mary  Noore  and  Alice  Noore  her  sisters  and  Rich- 
ard Noore  her  brother.  To  my  cousin  Thomas  Cutler  Secretary  to  the 
Company  of  Eastland  merchants,  resident  at  Ipswich.  To  Elizabeth  Hub- 
bard and  Mary  Ward,  maidservants  to  my  cousin  Mr  Raphe  Noore.  To 
M"  Ward,  widow,  late  the  wife  of  Mr  Samuel  Ward,  late  town  Preacher  of 
Ipswich,  and  to  Samuel  &  to  Mr  Joseph  Ward  her  sons.  To  the  poor  of 
S4  Nicholas,  Ipswich,  to  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Whatfield,  near  Hadley 
in  Suffolk.  To  Mr  Lawrence,  common  preacher  or  lecturer  of  the  said 
town  of  Ipswich.  Mr  John  Revett,  merchant,  to  assist  my  executor  in  get- 
ting in  of  my  estate  beyond  the  seas.  To  John  Cressall,  to  Johan  Nowell. 
To  my  cousin  Margaret  Skinner,  wife  of  Jonathan  Skinner,  clerk,  and  all 
her  children  now  alive.  Others  named.  George  Raymond  one  of  the 
witnesses.  Twisse,  3. 

[There  were  several  early  emigrants  to  New  England  by  the  name  of  Cutler  : — 1. 
John  Cutler,  who  came  from  Sprowston  in  Norfolk,  with  his  wife,  seven  children 
and  one  servant,  and  settled  in  Hingham,  Mass.,  in  1637  (Reg.  xv.  27)  ;  2.  James 
Cutler,  who  settled  at  Watertown  as  early  as  1634 ;  3.  Dea.  Robert  Cutler,  who 
was  here  as  early  as  1636.  See  Genealogical  Record  of  the  Cutler  Families,  by  Rev. 
Abner  Morse,  Boston,  1867. 

Mr.  Samuel  Ward  named  in  the  will  was  the  author  of  The  Life  of  Faith.  He 
was  a  brother  of  Nathaniel  Ward,  the  compiler  of  the  Massachusetts  Body  of  Lib- 
erties. A  sketch  of  his  life  is  appended  to  the  Memoir  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Ward 
by  the  editor  of  the  Register.  His  son  Joseph,  also  named  in  the  will,  was  rector 
of  Badingham  in  Suffolk. — Editor.] 

Mariane  Sevier  of  Yenstone,  in  the  parish  &  peculiar  of  Henstridge  in 
the  County  of  Somerset,  widow,  9  May  1607,  proved  26  June  1607.  To 
be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Henstridge.  To  the  parish  church  of  Hen- 
stridge ten  shillings.  To  the  poor  folk  of  Henstridge  parish  ten  shillings. 
To  Deane  Haskett,  the  daughter  of  Ellis  Haskitt  forty  shillings.  To  Ellis 
Haskett'a  three  other  daughters  and  William  Haskett  his  son  four  pounds, 
provided  if  any  of  them  die  before  they  come  to  the  age  of  one  &  twenty 
years  or  be  married  then  the  money  to  remain  to  the  survivors.  To  Marga- 
ret Sevier,  daughter  of  Richard  Sevier,  a  gown  cloth  and  ten  pounds  ;  to 
Alee  Sevier,  another  daughter,  a  gown  and  ten  pounds.     To  Marie  Royall 


176  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

of  Ilenstridge,  widow,  one  featherbed  and  three  pounds.  To  Annis  Harte 
twenty  shillings.  To  Cicely  Royall,  daughter  of  Marie  Royall,  three 
pounds  ;  to  Richard  &  to  Dorothie  Royall,  son  &  daughter  of  Marie  Roy- 
all, twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  brother  in  law  Reynold  Sevier  three 
pounds  &  to  John  Sevier,  his  son,  forty  shillings.  To  Dorothie  Pennie  a 
gown.  To  Marrian  Harris,  wife  to  Richard  Harris,  five  sheep.  To  John 
Moores  nine  sheep.  To  the  children  of  John  Wollfres  nine  sheep.  To 
Thomas  Seavier  the  younger  nine  sheep.  To  the  children  of  Gregorie 
Royall  four  pounds  eight  shillings  and  four  pence,  which  money  is  in  the 
hands  of  the  said  Gregorie,  the  father  of  the  said  children.  To  John  & 
Dorothy  Penny,  my  servants,  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  Rose  Collis,  wife  of 
John  Collis,  three  pounds.  To  Marie  Haskett,  wife  of  Ellis  Haskett,  twen- 
ty shillings.  To  every  of  my  godchildren  twelve  pence  apiece.  All  the 
rest  of  my  goods  to  Gregory  Royall,  whom  I  ordain  &  constitute  sole  ex- 
ecutor &c.  The  overseers  to  be  Ellis  Haskett  &r  Richard  Chippman  and  I 
bequeath  to  them  three  shillings  four  pence  apiece. 

The  witnesses  were  John  Bryne,  William  Pittman,  Richard  Chippman, 
Ellis  Haskett  &  John  Royall.  Huddleston,  62. 

Katherine  Sampson,  of  the  parish  and  peculiar  jurisdiction  of  Heng- 
stridge,  in  the  Diocese  of  Bath  &  Wells,  maiden,  30  April  1627,  proved  14 
June,  1627.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Hengstridge.  To  the 
said  church,  in  money,  twenty  shillings.  To  the  poor  of  the  said  parish  ten 
shillings.  For  the  love  I  bear  to  my  cousin  Nicholas  Locke  I  do  forgive 
him  all  the  debts  that  he  to  me  doth  owe  &c.  To  my  mother  my  best 
band  of  linen  and  my  best  apron.  I  forgive  my  cousin  John  Sampson,  out 
of  the  bond  of  forty  shillings  which  he  oweth  unto  me,  twenty  shillings 
thereof,  and  the  other  twenty  shillings  of  the  said  Bond  I  do  give  unto  my 
cousin  Susan  Sampson.  To  my  sister  Joane  Sampson  one  silver  spoon. 
To  cousin  Mary  Sampson,  my  brother  William's  daughter,  my  best  gown, 
my  best  petticoat,  my  best  hat  and  sixteen  pounds  ten  shillings  which  is 
due  to  me  upon  bond  from  Ellis  Hasket  and  William  Haskett,  his  son  &c. 
To  my  two  sisters  Jane  &  Edith  Sampson  the  residue,  and  they  to  be  ex- 
ecutrices.  The  overseers  to  be  Richard  Sampson  the  younger  &  Thomas 
Morris  the  younger.  Brother  Henry  Sampson  oweth  me  twenty  six 
pounds.     Richard  Eburne,  vicar,  was  one  of  the  witnesses.     Skinner,  63. 

John  Carter  of  the  parish  of  S'  Mary  Matfellon,  alias  Whitechapel,  in 
the  county  of  Middlesex,  gentleman,  14  February  1691,  proved  16  June 
1692.  To  my  two  attorneys  in  Barbadoes,  Mr  Peter  Fluellin  and  Capt. 
George  Paine,  twenty  pounds  each  to  buy  them  mourning.  To  my  execu- 
tors Mr  Samuel  Shepheard  and  Mr  Samuel  Perry  twenty  pounds  each  (for 
mourning).  "  Item  I  doe  give,  devise  &  bequeath  unto  my  brother  RoBert 
Skelton  of  New  Yorke  in  America  the  full  summe  of  five  hundred  pounds 
soe  soone"  as  Assetts  shall  come  into  my  Executors  hands  to  that  value"  &c. 
on  condition  that  he  pay  to  Samuel  Shepheard  seventy  pounds  that  he  owes 
to  the  said  Shepheard.  To  Mr  William  Shawe,  Mr  Edwarde  Shawe  and 
Mr  Francis  Shawe,  to  each  six  pounds  to  buy  mourning  and  to  each  of 
their  wives  twenty  shillings  to  buy  rings  to  wear  for  my  sake.  The  residue 
to  my  sister  Sarah  Slaymaker,  wife  of  Thomas  Slaymaker,  of  the  city  of 
Oxford,  cook.  (By  a  codicil  made  the  same  day  bequests  to  Mr  Mark  Bed- 
ford Whiteing,  and  his  wife  and  two  daughters,  Angellick  &  Annett,  to 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  177 

Alexander  Staples  Esq  and  his  wife,  and  son  Alexander  and  his  wife,  and 
son  John  and  daughter  Dorothy.  To  John  Hickman,  Elizabeth  Hickman, 
Hannah  Hickman  and  Mary  Staples  (gold  rings).  To  cousin  Elizabeth 
Carter  of  Barbadoes,  widow  and  her  children  Thomazine  Gibbs,  James 
Carter,  and  her  other  children  James,  Anne,  William,  Richard,  Jane,  Dam- 
aris,  John  &  Agnes  (gold  rings).  To  cousin  John  How,  of  Barbadoes, 
his  wife  Elizabeth  and  daughter  Mary,  to  every  of  them  a  gold  ring  of  the 
value  often  shillings.  Fane,  103. 

Mem.  that  on  or  about  the  first  day  of  March  1691  John  Lee,  heretofore 
of  Charlestown  in  New  England,  carpenter,  lying  sick  on  board  the  ship 
Swallow  &c.  I  desire  the  captain,  meaning  and  speaking  of  and  to  Gyles 
Fifield,  Captain  of  the  said  ship,  to  take  care  of  all  my  concerns  and  get  in 
what  is  due  me  in  Elngland  or  elsewhere.  I  give  two  parts  of  my  whole 
estate  to  my  two  children.  The  other  part  I  give  to  the  captain  and  desire 
he  would  bestow  something  of  the  ship's  company.  Witness  Geo.  Robe- 
son, Samuel  Boyes.     2  June  1692,  the  witnesses  were  sworn. 

11  June  1692  Emanavit  Commissio  Egidio  Fifield  fidei  commissario  et 
legatario  nominat  in  Test  Nuncupativo  Johannis  Lee  aliquandiu  de  Charles- 
towne  in  Nova  Anglia  sed  in  nave  Le  Swallow  super  alto  mari  deceden  &c. 

Fane,  112. 

I,  William  Read  of  New  England  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas,  mariner, 
have  constituted  John  Harlock  of  Ratcliff,  Stepney,  in  the  county  of  Mid- 
dlesex, gentleman,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  my  attorneys  &c.  On  board  the 
good  ship  Granado,  Capt.  Loader  commander,  on  a  voyage  for  Jamaica. 
2  October  1691. 

Witness  Fred.  Johnson,  JaB  Travers.     Proved  12  September  1692. 

Fane,  173. 

John  Symonds  of  Yeldham  Magna  in  the  County  of  Essex,  Esq.  20 
March,  1691,  with  codicil  dated  16  February  1692,  proved  the  last  of  May 
1693.  I  do  confirm  the  jointure  made  to  my  wife  (Jane)  and  give  her  my 
mansion  house  called  the  Poole,  &c.  Manors  of  Panfield  Hall  &  Nichols 
in  Panfield  &  Shalford,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  to  my  kinsman  Mr  Martin 
Carter  and  his  heirs  (&  other  lands).  To  my  niece  Elizabeth  Pepys  all 
moneys  due  to  her  by  bond  or  otherwise  by  Martin  Carter  decd,  father  of  the 
said  Martin  Carter.  To  my  nephew  Mr  John  Pepys,  of  Cambridge  ;  to  my 
sister  Thomasin  Pepys;  to  my  nephew  Thomas  Pepys;  to  my  nieces  Anne 
Whaples  and  Elizabeth  Pepys,  to  my  niece  Ellen  Bacon.  To  each  of  the 
children  of  Martin  Carter  deed,  (except  the  two  eldest  sons)  fifty  pounds. 
To  my  sister  Mrs  Judith  Burgoyne,  to  my  nephew  and  godson  Mark  Guyon, 
to  my  niece  Jane  Guyon,  to  my  nephews  Roger  and  Lucy  Burgoyne,  sons 
of  Sir  John  Burgoyne,  Baronet.  To  Mr  John  Brooke  our  worthy  minister. 
To  the  Society  of  Lincoln's  Inn  of  which  I  am  a  member.  My  wife  and 
sister  Thomasine  Pepys  and  nephew  John  Pepys  to  be  executors. 

(In  the  codicil)  to  my  cousin  Mr  AVilliam  Simonds  of  Ipswich  in  New 
England  one  hundred  pounds.  To  Mr  Fisk  forty  shillings.  To  my  cousin 
John  Carter  and  his  heirs  (certain  lands).  My  nephew  Thomas  Pepys  of 
Felsted..     Mr  Fisk  my  chaplain. 

Sworn  to  &c.  die  Lunse  viz*  Decimo  die  mensis  Aprilis  A.D.  1693. 

Coker,  86. 

The  testimony  of  the  witnesses  shows  that  Mr.  Symonds  had  been  cur- 
sitor  for  Lincolnshire  and  Somersetshire. 


178  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

[John  Synaonds  was  the  2d  son  of  John  and  Ann  (Elyott)  Symonds,  and  was  born 
in  Yeldham  Magna,  Sept.  4,  1618.  He  was  a  nephew  of  Samuel  Symonds  of 
Ipswich,  deputy  governor  of  Massachusetts.  See  Appleton's  Ancestry  of  Priscilla 
Baker,  pp.  19-102.— Editor.] 

Jane  Coaker  of  Kingsbridge  in  the  County  of  Devon,  widow,  6  June 
1651,  proved  1  August  1651.  To  the  poor  of  Kingsbridge  twenty  shillings 
at  the  day  of  the  funeral.  To  son  Robert  Coaker  forty  pounds  withiu  one 
month  after  my  decease,  and  I  release  him  of  all  debts  owing  unto  me,  and 
ten  shillings  a  year  to  be  paid  him  by  my  executor  so  long  as  they  shall  live 
together.  To  grandson  James  Coaker,  son  of  William  Coaker,  my  son,  all 
my  right  &c.  in  the  messuage  wherein  I  live.  To  grandchild  Jane  Ball  ten 
pounds  within  two  years  after  my  decease.  To  son  Richard  Coaker  five 
shillings,  to  be  paid  him  at  his  return  into  England.  To  daughter-in-law 
Agnis  Coaker  thirty  shillings.  To  daughter  Agnis  Bound,  wife  of  Thomas 
Bound,  ten  pounds  within  a  quarter  of  a  year,  and  to  Jane  Kingston  five 
shillings.  To  daughter  Johane  Borton  (wife  of  Henry  Borton)  twenty 
pounds  within  one  month  after  my  decease  and  ten  bushels  of  barley  malt. 
To  Agnes  Risdon,  wife  of  Thomas  Risdou,  to  godchild  Thomas  Phillipps, 
to  Francis  Kingston  &  to  Johane  Heyman,  my  godchildren.  To  grand- 
child Jane  Coaker  forty  shillings.  To  grandchildren  Anne  Davie  and 
Elizabeth  Coaker  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  grand  children  Leonard  & 
Francis  Kent  fifty  shillings  apiece.  To  grand  children  Richard,  Henry, 
Robert,  William,  Flower  and  John  Coaker  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  grand 
child  Henry  Borton  six  silver  spoons.  To  grand  child  Jane  Coaker  three 
pounds  besides  the  forty  shillings  before  bequeathed.  Residue  to  son-in-law 
John  Ilardie,  who  is  made  sole  executor.  The  will  was  proved  by  John 
Hardy  e.  Grey,  157. 

[The  foregoing  will  may  refer  to  Richard  Coaker  who  was  of  New  England  in 
1640. — H.  f.  w. 

It  may  not  be  relevant,  but  I  offer  that  the  following  grants  are  of  record  in  the 
Virginia  Land  Registry : — John  Corker,  6  acres  in  James  Island,  Feb.  10,  1637, 
Book  No.  1,  p.  521  ;  John  Cocker,  1150  acres  in  Surry  county,  March  20,  1677, 
Book  No.  4,  p.  301.— R.  A.  Brock.] 

Sarah  Elmes,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Saviour's,  Southwark,  in  the  County 
of  Surrey,  widow  25  August  1653,  proved  20  April  1654.  To  son  An- 
thony Elmes  five  pounds.  To  son  Radolphus  Elmes  (now  in  parts  beyond 
the  seas)  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  if  he  shall  be  living  at  the  time  of  my  de- 
cease. To  son  Jonathan  Elmes  ten  pounds  within  one  month  after  my 
decease.  To  grand  child  Jonathan  Elmes,  son  of  the  said  Jonathan,  ten 
pounds,  and  to  such  child  as  Mary,  the  wife  of  the  said  son  Jonathan,  now 
goeth  withall  ten  pounds.  To  son  Henry  Elmes  ten  pounds  within  one 
month.  To  my  two  grand  children  Curtis  and  Henry  Elmes  (minors) 
sons  of  my  said  son  Henry,  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  my  two  grand  children 
John  and  Sarah  Maries,  children  of  my  daughter  Margaret  Maries,  of  the 
parish  of  St.  Saviour's,  Southwark,  widow,  twenty  pounds  apiece  at  the 
age  of  one  &  twenty  years  or  day  of  marriage.  To  my  loving  cousin  Sa- 
rah Best  twenty  shillings  (for  a  ring)  and  to  sister  Elizabeth  Sturmey, 
twenty  shillings  and  good  friend  M™  Hamond  of  Pudding  Lane  twenty  shil- 
lings (for  rings).  Daughter  Margaret  Maries  to  be  sole  executrix  and  Mr 
John  Chelsham  and  loving  cousin  Mr  Ralph  Collins  overseers. 

Alchiu,  83. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  179 

[The  testatrix  of  the  above  will  was  undoubtedly  the  mother  of  Rhodolphus 
Ellmes  (see  Savage),  of  Scituate,  who  came  in  the  Planter,  1635,  aged  15,  and 
married,  1644,  Catharine,  daughter  of  John  Whitcomb. 

See  deed  of  Rodolphus  Ernes  of  Scituate  to  John  Floyd,  Oct.  2,  1656,  for  money 
lent  and  paid  for  passage,  in  Suffolk  Deeds,  vol.  ii.  p.  294. — h.  f.  w.J 

Edward  Winslow,  of  London,  Esq.,  being  now  bound  in  a  "  Viage  " 
to  sea  in  the  service  of  the  Common  Wealth,  18  December  1654,  proved 
16  October  1655  by  Josias  Winslow,  son  and  executor.  All  my  lands  and 
stock  in  New  England  and  all  my  possibilities  and  portions  in  future  al- 
lotments and  divisions  I  give  &  bequeath  to  Josia,  my  only  son,  and  his 
heirs,  he  allowing  to  my  wife  a  full  third  part  thereof  for  her  life.  To  the 
poor  of  the  church  of  "  Plimouth  "  in  New  England  ten  pounds.  To  the 
poor  of  Marshfield,  where  the  chiefest  of  my  estate  lies,  ten  pounds.  I  give 
ray  linen  which  I  carry  with  me  to  sea  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth;  and  the 
rest  of  my  goods  which  I  carry  with  me  to  sea  to  my  son  Josias,  he  giving 
to  each  of  my  brothers  a  suit  of  apparell.  Son  Josias  to  be  executor  and 
Col.  Venables  my  overseer  of  my  goods  in  the  voyage  and  my  four  friends, 
Doctor  Edmond  Wilson,  Master  John  Arthur,  Master  James  Shirley  and 
Master  Richard  Floyd,  to  be  overseers  for  the  rest  of  my  personal  estate  in 
England. 

The  witnesses  were  Jon  Hooper,  Gerard  Usher  servant  to  Hen:  Colbron. 

Aylett,  377. 

[Edward  Winslow,  the  third  governor  of  Plymouth  Colony,  was  the  son  of  Edward 
and  Magdalen  Winslow,  of  Droitwich  in  Gloucester,  England,  and  was  born  Oct. 
18,  1595.  (See  Register,  xxi.  209-10,  where  his  pedigree  is  given.)  He  was  one 
of  the  Mayflower  passengers.  He  was  appointed  by  Cromwell  one  of  three  commis- 
sioners to  superintend  the  expedition  against  the  Spaniards  in  the  West  Indies,  and 
died  May  8,  1655,  on  the  passage  between  Hispaniola  and  Jamaica.  An  article  on 
his  life,  by  G.  D.  Scull,  Esq.,  was  printed  in  the  Register,  xxxviii.  21-6.  See 
also  Register,  iv.  297  ;  xvii.  159  ;  and  xxxvii.  392. — Editor.] 

John  Stoughton  Doctor  "in  devinitie"  &  curate  of  the  parish  of  S* 
Mary  Aldermanbury,  London,  beginning  "  Laus  Deo  the  fowerth  daie  of 
May  1639  "  [on  which  day  he  died],  proved  20  May  1639.  To  my  poor 
kindred  twenty  pounds  to  be  disposed  of  according  to  the  discretion  of  my 
wife  Jane  Stoughton,  one  of  my  executors.  To  the  parishioners  of  the 
parish  of  Sl  Mary,  Aldermanbury  aforesaid  five  pounds,  to  be  bestowed 
unto  the  poor  of  the  said  parish. 

To  my  two  daughters  Jane  &  Marie  five  "  hundreth  "  pounds,  to  say, 
to  my  eldest  daughter  Jane  "  fower  hundreth  marks  which  twoe  hundred 
three  score  and  six  poundes  thirteene  shillings  and  fower  pence,  and  the 
remainder  beinge  twoe  C.  hundreth  thirtie  three  poundes  six  shillings  and 
eight  pence  to  my  youngest  daughter  Marie  Stoughton,  to  be  paied  them 
att  theire  age  of  one  &  twenty  yeares  or  the  day  of  theire  marriage,  which 
shall  first  happen  "  &c.  If  both  depart  this  life  before  they  attain  the  age 
specified  or  day  of  marriage  that  then  "  two  hundreth  and  fieftie  poundes 
thereof  shall  come  unto  my  wife  and  two  hundred  pounds  thereof  to  my 
nexte  of  kynn,  and  twentie  fiue  poundes  thereof  to  Emanuell  Colledge  in 
Cambridge  and  the  other  five  and  twentie  poundes  to  Master  Hartlipp  a 
Dutchman." 

To  four  or  five  persons  such  as  my  loving  wife  &  one  of  my  executors 
shall  think  fit  twenty  shillings  apiece  for  a  ring,  provided  Mr  Janeway  be 
one  of  them.     The  executors  to  be  my  dear  and  loving  wife  Jane  Stough- 


180  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

ton  and  my  loving  father  in  law  and  her  father  John  Browne  of  Frampton 
in  Dorsetshire  Esq.  and  for  overseers  Robert  Edwards  and  Edmond  Foord 
of  London  merchants. 

The  remainder  to  my  wife  Jane  Stoughton. 

Wit:   Robert  Edwards         Thomas  Davies.  Harvey,  69. 

[May  4,  1639,  "  Dr.  Stoughton  of  Aldermanbury  died."     See  Smyth's  Obituary. 

— H.  F.  W. 

The  Rev.  John  Stoughton  was  a  brother  of  Israel  and  Thomas  Stoughton,  early 
settlers  of  Dorchester,  Mass.  Israel  was  the  father  of  Lieut. -Gov.  William  Stough- 
ton. .Thomas  removed  from  Dorchester  to  Windsor,  Conn.  Rev.  John  Stoughton, 
the  testator,  was  also  the  stepfather  of  Gen.  James  Cudworth,  of  Scituate,  New 
England,  and  of  the  Rev.  Ralph  Cudworth,  author  of  The  Intellectual  System  of 
the  Universe.  See  articles  on  Stoughton  and  Cudworth  in  the  Register,  xiv.  101  ; 
xxi.  249. — Editor.] 

Mense  Aprilis  1611. 
Thomas  Rogers         Vicesimo    Septimo   die  probatum  fuit  testim    Thome 
Sen.  Rogers  sen  nug  de   Stratford  sug  Avon  in  Com  Warwici 

def  hents  etc.     Juramento  Thome  Rogers  filii  dicti  def  et 
exris  etc.  cui  etc  de  bene  etc  iurat.       Probate  Act  Book. 

[The  will  of  which  the  above  is  the  Probate  Act,  does  not  seem  to  have  been  co- 
pied into  the  Register,  which  I  examined  leaf  by  leaf,  with  hopes  to  find  it.  My 
friend  J.  C.  C  Smith,  Esq.,  then  hunted  through  the  bundle  of  original  wills  fur 
that  year,  but  in  vain.  That  the  testator  was  the  father  of  Mrs.  Harvard,  and 
grandfather  of  our  John  Harvard,  there  can  be  no  doubt.  The  extracts  from  the 
Parish  Register  of  Stratford  upon  Avon,  together  with  the  wills  of  his  daughters, 
&c,  prove  that.  Among  the  Feet  of  Fines  of  the  Easter  Term,  23d  Elizabeth  (.1581), 
I  find  a  conveyance  made  to  him  by  one  Henry  Mace,  of  two  messuages  and  two 
gardens  with  their  appurtenances  in  Stratford  upon  Avon.  He  seems  to  have  been 
a  prominent  citizen  of  that  borough,  as  will  appear  from  the  extracts  I  shall  give 
from  the  records,  and,  in  1596,  while  he  was  holding  the  office  of  Bailiff,  built  the 
house  still  standing  in  High  Street,  now  known  as  "  Ye  Ancient  House,"  the  best 
specimen  now  left  in  that  street,  or  perhaps  in  the  borough.  On  the  front,  under 
the  broad  window  of  the  second  story,  appear  these  characters  : 
T  R  1596  A  R 

In  this  house,  therefore,  Katharine  Rogers  lived  from  1596  until  her  marriage  to 
Robert  Harvard,  and  to  it  she  may  have  come  with  her  little  son  John  to  attend  the 
obsequies  of  her  father.     A  heliotype  of  this  house  illustrates  this  volume. 

— h.  f.  w.] 

The  Parish  Registers  of  Stratford  upon  Avon  commence  Anno  1558. 
By  the  kind  permission  of  the  Vicar,  the  Rev.  George  Arbuthnot,  M.A., 
I  was  enabled  to  devote  the  whole  of  one  day,  from  the  close  of  the  morn- 
ing service  to  the  beginning  of  the  afternoon  service,  to  an  examination 
of  them.     I  took  notes  of  the  following  marriages  : 

1562  January  31,  Thomas  Rogers  and  Margaret  Pace. 

1563  November  27,  Henry  Rogers  and  Elizabeth  Burback. 
1566  July  6,  Edward  Huntington  and  Matilda  Rogers. 
1570  October  15,  John  Rogers  and  Anne  Salsbury. 

1579  July  20,  William  Rogers  and  Elizabeth  Walker. 

1581  October  30,  Richard  Rogers  and  Susanna  Castell. 

"  November  5,  Richard  Rogers  and  Ales  Calle. 
1592  (?3)     December  30,  Antherin  Russell  and  Joyce  Rogers. 

1596  November  21 ,  William  Rogers  and  Jone  Tante. 

1600  October  28,  John  Nelson  to  Elizabeth  Rogers. 

1602  April  13,  Lewes  Rogers  to  Joano  Rodes. 

•'        October  12,  Francis  Rogers  to  Elizabeth  Sperpoint. 

1603  (4)     January  1,  William  Smith  to  Ales  Rogers. 

1605     '•  Apricll  8,  Robertas  Harwod  to  Katherina  Rogers." 

1608  (9)     February  6,  Henry  Stanton  to  Phillip  Rogers. 

1609  July  18,  Thomas  Chestley  to  Margaret  Rogers. 


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GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  181 

I  looked  through  the  record  of  the  marriages  down  to  1637  inclusive, 
and  found  a  few  other  Rogers  marriages,  which  it  hardly  seems  worth  the 
while  to  print.  Thomas,  Henry,  John,  William  and  Richard  Rogers  had 
numerous  children  baptized  and  buried.  Of  these  I  pick  out  the  children 
of  Thomas. 

Baptized.  Buried. 

Margaret,  September  26,  1562.  Margaret,  December  1,  1562. 

Elizabeth.  October  28,  1563.  Johanna,  February  21,  1566  (7). 

Charles,  March  28,  1565.  Alice,  October  3,  1568. 

Johanna,  January  24,  1566  (7).  Anne,  July  24,  1581. 

Alice,  September  2,  1568.  Thomas,  Ausrust  13,  1584. 

Joanna,  October  14,  1571.  "  Infant,"  January  15,  1591. 

Joyce,  February  9,  1572  (3).  Charles  Rogers,  "  homo  "  March  30, 

Ales,  September  11,  1574.  1609  (10). 

Richard,  November  10,  1575.  Thomas  Rogers,  August  31,  1639. 

William,  June 8,  1578. 
Edward,  February  18,  1579. 
Thomas,  July  22,  1582. 
Katherin,  November  25,  1584. 
Thomas,  June  11,  1587. 
Rose,  March  29,  1590. 
Frances,  March  10.  1593. 

The  burial  of  Margaret,  the  wife  of  Mr.  Rogers,  I  did  not  find.  He 
evidently  married  again;  for  I  found  the  burial  of  "  Alice  wyf  to  Mr  Tho- 
mas Rogers,"  August  17,  1608.     His  own  burial  is  thus  given  : 

1610  (11)  February  20,  Thomas  Rogers,  one  of  the  Aldermen. 

Thomas  Rogers  of  Stratford  upon  Avon  in  the  County  of  Warwick  yeo- 
man 27  Aug.  1639,  proved  at  Worcester  21  May  1 640.  To  Anne  my  belov- 
ed wife  all  that  my  messuage  or  tenement  wherein  I  now  dwell,  with  the  ap- 
purtenances, and  all  other  my  lands  and  tenements  whatsoever  situate  & 
being  in  the  said  town  of  Stratford  &c.  to  have  and  to  hold  for  life  or  uutil 
marriage,  and,  after  her  decease  or  day  of  marriage,  to  my  four  daughters 
Lydia,  Alice,  Ruth  &  Hannah  &  their  assigns  until  Edward  Rogers  my 
son  shall  well  &  truly  pay  unto  my  said  four  daughters  the  sum  of  twenty 
pounds  apiece,  and  after  such  payment,  then  to  the  said  P^dward  &  to  the 
heirs  of  his  body  Lawfully  to  be  begotten  ;  failing  such  to  my  right  heirs 
forever.  To  the  poor  of  Stratford  twenty  shillings.  Towards  the  repair 
of  Stratford  church  twenty  shillings.  John  Whinge  of  Blackwell  in  the 
county  of  Worcester,  yeoman  to  be  the  executor  and  my  loving  kinsman 
John  Woolmer  the  younger  and  Henry  Smyth  of  Old  Stratford,  yeoman, 
to  be  the  overseers  of  this  my  will. 

The  Inventory  of  his  goods,  &c.  was  taken  •  1  October  1639  by  John 
Wolmer  the  younger,  gentleman,  John  Wynge  and  Henry  Smith.  The 
sum  total  was  86"  13s  0d. 

The  widow  Anna  Rogers  was  appointed  administratrix  with  the  will 
annexed  and  gave  her  bond  23  May  1640,  with  Francis  Baggott  of  Witley 
Parva  in  the  parish  of  Holt  in  the  County  of  Worcester,  as  her  surety. 

William  Smythe  of  Stratford  upon  Avon  in  the  County  of  Warwick 
mercer,  30  March  1.626,  proved  at  Worcester  10  May  1626.  To  Thomas, 
my  eldest  son  my  shop  &  the  cellars  lying  in  the  Middle  Row  &  now  in 
the  tenure  of  William  Ayng,  butcher,  and  also  my  three  tenements  in  the 
Henley  Street,  now  in  the  tenures  of  Thomas  Alenn  &  Thomas  Wood- 
warde'and  that  I  late  did  dwell  in,  &c.  &  for  want  of  lawful  issue  then  to 


182  GENEALOGICAL    GLEAXIXGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Francis  my  son  &  to  his  lawful  issue  &  for  want  of  such  issue  to  my  two 
daughters  Mary  &  Alice  (equally).  To  daughter  Mary  twenty  pounds  to 
be  paid  to  her  within  two  years  after  my  decease  by  my  son  Francis,  and 
in  consideration  thereof  I  give  to  my  son  Francis  the  lease  of  the  house 
wherein  I  now  dwell,  &c.  To  my  daughter  Alice  Smythe  all  my  house- 
hold stuff,  &c.  &c.  and  I  make  Alice  Smyth  my  said  daughter  executrix  of 
this  my  last  will  &  testament,  and  I  make  my  brother  Henry  Smythe  and 
John  Wolmer  overseers,  &c. 

The  Inventory  of  his  goods  &  chattels  was  taken  28  April  162G. 

Farinydon   Without. 

RICHARD  RASING,  of  Malton  =  Margaret,  dau.  of Hawcliffe. 

son  of  Thomas  Rasing 
of  Malton,  com.  Yorke. 


Wm.  Rasing,  of  Malton=Alice.  dau.  of  James  Rafe  Rasing  of  Malton=E!izabeth,  dau.  of 

second  son,         Conestable  of  CliflV,  Esq.,  eldest  son.  |    Harwood. 

living  a0  1084.  branched  out  of  the 

Conestables  of  Flamburgh. 

1  Richard  Rasing,  eldest  son,  2  John  Rasing=. . . . ._.,  da.  of  Lawrence 

died  without  issue.  of  Broughton, 


&  Malton. 


Chesborough. 


I 
Susan,  da.  of  Humfry  Couert=Rafe  Rasing  of  London=Rose,  da.  of  Tho.  Rogers  of 
of  Blindley  heath,  in  Godston,  goldsmith,  Stratford  vppon  Auon, 

co.  Surry.  married  to  his  co.  Warwick, 

second  wife,  Mary,  da.  to 
Feter  Hunsdon  of  Staple  June,  Gent. 
Living  1634. 

T 


Rafe  Rasing,  Anne,  wife  to  Matthew  Westmerlard, 

son  and  lieire  apparent.  of  Staple  June. 

(Signed)  Raiphe  Rasing. 

[From  Visitation  of  London,  1G33-4-5. 
Had.  Soc.  xvii.  1S6.] 

Mense  Junii  1G47.  Undecimo  die  em'  Com0  Rose  Reason  Relce  Radulphi 
Reason  imp  poe  Ste  Bridgitte  als  Brides  prope  Fleetstreete  Civitat  Lon- 
don deft  haben  &  ad  adstrand  bona  iura  et  credita  diet  deft  de  bene  &c. 
iurat.  Admon.  Act.  Book.  Fol.  76. 

[The  two  forms  of  spelling  tins  surname  are  interesting  for  two  reasons  ;  first,  as 
showing  t lie  loss  of  the  guttural  finals  sound  in  Rasing  (in  connection  with  which 
it  may  be  well  to  note  that  the  crest  of  this  family  was  a  hand  grasping  a  bunch  of 
fjrapes)  ,  and,  secondly,  as  illustrating  the  sound  of  the  diphthong  ea  in  Reason.  I 
have  seen  many  similar  instances  showing  that  in  Sbakspeare's  time  the  word  was 
pronounced  like  raisin.  Recall  Fallstaff's  play  on  the  word  in  Henry  IV.  Part  I. 
Act  ii.  Sc.  4  :  "  Give  you  a  reason  on  compulsion!  If  reasons  were  as  plenty 
as  blackberries  I  would  give  no  man  a  reason  upon  compulsion." — h.  f.  w.] 

In  thi:  Name  of  God  Amex.  I  Rose  Raysings  of  the  Parish  of  Saint 
Bride  London  Widdowe  being  weake  in  bodie  but  of  sound  and  perfect 
memorie  thankes  be  to  God  doe  make  this  my  last  "Will  and  Testament  in 
manner  and  forme  following  (videlicet)  ffirst  I  bequeath  my  soule  to 
Almighty  God  who  gaue  it  me  and  my  bodie  to  the  Earth  from  whence 
it  Came  to  be  buried  in  Saint  Brides  Church  London  in  Christian  decentlike 
manner  as  my  Executor  hereafter  named  shall  thinke  fitting.  Item  I 
giue  to  my  daughter  Rose  Haberly  the  Wife  of  Anthony  Ilaberly  the 
summe  of  Tenne  poundes  and  alsoe  my  best  Gowne  and  petticoate  and  a 
payre  of  Ilollande  sheetes  and  one  douzeu  and  to  her  husband  twentie  shil- 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  183 

linge.  Item  I  giue  to  the  Children  of  my  daughter  Rose  Haberley  (that  is 
to  say)  to  Authonie  John  Mary  and  Rose  I  giue  hue  poundes  apeece  But 
to  my  Grandchild  Elizabeth  Haberley  who  is  my  God  daughter  I  giue  Tenne 
poundes.  Item  I  giue  to  Katherine  Wilmour  my  Executors  Wife  here 
after  named  fiue  poundes.  Item  I  giue  to  Joane  Wilmour  her  Kinswoeman 
hue  poundes.  Item  I  giue  to  John  Wilmour  the  younger  my  sisters  Grand- 
Child  fiue  poundes.  Item  I  giue  to  my  Cousin  Brockett's  sonne  Joseph 
Brockett  in  Southwarke  fiue  poundes  and  to  his  Mother  twenty  shillings  to 
buy  her  a  Ring.  Item  I  giue  to  Marie  Right  That  Tends  me  in  my  sick- 
lies fiue  pounds.  Item  I  giue  John  Corker  my  Godsonne  Twenty  shillings 
and  to  his  Mother  and  his  brother  Tenne  shillings  a  peece.  Item  I  giue  to 
William  Suthes  the  sonne  of  James  Suthes  twenty  pounds  to  be  paid  att 
his  age  of  one  and  twentie  yeares.  Item  I  giue  to  Master  James  Palmer 
formerly  the  Viccar  of  Saint  Brides  London  fiue  poundes.  Item  I  giue  to 
Master  Alexander  Baker  of  Cliffords  Inne  London  Gentleman  that  Bond 
wherein  Master  Morgan  and  Master  Powell  stands  bound  unto  my  late 
husband  Ralph  Raysing  which  is  now  in  suite  in  the  upper  Bench  and  in  the 
Chancerie  and  I  doe  hereby  giue  power  to  the  said  Master  Baker  to  sue  in 
my  Executors  name  for  the  same  provided  alwaies  That  if  the  said  James 
Suches  shall  att  anie  time  hereafter  trouble  my  Executor  hereafter  named 
for  any  concerning  mee  or  my  late  husband  Ralph  Raysing  That  then  my 
Legacie  to  the  said  Willia  Suthes  his  sonne  shall  be  absolutely  voyd. 
Item  I  giue  to  Thomas  Smith  the  sonne  of  my  sister  Alice  Smith  in  War- 
wickshire the  summe  of  fiue  pounds.  And  last  of  all  I  make  my  loueing 
Kinseman  Master  John  Wilmour  of  Stratford  upon  Avon  in  the  Countie  of 
Warwick  my  full  and  sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  de- 
sireing  him  to  doe  all  things  accordingly  as  I  haue  by  this  my  last  Will  re- 
quired him.  And  the  remainder  of  all  my  goods  and  Chattells  not  formerlie 
bequeath  I  doe  hereby  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  Executor  and  I  doe 
hereby  renounce  all  former  Wills  and  Testamts  whatsoever  and  doe 
hereby  revoake  the  same  and  publish  this  to  be  my  last  Will  and  Testament 
and  desire  that  none  may  stand  for  my  last  Will  but  this  and  I  doe  alsoe 
giue  and  bequeath  to  Mistris  Susan  Annyon  Widdowe  the  summe  of  Thirtie 
shillings  to  buy  her  a  Ring.  In  Witnes  whereof  I  haue  to  this  my  last  Will 
and  Testament  sett  my  hand  and  seale  dated  This  first  Day  of  December  in 
the  yeare  of  our  Lord  One  Thousand  six  hundred  fifty  and  fower.  Rose 
Raysings  Signed  sealed  published  and  delivered  as  her  last  Will  and 
testam'  Theise  words  (videlicet)  and  alsoe  my  best  gowne  and  petticoate 
and  a  payre  of  Holland  sheetes  and  one  douzen  of  Napkins  and  my  Bible 
Kinsewoeman  to  be  paid  att  his  age  of  one  and  twenty  yeares  Avon  in 
the  Countie  of  Warwicke  being  first  interlined  in  the  presence  of  us 
Susan  Annyon  Alex  Barker. 

This  Will  was  proved  in  Loudon  the  tweutith  Day  of  June  in  the 
yeare  of  our  Lord  God  One  Thousand  six  hundred  fiftie  and  fiue  before 
the  Judges  for  probate  of  Wills  and  granting  Administrations  lawfully 
authorized  by  the  oath  of  John  Willmour  The  Sole  Executor  named 
in  the  aboue  written  Will  To  whome  Administration  of  all  and  singular  the 
goods  Chattells  and  debts  of  the  said  deceased  was  Committed  he  being  first 
legally  sworne  truly  and  faithfully  to  administer  the  same.     291,  Aylett. 

Joh.  Sadler  clerk  M.A.  adm.,  on  the  resignation  of  Simon  Aldriche, 
to  the  Vicarage  of  Ringmer,  6  October,  1626. 

Archbishop  Abbot's  Reg.  p.  2,  f.  349b. 


184  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

John  Sadler  was  inducted  into  the  possession  of  ye  vicaridge  of  Ring- 
mer  Octobr  xijth  1626. 

1640  Oct.  3  buryed  Mr  John  Sadler  minister  of  Ringmer. 

Ringmer  Parish  Register. 

Sussex,  Ringmer  Vic.  John  Sadler  14  Nov.  1626  (to  Nov.  1628),  Wil- 
liam  Tliomas  of  Lewes  and  William  Michelborne  of  Westmiston  (liis 
sureties).  Compositions  for  First  Fruits. 

Edward  Fenner  of  Auburne  in  the  County  of  Sussex  (13  July  1603 
proved  9  October  1605)  wishes  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church 
of  Auburne  and  leaves  all  to  his  wife  Mary  whom  he  appoints  executrix  & 
entrusts  the  children  to  her  care.  69,  Hayes. 

License  granted  12  May  1613  to  the  Rector,  Vicar  or  Curate  of  Step- 
ney in  the  county  of  Middlesex  to  solemnize  the  marriage  between  John 
Sadler,  clerk,  and  Mary  Fenner,  widow,  late  the  relict  of  Edward  Fenner, 
while  he  lived  of  Auborne  in  the  County  of  Sussex,  gen.  dec'd. 

Vicar  General's  Book. 

[Albourne  is  a  parish  in  Sussex  near  Cuckfield. — h.  f.  w.] 

Mary  Sadler  of  Mayfield  in  the  County  of  Sussex,  widow,  16  Janu- 
ary 1645,  proved  13  November  1647.  "  My  Corpes  to  bee  interred  where 
ever  ytt  shall  please  God  by  my  surviving  freindes  to  dispose  of  ytt."  I  do 
nominate  &  appoint  my  daughter  Elizabeth  James  to  be  my  sole  Execu- 
trix. And  I  bequeath  and  give  unto  her  one  hundred  pounds  of  money 
which  is  in  her  husband's  hands,  and  such  bedding  and  chests  and  wearing 
clothes  as  I  have  (saving  one  chest  which  is  full  of  linnen  and  pewter,  and 
other  small  things).  My  will  is  that  she  shall  buy  &  give  to  my  grand- 
child Mary  Russell  two  silver  spoons  of  ten  shillings  apiece  price  and  to 
Thomas  Russell  my  grandson  ten  shillings  of  money.  I  will  &  bequeath 
unto  my  son  John  Sadler  the  money  which  I  have  in  Mr  William  Michilborne's 
hands.  Item  I  give  unto  my  grandchild  Mary  James  one  chest  of  linen  and 
pewter  except  two  pair  of  the  sheets  and  one  pair  of  pillowcoats  therein, 
which  I  give  unto  Anne  James,  and  one  other  pair  of  sheets  which  are  also 
in  the  said  chest,  which  I  give  unto  Elizabeth  James  my  grandchild-ren. 
Item  I  give  to  each  of  my  son  Russell's  children  not  before  named  in  this 
my  will  one  shilling  apiece  for  the  buying  them  gloves.  Item  I  give  unto 
my  daughter  Mary  Sadler  and  to  each  of  her  children  which  I  suppose  to 
live  in  "newe  "  England  one  shilling  apiece.  Item  I  give  unto  my  daugh- 
ter Anne  Allin  and  to  her  daughter  Mary  one  shilling  apiece,  and  this  I  do 
appoint  and  intend  my  last  will  and  testament.  231  Fines. 

Allen. — Thomas,  son  of  John  Allen,  dyer,  of  Norwich.  At  school 
under  Mr  Briggs  eight  years.  Age  15.  Admitted  sizar  litt.  grat.  July  6, 
1624.     Surety  Mr  Moore.  Admissions  Caius  Coll.  Cambridge. 

Thomas  Hervt,  citizen  &  "  Bocher  "  of  London,  16  June  1505,  prov- 
ed at  Lambeth  3  October  1505.  "  I  bequeth  my  soule  to  god  to  our  Mis- 
sed lady  Virgyfi  Mary  his  moder  and  to  all  the  holy  company  of  heven 
And  my  body  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyerd  of  Seynt  Clementes  in  Can- 
dilwykstrete  of  London  on  the  Northside  of  the  same  Churchyerd  where 
the  body  of  William  more  late  Citezein  and  bocher  of  London  my  graund- 
fader  lyeth  buried.  And  if  it  fortune  that  I  dye  or  decesse  owte  of  Lon- 
don than  I  will  that  my  body  be  buried  where  as  it  shall   please  god   for  it 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  185 

to  dispose.  Item  I  bequeth  to  the  high  aulter  of  the  said  churche  of  Seynt 
Clementes  for  myn  offerynges  forgoten  or  negligently  w'drawenin  discharg- 
yng  of  my  soule  iijs  iiijd.  It  I  bequeth  unto  Margarete  my  wife  for  hir 
parte  purparte  and  portion  of  all  my  goodes  moevable  and  unmoevable  in 
redy  money  xlu  sterl  and  all  my  stuff  of  household  and  plate  hole  as  it 
shalbe  the  day  of  my  decesse.  It  I  bequeth  unto  my  sonnes  Thomas  Her- 
vy  and  Nicholas  Hervy  and  to  the  Infaunte  beyng  in  my  wiffs  worube  if  she 
now  be  wl  tinkle  in  redy  money  xlu  evenly  to  be  devided  and  departed 
amonges  theym  and  to  be  deliued  to  theym  and  eury  of  theym  whan  they 
or  eny  of  theym  shall  come  to  their  laufull  ages  or  manages  the  which 
money  I  will  my  moder  mawde  Hoppy  haue  the  keping  to  the  use  of  my 
said  childern  till  they  shall  come  to  their  laufull  ages  or  manages.  And  if 
it  fortune  any  of  my  said  sonnes  or  the  Infant  in  my  wiffes  wombe  for  to 
dye  or  decesse  afore  they  or  any  of  theym  shal  come  to  their  laufull  ages 
or  manages,  than  I  will  that  the  parte  of  hym  or  theym  so  decessyng  remayne 
to  hym  or  theym  beyng  on  ly ve.  And  if  it  fortune  all  my  said  childern  to 
dye  afore  they  come  to  their  laufull  ages  or  be  maried  than  I  will  that  my 
said  moder  dispose  the  same  xlu  to  my  said  childern  before  bequethed  f®r 
my  soule  my  faderes  soule  my  childern  soules  and  for  all  my  goode  frendes 
soules  in  deedes  of  almes  and  of  charitie  as  she  shall  thinke  best  for  the  helth 
and  saluacion  of  my  soule.  It  I  will  that  my  saide  moder  haue  the  kep- 
ing of  my  said  children  duryng  their  noonage  It  I  will  that  the  saide  Mawde 
my  moder  take  haue  &  receyve  the  proffittes  and  revenues  comyng  and 
growying  of  my  fermes  called  Gubbons  and  "Waltons  in  the  Countie  of 
Essex  and  of  my  ferme  in  Madebrokes  long  mede  and  Wottons  croftes  ly- 
ing in  the  gisshe  of  Retherhith  in  the  Countie  of  Surrey  towardes  the  sus- 
tentacion  and  fynding  of  my  said  childern  duryng  their  noonage  and  the  sur- 
plusage of  the  same  revenues  and  proffittes  coming  &  growyng  of  the  same 
fermes  I  will  it  be  evenly  devided  and  degted  amonges  my  said  childern 
and  Infaunt  by  the  said  Mawde  my  moder.  It  I  bequeth  to  my  suster  Elyfi 
fflynte  the  wif  of  John  fflynte  all  my  state  and  Tme  of  years  which  I  haue 
to  come  of  and  in  my  ferme  called  preestes  fnshe  sett  and  lying  in  the  pisshe 
of  Retherhed  aforesaid.  And  I  will  that  thendentur  of  the  same  ferme  be  de- 
liued unto  ray  said  suster  incontinent  aftr  my  decesse.  Itfn  I  bequeth  unto 
my  cosyn  Thomas  Hervy  myn  state  and  termes  of  yeres  which  that  I  haue 
to  come  of  and  into  the  tenementes  called  the  Dogge  and  the  Shippe  in  Est- 
chepe  in  the  gisshe  of  Seynt  Clementes  aforesaid  and  in  seynt  Leonardes. 
And  I  will  that  thendentures  of  the  same  houses  be  deliued  unto  my  said 
cosyn  Thomas  assone  aftr  my  decesse  as  is  possible.  It  I  bequeth  unto  my 
sunt  William  Anderby  xxs  in  money.  It  I  bequeth  unto  John  ffelix  xx8. 
It  I  bequeth  unto  Richard  ffelix  xx8.  It  I  will  that  my  moder  or  .hir  Ex- 
ecutor fynde  the  said  John  ffelix  to  gramr  scoole  and  to  writting  scole  by  the 
space  of  a  yere  aftr  my  decesse.  The  Residue  of  all  my  goods  moevable 
and  unmoevable  aftr  my  dettes  paid  my  burying  done  and  this  my  prsent  tes- 
tament in  all  thinges  fulfilled  I  geve  and  bequeth  unto  the  forsaid  Mawde  my 
moder  she  there wl  to  doo  ordeyne  and  dispose  hir  owne  freewill  for  eumore. 
Which  Mawde  my  moder  I  make  and  ordeyne  executrice  of  this  ray  prsent 
testament.  In  vvitnesse  wherof  to  this  my  prsent  testament  I  haue  setto  my 
seale.     Youefi  the  day  and  yer  aforesaid."  36  Holgrave. 

In  the  name  of  God  amen  The  xxixth  day  of  the  moneth  of  July  In 
the  yere  of  or  lord  god  m(  vc  and  viij.  I  Thomas  Hervy  bocher  of  the  pisshe 
of  seynt  Oluff  in  Suthwerk    in   the  diocise  of  Winchester  beyng   hole  of 


186  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

mynde  and^memory  thanked  be  almighty  god  sett  make  and  ordeyne  this 
my  prsent  testament  and  last  will  in  man'  and  forme  folowing  ffirst  I  be- 
queth and  recomend  my  soule  unto  almighty  god  my  creator  and  savior,  my 
body  to  be  buryed  in  the  church  of  seynt  01  uff  aforesaid  And  I  bequeth  unto 
the  high  aulter  of  the  same  churche  for  my  tithes  &  oblacioiis  here  before 
necligently  paid  or  forgoten  ijs.  Also  I  bequith  to  my  moder  church  of 
Wynchestre  iiijd  And  I  geve  and  bequeth  to  the  aulter  of  our  lady  in  the 
said  gisshe  church  of  seynt  Orluff  iiijd.  Also  I  bequeth  to  the  aultr  of 
seynt  Anne  there  iiijd.  Also  to  the  aulter  of  seynt  Clement  iiijd.  The  Res- 
idue of  all  my  goodes  and  catalles  not  bequethed  nor  geven  after  my  fuuall 
expences  doon  and  my  dettes  paied  I  will  and  geve  unto  Guynor  my  wif  she 
to  dispose  theym  after  hir  discrecioh  as  she  shall  thinke  moost  convenyent. 
And  of  this  my  present  testament  and  last  will  I  make  and  ordeyne  mvn 
executrice  my  said  wif  Thiese  witnesses  Sr  William  Priour  Curat  of  seynt 
Oluff  aforeseid  William  Bulleyn  grocer  William  Symsofi  and  other. 

Probatum  fuit  suprascript  testm  cora  Dno  apud  Lamehith  xv°  die  mens 
August!  Anno  Dni  Millimo  quingetesimo  octauo  Jur  Guynoris  Relicte  et 
executricis  in  huioi  testo  noiate  Ac  approbat  &  insinuat  Et  comissa  fuit 
admistra0  om  bonorum  &  debit  dicti  defuncti  prefate  executrici  de  bene  & 
fidelit  admistrand  Ac  de  pleno  &  fideli  Inuetario  citra  primfl  diem  Sep- 
tembr  ]3x  futur  exhibend  necno  de  piano  et  vero  compto  reddend  ad  sea  dei 
eung  in  debita  iuris  forma  iurat.  4  Bennett  (P.  C.  C.) 

William  Herford  citizen  &  tallowchandler  of  London,  31  August 
1518,  proved  10  Nov.  1518.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of 
St.  Olave  in  the  old  "  Jure  "  of  London  in  the  same  place  where  my  late 
wife  Johan  resteth  buried.  "  And  I  haue  bought  &  payed  for  the  stone  that 
lyeth  on  her.  And  therefor  I  woll  haue  the  same  stone  layed  on  my  body 
&  I  woll  have  a  scripture  graven  &  fyxed  yn  the  same  stone  makyng  men- 
sion  off  the  tyme  off  my  deceasse  requiryng  the  people  to  pray  for  me."  To 
the  high  altar  of  the  same  church  for  tythes  &  oblations  forgotten  or  neg- 
ligently withholden  iij8  iiijd.  Towards  the  gilding  of  the  tabernacle  of  S' 
John  the  Baptist  at  the  south  end  of  the  high  Altar  of  the  same  church 
xx.s  Towards  the  maintenance  of  Olave's  Brotherhood  within  the  same 
church  xijd.  To  the  company  &  brotherhood  of  Our  Lady  &  S*  John  Bap- 
tist Tallowchandlers  of  London  my  silver  pot.  To  John  Hone  my  best 
dagger  the  sheath  garnished  with  silver  as  it  is.  To  Richard  Chopyn  my 
purse  garnished  with  silver.  "  It  I  beqweth  to  Nicholas  Pynchyn  my  best 
Jaket."  Touching  the  disposition  of  my  lands  &  tenements  in  the  parish  of 
St.  Stephen  in  Colemanstreet  I  will  that  my  wife  Agnes  Herford  shall  have 
them  during  her  life  and  after  her  decease  they  shall  remain  to  my  children 
and  to  the  heirs  of  their  bodies  lawfully  begotten  &  for  lack  of  such  issue  they 
shall  remain  to  the  company  of  Butchers  of  London  forever,  they  finding 
forever  in  the  same  church  of  St.  Olaves  the  day  of  my  decease  dirige  "  on 
nyght  and  masse  of  Requiem  on  the  morne  by  note  dispendyng  at  eviry 
such  obyte  amongyst  prestes  and  clerkes  wex  Ryngyng  off  belles  &  pou  peo- 
ple 20s  foreur.  And  if  the  same  Company  of  Bouchers  make  defaute  of 
and  yn  kypyng  of  the  same  obyte  yn  manr  &  forme  a  bouesayd  then  I  woll 
that  the  same  landes  and  tenntes  shall  full  &  hole  remayne  to  the  co- 
pany  &  felyshippe  of  Talow  chaundelers  of  London  foreu  they  doyng  and 
dyspendyng  yerely  therfore  at  an  obytt  yerly  yn  man1"  and  forme  as  the 
forsayd  copany  off  Bouchers  ar  bounde  to  doo  yn  kepyng  of  the  forsayd  Obyte 
as  they  wyll  answere  before  God."  To  my  cousin  Richard  Baynbery 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  187 

my  tavvney  gown  furred  with  black,  to  John  Kyttelwell  &  Rob4  Kyttel- 
wel)  either  of  them  my  single  Ray  gowns,  to  John  Ryve  my  best  dublett 
to  William  Knott  my  second  Dublet,  to  William  Pyper,  George  Chelsey 
&  James  Quick  mine  apprentices,  so  that  they  continue  &  serve  out  their 
terms  well  &  truly  to  my  wife  their  mistress,  to  either  of  them  vi9  viijd. 
when  their  terms  of  prenticehood  shall  be  finished.  To  my  god  children  that 
at  time  of  my  decease  shall  be  living  xiid.  The  residue  shall  be  divided 
amongst  my  wife  &  children  accordinge  to  the  laws  &  customs  of  the  city 
of  London.  And  Executors  of  this  will  &c.  I  make  &  ordaiue  my  said 
wife  Agnes  &  the  said  Nicholas.     To  Robert  Whetecroft  my  riding  coat. 

102  Bennet  (Commissary  Court  of  London). 

Cristiana  Harvye  of  Shenley  in  the  County  of  Hertford  widow,  and 
John  Harvye,  son  and  heir  apparent  of  the  said  Cristiana,  give  a  bond  30 
June  10  Elizabeth,  of  one  hundred  pounds,  to  Lawrence  Greene,  citizen 
and  cutler  of  London,  that  they  will  carry  out  an  agreement  specified  in  a 
pair  of  Indentures  bearing  date  30  June  10  Elizabeth. 

Claus  Roll  10  Elizabeth,  Part  13. 

Thomas  Harvard  of  the  precinct  of  S'  Katherine's  near  the  Tower  of 
London,  butcher,  conveys  to  Henry  Rawlins  of  Lee  in  the  county  of 
Essex,  mariner  29  January  1621,  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds  already  received,  all  those  three  several  messuages  and  tenements, 
with  all  shops,  cellars,  rollers,  warehouses,  backsides,  entries,  lights,  ease- 
ments, commodities  and  appurtenances  whatsoever  to  the  said  three  several 
messuages  or  tenements,  or  any  of  them,  belonging,  situate,  &c.  at  the  North 
end  of  Bermondsey  Street,  near  Battle  Bridge,  in  the  parish  of  Sl  Olaves, 
als.  tooles  in  Southwark,  &c.  now  or  late  in  the  several  tenures  or  occupa- 
tions of  William  Pilkington,  William  Hatcham  and  William  Fells  or 
their  assigns,  &c.  to  be  delivered  up  the  2d  day  of  July  next.  His  wife 
Margaret  unites.  (What  follows  seems  to  indicate  that  this  conveyance 
is  a  mortgage.)  Claus  Roll  20  Jac.  I.  Part  37. 

Hill.  6  H.  viij  (1514)  Apud  Westfii  a  die  Sci  Martini  inquindecim  dies. 
Intr  Johem  Kyrton  Nichu  Tychehorfi  Henl*  Tyngylden  &  Johem  Fowler 
quer.  et  Ricu  Harvy  &  Cristinam  uxefii  eius  deforc  de  uno  mesuagio  & 
uno  gardino  cum  ptin  in  Southwerk  Et  preterea  iidem  Ricus  &  Cristina 
concesserunt  pro  se  &  hered  ipius  Cristine  qd  ipi  warant  pdcis  Johi  Nicho 
Henr  &  Johi  &  hered  ipius  Johis  Kyrton  pdca  ten  cum  gtin  contr  Johem 
Abbem  monastri  Sc  Petri  Westfii  &  successores  suos  &c.  &c. 

The  consideration  was  twenty  marks  of  silver. 

Feet  of  Fines,  Surrey. 

Trin'.  10  Elizabeth  (1568).  Hec  est  finalis'concordia  fca  in  cur  Dne 
Regine  apud  Westfii  in  crastino  See  Triuitatis  anno  regni  Elizabeth  dei 
gra  Anglie  ffranc  &  hibnie  Regine  fidei  defensoris  etc  a  conqu  decimo,  co- 
ram (&c),  Int  Laurenciu  Grene  quer  et  Cristianam  Harvye  viduam  & 
Johem  Harvye  genosum  deforc  de  septem  messuagiis  septem  gardinis  & 
una  acra  tre  cum  gtin  in  gochia  Sci  Georgii  in  Southwarke  etc.  Consid- 
eration eighty  pounds  sterling.  Feet  of  Fines,  Surrey. 

Trinity  Term  37  Elizabeth,  Essex.  Oliver  Skinner  quer.  and  Thomas 
Harvard  and  Johann  his  wife,  Hugh  Gullifer  and  Anne  his  wife,  William 
Smarte,  Henry  West  and  Margaret  his  wife  and  William  Spalding  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  deforc, — for  one  acre  of  pasture  with  the  appurtenances 
in  Westham.     Consideration  40n  sterling.  Feet  of  Fines. 


188  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Hillary  Term  37  Elizabeth,  Surrey.  Thomas  Harvard  &  Johan  his 
wife  quer.  and  John  Leveson  mil.  deforc, — for  three  messuages  with  the 
appurtenances  in  the  parish  of  S'  Olave  alias  S'  Toolyes  in  Southwark. 
Consideration  160h  st.  Feet  of  Fines. 

Easter  Term  38  Elizabeth,  Essex.  Christopher  Poyner  gen.  quer.  and 
Thomas  Harvey  &  Johan  his  wife  deforc,  for  one  messuage  with  the  ap- 
purtenances in  Foxyearth  &  Pentrowe.     Consideration  80H  st. 

Feet  of  Fines. 

Easter  Term  38  Elizabeth,  Essex.  John  Jefferson  and  Thomas  Smyth 
quer.  and  Thomas  Harvard  &  Johan  his  wife  &  Henry  West  &  Margaret 
his  wife  deforc,  for  three  parts  of  one  messuage,  one  barn,  one  garden,  one 
orchard  and  twelve  acres  of  arable  land  with  the  appurtenances,  into  four 
parts  to  be  divided,  in  Westham  &  Stratford  Langthorne.     Feet  of  Fines. 

Mich.  Term  39-40  Elizth  (1597)  Surrey.  Thomas  Harvard  quer.  and 
John  Anwyke  and  Alice  his  wife  and  William  Crowcher  (Crowther  ?)  and 
Agnes  his  wife  deforc  ;  for  two  messuages,  two  gardens  with  the  appurte- 
nances in  the  parish  of  S{  Olave,  Southwark.     Consideration  80u  st. 

Feet  of  Fines. 

Easter  Term  40  Elizabeth,  Essex,  David  George  quer.  and  Thomas 
Herverd  and  Johan  his  wife  and  William  Spaldinge  and  Elizabeth  his  wife 
deforc, — for  one  messuage,  one  barn,  one  garden,  one  orchard,  twenty  acres 
of  land  (arable),  four  acres  of  meadow  and  six  acres  of  pasture  with  the 
appurtenances  in  Westham.    Consideration  100u  sterling.     Feet  of  Fines. 

Mich.  Term  22  James  I.  Surrey.  Robert  Harverd  quer.  and  Thomas 
Harverd  deforc, — for  three  messuages,  with  the  appurtenances  in  the  pa- 
rish of  S*  Olaves  in  Southwark.     Consideration  240a  sterling. 

Feet  of  Fines. 

Thomas  Rowell  of  the  Parish  of  Westham  in  the  County  of  Essex 
yeoman,  12  August  1583,  proved  23  August  1583.  My  body  to  be  buried 
in  the  churchyard  of  Westham. 

"Also  I  doe  giue  unto  my  sonne  in  Lawe  Thomas  Harford  butcher 
dwellinge  in  London  one  redd  cowe  and  he  havinge  the  said  Cowe  to  giue 
unto  his  mother  in  Lawe  the  some  of  xl8."  To  John  Bestone  my  wife's 
son  all  my  wearing  apparell.  To  Joane  my  wife  all  the  rest  of  my  goods 
&  I  make  her  Executrix. 

Wit.  John  Hall  curate,  John  Rowell  yeoman  Richard  Cannon  yeoman 
Isabell  Spike  widow.  306  Bullocke,  Consistory  Court  of  London. 

Married,  1582,  Nov.  19,  Thomas  Harvarde  &  Jane  Rowell. 

Register  of  S'  Saviour's  Parish,  Southwark. 

Jone  Harvard  wife  of  Thomas  Harvard  buried  June  10,  1599. 

Register  of  Sl  Savior's  Parish,  Southwark. 

Richard  Yearwood  and  Katherine  Ellettsone  were  mard  xxviiith  of 
May  1627.  Parish  Register  of  Wandsworth,  Surrey. 

[This  is  the  third  marriage  of  John  Harvard's  mother  1  am  indebted  to  J.  T. 
Squire,  Esq.,  for  his  kind  permission  to  extract  the  above  from  his  MS  copy  of  this 
Register,  and  to  my  friend  J.  C.  C.  Smith,  Esq.,  who  discovered  this  important 
entry. — H.  F.  w.l 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  189 

Peter  Medcalfe  of  the  parish  of  S'  Olave's  in  Southwark  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Surrey  cloth  worker  24  August  1592,  proved  6  September  1592.  To 
Mr  Richard  Hutton  Deputy  of  the  Borough  of  Southwark  my  best  gown 
faced  with  Foynes.  To  my  very  friend  Mr  Thomas  Lynne  in  Pater  Noster 
Rowe  my  best  gown  faced  with  satin.  To  Richard  Barker  my  gown  faced 
with  Budge  or  Damask  at  his  choice.  To  Peter  Keseler  one  of  my  gowns 
faced  with  budge.  To  the  poor  of  S*  Olave's  in  Southwark  forty  shillings 
To  the  poor  of  Redderiffe  in  the  County  of  Surrey  twenty  shillings.  To 
my  very  good  friend  Mr  John  Nokes  a  ring  of  gold  with  an  agate  cut.  "  Item 
I  giue  and  bequeathe  unto  Robert  Harvey  a  boye  which  I  keepe  the  somme 
of  ffyue  poundes  lawfull  money  of  Euglande  to  be  paied  unto  hym  at  his  age 
of  one  and  twentie  yeres.  So  that-he  be  ordered  and  ruled  by  my  execu- 
trix and  that  he  do  Hue  to  accomplishe  the  age  of  one  and  twentie  yeres 
aforesaied."  To  Symon  Harvye  my  servant  my  great  anvil  &  two  of  my 
best  vices  with  the  bellows  thereunto  belonging.  To  my  other  servants 
viz  Francis,  Thomas  &  Peter  being  my  household  servants  each  of  them 
20  shillings.     Others  mentioned.     Wife  Margaret  Medcalfe  to  be  executrix. 

"71  Harrington  (P.  C.  C). 

Admon  de  bonis  non  was  granted  26  (September)  to  Christopher  Med- 
calf,  the  next  of  kin. 

John  Gut  of  the  parish  of  S'  Saviour  in  Southwark,  in  the  County  of 
Surrey,  brewer  (17  June  1625,  proved  28  June  1625)  bequeaths  to  Rich- 
ard Harford  citizen  &  brewer  of  London  the  sum  of  thirty  shillings  to  make 
him  a  ring  for  a  remembrance.  64,  Clarke. 

Robert  Greene  of  the  parish  of  St.  Savior  in  Southwark  in  the  county 
of  Surrey,  yeoman  (8  November  1645,  proved  19  January  1645)  appoints 
as  one  of  the  overseers  of  his  will  Mr  Thomas  Harvard  of  the  said  parish 
Butcher,  calling  him  friend  &  neighbor,  and  gives  him  five  pounds.  In  a 
codicil,  made  11  January  1645,  he  bequeathes  unto  Robert  Harvard  son  of 
Thomas  Harvard  (above)  the  sum  of  ten  shillings.  The  testator  had  a 
sister  Jane  Marshall  of  Billerica,  Essex.  3,  Twisse. 

Raph  Yardley  citizen  &  merchant  tailor  of  London  25  August  1603, 
proved  27  February  1603.  After  my  debts  paid  and  my  funerals  dis- 
charged I  will  that  all  and  singular  my  goods  chattels  &  debts  shall  be 
parted  &  divided  into  three  equal  parts  &  portions  according  to  the  lauda- 
ble use  and  custom  of  the  city  of  London.  One  full  third  part  thereof  I  give 
and  bequeath  to  Rhoda  my  wellbeloved  wife,  to  her  own  use,  in  full  satis- 
faction of  such  part  and  portion  of  my  goods,  chattells  &  debts  as  she  may 
claim  to  have  by  the  custom  of  the  same  city.  One  other  full  third  part  there- 
of I  give  &  bequeath  unto  and  amongst  my  children,  Raphe,  George,  John, 
Thomas  and  Anne  Yardley  and  to  such  other  child  or  children  as  yet  un- 
born as  I  shall  happen  to  have  at  the  time  of  my  decease,  to  be  equally 
parted,  shared  &  divided  ;between  them,  and  to  be  satisfied  and  paid  to  my 
said  sons  at  the  accomplishment  of  their  several  ages  of  one  and  twenty 
years,  and  to  my  said  daughter  at  the  accomplishment  of  her  age  of  one  & 
twenty  years  or  marriage,  which  shall  first  happen,  &c.  &c.  And  the  other 
third  part  thereof  I  reserve  to  myself  therewith  to  perform  &  pay  these  my 
legacies  hereafter  mentioned,  that  is  to  say,  Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  the 
poor  of  the  parish  of  S*  Saviours  in  Southwark  where  I  now  dwell  twenty 
shillings,  to  be  divided  amongst  them  by  the  discretion  of  the  overseers  of  the 
poor  there  for  the  time  being,  and  to  such  of  the  bachelors  and  sixteen  men 


190  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

of  the  company  of  merchant  tailors  London  as  shall  accompany  my  body  to 
burial  twenty  shillings  for  a  recreation  to  be  made  unto  them,  and  to  the  Ves- 
trymen of  the  same  parish  twenty  shillings  more  for  a  recreation  to  be  made 
unto  them.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  sister  Palmer  a  ring  of  gold 
to  the  value  of  six  shillings  eight  pence,  and  to  my  cousin  John  Palmer  her 
husband  a  like  ring  to  the  like  value,  and  to  my  daughter  Earby  my  first 
wife's  wedding  ring,  and  to  my  son  Erbye  her  husband  my  best  cloak,  and 
to  my  cousin  Richard  Yearwood  my  black  cloth  gown  of  Turkey  fashion. 
The  rest  &  residue  of  all  &  singular  my  goods  &c.  I  wholly  give  unto  my 
said  children  &c.  &c.  Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  brother  Thomas 
Yardley  a  ring  of  gold  to  the  value  of  six  shillings  eight  pence.  And  I 
ordain  &  make  the  said  Raph  Yardley  my  son  to  be  the  Executor  &c.  and 
the  said  Richard  Yerwoode  and  my  son  Edward  Earbye  overseers. 

As  to  my  freehold  lauds  tenements  &  hereditaments  I  will  demise  give  & 
bequeath  my  messuages,  lands  &c  in  Southwark  or  elsewhere  unto  my  said 
children  &c.  24,  Harte. 

John  Hall,  Not.  Pub.,  one  of  the  witnesses. 

Agnes  Parker  of  London,  spinster,  27  November  1617,  proved  9 
January  1617.  Brother  in  law  Edward  Smyth  and  sister  Julian,  his  wife, 
Sister  Margery,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Flinte  of  Litterworth  in  the  County  of 
Leicester,  glazier.  To  MrU  Elizabeth  Bygate,  sometime  my  Mri3  the  sum 
of  twenty  pounds  &c.  To  Anne  the  wife  of  William  Hughes,  Elizabeth 
Turner,  the  daughter,  and  Elizabeth  Turner,  the  wife,  of  James  Turner 
citizen  &  haberdasher  of  Loudon.  To  the  poor  of  all  Hallows  Barking 
London  where  I  am  now  inhabiting.  Item  I  do  bequeath  to  Mr  John 
Ellatson  &  his  wife  for  a  remembrance  a  piece  of  gold  of  five  shillings  & 
six  pence.  And  likewise  to  Mr  William  Bygate  &  his  now  wife  a  like 
piece  of  gold.  And  to  Mr  William  Turner  &  wife  another  piece  of  gold. 
To  Sarah  the  wife  of  Thomas  Skinner  ten  shillings.  The  residue  to  James 
Turner  whom  I  hereby  make  ordain  &  constitute  my  full  &  sole  executor. 

122,  Vol.  23,  Commissary  Court  of  London. 

Ann  Palmer  of  London  widow,  30  January  1621  proved  31  December 
1624.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Olaves  in  South- 
wark in  the  county  of  Surrey,  where  now  I  am  a  parishioner,  as  near  the 
place  where  my  late  deceased  husband  was  buried  as  conveniently  may  be. 
I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  son  Michael  Palmer  all  such  debts  duties  sum  & 
sums  of  moneys  as  are  and  shall  be  due  &  owing  unto  me  at  the  time  of  my 
decease  by  Jacob  Manninge  Percival  Manninge  or  either  of  them  or  by  any 
other  persons  by  or  for  them  or  either  of  them,  all  which  debts  do  amount 
unto  the  sum  of  three  score  and  five  pounds  and  twelve  shillings  or  thereabouts 
priucipal  debt  besides  all  the  interest  long  due,  the  which  money  he  caused 
me  to  lend.  Item  I  give  to  John  Palmer  son  of  my  son  Michael  Palmer 
three  hundred  pounds  of  lawful  English  money  besides  I  have  given  to  his 
master  the  sum  of  thirty  pounds  of  like  money,  and  uuto  Andrew  Palmer 
one  other  son  of  my  said  son  Michael  Palmer  twenty  pounds  &c.  and  unto 
Mary  Palmer  daughter  of  my  said  son  Michael  Palmer  one  hundred  &  fifty 
pounds  of  like  money,  and  unto  Thomas  Palmer  one  other  son  of  my  said 
son  Michael  twenty  pounds  &c.  &  unto  Elizabeth  Palmer  one  other  daugh- 
ter of  my  said  son  Michael  Palmer  twenty  pounds  of  like  money.  To  my 
son  William  fifty  pounds  besides  I  have  heretofore  given  him  two  hundred 
pounds  and  one  hundred  &  fifty  pounds  before  hand,  which  sums  were  in- 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  191 

tended  to  have  been  given  him  for  a  legacy  ;  of  both  which  sums  I  do  dis- 
charge him,  the  which  may  appear  partly  by  his  bond  of  three  hundred 
pounds,  dated  19  July  14  James  &c.  and  partly  by  other  writings,  and  I 
give  him  his  plate  remaining  in  my  hands  as  a  pledge  for  twenty  pounds 
more,  which  twenty  pounds  I  forgive  unto  him  also.  To  John  Palmer,  son 
of  my  said  son  Michael  (sic)  two  hundred  pounds,  besides  I  have  given 
with  him  to  his  master  the  sum  of  forty  pounds.  To  the  said  John  Palmer, 
son  of  my  said  son  William,  the  lease  of  my  now  dwelling  house  situate 
upon  London  Bridge,  &c.  &c,  provided  that  the  said  William  Palmer,  his 
father,  shall,  from  and  after  the  end  of  two  months  next  after  my  decease, 
until  the  said  John  Palmer  his  son  shall  accomplish  his  full  age  of  four  & 
twenty  years,  have  hold  &  enjoy  my  said  dwelling  house,  given  unto  his 
said  son,  paying  &  discharging  the  rent  to  be  due  for  the  whole  to  the 
Bridgehouse  and  one  pepper  corn  yearly  at  the  Feast  of  the  Birth  of  our 
Lord  God  unto  his  said  son  if  he  lawfully  demand  the  same.  Reference 
made  to  the  will  of  John  Palmer,  the  late  husband  of  the  testatrix,  and 
legacies  to  John  and  Mary  Palmer,  children  of  Michael,  and  John  Palmer, 
son  of  William. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  daughter  Anne  Faldo,  late  wife  of 
Robert  Faldo  Esquire,  deceased,  two  hundred  and  three  pounds  of  lawful 
money  of  England  and  my  chain  of  gold,  and  unto  Thomes  Faldo,  her  son, 
forty  pounds,  and  unto  Francis  Faldo,  her  son,  forty  pounds,  to  be  paid  to 
my  said  daughter  their  mother,  and  by  her  to  be  paid  to  the  said  Thomas 
&-Francis  when  they  shall  accomplish  their  ages  of  two  &  twenty  years. 
To  Anne  Faldo,  her  daughter,  forty  pounds,  and  to  Jane  Faldo,  one  other  of 
her  daughters,  twenty  pounds,  and  to  Elizabeth  Faldo,  one  other  of  her 
daughters,  forty  pounds,  at  their  several  ages  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  at 
the  days  of  their  several  marriages  &c. 

To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Fawcett,  wife  of  William  Fawcett,  gentle- 
man, two  hundred  pounds,  besides  four  hundred  pounds  to  them  formerly 
given  &c.  and  my  bracelets  and  all  my  rings  of  gold  &c. 

Reference  to  an  Obligation  whereiu  the  said  John  Palmer  deceased  (for- 
mer husband  of  the  testatrix)  stood  bound  with  the  said  Michael  Palmer 
(the  son)  to  Mr  Jacob  Vercelin  in  the  sum  of  twelve  hundred  pounds,  with 
condition  thereupon  endorsed  to  leave  Mary,  then  wife  of  the  said  Michael 
Palmer  &  daughter  of  the  said  Jacob,  if  she  survive  the  said  Michael,  worth 
in  goods  &  chattels  the  sum  of  one  thousand  pounds  &c. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeathe  unto  my  cousin  Anne  Streate  and  to  my 
cousin  Ellen  Yarwoode  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  buy  them  rings  to  wear 
in  remembrance  of  me.  As  touching  blacks  to  be  worn  at  my  funeral  I 
dispose  them  as  hereafter  followeth,  that  is  to  say,  I  give  and  bequeathe 
unto  my  son  Michael  Palmer  &  William  Palmer  and  unto  my  son-in-law 
William  Fawcett  and  unto  John  Fawcett,  husband  of  Jane  Faldoe,  and  to 
my  loving  friends  &  cousins  Stephen  Streate  and  Richard  Yarwoode  and 
John  Grene  and  Ralphe  Yardley,  to  every  of  them  a  cloak  of  brown  blue 
cloth  containing  three  yards  and  half  quarter  in  every  cloak  at  twenty  shil- 
lings every  yard  or  thereabouts.  I  give  and  bequeathe  unto  my  cousin  Rob- 
ert Poole  a  cloak  cloth  of  forty  shillings  price,  to  my  cousin  Richard  Hinde 
a  cloak  cloth,  about  forty  shillings  price  and  unto  his  wife  a  piece  of  stuff 
about  fifty  shillings  price  to  make  her  a  gown.  Similar  bequests  to  "  my  " 
cousin  Nicholas  Cowper  and  his  wife,  and  cousins  Anne  Streate  and  Ellen 
Yarwood,  and  to  Elizabeth  Blinkensopp  and  Margaret  Kinge  and  to  Chris- 
topher Blinkeusopp  and  Nicholas  Kinge  their  husbands.     Other  bequests. 


192  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

And  I  do  ordain  and  make  the  aforesaid  Richard  Yarwoode  &  Stephen 
Streete  grocers,  "  my  cosens,"  full  executors  &c.  and  I  appoint  my  loving 
friends  John  Grene  Esq.  and  "  Richard  (sic)  Yardlye  Pottecary  my  cosen  " 
overseers  of  this  my  will  and  testament,  and  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the 
said  John  Grene  and  Ralphe  Yardeley  for  their  pains  therein  to  be  taken 
twenty  nobles  apiece  &c. 

In  a  codicil  dated  17  June  1624  the  testatrix  refers  to  her  daughter  Anne 
Faldoe  as  since  married  to  Robert  Bromtield.  Ill,  Byrde. 

Inquisition  taken  at  S'  Margaret's  Hill,  S'  Savior's  Southwark  in  the 
County  of  Surrey,  11  March  22  James  I.  post  mortem  Ralph  Yardley, 
lately  citizen  and  merchant  taylor  of  London  Deceased,  who  was" seized, 
before  death,  in  fee  of  one  capital  messuage  with  the  appurtenances  called 
the  Horn,  lately  divided  into  two  several  messuages,  and  situate  lying  and 
being  in  the  parish  of  Sl  Savior  in  the  Borough  of  Southwark,  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Surrey,  now  or  late  in  the  several  tenures  or  occupation  of  George 
Fletcher,  fisherman,  and  Lawrence  Lunde,  or  their  assigns ;  and  the  said 
Ralph  Yardley,  being  so  seized,  did  on  the  25th  day  of  August  1603,  1 
James,  by  his  last  will  in  writing,  give  and  bequeath  all  and  singular  these 
premisses,  in  English  words,  as  follows  (then  follows  au  extract  from  the 
will).  And  he  died,  so  seized,  the  1st  clay  of  July  1618,  and  Ralph  Yard- 
ley,  named  in  the  will,  is  son  and  next  heir,  and  was  aged  at  the  time  of  the 
death  of  the  said  Ralph  Yardley  the  father,  twenty  one  years  and  more  ; 
and  the  said  capital  messuage,  into  two  separate  messuages  divided  (as 
above)  with  the  appurtenances,  is  held  and,  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  the 
6aid  Ralph  Yardley,  was  held,  of  the  Mayor,  Commonalty  and  Citizens  of 
the  City  of  London  in  free  soccage,  as  of  their  manor  of  Southwark,  in 
Southwark  aforesaid,  by  the  annual  rent  of  two  shillings  per  annum,  and 
is  worth  clear  per  annum,  during  a  certain  lease  made  by  the  said  Ralph 
Yardley  to  a  certain  Richard  Yerwood,  citizen  and  grocer  of  London,  bear- 
ing date  10  July  1603,  and  during  the  term  of  one  hundred  years,  one  pep- 
percorn, and  alter  the  determination  of  the  said  lease  will  be  worth  clear 
and  in  all  events  aud  beyond  reprise,  three  pounds  per  year. 

Chancery  Inq.  p.  m.,  Miscel.,  Part  4,  No.  130. 

[These  Yardley  items  are  interesting  as  showing  the  connection  of  Sir  George 
Yardley  the  governor  of  Virginia,  to  Richard  Yerwood,  one  of  John  Harvard's 
step-fathers.  I  believe  a  little  research  would  show  that  these  Yardleys  were  of 
the  Warwickshire  family  of  that  name.  Richard  Yerwood  and  his  kinsman  Ste- 
phen Street  were  of  Cheshire,  I  have  no  doubt. — n.  f.  w.]  . 

Richard  Bowiier  of  the  parish  of  Sl  Saviours  in  Southwark  in  the 
county  of  Surrey  Innholder,  7  January  1593  proved  20  March  1593.  My 
body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Sl  Saviours.  To  the  poor  people 
of  the  said  parish  forty  shillings  and  to  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  S'  George 
in  Southwark  twenty  shillings.  For  a  sermon  made  at  the  time  of  my  burial 
for  me  (by  Mr  Ratliffe  if  it  please  him)  ten  shillings.  To  the  three  daugh- 
ters of  Agnes  Lackenden  widow,  viz1  Joane,  Alice  and  Mary,  twenty  shillings 
apiece.  To  Stephen  Lackendon  ten  shillings,  and  to  my  godson,  his  son, 
five  shillings.  To  my  godson  Richard  Smyth  of  Plumpstede  in  the  county 
of  Kent  five  shillings  &  to  my  godson  William  Cleere  of  Walworthe  five 
shillings.  To  my  goddaughter  Ellvn  Beech  five  shillings.  To  Thomas 
Vaugham  five  pounds  and  to  Henry  Vaugham,  brother  to  the  said  Thomas, 
three  pounds  six  shillings  &  eight  pence.  To  Cisly  Vaugham,  their  sister, 
four  pounds.  To  Richard  Emmerson,  son  of  William  Emmerson,  five  shillings. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  193 

To  Richard  Emmerson  son  of  Humfrey  Emmerson,  five  shillings.  To 
Robert  Rodes,  youngest  son  now  living  of  Roger  Rodes  of  said  parish  of 
Sl  Saviours,  goldsmith,  three  pounds  six  shillings  and  eight  pence,  and  to 
Elizabeth  Rodes  mother  to  the  said  Robert  live  pounds.  To  my  kinsman 
Peter  Bowmer  of  Sevenocke  in  Kent,  sadler,  ten  pounds.  To  Elizabeth 
Mitchell  wife  of  Abraham  Mitchell  feltmaker  dwelling  at  Ilorseydowue 
near  Southwark,  thirty  shillings,  and  to  my  godson,  her  son,  ten  shillings. 
To  Lambert  Bowmer  of  the  parish  of  Sl  Ollifes  twenty  pounds,  and  to 
Robert  Bowmer,  his  son,  twenty  pounds,  also  to  the  two  daughters  of  the 
said  Lambert  now  living  five  pounds  apiece.  To  Henry  Yonge  twenty 
shillings,  to  John  Yonge  twenty  shillings,  to  Gregory  Francklyn  twenty 
shillings,  to  Abraham  Allyn  twenty  shillings,  and  to  every  one  of  ^  their 
wives  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  make  every  of  them  a  ring  of  gold  withall. 
To  Richard  Cuckowe  ten  shillings  and  to  Peter  Holmes  scrivener  ten  shil- 
lings  (for  rings)  and  to  Isaac  Allen  twenty  shillings. 

°  Allso  my  full  intente  will  and  mynde  ys  :  and  I  doe  herebye  giue  and 
graunte  the  lease  of  my  nowe  dwellinge  house  called  the  queens  heade 
scituate  in  the  sayd  parrishe  of  St.  Saviors  wythall  my  Intereste  and  tytle 
therein  after  my  decease  unto  Rose  my  wife  duringe  all  the  yeares  therein 
to  come.  Provided  allwayes  and  my  will  and  mynde  is  that  the  sayd  Rose 
my  wife  shall  haue  one  years  respitte  after  my  decease  to  pay  and  dischardge 
my  legacyes  herein  bequeathed,  and  therefore  I  doe  appoynte  hereby  that 
shee  the  sayd  Rose  shall  wythin  one  month  nexte  after  my  decease  become 
bounde  in  good  and  sufficyente  bonde  in  lawe  unto  my  ouerseers  here  after 
nominated  in  the  some  of  two  hundred  poundes  of  lawfull  money  of  Inglande 
that  shee  the  sayd  Rose  or  her  assignes  shall  well  and  truly  perforate  fulfill 
and  keepe  the  tenor  of  this  my  will:  and  pay  and  discharge:  all  legacyes 
and  other  duetyes  by  me  hereby  given  and  appoynted  accordinge  to  the 
tennor  and  true  meaninge  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testamente." 

To  the  Society  of  the  Vestry  of  St.  Saviors  thirteen  shillings  &  four 
pence.  The  residue  to  Rose  my  well  beloved  wife  whom  I  make  &  ordain 
my  full  &  sole  executrix.  Thomas  Jackson,  merchant  Tailor,  &  Miles 
Wilkinson,  Baker,  to  be  overseers.  23,  Dixey. 

Rose  Boomer  of  the  parish  of  Saint  "  Savyoure  "  in  Southwark  in  the 
County  of  Surrey,  widow,  29  March  1595,  proved  9  August  1595.  My 
body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Sl  Saviour's  where  I  am  a  parish- 
ioner. To  the  preacher  that  shall  make  a  sermon  at  my  funeral  ten  shil- 
lings. To  the  poor  people  of  the  said  parish.forty  shillings,  to  be  distributed 
amongst  them  at  the  discretion  of  my  Executor  &  the  Collectors  for  the 
poor  there  for  the  time  being.  To  the  poor  people  of  the  parish  of  Bossham 
in  the  County  of  Sussex,  where  I  was  born,  the  sum  of  forty  shillings, 
whereof  I  will  that  ten  shillings  shall  be  paid  to  Alice  Reade,  the 
widow  of  Richard  Reede  (if  she  be  then  living)  And  if  she  be  then  deceased 
then  the  same  ten  shillings  to  be  paid  to  Richard  Chapman.  To  the  poor 
people  of  Sl  John's  house  in  the  city  of  Winchester  forty  shillings.  To 
Richard  Braxton,  son  of  Cornelius  Braxton,  the  sum  of  six  pounds  thirteen 
shillings  and  four  pence,  which  I  will  shall  remain  in  the  hands  of  such 
person  as- shall  keep  him  towards  his  education  until  he  shall  be  bound 
apprentice  and  then  delivered  over  to  use  for  the  best  profit  of  the  same 
Richard  and  the  same,  with  the  interest,  to  be  paid  him  at  the  expiration 
of  his  apprenticeship.  And  if  he  happen  to  decease  before  the  said  sum 
shall  come  unto  his  hands  then  I  will  to  his  half  brother  Edmond  Braxton 


194  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

ten  shillings  &  to  his  sister  ten  shillings,  and  the  residue  to  his  other  two 
whole  brethren  both  by  father  and  mother,  equally.  To  Richard  Mapcrofte 
six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  &  four  pence,  or  if  he  dies  to  his  children  (in 
hands  of  his  wife).  To  Matthew  Barnard  the  younger,  dwelling  in  York- 
shire three  pounds.  To  Matthew  Barnard  the  elder  ten  shillings.  To 
William  Hildrop  a  piece  of  gold  often  shillings,  for  a  remembrance.  And 
a  similar  bequest  to  his  brother  Barnabie  &  his   brother  Richard  and  to 

John  Hildrop  and  their  sister ,  also  to  Johane  Hoskyns,  widow,  and 

to  her  sister  the  daughter  of  Edward  Hildroppe,   and   to  William  Braxton 

and Ilardam  of  Chichester,  son  of  Margery  Braxton,  and  to  Richard 

Wallys  of  Winchester,  to  Margaret  Bathe,  to  John  Homeade's  wife  of  Win- 
chester and  to  Richard  Homeade  her  son,  to  M™  Bird,  to  Mistress  Denham, 
to  Mr  Thomas  Thorney,  of  Portsmouth,  to  John  Androwes,  to  Robert 
Boomer,  to  Thomas  Vaughan,  to  his  sister  Cicely,  to  Robert  Roades,  &  his 
brother  Henry  Clarke,  and  to  my  servant  that  shall  attend  upon  me  at  the 
time  of  my  decease,  ten  shillings.  To  Johane  Allen,  my  daughter,  fifty 
pounds  (and  certain  household  stuff).  To  Isaacke  Allen,  her  son,  &  to 
Rosanna  Allen  the  sum  of  twentie  five  pounds  each.  To  my  daughter 
Alice  Francklin  (certain  household  stuff). 

"  Item  I  will  and  bequeathe  unto  Gregorye  ffrancklyn  my  Sonne  in  lawe 
and  the  sayed  Alice  his  wife  (yf  she  the  same  Alice  shalbe  living  at  the 
tyme  of  my  decease)  all  my  Righte  title  and  interest  of  aud  in  so  muche 
and  suche  partes  and  parcells  of  the  mesuage  or  Inne  called  the  Quenes 
bed  in  the  parishe  of  Sainct  Savyoure  in  Sowthwarke  aforesayed  as  I  lately 
demised  by  Indenture  of  Lease  unto  one  Oliuer  Bowker  and  of  in  and  to  the 
gatehouse  of  the  sayed  Inne  nowe  in  the  occupation  of  Bryan  Pattenson  : 
The  Interest  of  which  premisses  I  haue  and  hould  by  vertue  of  a  Lease 
heretofore  made  and  graunted  by  one  John  Bland  unto  Richard  Boomer  my 
late  husband  deceased  and  me  the  said  Rose  fordiuers  yeresyetto  hauecon- 
tynewance.  Except  allwayes  and  my  meaning  ys  that  the  sayed  Devise  by 
me  as  aforesayed  made  shall  not  extend  to  certeyne  garden  plottes  lying  on 
the  East  syde  of  the  Dytche  or  Common  Sewer  extending  and  passing  by  the 
Tenter  yard  and  the  garden  behinde  the  sayed  mesuage.  Prouided  allwayes 
that  yf  the  sayed  Gregory  and  Alice  shall  not  permitt  and  suffer  Abraham 
Allen  and  Jone  his  wife  Isaacke  Allen  and  Rosanna  Allen  and  theire 
assignes  peaceablye  and  quietly  to  hould  and  enioye  the  sayed  excepted  gar- 
den plottes  according  to  the  tenure  of  suche'  graunte  and  assuraunce  as  I 
haue  lately  made  unto  them  That  then  and  from  thencefourthe  the  Devise 
made  to  the  sayed  Gregorye  and  Alice  as  aforesayed  shall  cease  and  be 
utterlie  frustrate  and  voyde  (any  thinge  before  expressed  to  ye  Contrary 
notwithstandinge )." 

To  my  daughter  Anne  Younge  the  lease  of  my  now  dwelling  house  and  of 
certain  grounds  at  Wallworth  and  one  hundred  pounds  (and  certain  house- 
hold stuff).  To  my  son  in  law  John  Younge  and  Anne  his  wife  towards 
the  buying  of  their  blacks  for  my  funeral  four  pounds.  The  same  to 
Gregory  Franckling  &  Alice  his  wife  &  to  Abraham  Allen  &  Johane 
his  wife.  Bequests  to  others.  John  Younge  to  be  executor  and  Thomas 
Jackson  &  Myles  Wilkenson  supervisors.  53,  Scott. 

Gregory  Francklin  of  the  parish  of  Sl  Savior  in  Southwark  in  the 
Couuty  of  Surrey,  citizen  &  sadler  of  London,  11  September  1624,  proved 
22  September  1024.  My  body  to  be  buried  within  the  church  of  the 
parish  of  S4  Savior,  at  the  discretion  of  Katherine  my  wife  &  sole  executrix. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  195 

To  the  poor  of  the   said  parish   forty   shillings.     To   the    Wardens   of  the 
Company  of  Sadlers  in  London  four  pounds  to  make  them  a  supper  withal  1. 
"  Itni  whereas  I  the  said  Gregory  ffraneklin  by  my  deede  indented  bearing 
date  the  Second  clay  of  ffebruary  in   the  Thirteenth  yeare   of  the   Kings 
Mat8  Rai^ne  aforesaid  of  England  ffraunce  and  Ireland,  And  of  Scotland 
the  Nyne  and  fi'ortieth  (fFor  the  Consideracons  in  the  said  deede  expressed) 
did  eraunte  enfeoff  and  confirme  unto  Gilbert  Kinder  Cittizen  and  Mercer 
of  London  All  that  Capital!  Messuage  or  Line  called  or  knowne  by   the 
name  of  the  Queenes  head  Scituat  and  being  in  the  pish  of  Sl  Savior  in  the 
Borrongh  of  Southwark  in  the  County  of  Surr.  and  one  garden  to  the  same 
belonging  To  certen  severall  uses  in  the  said  deede   expressed   As  by  the 
same  more  plainly  may  appeare,  I  the  said  Gregory  ffraneklin  doe  hereby 
publish  and  declare  that  the  only  cause  and  consideration  wch  moved  me  to 
Seale  unto  the  said  deede  was  for  that  at  the  tyme  of  the  making  and  seal- 
ing thereof  I  was  a  widdower  and  a  sole  gson,  not  having  any  yssue  of  my 
body  then  living  nor  then  intending  to  marrye.     Nevertheles  wth  a  Resruac<>fi 
unto  myselfe  in  case  I  did  marrye  and  had  yssue.  That  not  wthstanding  the 
saide  deede,  or  any  estate  thereupon  executed,  the  power  should  remains 
in  me  to  giue  and  dispose  of  the  said  Inne  and  primsses   at  my  owne   will 
and  pleasure,  In  such  manner  as  I  should  thinck  fitting.     And  therefore  for 
signification  of  my  will  intent  and  meaning  concerning  the  same,  And  foras- 
much as  it  hath  pleased  God  that  I  have  marryed   the  said  Katherine   my 
nowe  wiffe  by  whome  I  have  yssue  Gregory  ffraneklin  my  sonne  and  heir 
who  is  very  young  and  of  tender  yeares,   unto  whome   I   have  but  small 
meaues  to  conferre  and  settle  upon  him  both  for  his  educacon  and  bringing 
upp  and  otherwise  wch  wth  care  I  would  willingly   provide   for   after  my 
decease,  And  not  minding  or  intending  that  my  said  sonne  should  be  disin- 
herited or  deprived  of  his  lawfull  right  of  and  to  the  said  Messuage  or  Inne 
doe  hereby  renounce  and  frustrate  the  said  deede  and  all  thestate  thereupon 
had  Togeather  wth  the  severall  uses  and  limitacons  therein  expressed,  And 
doe  declare  the  same  to  be  of  noe  force  or  vallidity  at  all.     And  doe  hereby 
giue  deuise    and    bequeath    the  said   Messuage  or  Inne  and  garden  w^ 
thapprtennces  to  the  said  Gregory  ffraneklin  my  sonne  and  the  heires  of  his 
body  lawfully  to  be  begotten,  And  for  default  of  such  yssue   unto    Gilbert 
Kinder  and  Margarett  his  wife  and  unto  theire  heires  for  ever." 

Reference  made  to  a  deed  indented  dated  the  last  day  of  August  1616  for 
the  jointure  of  the  said  Katherine  (if  she  should  happen  to  survive),  con- 
veying certain  tenements  in  the  parish  of  S'  Savior  in  Southwark  &  in  the 
parish  of  Sl  Sepulchre  without  Newgate  London  and  confirmation  of  that 
deed.  Also  to  the  said  Katherine  the  moyty  or  one  half  part  of  the  Rents 
Issues  and  Profits,  when  and  at  such  time  as  the  same  shall  grow  due  and 
payable  of  all  and  singular  those  gardens  or  garden  plots  with  the  Alley 
way  or  passage  to  the  same  leading  and  used  with  all  the  appurtenances 
thereunto  belonging  lying  and  being  on  the  backside  of  the  Messuage  or 
Inne  commonly  called  &c.  the  Queen's  Head  &c.  now  in  the  tenure  or 
occupation  of  Isaac  Allen  Gen4  or  his  assigns.  And  the  other  moiety  or 
half  part  of  the  Rents  &c.  of  the  same  gardens  and  premisses  I  give,  will  and 
bequeath  to  the  said  Gregory  Francklin,  my  son,  at  such  time  as  he  shall 
accomplish  his  full  age  of  one  &  twenty  years.  And  after  the  decease  of 
the  said  Katherine,  my  wife,  I  give  will  &  bequeath  all  the  said  premisses 
unto  the  said  Gregory  my  son  &  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten. 
If  my  son  shall  happen  to  depart  this  transitory  life  before  his  said  age  &c. 
(having  no  issue  of  his  body  living)  then  the  said  Katherine,  my  wife,  shall 


196         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

freely  have,  hold,  possess  &  enjoy  all  &  singular  the  same  gardens  & 
premisses  &c.  for  &  during  iier  natural  life,  and  from  &  after  her  decease 
theu  to  the  Wardens  or  keepers  &  Commonalty  of  the  mystery  or  Art  of 
Sadlers  of  the  City  of  London  &  to  their  Successors  forever  the  moiety  or 
half  part  of  the  said  gardens  &c,  And  the  other  moiety  &c.  to  the  Governors 
of  the  Free  School  of  the  Parish  of  S'  Saviour  in  Southwark,  aforesaid,  and 
to  their  successors  forever,  to  this  use,  intent  and  purpose  only  (that  is  to  say) 
for  &  towards  the  maintaining  &  bringing  up  of  some  one  child  or  youth 
which  shall  from  time  to  time  forever  hereafter  be  born  within  the  said 
parish.  And  I  hereby  will  that  such  one  always  may  be  first  taught  learned 
and  instructed  sufficiently  in  the  said  free  school  and  afterwards  by  them  the 
said  Governors  and  their  successors  for  the  time  being  put  forth  and  brought 
up  in  learning,  during  the  term  of  eight  years,  so  that  from  time  to  time  such 
one  scholar  may  attain  to  the  degree  of  Mr  in  Arts  in  one  of  the  Universities 
of  Oxon  or  Cambridge  if  such  one  scholar  shall  so  long  continue  both 
scholar  and  student  in  either  of  the  same,  as  by  their  discretions  shall  be 
thought  most  meet  and  convenient,  whereunto  I  refer  myself. 

To  the  said  Katherine,  my  wife,  the  lease  which  I  hold  of  &  from  the 
Wardens  &c.  of  the  said  mystery  or  Art  of  Sadlers  &c.  of  all  that  Messuage 
or  Tenement  with  the  appurtenances  &c.  called  or  known  by  the  sign  of 
the  Three  Kings  set,  lying  and  being  upon  Snowe  Hill  near  the  Conduit 
there,  within  the  parish  of  Sl  Sepulchre  without  Newgate  London,  now  in 
the  Tenure  or  occupation  of  Josias  Curtis,  tailor  &c.  If  she  die  before  the 
expiration  of  the  term  granted  by  the  same  lease,  then  to  the  said  Gregory 
Francklin,  my  son,  for  the  time  &c.  unexpired.  To  my  said  son  Gregory 
my  gold  seal  ring  (and  other  personal  property)- 

Item  my  special  will  &  meaning  is  that  the  said  Katherine  my  wife  shall 
within  the  space  of  six  months  next  after  my  decease  well  &  truly  satisfy 
&  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  unto  Ann  Parkhurst  &  Katherine  Parkhurst, 
daughters  of  Edward  Parkhurst,  late  citizen  &  merchant  tailor  of  London 
deceased  &  of  the  said  Katherine  my  wife,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds 
of  lawful  money  of  England  for  the  redeeming  of  the  said  Gardens  or  gar- 
den plots,  and  two  tenements  with  the  appurtenances  thereupon  erected, 
which  I  mortgaged  and  stand  engaged  to  pay  the  said  sum  by  my  deed  as 
thereby  appeareth. 

A  bequest  is  made  to  John  Parvish,  "  my  old  servant,"  and  the  residue 
is  bequeathed  to  wife  Katherine  who  is  made  sole  Executrix,  and  friends 
Richard  Yerwood  grocer  and  Robert  Bucke  glover  are  appointed  super- 
visors, and  to  either  of  them,  for  their  pains,  a  ring  of  gold  of  twenty  shil- 
lings apiece  is  bequeathed. 

Witnesses  Richard  Harrison,  Richard  Haukins,  Antho:  Rogers  Scr., 
John  Dodsvvorth,  servant  to  Edrd  Jackson  Scr. 

Probate  granted  to  the  widow  22  September  1624. 

Decimo  quinto  die  mensis  Junii  An0  Dni  1637°  Emanavit  Comissio 
Henrico  Creswell  poe  Sl  Bothi  extra  Aldersgate  London  aurifabr  ad  ad- 
ministrand  bona  iura  et  cred  dci  Gregorii  ffrancklyn  def  iuxta  tenorem  et 
effcum  testl  pied  p  Cathel'inam  Creswell  als  ffrancklyn  als  Blackleech  nup 
relcam  et  execut  testl  dci  Gregorii  (iam  etiam  demort.)  non  plene 
aufnistrat  de  bene  etc  iurat.  73,  Byrde. 

Anne  Whitmore  of  Lambehith  in  the  county  of  Surrey,  widow,  9 
August  1G24,  proved  12  October  1G24.  I  give  all  my  worldly  goods, 
money,  Jewells,  plate  and  household  stuff  whatsoever  unto  my  grandchild 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  197 

Martha  Smith  and  to  the  heirs  of  her  body,  lawfully  begotten,  provided 
always  that  if  the  said  Martha  shall  happen  to  die  and  depart  this  life  with- 
out such  issue  of  her  body  lawfully  begotten  then  my  will  is  and  I  bequeath 
unto  my  grandchildren  Gregory  Francklin,  Anne  Parkhurst  &  Katherine 
Parklrjrst,  the  son  and  daughters  of  Katherine  Francklin,  wife  of  Gregory 
Francklin,  to  every  of  them  the  sum  of  ten  pounds ;  also  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  Richard  Smith  and  Thomas  Bradbrklge,  the  sons  of  Anne  Bradbridge. 
my  daughter,  of  Lambehith  aforesaid,  widow,  the  like  sum  of  ten  pounds 
and  also  to  the  said  Anne  Bradbridge  the  sum  of  forty  pounds.  And  I  nomi- 
nate appoint  and  ordain  the  said  Martha  Smith  to  be  sole  executrix  &c. 
And  my  will  is  that  she  shall  within  six  months  after  my  decease  give  unto 
her  Aunt  Katherin  Francklin  the  sum  of  three  pounds  sterling  to  buy  her 
a  cup  or  bowl,  in  token  of  my  love  unto  her,  and  I  do  appoint  my  loving 
friend  Mr  William  Childe  to  be  overseer  &c.  118,  Byrde. 

Gregory  Franckltn  19  February  1635.  I  do  bestow  all  the  estate 
that  is  or  shall  be  mine  upon  my  sister  Ann,  conditionally  that  she  shall 
help,  succor  &  relieve  my  mother  in  all  her  wants  and  necessities  so  far  as 
she  is  able.  And  to  my  sister  Kate  I  give  a  pair  of  sheets,  a  dozen  of 
napkins  and  a  towel,  and  to  my  cousin  M"  Martha  Marshall  a  pair  andirons, 
and  to  Thomas  Day  a  piece  of  gold  of  five  shillings. 

Administration  was  granted  1  March  1635  to  Anne  Parkhurst  natural  & 
lawful  sister  of  the  said  Gregory  Francklyn  of  the  Parish  of  Sl  Buttolph 
without  Aldersgate  London  deceased.  32,  Pile. 

Richard  Quiney,  citizen  &  grocer  of  London,  16  August  1655,  proved 
3  January  1656.  To  be  buried  at  Stratford  upon  Avon  in  the  county  of 
Warwick,  where  my  father  &  other  my  ancestors  are  interred.  One  half 
of  my  personal  estate  (having  no  wife)  I  bequeath  among  my  five  children 
Richard,  Adrian,  Thomas,  William  and  Sarah  Quiney.  To  my  cousin  Dr. 
Richard  Bayley  and  Master  William  Wheate  forty  shillings  apiece.  To 
my  cousin  master  George  Nash  forty  shillings,  to  buy  rings.  To  my  brother 
master  John  Sadler  and  my  sons  in  law  Edward  Pilkington  and  Thomas 
Booth  and  my  cousin  Richard  Chaundler  five  pounds  apiece.  To  my  bro- 
ther in  law  William  Smith  five  pounds.  To  my  cousin  William  Watts  and 
his  wife  forty  shillings  apiece.  To  cousin  William  Smith  &  his  wife  fort}- 
shillings  apiece  to  buy  rings.  To  cousins  John  &  Robert  Smith  ten 
pounds  apiece.  To  my  daughter  Ellen  Pilkington  fifty  pounds  and  to 
her  husband  the  said  Edward  Pilkington,  ten  pounds  to  buy  mourning, 
to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Cooper  ten  pounds,  to  my  brother  in  law 
master  John  Sadler  and  my  sister  Elizabeth  his  wife  ten  pounds,  to 
my  son  in  law  Thomas  Booth  &  daughter  Ann  his  wife  ten  pounds, 
to  son  John  Lilburne  &  my  daughter  Isabell  his  wife  ten  pounds,  for 
mourning.  To  my  cousin  Charles  Watts  twenty  five  pounds  when  he 
shall  have  faithfully  served  out  the  term  of  eight  years  of  his  apprentice- 
ship. Ten  pounds  to  be  distributed  among  the  children  of  my  coiibin  Ellen 
Parker  equally.  To  my  cousins  John  Sadler  &  William  Baker  forty  shil- 
lings apiece,  to  cousin  Margaret  Jones  forty  shillings  to  buy  rings.  To  my 
grand  child  Elizabeth  Pilkington  ten  pounds  at  one  &  twenty  years  of  age 
or  marriage,  to  Gr.  children  William  &  Richard  Cooper  ten  pounds  apiece 
at  their  several  ages  of  one  &  twenty  years.  To  grand  child  Richard 
Booth  ten  pounds  at  one  &  twenty.  To  such  child  as  my  daughter  Lil- 
burne  now  goeth  withall  ten  pounds  at  one  &  twenty.     To  the  worshipful 


198  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Company  of  Grocers  of  London  whereof  I  am  a  member  a  piece  of  plate 
of  the  value  of  ten  pounds  sterling.  To  master  Watson  minister  of  the 
Word  of  God  in  S*  .Stephen's  in  Walbrooke,  London,  five  pounds,  to  mas- 
ter Beaue,  minister,  &c.  at  Stratford  upon  Avon  forty  shillings.  To  the 
poor  of  Stratford  upon  Avon  ten  pounds.  To  my  son  Thomas  my  part, 
share  &  interest  in  the  Ship  called  the  Seven  Sisters,  Abraham  Reade  com- 
mander, to  be  managed  for  his  use  until  he  shall  have  served  out  the  re- 
mainder  of  his  apprenticeship ;  also  several  leases  estates  &  interests  which 
I  have  in  the  Tyth  of  Drayton  &  a  certain  house  at  Stratford  upon  Avon 
which  I  hold  by  lease  of  the  chamber  of  Stratford  upon  Avon. 

The  residue  of  all  &  singular  my  goods  chattells,  &c.  I  give  &  bequeath 
to  John  Sadler,  Edward  Pilkington,  Thomas  Booth,  William  Smith  & 
Richard  Chaundler,  in  trust,  &c.  for  my  four  younger  children,  Adrian, 
Thomas,  William  &  Sarah  Quiney.  To  my  brother  Thomas  Quiney,  for 
natural  life,  an  annuity  of  twelve  pounds  out  of  my  messuages  &  lands  at 
Shottery,  with  the  appurtenances,  in  the  County  of  Warwick  ;  and  at  the 
decease' of  the  said  Thomas  my  executors  to  take  out  of  the  said  lands  the 
sum  of  five  pounds  to  bear  &  defray  the  charges  of  my  said  brother's  fune- 
ral.    (Other  lands,  &c.  bequeathed  and  devised  to  his  sons. ) 

Also  I  give  &  devise  all  my  land  in  Virginia  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas 
together  with  all  the  stock  of  cattle,  servants  &  other  things  thereunto  be- 
longing unto  my  said  son  Thomas  Quiney  &  to  his  heirs  &  assigns  forever. 
All  my  land  in  Ireland  to  son  Richard.  To  the  town  of  Stratford  upon 
Avon  mv  two  small  tenements  near  the  meer  side  in  Stratford  towards  the 
maintenance  of  the  Bridge,  &c.  &  for  the  poor  alms  men.  Son  Richard  to 
be  executor.  If  he  shall  not  at  the  time  of  my  decease  be  resident  in  Eng- 
land then  my  sons  in  law  Edward  Pilkington  &  Thomas  Booth  to  be  exec- 
utors in  trust  for  him  in  his  absence.  Ruthen,  6. 

[The  testator,  it  seems,  was  a  brother-in-law  of  Rev.  John  Sadler,  but  whether 
this  Rev.  John  Sadler  was  related  to  the  father-in-law  of  Rev.  John  Harvard  we 
have  no  means  of  ascertaining.  Shakspearc's  daughter  Judith  married,  Feb.  10, 
1615- 16,  Thomas  Quiney,  a  wine  merchant  residing  in  the  High  Street  of  Stratford- 
upon-Avon  (See  Outlines  of  the  Life  of  Shakspeare  by  J.  O.  Halliwell  Phillips, 
I\R.S.,  F.S.A..  2d  ed.  1882,  p.  182).  There  was  a  Richard  Quiney,  son  of  Adrian 
Quiney,  who  about  1598  resided  at  the  Bell  in  Carter  Lane,  London  (Ibid.  p.  579. 
See  also  pp.  575-82).— Editor. 

Richard  Quiney  of  =  Elizabeth  da:  of 


Stratford  upon  Avon 
descended  from  Weston 
Coyney. 


Phillips. 


Richard  Quiney  of  —  Ellen  da:  of  Jo:  Sadler 


London,  Grocer. 
A°  1634. 


of  Stratford  upon 
Avon. 


i  i  i 

Richard        Adrian        Thomas        Ellen 
Eldest  son  2  3  Elizabeth 

Anne 

Isbell 

Mary 

(Visitation  of  London,  1633,  1634:  Harleian  MS. 

1476,  405 :  British  Museum.)— h.  f.  w.] 

Benjamin  Keysar  the  elder  of  Westham  in  the  County  of  Essex,  tan- 
ner, 10  April  1650,  proved  3  May  1650,  by  William  Salter  executor. 

Whereas  George  Keysar  my  grandfather,  late  of  Layton  Buzzard  in  the 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  199 

County  of  Bedford,  tanner,  deceased,  did  by  his  last  will  &  testament  give  me 
twenty  two  pounds  four  shillings  &  five  pence  at  my  age  of  one  and  twenty 
years'  as  my  third  part  of  one  hundred  marks  which  my  grandfather  gave 
unto  the  three  sons  of  Benjamin  Keysar,  &c.  and  it  now  remains  in  the 
hands  of  Edmond  Keysar  my  uncle,  of  London,  ironmonger,  being  the  ex- 
ecutor of  my  said  grandfather,  I  give  and  bequeath  ten  pounds  thereof  to 
my  loving  brother  Gabriel  Keysar  and  ten  pounds  to  my  sister  Mary  Key- 
sar at  their  several  ages  of  one  and  twenty  years.  A  bequest  to  friend 
William  Salter  yeoman  in  the  County  of  Essex,  who  is  to  be  executor. 

Pembroke,  74. 

[George  Keysar  was  the  name  of  the  tanner  who  first  settled  in  Lynn,  Massachu- 
setts, and  carried  on  his  business  alongside  of  Strawberry  brook,  to  the  west- 
ward of  the  Water  Mill,  which  itself  stood  just  west  of  the  road  now  known  as  Fed- 
eral Street.  lie  bought  the  land  19th  lino.  1649,  of  Mr.  Samuel  Bennett  who  then 
held  the  mill  property.  In  October,  1654,  he  seems  to  have  settled  in  Salem,  buy- 
ing of  Major  William  Hathorne  a  lot  of  land  near  the  South  River,  as  it  was  often 
called,  or  the  Harbor,  as  now  termed,  at  the  foot  of  Burying  Point  Lane,  now  Lib- 
erty Street.  He  still  retained  his  estate  in  Lynn,  whioh  passed  to  Benjamin  Key- 
ear. — h.  f.  w.J 

Margery  Cox  of  Debtford  in  the  County  of  Kent,  widow,  30  May  1656 
proved  11  June  1656.  To  my  well  beloved  brother  Giles  Webb1  living 
now  in  Virginia,  twenty  pounds.  To  my  brother  William  Lews  of  Titbu- 
ry  in  the  County  of  Gloucester  ten  pounds.  To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Waight 
wife  of  Giles  Waight,  of  Titbury  aforesaid,  twenty  pounds.  To  Wil- 
liam Stone  and  John  Hooper,  both  of  Debtford,  five  pounds  apiece,  they 
being  overseers.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Debtford  twenty  shillings. 
Mary  and  Elizabeth  Waight,  daughters  of  the  abovesaid  Giles  Waight,  to 
be  executrixes. 

The  witnesses  were  William  Huttun,  Joane  Phillips  (by  mark)  &  George 
Martin.  Berkley,  224. 

I1  Captain  Giles  Webb  commanded  a  company  of  rangers  in  Henrico  County, 
Va.,  in  1692.  A  Captain  Giles  Webb  died  in  Henrico  County  in  June,  1713.  The 
last  married  the  widow  of  Henry  Randolph,  Jr.,  Clerk  of  Henrico  County.  In  his 
will  he  mentions  a  brother  Thomas,  and  his  step-son  Henry  Randolph.  The  name 
Webb  has  been  prominent  in  Virginia.  John  Webb,  "  Mariner,"  was  granted  50 
acres  of  land  in  Accomac  County,  Dec.  13,  1627.  Va.  Land  Records,  No.  J,  p.  81. 
Stephen  Webb  was  a  Burgess  from  James  City  in  October,  1644.  George  W ebb 
was  elected,  Dec.  17.  1776,  by  the  Virginia  Assembly,  treasurer  of  Virginia,  to  suc- 
ceed Robert  Carter  Nicholas,  resigned.— R.  A.  Brock,  Richmond,  Va.] 

Mark  Pierce,  of  London,  in  his  will  &  enumeration  of  assets  dated 
10  February  1654  (proved  in  1656)  mentions  forty  pounds  in  the  hands  of 
Master  Robert  Newman,1  citizen  &  vintner  of  London,  and  ten  pounds  in 
money  in  the  hands  of  Elizabeth  Higginson,  widow,  which  I  lent  to  her 
deceased  husband,  Theophilus  Higginson3  in  New  England  and  ought  to 
have  been  paid  presently  at  our  arrival  in  England.  Berkley,  233. 

[Mark  Pierce  was  a  resident  of  New  Haven  as  early  as  1639  and  as  late  as  1646 
(See  New  Haven  Colony  Records,  vol.  i.  pp.  18  and  302).  Savage,  in  his  Geneal. 
Diet.,  vol.  iii.  p.  430,  says  lie  was  of  Cambridge  1642,  but  he  is  not  mentioned  in 
Paige's  History  of  Cambridge. 

1  Probably  the  Robert  Newman  who  was  one  of  the  settlers  of  New  Haven,  Ct., 
and  one  of  the  seven  pillars  of  the  church  there.  He  resided  there  as  late  as  1649 
(See  New  Haven  Colony  Records,  vol.  i.  pp.  9,  20,  492).  Savage,  in  his  Gen.  Diet, 
vol.  iii.  p.  275,  says  he  returned  to  England.  He  thinks  he  was  the  Robert  New- 
man whose  name  is  among  the  passengers  in  the  Mary  and  John,  1631,  printed  in 
the  Register,  vol.  ix.  pp.  265-8. — Editor.] 


200  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

2  Theophilus  Higsinson,  son  of  Rev.  Francis  Higginson.  See  Hist.  Coll.  Essex 
Institute,  vol.  v.  p.  34. — Henry  Wheatland. 

Savage  (Gen.  Diet.  ii.  414)  says  that  Theophilus  Higginson,  of  New  Haven,  died 
about  1657,  aged  37.     This  will  shows  that  he  was  dead  three  years  earlier. — Ed.] 

Thomas  Dumer  of  Chicknell  within  the  parish  of  North  Stonham  in  the 
County  of  Southampton,  gentleman,  12  April  1650,  proved  9  November 
1650  by  Thomas,  John,  Robert  and  Stephen  Dummer,  his  executors.  To 
be  buried  at  discretion  of  the  executors.  To  the  poor  in  North  Stonham 
and  South  Stonham  and  Bishopstoake  twenty  six  shillings  and  eightpence  to 
every  of  said  parishes.  To  my  wife  ten  pounds  within  one  month  after  my 
decease.  To  four  of  my  daughters,  viz.  Susan,  Hester,  Jane  and  Mary 
DufneiT  two  hundred  pounds  to  either  of  them  at  their  several  days  of  mar- 
riage. &c.  To  my  eldest  daughter  Joane  Nelson,  widow,  twenty  shillings 
within  one  year,  &c.  To  my  two  grand  children  namely  Samuel  and  Mer- 
cie  Nelson,  son  and  daughter  of  my  daughter  Joane  Nelson,  fifty  pounds 
apiece  at  ages  of  twenty  one  years.  To  my  daughter  Margaret  Clements, 
being  my  second  daughter  and  now  in  New  England,  twenty  five  pounds, 
and  to  her  child  she  now  hath  twenty  five  pounds  within  six  months,  &c. 
To  my  only  son  Thomas  Dufiaer  and  his  heirs  forever  all  my  freehold  land 
of  inheritance  in  North  Stonham  or  elsewhere  within  the  kingdom  of  Eng- 
land, to  have  and  enjoy  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years.  If  he  die  without 
lawful  issue  then  to  my  said  four  first  named  daughters,  being  now  virgins 
and  unmarried,  &c.  My  beloved  kinsmen  John  Dumer  of  Townhill,  Stephen 
Pen  ton  of  Winton,  Robert  Dumer  of  Durley,  Thomas  Dumer  of  Faire- 
thorne  and  Stephen  Dumer  of  Bishopstoake  to  be  executors  in  trust,  &c. 

The  witnesses  were  Stephen  Dumer,  Thomas  Baylie  and  Ann  Baldry 
(by  mark).  Pembroke,  174. 

[For  an  account  of  Thomas  Dummer,  the  testator,  and  his  children,  see  Col.  Ches- 
ter's Duininer  genealogy  in  the  Register,  vol.  xxxv.  pp.  269-71.  His  eldest  daugh- 
ter Joane  married  Thomas  Nelson  of  Rowley,  whose  will  is  printed  in  the  Regis- 
ter, vol.  iii.  pp.  267-8.  His  second  daughter  Margaret  married  Dec.  25,  1644,  Job 
Clement,  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  afterwards  of  Dover,  N.  11. 

If  the  testator  was  the  Mr.  Thomas  Dummer,  who  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Salisbury,  Mass.  (Register,  vol.  iii.  p.  55;  Coffin's  Newbury,  p.  301),  he  must 
have  returned  early  to  England. — Editor. 

[o  an  account  against  the  estate  of  Mr.  Thomas  Nelson,  deceased,  presented  to 
the  court  held  at  Salem  by  Mr.  Richard  Dummer,  the  last  Tuesday  in  June,  1656, 
is  a  claim  for  "charges  in  England,  from  South-hampton  to  Yorke  &  Hull  which 
is  400  miles  (18  dayes)  [wit]h  the  hire  of  three  horses  &  2  men  &  Expences  yrupon  : 
to  Endeauour  to  gaine  the  [mon]ey  yr  due  :" 

Among  the  papers  also  in  this  case  is  a  copy  of  a  release  made  the  first  of  July, 
1654,  by  the  widow  Jone  Nelson,  who  calls  herself  "  of  Wecom  or  Duphy  or  Dulye 
neare  Southhampton  in  old  England."   In  1650  she  calls  herself  of  Nor th-stoneham. 

Another  of  these  papers  is  a  copy  of  a  bond  of  Thomas  Nelson,  dated  15th  12th 
month,  1641,  in  which  reference  is  made  to  the  "  Contract  of  marriage  betwixt 
Thomas  Nelson  of  Rowley  in  New-England  gent:  &  Joane  Dumer  Spinst:  the  daf- 
ter  of  Thomas  Dummer  ot'Badgely  in  ould  England  gent:." 

Another  is  interesting  as  containing  the  word  "  nayther,"  thus  perhaps  showing 
what  the  sound  of  this  word  was  as  then  pronounced. — County  Court,  Ipswich, 
March,  1657.     Mr.  Richard  Dummer  v.  Mr  Phillip  Nelson.     Review. — u.  F.  w.] 

Jeremy  Dummer  late  agent  of  His  Majesty's  Provinces  of  Massachusetts 
and  Connecticut,  in  New  England,  and  now  resident  at  Plaistow  in  Essex,  in 
the  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain,  7  June  1738,  proved  1  June  1739.  In  the 
chief  place  &  before  all  things  I  do  on  this  solemn  occasion  commend  my 
soul  to  Almighty  God  and  render  him  Infinite  thanks  for  the  many  Bless- 
ings with  which  he  has  been  pleased  to  fill  up  the  short  scene  of  my   life, 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  201 

firmly  confiding  in  the  Benignity  of  his  Nature  that  he  wont  afflict  rue  in 
another  World  for  some  follys  I  have  committed  in  this,  in  common  with 
the  rest  of  mankind,  but  rather  that  he  will  graciously  consider  the  frail  & 
weak  frame  which  he  gave  me  and  remember  that  I  was  but  Dust. 

As  to  the  Interment  of  my  body  I  should  think  it  a  trifle  not  worth  men- 
tioning but  only  to  desire  my  executors  kindly  to  invite  to  my  funeral  all 
such  New  England  gentlemen  as  shall  be  in  London  at  the  time  of  my  de- 
cease and  to  give  each  of  them  a  twenty  shilling  ring  without  any  name 
upon  it  but  only  this  motto  which  I  think  affords  a  good  deal  of  reflection 
— Nulla  retro  via. 

As  to  the  small  fortune  I  have  acquired  I  bequeath,  &c.  as  follows — To 
Mr9  Kent  where  I  now  live  and  to  Mrs  Mary  Stephenson  lodging  in  the 
same  house  one  hundred  pounds  each  and  a  ring.  To  my  worthy  country- 
man Henry  Newman  Esq.  twenty  pounds.  To  Miss  Hook  Jacob  twenty 
pounds.  To  my  good  kinswoman  Mrs  Lloyd  of  New  England,  formerly 
Pemberton  and  Campbell,  one  hundred  pounds.  To  Dudley  Woodbridge1 
of  Barbadoes  fifty  pounds  for  the  pleasure  I  had  in  his  company  when  in 
England.  To  Commissioner  Pearse  of  the  Navy  his  eldest  son  by  his  for- 
mer wife  twenty  pounds.  Item,  I  give  a  fifty  pound  New  England  bill  to 
Mrs  Burr3  of  New  England,  and,  in  case  of  her  death,  to  her  children,  as 
an  acknowledgment  of  a  civility  I  received  from  her  husband  at  the 
college,  I  mean  that  Burr  who  was  schoolmaster  at  Charlestown.  To  Col0 
&  Capt.  Mandell,  Swedes  in  London,  ten  guineas  each.  To  Stephen 
Whateley  of  Gray's  Inn,  gentleman,  my  little  Library,  and  to  my  brother 
Dummer  of  Newbury  twenty  pounds  New  England  money  to  distribute 
among  the  poor  Indian  Squaws  that  may  come  a  begging  at  his  door  in  the 
country.  I  leave  to  my  sister  Dummer  her  husband's  picture  set  in  gold 
which  will  be  found  in  my  Scrutore.  The  Bulk  of  my  estate  I  make  no 
disposition  of,  being  content  it  should  go  according  to  the  Act  of  Assembly 
in  New-England  for  distributing  the  estates  of  Intestates.  And  lastly  I 
desire  that  Francis  Wilks  Esq.  and  Mr  Samuel  Storke  will  be  my  executors 
and  accept  of  me  a  small  specific  legacy,  viz'  Mr  Wilks  the  Diamond  ring 
which  I  usually  wear  and  Mr.  Storke  my  gold  watch  with  the  appurtenances. 
— Made  &  published  in  presence  of  Benja  Rutland,  Ann  Silver. 

A  Codicil,  dated  8  April  1739,  refers  to  a  deed  bearing  date  20  March 
last  between  the  testator  of  the  first  part,  Dorothy  Keant  of  the  second  part 
and  Francis  Wilks  of  the  third  part  for  the  conveying  of  a  house  in  Clar- 
ges  street  to  the  said  M"  Kent  "  and  which  I  have  ordered  to  be  register- 
ed "  according  to  Act  of  Parliament  in  consideration  of  the  trouble  1  have 
given  her  during  a  long  fit  of  sickness.  I  do  hereby  revoke  the  legacy  I 
have  given  her  of  one  hundred  pounds  in  the  foregoing  will. 

Witnesses  F.  Hutton,  James  Howgill. 

Plaistow  15  November  1738.  I  desire  my  executors  will  give  my  scru- 
tore to  Mrs  Kent,  all  my  wearing  apparell  to  Mrs  Mary  and  to  my  coach- 
man a  guinea,  and  the  same  to  each  of  the  maids.  Jer.  Dummer. 

30  May  1739  appeared  Francis  Hutton  of  Gray's  Inn  in  the  County  of 
Middlesex,  gentleman,  and  James  Howgill  of  the  Middle  Temple,  London, 
gentleman,  and  deposed,  &c.  Henchman,  126. 

[Jeremy  Dummer,  the  testator,  was  a  brother  of  Lieut.  Governor  William  Dum- 
mer of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts.  He  was  the  author  of  "  Defence  of  the  New 
England  Charters  "  (1721J .  He  died  in  England  May  19,  1739,  andwas  buried>at 
West  Ham  in  Essex.  iSee  Col.  Chester's  account  of  him  and  his  ancestry  in  the 
Register,  vol.  xxxv.  pp.  208-9.  See  also  Massachusetts  Historical  Collections,  5th 
S.  vol.  v.  pp.  xxi.-ii. 


202  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

1  Rev.  Dudley  Woodbridge,  probably  the  eldest  son  of  the  Hon.  Dudley  Wood- 
bridge,  of  Barbadoes,  was  rector  of  St.  Philip's.  Barbadoes.  He  died  in  1747.  See 
"  Wood  bridge  Record,"  compiled  by  Donald  G.  Mitchell,  from  the  papers  of  his 
brother  Louis  Mitchell,  p.  37  ;  Register,  vol.  xxxii.  p.  2'J4. 

2  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Burr,  widow  of  Samuel  Burr,  master  of  the  Grammar  School  at 
Charlestown,  Mass.,  a  preparatory  school  for  Harvard  College,  which  is  said  to  have 
had  a  reputation  in  the  New  England  colonies  similar  to  that  of  Eton  in  England. 
He  was  born  at  Fairfield,  Ct.,  April  2,  1679,  and  died  there  while  on  a  visit,  Aug. 
7,1719.     See  Todd's  "Burr  Family"  (1878),  pp.  148  and  431.— Editor.] 

Nathaniel  Helton  citizen  and  Salter  of  London,  20  July  1G92,  proved 
13  March  1693,  with  three  codicils,  the  last  of  which  was  dated  1  January 
1093.  To  sou  in  law  James  Greene  and  his  sons  James,  Richard  and  John, 
daughters  Margery  &  Elizabeth  Greene  ;  to  Joseph  Scriven ;  to  John 
Greene,  brother  of  James  Greene  the  elder;  to  the  poor  of  Newington 
Green  where  I  live.  Wife  Elizabeth  Hulton  ;  William  Hulton,  son  of  my 
late  kinsman  William  Hulton  deceased;  Joseph  Hulton  son  of  my  late 
kinsman  Adam  Hulton  deceased;  the  widow  and  daughter  of  the  said 
Adam  Hulton  ;  kinsman  Samuel  Ilaward  ;  Thomas  Crompton,  son  of  my  late 
kinsman  Adam  Crompton  deceased  &  also  his  second  &  third  sons  &  two 
daughters;  sister  Hulton,  widow;  the  daughter  of  kinsman  George  Cromp- 
ton ;  kinsman  John  Hill;  Nathaniel  Hill  son  of  Edmund  Hill  deceased ; 
kinswoman  Elizabeth  Hill  ;  my  sister  Elizabeth  Dickins,  widow  of  John 
Dickins  deceased ;  kinswoman  Ann  Prinlott  and  her  two  sons  now  living 
and  her  daughter  ;  Mr3  Mary  Pickford  &  her  eldest  son  &  her  other  six 
children  now  living;  kinsman  Nathaniel  Hulton 's  wife  &  daughter ;  my 
6on  in  law  Thomas  Horrocks  ;  my  daughter  in  law  Jane  Perry,  &c.  &c. 
My  body  to  be  interred  at  Bolton  in  Lancashire  near  my  father  &  mother. 

In  the  last  codicil  he  makes  a  bequest  of  one  hundred  pounds  to  Mr 
Encrease  Mather,  minister  of  the  Gospel  in  New  England  for  the  use  of 
the  College  there  of  which  he  is  President.  Box  54. 

Mart  Butcher,  daughter  of  Francis  Butcher,  late  of  Staplehurst  in 
the  County  of  Kent,  Clothier,  proved  6  June  1651.  Mention  made  of 
uncle  John  Hide,  of  Sounteine  in  the  County  of  Sussex,  and  his  daughters 
Jude  &  Margaret  Hide,  brother  Thomas  Butcher,  mother  Ann  Lambe, 
father  Thomas  Lambe,  brothers  Thomas,  James,  Christopher  &  John 
Lambe  (all  under  21),  uncle  Thomas  Watersfield  &  Dorothy  his  wife,  uncle 
Ninian  Butcher  &  Francis  his  wife  and  his  two  daughters,  Mary  and  Re- 
becca, Aunt  Elizabeth  Batherst,  widow,  cousin  Mildred  Stace,  wife  of  Cap- 
tain Stace,  Hanna  Butcher,  wife  of  Capt.  Butcher,  and  her  daughters  Eliz- 
abeth and  Hanna  Butcher,  Elizabeth  Ilolden,  wife  of  James  Holden  of 
Crambroke,  Cousin  Elizabeth  Holden  daughter  of  Richard  Holden  of  Fe- 
vershame  in  Bedfordshire  (sic),  Mary  &  Dorothy  Lambe  daughters  of 
Christopher  Lambe  late  of  Westrum  and  the  widow  Dupper.  Father  Tho- 
mas Lambe  to  be  executor.  Grey,  109. 

[See  the  will  of  Ninian  Butcher,  uncle  of  the  testator,  in  the  Register,  vol. 
xxxviii.  p.  415  ;   ante,  p.  75. — Editor.] 

Arthur  Somner  of  Chittleharapton  in  the  County  of  Devon,  fuller,  25 
May  1637,  proved  10  October  1637.  Son  John,  son  Roger  (under 
twenty  one),  daughter  Ales  Somner,  godson  John  Somner,  my  brother 
John's  three  other  children,  my  brother  William  Somner's  two  children, 
uncle  John  Tanner's  children.  Wife  Mary  to  be  executrix  and  brothers 
John  Somner,  William  Somner  &  Lewes  Smale  to  be  overseers. 

Goare,  129. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  203 

[Whether  Arthur  Somner  was  related  or  not  to  the  New  England  family  of  Sum- 
ner 1  have  no  means  of  determining.  William  Sumner,  of  Dorchester,  the  stirps  of 
that  family,  came  from  Bicester  in  Gloucestershire.  See  Register,  vol.  ix.  p.  300, 
vol.  xxxvii.  p.  237.   The  name  Roger  occurs  in  the  Bicester  family  of  Sumner. — Ed.] 

Thomas  Waters  of  Herstmounseux,  in  the  County  of  Sussex,  yeo- 
man, 13  May  1614,  proved  11  December  1617.  To  be  buried  in  the 
church  yard  of  Herstmonseux  aforesaid.  To  eldest  son  Andrew  Waters 
fifty  pounds  within  one  year  after  my  decease,  and,  after  the  decease  of 
Winifrede  my  wife,  six  acres  of  marsh  land  in  the  Levell  of  Horsey  &  in 
the  parish  of  Pevensey  in  the  aforesaid  county.  To  son  Thomas  Waters 
one  parcel  of  hind  in  the  parish  of  Ashborneham  in  said  county,  called 
Blackland  fields,  containing  five  acres,  more  or  less,  and  forty  pounds  in 
one  year,  &c  I  give  unto  my  son  Sampson  Waters  a  lease  of  half  an  acre 
known  by  the  name  of  Lusted's  Croft,  joining  unto  Bawley  Lane,  in  the 
parish  Herstmonseux  aforesaid,  and  ten  pounds  in  three  years,  &c.  To 
Nicholas  Waters  my  brother  six  pounds  that  he  oweth  unto  me.  To  John 
Waters,  my  godson,  twenty  shillings  and  to  the  other  of  my  brother's  child- 
ren ten  shillings  apiece  in  one  year,  &c.  To  Thomas  Waters,  my  godson, 
son  of  Andrew  Waters,  ten  poinds  &  to  James,  the  son  of  Andrew  Waters 
ten  pounds,  to  be  employed  to  their  best  advantage  within  two  years  after 
my  decease.  The  residue  to  my  wife  Winifred  whom  I  ordain  and  make 
sole  executrix.  Loving  friends  William  Parker,  gentleman,  and  Jerimy 
Grirt,  yeoman,  of  the  said  parish,  to  be  overseers. 

Wit:  William  Parker,  Samuel  Parker  &  Mathv  Pinson. 

Weldon,  124. 

[See  Savage.     Sampson  Waters  of  Boston. — h.  f.  w. 

Lieut.  Edward  Waters  was  granted  100  acres  of  land  in  Elizabeth  City,  Va., 
"  in  the  precincts  of  Buck  Roe/'  Oct.  28,  1028.  Va.  Land  Records,  No.  1,  p.  93. 
William  Waters,  probably  a  son,  was  Burgess  from  Northampton  County,  1654-60. 
Ilia  will  is  dated  1685;  died  soon  after,  leaving  issue — 1.  William,  .Naval  Officer 
for  Accomac,  1713;  Burgess  for  Northampton  County,  1718;  had  eon  William, 
whose  only  child  Mary  married  David  Meade  of  Nausemond  County;  2.  Obedi- 
ence; 3.  Thomas. — R.  A.  Brock.] 

John  Kirtland  of  Tickford  in  the  parish  of  Newport  Pagnell,  county 
Bucks,  gentleman,  12  December  1616,  proved  1  August  1617.  To  son 
Nathaniel  all  that  part  of  my  dwelling  house  in  Tickford  wherein  I  now 
inhabit  sometime  called  by  the  name  of  Emberton's,1  adjoining  to  the  tene- 
ment in  tenure  of  William  Coningham  and  to  the  house  and  ground  of  me 
the  said  John  Kirtlaud,  sometime  Thomas  Horton's.  Legacies  to  Mary  Kirt- 
land my  now  wife,  sons  Francis  and  Joseph  Kirtland,  and  daughters  Ab- 
igail, Susanna  &  Mary  Kirtland.  To  my  eldest  son  John  Kirtland  the  house 
or  tenement  sometime  Thomas  Horton's  (next  the  above)  and  adjoining 
a  tenement  of  heirs  of  William  Barton  deceased.  Wife  Mary  and  her  five 
children  (as  above).  To  godson  John  Kirtland,  son  of  my  brother  Philip 
Kirtland,  xiiii8  iiiid  and  to  the  rest  of  the  children  of  the  said  Philip  ii3  vid 
each,  to  be  paid  unto  the  said  Philip  for  their  use.  To  the  children  of  my 
brother  Francis  Kirtland  ii8  vid  apiece.  To  Francis  Foster,  clerk,  ten  shil- 
lings. Wife  Mary  to  be  executrix,  friends  George  Hull  and  John  Horley, 
inhabitants  of  Newport  Pagnell,  to  be  overseers.  Phylipp  Kyrtland  one  of 
the  witnesses.  Weldon,  82. 

[Probably  the  family  of  President  Kirkland  of  Harvard  College.  A  number  of 
settlers  of  Lynn  came  from  about  Olney  in  Bucks.  Sherrington,  from  which  Philip 
Kirtland  of  Lynn  is  said  to  have  come,  is  only  about  two  miles  from  Newport  Pag- 
nell on  the  road  to  Olney. — n.  f.  w. 


204         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

President  Kirkland  was  a  great-grandson  of  John  Kirtland  of  Saybrook,  Conn., 
paid  to  be  a  son  of  Nathaniel  Kirtland,  an  early  settler  of  Lynn.  Philip  and  John 
Kirtland  were  also  early  settlers  of  Lynn.  (See  Chapman's  Kirtland  Genealogy  in 
the  Register,  vol.  xiv.  pp.  241-5,  and  Lewis  and  Newhall's  History  of  Lynn 
(1865),  pp.  154-5.— Editor. 

1  Paganus  de  Emberton,  of  Tykford  Priory,  Bucks,  1187.  Dugdale's  Monasti- 
kon.— James  A.  Emmerton.] 

John  Downing  of  S'  Clement  Danes  in  the  County  of  Middlesex, 
skinner,  15  May  1623,  proved  7  July  1623.  To  the  poor  of  the  said  par- 
ish twenty  shillings.  To  my  daughter  Katherine  a  ring  with  a  flower  de 
luce  which  I  wear  upon  my  finger.  To  my  daughter  Abigail  twenty  shil- 
lings. And  moreover  my  will  and  meaning  is  that  if  my  said  daughter  Abi- 
gail shall  determine  to  go  to  Virginia  that  upon  her  going  away  my  exec- 
utors shall  pay  to  and  for  use  unto  the  Virginia  Company  the  sum  of  six 
pounds  towards  her  charges.  To  my  grand  child  Sara  Smith  ten  pounds, 
to  be  put  out  to  the  best  advantage  by  my  executors  until  the  day  and  time 
of  her  marriage.  To  my  grand  child  Katherine  Smith  and  her  sister  Dor- 
othy Smith  twenty  shillings  apiece,  to  be  paid  them  at  their  several  mar- 
riages, or  sooner,  at  the  discretion  of  my  executors.  To  ray  grand  child 
Francis  Smith  forty  shillings,  at  his  accomplishment  of  the  age  of  twenty 
and  one  years.  To  my  grand  child  Sibell  Smith  twenty  shillings,  at  her  day 
of  marriage,  or  sooner,  &c.  To  my  grand  child  John  Smith  five  pounds 
towards  the  placing  and  putting  him  forth  an  apprentice ;  and  my  will  is 
that  until  he  shall  be  fit  and  capable  for  service  my  executors  shall  main- 
tain him  &  keep  him  to  school,  to  write  and  read.  To  my  son  Smith's 
daughter  Mary  ten  shillings  within  three  months  after  my  decease.  To 
the  two  sons  of  my  son  Drake,  vidu  to  John  and  Richard,  twenty  shillings 
between  them,  in  three  months,  &c.  To  my  sister  Joyce  Wilson  a  seal 
ring  with  a  faucon  in  it,  which  I  had  of  her,  and  twenty  shillings  in  money, 
to  be  paid  unto  her  within  three  months,  &c.  To  my  grand  child  Abra- 
ham Downing  ten  shillings.  To  my  well  beloved  son  Richard  Downing 
the  lease  which  I  hold  from  and  under  the  countess  Dowager  of  Arundell 
by  the  houses  now  in  the  occupation  of  me  the  said  John  Downing,  togeth- 
er with  the  shop,  &c.  of  Jane  Barkested  widow,  &c.  &c.  To  my  well  be- 
loved son  Francis  Downing  twenty  pounds  over  and  besides  his  part  of  the 
remainder  of  my  goods,  which  my  will  is  he  shall  have  within  three  months 
after  my  death.  The  residue  shall  be  equally  shared  &  divided  between 
my  said  two  sons  Richard  and  Francis  Downing -and  they  two  to  be  co-ex- 
ecutors. 

Wit:  Elias  Allin,  George  Courthopp,  Thomas  Dannett  &  John  Browne, 
Scr.  Swann,  67. 

James  Rand,  citizen  &  apothecary  of  London,  20  June  1685.  Lega- 
cies to  son  James  and  to  son  Ralph.  I  have  advanced  my  daughter  Mary 
in  marriage.  There  is  a  debt  owing  to  me  from  one  William  Bancks  now 
or  late  resident  at  Virginia,  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas.  My  daughter 
Grace  Rand  to  be  executrix.  Mr  John  Fisher  and  my  sou  in  law  Chris- 
topher Gould  to  be  overseers. 

Wit :  Leonard  Bates,  scr.,  Robert  Burges  and  George  Gittens  his  ser- 
vant. In  a  codicil,  dated  26  March  1686,  he  refers  to  his  daughter  Grace 
as  very  sick  and  appoints  his  daughter  Mary  Gould  executrix  in  her  stead, 
if  she  shall  happen  to  die. 

The  will  was  proved  3  May  1686  by  Mary  Gould,  wife  of  Christopher 
Gould.  Lloyd,  63. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  205 

Thomas  Dobson,  citizen  and  skinner  of  London,  13  September  1626, 
proved  30  May  1627,  directs  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of 
St.  Michael  Bassishawe,  makes  bequests  to  sundry  people  dwelling  in  Col- 
man  Street  and  to  sundry  ministers,  among  whom  Mr.  Davenport,  minister  at 
St  Stevens  in  Colman  Street.  In  a  codicil  of  11  November  1626  he  re- 
vokes a  bequest  of  ten  pounds  made  in  his  Will  to  his  sister  Dobson,  and 
bequeaths  that  sum  to  Thomas  Davenport,  son  of  his  neighbor  Mrs.  Mary 
Davenport,  widow,  to  be  paid  to  the  mother  for  the  use  of  the  said  Thomas 
Davenport.  In  another  codicil,  of  13  March'1626,  he  changes  this  bequest 
to  one  of  ten  pounds  to  the  widow  Davenport  and  ten  pounds  to  her  son 
Thomas.  Skinner,  46. 

Inducco  mfi  Johis  Davenport  clici  in  artibus  probati  ad  vicariam  eccliae 
gochiae  Sci  Stephi  in  Colman  strete  cits  et  archin  pr  vacan  per  mortem 
ualem  mfi  Samuelis  Jerman  clici  ulti  vicarii  et  incumbents  ibfil  etc  em* 
sub  sigillo  etc  quarto  die  novembris  A0  Dni  1624°. 

Prob.  &  Admon.  Act  Book,  Archdeac. 
of  London,  1611— 1626,  fol.  190. 

Inducco  Johis  Goodwyn  clici  in  Artibus  magfi  ad  vicariam  gpetuam 
eccliae  goch  sci  Stephani  Coleman  streete  cits  et  Archinat  London  def  g 
liberam  et  spontaneam  Resignacoem  Johis  Davenport  clici  ultimi  vicarii 
et  Incumbeh  pred  ad  quam  p  discretos  viros  Simonem  Laurence  Willmum 
Spurtlowe  Augustinu  Garland  Johem  Stone  Henricum  Wood  Henricum 
Austin  Ludovicu  Roberts  et  Michaelem  Warner  gochianos  dee  goe  veros 
et  indubitatos  patronos  prntatus  extitit. 

Prob.  &  Admon.  Act  Book,  Archdeac. 
of  London,  1626— 1637,  fol.  139. 

[Rev.  John  Davenport  was  the  fifth  son  of  Henry  and  Winnifred  (Barnabit) 
Davenport,  of  Coventry,  co.  Warwick,  where  he  was  born  in  1597.  On  the  9th  of 
April  in  that  year  he  was  baptized  in  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  of  which  the 
Rev.  Richard  Eaton,  father  of  Theophilus  Eaton  of  New  Haven,  Ct.,  was  rector. 
He  was  admitted  to  Merton  College,  Oxford  University,  in  1613,  and  after  passing 
two  years  in  that  college  he  removed  to  Magdalen  Hall,  but  the  same  year,  Nov. 
15,  1615,  left  the  University  and  commenced  preaching.  On  the  5th  of  October, 
1624,  he  was  almost  unanimously  elected  vicar  of  St.  Stephen's,  Colman  Street, 
London,  to  which  living  he  was  inducted  Nov.  4,  as  the  above  record  shows.  On 
the  death  of  Archbishop  Abbot  he  left  London,  Aug.  5,  1633,  for  a  hidden  retreat 
in  the  country,  and  after  waiting  three  months,  finding  the  messengers  of  Laud,  the 
new  archbishop,  were  on  his  track,  he  crossed  over  to  Holland,  landing  at  Haarlem 
in  November.  He  resigned  the  vicarage  of  St.  Stephen's,  and  John  Goodwin  was 
admitted  as  his  successor  Dec.  18,  1633.  In  1637  he  came  to  New  England,  arriving 
at  Boston  June  26,  1637,  with  another  minister  and  Mr.  Eaton  and  Mr.  Hopkins, 
merchants,  as  Winthrop  informs  us  (Hist,  of  New  England,  vol.  ii.  p.  226,  2d  ed. 
p.  272).  It  is  possible  that  the  other  minister  may  have  been  John  Harvard,  who 
probably  arrived  about  this  time.  It  is  true  that  Trumbull  (Hist,  of  Connecticut, 
vol.  i.  p.  89)  says  that  Rev.  Samuel  Eaton  accompanied  his  brother,  but  it  is  hardly 
probable  that  Winthrop,  who  gives  his  brother's  name,  would  omit  his.  Daven- 
port was  the  first  minister  at  New  Haven,  Ct.,  1638-67,  and  was  pastor  of  the  First 
Church  of  Boston,  Mass.,  1667,  to  his  death  1670.  For  further  details  in  the  life  of 
Rev.  John  Davenport,  see  History  and  Genealogy  of  Davenport  Family,  by  A.  B. 
Davenport,  1851,  and  Supplement  to  do.  1876;  Life  and  Writings  of  John  Daven- 
port, by  F.  B.  Dexter,  in  New  Haven  Historical  Society  Papers,  vol.  ii.  pp.  205-38; 
and  Register,  vol.  ix.  p.  147.  Mr.  Waters  has  much  other  matter  relative  to  the 
Davenports,  including  a  will  of  an  uncle  of  the  Rev.  John  Davenport,  who  men- 
tions him  as  at  the  University.  This  matter  will  appear  in  a  future  number. — 
Editor.] 

John  Greene,  late  of  the  parish  of  Petsoe  in  the  County  of  Glouces- 
ter, Virginia,  and  now  at  present  of  the  parish  of  S*  Butolph's  without 


206  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Aldgate,  mariner,  now  bound  out  to  sea  for  a  voyage  unto  Virginia  in  the 
good  ship  Thomas  &  Francis,  Capt.  Simmons  Commander,  15  April  1685, 
proved  8  January  1693,  by  Anne  Greene,  relict  and  executrix.  He  ap- 
points his  wife  Anne  his  attorney  &  the  executrix  of  his  will,  and  mentions 
six  hundred  acres  in  the  parish  of  Petsoe,  with  certain  dwelling  houses,  &c. 
given  and  bequeathed  to  him  by  his  late  father  John  Greene  deceased, 
now  in  the  tenure  and  possession  of  one  Win.  Grimes,  his  undertenants  or 
assigns.  He  gives  and  bequeaths  unto  every  one  of  his  relations  or  near 
kindred  nominated  or  usually  called  by  any  name  or  names  whatsoever, 
unto  each  one  of  them  particularly  twelve  pence  apiece,  to  be  paid  unto 
each  one  of  them  upon  their  several  demands. 

The  witnesses  were   Edward   Gibson,   Thomas   Forne  and  Thomas  Ec- 
cleston.  Box  (1694). 

[Ralph  Greene  received  grants  of  50  and  300  acres  of  land  on  the  north  side  of 
York  River,  July  18,  1050/  Va.  Land  Records,  No.  2,  p.  265.  He  received  subse- 
quently Grants  aggregating  3500  acres.  Oliver  Greene  was  granted  120  acres  in 
Gloucester  County,  July  24,  1033,  No.  3,  p.  16,  and  450  acres  March  30,  1657,  No. 
4,  p.  122.  Thomas  Greene  was  granted  270  acres  on  Elizabeth  River.  June  11, 
1652,  No.  3,  p.  145.  John  Green  was  granted  200  acres  on  the  West  Branch  of 
Elizabeth  River,  June  1,  1655,  No.  3,  p.  349  (among  the  "  transports  "  or  "  head 
rights"  were  Richard  and  Katherine  Greene);  350  acres  in  Gloucester  County, 
Jan.  13,  1661,  No.  4.  p.  407.  There  are  numerous  other  grants  of  record  in  the 
17th  century  to  William,  Peter,  James  and  Robert  Greene. — R.  A.  Brock.] 

Miles  Prickett  (by  mark)  of  the  parish  of  Holy  Cross  near  &  with- 
out the  walls  of  the  City  of  Canterbury,  baker,  30  November,  2d  Charles 
(1626),  proved  30  June  1627. 

Whereas  there  is  or  will  be  certain  money  due  to  me  in  consideration  of 
my  adventuring  into  Virginia  under  the  Worshipful  Captain  Pryn  his 
charge,  which  goods,  if  they  shall  prosper  well  in  the  said  voyage,  I  freely 
dispose  of  the  benefit  that  shall  be  due  to  me  unto  my  brother  John  Prick- 
ett, by  him  equally  to  be  divided  and  shifted  between  my  brethren  as  the 
same  shall  come  into  his  hands.  To  brother  William  Prickett's  two  child- 
ren ten  pounds,  equally  to  be  divided,  &c.  as  they  come  to  age.  which  sum 
of  money  is  now  remaining  in  the  hands  of  my  brother  Thomas.  To  bro- 
ther John  nine  pounds  now  remaining  in  the  hands  of  Jane  Prickett  my 
sister  &  by  her  due  to  me.  To  the  son  of  my  said  brother  John  my  cloak. 
To  Edward  Hollett  (certain  wearing  apparel).  Brother  John  to  be  sole 
executor.  I  give  to  him  and  his  heirs  two  hundred  acres  of  land  lyiug  in 
Elizabeth  City  in  Virginia,  near  Salford's  Cricke. 

The  witnesses  were  William  Brooke,  John  Slade,  Thomas  Boudler  (by 
mark)  &  Edward  Turfett.  Skinner,  65. 

William  White  of  London,  linen-draper,  20  August  1622,  proved  26 
June  1627.  I  give  and  bequeath  all  my  lands  in  Virginia,  with  all  my 
servants,  goods,  debts,  chattells  and  whatsoever  else  I  have  unto  my  be- 
loved brother  John  White  of  London  Esq.,  whom  I  constitute  and  ordain 
to  be  the  sole  heir  and  executor  of  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament.  The 
witnesses  were  Erasmus  Ferior  &  John  Wade.  Skinner,  65. 

[George  White,  "  Minister,"  was  granted  200  acres  of  land  on  Nansemond  Riv- 
er, June  3,  1635.  Head  Rights  :  Geo. White,  William  Moore,  John  Joyce,  Thomas 
Catchman.  Va.  Land  Records,  No.  I,  p.  240;  100  acres  in  County  of  New  Nor- 
folk, Aug.  19,  1637.  Head  Rights  :  Wife  Blanche  White,  Peter  White,  Zach.  Tay- 
lor, No.  1,  p.  458  ;  150  acres  do.  do.  Head  Rights  :  George  White,  William  Moore, 
John  Joyce,  Tliomas  Catchman,  No.  1,  p.  459;    300  acres  in  upper  county  of  New 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  207 

Norfolk,  March  6,  1638,  No.  I,  p.  589  ;  John  White  was  granted  50  acres  in  upper 
county  of  New  Norfolk,  Juno  10,  1639,  No.  1,  p.  659.  James  White  and  John 
Richeson  200  acres  in  Mobjack  bay,  Aug.  15,  1642,  No.  1,  p.  810. — R.  A.  Brock.] 

William  Saker  of  Surrey  gentleman,  1  December,  1627,  proved  7 
December  1 627.  House  &  lands  in  Lambeth  to  nephew  Christopher  Saker 
if  he  live  to  be  of  the  age  of  one  &  twenty  years.  If  he  die  before  then 
my  cousin  John  Rayner  and  his  heirs  shall  have  the  same.  To  niece  Dor- 
othy Saker  one  hundred  &  fifty  pounds. 

Item,  I  give  my  servant  Thomas  Gregory,  if  he  return  alive  out  of  Vir- 
ginia into  England,  fifty  pounds.  To  Mrs  Machett  a  piece  of  plate,  which 
she  hath  in  her  custody,  of  the  fashion  of  a  cock,  and  to  Mr  Machett  two 
hundred  weight  of  my  Virginia  Tobacco,  to  the  end  he  may  be  assisting  to 
my  executors.  To  Mr  Thomas  Clarke  ten  pounds  &  to  Mr  John  Upton 
the  elder  fifteen  pounds  which  he  owes  me  and  five  pounds  to  buy  him  a 
ring.  My  executors  to  be  Sir  Thomas  Jay  of  the  Precinct  of  Blackfriars, 
London,  Knight,  and  Nathaniel  Finch  of  Gray's  Inn.  Wit :  G.  Hastings 
&  Benjamin  Jeay.  Skinner,  117. 

Paul  de  Reuoire,  gentleman,  born  in  Savoye,  at  present  in  London, 
sick  in  bed,  30  November  1627,  proved  18  December  1627.  Small  legacy 
to  a  servant.  All  the  rest  to  good  friend  Alexander  Toriano,  minister  of 
the  Italian  church,  who  is  appointed  executor.  Skinner,  118. 

[This  surname  was  borne  by  the  ancestors  of  Paul  Revere  of  Boston,  of  Revolutionary 
fame,  whose  grandfather,  Gilbert  de  Rivoire,  a  Huguenot,  emigrated  from  St.  Foy, 
in  France,  and  settled  in  the  island  of  Guernsey.  Apollos  de  Rivoire,  son  of  Gil- 
bert, at  the  age  of  thirteen  was  sent  to  Boston  to  learn  the  trade  of  a  goldsmith. 
Here  he  changed  his  name  to  Paul  Revere,  married  and  settled.  His  oldest  son 
Paul,  above  named,  was  born  Dec.  21,  1734,  O.  S.,  Jan.  1,  1735,  N.  S.,  and  died 
May  10,  1818.— E.  H.  Goss,  of  Melrose,  Mass.] 

Mary  Stmes,  now  of  Beamister,  late  of  Poorstock,  in  county  Dorset, 
widow,  7  June  1736,  proved  17  November  1738.  To  be  buried  in  the 
Church  Yard  of  Poorstock  at  the  end  of  the  chancell  there,  near  my  late 
son  in  law  Mr  Bendle  deceased,  and  to  the  Parson  or  Vicar  of  the  same 
parish  two  guineas  for  the  breaking  the  ground  for  my  grave  and  burying 
me.  I  give  unto  my  grand  son  Richard  Chichester,1  now  in  Virginia  (son  of 
my  late  daughter  Elizabeth  Chichester  deceased)  one  Bond  for  one  hun- 
dred &  thirty  pounds  lately  given  or  entered  into  by  son  Chilcott  Symes  to 
me  and  all  the  moneys,  principal  &  interest  now  due  or  to  grow  due  on  the 
same.  To  John  Chichester  (son  of  the  said  Richard  Chichester)  eighty 
pounds  sterling  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease,  and  in  case  he  shall 
not  then  have  attained  his  age  of  one  &  twenty  years  it  shall  be  paid  to 
his  said  father  in  trust  for  him.  To  Elizabeth  Beer  widow  and  relict  of 
Francis  Beer  late  of  Long  Bredy,  in  said  County  of  Dorset,  deceased,  thir- 
ty pounds  sterling,  in  one  year,  &c.  To  M™  Elizabeth  Foster,  wife  of 
Mr.  John  Foster  of  West  Milton  in  the  said  county,  maltster,  ten  pounds 
sterling  in  one  year,  &c.  To  my  old  servant  Grace  Moores  the  sum  of 
five  pounds  sterling.  It  is  my  will  that  in  case  any  right  or  thing  shall 
happen  or  accrue  to  rne  from  or  out  of  the  personal  estate  or  effects  of  my 
late  uncle  George  Richards  Esq.,  deceased,  that  the  same  shall  go  and  be 
equally  divided  between  my  said  son  Chilcott  Symes,  my  daughter  Mary 
Symes  (wife  of  Mr  Arthur  Symes  of  Beamister  aforesaid)  and  my  said 
grandson  Richard  Chichester.  The  residue  to  said  son  Chilcott  &  daugh- 
ter Mary,  equally  to  be  divided  between  them  ;  and  I  appoint  them  jointly 
to  be  executor  &  executrix.     Wit :  Merfield  Cox  &  Richard  Hussey. 


208  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

In  a  codicil,  of  same  day,  she  directs  that  her  silver  tankard  be  exchang- 
ed or  converted  into  a  flagon  or  other  necessary  piece  of  plate  for  the  com- 
munion service  of  the  parishioners  of  the  said  parish  of  Poorstock.  To 
Dinah,  wife  of  John  Darby  of  Loscombe,  Dorothy,  wife  of  John  Bailey  of 
Poorstock,  taylor,  Mary  Courtenay,  wife  of  John  Courtenay  of  Poorstock, 

blacksmith,  and  Anne  wife  of  ,  formerly  Anne  Wench,   one  guinea 

apiece.  Brodrepp,  272- 

[lWilliam  Chichester  was  granted  220  acres  of  land  in  Lower  Norfolk  County,  Va., 
Sept.  14,  1667.  Va.  Land  Records,  No.  6,  p.  220.  The  name  is  extensively  repre- 
sented in  Virginia. — R.  A.  Brock.] 

Anne  Notes,  of  Cholderton,  in  the  County  of  Wilts,  widow,  18  March, 
1655,  proved  20  April,  1658,  by  Robert  Rede,  sole  executor  named  in  the  will. 
To  James  Noyes  and  Nicholas  Noyes,  my  two  sons,  now  in  New  England, 
twelve  pence  apiece  and  to  such  children  as  they  have  living  twelve  pence 
apiece.  To  son-in-law  Thomas  Kent  of  upper  Wallop  twelve  pence,  to  his 
wife  five  shillings  and  to  their  children  twelve  pence  apiece.  To  Robert 
Read  of  East  Cholderton,  in  County  of  Southampton,  gentleman,  all  the 
rest  &  residue,  and  I  ordain  that  the  said  Robert  Rede  shall  be  sole  ex- 
ecutor. 

The  witnesses  were  John  Tesdale  and  T.  Tesdale.  Wootton,  130. 

[Mrs.  Anne  Noyes,  the  testator,  was,  as  her  grandson  the  Rev.  Nicholas  Noyes  of 
Salem  states,  a  "  sister  of  the  learned  Mr.  Robert  Parker  "  (Mather's  Magnalia, 
Bk.  iii.  ch.  25,  Appendix  ;  ed.  of  1853,  vol.  i.  p.  484).  She  was  therefore  an  aunt 
of  Rev.  Thomas  Parker  of  Newbury.  Her  husband  was  Rev.  William  Noyes,  rec- 
tor of  Choulderton,  Wilts,  instituted  in  1602,  and  resigned  in  1621  (Savage,  iii. 
296) .  Of  her  sons,  Rev.  James  the  eldest,  born  in  1608,  died  Oct.  26,  1656,  was  the 
colleague  of  his  cousin  Rev.  Thomas  Parker  of  Newbury;  and  Nicholas,  who  also 
settled  at  Newbury,  was  the  father  of  Rev.  Nicholas  Noyes  of  Salem. — Editor.] 

Notes  on  Abstracts  previously  printed. 
George  Ludlowe  (ante,  p.  174.) 

[In  a  note  on  Roger  Ludlow,  in  the  July  number  of  the  Register,  it  is  stated  that 
he  went  to  Virginia  about  1654.  This  assertion  was  doubtless  made  on  the  author 
ity  of  Dr.  Trumbull  {Hist,  of  Conn.  i.  218) ,  and  he  based  it  on  what  he  found  in 
the  New  Haven  records.  Ludlow  had  hired  a  vessel  to  transport  himself  and  fami- 
ly to  Virginia,  probably  intending  to  take  shipping  there  for  England ;  for  a  MS. 
Roger  Vvolcott  expressly  says  that  Ludlow  returned  to  England,  and  a  deposition  of 
John  Webster,  dated  Dec.  18,  1660,  in  the  Conn.  Archives,  speaks  of  "  the  time 
that  Mr.  Ludlow  went  for  old  England."  If  one  will  examine  the  printed  N.  Ha- 
ven Colonial  Records,  ii.  69-74,  he  will  find  nothing  to  show  that  Ludlow  went  to 
Virginia,  but  rather  the  contrary  ;  for  Manning,  the  captain  of  the  vessel  Ludlow 
had  hired,  was  arrested  for  illicit  trading  with  the  Dutch,  and  upon  trial,  being 
found  guilty,  his  vessel,  in  spite  of  Ludlow's  protests  was  declared  by  the  court  to 
be  a  lawful  prize,  and  ordered  to  be  sold  "  by  an  inch  of  candell,  he  that  offers 
most  to  have  her." — Charles  J.  Hoadi/t,  of  Hartford,  Conn.] 


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Family  op  John  Rogers  of  Dedham. 

It  is  with  intense  gratification  that,  at  last,  I  am  able  to  answer 
the  long  vexed  question  who  was  the  father  of  John  Rogers, 
"the  famous  preacher  of  Dedham,"  and  to  show  pretty  clearly  what 
was  the  name  of  his  grandfather,  father  of  the  no  less  famous  Rich- 
ard Rogers  of  Wethersfield.  For  more  than  a  score  of  years  has 
this  question  been  discussed  in  the  New  England  Historical  and  Gen- 
ealogical Register  and  other  publications,  without  eliciting  a  particle 
of  positive  evidence  bearing  on  this  subject.  The  late  Col.  Chester, 
in  his  memoir  of  John  Rogers  the  martyr,  produced  a  mass  of  neg- 
ative evidence  which  seemed  to  refute  the  wide-spread  belief  in  a 
descent  from  that  heroic  sufferer  in  the  cause  of  the  English  Refor- 
mation. But  all  that  we  actually  knew  of  the  family  in  which  so 
many  of  our  New  England  people  are  interested,  was  what  we  could 
gather  from  the  will  of  Richard,  who  speaks  of  his  cousin  (i.  e. 
nephew)  Rogers  of  Dedham,  the  inscription  on  his  tombstone,  the 
will  of  John  Rogers  himself,  his  epitaph  on  the  north  wall  of  the 
chancel  in  Dedham  church,  and  the  Candler  pedigrees  in  the  Har- 
leian  MSS.,  British  Museum,  and  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  Oxford. 
Add  to  these  Giles  Firmin's  Journal  and  the  very  significant  state- 
ment in  Nichols's  Literary  Anecdotes  (1812),  vol.  ii.  p.  556  (see 
Memoir  of  John  Rogers  the  Martyr,  by  Col.  J.  L.  Chester  (Lon- 
don, 1861),  p.  243),  in  reference  to  Daniel  Rogers,  the  father  of 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Jortin's  mother,  that  he  was  "  descended  from  Mr. 
Rogers,  Steward  to  one  of  the  Earls  of  Warwick,  whose  residence 
was  at  Lees,  near  Chelmsford,  in  Essex,  temp.  Henry  VIII.,"  and 
we  have,  I  believe,  the  sum  total  of  our  knowledge  of  this  family  in 
England,  so  far  as  the  genealogical  aspect  is  concerned.  In  order 
that  we  may  get  our  exact  bearings  at  this  point  of  departure,  I  ven- 
ture to  reproduce  the  most  important  of  these  facts. 

The  inscription  on  the  tombstone  of  Richard  Rogers  of  Wethers- 
field (see  Col.  Chester's  Life  of  John  Rogers,  pp.  239,  240)  shows 
that  he  died  21  April,  1618,  in  the  sixty-eighth  year  of  his  age,  and 
was  born  therefore  about  A.D.  1551.  The  following  is  a  very  con- 
cise abstract  of  his  will,  which  was  published  in  full  in  the  October 
number  of  the  Register  for  1863  (vol.  xvii.  p.  326). 

Richard  Rogers  of  Wethersfield,  Essex,  preacher,  16  April  1 618,  proved 
30  April  1618.  He  mentions  John  Clarke,  a  neighbor  at  the  brook,  Sam- 
uell  Waight,  a  son  in  law,*  Walter  Wiltsheir  and  Jeremy  Boozy.  To  wife 
Susan  all  such  goods  and  household  stuff  as  were  hers  before  I  married 
her.  I  give  to  my  son  Danyell  my  best  cloak  &c.  I  give  to  my  son  Eze- 
kiell  all  my  Latin  and  Hebrew  and  Greek  books,  but  if  his  brother  have 
not  S' Austin's  Works,   I   give   them  him;  other  books  written  by  myself 

*  Samuel  Waite,  of  Wethersfield,  married  Mary  Ward,  either  a  sister  or  daughter  of 
Rev.  John  Ward,  of  Haverhill  (see  my  Memoir  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Ward,  p.  129  ;  Regis- 
ter, xxxii.  p.  188 ;  also  xxxi.  p.  160).  If  this  reference  is  to  the  same  person,  as  is  probable, 
it  is  evident  that  his  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Ward. — Editok. 


212  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

and  all  iny  written  lectures  and  papers  I  give  to  sons  Danyell  and  Ezeki- 
ell  "  and  to  my  Cosen  Rogers  of  Dedham  "  &c.  Twenty  pounds,  out  of 
remainder  of  my  annuities,  to  wife,  and  whatsoever  shall  remain  I  give  it 
among  all  my  six  children.  Of  the  ninescore  pounds  and  twenty  marks 
which  Allen  Mountjoy  gen4  owes  me  I  give  the  said  ninescore  pounds  to 
sons  Daniell  and  Ezekiell  and  the  twenty  marks  to  my  daughter  Hassel- 
der's  children  which  she  had  by  her  husband  now  living.  Daughter  Has- 
seler  again  mentioned.  To  my  wife's  children  forty  shillings  apiece.  To 
my  sister  Mary  Duckfield's  three  daughters  and  her  son  John  forty  shil- 
lings apiece.  To  my  kinswoman  Mary  Smallwood  twenty  shillings  &c. 
To  Cousin  Daniel  Duckfield*  twenty  shillings.  My  meadow  in  Wethers- 
field  lying  between  the  Lords  meadow  and  John  Clarke's.  Goodman  Par- 
ker's daughter,  the  widow  Barnard. 

My  executors  to  be  Cousin  Mr  John  Wright  esq.  of  Romford,  in  Essex, 
Susan,  my  wife,  and  Francis  Longe,  my  son  in  law.  My  brother  Cooke 
and  my  son  Makin  to  be  overseers. 

Wit :  John  Clarke  Samuell  Wayte. 

B.  Hamer  314,  Consistory  Court  of  London. 

The  inscription  in  Dedham  church  gives  us  the  following  dates  : 

Johannes  Rogersius  hie,  quam  preedicavit  expectat  Resurrectionem 

\D%i     1636 

/■*  ,  ,  o      a  ~  cetatis     65 

Oct  18     Ano      -       .   .  ,     ..     .n 
mimsteni     42 

Hide  Ecclesioe     31 

Obijt  &c 

An  abstract  of  his  will  (also  given  in  full,  vol.  xvii.  of  Register, 
p.  329)  is  as  follows  : 

John  Rogers,  minister  of  God's  word  in  Dedham,  14  October  1636, 
proved  20  February  1636.  The  house  I  dwell  in  &c  to  Dorathie  my  wife, 
during  her  life,  and  then  to  John  Rogers  my  grandchild,  son  of  my  eldest 
son  John  Rogers  of  Colchester,  deceased,  and  to  his  heirs,  and  for  default 
of  such  heirs  to  his  mother,  my  daughter  in  law,  for  term  of  her  natural 
life,  then  to  my  son  Nathaniel  and  to  his  heirs  male,  failing  such  then  to 
my  son  Samuel  and  his  heirs  male,  with  remainder  to  my  son  Daniel  and  his 
heirs  forever.  To  my  sister  Garood  and  her  children  twenty  pounds. 
Item  to  Sara,  Hanna  and  Marke  twenty  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Webb  of 
Colchester  ten  pounds,  and  to  John  her  son  ten  pounds.  To  my  son  An- 
ger's children  fifty  pounds.  To  my  son  Nathaniel's  children  forty  pounds. 
To  son  Samuel's  son  thirty  pounds.  To  son  Daniel's  child  five  pounds. 
To  son  Peck's  children  ten  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Martha's  child  five 
pounds.  To  these  poor  men,  Abraham  Ham,  Robert  Ham,  John  Ham, 
John  Cannon,  Simon  Cowper,  widow  French,  John  Shinglewood,  John 
Weed,  Edmund  Spinke,  William  Wood  five  shillings  each.  To  my  ser- 
vants, Martin  Garood  ten  shillings,  George  Havill  twenty  shillings,  Tame- 
son  Princett  ten  shillings,  goodman  Allen  of  Santoosey  (S4  Osithe  ?)  twen- 
ty shillings,  and  to   Elizabeth,  now   my  maid  two  pounds.     To  my  cousin 

*  Daniel  Duckfield  vicar  of  Childerditcli,  signs  a  petition  in  favor  of  Mr.  Thomas  Hook- 
er, preacher  at  Chelmsford,  November,  1629.  He  died  in  January,  1653.  (See  Annals  of 
Evangelical  Nonconformity  in  Essex,  by  Davids,  pp.  156,  360.) — h.  f.  w. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 


213 


Elizabeth  Rogers  ten  pounds,  and  to  her  brother,  the  sadler,  five  pounds. 
Remainder  to  all  my  children  in  old  England.  My  wife  to  be  sole 
executrix. 

Wit :  Richard  Backler,  Samuel  Sherman. 

B.  Goare  22  (P.  C.  C). 

The  Candler  pedigree  is  in  substance  as  follows : 

ROGERS,  of = 

In  the  north  of  England. 


Rogers=r 


Susan =RicliarVl  Rogers= 

widow  of  John  Ward,       of  Wethers- 
preacher  at  Haverhill,  field. 
in  Suffolk. 


I 

John  Rogers= 

m.  (2)  Elizabeth 

Gale,  relict  of 

John  Hawes. 

m.  (3)  Dorothy, 

dau.  of 

Stanton,  relict 
of  Rich.  Wise- 
man of  Wig- 
borough,  in 
Essex,  gent. 


Sarah,  dau.=2Daniell=Margaret  Bishop.    Ezra, 


of John 
Everard,  a 
citizen  of 
London. 


Nathaniel=Margaret,  dau.  ot 


d.  in  New 
England. 


Rob't  Crane,  of 
Coxhall,  in  Essex. 


8.  p. 


Nathaniel, 
s.  p. 


dau.  of=2  Daniel  l=Dorothy  Ball,  dau. 

..Reading,    Rector  of     of  the  then  Mayor 
counsellor       Wotton,       of  Northampton, 
at  law.        Northamp- 
tonshire. 


I 


Ezekiel, 
an  eminent 
preacher,  yet 
living,  but  all 
his  issue  dead 
before  this 
year  1656. 


1 


Hannah=Roger  Cockington, 

by  whom  two  children, 
Roger  and  Samuel.    She  hath, 
since  his  death,  2  or  3  husbands. 


I 

Samuel  Rogers, 

Lecturer  at 

Cree  Church, 

in  London. 


Mary. 


Margaret, 
s.  p. 


ohn 


John.    Nathaniel.    Samuel.    Timothy.    Mary=William  Heley 


Daniel,  s. 
Dorothy. 


Sarah, 
m.  John  Bedell, 
cit.  of  London. 
Shed,  of  her  2d 
child,  and  all  her 
issue  is  dead. 


i  u 

Joseph,  s.  p. 
Charles  Humphrey,    Nathaniel, 

gent.,  relict  of  Abigail. 

Matthew  Brown erig, 
Kector  of  Clopton. 


Richard=Elizabeth,  dau.  of 
Rector  of 
Clopton, 
in  Suffolk. 


Ezekiel, 
ofShalford,  in 
Essex,  who  m. 

dau.  of  Sir 

Rob't  Johnson. 

relict  of 


Humphry.    Elizabeth. 


Culverwell, 
s.  p. 


Sarah. 


Candler  shows  the  parentage  of  Margaret,  the  wife  of  our  Nathan- 
iel Rogers,  as  follows : 

Robert  Crane  =  Mary,  dau.  of  Samuel  Sparhawke  of  Dedham  in  Essex, 
of  Coxhall  in  Essex 


Margaret,  m.  to  Nathaniel  Rogers,  rector  of  Assington,  whence  he  went  into  New  England. 

Besides  the  pedigree  are  the  following  entries  by  Candler,  "  closely 
huddled  together,"  as  Col.  Chester  says  : 

"  Her  2d  Husband  was  Harsnet  clarke." 

"  William  Jenkin,  of  Christ's  Church  in  London." 

"  Mary,  ma.  to  Daniel  Sutton." 

"  Elizabeth,  m.  to  Tho.  Cawton." 

"  John,  Ezekiel,  Anne,  to  Clarke,  a  minister." 

"  Abigail." 


214         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANIKGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

All  these  entries,  but  the  first,  Col.  Chester  was  able  very  clearly 
to  explain.  The  Rev.  William  Jenkin,  of  Sudbury,  clerk,  married 
a  daughter  of  Richard  Rogers  of  Wethersfield,  and  had  a  son,  Wil- 
liam Jenkin  the  younger,  of  Christ's  Church,  and  daughters  Mary, 
wife  of  Daniel  Sutton,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Thomas  Cawton,  Anne 
Clarke  and  Abigail  (Taylor).,  Probably,  therefore,  John  and  Eze- 
kiel  were  also  his  children.  Col.  Chester's  suggested  explanation  of 
the  first  entry  is  probably  not  correct,  as  will  be  seen  shortly. 

To  the  foregoing  I  was  able  to  add  sundrv  new  evidence  euth- 
ered,  from  time  to  time,  in  my  gleaning  among  the  wills  regis- 
tered in  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury.  But  it  seemed  evi- 
dent that  the  field  of  labor  should  be  the  Essex  wills,  whether  reg- 
istered or  preserved  in  the  Commissary  Court  of  London,  the  Con- 
sistory Court  of  London,  the  Commissary  Court  of  London  for 
Essex  and  Herts,  the  Archdeaconaries  of  Essex  and  of  Colchester, 
or  any  of  the  other  various  peculiar  courts  in  that  county.  So,  when 
my  researches  into  the  maternal  ancestry  of  John  Harvard  called 
for  an  investigation  into  the  Rogers  family  and  one  or  two  Roses* 
gathered  by  me  proved  to  belong  to  Essex,  I  eagerly  embraced  the 
opportunity  and  settled  down  to  an  examination  of  the  wills  of  that 
county,  with  what  result  the  following  notes  will  show. 

John  Rogers  of  Mulsham  in  the  parish  of  Chelmsford  in  the  County  of 
Essex,  shoemaker,  10  June,  43  Elizabeth,  proved  3  July  1601.  My  body 
to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Chelmsford  by  the  good  discretion  of  my 
executrix  undernamed.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Joan  my  well  beloved 
wife  all  that  my  freehold  messuage  or  tenement  wherein  I  now  dwell,  with 
all  the  houses,  buildings,  yards,  garden  and  hop-yard  to  the  same  belong- 
ing, with  their  appurtenances,  for  and  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life, 
and  after  her  decease  I  give  and  bequeath  the  same  messuage  or  tenement 
and  other  the  premises,  with  their  appurtenances,  unto  Thomas  Rogers  my 
son  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten.  And  if  it  shall  happen 
the  said  Thomas  my  son  to  depart  this  natural  life  without  heirs  of  his  body 
lawfully  begotten  then  my  will  and  mind  is  that  the  same  messuage  or  ten- 
ement or  other  the  premisses  with  their  appurtenances  shall  be  and  remain 
to  and  amongst  all  my  other  children  and  their  heirs,  part  and  part  alike. 
Item  I  give  unto  the  aforesaid  Joan  my  wife  and  her  assigns  all  those  my 
three  tenements,  with  their  appurtenances,  that  I  bought  of  one  John  Sames 
and  his  wife  until  my  daughter  Susan  shall  come  to  her  full  age  of  twenty  and 
one  years,  for  and  towards  the  payment  of  the  legacies  hereafter  given  to 
Nathaniel  Rogers,  my  son.  And  at  the  full  age  of  the  said  Susan  I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  the  said  Susan  and  to  the  heirs  of  her  body  lawfully  begot- 
ten all  those  my  three  tenements,  with  their  appurtenances,  before  given  to 
my  said  wife  till  the  said  Susan  should  come  of  full  age.  And  if  it  shall 
happen  the  said  Susan  my  daughter  to  depart  this  natural  life  without  heirs 
of  her  body  lawfully  begotten  then  my  mind  and  will  is  that  the  same 
three  tenements  with  their  appurtenances  shall  be  and  remain  to  and 
amongst  all  my  other  children  and  their  heirs,  part  and  part  alike.     Item  I 

*  I  was  on  the  look  out  especially  for  any  mention  of  a  Rose  Rogers,  that  being  the  name 
of  John  Harvard's  aunt. — h.  f.  w. 


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give  unto  my  daughter  the  wife  of  William  Gryffyn  the  sum  of  five  pounds 
of  lawful  English  money.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Nathaniel  my  son 
the  sum  of  ten  pounds  of  like  lawful  money,  to  be  paid  unto  him  within 
two  months  next  after  he  shall  have  served  the  time  of  his  Indenture  of 
apprenticeship  by  which  he  now  standeth  bound  for  certain  years  yet  to 
come.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  aforesaid  Thomas  my  son  my 
standing  bed  over  the  hall  wherein  I  usually  do  lie,  with  the  settle  to  the 
same,  one  feather  bed  whereon  he  usually  doth  lie,  with  a  covering  and  a 
blanket  belonging  to  the  same,  and  two  pair  of  sheets,  one  table,  a  form 
and  a  little  cupboard  standing  in  the  chamber  over  the  shop,  two  beds  with 
their  furniture,  that  my  servants  do  usually  lie  on,  one  great  old  table  and 
form,  one  brass  pot  and  little  kettle,  one  posnet,  three  pewter  platters,  two 
pewter  dishes,  one  pewter  bason,  two  fruit  dishes,  a  copper,  an  old  currying 
pan  and  the  currying  board,  all  the  lasts  and  other  working  tools  in  the 
shop  belonging  to  my  occupation,  and  my  stall  and  tilt  which  I  use  in  the 
market.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  son  Thomas  all  my  shoes 
and  boots  already  made  and  all  my  leather  of  all  sorts  now  being  bought, 
upon  condition  that  he  pay  unto  my  son  John  his  brother  the  sum  of  ten 
pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England  within  two  months  next  after  my  de- 
cease; provided  nevertheless  that  if  such  shoes,  boots  and  leather  as  shall 
remain  unsold  at  the  time  of  my  decease  shall  not  amount  to  the  full  value 
of  twenty  pounds,  being  valued  and  prized  by  four  honest  and  indifferent 
men,  two  to  be  chosen  by  my  said  son  Thomas  and  other  two  by  my  execu- 
trix, that  then  my  executrix  shall  make  up  the  said  shoes,  boots  and  leather 
to  the  full  sum  and  value  of  twenty  pounds  in  ready  money  at  such  time  as 
my  said  son  is  to  pay  to  his  brother  John  the  aforesaid  sum  of  ten  pounds 
by  force  of  this  my  will.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  aforesaid 
John  my  son  the  sum  of  five  pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England  to  be  paid 
to  him  by  my  executrix  within  two  months  next  after  my  decease.  Item 
I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  aforesaid  Thomas  my  son  the  sum  of  three 
pounds  of  like  lawfull  money  to  be  paid  to  him  by  my  executrix  within 
two  years  next  after  my  decease.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  afore- 
said Nathaniel  Rogers  my  son  all  that  my  copyhold  orchard  with  the  ap- 
purtenances which  I  late  bought  of  John  Ashbye,  to  have  and  to  hold  unto 
the  said  Nathaniel  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever  according  to  the  custom  of 
the  manor  of  Mulsham  Hall,  whereof  the  same  is  holden. 

The  residue  of  all  my  goods,  chatties,  movables,  household  stuff,  debts, 
ready  money  and  implements  of  household  whatsoever  not  before  in  and  by 
this  my  last  will  and  testament  given,  devised  and  bequeathed,  my  debts, 
legacies  being  paid  and  my  funeral  expences  discharged,  I  fully  and  wholly 
give  and  bequeath  unto  the  aforesaid  Joan  my  wife,  whom  I  make  and  or- 
dain sole  executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament. 

Wit:  John  Cooke,  Thomas  Parker,  Michael  Newman,  Richard  Brod- 
way,  Urias  Spilman. 

Commissary  of  London,  Essex  and  Herts,  1601-2,  No.  157. 

License  granted,  27  September,  1604,  to  the  Rector  or  Curate  of  Chelms- 
ford to  solemnize  the  marriage  between  John  Hamond  of  Moulsham,  chi- 
rurgeon,  and  Joan  Rogers,  late  relict  of  John  Rogers,  late  of  Moulsham, 
shoemaker,  deceased.  Vicar  General's  Book,  London. 

John  Hamond  of  Moulsham,  in  the  parish  of  Chelmsford,  surgeon,  24 
September  1612,  proved  10  November  1612.     To  wife  Joane  all  the  house- 


216         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

hold  stuff  and  other  goods  which  were  her  own  before  I  married  her  and 
twenty  pounds  to  be  paid  her  by  her  brother  William  Garlinge.  To  my 
son  Abraham  a  house  and  land  called  Pypers  in  Much  Baddow,  and  other 
land  there,  with  remainder  to  William,  son  of  said  Abraham,  and  to  Tho- 
mas, another  son.  To  my  sou  John  a  house  in  Moulsham  called  Cowles. 
To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  forty  shillings.  To  my  daughter  Margery  three 
pounds.  To  Mary  Barnes,  my  daughter's  child,  three  pounds.  To  Richard 
Edlinge,  my  daughter  Joan's  son,  forty  shillings.  To  my  wife  Joane  five 
pounds.    To  my  son  Richard  five  pounds. 

Wit :  Thomas  Rogers,  Thomas  Jones  and  Hugh  Barker. 

Commissary  Court  of  Essex  and  Herts,  1612. 

Joane  Hamond  of  Moulsham,  in  the  parish  of  Chelmsford,  widow,  3  No- 
vember 1612,  proved  10  November  1612  (the  same  day  as  the  foregoing). 
To  my  son  Nathaniel  and  to  my  daughter  Susan  the  twenty  pounds  in  the 
hands  of  my  brother  William  Garlinge  of  Tottham,  to  be  equally  divided  be- 
tween them,  and  also  four  pounds  due  by  legacy  from  my  late  husband  John 
Hamond  deceased,  also  to  be  divided  equally  between  them.  The  residue 
of  goods  and  chattels  &c.  to  my  daughter  Susan,  except  an  old  bedstead, 
the  frue,  a  pan,  a  chair  and  some  shelves  and  boards  in  the  buttery  which 
I  give  to  my  son  in  law  (step  son)  Thomas  Rogers.  Daughter  Susan  to 
be  executrix.  Commissary  Court  of  Essex  and  Herts,  1612. 

Thomas  Rogers  of  the  hamlet  of  Mulsham  in  the  County  of  Essex 
shoemaker,  23  May,  lrt  Charles  (I.),  proved  at  Chelmsford  14  January 
1625.  To  Mary,  my  loving  wife,  my  three  tenements  with  all  aud  singu- 
lar their  appurtenances,  the  which  I  lately  bought  of  my  brother  John 
Rogers  of  Dedham,  clerk,  for  and  during  the  time  or  term  that  my  daugh- 
ter Mary  shall  attain  to  one  and  twenty  years  or  day  of  marriage  ;  the 
which  my  wife  shall  be  contented  with.  And  upon  one  of  those  times  I 
will  the  said  Tenements,  &c.  to  my  said  daughter  and  to  her  heirs.  But  if 
it  shall  please  God  to  call  her  out  of  this  mortal  life  before  she  shall  come 
to  her  several  age  or  day  of  marriage  then  I  will  the  same  to  my  son  John 
and  to  his  heirs.  Aud  if  both  of  them  die  before  their  several  ages  of  one 
and  twenty  years  then  I  will  the  said  tenements  to  the  next  heirs  of  me 
the  said  Thomas  the  testator ;  provided  always  that  if  both  my  said  child- 
ren do  die  before  they  come  to  their  several  ages  my  mind  and  will  is  that 
my  wife  shall  have  the  said  tenements  for  and  during  her  natural  life,  and 
after  her  decease  to  the  next  heirs  of  methe  said  testator.  I  further  give 
and  bequeath  to  my  said  wife  twenty  pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England 
to  be  paid  unto  her  within  three  months  next  after  my  decease,  conditiou- 
ally  that  she  shall  make,  seal  and  deliver  to  my  son  Thomas  a  sufficient 
release  of  all  her  thirds  of  the  house  and  backsides  I  now  dwell  in,  at  the 
time  of  the  payment  of  the  said  twenty  pounds,  or  else  she  shall  lose  the 
said  sum.  I  give  her  further  all  the  household  stuff  in  the  chamber  over 
the  cistern  (except  the  bed  and  bedsted  and  furniture  therewith),  the  stuff 
in  the  chamber  over  the  Buttery  (except  one  old  flock  bed).  I  further 
give  her  the  bedsted  and  flockbed  in  the  chamber  over  the  Hall  and  all  the 
hutches  that  be  mine.  I  further  give  her  two  feather  beds  and  one  stand- 
ing bedsted  in  the  chamber  over  the  buttery  and  all  the  moveable  stuff  in 
the  said  chamber.  My  said  wife  shall  have  three  chambers  in  my  house 
until  the  Michaelmas  next  after  my  sou  Thomas  shall  be  married,  viz.  the 
chamber  over  the  Hall,  the  chamber  next  the  street  over  the  shop,  the 


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chamber  used  for  an  apple  chamber,  and  the  shop,  paying  therefore  to  my 
said  son  Thomas  forty  shillings  yearly  at  Michaelmas  and  our  Lady  by 
even  portions. 

Item  I  give  unto  my  said  son  Thomas  all  that  my  messuage  or  tenement 
I  now  dwell  in  situate  in  Mulsham  aforesaid,  with  all  and  singular  their 
appurtenances,  to  him  and  his  heirs  for  ever,  except  those  the  rooms  for- 
merly willed  to  my  said  wife,  upon  condition  that  he  pay  or  cause  to  be 
paid  unto  his  brother  John  thirty  pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England,  so 
soon  as  he  shall  come  to  the  age  of  twenty  and  two  years.  The  residue  to 
my  son  Thomas.  The  executors  to  be  my  loving  brother  John  Rogers  of 
Dedham,  clerk,  and  my  said  son  Thomas,  to  which  said  brother,  for  his 
pains  herein,  I  will  and  devise  by  this  my  last  will  that  my  son  shall  bear 
his  charges  in  proving  of  my  will  and  other  charges  of  his  expences  herein, 
aud  give  unto  him  for  a  remembrance  of  me  one  piece  of  gold  of  ten  shil- 
lings towards  the  making  of  him  a  gold  ring. 

Wit:   Petter  de  Court,  Tho.  Sherlock  Scr. 

Commissary  Court,  Essex  and  Herts,  1624-5. 

Here  at  last  we  strike  a  broad  trail,  and  it  becomes  evident  that 
this  family  were  at  the  end  of  the  sixteenth  century  settled  in 
Chelmsford. 

This  town,  as  we  learn  from  Morant,  gives  name  both  to  the 
Deanery  and  Hundred,  and  is  a  pretty  large  and  populous  place, 
twenty-nine  miles  from  London.  It  is  seated  at  the  confluence  of 
two  rivers,  the  Can,  which  flows  from  the  south-south-west,  and  the 
Chelmer  from  the  north.  From  the  latter  it  probably  derived  its 
name,  which  in  Domesday-book  is  written  Celmeresfort  and  Celmeres- 
forda,  and  in  other  records  Chelmeresford,  Chelmerford  and  Chelmes- 
ford  ;  there  having  been  undoubtedly  a  ford  here  across  the  river  on 
the  great  road  from  London  to  Colchester,  Harwich  and  Suffolk 
County.  Close  adjoining,  on  the  north-east,  is  the  little  village  of 
Springfield,  which  was  the  English  home  of  another  of  our  New  Eng- 
land families,  the  Pynchons.  A  stone  bridge  over  the  Can  leads 
directly  into  Moulsham  or  Mulsham,  a  manor  and  hamlet  which 
before  the  Conquest  was  holden  by  the  Abbot  and  convent  of  St. 
Peters,  Westminister,  and  remained  in  their  possession  until  the 
suppression  of  monasteries,  when,  falling  to  the  Crown,  it  was  grant- 
ed 23  July,  1540,  to  Thomas  Myldmay,  Esq.,  who  built  a  mag- 
nificent manor  house,  commonly  called  Mulsham  Hall.  This  hamlet 
is  really  a  part  of  the  town  of  Chelmsford,  and  is  but  a  continuation 
of  its  main  street.  The  oldest  and  most  noticeable  house  on  the 
right,  but  a  short  distance  from  the  Bridge,  was,  I  learned,  a  free- 
hold that  had  belonged  from  time  immemorial  to  the  Rogers  family, 
and  was  still  owned  and  occupied  by  one  of  that  name.  I  could  not 
but  think  that  this  might  be  the  homestead  passed  down  in  the  pre- 
ceding wills  from  father  to  son,  the  birth  place  of  John  Rogers  of 
Dedham. 

The  Church  Registers  of  Chelmsford  go  back  to  A.D.  1538  (when 
parish  registers  were  first  ordered  to  be  kept  in  England).     I  spent 


218  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

the  latter  half  of  a  long  summer  day  in  the  examination  of  their  con- 
tents, while  day  light  lasted,  or  until  nearly  nine,  P.  M.  Too  late 
I  discovered  from  internal  evidence  that  the  volume  which  had  been 
handed  me  was  a  copy  of  the  original  record  and  made  by  some  rec- 
tor or  curate,  who  was  evidently  something  of  an  antiquary,  about 
two  hundred  years  ago.  So  I  offer  my  notes  of  baptism  with  a 
great  deal  of  diffidence.  I  found  at  last  the  missing  volume,  but 
had  no  time  to  examine  it  thoroughly.  The  parish  clerk  had  fan- 
cied it  lost. 

I  found  that  this  family  were  evidently  settled  here  in  Chelmsford 
as  early  as  the  first  year  noted  in  the  Register,  so  that  it  seems  need- 
less to  visit  the  Lees  or  Leighs,  with  the  hope  of  carrying  our  history 
of  the  family  further  back  by  the  aid  of  Church  Registers. 

There  was  a  John  Rogers  the  elder,  carpenter,  whose  wife  Jone 
was  buried  in  1540,  and  a  John  Rogers  the  younger,  who  had  a  son 
Richard  baptized  29  June,  1551.  This  I  have  no  doubt  was  Richard 
Rogers  of  Wethersfield  (see  the  inscription  on  his  tomb-stone). 
Taking  this  for  granted,  the  problem  was  to  find  the  baptism  of  John, 
the  father  of  John  of  Dedham  and  brother  of  this  Richard. 

The  following  were  all  the  baptisms  I  gathered  from  1538  to  1558 
inclusive  : — 

John,  of  John  Rogers  the  younger,  21  Nov.  1538. 

Thomas,  of  John  Rogers  the  younger  and  Ann,  25  Nov.  1540. 

Mary,  of  John  Rogers  joiner  (?)  and  Agnes,  11  Feb.  1542. 

John,  of  John  Rogers  and  Jone,  19  Oct.  1545. 

John,  of  John  Rogers  and  Agnes,  10  Sept.  1548. 

Richard,  of  John  Rogers  the  younger,  29  June,  1551. 

Mary,  of  John  Rogers  the  younger,  30  July,  1553. 

Thomas,  of  John  Rogers,  29  Oct.  1557. 

Ellyn,  of  John  Rogers,  1  Nov.  1558. 

Whether  John  Rogers  the  voun^er  was  the  father  of  all  these  chil- 
dren  it  is  impossible,  without  further  evidence,  to  say.  Assuming 
that  he  had  two  wives,  Ann  and  Agnes,  then  all  but  one  are  account- 
ed for ;  and  in  that  case  John  the  father  of  John  of  Dedham  and  of 
Thomas  the  shoemaker  was  born  in  1548.  A  John  Rogers  married 
Agnes  Carter  in  1541.  Coming  down  to  the  next  generation  I  found 
the  baptisms  of  the  following  children  of  a  John  Rogers  : — 

Thomas,  30  January,  1574. 
Mary,  28  April,  1576. 
Elizabeth,  21  July,  1577. 
Richard,  15  April,  1579. 
Katherine,  29  May,  1581. 
Nathaniel,  14  December,  1582. 
Ezechias,  23  November,  1585. 
Susan,  22  September,  1588. 

The  baptism  of  John,  who  must  have  been  born  about  1569  to 
1571,  I  did  not  get,  though  I  have  note  of  the  baptism  of  a  Johan, 


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son  of  John  Eogers,  9  August,  1579  (the  very  same  year  as  the 
baptism  of  Richard,  son  of  John).  If  this  be  our  man,  then  his 
baptism  was  postponed  nearly  ten  years  after  his  birth.  In  New 
England  I  have  noticed  several  instances  of  the  postponement  of  this 
rite  until  the  individual  had  even  reached  the  age  of  manhood. 
Very  likely  such  cases  may  be  found  in  English  records.  At  any 
rate  the  names  of  Thomas,  Nathaniel  and  Susan  show  that  we  have 
here  the  family  of  John,  the  shoemaker,  while  it  must  have  been 
their  sister  Mary  who  was  married  in  1596  to  William  Griffyn 
(mentioned  in  will  of  John,  the  father,  in  1601).  Tins  John 
Rogers's  first  wife  was  probably  Mary,  buried  in  1579:  and  the 
children  born  after  that  year  (viz.  Katherine,  Nathaniel,  Ezechias 
and  Susan)  were  his  children  by  his  second  wife  Joan,  who  in  her 
will,  made  1612,  left  the  bulk  of  her  property  to  two  of  them, 
Nathaniel  and  Susan.  The  others  both  died  young,  Katherine  in 
1585  and  Ezechias  in  1587. 

Later  on  I  found  the  baptisms  of  the  children  of  Thomas, 
Nathaniel  and  Richard,  all  of  Moulsham.  Thomas  was  called  a 
shoemaker,  and  was,  without  question,  the  one  who  was  buried  in 
1625,  and  by  his  mention  of  his  brother  John  as  "  of  Dedham, 
clerk,"  has  enabled  us  to  place  this  family.  He  seems  to  have  had 
two  wives,  Sarah,  buried  1607,  by  whom  a  son  Thomas  baptized 
11  December,  1605,  and  Mary  who  outlived  him,  by  whom  he  had 
the  following  children  : — 

John,  bapt.  18  October,  1612;  perhaps  died  in  Billerica,  Mass.,  25  Jan. 

1685-86,  get.  74. 
Nathaniel,  bapt.  13  February,  1615;  d.  in  Moulsham,  1616. 
Nathaniel,  bapt.  10  November,  1618;  d.  in  Moulsham,  1622. 
Mary,  bapt.  20  July,  1621  ;  mentioned  in  her  father's  will. 

Nathaniel  Rogers,  of  Moulsham,  brother  of  the  preceding  and  of 
John  of  Dedham,  was  called  schoolmaster,  and,  very  likely,  was 
master  of  the  Free  School  in  Moulsham,  founded  by  King  Edward 
VI.  A.D.  1552.  He  probably  died  in  1619,  having  had  by  his 
wife  Elizabeth  Terret  (m.  1607)  the  following  children  : 

John,  bapt.  5  January,  1611 ;  probably  referred  to  in  his  uncle  John's  will 

as  "  the  sadler." 
Elizabeth,  bapt.  25  April,  1614;  d.  in  Moulsham  1617. 
Elizabeth,  bapt.  6  April,  1618;   adopted,  I  think,  by  her  uncle  John  who 

mentioned  her  in  his  will,  and  mentioned  also  by  the  latter's  widow,  who 

speaks  of  her  as  "  my  maid  Elizabeth  Rogers." 

Richard  Rogers,  of  Moulsham,  called  a  "Poulter,"  married  Anne 
Cooke  1613,  and  had  the  following  children  : — 

Jeane,  bapt.  27  February,  1613. 
Mary,  bapt.  21  January,  1615. 
John,  bapt.  28  January,  1618. 

Besides  all  these  there  was  a  Thomas  Rogers  (buried,  probably, 


220  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

1598)  who  was  having  children  from  1575  to  1580  inclusive. 
There  is  no  reason  to  doubt  that  he  belonged  to  this  Chelmsford 
family. 

And  there  was  a  William  Rogers,  who  was  buried  in  Chelmsford, 
1587,  having  buried  his  wife  Margaret  the  year  before,  who  must 
have  belonged  to  a  family  of  Rogers  seated  at  Stanford  le  Hope  and 
the  neighboring  parishes  of  Fobbinge  and  Curringham,  near  the 
Thames.  I  have  a  few  abstracts  of  wills  relating  to  them.  One  of 
these,  John  Roger  of  Fobbinge,  refers  to  the  above,  in  1584,  as 
cousin  William  Roger  of  Chelmsford,  and  his  wife,  and  in  a  nuncu- 
pative codicil,  made  21  October,  1584,  he  willed  that  John  Roger 
his  (own)  son  should  remain  at  Chelmsford,  where  he  then  was, 
until  our  Lady  day  next. 

There  are  other  references  to  the  name  of  Rogers  on  the  calendars 
of  Wills  and  Admons.  in  Essex  County,  not  yet  examined.  When 
they  are,  we  may  get  more  light  on  the  relationship  of  all  these  parties. 

Some  of  these  are  as  follows  : — 

John  Rogers,  1592.  [bury). 

Rose  Rogers  (widow),  1599-1600  (prob.  wid.  of  Robt.  R.,  of  Buttis- 

Richard  Rogers,  1601-2. 

William  Rogers,  of  Colchester,  1618. 

Mary  Rogers  (wid.),  of  Moulsham,  1626-8. 

Richard  Rogers,  of  Moulsham,  1628-31. 

Thomas  Rogers,  of  Moulsham,  1639-41. 

Jeremiah  Rogers,  of  Chelmsford  (test.),  1676-77. 

Daniel  Rogers,  of  St.  Nicholas,  Colchester,  1679-80. 

Nehemiah  Rogers,  Hatfield  Brodocke  (test.),  1686-7. 

Jeremiah  Rogers,  Chelmsford  (adm.),  1686-7. 

And  in  calendars  of  the  Archd.  of  Colchester, 

Barnaby  Rogers,  of  Boxted,  1626-7. 
William  Rogers,  of  Bentley  Magna,  1638-9. 
Elizabeth  Rogers,  of  Witham,  1 646-7. 
Timothy  Rogers,  of  Tey  Magna,  1662-3. 
Rachel  Rogers,  of  Tey  Magna  (Book  Symons  46). 
James  Rogers,  of  St.  Buttolph  (Book  Symons  43). 

Whether  this  family  can  be  traced  farther  remains  to  be  proved. 
I  find  in  Burke's  General  Armory  the  following : — 

Rogers  (Chelmsford,  co.  Essex;  Purton,  co.  Gloucester;  Kent; 
and  Evesham,  co.  Worcester).  Ar.  a  chev.  betw.  three  bucks, 
sa.  Crest  A  buck's  head  set.  attired  or,  in  the  mouth  an  acorn 
of  the  second,  stalked  and  leaved  vert. 

In  the  Visitation  of  Gloucestershire,  published  by  the  Harleian 
Society,  Vol.  XXI.  p.  141,  may  be  found  a  pedigree  of  the  family 
undoubtedly  referred  to.  If  of  this  stock,  then,  our  New  England 
family  may  surely  claim  kinship  with  the  protomartyr,  by  virtue  of 
a  descent  from  a  common  ancestor.     I  confess  that  I  am  somewhat 


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inclined  to  think  that  further  research  may  not  only  establish  this 
connection,  but  also  trace  the  ancestry  of  John  Harvard's  mother 
back  to  the  same  source. 

On  the  other  hand,  it  will  be  remembered,  Candler  says  that  this 
family  came  from  the  North  of  England ,  while  the  Jortins  believed  that 
one  of  their  ancestors  was  a  steward  of  the  Earl  of  Warwick,  with- 
out, however,  stating  which  Earl. 

Before  giving  extracts  from  any  other  wills,  I  ought  to  call  atten- 
tion to  a  clause  in  the  will  of  John  Rogers  the  shoemaker  (1(501), 
which,  taken  in  connection  with  a  similar  one  in  the  will  of  Thomas 
Rogers  the  shoemaker  (1625),  furnishes  a  significant  bit  of  evidence 
to  prove  that  these  two  stood  to  each  other  in  the  relation  of  father 
and  son. 

John,  the  father,  gave  the  three  tenements  bought  of  John  Sanies* 
to  his  wife  for  life,  then  to  daughter  Susan  and  the  heirs  of  her 
body  ;  failing  such,  then  to  the  testator's  other  children.  Now 
Susan  died  young  and  unmarried,  her  brother  Nathaniel  died ; 
whether  Mary  Griffyn  was  alive  or  not  I  cannot  say,  but  in  1625 
Thomas  Rogers  is  found  disposing  by  will  of  "  three  tenements 
lately  bought  of  my  brother  John  Rogers,  of  Dedham,  clerk." 

I  was  fortunate  enough  to  discover  the  wills  of  John  Hawes,  whose 
widow  Elizabeth  became  the  second  wife  of  John  Rogers  of  Dedham, 
of  Richard  Wiseman,  whose  widow  Dorothy  became  his  third  wife, 
of  Dorothy  Rogers  herself,  who  by  her  conscientious  mention  of  her 
step-children  and  their  children,  adds  much  to  our  knowledge  of  the 
family  ;  of  John  Rogers  of  Colchester,  eldest  son  of  the  famous 
preacher  of  Dedham,  and  of  John  Rayf  of  Stradishall,  Suffolk,  who 
calls  him  brother  in  law. 

Short  abstracts  of  these  wills  here  follow  : 

John  Hawes  the  elder  of  St.  Lawrence  in  the  County  of  Essex,  yeoman, 
7  August  1613,  proved  12  October  1613.  Mentions  son  John  and  Eliza- 
beth his  daughter;  kinsman  John  Anthony;  Charles  Anthony  the  young- 
er, a  sister's  son ;  Martha  Anthony,  youngest  daughter  of  said  sister ;  Fran- 
ces, the  eldest  daughter  of  sister  Alice  Anthony ;  John  Olmsted,  son  of 
Richard  Olmsted  and  of  daughter  Elizabeth,  Israel  their  second  son,  Jedi- 
diah  their  third  son  and  Elizabeth  their  daughter  ;  daughter  Elizabeth  wife 
of  Richard  Olmstead,  clerk  ;  Julian  Veale  of  Maiden,  widow  ;  wife  P^liza- 
beth.  Commissary  Court,  Essex,  Herts,  1 613. 

Richard  Wiseman,  of  Much  Wigborowe,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  yeo- 
man, 12  October  1616,  proved  24  May  1617.  To  my  son  Maike  Wise- 
man, at  his  age  of  one  and  twenty  years,  my  copyhold  lands  and  tenements 
called  Sheereinges  and  Cuckoes  &c  in  Much  Wigborowe.  My  brother 
Henry  Wiseman,  of  Elsingham,  Essex,  gentleman,  to  take  charge  of  said 
estates  &c  until  then,  to  collect  rents,  &c.  after  the  death  of  Anne  Law- 
rence, widow.     My  said  brother   to  pay  unto  my  daughter  Sara  one   hun- 

*  There  was  a  John  Sanies  in  New  England  among  the  early  settlers. — h.  f.  w. 
t  I  have  found  two  or  three  other  wills  of  this  family  of  Ray,  which  do  not  throw  any 
light  on  the  Rogers  alliance. 


222  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

died  pounds,  and  to  my  daughter  Anne  one  hundred  pounds,  at  their  several 
ages  of  twenty  years.  To  my  daughter  Sara  three  hundred  pounds  and  to 
my  daughter  Anne  three  hundred  pounds,  at  their  several  ages  of  twenty 
years.  To  my  son  Marke  one  hundred  pounds  at  his  age  of  four  and 
twenty  years.  To  my  wife  Dorothie  my  freehold  lands,  tenements  &c  in 
West  Mersey,  Essex,  for  and  during  her  natural  life,  and  then  to  my  said 
son  Marke  Wiseman  forever.  To  Sir  Edward  Bullock  Kne  five  pounds 
and  to  the  Lady  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  five  pounds  within  one  year  after 
my  decease.  To  John  Whitacres,  gentleman,  three  pounds  sis  shillings  and 
eight  pence  within  one  year  after  my  decease.  To  Mr  Harrison,  of  Layer- 
delahay,  clerk,  one  piece  of  gold  of  twenty  two  shillings.  To  Mr  Nichol- 
son of  Little  Wigborowe  twenty  shillings.  To  Christian  Bridge,  my  wife's 
mother,  ten  shillings  to  make  her  a  ring.  To  Jo:  Makyn  now  servant  with 
William  Bond  of  Colchester,  baker,  five  pounds,  at  age  of  four  and  twenty 
years.  To  Matthew  London  of  Colchester,  yeoman,  five  pounds  and  to  Mary 
his  wife,  my  sister,  ten  pounds,  upon  condition  that  they  shall  not  claim  &c 
anything  by  force  or  virtue  of  the  last  Will  and  Testament  of  Margaret  Wise- 
man, my  late  mother  deceased.  To  Rachel!,  Bridgett  and  Anne  London, 
daughters  of  the  said  Matthew  London,  to  every  one  of  them  three  pounds. 
To  Henry  Bridge,  my  man  servant  thirty  shillings.  To  my  son  Marke 
Wiseman  one  silver  salt  parcel  gilt,  one  dozen  silver  spoons  and  one  silver 
bowl  or  cup. 

All  the  rest  of  my  goods  and  chattels  &c  to  my  wife  Dorothy,  except  my 
gray  ambling  gelding  which  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  brother  Henry 
Wiseman.     Said  wife  Dorothy  to  be  executrix. 

Weldon,  39  (P.  C.  C). 

Dorothy  Rogers  of  Dedham  in  the  County  of  Essex,  widow,  16  April 
1640,  proved  6  October  1640.  She  mentions  son  Mark  Wiseman; 
daughter  Sarah  Cole,  and  her  children  Mary,  Samuel,  Sarah  and  Mark; 
daughter  Hannah  Hudson  and  her  children  John,  Samuel,  Hanuah  and 
Sarah ;  Sister  Garrod  and  Jeremy  Garrod  her  son  ;  the  house  where  Ed- 
mond  Spinke  lives ;  Nathaniel  Rogers,  eldest  son  of  late  deceased  hus- 
band, and  Margaret  his  wife,  and  their  four  children,  John,  Mary,  Nathan- 
iel and  Samuel  ;  Mary,  wife  of  Samuel  Rogers,  clerk,  another  son  of  de- 
ceased husband,  and  his  two  children,  John  and  Mary  ;  Frances,  wife  of 
Daniel  Rogers,  another  son  of  deceased  husband,  and  his  three  children  ; 
Abigail,  Bridget  and  Martha,  daughters  of  late  husband;  the  three  child- 
ren of  daughter  Pecke,  Thomas,  John  and  Abigail ;  the  four  children  of 
daughter  Anger,  John,  Samuel,  Bridget  and  Mary  ;  Martha,  the  daughter 
of  daughter  Backler ;  the  widow  Howchen  and  widow  Remolds  ;  the  wife 
of  John  Ham,  the  wife  of  Abraham  Ham,  Michael  Ham  and  the  wife  of 
Bezaliel  Ravens ;  her  maid  Elizabeth  Rogers ;  her  god  children  Robert 
Webb,  Susan  Gutteridge  and  William  Thorne;  the  widow  Downes  and 
the  widow  French ;  her  sister  Marshall ;  John  Rogers,  her  late  hus- 
band's eldest  son's  son  ;  cousin  Page  of  Haverhill ;  and  John  Garrod  of 
Colchester,  her  sister's  son. 

Commissary  Court,  Essex  &  Herts,  31,  1641-2. 

John  Rogers  of  Colchester  in  the  Couuty  of  Essex,  haberdasher,  7  July 
1628,  proved  3  October  1628.  To  son  John  one  hundred  pounds  at  his 
full  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  My  executrix  shall,  within  three  months 
after  my  decease,  put  in  good  security  to  Nathaniel  Rogers  of  Bockinge, 
Essex,  my  brother,  clerk,  and  Edmond  Anger,  my  brother  in  law,  of  Ded- 


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ham,  in  said  County,  clothier,  to  their  liking  and  content,  for  the  true 
payment  of  the  said  one  hundred  pounds.  My  wife  Mary  shall  have  the 
use  and  consideration  of  the  said  one  huudred  pounds  yearly  towards  the 
bringing  up  of  my  said  son  John  until  his  said  age  of  one  and  twenty 
years.  My  said  wife  Mary  to  be  executrix  and  the  said  Nathaniel  Rogers 
and  Edmond  Anger  to  be  supervisors,  and  to  either  of  them  twenty  shil- 
lings apiece.  To  every  of  my  brothers  and  sisters  ten  shillings  apiece  for 
a  remembrance.  To  the  poor  of  Colchester  twenty  shillings. 
Wit:  John  Rogers,*  John  Marshall  and  Tho :  Cockerell. 

Arch,  of  Colchester,  11,  1628-9. 

John  Ray  of  Stradishall  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  yeoman,  31  January 
1630,  one  of  the  sons  of  Richard  Ray,  late  of  Stradishall,  deceased.  Men- 
tions brother  Robert  Ray  ;  lands  &c  in  Wichambroke  and  Stradishall ; 
brother  Richard  Ray  ;  cousin  John  Ray  of  Denston  ;  brother  Thomas  Ray  ; 
John  Ray,  son  of  brother  Henry  deceased  ;  brother  Abraham  Ray  ;  brother 
in  law  John  Rogers,  clerk ;  brother  in  law  John  Benton,  clerk  ;  John  Ray, 
son  of  brother  Ambrose  deceased  ;  Elizabeth  Page  of  Haverhill,  widow  of 
Michael  Page  ;  Susan  Ray,  wife  of  Richard  Ray. 

AdmoD  granted,  30  June  1631,  to  Ellene  Ray  relict  &c  of  Robert  Ray, 
brother  and  executor.  S'  John,  72  (P.  C.  C). 

Extracts  from  Feet  of  Fines. 

Between  Thomas  Cotton  gen.  quer.  and  William  Turner  gen.,  Mary 
Twidow,  John  Rogers  clerk  and  Dorothy  his  wife,  deforc,  for  one  mes- 
suage, one  garden,  one  orchard,  thirty  acres  of  arable  land,  six  acres  of  mea- 
dow, twenty  six  acres  of  pasture  and  four  acres  of  wood,  and  common  pas- 
ture for  all  animals  in  Goldhanger,  Tolshunt  Major  als.  Tolshuut  Becking- 
ham  and  Totham  Parva.     Consideration  10011  st. 

Mich.  4  Car.  I.  Essex. 

Between  Henry  Towstall,  esq.  quer.  and  John  Rogers,  clerk  and  Dorothy 
his  wife,  deforc,  for  one  cottage,  one  garden,  two  acres  of  arable  land,  thir- 
teen acres  of  freshmarsh,  and  two  acres  of  saltmarsh,  with  the  appurte- 
nances in  Fingringhoe.     Consideration  60u  sterling. 

Trin.  11  Car.  I.  Essex. 

The  following  is  an  abstract  of  the  will  of  the  Rev.  John  Ward, 
whose  widow  became  the  second  wife  of  Richard  Rogers  of  Weth- 
ersfield. 

John  Ward,  preacher  of  God's  word  in  Bury  Sl  Edmunds,  Suffolk,  9 
October  1589, f  proved  31  October  1598.     To  youngest  son  John  one  hun- 

*  I  would  suggest  that  this  may  be  the  signature  of  his  father,  John  Rogers  of  Dedham. 

h.  f.  w. 

t  Col.  Joseph  L.  Chester  furnished  me  with  a  copy  of  this  will  which  I  printed  in  full  in 
1868  in  my  "  Memoir  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Ward."  In  the  will  as  recorded  the  date  is  in 
words,  "  The  nythe  daie  of  October  One  Thowsand  Fyue  Hundredth  eightie  nyne  Eliza- 
bethe  Quadragesimo."  Soon  after  receiving  the  copy  I  called  Col.  Chester's  attention 
to  the  discrepancy  between  the  regnal  and  the  common  year,  and  suggested  that  if  the  year 
of  our  Lord  had  been  in  arabic  numerals  instead  of  words,  I  should  have  supposed  that 
the  last  two  figures  had  been  transposed,  and  that  the  true  date  was  1598  instead  of  1589. 
Col.  Chester  found  the  original  will,  and  it  was  as  I  supposed  in  arabic  numerals,  as  was 
also  the  regnal  year.  "  The  year,"  he  wrote,  "  should  unquestionably  be  1598,  for  it  is 
simply  impossible  that  a  man  writing  in  the  31st  Elizabeth  could  hare  written  40th." 
Besides,  Samuel  is  mentioned  in  a  way  that  conveys  the  idea  that  he,  was  of  age,  whereas 
in  1589  he  was  only  twelve  years  old.     See  Memoir  of  N.  Ward,  p.  132.— Editor. 


224  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

dred  pounds  at  twenty  one  ;  daughter  Abigail  one  hundred  pounds  at  eight- 
een, and  daughter  Mary  one  hundred  pounds  at  eighteen.  To  son  Samuel 
all  my  books  and  apparell,  and  to  son  Nathaniel  six  score  pounds  at  two 
and  twenty.  Wife  Susan  to  be  sole  executrix.  If  she  refuse  then  my 
brother  Edward  Ward  to  be  executor. 

Wit:  Lawrence  Neweman,  John  Woodd.  Lewyn,  85  (P.  C.  C). 

Adam  Harsnett  of  Cranham  in  the  County  of  Essex,  clerk,  30  Novem- 
ber 1638,  proved  16  September,  1639.  Mentions  wife  Mary,  widow  of 
John  Dawson,  daughter  Elizabeth  Dawson ;  brothers  John  Pope  of  Lon- 
don, Salter,  and  Samuel  Harsenett,  grocer,  executors.  To  son  John  the 
picture  of  his  grandfather  Rogers,  to  son  Ezekiell  two  beer  bowls  marked 
with  E.  R.  and  E.  H.,  a  silver  wine  goblet  marked  S.  H.  and  spoons 
marked  M.  H.  To  daughter  Anne  (certain  things  which  Mr  Cotton  gave 
unto  her).  Daughter  Abigail,  vson  Nathaniel  annuities  to  be  received 
out  of  lands  of  Grace  Reinolds  and  Elizabeth  Boreham  of  Bubbingworth, 
Essex.  Mother  Mercie  Harsenett.  Brothers  William  Harsenett,  William 
White  and  John  Pope.  To  daughters  Torshell  and  Stanyon  five  pounds 
each.  Harvey,  148  (P.  C.  C). 

The  above  is  evidently  the  "  Harsnet  clarke "  of  the  Candler 
pedigree.  I  would  suggest  that  he  married  the  daughter  of  Richard 
Rogers,  widow  of  William  Jenkin,  and  survived  her.  He  was 
born,  I  found,  in  Colchester,  son  of  Adam  Halsnoth  (as  the  name 
was  often  spelled),  a  joiner,  by  his  wife  Mercy  or  Marcey,  and  was 
a  near  kinsman  of  the  well-known  bishop,  Samuel  Harsnett,  whose 
baptism  I  also  found  in  Colchester  under  the  name  of  Halsnoth. 
The  will  of  Adam  Halsnoth  the  elder,  joiner,  I  found  among  the 
wills  of  the  Archd.  of  Colchester  (1612-13).  He  mentions  wife 
Marcey,  sons  Adam,  William,  Samuel  and  Joseph,  and  daughters 
Marcey,  Tamazin  and  Elizabeth. 

The  connection  of  the  Crane  family  with  the  Rogers  family  is 
shown  in  the  following  extracts. 


o 


Robert  Crane  of  Great  Coggeshall  in  the  County  of  Essex,  grocer  (with- 
out date)  proved.  18  March  1658.  Mentions  wife;  refers  to  marriage 
contract  entered  into  with  brother  in  law  Mr  Nathaniel  Bacon  ;  lands  &c 
in  West  Mersey,  Essex  ;  son  Samuel  Crane  and  his  lawfull  issue  and  son 
Thomas  Crane  ;  they  to  pay  my  son  Robert  Crane  and  his  issue ;  lands 
&c  in  Stocke  Street,  lands  in  Gr4  Coggeshall  in  occupation  of  myself  and 
William  Cottyes,  lands  in  Church  Street,  sometime  Spooners  and  other 
estates  ;  refers  to  a  surrender  made  unto  the  William  Turners  (father  and 
son)  of  Markes  Tey  &c. 

To  my  daughter  Rogers,  wife  of  Nathaniel  Rogers,  now  of  New  Eng- 
land, clerk,  four  hundred  pounds  ;  to  my  grand  children  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
Ezekiel,  Timothy  and  John  Rogers  fifty  pounds  apiece  ;  they  to  accept  of 
a  bond  of  four  hundred  pounds  made  to  me  from  Mr  Joshua  Foote,  now  or 
late  of  New  England,  on  which  there  is  now  due  for  principal  one  hundred 
and  fifty  pounds,  besides  use  ;  to  daughter  Mary  Whiting  wife  of  Henry 
Whiting  of  Ipswich,  two  hundred  pounds,  the  remainder  of  her  portion  ; 
to  my  grand  children  Henry  and  Mary  Whiting  one  hundred  pounds  apiece 
at  their  ages  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  days  of  marriage  respectively ;  to 


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my  daughter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  William  Chaplyn  two  hundred  pounds  ;  to 
my  graud  children  Robert  and  Mary  Crane,  children  of  my  son  Thomas 
Crane,  one  hundred  pounds  apiece  ;  to  Diana,  Elizabeth,  Margaret,  Fran- 
ces and  Bridget,  daughters  of  my  brother  Thomas  Crane  deceased,  five 
pounds  apiece ;  to  my  kinswoman  Frances  Stafford, .widow,  five  pounds  ;  to 
Susan  Voyse  wife  of  John  Voyse  of  Great  Coggeshall,  five  pounds ;  to  my 
three  kinswomen,  the  residue  of  the  daughters  of  my  sister  Johan  Foulsham, 
forty  shillings  apiece  ;  to  Robert  Crane,  son  of  my  cousin  Robert  Crane  of 
Braintree,  twenty  pounds  at  his  age  of  one  and  twenty  years ;  to  William 
Fowleger,  my  servant,  for  his  faithful  service  &c.  thirty  pounds  ;  to  my  son 
Samuel  all  my  goods  and  wares  in  the  shop  and  warehouses,  my  debts  &c, 
and  the  lands  and  tenements  in  Lowhard  &c  had  of  John  Edes,  clerk,  &c. ; 
sons  Samuel  and  Thomas  to  be  executors. 

Proved  by  the  oath  of  Samuel  Crane,  the  surviving  executor. 

Pell,  179  (P.  C.  C). 

Samuel  Crane  of  Great  Coggeshall,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  gentleman, 
November,  1669,  proved  10  August  1670.     To  my  sister  Mrs  Mar- 


garet Rogers,  now  of  Ipswich,  in  New  England  (lands  and  tenements  in 
various  places)  for  life,  and  then  to  her  children  ;  my  sister  Mary  Whiting, 
wife  of  Mr  Henry  Whiting  of  Ipswich,  Suffolk,  and  her  children  ;  my  sis- 
ter in  law wife  of Daynes,  late  the  wife  of  my  brother  Robert 

Crane  ;  my  sister  Mrs  Elizabeth  Chaplin,  late  the  wife  of  Mr  William  Chap- 
lin, of  Bury  S*  Edmunds  ;  my  brother  Mr  William  Clopton  and  his  child- 
ren ;  my  cousin  Mr  Lawrence  Stisted  of  Ipswich,  grocer,  and  my  niece 
Mary,  his  now  wife ;  my  uncle  Mr.  Edward  Sparhawke  and  his  son  Sam- 
uel and  daughter  Sarah  Sparhawke  ;  my  kinswoman  Mrs.  Bridget  An- 
drews, wife  of  Mr  William  Andrews,  citizen  and  cheesemonger  of  London ; 
John  Garwood ;  my  father  in  law  Mr.  Robert  Feltham  ;  my  uncle  Mr. 
John  Crane,  living  about  Horram  in  Suffolk,  and  his  son  John  ;  my  cou- 
sin Cooper,  widow,  and  cousin  Burgis,  widow  ;  children  of  my  cousin  Rob- 
ert Foulsam,  deceased  ;  my  cousin  Robert  Crane  of  Braintree  and  his  son 
Robert ;  my  cousin  John  Sparhawke ;  my  cousin  John  Sherman  ;  my  cou- 
sin Mr  John  Blomfield  ;  my  cousin  Mr  John  Rogers  and  Mr  William  Hub- 
bard, both  in  New  England ;  Christian  Whiting,  daughter  of  Henry  ;  Isaac 
Hubbard;  others  mentioned.  Penn,  97  (P.  C.  C). 


Robert  Crane  of  Hadleigh  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  gentleman,  14  May, 
18  Charles  II.  1666,  proved  22  May  1669.  My  sister  Mary  Crane  to  be 
executrix,  to  whom  all  my  tenements  &c  in  Kelvedon,  in  the  County  of 
Essex,  the  reversion  of  the  jointure  of  my  mother  in  law,  the  wife  of  Mr 
Robert  Andrewes ;  if  my  sister  die  the  premisses  to  be  sold  by  Thomas 
Goulding  and  the  product  to  be  equally  divided  betwixt  the  children  of  my 
uncle  Whiting  and  aunt  Rogers  in  New  England  and  the  children  of  my 
cousin  Thomas  Goulding  ;  to  the  aforesaid  Thomas  Goulding  and  his  heirs 
forever  my  house  in  Brantray ;  my  two  messuages  in  Coggeshall  to  Wil- 
liam Fowler  and  his  heirs  forever ;  to  William  Hawkins  my  two  messuages 
on  Fering  Hill ;  to  Mr  Whiting  of  Sermer,  for  preaching  my  funeral  ser- 
mon, five  pounds  ;  to  the  poor  of  Kelvedon  five  pounds. 

Proved  by  Mary  Stisted  ah  Crane,  wife  of  Lawrence  Stisted,  sister  of 
the  deceased  and  his  executrix.  Coke,  51  (P.  C.  C). 


226 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


The  following  rough  table  will  serve  to  show  the  relationship   of 
most  of  these  parties  : 


* CRANE  = 

I 


Thomas « 


I 
John= 

of  Hor- 
ram,  in 
Suffolk. 


Joan=. .  .  Foulsbam.    Margaret,  dau. 


John. 


I 

probably 

five  dans. 

and  a  son 

Robert. 


of  Rob't  Maidstone, 
and  relict  of  Walter 
Clopton,  by  whom  a 
son,  Wm.  Clopton. 


Robert  Crane=    Mary,  dau . 


of  Great 

Coggeshall, 

in  Essex. 

Will  pro. 

1658-9. 


of  Samuel 

Sparhawke 

of  Dedharn. 


Diana.    Elizabeth.    Margaret.    Frances.    Bridget 


I  I 

Samuel  Crane,       f  Thomas 
will  pro.  1670. 


Robert= 


.=(2) 


Daynes.     Mary=Henry  Whiting 
of  Ipswich. 


Robert  Crane,       Mary=Lawrence  Stisted. 
will  pro:  1069. 


I  I  I 

Henry.       Mary.       Christian. 


Margaret=Nathaniel  Rogers. 


Elizabeth=Wm.  Chaplin. 


Samuel.         Nathaniel.      Ezekiel.      Timothy.       John.  Mary. 

The  following  extracts  from  the  Registry  of  Deeds  of  Suffolk 
County,  Mass.,  refer  evidently  to  the  legacy  of  Robert  Crane  to  his 
grandchildren,  the  sons  of  his  daughter  Margaret  Rogers. 

By  an  Indenture  made  24  October  1653  between  Joshua  Foote,  late 
citizen  and  Ironmonger  of  London,  then  of  Roxbury  in  the  County  Suffolk 
in  New  England,  on  the  one  part,  and  Robert  Crane  of  Coggeshall  in  the 
County  of  Essex  within  the  Commonwealth  of  England,  on  the  other  part, 
the  former  made  conveyance  to  the  latter  of  his  dwelling  house,  lately  pur- 
chased of  Joshua  Hues,  situate  in  Roxbury,  with  four  acres  of  land  &c 
belonging,  as  security  on  his  bond  to  pay  184£  7"  2d,  due  to  the  said  Crane  &c. 

Suffolk  Deeds  I.  335. 

Testimony  of  Samuel  Danforth,  Thomas  Weld  William  Park  and  David 
Richard  1-9-1655  that  Nathaniel  Rogers  of  Ipswich  and  William  Barthel- 
mew  did  enter  upon  the  dwelling  house,  formerly  possessed  by  Joshua 
Hewes  in  Roxbury  and  since  belonging  to  Joshua  Foote  deceased  and  did 
legally  take  possession  of  the  said  dwelling  house  &c.  and  order  to  give 
warning  that  the  said  house  and  land  in  the  deed  of  sale  made  by  the  said 
Joshua  Foote  unto  and  for  the  use  of  Mr  Robert  Crane  &c.  20  October 
1653,  do  legally  and  properly  belong  unto  Nathaniel  Rogers  of  Ipswich  and 
to  his  brethren  Samuel,  Ezekiel  and  Timothy  Rogers  of  Ipswich. 

Suffolk  Deeds  II.  210. 

It  seems  to  me  worth  the  while  to  add  abstracts  of  the  wills  of 
Ezekiel,  the  son  of  Richard  of  Wethersfield,  and  of  Nathaniel,  the 
son  of  John  of  Dedham,  and  certain  other  notes  gleaned  in  Salem 
Court  House  and  elsewhere. 


*  Morant,  in  his  History  of  Essex  (reprinted  at  Chelmsford,  1816),  vol.  ii.  p.  164,  refers 
to  will  of  Samuel  Crane  of  Great  Coggeshall,  gent.,  dated  Nov.  1609.— h.  f.  w. 

t  I  have  minute  of  will  of  Thomas  Crane  (Essex  Co.)  165&  (Book  Aylett,  159,  P  CO), 
but  no  abstract  at  hand.— h.  f.  w. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  227 

Ezekiel  Rogers  "  Borne  at  Wethersfeild  in  Essex  in  old  England  Now  of 
Rowley  in  Essex  in  new  England"  17  April  1660,  sworn  to  26  March  1661 
Renders  praise  to  God  for  three  special  blessings :  "  ffirst  for  my  Nurture 
and  Education  under  such  a  father  Mr  Richard  Rogers,  in  Catechisme  and 
knowledge  of  the  holy  scriptures  the  want  whereof  I  see  to  be  the  main 
cause  of  the  Errors  of  the  times.  Secondly  that  (whereas  till  I  was  aboue 
twenty  yeares  of  age  I  made  but  ill  use  of  my  knowledge  but  liued  in  a  for- 
mal profession  of  Relligion)  the  lord  pleased  by  occation  of  a  sore  sicknes 
which  was  like  to  be  death  to  make  me  to  see  the  worth  and  Neede  of 
Christ  and  to  take  such  houlde  of  him  as  that  I  coolde  never  let  him  goe 
to  this  houre  whereby  I  am  now  encouraged  to  bequeath  and  committe  my 
soulle  into  his  hands  who  hath  Redeemed  it,  and  my  Body  to  the  Earth 
since  he  will  giue  me  with  these  very  eyes  to  see  my  Redeemer.  Thirdly 
for  my  Calling  even  to  be  a  minester  of  the  Gospell  the  most  glorious 
Calling  in  the  worlde  which  the  lord  brought  into  noth  without  difficulty 
for  my  .  .  .  .ing  in  the  time  of  the  hottest  Persicution  of  that  Bloody  Ili- 
rarchy  and  being  inlightened  concerning  the  euell  and  snare  of  Subscrip...n 
and  Cerimonies  I  was  advised  to  give  over  the  thought  of  the  minestry  and 
to  betake  my  selfe  to  the  study  and  practise  of  Phis..ke  But  the  lord  mer- 
cyfully  prevented  that ;  for  though  it  be  a  good  and  Nessecary  Calling,  I  haue 
observed  that  the  most  through  these  o..e  Coruption  haue  made  it  to  them 
selues  the  very  Temptation  to  couetousnes  or  lust  or  both,  I  therefore  chose 
rather  to  lye  hide  abo..  a  dozen  yeares  in  an  honerable  famelly  exerciseing 
my  selfe  in  minesteriall  dutyes  for  a  bout  a  dozen  yeares  after  my  leaving 
the  uneversity.  Then  the  lord  Gaue  me  a  Call  to  a  Publique  charge  att 
Rowley  in  Yorke  shire  whereby  The  Geutlenesse  of — oby  Mathewe  I  was 
fauoured  both  for  subscription  and  Cerimonies  and  injoyed  my  liberty  in 
the  minestry  about  seaventeene  ..ars  in  Comforthable  sort  Till  for  refuseing 
to  reade  that  accursed  Booke  that  allowed  sports  on  God's  holy  Sabbath  or 
lords  day  I  was  suspended  and  by  it  and  other  sad  signes  of  the  times  driven 
with  many  of  my  hearers  into  New  ...land  where  I  haue  liued  in  my  Pas- 

torall  Office  about years  with  much  Rest  and  Comforth  beleeueiug 

the  way  ..  the  Churches  here  to  be  according  to  the  present  light  that  God 
hath  giuen  the  purest  in  the  wholle  world. 

Now  Age  and  Infir...es  calling  upon  me  to  looke  daly  for  my  change  I 
profese  my  selfe  to  haue  liued  and  to  dye  an  unfeigned  Hater  of  all  the 
Base  Opinnions  of  the  Anabaptists  and  Antinomians  and  all  other  Phren- 
ticke  dotages  of  the  times  that  springe  from  them  which  God  will  ere  longe 
cause  to  be  as  doung  on  the  earth.  I  doe  also  protest  against  all  the  evell 
ffashious  and  guises  of  this  age  both  in  Apparr..  and  that  Generall  Disguise- 
ment  c  longe  Ruffianlike  haire  A  Custome  most  generally  taken  up  at  that 
time  w  len  the  Graue  and  modest  weareing  of  haire  was  a  part  of  the  Re- 
proch  of  Christ:  as  appeared  by  the  tearme  of  Roundheads  and  was  car- 
ryed  on  with  a  high  hand  not  with  standing  the  knowne  offence  of  soe 
many  Godly  persons,  and  without  publique  expression  of  these  reasons  for 
any  such  libertie  taken." 

Then  follows  his  disposal  of  his  estate :  to  wife  Mary  the  dwelling  house 
&c.  during  her  natural  life;  to  nephew  Mr  Samuel  Stone  of  Connecticut 
thirty  pounds ;  to  "  my  cousen  his  son  John  ten  pounds ;"  to  dear  brother 
and  fellow  officer  Mr  Phillips  five  pounds  and  Aquinas  his  Sum.  in  folio  ;  to 
my  sometimes  servant  Elizabeth  Tenney  ells  Parratt  ten  pounds  ;  to  loving 
neice  Mrs  Mary  Matosius  of  Maiden  in  Essex  in  old  England  ten  pounds  ; 
to  loving  niece   M"  Elizabeth  C.ton  wife  of  the  Preacher  of  Roterdam  in 


228         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Holland  ten  pounds  ;  to  the  wife  of  cousin  Rogers  of  Billerica  five  pounds ; 
sundry  gifts  to  servants  ;  all  his  Latin  books  to  Harvard  College  and  some 
English  books,  as  appears  in  the  Catalogue. 

The  rest  of  the  estate  in  lands  not  given  to  wife  during  her  natural  life, 
he  gives  to  the  Church  and  town  of  Rowley  upon  condition  that  they  pay 
or  cause  to  be  paid  &c.  unto  Ezekiel  Rogers  the  son  of  Mr  Nathaniel 
Rogers  late  pastor  of  the  Church  of  Ipswich  deceased  the  sum  of  eight 
score  pounds. 

The  real  estate  given  to  wife,  for  term  of  her  life,  after  her  decease  to  go 
to  the  church  and  town  of  Rowley  to  enable  them  the  better  to  maintain 
two  teaching  elders  in  the  church  for  ever,  on  condition  that  they  settle  an 
elder  within  four  years  and  so  from  time  to  time  when  changes  occur  by 
death  or  removal  any  other  way.  On  failure  of  this  condition  the  said 
houses  and  lands  to  be  to  the  use  of  Harvard  College.  Wife  Mary  to  be 
sole  executrix.* 

The  amount  of  his  estate  as  rendered  in  the  Inventory  was  over 
1535£,  of  which  400£  was  in  lands  that  were  Thomas  Barker's  (his 
wife's  former  husband). 

This  will  is  on  file  among  the  probate  papers  of  Essex  County  ;  but 
I  do  not  find  any  copy  of  it  in  the  Registry  or  any  record  of  probate 
or  administration  granted.  In  the  March  term  of  the  Ipswich  Court, 
1665,  Ezekiel  Rogers,  the  son  of  Mr.  Nathaniel  Rogers  of  Ipswich, 
deceased,  brought  suit  against  Mrs.  Mary  Rogers,  the  executrix  of 
the  above  will,  for  not  performing  a  promise  and  engagement  made 
to  the  said  Nathaniel  in  the  behalf  of  his  son,  wherein  the  said  Mr. 
Ezekiel  Rogers,  of  Rowley,  had  obliged  himself  to  provide  for 
Ezekiel  the  son  of  Nathaniel,  and  to  make  his  portion  as  good  as  the 
rest  of  the  sons  of  the  said  Nathaniel.  The  plaintiff  in  his  declara- 
tion says  that  his  father  for  that  reason  gave  him  no  portion  in  his 
estate,  except  a  small  pledge  of  his  love,  and  discharged  himself 
from  any  care  concerning  him,  and,  indeed,  looked  upon  him  as  the 
elder  brother,  though  but  his  fourth  son. 

This  case  is  valuable  and  important,  since  it  furnishes  evidence 
that  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  William  Hubbard  was  Mary,f  and  not 
Margaret,  as  all  our  New  England  authorities  have  had  it,  and  thus 
confirms  Candler's  statement,  made  in  his  account  of  the  Knapp 
family.  I  fail  to  find  the  least  bit  of  evidence,  either  that  Nathaniel 
Rogers  had  a  daughter  Margaret  or   that   William   Hubbard   had  a 

*  Rev.  Ezekiel  Rogers's  will  is  printed  in  full  in  the  Register,  vol.  v.  pp.  12.5-8. — Ed. 

t  Candler  in  his  Knapp  pedigree  gives  the  name  of  the  husband  of  Mary  Rogers  as 
"  Win.  Hobcrt,"  and  in  his  Rogers  pedigree  as  "  Wm.  Heley  "  (vide  Register,  xvii.  47). 
Mr.  Waters  makes  it  evident  that  the  surname  in  the  Knapp  pedigree  (Hobert,  i.  e.  Hubbard) 
is  correct. 

William  Hubart  or  Hubbard  of  the  County  of  Essex,  England,  who  afterwards  settled  at 
Ipswich,  Mass.,  married  Judith,  daughter  of  John  and  Martha  (Blossc)  Knapp,  of  Ipswich, 
England  (see  The  Visitation  of  Suffolk,  ed.  by  Metcalf,  1882,  p.  149;  Reg.  xvii.  47).  He 
was  father  of  Rev.  William  Hubbard,  who  married  Mary  Rogers. 

The  first  book  in  which  I  find  the  christian  name  of  the  wife  of  Rev.  William  Hubbard  given 
is  John  Fanner's  Genealogical  Register,  published  in  1829,  where  on  page  152 she  is  called 
"Margaret  daughter  of  Rev.  Nathanjel  Rogers."  Subsequent  writers  have  repeated  Far- 
mer's error. — Editor. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  229 

wife  bearing  that  name.  This  Mary  Hubbard  seems  to  be  living  as 
late  as  26  March,  1685,  wliem  she  joins  her  husband  in  a  conveyance 
of  certain  land  in  Ipswich.  The  following  are  some  of  the  deposi- 
tions filed  in  this  case. 

The  testimony  of  Mart  Hubbert. 

I  can  affirme  that  aftr  iny  Father  Rogers'  death  my  Brother  Ezekiell 
Rogers  was  very  desirous  to  have  lived  wth  his  Cousen  Mr  Ezekiell  Rogers 
of  Rowley  &  he  rendred  this  as  ye  reason,  wn  sundry  complaints  were  made 
to  his  mother  against  him,  that  he  knew  he  could  please  him,  if  he  lived 
with  him,  wch  he  knew  he  should  never  doe,  unlesse  he  lived  there,  in 
regd  that  sundry  informations  would  be  carried  to  his  Cousen  agst  him,  wch 
he  should  be  able  no  otherwise  to  prevent.  And  farthr  I  know  that  our 
friends  did  endeavour  to  insinuate  so  much  into  my  Couzen,  but  were  dis- 
couraged therefrom  by  a  report  they  heard  from  presseing  it  over  farr, 
wch  report  was,  that  one  nere  to  my  Cozen  should  say,  nameing  of  him  by 
some  opprobrious  terme,  that  he  should  not  come  there.  Also  when  my 
Brother  lived  with  him  before,  he  wore  his  haire  longer,  by  my  Cosins 
sufferance,  contrarie  to  my  Fathers  desire,  then  the  rest  of  his  Brethren ; 
Farther  my  Bio :  rendred  this  as  the  reason  why  he  was  not  willing  to  live 
constantly  at  the  Colledge,  because  he  had  not  convenient  maintenance 
allowed,  my  Cosin  not  allowing  above  five  pound  a  year  at  ye  most.  To 
the  truth  of  w*  is  above  written  I  can  attest  upon  oath  if  called  thereunto. 

March  31.  1665.  Mart  Hubbert. 


The  Deposition  of  M™  Margaret  Rogers  aged  about  55  yeares. 

This  Deponent  sayth  that  soon  after  her  husbands  death,  goeing  to  visit 
her  cousin  Mr  Ez.  Rogers  of  Rowly,  he  told  her  that  he  would  doe  for 
her  son  Ezekiel  according  as  here  followeth  viz.  That  he  would  give  him 
his  house  where  he  then  Kved  wth  severall  parcells  of  land,  wch  he  then 
mentioned,  &  shewed  ye  place  of  them,  altho  she  had  now  forgotten  the 
particulars:  She  thinks  also  he  promised  her  then  to  allow  l(j£  a  year 
towards  his  education,  yet  (being  long  since  she  cannot  speak  so  punctially 
thereunto).  Further  at  another  time  since  this  Deponent  went  to  the  sayd 
Mr  Ez.  Rogers  to  speake  wth  him  about  her  son  Ezekiels  hayre,  y'  was 
complayned  of,  to  be  too  long:  but  when  Mr  Ez.  Rogers  would  have  had 
her  son  bound  to  let  his  hayre  be  no  longer  then  to  ye  lower  tip  of  his 
eares,  she  told  him  she  would  never  yeild  to  such  a  snare  for  her  child,  tho 
he  never  had  peny  of  him  while  he  lived.  Also  this  Deponent  sayd  y* 
James  Baily  told  her  that  Mr  Ez.  Rogers  had  appoyuted  him  to  pay  fourty 
pound  to  her  upon  the  account  of  her  son  Ezekiel,  but  she  never  knew  but 
of  ten  pound  thereof  paid  :  Also  that  she  would  have  been  glad  if  her  son 
Ezekiel  might  have  lived  v?^  her  Cousin  Mr  Ez.  Rogers  at  Rowly,  and  was 
troubled  that  there  was  no  way  appearing  to  have  it  so,  altho  her  son 
Ezekiel  alwayes  about  those  times  seemed  very  desirous  so  to  doe.  The 
Deponent  also  saith  that  Mr  Ez.  Rogers  told  her  he  had  appointed  James 
Baily  to  pay  her  fourty  pound  in  four  years  towards  the  education  of  her 
son  Ezekiel,     And  further  saith  not 

March  3065.  Sworne  before  me  Daniel  Denison. 


230  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

"Matiiew  Botes*  of  Leeds  iu  the  County  of  Yorke  Clothworker  aged 
fifty  yeares  or  thereaboutes  "  sworn  at  ^Tork  16  Jan'y  1661,  makes  a 
deposition  concerning  the  matter. 

The  testimony  of  John  Pickard,  aged  forty  three  years,  made  28  March 
1665,  is  to  the  effect  that  he  understood  from  Mr  Ezekiel  Rogers  of  Rowly 
that  there  were  three  reasons  why  he  would  not  give  his  kinsman  more. 
'"1  Because  he  refused  to  dwell  wth  him.  2  Because  he  would  not  keep  at 
Colledge  though  there  he  would  have  maynteyned  him.  3  Because  he 
spake  to  his  mother  to  have  his  haire  cutt,  but  could  not  gett  it  done, 
And  seuerall  other  things  were  the  mention  not  here  materiall." 

Essex  Co.  Court  Papers,  Vol.  X.  Nos.  90-98. 

A  notable  error  has  been  made  by  all  who  have  written  about 
Ezekiel  Rogers,  of  Rowley.  They  have  all,  one  after  another, 
stated  that  he  brought  over  "the  wife  of  his  youth,"  Sarah  Everard, 
who  lived  here  about  ten  years,  and  died  in  Rowley,  etc.  That  he 
brought  over  the  wife  of  his  youth  I  do  not  deny  ;  but  that  her 
name  was  Sarah  Everard  I  can  deny  with  confidence,  for  I  find  her 
provided  with  another  husband,  in  the  person  of  Ezekiel's  eldest 
brother  Daniel, who  had  by  her,  as  his  second  wife,  four  children. 
Who  then  was  the  first  wife  of  Ezekiel  Rogers  ?  That  he  had  a 
wife  buried  in  Rowley  about  ten  years  after  his  coming  over  is  true. 
Her  name,  however,  was  Joan,  buried  8  May,  1649.  This  is  a 
strong  confirmation  of  a  pedigree  which  I  had  constructed  in  Eng- 
land before  I  had  the  opportunity  to  discover  this  important  fact.  I 
had  already  been  led  to  give  Mr.  Ezekiel  Rogers  a  wife  Joan  by 
the  following  evidence  which  I  had  discovered  in  my  researches 
among  Wills  and  Feet  of  Fines  : — 

Between  Richard  Ray n ton,  gen.  quer.  and  Ezekiel  Rogers,  clerk  and 
Johanna  his  wife,  deforc,  for  one  messuage,  one  garden,  nine  acres  of  mea- 
dow and  six  acres  of  pasture,  with  the  appurtenances  &c  in  Bermondsey. 
Consideration  100u  sterling.  Trin.  11  Can  I.  Surrey. 

(Feet  of  Fines.) 

Thomas  Dampier  ah  Damport  of  Stratford  at  Bow,  gentleman,  26  March 
1617,  proved  15  February  1627.  Mentions  son  James,  daughter  Kathe- 
rine,  wife  Joane,  sister  Joane,  now  wife  of  John  Creed  of  Shepton  Mallett 
in  the  County  of  Somerset,  and  her  sons  Matthew,  Stephen  and  John 
Webb,  cousin  Marmaduke  Moore  and  daughter  Katherine  now  wife  of 
Hugh  Cressie,  of  London,  merchant. 

To  my  daughter  in  law  Joane  Hartopp,  now  wife  of  Ezekiel  Rogers  of 
Hatfield,  Essex,  gentleman,  twenty  pounds  within  six  months  after  my 
decease.  Barrington,  18  (P.  C.  C). 

Pie  must  have  married  his  second  wife  (Sarah?),  daughter  of  Mr. 
John  Wilson,  very  soon  after;  for  Emanuel  Downing  writes  from 

*  Matthew  Boyes  was  an  early  settler  of  Roxbury  (Register,  xxxv.  24).  He  was 
freeman  of  Massachusetts  May  22,  1G39  ;  removed  to  Rowley,  which  he  represented  in  the 
General  Court  in  1641,  3,  5  and  .50;  returned  to  England  as  early  as  1657.  He  was  father 
of  Rev.  Joseph  Boyse,  of  Dublin,  Ireland,  a  famous  Puritan  author.  (See  Register, 
xii.  65.)— Editor. 


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Salem,  24.  12.  1650,  to  John  Winthrop,  Jr.,  "Mr.  Rogers  of 
Rovvly  hath  last  weeke  buryed  his  wife  and  childe  within  a  few  dayes 
after  shee  was  brought  to  bed." 

21  Feb.  1621.  Ezekiel  Rogers,  Clerk,  instituted  to  the  Rectory  of 
Rowley,  void  by  the  death  of  Henry  Pickard,  Clerk,  on  the  nomination  of 
Sir  Francis  Barrinston,  Baronet.  Institution  Books,  York. 

Extract  from  a  Letter  of  Robert  Ryece  to  John    Winthrop,   1 

March,  1636. 

"  One  accidente  which  I  credibly  hard,  I  can  not  omytte; — While  the 
Bishop  his  chancelor,  Dr.  Corbett,  was  vpon  his  seate  of  justice  at  Bury, 
newes  was  broughte  hym  that  Mr.  Rogers  of  Dedham  dyed  the  last  nighte. 
Is  he  so  ?  sayd  the  chancelor,  let  him  goe  in  reste,  for  he  hath  troobled  all 
the  contry  these  80  yeert-s,  &  dyd  poyson  all  those  partes  for  x  myle 
rounde  abowte  that  place, — the  manner  of  whose  death  is  thus  reported  ; 
whiles  the  Bishop  was  at  Ipswiche,  one  daye,  havinge  occasion  to  ryde 
forthe,  comanded  his  servantes  to  hyer  poste  horses ;  who  browght  hym 
worde  that  all  the  horses  were  taken  vp,  by  suche  as  wente  to  the  sermon 
at  Dedham.  Is  the  wynde  at  that  doore  ?  sayde  the  Bishop,  I  wyll  soone 
ease  that ;  &  so  not  long  after,  as  the  Commissary  synce  confessed,  he  had 
commande  from  Canterbury  vpon  the  complaynte  of  Norwich  to  stay  the 
lecture  at  Dedham :  wherevpon  the  Commissary  wrote  a  friendely  letter  to 
Mr.  Rogers,  shewenge  hym  he  had  commandemente  from  Canterbury  to 
require  hym  to  stay  his  lecture  now  for  a  whiles  the  plague  continewed, 
which  by  suche  concourses  was  dttylie  encreased.  Mr.  Rogers,  beleevinge, 
as  was  pretended,  stayed  his  lecture,  &  after  harvest  ended,  the  Doctor  & 
Comissary  was  moved  for  reneweue  of  the  lecture  ;  the  Comissary  gave 
fayer  woordes,  promysynge  uery  shortely  thay  shoolde  haue  liberty,  which 
after  sondry  promyses,  withowte  all  in  all  intention,  Mr.  Rogers  seinge 
there  was  a  secrett  determination  wholly  to  suppresse  that  lecture,  this 
strooke  hym  to  the  harte,  hastened  all  his  natural  malladies  to  his  vttermost 
periode."  "Winthrop  Papers,  Mass.  Hist.  Coll. 

Fourth  Series,  Vol.  VI.  p.  412. 

Extract  from  a  Letter  of  Emanuel  Downing  to  John  Winthrop, 
6  March,  1636. 

"  I  was  at  Mr.  Rogers  of  Dedham  his  funerall,  where  there  were  more 
people  than  3  such  Churches  could  hold :  the  gallery  was  soe  over  loaden 
with  people  that  it  suuck  and  crackt  and  in  the  midle  where  yt  was  Joyuted 
the  tymbers  gaped  and  parted  on  from  an  other  soe  that  there  was  a  great 
cry  in  the  Church :  they  vnder  the  gallery  fearing  to  be  smothered,  those 
that  were  vpon  yt  hasted  of,  some  on  way  some  an  other,  and  some  leaped 
downe  among  the  people  into  the  Church :  those  in  the  body  of  the  Church 
seing  the  tymbers  gape  were  sore  afrighted,  but  yt  pleased  God  to  honour 
that  good  man  departed  with  a  miracle  at  his  death,  for  the  gallerie  stood 
and  the  people  went  on  againe,  though  not  so  manie  as  before ;  had  yl  fain 
as  blackfryars  did  vnder  the  popishe  assembly,  yt  would  haue  ben  a  great 
wound  to  our  religion."  Winthrop  Papers,  Mass.  Hist.  Coll. 

Fourth  Series,  Vol.  VI.  p.  47. 

Mr.  Nathaniel  Rogers  arrived  in  New  England  17  Nov.   1636.* 

*  Winthrop's  New  England,  vol.  i.  p.  205  (2d  cd.  p.  244). 


232         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Concerning  his  voyage,  the  following  extract  from  a  Letter  of 
Brampton  Gurdon  to  John  Winthrop,  dated  Assington,  this  30  of 
August  (1636),  seems  worth  inserting. here. 

"  It  hathe  faulne  out  verry  hard  with  the  shipe  whear  in  Mr.  Nathaniel 
Rogers  imbarked  himselff,  his  wiff  who  locke  for*  at  the  end  of  7bur,  4 
children,  &  3  other  pore  fameles  out  of  this  towen  ;  won  is  Robinson  that 
lived  in  Litle  Waldenfeld,  with  his  wiff  &  6  children ;  they  went  abord  at 
Grauesend  the  furst  of  Jeuen,  &  have  euer  scins  ben  houareng  to  the  He  of 
Wite,  &  this  day  Mris  Crane,  their  scister,  &  Mris  Rogers  mother  in  law 
tould  me  her  husband  had  a  letter  from  them  from  Plimworth,  writ  on 
Saturday  scenight.  This  will  fall  exceding  heui  to  dyuers  in  the  ship  who 
had  mad  som  prouicyon  for  their  liuelyhod  in  New  England.  Thay  will 
be  inforsed  to  spe[nd]  it  before  they  goe,  &  all  for  want  of  a  constant  Est 
wind.  Thay  haue  had  the  wind  for  a  day  or  2,  &  then  brougbt  backe 
agayen.  Thay  haue  had  dyuers  feruent  prayers  to  geue  them  a  good  wind, 
but  the  tyem  is  not  yet  coum  for  God  to  haue  the  prayes  of  it." 

Winthrop  Papers,  Mass.  Hist.  Coll. 

Fourth  Series,  Vol.  VI.  p.  560. 

The  will  of  the  Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers,  Pastor  of  the  Church  at 
Ipswich,  taken  from  his  own  mouth,  July  3,  Anno  Domini  1655, 
was  proved  in  court  at  Ipswich,  25-7—1655.  He  reckons  his  estate 
in  Old  and  New  England  at  about  twelve  hundred  pounds,  four 
hundred  pounds  of  which  "is  expected  from  my  father  Mr.  Robert 
Crane  in  England."  He  makes  the  portion  of  John,  though  his 
eldest  son,  equal  only  with  the  others,  viz.  Nathaniel,  Samuel  and 
Timothy,  and  gives  to  each  one  hundred  pounds  out  of  his  estate  in 
Old  England  and  one  hundred  pounds  out  of  his  estate  in  New  Eng- 
land. To  his  son  Ezekiel  he  gives  twenty  pounds,  which  he  may 
take  in  books  if  he  pleases.  To  his  daughter  he  had  already  given 
two  hundred  pounds.  To  his  three  grandchildren,  John,  Nathaniel 
and  Margaret  Hubbard,  he  gives  forty  shillings  each.  To  his  cousin, 
John  Rogers,  five  pounds,  in  the  hands  of  Ensign  Howlett.  To 
Elizabeth,  Nathaniel,  John  and  Mary,  children  of  his  cousin  John 
Harris, f  of  Rowley,  he  gives  twenty  shillings  each.  To  Harvard 
College,  five  pounds.  The  remainder  he  leaves  to  his  wife  Margaret, 
whom  he  appoints  executrix. 

The  original  will  is  on  file  in  the  Probate  Registry  of  Essex 
County,  and  a  copy  of  it  is  preserved  among  the  papers  of  the  case 
of  Rogers  vs  Rogers  already  referred  to. 

Mrs.  Margaret  Rogers  died  in  Ipswich,  23  January,  1675,  and 
admon.  was  granted  to  her  eldest  son,  John  Rogers,  30  March 
following  (1676.) 

Administration  of  the  estate  of  Margaret  Rogers,  of  Ipswich  in 

*  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  this  must  refer  to  her  expected  confinement.  Ezekiel  must 
have  been  born  just  about  this  time. — h.  f.  w. 

t  The  wife  of  John  Harris  of  Rowley  was  named  Bridget.  I  would  suggest  that  she  may 
have  been  Bridget  Anger,  one  of  the  children  of  Edmond  and  Bridget  Anger  (see  the  wills 
of  Dorothy  Rogers  of  Dedham  and  of  John  Rogers  of  Colchester),— h.  f.  w. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  233 

New  England,    widow,    was  also  granted  in   England,    21   March, 
1677,  to  William  Hubbard,  principal  creditor. 

From  her  age,  as  given  in  her  deposition,  it  would  appear  that 
she  was  born  about  1610.  Her  mother,  therefore,  could  not  have 
heen  the  Mary  Sparhawke,  daughter  of  Samuel,  baptized  1  February, 
1600.     (See  New  Eng.  Hist/Gen.  Reg.,  Vol.  XIX.  p.  125.) 

There  remains  John  Rogers,  of  Billerica,  who  undoubtedly  be- 
longed to  this  family,  as  we  may  learn  from  the  will  of  Ezekiel  of 
Rowley.  The  recent  history  of  Billerica,  by  our  associate,  Rev.  Mr. 
Hazen,  furnishes  a  good  account  of  him  and  his  descendants.  His 
will  can  be  found  on  record  in  the  Suffolk  Registry  (X. — 23).  It 
was  "declared"  22  January,  1685,  and  letters  were  granted  8  June, 
1687,  to  Thomas  and  Nathaniel,  the  executors.  He  gives  to 
Nathaniel  one  half  the  house,  etc.,  and  to  Thomas  the  other  half 
after  the  death  of  the  widow,  who  is  to  have  the  use  of  it.  Other 
bequests  to  sons  John  and  Daniel,  daughter  Priscilla,  grandchild 
Mary  French  (at  21),  son  George  Browne  and  wife's  daughter 
Mary  Browne.  He  is  said  to  have  died  25  January,  1685(6),  aet. 
74,  and  was  born  therefore  about  1611  or  1612.  On  the  Tabular 
Pedigree  which  accompanies  these  notes  will  be  found  two  Johns, 
either  of  whom  might  be  this  individual,  so  far  as  date  of  birth 
would  indicate.  1  cannot  help  thinking  that  John,  the  son  of 
Nathaniel,  the  schoolmaster,  was  the  one  referred  to  in  will  of  his 
uncle  John,  of  Dedham,  as  "the  sadler,"  brother  to  Elizabeth 
Rogers.  This  sister,  I  doubt  not,  was  adopted  by  her  uncle,  and 
was  the  one  mentioned  by  the  widow  Dorothy  Rogers  in  her  will,  as 
"my  maid  Elizabeth  Rogers."  The  John  Rogers  who  lived  in  Bil- 
lerica was  evidently  a  baker  (as  I  am  informed  by  Mr.  Hazen). 
Whether  a  man  would  change  an  occupation  requiring  an  appren- 
ticehood  for  another  is  a  question.  We  have  still  left  John,  the 
second  son  of  Thomas  Rogers,  who  probably  was  placed  by  his 
father  to  learn  some  other  trade  than  the  ancestral  one  of  shoe- 
making,  in  which  the  eldest  son,  Thomas,  was  to  succeed  him.  I 
am  therefore  inclined  to  think  that  we  are  to  look  here  for  our 
Billerica  Rogers. 

It  was  my  good  fortune  to  find  in  the  British  Museum  two  Elegies 
which  seem  to  have  escaped  notice  hitherto  ;  one  in  manuscript, 
which  I  found  in  the  well  known  Harleian  collection  ;  the  other  a 
printed  broadside,  in  a  collection  known  as  the  Luttrell  collection. 
I  found  in  this  latter  collection  divers  other  elegies  and  eulogies 
which  deserve  to  be  known  ;  among  them  one  on  the  Rev.  William 
Jenkin  the  younger,  I  remember,  and  another  on  Col.  Rainborough. 

The  two  elegies  referred  to  here  follow  : — 

Upon  the  death  of  old  Mr  Rogers  of  wethersfield  minister  of  god  his  word, 

late  deceased. 

In  Rama  once  a  voyce  was  heard  Wch  now  in  weathersfield  doth  sound 

Of  bytter  lamentation,  An  heavy  visitation. 


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GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 


He  is  not  now  who  lately  was 

As  Rachells  children  were  not 
Soe  we  shall  hardly  fynd  the  lyke 

Crye  loud  therefore  &  spare  not. 
Thccloudie  piller  now  is  gone 

That  guyded  in  the  day 
And  eke  ye  fire  wch  in  the  night 

Did  poynt  us  out  the  way. 
Alas  therfore  what  shall  we  doe 

Our  Moses  cannot  crie, 
Nor  stand  up  in  the  gapp  to  stay 

Gods  iudgements  when  they  flie. 
How  shall  we  passe  to  Canaan  now 

The  wildernesse  is  wide 
Soe  full  of  Tygers,  Beares  &  wolues 

And  many  a  beast  besyde. 
Who  shall  stand  up  to  plead  wth  God 

ffor  to  supply  our  neede. 
Our  waters  stand,  our  Manna  feast 

Whereon  our  soules  did  feede. 
Oh  happie  it  was  wth  weathersfielde 

And  neighboure  townes  about 
When  they  enioyed  y*  worthy  light 

Which  now  iscleane  worne  out. 
Noe  greater  proofe  of  loue  to  god 

Doth  Christ  himself  require 
Then  was  p'formcd  of  this  man 

Wthall  his  hartes  desire 
Wth  wisedome  and  discretion  both 

He  fedd  Christs  lambs  indeede 
Devydcinge  out  them  portions  all 

According  to  their  neede. 
To  stronge  ones  he  gave  stronger  meat 

W  ho  better  could  apply  yl 
And  to  the  weaker  sort  also 

As  best  might  fitt  their  dyett. 
The  sicke  and  feeble  ones  alsoe 

He  nourished  paynefully 
And  evermore  his  hart  did  yerne 

To  heare  ye  poore  mans  crie. 
He  bound  up  broken  hearted  ones 

He  did  ye  hungrie  feed 
He  brought  thewandringe  home  againe 

And  did  supplie  their  neede 
He  sought  their  peace  continually 

He  ended  all  their  striefe 
Reioyceing  neuer  more  then  when 

They  ledd  a  Christian  lyfe. 
He  spared  noe  labour  of  the  mynde 

Noe  bodilie  griefe  nor  payne 


That  tended  to  his  peoples  good 

And  to  his  masters  gayne.  ffayle 

When  strength   of  leggs  and  feete  did 

On  horseback  he  did  ryde 
And  wheresoeuer  he  became 

His  tallent  well  emploid. 
Soe  deerely  did  he  loue  gods  house 

"When  Arons  bell  did  call 
Noe  winde  or  weather  might  him  lett 

He  ventred  lyfe  and  all. 
Thus  did  he  leade  them  forth  w^  ioy 

To  pastures  fresh  and  greene 
And  to  the  lyuely  water  pooles 

As  cleere  as  hath  beene  seene. 
Rare  was  his  order  to  catechise 

His  doctrine  sound  &  playne 
And  by  this  holy  ordynance 

He  many  soules  did  gayne. 
Thus  hath  he  spent  his  vitall  breath 

In  honour  and  renowne 
His  hower  is  past,  his  glasse  is  runne 

And  he  hath  gott  the  crowne. 
And  now  behold  ye  shepehards  all 

Whom  god  hath  given  this  station 
See  here  a  patterne  to  behoulde 

flit  for  your  imitation. 
The  better  sort  neede  yet  to  learne 

This  patterne  to  behould 
As  for  the  rest,  learne  you  were  best 

Looke  better  to  your  soulde. 
And  now  Oh  woefull  weathersfield 

Whose  fame  soe  farr  hath  sounded 
Looke  how  thou  hast  received  &  heard 

And  how  thy  faith  is  grounded. 
And  to  thy  faith  and  godly  life 

As  thou  before  hast  learned 
Wthout  the  wch  thy  faith  is  deade 

And  cannot  be  discerned, 
ffor  now  the  Lord  doth  call  for  fruite 

To  answere  all  his  payne 
And  wher  he  hath  bestowed  much 

He  lookes  for  much  agayne. 
Loue  thou  therefore  gods  ordynance 

Sell  all,  that  to  obteyne 
And  buy  the  fielde  wher  treasure  is 

That  ever  shall  remayne 
Then  thou  wth  him  thats  gone  before 

Shall  f£|alleluiah  singe 
And  Reigne  in  heaven  for  euermore 

Wth  Christ  our  lord  and  kinge. 
finis. 

[Harleian  MS.  1598.] 


A  mournefull  Epitaph  upon  the  death  of  that  reverend  worthy  Pastor  Mr  JOHN 
ROGERS,  late  preacher  of  Gods  word  at  Dedham  in  Essex,  who  departed  this 
life  the  18  of  October  in  the  yeere  1636. 

2.  [old, 

Come  weep  and  mourne,  both  yong  and 

your  harts  to  sorrow  move 
Both  Sheepe  and  Lambs  all  of  his  fould 

shew  forth  your  deerest  love. 


Come  helpe  us  mourn  good  Shepherds  all, 
who  love  Christs  flock  indeed 

Helpe  us  to  beg,  pleade,  cry  &  call, 
in  this  our  time  of  need. 


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235 


Our  joy  is  gone,  our  soules  delight, 
our  blessed  sonne  of  thunder, 

Our  valiant  champion  in  Gods  sight, 
to  breake  sinnes  boults  in  sunder. 

4. 

Our  famous  light  which  lately  stood 
on  hill  within  our  towne  :         [abroad, 

Whose  beames  were  spread    so    farre 
is  now  by  death  tooke  downe. 

5. 

Those  lively  christall  streames  so  pure, 
with  pastures  fresh  and  greene  ; 

From  us  alas  are  lock't  full  sure, 
and  can  no  more  be  seene. 

6. 

Oh  mournefull  flocke  who  art  deprived 

of  such  a  faithfull  guide ; 
Whose  drooping  soules  he  hath  reviv'd 

Full  many  a  time  and  tide. 

7. 
Our  faithfull  Moses  now  is  gone, 

Which  stood  up  in  the  breach  ; 
To  stay  Gods  wrath  with  many  a  groane, 

his  hands  to  heaven  did  stretch. 

8. 
His  life  Gods  glory  did  advance, 

his  doctrine  good  and  plaine  : 
And  by  Gods  holy  ordinaace 

he  many  a  soule  did  gaine. 

9. 
No  paine  nor  labour  he  did  spare, 

the  hungry  soules  to  feed, 
Dividing  out  each  one  his.  share, 

according  to  their  need. 

10. 
A  person  grave,  a  patron  rare, 

most  humble,  godly,  wise, 
Whose  presence  made  the  wicked  feare, 

when  they  beheld  his  eyes. 

11. 

His  ears  were  open  and  attent, 
To  heare  the  poore  mans  cry  : 

And  speedily  his  heart  was  bent, 
to  find  a  remedy. 

12. 

To  rich  and  poore,  to  old  and  yung, 
most  courteous,  mild  and  meeke, 

The  mourning  soules  he  brought  along, 
and  comforted  the  weake. 

13. 

Much  comfort  heere  his  soule  possest, 

his  life  fame,  and  renowne, 
And  now  with  Saints  and  Angels  blest, 

he  weares  a  glorious  crowne. 

14. 

Where  many  a  soule  is  gone  before, 
Which  hethi'ough  Christ  hath  gain'd, 

His  glory  shines  as  Sunne  therefore, 
And  never  shall  be  stained. 


15. 

You  pastors  all  of  Christ  his  fould, 
of  soules  who  have  the  charge, 

See  here  a  patterne  to  behold 
Your  duties  to  your  charge. 

16. 

His  faith,  his  love,  his  godly  care, 
his  zeale  sinne  to  suppresse  : 

His  pitty  showes  to  such  as  were, 
in  griefe  and  heavinesse. 

17. 

His  humble  heart  did  soon  make  peace, 

by  arbitration  wise, 
All  jars  and  strifes  he  made  to  cease, 

twixt  neighbours  that  did  rise. 

18. 
But  now  those  ioyfull  dayes  are  gone, 

which  made  our  hearts  so  glad, 
And  comfort  brought  to  many  one, 

when  sorrow  made  them  sad. 

19. 

Our  Zion  temple  songs  doe  cease, 

our  burning  shining  light 
Is  gone  to  everlasting  peace , 

and  bids  us  all  good  night. 

20. 

Our  constant  Lector  twelve  dayes  fame, 

and  ioy  of  Saints  all  round, 
To  which  Gods  armies  flocking  came, 

To  heare  his  doctrine  sound. 

21. 

Gods  holy  Law  and  Gospel  pure, 
he  preach't  with  courage  bouid, 

Whereby  he  many  did  allure, 
and  brought  to  Christ  his  fould. 

22. 
The  poore  and  hungry  soules  alway, 

with  good  things  he  did  fill, 
The  rich,  nor  any  went  away, 

Without  Gods  mind  and  will. 

23. 

Most  faithfully  he  preach't  Gods  will, 

with  wisedome  from  above, 
And  left  for  to  direct  us  still, 

his  booke  of  faith  and  love. 

24. 

Gods  counsell  and  the  narrow  way, 

heclearely  did  unfold 
Without  excuse  to  leave  all  they, 

That  would  not  be  controld. 

25. 

His  proudest  foes  on  every  side, 
who  sought  his  deprivation, 

He  still  did  overcome  their  pride, 
by  humble  conversation. 

26. 

Against  hels  force  and  Satans  rage, 
God  kept  him  in  his  station, 

And  still  preserved  him  in  his  old  age, 
In  Dedhams  congregation. 


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27. 
From  weeke  to  weeke,  from  day  to  day, 

be  cryed  in  our  eares : 
And  this  he  did  without  delay, 

the  space  of  thirty  yeeres. 

28.  _ 
In  zeale  he  was  a  flaming  fire, 

yet  humble  and  discreet, 
Which  made  his  chiefest  foes  admire, 

and  swadged  their  malice  great. 

29. 
They  often  sought  for  to  prevaile, 

to  take  away  our  joy. 
To  quench  our  light  they  did  assaile 

our  glory  to  destroy. 

30. 

But  God  did  guard  his  choice  elect, 
who  worthy  was  through  Christ, 

From  dangers  all  did  him  protect, 
and  tooke  home  at  last. 

31. 

The  time  of  life  that  God  him  lent, 
was  three  score  yeeres  and  seven, 

The  greatest  part  of  which  lie  spent, 
to  bring  soules  into  heaven. 

32. 

Oh  happy  change  and  blessed  gaine, 

good  time  for  him  to  die  : 
Vnhappy  we  that  still  remaine 

more  sinful  1  dayes  to  see. 

33. 

Yet  happy  now  likewise  are  they, 

which  are  in  state  of  grace. 
And  were  so  wise  that  in  their  dayes, 

with  God  they  made  their  peace. 

34. 

Now  magniBe  the  providence, 

of  Gods  election  strong, 
That  he  such  dayes  by  sure  defence, 

In  mercy  did  prolong. 

35. 

And  now  hold  fast  with  diligence, 
the  trueths  which  you  have  learn'd 

And  bring  forth  fruit  with  patience, 
that  grace  may  be  discern 'd. 

36. 

Those  graces  learne  to  imitate, 
in  him  which  shine  so  bright, 

So  shalt  thou  live  iu  happy  state, 
and  pleasing  in  Gods  sight. 

37. 
A  wife  hath  lost  a  heavenly  head, 

children  a  father  deare, 
A  losse  to  all  on  every  side, 

and  to  his  flocke  most  neere. 

Printed  for 


38. 
His  house  a  blessed  Bethel  was, 

as  plainely  did  appeare  : 
He  lived  to  see  his  fruits  in  grace, 

on  all  his  children  deare. 

39. 

But  now  alas  what  shall  we  doe 

Gods  anger  to  revoke, 
Our  sinfulnesse  have  brought  us  to 

This  sad  and  heavy  stroake. 

40. 

Our  sleepy  formall  carelessnesse, 

in  hearing  of  Gods  word  : 
Vnfruitfull  barren  hearteduesse, 

though  we  with  meanes  were  stored. 

41. 

All  those  that  have  worne  out  this  light, 

and  yet  remain  all  darke, 
How  shall  it  now  their  soules  affright, 

to  weare  this  cursed  marke. 

42. 

Now  let  us  all  repent  and  pray, 

with  zeale  and  fervency, 
That  of  the  Lord  obtaine  we  may, 

some  comfort  and  supply. 

43. 
Our  King  and  Counsell  Lord  preserve, 

and  all  of  each  degree, 
That  from  his  trueth  we  may  not  swerve, 

but  therein  live  and  die. 

44. 

That  with  him  that's  gone  before, 

a  kingdome  may  obtaine, 
And  then  with  Saints  for  evermore, 

in  glory  may  remaine. 

AN  EPIGRAM. 

In  morning  wake  with  God,  and  beg  his 

grace, 
Offend  not  his  good  spirit  in  any  case. 
Hang  fast  on  Christ,  cleave  closse  unto 

his  word, 
No  time  forget   to  weare  the  christian 

sword, 


Run  cheerefully  your  generall  is  before, 
Our  blessed  captain  Christ  hath  opened 

the  doore 
Got  victory  against  sin,  death  and  hell, 
Eternall    life    for  aye    with   him   shall 

dwell, 
Returne  my  soule,  goe  foorth  unto  thy 

rest, 
Strange  joyes  are  .gone  which  cannot  be 

exprest. 

I.  L. 
Finis 

the  yeere,  1642. 

Eulogies  and  Elegies 

Luttrell  Coll.  Vol.  I. 

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A  Final  Concord  was  made  between  Richard  Grene,  quer.,  and  Wil- 
liam Convers,  deforc,  about  three  acres  of  arable  land  with  the  appurtenances 
in  Navestock,  the  consideration  being  forty  pounds  sterling. 

Feet  of  Fines,  Co.  of  Essex,  Easter  Term,  36th  Eliz"1. 

Will  of  Thomas  Convers,  of  Westmersey,  Co.  Essex,  yeoman,  9  May 
1599,  proved  11  January  1599.  To  my  sons  Thomas  and  Edward  Con- 
vers all  my  lands  and  tenements,  whatsoever  they  be  in  this  realm  of  Eng- 
land, towards  the  education  and  bringing  up  of  my  children  &c.  To  my 
son  John  Convers  ten  score  pounds  out  of  the  lands  &c.  in  two  years  after 
he  shall  accomplish  the  full  age  of  twenty  onfe  years,  provided  if  my  said 
son  shall  happen  to  enjoy  by  inheritance  one  cottage  and  orchard  (copy- 
hold) in  Chessen  (Cheshunt  ?)  in  Co.  Herts,  then  he  to  have  but  nine  score 
pounds.  To  my  daughters  Lettes,  Katren  and  Frances  Convers  fifty 
pounds  each  in  one  year  after  marriage  or  at  the  age  of  twenty  four  years. 

My  son  Thomas  Convers  to  be  executor  and  son  Edward  to  be  super- 
visor. Commissary  Court,  Essex  and  Herts. 

William  Convers  of  Layndon,  Essex,  husbandman,  15  June  1607, 
proved  17  July  1607.  To  my  son  William  ten  pounds  at  the  age  of  t ween 
ty  one  years.  To  my  daughters  Agnes  and  Joane  Convers  thirty  pounds 
each  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years.  To  my  mother  Joane  Convers  three 
pounds  if  she  will  depart  from  my  wife  and  not  be  at  her  keeping.  To  the 
poor  of  Layndon  ten  shillings,  and  to  the  poor  of  Ramsdeu  Bellhouse  three 
shillings  and  four  pence.  To  my  wife  Agnes  Convers  all  my  goods  and 
chattels  &c.  and  she  to  be  executrix.  My  brother  John  Convers  to  be  over- 
seer and  I  give  to  him  ten  shillings.  Com.  Court,  Essex  and  Herts. 

John  Convers  of  Basildon,  Essex,  yeoman,  5  May  1614,  proved  6 
June,  1614.  He  mentions  wife  Elizabeth,  three  daughters  Joane,  Elizabeth 
and  Lydia  Convers,  son  in  law  William  Pullen  (aud  his  brother  Thomas 
Pullen),  sister  Ruth,  and  cousin  Robert  Vyncet. 

Com.  Court,  Essex  and  Herts. 

Allen  Convers  of  Southweald  in  the  County  of  Essex,  yeoman,  3 
January  1636,  proved  at  Brentwood  28  June  1639.  To  the  poor  of  the 
upland  of  Southweald  the  sum  of  twenty  shillings,  to  be  paid  to  the  over- 
seers of  the  said  parish  &c.  within  one  month  next  after  my  decease.  To 
Elizabeth  my  wife  all  my  house  and  land  in  Navestock  and  Stanford  Ry- 
vers,  for  the  term  of  her  natural  life,  and  after  her  decease  to  my  son 
Gabriel  Convers  and  to  his  heirs  forever.  To  Elizabeth,  my  wife,  all  my 
house  &  land  in  Fyfield  alias  Fyfedfor  term  of  her  natural  life,  and  after  her 
decease  to  my  son  Dauiel  and  to  his  heirs  forever  according  to  a  deed  of  fe- 
offment. To  my  son  Andrew  the  sum  of  four  pounds  a  year  for  the  term 
of  five  years,  to  be  paid  unto  him  by  my  son  Daniel,  the  first  payment  to 
begin  at  the  second  feast  of  Sl  Michael  the  Archangel  next  after  my  de- 
cease, and  so  from  year  to  year  until  the  said  term  of  five  years  be  expired. 
I  give  and  bequeath  to  Richard  Convers,  my  son,  other  four  pounds  a  year, 
&c,  to  be  paid  unto  him  by  my  son  Daniel  in  manner  &  form  as  afore- 
said. To  Anne  Shelton,  my  daughter,  the  sum  of  forty  shillings  a  year 
&c.  &c.     To  Hester  Skynner  my  daughter  other  forty  shillings  a  year  &c. 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  Edward  my  son  the  sum  of  five  shillings  to 
be  paid  unto  him  by  my  executrix.  To  my  son  Gabriel  the  sum  of  five 
shillings  &c.  To  my  son  Daniel  five  shillings.  To  my  son  Andrew 
five  pounds,  to  be  paid  him  within  two  years  after  my  decease.     To  Rich- 


238  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

ard  mj  son  the  sum  of  ten  pounds,  to  be  paid  within  one  year  after  my 
decease.  To  Anne  Shelton  my  daughter  five  pounds  within  two  years 
&c.  To  Richard  &  Gabriel  my  sons  one  great  brass  pot  and  one  cal- 
dron between  them  and  to  take  them  after  the  decease  of  Elizabeth  my 
wife.  Other  personal  property  to  daughter  Hester  Skyuner.  All  the  rest 
of  my  said  goods,  not  bequeathed  nor  given  away,  to  Elizabeth  my  wife 
wliom  I  make  executrix  &c,  to  pay  such  lsgacies  as  I  have  bequeathed 
and  given  away  and  to  see  my  body  buried  in  a  decent  and  comely  manner. 
Wit :  Samuel  Luckin,  Thomas  Osborne. 

Whitehead,  50.     [Registry  of  Archdeaconry  of  Essex.] 

Elizabeth  Adams  of  the  parish  of  Rederith  [Rotherhithe]  in  the 
County  of  Surrey,  widow,  late  the  wife  of  John  Adams,  late  of  Branston  in 
the  County  of  Northampton,  yeoman,  deceased,  being  weak  and  aged,  10 
December,  1G60,  proved  the  last  of  December  1660,  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  my  son  Thomas  Adams  (who  about  twelve  years  ago  went  into  Vir- 
ginia) five  pounds  to  be  paid  him  or  his  assigns  within  six  months  after  my 
decease.  To  my  son  George  Adams  (who  about  three  years  since  went 
into  France)  twenty  pounds  within  six  months  &c.  To  Hugh  Thompson 
twelve  pence,  and  no  more,  within  six  months  &c.  To  my  daughter  Re- 
becca Brownlow,  wife  of  Peter  Brownlow,  forty  pounds  within  six  months. 
To  my  daughter  Sarah  Adams  fifty  pounds  within  six  months.  My  daugh- 
ter Mary  Adams  to  be  sole  executrix  and  residuary  legatee. 

Wit :  Joane  Vahun  (by  mark),  Jane  Hilles,  William  Barrett  (by  mark) 
and  John  Fuller,  Scrivener.  Nabbs,  260. 

At  Sea  Latitude  24  degrees  7ber  ye  9th  1662.     Aboard  ye  Restauracon. 

Loveinge  Brother  These  certifie  yow  that  wee  sett  sayle  from  New 
England  upon  the  ffifth  day  of  August  since  which  time  wee  have  had  two 
exceedinge  great  stormes  of  winde  insomuch  that  wee  have  lost  all  our  mast 
and  throwne  overboard  a  great  deale  of  ffish  and  mickrell  and  pipe  staves 
as  alsoe  three  horses  drowned  one  of  which  was  betwixt  yourselfe  and  my 
brother  Thomas  soe  that  you  have  lost  all  as  well  as  my  brother  Thomas 
and  myselfe  and  Peter.  I  knowe  not  whether  I  have  saved  anythiug  or  noe 
till  I  come  to  some  port  soe  much  as  some  of  my  wearinge  Cloathes  were 
thrown  over  board  it  was  the  Lord's  Gi-t  mercy  that  hee  did  spare  our  lives 
and  was  more  then  we  did  expect  (twice)  the  Lord  give  us  hearts  to  bee 
truely  thankfull  for  his  mercies  wee  lye  like  the  wracke  in  the  Sea  and 
know  not  what  harbour  wee  shall  gett  to  and  are  scarce  of  provisions  and 
water,  but  three  pints  of  water  a  man  a  day  (the  Lord  deliver  us)  I  hope 
yow  have  paid  the  three  pounds  three  shillings  I  charged  to  yow  from 
Deale  if  yow  have  not  pray  doe.  But  I  doe  not  question  but  it  is  paid  long 
ere  this  I  have  ab'  fifty  pounds  or  sixty  pounds  or  seventy  pounds  of  To- 
bacco in  Captaine  Thomas  Carter's  haude  at  Nancemund  in  Jeames  River  if 
I  come  not  home  this  twelve  monethes  then  pray  looke  after  itt  for  then 
yow  may  conclude  the  Lord  hath  taken  me  out  of  this  world.  But  I  hope 
ere  that  he  will  fitt  mee  for  a  better  world  I  had  a  servant  run  away  in 
Virginia  that  makes  mee  not  knowe  what  Quantitie  of  Tobacco  is  in  Cap- 
taine Carter's  bauds  I  pray  if  it  should  please  God  to  deale  otherwise  then 
yow  expect  with  mee  that  yow  would  see  after  that  and  lett  my  brother 
Peter  my  sister  Mary  and  William  have  it  Captaine  Jn°  Whitty  who 
uses  Virginia  knowes  the  man  and  if  yow  can  speake  to  him  hee  will  bring 
it  home    hee  knowes  the  man  is  a  very  honest  man  and  lett  them  three  have 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  239 

their  shares  of  what  is  due  to  mee  which  wilbee  seventy  or  eighty  pounds 
apeece  and  seventy  or  eighty  pounds  amongst  all  of  yow  for  mourninge.  I 
am  in  hast  the  shipp  being  under  saile — soe  leavinge  yow  to  the  protection 
of  Almighty  God  with  my  kinde  Love  to  yourselfe  and  all  freinds  rest 

Yor  Loveing  brother  Stephen  Fox. 

20  October,  1663  emanavit  commissio  Johanni  Fox  fratri  nrali  etc. 

Juxon,  119. 

Francis  Willis  of  the  parish  of  "Ware  River,  in  the  County  of  Glou- 
cester, in  Virginia,  but  now  resident  in  the  parish  of  East  Greenwich  in 
the  County  of  Kent,  Gentleman,  6  July  1689,  proved  25  April  1691.  My 
body  to  be  decently  buried,  my  executor  not  exceeding  oue  hundred  pounds 
sterling  at  my  funeral,  in  costs  &  charges.  To  my  loving  sister  Grace 
Feilder  one  hundred  &  twenty  pounds  sterling  to  be  paid  in  manner  &  form 
following  (that  is  to  say)  fifteen  pounds  per  annum  during  her  life,  or  until 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  &  twenty  pounds  be  fully  paid,  which  first  shall  hap- 
pen. To  Charles  Feilder,  the  son  of  my  sister  Grace  aforesaid,  one  hun- 
dred pounds  sterling  (in  payments  of  twenty  pounds  per  annum  until  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  be  fully  paid).  To  my  cousin  Elizabeth  But- 
ler and  her  daughter  Sarah  Butts  ten  pounds  sterling  apiece.  To  my 
cousins  Frances  and  Elizabeth  Willis,  sisters  to  Hugh  Willis,  clerk,  de- 
ceased, the  sum  of  ten  pounds  sterling  apiece.  To  Francis  &  Christopher 
Willis,  the  sons  of  the  said  Hugh  Willis,  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds  sterling 
apiece.  To  the  widow  of  Hugh  Willis  ten  pounds  sterling.  To  Susanna 
Willis,  the  daughter  of  my  brother  Henry  Willis,  ten  pounds  sterling.  To 
my  cousins  John  &  Joane  Lipton  one  hundred  pounds  sterling  and  to  her 
two  children,  Henry  &  Mary,  one  hundred  and  thirty  pounds  sterling  apiece. 
To  my  cousin  Mary  Herren,  the  daughter  of  my  brother  Henry  Willis  de- 
ceased, the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  sterling.  To  Alice  Wil- 
lis, daughter  of  said  brother  Henry,  three  hundred  &  fifty  pounds  sterling. 
To  my  loving  cousin  Elizabeth  Ironmonger  one  hundred  pounds  sterling 
and  to  her  two  sons  Charles  &  Matthew  Ironmonger  one  hundred  pounds  ster- 
ling apiece.  To  William  Willis,  the  son  of  my  brother  William  Willis  de- 
ceased one  hundred  &  fifty  pounds  sterling.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Sl 
Fowles  als  Sl  Algate  in  the  city  of  Oxford,  the  place  of  my  birth,  oue  hun- 
dred pounds  sterling.  And  all  my  legacies  I  desire  may  be  paid  within 
eighteen  months  after  my  decease. 

To  my  dear  &  loving  wife  Jane  Willis,  the  sum  of  one  thousand  pounds 
sterling,  to  be  paid  her  in  the  first  place,  within  one  year  after  my  decease, 
and  all  the  household  vessels  of  plate,  linen  &  bedding  which  she  brought 
over  with  her  from  Virginia  to  England  (&  other  personal  estate). 

I  give  unto  the  said  William  Willis,  the  son  of  my  brother  William 
Willis  deceased,  all  that  land  &  plantation  which  his  father  formerly  lived 
upon  &  held  of  me,  with  the  appurtenances,  situate  on  the  South  side  of 
Crany  Creek,  containing  one  hundred  acres  or  thereabouts,  to  him  &  the 
heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten  or  to  be  begotten,  and  for  want  of  such 
heirs  then  to  the  right  heirs  of  me  the  said  Francis  Willis. 

I  give  &  devise  unto  the  said  Francis  Willis,  the  son  of  my  brother  Hen- 
ry Willis,  all  the  rest  &  residue  of  all  my  other  estate  &  estates  whatso- 
ever in  lands,  goods,  moneye,  cattle  &  chattells  that  I  now  at  this  time 
stand  seized  or  possessed  in  Virginia  and  not  herein  already  devised,  also 
one  thousand  pounds,  to  be  paid  him  within  eighteen  months  after  my 
decease. 


240  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

I  ordain  &  make  William  Willis,  the  son  of  brother  Henry  Willis  de- 
ceased, sole  executor  of  this  my  will  &  testament.  I  give  unto  Mr  Edward 
Poker,  of  the  Parish  of  Sl  Peters  in  the  East  in  Oxford  city,  milliner,  and 
Mr  George  Richards  of  London,  merchant,  whom  I  desire  &  appoint  to 
be  overseers  &c,  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  sterling  apiece. 

Wit:  Richard  Jones,  Margaret  Nicholson,  Joseph  Busfield. 

Vere,  201. 

[Francis  Willis,  the  progenitor  of  the  worthy  and  prominent  Virginia  family  of 
the  name  Willis,  was  granted,  July  3,  1642,  450  acres  of  land  in  that  portion  of  York 
County  from  which  Gloucester  County  was  formed  by  act  of  Assembly  in  the  same 
year.     (  Va.  Land  Registry,  Book  No.  2,  p.  199.) 

He  represented  Gloucester  County  in  the  Huuse  of  Burgesses  in  1652,  and  later. 
Francis  (born  1685-90),  son  of  Hugh  Willis,  the  last  presumably  his  brother,  is 
said  to  have  married  "  Lady''  Ann  Rich  in  England  about  the  year  1716.  She 
was  interred  near  the  chancel  of  Ware  Church,  Gloucester  County.  The  frag- 
ments of  the  broken  slab  above  her  grave  present  the  following  inscription  : 

'•  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Ann  Willis  the  wife  of  Col.  Francis  Willis,  who 
departed  this  life  the  10th  of  June,  1727,  in  the  32nd  year  of  her  age ;  Also  the  body 
of  A**  daughter  of  the  above  aged  7  days."' 

There  are  a  number  of  extensive  land  grants  of  subsequent  record,  to  Thomas, 
Coll0  Francis.  William,  John,  Richard,  Robert,  Major  Henry,  David,  Francis, 
Augustine  and  Herod  Willis,  to  the  year  1772,  inclusive,  located  in  the  counties  of 
York,  Lancaster,  Gloucester,  Westmoreland,  Middlesex,  Henrico,  Spotsylvania, 
Orange,  Goochland,  Albermarle,  Brunswick  and  Pittsylvania  counties.  Major, 
subsequently  Colonel  Henry  Willis,  was  one  of  the  Trustees  of  the  town  of  Freder- 
icksburgh,  Va  ,  laidoffin  1727.  Col.  William  Byrd,  visiting  the  town  in  1732, 
says:  "Col.  Willis,  who  is  the  top  6unn  of  the  place  ....  walked  me  about  his 
town  of  Fredericksburg."  A  Henry  Willis  was  member  of  the  House  of  Bur- 
gesses from  Gloucester  County  in  1726,  and  Francis  Willis  in  1736.  Lewis  Burwell 
married  between  Oct.  22-29,  1736,  Mary,  presumably  a  daughter  of  the  last;  and 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  this  Lewis  and  Mary  (Willis)  Burwell,  of  "  White  Marsh," 
Gloucester  County,  married  Jaquclin,  seventh  child  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth 
(Jaquelin)  Ambler  (see  Genealogical  Gleanings,  p.  140).  < 

Lewis  Willis  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  articles  of  "  Association,"  dated  Feb. 
27,  1766,  composed  chiefly  of  residents  of  Westmoreland  County,  and  known  as 
the  "Westmoreland  Association,  "  protesting  against  the  stamp  act,  and  binding 
themselves  not  to  use  any  articles  imported  from  Great  Britain  subject  to  such  tax. 

Representatives  of  the  Willis  family  have  been  allied  with  nearly  every  family 
of  prominence  in  Virginia. — R.  A.  Brock,  Richmond,  Va.] 

John  West,  late  of  New  York  but  now  of  Boston  in  New  England, 
Esquire,  29  January  1689,  proved  25  November  1691.  My  just  debts  to 
be  paid  and  all  the  rest  &  residue  of  my  estate,  both  real  &  personal,  and 
all  my  land  &  tenements,  of  what  nature  or  kind  soever  or  wheresoever 
they  be,  I  give,  devise  &  bequeath  to  my  dear  &  well-beloved  wife  Anne 
West ;  and  I  make  her  my  executrix. 

Which  day  appeared  personally  Charles  Lydgett  of  the  parish  of  S* 
Midreds  Poultry,  London,  merchant,  aged  about  thirty  four  years,  and 
John  Palmer  of  the  parish  of  Sl  Clement  Danes  in  the  County  of  Middle- 
sex, gentleman,  aged  about  forty  two  years,  and,  being  sworn  upon  the  Holy 
Evangelists  to  depose  the  truth,  did  generally  say  &  depose  that  they  did 
very  well  know  John  West  late  of  Boston  in  New  England,  Esquire,  de- 
ceased (who  as  they  have  been  informed  and  do  verily  believe  departed  this 
life  in  or  about  the  month  of  July  last  past)  and  so  had  done  for  the  space 
of  about  seven  years  together  before  his  death  and  these  deponents  do  sever- 
ally depose  that  they  were  and  are  very  well  acquainted  with  the  manner  and 
character  of  writing  of  the  said  John  West  deceased  and  have  often  seen 
him  write,  and  that  they  were  and  are  well  assured  &  do  believe  in  their 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  241 

consciences  that  the  schedule  of  paper  hereunto  annexed  purporting  the 
Will  of  the  said  John  West  is  totally  wrote  by  and  with  the  proper  hand- 
writing of  the  said  John  West  deceased.  And  further  these  deponents  do 
depose  that  they  have  severally  heard  the  said  John  West  deceased,  in  his 
life  time,  say  that  he  had  made  his  will  and  that  he  had  left  the  same  in 
New  England  when  he  came  away  and  that  they  really  believe  the  sched- 
ule aforesaid  to  be  a  true  copy  thereof. 

Charles  Lidget,    J.  Palmer. 

14°  Novembris  1691  Jurati  fuere  dicti  Carolus  Lydgett  et  Johannes 
Palmer  super  veritate  praemissorum  coram  me     Ri:  Raines. 

Which  day  appeard  personally  Elizabeth  Hughes  of  the  parish  of  Sl 
Martins  Ludgate  London,  widow,  aged  about  forty  three  years,  and  being 
sworn  upon  the  Holy  Evangelists  made  oath  that  John  West  Esqr  lately 
deceased  had  lodged  at  her  house  in  the  parish  aforesaid  about  six  months 
before  his  death,  which  happened  in  or  about  the  month  of  August  last, 
and  that  after  his  death  search  was  made  for  a  will  of  the  said  deceased 
and  that  the  copy  hereunto  annexed  purporting  the  Will  of  the  said  de- 
ceased was  among  other  writings  of  the  said  deceased  in  a  trunk  of  his 
found  by  this  deponent,  Elizabeth  Hughes. 

25°  Novembris  1691  Jurata  fuit  dicta  Elizabetha  Hughes  super  veri- 
tate prgemissorum  coram  me.     Ri:  Raines.  Vere,  201. 

Capt.   Samuel    Style,  at  Eastra  Moss  in   Portugal,    21    May  1663, 
proved  26  April  1665   by  Henry  Boade,  power  being  reserved  for  Symon 
Smith  and  John  Midleton.     To  my  father  James  Style  fifteen  pounds  ster- 
ling, to  my  brother   William   Style  fifteen  pounds   sterling  and  to  brother 
John  Style  fifteen  pounds  sterling.     To   my  brother  Joseph  Style  all  that 
money  which  he  hath  in  his  hands  of  mine.     I  give  unto  my  sister  Eliza- 
beth Style,  in  New  England,  fifteen  pounds  sterling.     To  my  brother  Wil- 
liam's eldest  daughter  ten  pounds.     To  my   brother  James  his  eldest  child 
ten  pounds.     To  my  brother  John  his  eldest  child  ten  pounds.     These  sev- 
eral legacies,  amounting  to  the  sum  of  ninety  pounds,  I  desire  may  be  paid 
by  my  brother  James  Style  to  each.     And  what  he  hath  remaining  in  his 
hands  after  I  give  to   himself.     There  is   in  the  Consul's  hands,   Mr  Tho : 
Maynyard  at  Lisbon,   seventy  two   pounds  in   English  money  and  six  dol- 
lars and  gold  nine  pieces,  great  and  little  ;  all  is  seventy  two  pounds  now 
in  the  Consul's  hands,  of  Portuguese  crusadoes  one  hundred  and   fourteen, 
at   Eastra  Moss  four  pieces  of  gold  thirty  eight  crusadoes  &c.  &c.  &c. 
These  several  sums  of  money  that  is  left  in  Portugal  I  desire  that  they  be 
exactly  divided  betwixt  my  father  and  my  brothers   and  my  sister  Eliza- 
beth Style. 

The  executors  to  be  Symon  Smith,  Capt.  Leift.  Henry  Boad  and  Leifk. 
John  Midlton.  My  brother  James  Style  he  did  live  in  Lusam*  Kent  &c. 
my  brother  Joseph  Style  did  live  at  the  sign  of  the  Ball  in  Bedlam, 
London.  Hyde,  34. 

Thomas  Deane  of  London,  merchant,  19  February  1683.  My  body 
to  be  decently  buried,  the  charge  thereof  not  to  exceed  one  hundred 
pounds.  To  wife  Anne  the  rents,  issues,  and  profits  of  all  my  messuages 
&c.  in  the  County  of  Sussex,  and  of  my  houses  in  old  Fish  Street  Hill, 
London,  during  her  natural  life  (and  certain  furniture  described),  one  fifth 
of  the  plate,  all  her  own  rings  and  Jewells  and  three  hundred  pounds,  in  case 

*  The  town  of  Lewisham.  Kent. 


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242  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

her  father  do  not  require  the  same  sum  of  me  for  which  I  have  given  him 
my  notes.  To  my  daughter  Sarah  Deane  twelve  hundred  pounds ;  and  also 
eight  hundred  pounds  which  I  lately  received  from  her  grandfather  M1 
William  Browne  of  Salem  in  New  England,  which  was  due  to  me  from 
him  as  a  part  of  her  mother's  portion ;  which  will  make  my  daughter's  por- 
tion two  thousand  pounds.  This  two  thousand  pounds  to  he  paid  at  her  age 
of  eighteen  or  day  of  marriage  first  happening.  To  my  said  daughter  all 
the  plate  which  was  her  mother's  and  one  fifth  of  all  my  plate.  To  my 
sons  Thomas  and  James  Deane  and  my  daughter  RebecAi  Deane  the  rents, 
issues  and  profits  of  all  my  messuages,  &c.  in  the  County  of  Southampton, 
towards  their  education  and  maintenance,  to  hold  the  same  unto  my  said 
three  children  until  such  time  as  my  said  son  Thomas  shall  attain  his  full 
age  of  one  and  twenty.  (Then  follow  special  legacies  to  these  three 
children.) 

If  all  my  children  die  before  they  come  to  full  age  or  clay  of  marriage, 
all  their  estate,  both  real  and  personal,  to  my  two  cousins  Henry  Deane 
and  Thomas  Deane,1  sons  of  my  brother  Mr  John  Deane,  and  to  their  heirs 
forever.  To  my  brother  Mr  John  Deane  and  to  my  brother-in-law  Mr 
William  Browne2  fifty  pounds  apiece,  and  they  to  be  joint  executors.  To 
my  friend  John  Midgley  of  London,  scrivener,  ten  pounds.  The  witnesses 
were  John  Midgley,  scrivener,  and  Thomas  Cason  and  William  Halford,  his 
servants. 

In  a  codicil  added  13  August  1685,  he  says,  it  hath  pleased  Almighty 
God  to  bless  me  with  another  son  to  whom  I  have  given  the  Christian 
name  of  Samuel,  &c.     Witnesses  J.  Packer,  Tho:  Farr  and  Ro:  Smyth. 

The  above  will  was  proved  12  May,  1686,  and  commission  issued  forth 
to  John  Deane,  with  power  reserved  for  William  Browne,  the  other  exec- 
utor. A  commission  issued  forth  20  April,  1695,  to  Thomas  Deane,  son  of 
the  deceased,  John  Deane,  the  former  executor,  having  also  deceased,  and 
William  Browne,  the  other  executor  named  in  the  will,  having  renounced 
the  executorship.  Lloyd,  56. 

[Thomas  Deane,  the  testator,  was  a  merchant  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  from  1664 
to  about  1078,  when  he  returned  to  England  and  settled  in  London.  He  was  a  son 
of  James  Deane  of  Deanelands  and  Oxenwood,  and  was  born  about  1640.  He  mar- 
ried first,  Sarah,  daughter  of  William  Browne  of  Salem,  Mass.,  by  whom  he  had, 
1,  Sarah,  born  at  Boston,  Oct.  27,  1660,  m.  Rev.  Dr.  Robert  Woodward,  Dean  of 
Salisbury,  whom  she  survived.  Their  daughter  Henrietta  m.  Nathaniel  Hyde,  and 
had  three  children.  2.  Elizabeth,  born  at  B.  Dec.  29,  1007,  died  young.  He  m. 
second,  Anne,  daughter  of  William  Farr  of  London,  and  had,  3.  Thomas^  born  at 
B.  March  18,  1673-4,  a  portrait  of  whom  is  found  in  the  British  Museum  ;  m. 
Jane  Gray  of  Nether  Stowey,  Somerset,  by  whom  he  had  a  daughter  Jane, 
born  about  1700,  m.  Sir  John  Cullum,  hart,  (see  Betham's  Baronetaye,  vol. 
ii.  p.  55).  4.  Rebecca,  born  at  B.  Dec.  7,  1077,  m.  Mr.  Pearse.  5.  James.  6.  Dau. 
died  young.  7.  Samuel,  born  about  1085.  For  other  facts,  see  Register,  vol.  iii. 
p.  380;  vol.  xxvii.  p.  420.  A  letter  from  him  to  Joseph  Dudley,  March  4,  1683-4, 
is  printed  in  the  Register,  vol.  xiii.  pp.  237-8.  A  mural  tablet  to  his  memory  in 
Freefolk  Chapel  bears  this  inscription  :  "  Here  lyeth  the  body  ot  Thomas  Deane 
Esq.  who  died  the  27th  day  of  April  1086,  Aged  46.  And  Anne,  his  wife,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Farr,  Grocer  and  Citizen  of  London.  She  departed  this  life  the  31st 
day  of  January  1706-7  aged  52  years." 

Mr.  William  Dean,  53  Rowan  Road,  West  Kensington,  London,  England,  has 
sent  me  an  extract  from  the  MS.  Pedigree  of  Deane  of  Deanelands,  by  the  Rev.  John 
Bathurst  Deane,  M.A.,  F.S.A.,  of  Bath,  England,  from  which  and  other  documents 
sent  me  by  Mr.  Dean,  and  MSS.  of  the  late  Mr.  William  Reed  Deane,  of  Boston, 
Mass.,  the  following  pedigree  of  Thomas  Deane  of  Freefolk  is  derived  : 

Richard1  de  Dene,  or  Denefield,  temp.  Edw.  III.,  had  Walter  de  Dene  of  Iwood 
(Hackwood)  in  the  parish  of  Basing ;  Richard  de  Dene. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  243 

Richard2  de  Dene,  ob.  2d  Henry  IV.,  by  wife  Isabella,  daughter  and  heir  of  Wil- 
liam Ilolowell,  had  William  at  Dene,  d.  s.  p.  ;   Richard  de  Dene. 

Richard3  de  Dene  of  Odiham,  by  wife  Isabel,  daughter  of  Ralph  Yonge,  had 
William  at  Dene. 

William4  at  Dene  had  Matthew  at  Dene,  or,  according  to  pedigree  Harl.  MS. 
1544,  p.  784,   Walter  Dene. 

Matthew5  at  Dene,  or  Walter  Dene,  by  wife  Agnes,  daughter  and  heir  of  John 
Leeche,  had  John  at  Dene  of  Odiham,  d.  s.  p.  ;  James  at  Dene:  Richard  at  Dene, 
whose  son  John7  was  father  of  Sir  James8  Deane,  knt.  of  London,  who  d.  in  1608, 
aged  63. 

James6  at  Dene,  by  wife  Amy,  had  Christopher;  James,  Richard,  John,  Eliaa- 
beth.  Amy  and  Maraery. 

John7  at  Dene,  m.  Margery  Dunhurst  of  Sussex,  and  had  Henry;  Richard,  m. 
Bridget,  daughter  of  Thomas  Berington  of  Streightly,  Berks,  and  had  Francis,9 
John.9 

Henry8  Deane  of  Deanelands,  Hants,*  m.  1st,  Ann  Hall,  m.  2d,  Alice  Bering- 
ton,  sister  of  his  brother  Richard's  wife,  and  had  John,  m.  Alice  Turner,  d.  s.  p  ; 
James ;  William  of  Havant,  m.  Frances  Vachell,  sister  of  John  Hampden's  second 
wife;    Elizabeth;    Alice;  Mary. 

James9  Deane  of  Deanelands,  Hants,  and  Oxenwood,  Wilts:  m.  first,  Elizabeth 
Piaott,  who  d.  s.  p.  ;  m.  second,  Frances,  daughter  of  Thomas  Baynard  of  Wans- 
trow,  Somerset  (see  Visitation  of  Wiltshire,  1623,  ed.  by  Marshall,  p.  34),  and  had 
Henry,  Chancellor  of  Bath  and  Wells,  ae.  37  in  1672,  m.  Anne,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Pearce,  D  D.,  and  had  daughter  Elizabeth;  John,  buried  Jan.  4,  1694-5,  at 
Tidcombe;  Thomas  of  Freefolk,  the  testator,  whose  family  is  given  above;  Fran- 
ces ;  Susannah. 

1  Mr.  William  Dean,  of  London,  suggests  that  the  testator's  nephew,  Thomas 
Deane  here  named,  of  whom  he  finds  no  later  trace  in  England,  may  have  emigrated 
to  New  England,  and  that  the  Thomas  Deane  of  Boston,  Mass.,  1692  (see  Regis- 
ter, xxxvii.  p.  288),  who  owned  pasture  and  wood  lots  in  Wrentham,  Mass.,  where 
Thomas  Deane  of  Freefolk  was  an  early  proprietor,  may  be  identical  with  him.  It 
is  possible  that  this  conjecture  is  true,  and  facts  to  disprove  or  confirm  it  are  soli- 
cited. It  is  worthy  of  note  that  Thomas  Deane  of  Boston,  1692,  married  a  niece  of 
Peter  Lidget  of  Boston,  the  intimate  friend  of  Thomas  Deane  of  Freefolk.  Still 
it  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  this  can  only  be  called  a  conjecture. — Editor. 

2  See  Slaughter's  History  of  Bristol  Parish,  2d  ed.  p.  168. — R.  A.  Brock.] 

Notes  on  Abstracts  previously  printed. 
Stephen  Winthrop  (ante,  p.  162). 

[In  my  note  to  the  will  of  Colonel  Stephen  Winthrop,  in  the  Register,  1  stated 
that  his  daughter  Joanna  married  Richard  Hancock.  My  friend  Mr.  Henry  Sal- 
tonstall  has  since  shown  me  papers  in  his  possession  which  conclusively  establish 
that  the  Christian  name  of  Mrs  Hancock  was  Judith.  The  mistake  undoubtedly 
arose  from  the  fact  that  Stephen  W.  had  an  elder  daughter  Judith  who  died  in 
childhood,  and  the  compiler  of  the  old  Winthrop  pedigree  (from  which  I  quoted) 
evidently  confused  the  second  Judith  with  her  sister  Joanna,  who  died  unmarried. 

Mr.  H.  Saltonstall's  papers  also  establish  that  the  said  Judith  Hancock  and  her 
6ister  Margaret  Ward,  afterwards  Willey,  were  joint  owners  of  the  well-known 
Humphrey  farm,  embracing  Suntaug  Lake,  in  Salem  and  Saugus  (now  Lynnfield 
and  Peabody),  the  said  farm  having  been  acquired  by  Stephen  Winthrop  from 
Robert  Saltonstall  in  1645.     It  is  now  the  property  of  Mr.  Henry  Saltonstall. 

R.  C.  W.,  JR. 

The  record  of  the  laying  out  of  "  the  bounds  of  the  Pondes  Farme,  belonging  to 
Major  Stephen  Winthrop,"  may  be  found  in  the  printed  Records  of  the  Colony  of 
the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England,  vol.  iv.  Part  I.  p.  95.— h.  f.  w.J 

*  Deanelands  was  located  between  Basing  and  Newnham,  on  the  left  hand  side  of  the 
road  to  Newnham,  and  is  marked  on  the  Ordnance  map.  In  the  act  of  Parliament,  4th  and 
5th  Anne,  cap.  57,  for  the  sale  of  lands  of  Thomas  Deane,  Esq.,  mention  is  made  of  the  dis- 
position of  Deanelands,  nlias  Leeches  near  Basing..  A  small  house  stood  on  it  in  1874. 
The  arms  confirmed  in  1598  by  Dcthieke,  Gurter  King  of  Arms,  to  Henry8  Deane  and 
his  cousin  Sir  James8  Deane,  are  Gu.  a  lion  sejant  gnardant  or,  on  a  chief  ar.  three  cres- 
cents of  the  firat.  Crest — A  dcmi-lion  rampant  or,  holding  in  the  dexter  paw  a  crescent 
gu.    An  engraving  of  these  arms  is  printed  in  the  Register,  vol.  iii.  p.  375. — Editor. 


244  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Jeffkrt  Disberowe  of  Borowghe  in  the  County  of  Cambridge,  yeo- 
man, 19  July,  1588,  pro:  18  April  1589,  mentions  John  Disberowe  of  Else- 
ly,  Cambridge,  yeoman,  and  his  heirs,  sister  Agnes  Disberowe  and  George 
Knock  alias  Ansell  of  Binckley,  blacksmith.  Leicester,  37. 

William  Disberowe  of  Waldeu  in  the  Couuty  of  Essex,  joiner,  30 
March  1610,  pro:  at  Dunmowe  4  Oct.  1610.  Wishes  to  be  buried  in  the 
churchyard  at  Walden,  mentions  wife  Katherine  and  appoints  son  Nicholas 
Disberowe  executor. 

Consistory  Court  of  London,  Vol.  for  1609-21,  L.  21. 

Isaac  Disbrowe,  of  Elseworth  in  the  County  of  Cambridge  gentleman 
(by  mark)  6  December  1660,  proved  21  December  1660.  I  give  my  farm 
house  or  messuage  situate  and  being  in  Eltisley,  in  the  County  of  Cambridge, 
and  all  my  freehold  land  there  and  in  the  fields  of  Gronsdon  Magna  in  the 
County  of  Huntingdon,  unto  John  and  Isaac  Disbrowe,  my  grandsons, 
children  of  Isaac  Disbrowe,  deceased.  John  the  elder  to  have  the  home- 
stall  and  twenty  acres  of  free  land  in  Eltisley,  at  twenty  one  years  of  age. 
Isaac  to  have  the  remainder  of  my  free  lands,  being  twenty  four  acres,  more 
or  less,  in  Eltisley,  at  twenty  one.  To  my  son  John  Disbrowe,  twenty 
acres  of  copyhold  in  the  fields  of  Eltisley  and  one  close  or  pasture  be- 
tween the  grounds  of  James  Disbrowe  on  the  West  and  the  ground  of  Mr 
Charles  Baron  on  the  East,  worth  four  pounds  per  annum,  and  one  pasture 
lying  behind  a  barn  lately  William  Michell's,  worth  seven  nobles  per  an- 
num, to  him  &  his  heirs  forever.  To  my  grandchild  Elizabeth  Disbrowe 
two  acres  of  copyhold  land  and  my  close  called  Great  Bottles  at  the  age  of 
twenty  one  years.  To  my  grandchild  Anna  Disbrowe  eight  acres  at  the 
age  of  twenty  one  years,  and  the  same  amount  of  land  to  Susan  and  Mary 
Disbrowe,  two  other  granddaughters,  each,  at  the  same  age.  To  my  son 
Nathaniel  Disbrowe  my  close  called  Rodins,  lying  in  Eltisley.  Elizabeth, 
Ann,  Susan  and  Mary  referred  to  as  the  four  sisters  of  John  and  Isaac.  To 
my  sou  Samuel  ten  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Johnson  ten 
pounds.  To  my  daughter  Hannah  Stocker  five  pounds  and  five  pounds 
among  her  children.  To  my  daughter  Sarah  Croxon  ten  pounds  and 
another  ten  pounds  to  my  granddaughter  Sarah  Croxon.  To  Richard 
Kempton  ten  shillings.  To  Alice  Toll  five  shillings.  The  residue  to 
my  son  in  law  Thomas  Croxton  whom  I  make  executor. 

Wit:  John  Deane  and  Richard  Croxton.  Nabbs,  264. 

James  Disbrowe  of  Stepney  in  the  county  of  Middlesex,  Doctor  in 
Physick  26  November  1690.  I  give  &  devise  the  lease  of  my  house  at 
Stepney  Causey  unto  my  dear  &  loving  wife  Abigail  if  she  survive  me, 
but,  if  not,  unto  Mrs  Whitfield,  spinster,  for  &  during  so  many  years  of  the 
said  lease  as  the  said  Mary  Whitfield  shall  live;  and,  after  her  decease,  I 
give  the  said  house  &  lease,  during  the  residue  of  the  years  therein  then  to 
come,  equally  between  Mr9  Elizabeth  Hayter  &  Mrs  Rebecca  Hayter.  My 
silver  watch  to  Mr  Charles  Polhill  when  he  shall  attain  the  age  of  eighteen 
years ;  also  Dr.  Goodin's  book  on  the  Ephesians.  All  the  rest  &  residue 
of  my  goods  and  chattels  &c.  to  my  said  wife  Abigail.  I  give  &  devise  all 
that  my  "manner"  of  Elsworth,  with  the  rights,  members  and  appurte- 
nances thereof,  and  all  my  lands  &  hereditaments  in  Elsworth  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Cambridge,  from  and  after  the  decease  of  my  father  &  mother  Dis- 
browe, unto  my  said  wife  Abigail  until  my  daughter  Elizabeth  shall  attain 
her  age  of  eighteen  years  or  die,   which  shall  first  happen,  if  my  said  wife 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  245 

shall  so  long  live  &  continue  a  widow,  upon  trust  that  my  said  wife,  during 
such  time  as  she  shall  enjoy  the  said  man'  &  hereditaments  at  Elsworth, 
shall  pay  the  yearly  sum  of  sixty  pounds  by  equal  quarterly  payments  unto 
my  daughter  Elizabeth  for  her  maintenance  ;  and  from  &  after  my  said 
daughter  Elizabeth  shall  attain  her  said  age  of  eighteen  years,  or  from  & 
after  my  said  wife's  second  marriage,  which  shall  first  happen,  I  give  & 
devise  the  yearly  rent  of  sixty  pounds  unto  my  said  wife  Abigail  during  her 
life,  to  be  issued  &  had  out  of  my  said  manor  &  lands  in  Elsworth,  by  equal 
quarterly  payments. 

If  it  shall  happen  that  my  said  daughter  Elizabeth  shall  die  without  is- 
sue of  her  body  in  the  life  of  my  said  dear  &  honored  father  Samuel  Des- 
browe  then  I  give  my  said  manor  of  Elsworth  &  my  manor  of  ffandrayton 
in  the  said  County  of  Cambridge  &  all  other  my  manors  &  lands  &  heredi- 
taments unto  my  said  father  Samuel  Desbrowe  &  his  heirs  forever. 

My  wife  to  be  sole  executrix  during  her  life  ;  and,  after  her  death,  my 
said  honored  father  to  be  sole  executor.  14  January  1690,  A  Commission 
was  issued  to  Joseph  Marsh  during  the  minority  of  Elizabeth  Disbrowe 
minor  daughter,  Abigail  Disbrowe,  widow,  the  relict  and  one  of  the  executors 
having  died  before  the  Testator  and  Samuel  Disbrowe,  the  father  and  the 
other  executor  having  died  before  he  had  accepted  the  burden  of  the 
execution.  Vere,  4. 

Sa:  Disbrowe  of  Elsworth  in  the  County  of  Cambridge,  gentleman,  20 
September  1680.  My  Deare  wife  Rose  being  provided  of  a  jointure  out  of 
my  estate  in  Elsworth  which  according  to  the  law  she  ought  to  enjoy  dur- 
ing the  term  of  her  natural  life, — my  son  to  take  care  that  my  said  wife  do 
and  may  enjoy  without  interruption  or  molestation  from  him.  My  will  is 
that  my  wife  do  enjoy  all  that  household  stuff,  plate,  Jewells  or  other  goods 
whatsoever  which  was  her  own  at  the  time  of  our  marriage,  and  that  she 
be  not  put  to  the  trouble  to  prove  what  was  her  own  but  what  she  shall 
say  and  affirm  to  be  hers  before  our  marriage,  as  aforesaid.  I  give  to 
my  said  dear  wife  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life  all  that  my  farm  in 
Elsworth,  now  in  the  possession  of  James  Rooke,  with  all  the  appurte- 
nances belonging,  and  that  necklace  of  pearls  which  I  gave  her  at  our 
marriage,  and  any  other  Jewells  or  plate  I  have  or  shall  give  her  before  my 
death  ;  also  an  ebony  cabinet  &  the  best  coach  and  horses,  with  the  furni- 
ture &c.  ;  and  forty  pounds  in  money,  to  be  paid  her  within  one  month 
after  my  decease.  And  because  I  have  not  yet  been  able  to  purchase  so 
much  land  as  might  make  my  dear  wife's  jointure  two  hundred  pounds  a 
year,  as  I  intended,  therefore  my  will  is  &  I  expressly  request  my  execu- 
tor, my  son  &  heir,  that  he  give  sufficient  satisfying  security  to  my  said 
dear  wife  to  pay  unto  her  the  sum  of  twelve  pounds  per  annum  by  half- 
yearly  payments  during  the  time  of  her  natural  life.  I  give  her  also  (for 
the  further  bettering  of  her  jointure)  all  that  messuage  or  tenement  with 
the  close  of  pasture  thereto  belonging  which  I  lately  purchased  of  Thomas 
Allin  and  is  now  in  the  possession  of  Thomas  Cole  &  William  Pamplin, 
to  be  enjoyed  by  her  during  the  time  of  her  natural  life,  provided  that  if 
my  said  wife  or  any  other  person  claiming  by,  from  or  under  her  shall  cut 
down  or  destroy  any  trees  or  grovage  or  young  spirrs  now  growing  or  that 
hereafter  may  grow  upon  any  part  of  those  grounds  which  are  her  jointure 
that  then  and  from  that  time  those  three  legacies  aforementioned  shall  cease 
and  be  wholly  void  &c.  I  give  to  my  three  grand  children,  Christopher, 
Samuel  &  James  Mills,  twenty  pounds  apiece  to  be  paid  unto  them  and  each 
of  them  when  they  shall  attain  to  their  respective  age  of  one  and  twenty 
years. 


246  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

All  the  rest  of  my  lands,  tenemeuts  and  hereditaments,  goods,  chattels  &c. 
to  my  son  &  heir  James  Disbrowe,  and  I  appoint  him  Executor.  To  the 
poor  of  the  parish  of  Elsworth  five  pounds  to  be  distributed  amongst  the 
most  necessitous  of  them  at  the  discretion  of  my  executor  :  Thomas  Cole, 
my  old,  diligeut  servant  to  have  twenty  shillings  thereof ;  and  if  the  said 
Thomas  Cole  shall  happen  to  be  in  want  I  desire  and  charge  my  said  son  to 
give  him  some  competent  relief.  All  such  men  and  women  servants  as  shall 
be  my  actual  household  servants  at  my  death  ten  shillings  apiece ;  and  to 
all  my  other  servants  I  would  have  my  son  give  them  gloves  or  two  six 
pences  apiece.  And  as  to  my  sister  Greene  I  earnestly  require  and  charge 
my  son  and  executor  that  (if  God  makes  him  able)  he  continue  the  annuity 
of  four  pounds  a  year  unto  her  during  her  life  which  I  have  formerly  be- 
stowed on  her.  Also  to  my  said  son  James  all  my  right,  title  &  interest 
to  a  lease  of  fifteen  hundred  acres  of  land,  Irish  measure,  be  it  more  or  less, 
in  the  Barony  of  Nanan  in  the  County  of  Meath  or  in  any  other  place  or 
County  it  shall  happen  to  be  or  lie  in  the  Kingdom  of  Ireland,  now  or  late 
in  the  possession  of  John  Preston  Esq.  Alderman  of  Dublin  or  his  assigns, 
which  lease  is  granted  to  me  from  the  Company  of  Drapers,  London,  for 
one  and  thirty  years  after  the  decease  of  my  dear  wife. 

I  would  have  my  son  give  my  sou  Mills  and  my  grand  children  mourning. 

Wit:  John  Woodbridge,  John  Allin,  John  Cole  (by  mark),  Sarah  Berriflf. 

Decimo  sexto  mensis  Aprilis  Anno  Doni  millimo  sexcenno  nonagemo 
primo  Em'  Com0  Josepho  Marsh  ar.  avunculo  et  curatori  ltime  assignat 
Elizre  Disbrowe  minori  Nepti  ex  filio  Samuelis  Disbrowe  nuper  de  Ells- 
worth in  Com  Cantabrigeia?  arm  deft  hentis  etc  Ad  admlstrandum  bona 
jura  et  credita  dci  deft  durante  minori  retate  et  in  usum  et  beneficium 
dcae  ElizabetlnB  Disbrowe  minoris  juxta  tenorem  et  eflfectum  Testamenti 
ipsius  defuncti  eo  quod  Jacobus  Disbrowe  filius  dci  deft  et  executor  in  Eo- 
dem  Testamto  noiatus  in  Vita  Testatoris  mortem  obiit  etc. 

Vicesimo  quarto  die  mensis  Oct.  Anno  Doni  1728  Em1  Com°  Eliza? 
Holworthy  vidua?  Nept  ex  filio  et  prox  consanguiu  Samlis  Disbro  nuper  de 
Ellsworth  in  Com  Cantabrigeiae  Arm"  etc.  Vere,  66. 

Honrd  &  Deare.  Sr 

In  my  last  I  certifyed  you  of  the  receipt  of  yors  dated  March  54  (53) 
in  wch  lie:  I  receiued  a  Coppy  of  one  you  pleased  to  write  to  the  Protector 
at  my  request  in  behalfe  of  yor  ffreinds  in  these  gts  of  New  England,  en- 
treating his  wise  &  gratious  contriuem4  &  help  in  their  afflicted  &  straitn- 
ed  Conditio.  I  haue  made  knowne  yor  writeing  to  many  so  y*  it  is  spread 
(I  suppose)  thorough  the  Cuntry  &  I  gceiue  is  marvailous  well  resented  & 
you  laid  up  in  the  breasts  of  people  as  one  of  the  Cordiall  ffreinds  of  New 
England  there.  Captaine  Astwood  writes  that  he  had  admittance  to  speake 
wth  his  highnes  who  exprssed  his  tender  respect  of  New  England  & 
thoughtfullnes  wch  way  to  doe  ym  good,  but  said  wthall,  that  the  landes  in 
Ireland  were  disposed  to  ye  souldyers  &  Adventurers  &c  so  y'  nothing 
there  could  be  done,  nor  can  the  dutch  be  remoued  (unless  by  Compositio), 
since  the  peace  w"1  holland  (being  prvented  as  by  speciall  providence  to  be 
done  before.)  as  in  my  last  I  touched.  But  Capt:  writes  y{  my  Lord  asked 
him  whether  it  would  not  be  better  that  New  England  were  remoued  to 
some  place  where  they  might  haue  Cittyes  ready  builded  &  land  ready 
tilled  &  where  staple  Comodityes  might  be  raised,  than  either  to  remoue 
the  dutch  or  plant  in  Delawar,  the  place  he  hinted  it  seemes  was  Hispaniola, 
But  Captaine  Astwood  answered  at  prsent  that  he  thought  we  would  rather 


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chuse  the  nearer  &  probably  more  peaceable  though  the  poorer,  Than  be  re- 
moued  farther  wth  more  hazard  to  loose  peace,  &  gaine  riches.  The  answer 
was  true  for  the  maine  so  farr  as  it  went,  But  we  apprhend  some  should 
haue  beene  added,  as  we  haue  inserted  in  a  lfe  fro  our  Generall  Court  to  ye 
Protector  this  yeare,  viz:  That  w'euer  we  might  upo  selfe  respect  chuse,  yet 
wee  are  free  in  adherence  &  complyance  wth  his  highnes  &  our  godly  na- 
tiue  Cuntrymen  to  be  remoued  to  any  place  whether  the  lord  our  god  shall 
call  where  we  may  but  carry  on  Cfts  worke  under  our  handes  &  provide 
necessary  Comforts  for  us  and  ours.  The  Captaine  saith  my  lord  wished 
him  to  Consider  further  of  the  matter  &  comet  to  him  againe,  when  (I  hope) 
he  will  bethink  himselfe  of  an  answer  that  may  shut  up  no  doore  of  provi- 
dence towards  us,  wt!lout  first  acquainting  us  y4  so  the  positiue  answer  may 
imediatly  proceed  fro  our  selues,  ffor  the  prsent  I  pceiue  the  cuntry  doe 
most  desire  to  keep  themselues  in  ye  most  apt  waiting  posture  wch  may 
suit  any  further  discouery  of  gods  minde  &  will  concerning  them,  whatso- 
euer,  or  whersoeuer,  .onely  attending  the  prsent  duty  of  the  day  or  yeare, 
wch  frame  cannot  chuse  but  be  somew*  detrimenting  to  settlem'  here,  if  so 
should  proue  to  be  our  way  after  all,  yet  for  my  gt  I  think  if  many 
had  knockt  in  lesser  stakes  into  the  Rocky  sandy  gts  of  this  wildernes,  it 
might  better  haue  suited  a  wildernes  state,  in  its  infancy  esply.  I  heare 
that  Mr  Evance  his  house  &  ffarme,  wch  you  well  know,  will  not  reach  to 
make  20h  &  many  more  are  so  lowly  esteemed  at  Newhauen,  for  matters 
here  I  referre  you  to  conferrence  wth  yor  Cousen,  Jordan  &  yor  brother  Na- 
thaniell  ;  who  fully  understand  the  state  of  thinges  here  &  can  make  some 
apology  or  excuse  for  me  in  regard  of  the  remainder  of  yor  estate  here  not 
being  returned  as  yet,  haueing  had  some  tast  of  the  difficulty  of  makeing 
returnes  themselues.  If  New  England  Tobacco  would  vend  at  some  rate 
considerable,  both  I  &  my  Boyes  would  leaue  off  some  other  improuem',  to 
procure  a  quantity  to  pay  you  wthall.  That  seeing  our  stock  will  not  be 
converted  that  way,  we  might  see  to  pay  you  wth  worke,  wch  you  haue  ac- 
cepted in  New  England  for  Currant  pay.  Our  neighbours  at  Seabrook 
haue  raised  about  20000  weight  this  yeare  they  say  it  is  good  Tobacco ;  it 
may  be  if  it  were  prveledged  in  England  it  might  turne  to  Account  they  doe 
send  some  to  try  wl  will  come  of  it,  &  I  purpose  to  send  a  hogshead  upo 
Mr  Stapeleys  Ace':  who  wrote  to  me  this  yeare  to  order  his  estate  here,  & 
meeting  wth  a  debt  of  Corne  upo  the  Acco' :  fro  yor  brother  Nath:  wch  I  knew 
not  els  wl  to  doe  wthall,  it  haveing  lyen  upo  losse  &  charge  a  good  space,  I  ad- 
ventured to  turne  into  Tobacco,  by  wch  experiment  you  may  pceiue  wl  it  will 
make  in  England  &  see  w4  it  is  if  you  please,  But  if  this  way  liketh  you  not, 
then  haue  I  propounded  somewhat  to  yor  Consideration  in  my  last  lfe  wch  I 
much  entreat  may  be  by  yor  fauor  &  Contriuem'  brought  about,  wch  if  you 
please  to  cause  to  take  effect,  (as  I  see  not  ought  to  ye  contrary)  but  you  may 
in  a  faire  way  unlesse  my  brother  be  unwilling  either  to  doe  it  or  resign  to 
another  who  may,  wch  I  (suppose)  he  will  not,  Then  may  three  lawfull 
ends  be  attained,  viz  1  yor  estate  returned,  2  1  here  settled  3  The  people 
here  more  satisfied  wth  me  &  their  iealousy  remoued  of  yor  being  an  instru- 
me  of  my  remoueall  fro  them,  Concerneing  wch,  Truely  I  was  much  afflicted 
&  troubled  at  some  passages  the  other  day  y'  fell  fro  some,  seemeing  to  be 
affected  &  to  affect  others  euilly  against  you  in  refference  to  ye  goodwill 
you  shewed  towards  me.  Nowthstanding  I  told  them  ouer  &  ouer  That  you 
had  wrote  nothing  to  me  to  invite  or  giue  a  call,  but  onely  exprssions  of 
loue  showing  real!  freindship  in  a  willingnes  &  gladnes  of  heart  to  doe  good 
wth  the  Talent  of  opportunity  that  god  had  lent  you,  to  me  or  any  other  of 


248         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

yorNew  England  freinds  in  case  god  called  them  where  they  might  use  you, 
&  I  haue  said  that  I  wished  some  mens  eyes  were  not  euill  because  yo™  was 
good  &  doe  professe  they  take  the  wrong  course  to  settle  me,  if  they  take  up 
euill  surmises  or  cast  any  aspersions  upo  you;  since  wch  my  showing  my 
selfe  greiued  wth  such  thinges  I  hear  no  more,  I  wished  them  if  they  thought 
anything  of  duty  were  to  be  done,  in  order  to  prvent  or  to  exhort  anything 
wch  fro  yor  selfe  might  have  euill  Consequence  I  desired  they  would  be 
silent  here  &  write  their  mindes,  I  told  them  I  was  Confident  you  would 
take  it  well  &  attend  ym  in  anything  yl  was  right  &  for  their  good.  I  pray 
mention  nothing  as  haueing  a  hint  fro  mee,  you  may  know  any  of  ye  mat- 
ters wth  us  Viua  Voce,  by  our  brethren  in  England,  And  if  you  doe  any- 
thing in  order  to  my  settlem1  here,  be  pleased  to  Exprsse  yor  selfe  as  doeing 
it  much  respecting  them  therein,  It  may  be  that  such  convicting  testimony 
of  yor  non  alienation  but  still  continued  tender  affectio  toward  the  Church 
of  Christ  here  may  cast  inward  shame  upo  some  spirits,  &  my  desire  is  not 
to  raise  any  thing  in  yor  spirit  but  to  bring  Convictio  upo  some  others  y* 
seeing  their  ffolly,  (in  an  aptnes  to  haue  harsh  thoughts  on  almost  all  men 
y{  goe  for  England,  as  if  they  regard  not  Clis  poore  people  here,  haueing 
[soug]ht  &  obtained  great  thinges  for  themselves  there,)  might  learne  to  be 
more  wise  or  more  charitable  for  the  future,  wQ  they  see  yor  enlarged  loue 
not  onely  putting  forth  itselfe  to  help  such  as  come  to  you  into  old  England, 
But  also  to  seeke  the  upholdm*  &  encouragem'  of  them  whome  god  requires 
to  stay  in  New  England,  I  might  well  haue  left  out  these  latter  passages  of 
advise  concerneing  hints  of  directio  how  you  should  carry  it  &  exprsse  yor 
selfe  to  us,  not  knowing  whether  you  will  please  to  doe  the  things  I  request 
or  no,  and  also  haueing  so  good  knowledge  of  yor  better  wisedome  than 
mine  in  euery  matter,  but  onely  that  I  saw  somethings  here  wch  you  at  a 
distance  could  not  so  well  understand,  &  I  desire  euery  thing  you  doe  may 
turne  to  the  best  acco4:  The  thing  wch  I  haue  propounded  in  my  last  Ire  y4 
here  I  referre  unto,  is  That  you  would  please  to  consult  or  contriue  w"1 
my  brother  how  to  produce  out  of  y'  place  wch  my  brother  writes  he  holdes 
as  for  me  so  much  as  may  bring  me  out  of  yor  debt,  weh  you  may  see  how 
much  by  this  enclosed  Acco1:  if  it  can  be  but  in  some  annuall  way  raised 
(I  suppose)  it  may  answer  to  w*  is  like  to  be  done  here  unlesse  the  times 
turne,  The  experience  whereof  makes  Willm  Dudley  yl  he  will  take  no 
Compositio  for  his  other  25H:  I  haue  tendered  him  mares  Cowes  or  Corne 
&c  he  saith  he  had  rather  it  should  lye  dead  in  yor  handes  there,  then 
to  haue  much  more  here  as  thinges  stand.  I  pray  carry  it  wth  great 
&  tender  regard  to  my  brother  that  he  may  be  very  free  to  wl  is  done, 
for  I  would  not  loose  an  inch  either  of  naturall  or  christian  loue  &  affectio 
for  an  Elle  of  profit  or  worldly  Accofiiodatio ;  pray  Sr  forget  [not?]  to  show 
loue  &  helpfullnes  to  poore  brother  Hodley  whose  wife  &  Children  are  come 
ouer  according  to  his  order  this  yeare  he  was  my  Constant  Nocturnall  As- 
sociate, whome  I  dearely  misse,  But  least  I  should  be  tedious  wth  Cheife 
respectes  &  dearest  affectio  from  my  selfe  &  wife  to  both  yor  selfe  &  deare 
Mra  Disbrow  recomending  you  &  all  yors  to  the  blessed  protectio  &  guid- 
ance of  god  our  father,  The  lord  Jesus  Christ  &  the  holy  spirit  of  grace 
to  lead  you  through  all  the  troubles  and  difficult  turneings  &  tergiversa- 
tions of  thinges  in  this  age  to  enter  into  rest  &  finde  eternall  satisfactio  so 
prayeth:  Sr  he  who  euer  desires  to  be 

Guilford  Octobr  10th  (54)  Yor  most  Cordiall  loueing  freind 

to  his  power  to  serue  you: 

Willm  Leete. 


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Pray  Sr  remember  my  respects  to  Mr  Jones  &  Mr  John  Whitfeild  I  de- 
sire you  may  fall  in  Actes  &  Consult  wth  yor  owne  brother,  Mr  Hopkins  & 
Maior  Haynes  &c  our  New  England  freinds  in  this  iuncture  of  time  to  pro 
]  w*  may  be  for  releife  uf  these  gts  &  for  or  Comfortable  encour- 
a^m1  here  or  elsewhere  as  god  shall  dispose:  One  thing  I  must  entreat  that 
in  case  you  should  exprsse  y*  you  haue  done  in  order  to  my,  stay  here,  that 
you  do  carry  it  as  not  to  giue  ym  advantage  to  wthdraw  w4  they  doe  for  me 
but  rather  as  expecting  they  should  continue  their  encouragm1  in  some  cer- 
taine  way  seeing  y'  I  put  by  what  in  reason  might  more  advantage  me  & 
mine  in  our  low  estate 

To  his  much  honrd  &  worthy  freind 
Mr  Samuell   Disborow 
one  of  the  Comission™ 
for  Customs  at 
Leith  these 
prsent 

Scotland 

Sr 

His  Highness  the  Lord  Protector  haveing  sent  into  this  Nation  the 
publicque  seales  to  be  affixed  to  the  evidences  and  rights  of  the  people  ac- 
cording to  the  rules  in  that  case  formerly  given  &  observed  and  the  Great 
Seale  being  comitted  to  yor  custody  The  Councill  have  thought  fit  to  ac- 
quaint you  that  as  by  Comission  to  you  from  the  Councill  you  were  direct- 
ed only  untill  the  comeing  of  the  said  seale  to  subscribe  yor  name  to  dis- 
patches duely  comeing  to  the  Great  Seale.  Soe  the  subscribeing  yor  name 
to  such  dispatches  is  not  longer  to  bee  used  but  the  said  seale  is  to  bee  affix- 
ed or  Appended  to  them  by  you,  according  to  the  rules  in  that  case  formerly 
given  &  observed.  Signed  in  the  name  and  by  the  order 

Edinburgh  25  Juny  1656  of  the  Councill 

Broghill  Presid'. 
To  Samuell  Disbrowe  Esqr 
One  of  his  Highness  Councill  in 
Scotland  appointed  Keeper  of 
the  Great  Seale  of  Scotland 
these 

A  Commission  from  Oliver,  By  the  Grace  of  God  Lord  Protector  of  the 
Commonwealth  of  England  Scotland  and  Ireland  and  dominions  and  Ter- 
ritories thereunto  belonging,  giving  and  granting  unto  Samuel  Disbrow 
Esquire,  one  of  his  Highnesse  Privy  Councill  of  Scotland,  The  Office  of 
Keeper  of  the  Great  Seall  of  Scotland  &c. 

Given  at  Edinburgh  the  Sixteenth  day  of  September  (1657) 

Whereas  by  his  Maiestyes  declaration  from  Breda  the  T4¥  day  of  April  1 
(1660)  His  Maiesty  is  gratiously  pleased  to  graunt  a  free  &  generall  Par- 
don unto  all  his  Subiects  of  what  degree  or  quality  soeuer,  who  within  forty 
dayes  after  the  publication  thereof  shall  lay  hold  upon  his  grace  and  fa- 
uour,  and  shall  by  any  publique  act  declare  theyr  doing  so.  And  that  the 
returne  to  the  loyalty  and  obedience  of  good  subiects 

I  Samuell  Disbrowe  of  Elsworth  in  the  County  of  Cambridge  gent,  his 
Maiestyes  most  loyall  &  faythfull  subiect  with  all  humblen[,]  &  unfayghn- 
ed  thankfulnes  doe  hereby  declare  that  I  doe  lay  hold  of  &  accept  of  his 
Maiestyes  grace  fauour  &  pardon  in   the  sayd  declaration  held  forth,    And 


250  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

that  I  am  and  shall  continew  by  the  Asistanc  of  god  a  loyall  and  obedient 
subiect  to  his  Maiesty  Charles  the  second  by  the  grace  of  god  king  of  Eng- 
land Scotland  ffrauce  &  Ireland  Defender  of  the  fayth  &c:  Witness  my 
hand  this  21th  day  of  May  (1600)  Sa:   Disbrowe. 

This  declaration  by  Samuell  Disbrowe  was 
sighned  owned  &  acknowledged  before  mee         George  Monck. 

Charles  R. 
Our  Will  &  Pleasure  is  That  you  forthwth  prepare  a  Bill  fitt  for  or  Roy- 
all  signature  conteyning  a  Graunt  of  our  gracious  Pardon  unto  Samuell 
Disbrowe  of  Elsworth  in  ye  County  of  Cambridge  Esqr.  of  all  such  offences 
&  with  such  restitucou  of  Lands  &  Goods  &  such  Exceptions  &  Clauses  in 
all  things  as  are  expressed  in  the  forme  of  a  Pardon  prepared  for  that  pur- 
pose &  reraayuing  wth  you  under  Our  signnett  &  signe  manuall.  And  for 
soe  doeing  this  shalbe  yor  Warr':  Given  att  our  Court  att  Whitehall  the 
24th  day  of  October  1660  in  the  Twelfe  yeare  of  our  Reigne.  S. 

By  his  Mat8  Comand 
To  or  Attorney  or  Edw:  Nicholas. 

Sollicitor  Generall 
Vera  copia  Papers  of  General  Desborough 

1651-1660.     Egerton,  2519. 

The  following  is  a  mem:  of  Pedigree  in  Coll.  of  Arms,  Signed  by  Sam1 
Desbro  1684. 

James  Disbrowe  —  . .  .  .  Daughter  of 


of  Eltisley— Co.  Cam- 
bridge.   Died  about  1630 


.  Hatlcy  of 
Over,  Cambridgesh: 


'James,  aJohn,  Major  Gem  =  Jane,  daughter  3Nathaniel, 

died  young         Admiral,  member         of  Robert  Cromwell  died  young 

of  t  he  Upper  House.        &  sister  of  Protector 
Died  about  1680 


of  Surrey 


2       |  1 

Rose  Hobson  of  London  =  Samuel  of  Elsworth,  =  Dorothy  Whitfield 

2d  wife.    No  child.  Co.  Camb.  living  in  16S4 

aged  65.   One  of  the  Com- 
Sirs  for  Scotland  May  4, 
1655.     In  1656  M.  P.  for  Mid 
Lothian.     In  1657,  Sept.  16, 
Keeper  of  Great  Seal  of 
Scotland. 


James  Desbro  =  Abigail,  dau. 


Dr  of  Physic,  Step- 
ney, Middx 


of  John  Marsh  of 

Sl  Albans. 


Elizabeth,  aged  3  years  in  1684. 

The  following  account  is  taken  from  Cole's  (MS.)  Collections  for  Cam- 
bridgeshire, in  his  description  of  the  church  &  monuments  at  Elsworth  : — 

—  "A  very  handsome  large  black  marble  slab  with  these  arms  at  top  : 
viz  :    3  Bears  heads  eras' 'd  §  muzzled  on  a  Fess  for  Disbrow  impaling  on  a 

Cheuron  int :    3  Bezants   3  Quaterfoils,  fy  a  Cheif  vaire  for On 

yc  Wall  is  an  Atchievem'  with  ye  same  Arms  in  Colours  viz :  0.  on  a  Fess 
S.  3  Bears  Heads  er:  A.  muzzled.  G.  for  Disbrow,  impaling  A.  on  a  Cheu. 
B.  3  Cinquefoils  O.  int:  3  Torteuxes  a  Cheif  vaire  0.  8?  B.   with   a  Crest 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  251 

viz  :  a  Bears  Head  er  :  A.  muzzled  G.  &  Motto  Mors  Iter  ad  vitam.   Under 
them  is  this  inscription  : 

Here  lyeth  the  body  of 

Samuell  Disbrow  Esquire  late 

Lord  of  this  Manour,  aged  75 

lie  dyed  the  10  of  December  in 

the  year  of  our  Lord  1690. 

Close  to  this  on  ye  N.  lies  another  black  marble  of  ye  same  sort  with  y8 
aforesaid  Arms  in  a  Lozenge,  except  that  ye  Cheif  is  Checquy  &  ye  Qua- 
terfoils  are  Ciuquefoils.  I  suppose  a  mistake,  but  where  it  lies  I  know 
not ;  for  I  put  them  down  as  I  find  them  :  on  ye  wall  is  an  Atchievem1  with 
the  said  arms  blazoned,  where  ye  mistake  is  continued  &  ye  Cheife  Checquy 
0.  &  B.  for  ....      Under  these  Arms  on  ye  marble  is  this  Inscription  : 

Here  lieth  ye  Body  of  ye  virtuous 

&  pious  MTi"  Rose  Disbrow 

Relict  of  Samuel  Disbrow  Esqr 

who  Soul  returned  to  God 

who  gave  it  ye  4  Day  of  March 

1698  in  ye  83  year  of  her  age. 

[The  genealogical  contents  of  Isaac  Disbrowe's  will  may  be  shown  by  the  follow- 


ing table : 


Isaac  Disbrowe  = 
Ob'  Dec.  1C60.    Will 
proved  21  Dec.  1660 


>                                    I                           I                                   I  I 

Isaac  =                   John               Nathaniel                   Elizabeth  Hannah 

Ob1  v.  p.                                                                                   uxr ....  uxr .  .  . 

Johnson  Stocker 


John    Isaac    Elizabeth    Ann    Susan    Mary  Sarah  =  Thomas  Croxton 

I 


I  I 

Sarah  Croxton  Richard  (perhaps) 

Isacke  Desbrough,  husbandman,  of  EU-Tisley  in  Com.  Cambridge  (oet.)  18  em- 
barked early  in  April,  1635,  on  the  Hopewell  of  London,  for  New  England,  having, 
as  fellow  passengers,  the  families  of  Cooper,  Farrington,  Purryer,  Griggs  and  Kyrt- 
land,  from  Olney,  Laundon  and  Sherrington,  Bucks,  most  of  whom  settled  in  Lynn, 
and  a  lot  of  Christians  from  the  neighborhood  of  Nazing  in  Essex  and  Stansted 
Abbey  in  Herts,  many  of  whom  formed  a  part  of  the  flock  of  John  Eliot  at  Rox- 
bury.  Mr.  Disbrowe  (as  the  name  seems  to  have  been  more  commonly  spelled) 
probably  lived  in  Lynn,  although  1  find  no  record  of  the  transfer  of  real  estate  either 
to  or  from  him.  His  name  appears  in  the  Court  records  of  Essex  County,  Mass., 
as  a  party  to  sundry  suits  in  the  years  1638  and  1639,  and  then  disappears  altogether 
from  the  records  here. 

The  following  is  the  record  of  the  cases  referred  to,  taken  from  the  earliest  Court 
Record  a  t  Salem . 

25:   10*  mo.  :    1638. 

Isaack  Disberoe  pi.  ag4  Ann  Burt  def.  who  being  absent  hir  husband  Hugh  Burt 
Answered  to  aco  of  case.     Jury  finds  for  pi.  viijs  damages  &  iiij  costes. 

Isaack  Disberoe  pi.  ag(  Hugh  Burt  def.  in  aco  of  defamacon  Jury  finds  for  pi. 
ffiltie  shillinges  damag  &  iiij  costes 

Isaack  Disberoe  pi.  agl  Nath:  Kertland  def.  in  aco  of  case  Jury  finds  for  pi.  xvij8 
da  ma.  &  iiij  costes 


252  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

25  :    4th  mo  :   1G39 
John  Goit  pi.  ag'  Isaack  Disberoe  def.  in  aco  of  Debt  To  grant  out  attachm1  ag' 
him  for  xs  costes  and  to  appr  next  Court 

24:    7*  mo:    1639 

Hugh  Burt  of  Lynn  pi.  agt  Isaack  Disberoe  dei'.  in  an  aco  of  case  Referred  to  next 
Court  ag*  wh  tyme  Hugh  Burt  is  to  p'cure  ye  iudgmts  granted  ag4  him  att  Boston 
last  Court 

31  :  10th  mo  :   1639 

Hugh  Burt  commensing  an  aco  Last  Court  ag1  Isaacke  Disberoe  def.  now  tryed 
viz  The  Jury  bring  in  for  pi.  4U  103  damages  &  103  costes  John  ffarrington  was 
surety 

From  the  Record  of  the  Court  of  Assistants  held  at  Boston  the  3th  day  of  the 
first  month,  1639-1640,  we  learn  that  Isaack  Deesbro  and  John  Farrington  forfeit- 
ed their  recognizance. 

Whether  he  was  the  Isaac  Disbrowe,  above  named,  who  died  A.D.  1660,  or  Isaac 
the  son,  who  died  in  his  father's  life-time,  remains  to  be  proved.  I  am  inclined  to 
think,  however,  it  was  the  son. 

That  Isaac  Disbrowe,  Senior,  was  nearly  related  to  Samuel  Disbrowe  of  New  Ha- 
ven and  Guilford,  Connecticut  (brother «of  the  Major-General),  there  can  be  no 
shadow  of  a  doubt.  As  to  the  names  of  his  daughters'  husbands,  I  would  suggest 
that  Stocker  was  and  is  a  Lynn  name,  and  it  was  John  Johnson  of  Guilford,  Conn., 
who  married  the  daughter  Elizabeth,  I  Oct.  1651,  after  her  divorce  from  her  first 
husband,  Thomas  Relfe  or  Rolfe. 

One  of  the  fellow  passengers  of  Isaac  Disbrowe  the  immigrant,  was  a  John  Ast- 
wood,  who  was  undoubtedly  the  Captain  Astwood  to  whom  Governor  Ljete  refers  in 
his  letter  to  Samuel  Disbrowe.  His  will  may  be  found  in  the  "  Gleanings,"  Page 
81. 

From  Lyson's  Magna  Britannia  (London,  1803)  we  learn  that  Burgh  or  Bur- 
rough  Green  (called  Borowghe  in  Jeffery  Disberowe's  will)  is  in  the  Hundred  of 
Radfield  and  deanery  of  Camps,  about  four  miles  south  of  Newmarket,  and  about 
eight  miles  north  of  Linton.  Close  to  it  is  the  parish  of  Brinkley,  called  Binckley 
in  the  will. 

Eteworth,  in  the  hundred  of  Papworth  and  deanery  of  Bourne,  lies  about  eight 
miles  nearly  west  of  Cambridge,  and  about  the  same  distance  south-east  of  Hunting- 
don. The  manor  of  Elsworth  and  the  manor  of  the  rectory  were  purchased  in  1656  by 
Samuel  Disbrowe,  Esq.,  who  died  in  1690  ;  his  granddaughter  brought  it  in  mar- 
riage to  Matthew  Holworthy,  Esq.  (called  the  only  son  of  Sir  Matthew  Holworthy, 
knt.,  of  Great  Palsgrave  in  Norfolk).  After  Mr.  Holworthy's  death  it  was  possessed 
by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Heathcote,  who,  having  no  children,  devised  it  to  Matthew 
Heathcote,  who  took  the  name  of  Holworthy,  and  was  grandfather  of  the  Rev.  Mat- 
thew Holworthy,  Lord  of  the  manor,  patron  of  the  rectory  and  incumbent.  In  the 
parish  church,  besides  the  monument  of  Samuel  Disbrowe,  are  several  memorials  of 
the  Holworthy  family. 

Eltisley,  in  the  hundred  of  Stow  and  deanery  of  Bourne,  lies  about  12  miles  near- 
ly west  of  Cambridge.  The  manor  of  Stow,  or  Goldinghams,  afterwards  called  the 
manor  of  Eltisley,  belonged  successively  to  the  families  of  Stow,  Ward  and  Golding- 
ham.  In  1656  it  was  sold  to  Major  General  Disbrowe,  whose  descendant,  Mr.  John 
Disbrowe,  devised  it  in  1741  to  the  two  sons  of  his  nephew,  William  Walford  of 
Booking.  The  rectory,  with  the  advowson  (we  arc  further  told)  was  purchased, 
about  the  year  1600,  by  the  Disbrowe  family.  John  Disbrowe,  who  was  buried 
there  in  1610,  is  called  the  grandfather  of  Major  General  Disbrowe  and  of  Samuel 
Disbrowe,  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  in  Scotland,  both  of  whom  were  born  at  Eltis- 
ley, the  former  in  1608,  the  latter  in  1619.  The  Major  General  was  married  at 
Eltisley  to  Jane  Cromwell,  Oliver's  youngest  sister,  in  1636;  James  Disbrowe, 
elder  brother  of  the  Major  General,  inherited  the  estate  at  Eltisley,  where  he  re- 
sided. His  descendants  possessed  this  estate  until  the  year  1713.  The  parsonage 
house,  which  had  been  the  seat  of  the  Disbrowes,  has  been  pulled  down. 

This  adds  one  generation  to  the  pedigree  found  in  the  College  of  Arms,  and  sup- 
plies, perhaps,  a  father  for  Isaac  Disbrowe,  who  died  in  December,  1660. 

Of  Samuel  Disbrowe,  an  abstract  of  whose  will  is  given  above,  our  friends  in  Con- 
necticut can  give  a  better  account.  I  would  only  suggest  that  the  pedigree  gives 
us  important  information  by  disclosing  the  maiden  names  of  his  two  wives.  The 
first  (Dorothy  Whitfield)  must  have  been  one  of  the  daughters  of  his  minister  and 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  253 

next  neighbor  in  Guilford,  the  Rev.  Henry  Whitfield,  a  reference  to  whose  will  1 
have,  but  of  which  unfortunately  I  have  no  abstract  at  hand.  His  second  wife  we 
had  known  as  the  widow  of  Samuel  Pennoyer.  May  not  the  John  Marsh,  whose 
daughter  Abigail  became  the  wife  of  Samuel  Disbrowe's  son,  and  the  Joseph  Marsh, 
her  brother,  to  whom  administration  was  granted,  have  been  related  to  John  Marsh, 
of  Hartford,  Conn.? 

The  ancestry  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Whitfield  and  his  wife  Dorothy,  I  expect  to  show 
in  a  future  instalment  of  the  Gleanings,  having  gathered  a  very  large  collection  of 
material  relating  to  their  families. 

It  is  my  intention,  also,  at  some  future  day,  to  give  some  account  of  the  Holwor- 
thy  family,  which  became  connected  by  marriage  with  this  Disbrowe  family. 

Mr.  Evance,  who  is  mentioned  in  Gov.  Leete's  letter,  was  doubtless  Mr.  John 
Evance,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  a  son  of  Hugh  and  Audrey  Evance,  of  London 
(see  Hist.  Coll.  Essex  Inst.,  vol.  xvii.  pp.  27-33).  Hugh  Evance  was  a  citizen  and 
clothworker  of  London,  according  to  his  will  proved  in  London  28  March,  1636 — 
(Pile  32).  Mrs.  Audrey  Evance,  whose  will  was  proved  in  London,  25  Oct.  1651 
(Grey,  184),  was  a  daughter  of  William  Jefl'eray  of  Chiddingly,  or  Chittingleigh, 
in  the  County  of  Sussex,  and  sister  of  William  Jefl'eray,  who  came  to  New  England, 
it  is  said,  before  Endicott's  colony  was  planted.  It  is  well  to  note  that  her  sister 
Ann  was  married  to  a  William  Goffe.  John  Evance  went  back  to  England  and 
lived  in  Alderraanbury,  London.  In  his  will,  made  13  Dec.  1660,  proved  2  May, 
1661  (May,  71),  he  mentions  wife  Susanna  and  sons  Daniel,  John,  Stephen  and 
Thomas.  His  wife,  I  suspect,  was  a  sister  of  Capt.  Francis  Norton,  of  Charlestown, 
Mass.,  for  in  1640  Mr.  Evance  (then  of  New  Haven)  called  Capt.  Norton's  wife  Mrs. 
Mary  Norton,  sister,  and  again  spoke  of  his  brother  Norton.  Mrs.  Mary  Norton, 
I  have  found,  was  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Nicholas  Houghton,  of  London,  and  sister  of 
Robert  Houghton,  who  married  Mary,  sister  of  Major-General  Sedgwick.  She  does 
not  appear  to  have  had  any  sister  Susanna  ;  so  the  connection  would  seem  to  have 
been  through  the  Nortons. 

John  Evance's  son  Stephen,  born  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  21  April,  1652,  was  pro- 
bably the  Stephen  Evance,  citizen  and  goldsmith  of  London,  who  was  knighted  at 
Kensington,  14  Oct.  1690,  as  we  learn  from  Le  Neve  (Harl.  So.  Pub.  8,  p.  435) . 

Henry  F.  Waters. 

Mr.  Samuel  Disbrowe  was  an  early  settler  of  Guilford,  Ct.,  which  was  founded 
in  1639.  The  late  Hon.  Ralph  D.  Smith,  in  his  History  of  Guilford,  states  that  he 
was  "  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  town,  and  one  of  the  seven  pillars  of  the  Church 
at  its  formation  here.''  He  was  also  a  magistrate  there,  and  is  mentioned  as  "  hold- 
ing courts  in  the  town  with  three  or  four  deputies  appointed  by  the  freemen  for  that 
purpose.  He  was  associated  with  Gov.  Eaton,  Gov.  Leete  and  other  distinguished 
men  in  forming  and  establishing  the  combination  and  government  of  the  New  Ha- 
ven Colony  in  1643,  and,  while  in  this  country  as  one  of  its  magistrates  and  the 
civil  father  of  one  of  its  towns,  shared  some  of  its  highest  honors.  Upon  his  return 
to  England  with  Mr.  Whitfield,  6ays  President  Stiles  in  his  History  of  the  Judges 
(p.  35) ,  quoting  from  Noble,  he  became  one  of  the  commissioners  of  the  revenues, 
and  in  the  same  year  represented  the  city  of  Edinburgh  in  Parliament,  at  a  council 
held  at  Whitehall,  May  4,  1655.  He  wasappointed  one  of  the  nine  counsellors  of  the 
Kingdom  of  Scotland,  and  the  same  year  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  of  that  np.tion, 
and  allowed  £2000  annually.  'I  he  year  following  he  was  returned  a  member  of  the 
British  Parliament  for  the  sheriffdom  of  Midlothian,  and  was  continued  in  all  his 
employments  under  the  Protector  Richard.  Burton,  who  kept  a  diary  of  the  doings 
of  Cromwell's  Parliament,  of  which  he  was  a  member,  makes  frequent  and  honor- 
able mention  of  Samuel  Disborough  as  one  of  the  most  active  and  talented  members 
of  that  body.  '  This  shows  him,»  says  President  Stiles,  'a  man  of  political  abili- 
ties to  sustain  so  many  and  such  high  betrustments  with  the  reputation  and  ac- 
ceptance with  which  he  discharged  them.'  " 

The  Hon.  Lewis  II.  Steiner,  M.D.,  the  editor  of  the  History  of  Guilford,  which 
was  printed  after  the  author's  death,  adds  this  foot-note  : 

"Samuel  Disborow  was  born  on  the  manor  of  Ettisley  in  Cambridgeshire,  on  the 
30th  of  November,  1619,  and  was  the  third  surviving  son  of  James  Disborow, 
Esquire,  and  a  younger  brother  of  the  famous  Major  General  John  Disborrow,  who 
married  Jane  Cromwell,  a  sister  of  the  Lord  Protector  Oliver  Cromwell,  and  was  a 
member  of  several  Parliaments,  and  one  of  the  Judges  appointed  to  try  Charles  I. 

"  Mr.  Samuel  Disborrow  studied  law  with  his  brother  John  Disborrow,  who  in 
early  life  was  a  barrister."     See  History  of  Guilford,  pp.  120-1.  Editor. 


254  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

The  Disbrow  gleanings,  and  particularly  Leete's  letter,  are  quite  interesting.  As 
the  records  of  New  Haven  jurisdiction  from  1644  to  1653  are  lost,  and  the  Guilford 
records  as  we  have  thein  now  only  begin  with  1645,  I  can  add  very  little  to  the  no- 
tice of  Disbrow  given  in  It.  D.  Smith's  History  of  Guilford,  p.  120-1.  There  are, 
however,  in  Part  II.  of  Vol.  VI.  of  the  Acts  of  the  Parliaments  of  Scotland,  pub- 
lished by  the  government,  some  letters,  &c,  by  and  relating  to  him,  which  Mr. 
Smith  never  saw. 

I  suppose  the  brother  Nathaniel,  mentioned  in  Leete's  letter,  was  Nathaniel 
Whitfield,  D.'s  brother-in-law. 

Brother  Hodley,  named  in  Gov.  Leete's  letter,  was  John  Hoadly,  born  Jan.  1616— 
17,  who  came  to  New  England  in  the  same  ship  with  Leete,  1639,  and  was  one  of 
the  "  seven  pillars  "  of  the  first  church  gathered  in  Guilford  June  19,  1643,  as 
were  also  Leete  and  Desborough.  John  Hoadly  married  in  G.  in  1642,  Sarah  Bush- 
nell,  by  whom  he  had  twelve  children,  seven  of  them  born  in  Guilford,  where 
three  died  infants.  Of  two  sons  born  in  G.  the  younger  became  rector  of  Halsted, 
Kent, — the  elder  also  took  orders  in  the  Church  of  England,  and  died  master  of  the 
free  school  in  Norwich,  in  the  cathedral  of  which  city  he  is  buried.  He  (Samuel, 
born  Guilford,  Sept.  23,  1643)  was  father  of  Benjamin  Hoadly,  successively  Bishop 
of  Bangor,  Hereford,  Salisbury  and  Winchester  (born  1676,  died  1761),  and  of  John 
Hoadly,  successively  Bishop  of  L?ighlin  and  Femes,  Archbishop  of  Dublin,  Arch- 
bishop of  Armagh  (born  1678,  died  1746). 

John  Hoadly  the  emigrant  returned  to  England  in  the  autumn  of  1653  ;  the  next 
year  was  appointed  (presumably  through  Desborough's  influence)  chaplain  of  the 
garrison  of  Edinburgh  Castle.  His  family  went  over  (as  the  letter  states)  in  1654. 
He  continued  at  Edinb.  until  1662,  when  he  settled  at  Rolvenden,  Kent,  where 
he  died  June  28,  1668.     His  widow  survived  him  more  than  twenty  years. 

Charles  J.  Hoadly. 

William  Leete,  whose  letter  is  here  printed,  was  also  an  early  settler  of  Guilford. 
From  the  Visitations  of  Huntingdonshire,  1613  and  1684,  we  learn  that  he  was  a 
son  of  John  Leete  of  Diddington,  co.  Huntingdon,  and  a  grandson  of  Thomas  Leete 
of  Oakington,  co.  Cambridge.  His  mother  was  Anna,  daughter  of  Robert  Shute, 
and  his  wife  Anne  was  daughter  of  John  Payne,  a  clergyman  of  Southoe,  co.  Hunt. 
(See  The  Family  of  Leete  ivith  special  Reference  to  the  Genealogy  of  Joseph  Leete, 
Esq.,  F.S.S.  London,  1881,  pp.  11,  12  and  64.)  He  was  born  about  1612,  and 
died  April  16,  1683.  He  was  governor  of  New  Haven  Colony,  1661-3,  and  of  Con- 
necticut from  1676  till  his  death.  A  biographical  sketch  of  him  will  be  found  in 
Smith's  Hisloxy  of  Guilford,  pp.  121-2. 

For  Cromwell's  plans  for  the  removal  of  the  people  of  New  England  to  what 
he  supposed  would  be  a  more  favorable  location,  which  is  mentioned  in  Gov.  Leete's 
letter,  see  Palfrey's  History  of  New  England,  vol.  ii.  pp.  389-93. — Editor.] 

2:  April  1621. 
In  the  name  of  God  Amen  :  I  comit  my  soule  to  God  that  gave  it  and 
my  bodie  to  the  earth  from  whence  it  came.  Alsoe  I  give  my  goodes  as 
followeth  That  fForty  poundes  wch  is  in  the  hand  of  goodman  Woodes  I  give 
my  wife  term  poundes,  my  soune  Joseph  term  poundes,  my  daughter  Priscilla 
tenn  poundes,  and  my  eldest  sonne  tenu  poundes.  Alsoe  I  give  to  my  eld- 
est sonne  all  my  debtes,  bonds,  bills  (onelye  yt  forty  poundes  excepted  in  the 
handes  of  goodman  Wood)  given  as  aforesaid  wth  all  the  stock  in  his  owne 
handes.  To  my  eldest  daughter  I  give  ten  shillinges  to  he  paied  out  of  my 
sonnes  stock  Furthermore  that  goodes  I  have  in  Virginia  as  followeth  To 
ray  wife  Alice  halfe  my  goodes  .  2  .  to  Joseph  and  Priscilla  the  other  halfe 
equallie  to  be  devided  betweene  them.  Alsoe  I  have  xxj  dozen  of  shoes, 
and  thirteene  paire  of  bootes  wch  I  giue  into  the  Companies  handes  for  forty 
poundes  at  seaven  years  end  if  thy  like  them  at  that  rate.  If  it  be  thought 
to  deare  as  my  Overseers  shall  thinck  good  And  if  they  like  them  at  that 
rate  at  the  devident  I  shall  have  nyne  shares  whereof  I  give  as  followeth 
twoe  to  my  wife,  twoe  to  my  sonne  William,  twoe  to  my  sonne  Joseph,  twoe 
to  my  daughter    Priscilla,  and  one  to  the   Companie.     Allsoe  if  my  sonne 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  255 

William  will  come  to  Virginia  I  give  him  my  share  of  land  furdermore  I 
o-ive  to  my  twoe  Overseers  Mr  John  Carver  and  Mr  Williamson,  twentye 
shillinges  apeece  to  see  this  my  will  performed  desiringe  them  that  he  would 
have  an  eve  over  my  wife  and  children  to  be  as  fathers  and  freindes  to 
them,  Allsoe  to  have  a  speciall  eye  to  my  man  Robert  wch  bathe  not  so 
approved  himselfe  as  I  would  he  should  have  done. 

This  is  a  Coppye  of  Mr  Mullens  his  Will  of  all  particulars  he  hathe  given. 
In  witues  whereof  I  have  sett  my  hande  John  Carver,  Giles  Heale, 
Christopher  Joanes. 

Vicesimo  tertio:  die  mensis  Julii  Anno  Domini  Millesimo  sexcentesimo 
vicesimo  primo  Emanavit  Commissio  Sare  Blunden  als  Mullins  filie  naturali 
et  legitime  dicti  defuncti  ad  administrand  bona  iura  et  credita  eiusdem  de- 
funct iuxta  tenorem  et  effecturn  testamenti  suprascripti  eo  quod  nullum 
in  eodem  testamento  nominavit  executorem  de  bene  etc  Jurat. 

68,  Dale. 

Mense  Julij  An0  Dni  162j. 
Vicesimo  tertio  die  emanavit  comissio  Sare  Blunden  ats^Mullens  filie 
nfali  et  ltime  Willmi  Mullens  nug  de  Dorking  in  Coiii  Surr  sed  in  parti- 
bus  ultra  marinis  def  hentis  etc  ad  administrand  bona  iura  et  credita  ejusdem 
def  iuxta  tenorem  et  effcum  testamenti  ipsius  defuncti  eo  quod  nullum  in 
eodem  nominavit  exfem  de  bene  etc  iurat. 

Probate  Act  Book,  1621  and  1622. 


[William  Mullins,  the  testator,  was  one  of  the  passengers  in  the  Mayflower,  and 
the  father  of  Priscilla  Mullins,  the  heroine  of  Longfellow's  poem,  "  The  Courtship 
of  Miles  Standish."  The  will  was  evidently  drawn  up  at  Plymouth,  New  England, 
which  was  then  considered  a  part  of  Virginia.  The  date  of  the  will  is  not  given, 
but  it  must  have  been  on  or  before  Feb.  21,  1620-1,  for  on  that  day  Mr.  Mullins 
died,  according  to  Gov.  Bradford's  Register,  as  quoted  by  Prince  in  his  Chronology, 
part  ii.  p.  98.  The  date  April  2,  1621,  is  probably  that  on  which  the  certified  copy 
was  signed. 

Gov.  Bradford,   in  his  list  of  passengers  in  the  Mayflower,  has  this  entry: 

"  Mr  William  Midlines  and  his  wife,  and  2.  children,  Joseph  &  Priscila  ;  and  a 
servant,  Robert  Carter."  In  the  margin  he  gives  the  number  of  persons  in  Mr. 
Mullins's  family,  "5."* 

In  Bradford's  memoranda  of  the  changes  that  had  occurred  in  these  families  in  the 
course  of  thirty  years,  we  find  this  entry  : 

"  Mr  Molincs,  and  his  wife,  his  son  and  his  servant,  died  the  first  winter.  Only 
his  daughter  Priscila  survied,  and  married  with  John  Alden,  who  are  both  living, 
and  have  11.  children.    And  their  eldest  daughter  is  married  &  hath  five  children."! 

This  will  e;ives  the  names  of  Mr.  Mullins's  two  children  who  were  left  in  England, 
William  the  eldest  son,  and  Sarah,  who  married  a  Mr.  Blunden.  The  Probate  Act 
Book  supplies  the  English  residence,  Dorking  in  the  county  of  Surrey. 

Mr.  Williamson,  who  is  named  as  an  overseer  of  the  will,  I  take  to  be  the  "  Master 
Williamson,"  who,  according  to  Mourt's  Relation,  p.  36  (Dexter's  edition,  p.  92), 
was  present,  March  22,  1620-1,  when  the  first  treaty  was  made  with  Massasoit. 
Rev.  Alexander  Young,  D.D.,  finding  no  person  by  the  name  of  Williamson  among 
the  signers  to  the  compact,  concludes  that  the  name  Williamson  was  probably  an 
error  of  the  press,  and  suggests  that  of  Allerton  instead.  (See  Chronicles  of  the 
Pilgrims,  Boston,  1841,  p.  192.)  Dr.  Young's  conjecture  has  generally  been  adopt- 
ed by  later  writers. 

Christopher  Joanes  may  have  been  the  Captain  of  the  Mayflower,  whose  surname 
we  know  was  Jones.  Rev.  Edward  D.  Neill,  however,  in  the  Registkr,  xxviii.  314, 
gives  reasons  for  believing  that  his  christian  name  was  Thomas. — Editor.] 

*  Bradford's  New  Plymouth,  Boston,  1856,  p.  446. 
+  Ibid.  p.  452. 


256  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

John  Harwood  of  London,  merchant,  13  November  1684,  proved  22 
June  1685.  To  wife  Elizabeth  all  my  household  goods  and  plate  during 
her  life  and  after  to  dispose  of  them  as  she  shall  judge  meet,  and  all  my 
five  tenements  &c.  in  St.  George's  Lane  and  Pudding  Lane  London,  which 
I  hold  by  lease  from  the  company  of  fishmongers  and  two  messuages  in 
Pudding  Lane  which  I  hold  by  lease  from  Christ  Church  Hospital.  To 
son  Jacob  Harwood  the  messuage  near  the  Monument  in  London  late  in 
the  occupation  of  Mr.  Selby,  to  hold  after  the  decease  of  my  said  wife.  To 
son  Joseph  Harwood  the  messuage  now  in  the  occupation  of  Mr.  Strood, 
after  the  decease  of  my  wife. 

"  Item  I  give  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Sedgwick  now  in  New  England 
and  to  her  sonne  Samuell  those  three  houses  in  Sl  George's  Lane  afore- 
said which  I  hold  by  lease  from  the  said  company  of  ffishmongers  now  in 

the  occupation  of  Mr.  Bodkin,  Jerome  Hall  and Norrice,   to  hold  to 

them  the  said  Elizabeth  Sedgwick  and  her  sonne  Samuell  their  Execu- 
tors, Administrators  and  assignes  imediately  from  and  after  the  decease  of 
my  said  wife  for  and  dureing  all  the  rest  and  residue  which  shall  bee  then 
to  come  and  unexpired  of  the  terme  in  the  said  Lease  by  which  I  hold 
the  same,  they  paying  to  the  ffishmongers  company  aforesaid  the  remainder 
of  the  yearly  ground  rent  which  is  Eleaven  pounds  thirteene  shillings  and 
four  pence  neverthelesse  my  will  is  that  my  said  daughter  Sedgwick  and 
her  said  sonne  Samuell  or  one  of  them  shall  pay  and  allow  to  my  sonne 
John  now  in  New  England  fifteene  pounds  a  yeare  out  of  the  rents  and 
profitts  of  the  said  three  messuages  or  tenements  dureing  all  the  time  they 
or  either  of  them  shall  hold  the  same  and  if  it  shall  happen  that  the  said 
Elizabeth  Sedgwick  and  her  said  sonne  Samuell  shall  dye  then  I  give  the 
said  three  Messuages  or  tenements  (after  the  death  of  my  said  wife  and 
after  the  deceases  of  the  said  Elizabeth  Sedgwick  and  her  said  sonne)  to 
my  said  sonne  John  his  Executors  Administrators  and  assignes." 

To  my  daughter  Hannah  Mauwaring  the  two  messuages  in  Pudding 
Lane  now  in  the  occupation  of  Mr.  Bird  and  Thomas  Smith  &c.  and  after 
her  decease  to  Elizabeth,  her  daughter.  To  my  son  Jacob  one  thousand 
pounds  if  he  shall  faithfully  and  honestly  serve  out  his  time  of  appren- 
ticeship &c.  To  son  Joseph  the  like  sum  at  his  age  of  two  and  twenty 
years  &c.  To  wife  Elizabeth  six  hundred  pounds  to  be  at  her  own  dispos- 
ing. To  said  daughter  Mauwaring  five  hundred  pounds  out  of  such  money 
her  husband  owes  me  &c.  To  her  daughter  Elizabeth.  Manwaring  two 
hundred  pounds  at  her  age  of  seventeen  years. 

"  Item  I  give  to  my  brother  Thomas  Harwood  in  New  England  fifty 
pounds  to  bee  paid  him  there.  Item  I  give  to  Nathaniel  Harwood  of  New 
England  fifty  pounds  to  bee  paid  him  there.  Item  I  give  to  Hannah  Wheel- 
er of  Concord  in  New  England  fifty  pounds  to  bee  paid  her  there.  Item  I 
give  to  Sarah  Tucker  formerly  Scotto  of  New  England  fifty  pounds  which 
fower  last  menconed  summes  I  will  shall  bee  paid  out  of  My  Stock  in 
New  England.  Item  I  give  to  Mr.  John  Collins  forty  pounds  to  Mr.  Sam- 
uel Belchamber  five  pounds  to  poor  Suffering  Christians  such  a9  the  said 
Mr.  John  Collins  and  my  said  wife  shall  nominate  appoint  and  agree  one 
hundred  pounds  and  I  doe  hereby  nominate  appoint  and  desire  M*  Isaac 
DafForne  to  bee  my  trustee  for  my  said  two  sonnes  Jacob  and  Joseph,"  &c. 
My  said  wife  Elizabeth  to  be  sole  executrix,  desiring  her  to  take  the  assist- 
ance and  advice  of  the  said  Isaac  Daffbrne,  "  and  as  for  the  remainder  or 
overplus  of  my  estate  which  I  value  to  bee  above  two  thousand  pounds  as 
by  note  inclosed  of  what  is  beyond  Sea  which  when  it  is  returned  home  to 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  257 

London  I  doe  give  the  one  halfe  thereof  to  my  sonne  John  and  the  other  halfe 
to  my  said  wife  and  my  two  other  sonnes  Jacob  and  Joseph  which  is  over 
and  besides  what  is  in  the  hands  of  Mr  Hezechia  Usher  and  John  Usher  and 
which  by  account  is  above  five  thousand  pounds  and  is  Stock  in  their  hands 
the  one  halfe  whereof  belongs  to  mee  and  if  they  have  not  complyed  with 
my  proposalls  made  by  Peter  Buckley  Esqr  then  my  power  that  I  gave  to 
the  said  Peter  Buckley  is  to  bee  null  and  void  and  then  I  doe  give  the 
proceed  thereof  to  my  said  sonne  John  and  my  sonne  in  law  Ralph  Man- 
waring  equally  to  bee  divided  betweene  them." 

To  Mr.  Matthew  Meade  ten  pounds,  to  Mr  Lawrence  ten  pounds,  to  Ann 
Gillman  five  pounds,  to  my  sister  Harwood  five  pounds,  to  Mary  Scater- 
good  five  pounds  and  to  such  poor  Christians  as  Mr.  Meade  Mr.  Lawrence 
and  my  said  wife  shall  think  fit  ten  pounds. 

Wit.     Hen:  Bosworth,  Humph  Hackshaw,  Jacob  Bosworth. 

Cann,  72. 

[John  Harwood,  the  testator,  was  no  doubt  the  John  Harwood  of  Boston  1645, 
freeman  of  Mass.  May  2,  1649,  who  by  wife  Elizabeth  had  Elizabeth,  bp.  17  March, 
1650;  Hezekiah,  b.  17  April,  1653,  d.  youns ;  Hannah,  b.  March  6,  1655.  He  was 
admitted  to  First  Church,  Dec.  25,  1647,  when  he  was  called  taylor.  He  sold  his 
estate  in  1657,  and  went  home,  and  in  1677  was  of  London  (See Savage's  Gen.  Diet.). 
Savage  suggests  that  he  may  have  been  a  son  of  George  Harwood,  the  first  treasurer 
of  the  Massachusetts  Company. 

Thomas  Harwood,  of  Boston,  presumably  the  brother  Thomas  named  by  John,  m. 
July  7,  1654,  Rachel,  wid.  of  Robert  Woodward  and  dau.  of  John  Smith,  and  had 
Rachel,  b.  June  20,  1655,  d.  young;  Jeremiah,  b.  June  4,  1656;  Ann,  b.  Aug. 
1657,  d.  young;  Rachel,  b.  Feb.  28,  1661;  and  Benjamin,  b.  Feb.  4,  1663. 

Nathaniel  Harwood, of  Boston,  by  wife  Elizabeth,  had  William, b.  March  28, 1665. 

Elizabeth  Sedgwick,  daughter  of  the  test:\tor,  must  have  been  the  widow  of 
Samuel  Sedgwick,  who  was  a  son  of  Major  Robert.  Her  husband  was  b.  in  Charles- 
town,  N.  E.,  where  he  was  bap.  March  31,  1639.  He  went  to  England  as  early  as 
1657.  ''It  is  curious  that  his  signature  was  proved  in  England  by  his  widow 
[Elizabeth],  1  Dec.  1683,  then  aged  only  33  years,  and  she  says  he  was  her  husband 
six  years.  '  Citizen  and  cloth  worker  of  London, '  he  calls  himself  inadeedof  20  May, 
1667,  whereby  he  sold  his  house  and  land  in  Charlestown  to  Francis  Willoughby." 
(Savage.)     See  Sedgwick  wills,  post. — Editor.] 

Memorandum  that  Nicholas  Houghton  late  of  the  parish  of  S*  Mar- 
garet New  Fish  Street,  London,  deceased,  did  on  the  one  and  twentieth  day 
of  January  one  thousand  six  hundred  forty  eight,  stilo  Anqlice,  or  there- 
abouts, utter  and  speak  these  words  &c.  I  give  to  my  son  Robert  Hough- 
ton the  sum  of  ten  pounds  and  my  ring,  to  my  daughter  Mary  Norton  forty 
shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring,  and  to  my  daughter  Van  Court  forty  shillings, 
and  for  the  rest  of  my  goods  I  give  unto  Ellinor  my  wife,  and  do  make  her 
my  full  executor  ....  in  the  presence  of  Arthur  Wind  and  Susanna 
Houghton. 

Admon.  was  granted  2  March  1648  to  the  son  Robert  Houghton,  the 
widow  having  renounced.  Fairfax,  33. 

Robert  Houghton  of  the  parish  of  Sl  Olave's,  Southworth,  in  the 
County  of  Surrey,  brewer,  25  December  1653,  proved  at  Westminster  7 
January  1653.  To  wife  Mary  Houghton  six  hundred  pounds  in  money 
and  all  my  plate  and  household  stuff  whatsoever ;  also  my  house  and  land 
at  Lewsham  which  I  purchased  of  Thomas  Hill,  gentleman,  deceased  (and 
other  real  estate).  To  our  daughter  Martha  four  hundred  pounds,  to  be 
paid  her  at  her  day  of  marriage  or  age  of  twenty-one  years,  and  to  daugh- 


258  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

ters  Sarah  aud  Hannah  (the  same  sum  on  similar  conditions).  To  John 
Planner  the  younger,  son  of  John  Planner,  citizen  and  girdler  of  London, 
and  of  my  daughter  Mary  Planner  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  within  seven 
years  after  my  decease. 

"  Item  I  will  and  bequeath  unto  my  dearely  loveinge  and  pious  sister 
Mary  Norton  wife  of  ffrancis  Norton  of  Charles  towne  in  New  England 
the  sonie  of  twenty  poundes  to  be  paied  to  her  within  two  yeares  after  my 
decease."  I  will  and  appoint  that  the  five  hundred  pounds  due  unto  my 
son  in  law  John  Willcox  who  lately  married  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Hough- 
ton be  paid  unto  him  within  the  compass  of  two  years  as  the  remainder  of 
the  portion  which  I  agreed  to  give  him  with  my  said  daughter.  To  my 
son  in  law  John  Planner  five  pounds  to  buy  him  a  ring  and  to  my  daughter 
Mary  Planner  ten  pounds  (similar  sums  to  son  and  daughter  Willcox). 

"  Item  I  allsoe  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  very  loueinge  brother  Mr 
"William  Sedgwicke  five  pounds  to  buy  him  a  ringe.  Allsoe  to  my  loue- 
inge brother  ffrancis  Sedgwicke  five  pounds  to  buy  him  a  ringe."  To  three 
clerks,  William  Pijjgott,  John  Nobes  aud  Robert  Maisters  and  Lawrence 
West  fifty  shilling  apiece  and  also  to  widow  West  the  sum  of  twenty  shil- 
lings. All  the  residue  to  wife  Mary  Houghton  whom  I  appoint  sole  execu- 
trix. And  I  desire  my  brothers  Mr  William  and  Mr  Francis  Sedgwicke  to 
be  overseers.  Alchin,  372. 


John  Houghton  of  Hocuth  = 
in  Com.  North*11 


Thomas  Houghton  of  Hocuth  =  Mary,  dau.  of  — —  Greene. 


Nicholas  Houghton  =  Elinor,  dau.  of  Gregory  Newnam. 
of  London,  Fishmonger. 


Mary  wife  to        Joice        Robert  Houghton  =  Mary  dau.  of  W"n»  Nicholas  Houghton 

Fran:  Norton  of  London,  Brewer,    j     Scigwick  of  of  London,  Fishmonger. 

of  London,  [     Com.  Yorke.  == 

Fishmonger.  i—  — |  mard  Ann,  dau.  of 

Robert,  son  and  heir,  Mary,  2  yrs.         Gregory  Ncwnara. 

4  yrs.  old  1633.  old. 

Harl.  MS.  1476,  Fo.92,.Brit.  Museum. 


A  pedigree  of  the  same  family  may  be  found  in  the  Visitation  of  London,  pub- 
lished by  the  Harleian  Society  (vol.  xv.  p.  369).  In  the  latter  Francis  Norton  is 
ca  led  a  haberdasher,  which  is  more  probably  correct,  if  we  may  judge  from  the 
character  of  his  inventory  as  shown  in  the  Middlesex  Records,  he  being  the  well- 
known  Capt.  Francis  Norton,  who  was  admitted  into  the  church  of  Charlestown, 
Mass.,  10-2-1642,  and  died  in  Charlestown,  27  July,  1667.  He  left  no  male  issue, 
but  has  probably  many  descendants  in  New  England  through  his  daughters,  of 
whom  Abigail  was  the  wife  of  John  Long,  Mary  of  Joseph  Noyes,  Deborah  of  Zech- 
ary  Hill,  and  Elizabeth  of  Timothy  Symmes  and  Ephraim  Savage.  In  social,  polit- 
ical and  military  relations  Capt.  Norton  seems  to  have  stood  high. 

The  Houghton  pedigree  is  interesting  and  valuable  for  the  light  it  incidentally 
casts  on  the  origin  of  the  family  of  Sedgwick  of  Charlestown.  The  will  of  John 
Sedgwick,  already  printed  in  these  Cleanings  {ante,  p.  47)  ,  by  its  reference  to  his 
brother  Major-Gen.  Robert  Sedgwick,  of  New  England,  and  his  sister  Mary,  wife 
of  Robert  Houghton,  establishes  this  connection  clearly.— Henry  F.  Waters.] 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  259 

Stephen  Sedgwick  of  London  Brewer  19  July  1638.  One  third  to 
wife  Catherine  and  one  third  to  children  now  living  viz.  Job,  Sara,  Susan- 
na, Rebecca,  Abigail  and  Joshua  Sedgwick  at  their  several  ages  of  twenty 
and  one  years  or  days  of  marriage.  The  other  third  in  special  legacies. 
To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Engleton  where  I  was  born  and  had  my  first 
breath,  the  poor  of  Hortou,  the  poor  of  S'  Bride's  &c.  To  my  uncle  Tho- 
mas Checheley  of  S'  Ives.  To  Arthur  Browne  of  the  same  town.  To  my 
cousin  Jane  Prichard  in  Moore  Lane.  To  my  brother  William  Sedgwick's 
children  living  at  my  decease.  To  my  brother  Thomas  Browne's  children 
and  his  wife.  To  my  brother  Norton  and  his  wife.  To  my  cousin  Wil- 
liam Sedgwick  and  John  Sedgwick  and  cousin  Robert  Houghton.  To  my 
aunt  Anne  Rundall.  To  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Browne  the  daughter  of  my 
sister  Elizabeth  Norton.  And  I  do  forgive  all  such  debts  and  sums  of 
money  as  are  due  and  owing  unto  me  by  any  of  my  cousins  Sedgwickes  in 
Yorkshire.  The  rest  and  residue  to  loving  wife  Catherine  Sedgwick,  whom 
I  make  and  ordain  to  be  my  full  and  sole  executrix  &c  My  loving 
brother  Mr  Thomas  Browne,  my  loving  brother  Mr  Henry  Norton  and 
my  said  loving  cousin  Mr  Robert  Houghton  to  be  my  overseers  &c. 

On  the  15th  day  of  December,  A.D.  1649,  issued  forth  a  commission  to 
Job  Sedgeswick,  natural  and  lawful  son  and  principal  legatee  of  Stepheu 
Sedgeswick,  late  of  the  parish  of  Sl  Bridget  alias  Bride's,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  deceased,  to  administer  the  goods,  &c,  according  to  the  tenor  of  the 
will,  for  the  reason  that  Catherine  Sedgeswick,  wife  and  executrix  of  the 
testator,  before  his  death,  hath  also  departed  this  life.  Fairfax,  192. 

January  1655.     English  Stile. 

The  fifth  day  Letters  of  Administracon  issued  out  unto  Martha  Sedge- 
wicke  the  Relict  of  ffrancis  Sedgwicke,  late  of  the  parish  of  Mary  Somer- 
sett  in  London  deced  To  adter  the  goods  chells  &  debt's  of  ye  said  deced 
She  being  first  sworne  (by  Cofnission)  truly  to  Administer  &c.     Fo.  12. 

September  1656 

On  ye  Thirtieth  day  issued  forth  Letters  of  Adcon  To  Johanna  Sedg- 
wick widdow  ye  relict  of  Maior  Robert  Sedgwick  late  in  the  parts  beyond 
the  Seas  Esqr  deed  To  Administer  all  and  singuler  ye  goods  chells  and 
Debts  of  ye  sayd  deed     Shee  being  first  sworne  truely  to  Administer  &c. 

Fo.  221. 

William  Sedgwicke,  the  elder  (of  Lewisham,  Kent,  says  the  Probate 
Act)  28  November  1663,  proved  26  February  1663.  To  son  in  law  Nich- 
olas Ashton  and  his  wife,  my  daughter,  two  parcels  of  land  in  Great  Samp- 
ford  and  Little  Sampford,  Essex.  To  daughters  Susan  and  Mary  Sedg- 
wicke. To  son  in  law  Timotheus  Van  Vleteren  three  hundred  pounds, 
which  with  three  hundred  pounds  already  paid  makes  in  all  six  hundred 
pounds  his  full  share  and  more  of  that  money  which  fell  to  me  by  the  death 
of  Mr  James  Harewiu.  To  son  in  law  Nath:  James.  To  my  nephew 
Zach.  Sedgwicke  one  hundred  pounds,  to  be  paid  him  within  one  month 
after  my  brother  Sedgwicke,  his  father,  shall  have  paid  the  hundred  and 
fifty  pounds  that  I  stand  bound  for  him,  with  the  interest.  To  my  nephew 
William  Barrett  one  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  to  his  father  for  his  use 
&c.  To  my  sister  Mary  Houghton.  To  my  son  Francis  Commins.  To 
my  friend  Robert  Bacon.  To  my  faithful  servant  Robert  Boult.  To  my 
loving  friend  Joshua  Sprigge  one  hundred  pounds  to  be  disposed  to  chari- 
table uses  &c.  William  Sedgwicke  my  only  son  and  heir  and  sole  execu- 
tor. He  to  consult  with  his  loving  brothers  Nath:  James,  Nich:  Asbton  and 
Timotheus  Van  Vleteren.  Bruce.  22. 


260         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Wii,l.  Sedgwick,  Son  of  William  Sedgwick  of  London,  Gen.  became  a 
Commoner  in  Pembroke  Coll.  Oxon.  in  Michaelmas  Term  A.  1624,  aged 
15  years.  Having  taken  his  Degrees  and  H.  Orders  he  was  admitted  into 
this  Church  [Farnham]  at  the  Presentation  of  two  of  his  Relations*  in  1634, 
where  he  behav'd  himself  conformable  to  the  Ch.  of  England;  but  upon  the 
turn  of  the  times  in  1641  he  clos'd  with  the  Presbyterians;  after  the  Loyal 
Clergy  had  been  ejected  from  their  Livings  he  became  the  chief  preacher  in 
Ely  and  was  called  the  Apostle  of  that  Isle.  What  he  enjoy'd  there  and 
elsewhere,  for  several  Years,  he  lost  after  the  King's  Restauration,  by  Non- 
Conformity.  He  was  a  conceited  whimsical  Person  and  one  very  unsettled 
in  his  Opinions;  sometimes  he  was  a  Presbyterian,  sometimes  an  Independ- 
ent, and  at  other  times  an  Anabaptist,  sometimes  he  was  a  Prophet,  and  at 
other  times  pretended  to  Revelations ;  and  upon  pretence  of  a  Vision  that 
Doomsday  was  at  hand  he  retired  to  Sir  Francis  Russells  in  Cambridge- 
shire, where  he  call'd  upon  certain  Gentlemen  as  they  were  at  Bowes  to 
prepare  themselves  ;  for  that  he  had  lately  received  a  Revelation  that 
Doomsday  would  be  some  Day  the  next  Week ;  whence  he  was  afterwards 
call'd  Doomsday  Sedgwick  ;  after  the  Restauration  he  lived  mostly  at  Lewes- 
ham  in  Kent.  In  1668  he  retired  to  London,  where  he  soon  after  dy'd. 
Ath.  Ox.  Vol.  II.  p.  335.  Newcourt's  Repertorium,  &c.  II.  256. 

Rebeccah  Thorne  of  Hornsey  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  17  Sep- 
tember 1660,  proved  20  November  1660.  To  my  sister  Blackwell  my 
diamond  ring  that  was  my  mother's.  To  my  sister  Clarke  the  little  cabi- 
net of  mother  of  pearl  that  was  my  mother's.  To  my  son  John  Thorne 
my  silver  watch.  To  my  daughter  Sarah  Thorne  my  diamond  ring  with 
one  stone.  To  my  brother  Job  Sedgwicke  and  wife  and  brother  Joshua 
Sedgewicke  twenty  shilliugs  apiece  to  buy  each  of  them  a  ring.  To  Mary 
Noble  the  forty  shillings  that,  she  oweth  me,  aud  a  small  ring  that  I  had  at 
my  Aunt  Randall's  funeral.  To  my  cousin  Moore  the  satin  petticoat  that 
was  my  mother's.  To  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Ash  the  ring  that  I  had  at 
cousin  William  Sedgwicke's  wife  funeral.  My  sister  Blackwell  to  be  sole 
executrix,  desiring  her  to  take  upon  her  the  care  and  charge  of  my  son 
Robert  Thorne. 

The  will  was  proved  by  Susanna  Blackwell.  Nabbs,  301. 

Letters  issued  21  July  1670  to  Stephen  Sedgewicke  son  of  Job  Sedge- 
wicke  lately  of  Sl  Peter's  Paul's  Wharf  Loudon  but  dying  in  the  City  of 
Bristol,  to  administer  on  his  goods,  &c. 

Admon.  Act  Book  (1670)  113. 

Inrollment  of  Letters  Patent  and  other  Instruments  of  State  during  the 
Protectorate  of  Oliver  Cromwell,  of  his  son  Richard,  and  of  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  persons  styling  themselves  Keepers  of  the  Liberties  of  Eng- 
land, from  24  June,  1654,  to  23  January,  1659. 

Fol.  31.  6  June  1655.  That  the  sum  of  1793U  7a  8d  remaining  due  and 
owing  unto  Major  Rob'  Sedgwick  upon  his  Accompts  (examd  by  the  Com" 
of  our  Navy)  as  he  was  employed  in  the  publique  service  in  New  Eng- 
land and  elsewhere  against  the  ffreuch,  be  paid  him. 

Stowe  MSS.  (Brit.  Mus.)  215. 

*  He  was  presented  to  the  living,  Feb.  5,  1634-5,  by  Stephen  and  John  Sedgwick  (See 
Newcourt,  n.  256,  and  Bliss's  ed.  of  Wood's  Athcnoe  Oxonienses,  in.  894).  The  latter 
work  contains  a  good  sketch  of  William  Segdwick's  life,  with  a  list  of  his  publications. 
Wood  and  Newcourt  (tibi  supra)  and  Palmer  (Nonconformist's  Memorial,  London,  1778, 
I.  248)  are  in  error  in  placing  his  death  after  1668.— Editor. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  26 1 

[By  the  preceding  documents  and  the  will  of  John  Sedgwick  above  referred  to, 
we  learn  that  Major  Robert  Sedgwick  of  Charlestown,  N.  E.,  was  son  of  William2 
Sedgwick  of  London,  gent.,  who  had  a  brother  Stephen2  a  brewer. 

William2  Sedgwick,  of  London,  had  a  wife  Elizabeth  who  survived  him  and 
was  livinor  a  widow  in  Woburn,  Beds,  in  1638.  He  had  at  least  five  children, 
namely:  Maj.  Robert,3  John,3  of  St.  Savior,  Southwark,  will  27  Nov.  1638,  pr.  5 
Dec.  1638,  wife  Martha.  William,3  a  clergyman,  rector  of  Farnham  in  Esses  1634  to 
1644,  afterwards  held  a  living  in  the  city  of  Ely,  but  was  ejected  under  the  Bar- 
tholomew act,  retired  to  Lewishain,  Kent,  and  died  between  Nov.  28,  1663,  and  Feb. 
26,  1663-4.  He  had  William,4  and  several  daughters.  Francis,3  who  was  living 
in  1653,  and  was  probably  the  Francis  of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary,  Somerset,  London, 
whose  widow  Martha  was  granted  administration  on  his  estate,  January,  1655-6. 
Mart/,3  wife  of  Robert  Houghton,  who  had  Robert,  Mary  married  John  Planner, 
and  Martha. 

2  Sedgwick,  brother  of  William,  perhaps  Stephen  above  named,  had:  Ste- 
phen3 will  July  19,  1638,  proved  Dec.  15,  1649,  had  wife  Catherine,  who  died  be- 
fore him.    He  had  Job,4  Sarah,4  Susanna4  and  Rebecca  ;4  of  whom  Rebecca  married 

Thorne  and  died   in    1660,    leaving  a  daughter    Sarah  Thorne.      William,3 

probably  dead  in  1638,  leaving  children.  Elizabeth3  married  Henry  Norton,  both 
living  in  1638.    She  had  a  daughter  Elizabeth  Browne. 

William2  Sedgwick,  above,  of  London,  is  said  in  the  Houghton  pedigree  (ante, 
p.  66)  to  have  been  of  the  county  of  York.  He  resided  afterwards,  it  is  presumed, 
in  Bedfordshire,  as  his  son  Rev.  William3  is  stated  in  Wood's  Athena;  to  have 
been  born  in  that  county,  and  another  son  John3  in  his  will  (Reg.  xxxviii.  207) 
calls  Woburn,  Beds,  the  parish  in  which  he  himself  was  born.  Elizabeth  Sedg- 
wick, wife  of  William2  and  the  mother  of  these  children,  resided  in  Woburn  after 
her  husband's  death.  Probably  Major  Robert3  Sedgwick  and  the  other  children 
were  born  in  Woburn. 

There  is  a  Sedgwick  pedigree  traced  to  "  Edward  Sedgwik  of  Dent  in  com. 
York  "  in  the  Essex  Pedigrees  in  the  Publications  of  the  Harlcian  Society,  vol.  xiv. 
page  600.  In  1642,  Edward  Sedgwick,  a  great-great-grandson  of  the  above  Edward, 
resided  at  Chipping  Ongar  in  Essex.  1  can  find  no  evidence  that  the  two  families 
were  related,  though  both  were  from  the  same  county. — Editor.] 

John  Jollife  of  Fyfhed  Magdaleu  in  the  County  of  Dorset,  29  Octo- 
ber 1583,  proved  30  January  1583.  To  the  poor  people  of  Stower  Preaux, 
Stower  Estuwer  and  Fyfhed  Magdalen.  To  eldest  daughter  Rebecca 
Jollife  and  daughter  Susan  Jollife  at  ages  of  fourteen  years.  Son  John 
Joliffe.  Mother  in  law  Helen  Newman,  widow,  late  wife  of  Robert  New- 
man deceased.  Reference  to  a  lease  grauted  by  father  Richard  Jollife,  20 
December  22d  of  Elizabeth.  Father  still  living.  To  brother  Edmond  Jol- 
life. To  kinswoman  Christian  Galler.  To  sister  Mary  Jollife.  To  bro- 
ther John  Jollife.  Wife  Elizabeth  Jollife  to  be  sole  executrix.  Uncle 
Henry  Newman,  brother  in  law  Richard  Estemond,  brother  Edmond  Jol- 
life, Nicholas  Joyce  and  Nicholas  Clarke,  vicar  of  Fifehed,  to  be  overseers. 

Butts,  23. 

Letters  issued  forth  9  December  1639,  to  Catherine  Joliffe  relict  of  John 
Joliffe  lately  of  East  Stower  in  the  county  of  Dorset  deceased,  to  admin- 
ister on  his  goods,  &c.  Admon.  Act  Book  (1639)  fo.  89. 

"  Memorandum  that  George  Joyliffe,  Doctor  in  Physicke,  ye  Six- 
teenth Day  of  November  one  thousand  sixe  hundred  ffitie  Eight  made  his 
last  Will."  Proved  24  November,  1658.  My  body  to  be  buried  with  as  lit- 
tle funeral  pomp  as  may  be.  To  my  cousin  Francis  (my  servant)  the  sum 
of  fifty  pounds  to  be  paid  when  all  my  debts  are  satisfied.  To  my  maid- 
servant Elizabeth  five  pounds  and  to  Susan  four  pounds.  To  my  brother 
Richard  Joyliffe  my  black  mare.  To  my  cousin  Francis  (as  above)  all  my 
Latin  Books.  To  my  daughter  Katherine  five  hundred  pounds,  with  the 
interest  thereof,  to  be  paid  her  at  the  age  of  sixteen  or  the  day  of  her  mar- 


202 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 


riage,  and  the  same  to  be  put  out  for  her  use  by  my  brother  "William  Bigg 
and  my  cousin  Richard  Newman.  All  the  residue  of  my  estate  to  my  lov- 
ing wife  Ann  Joyliffe  and  she  to  be  executrix.  Brother  William  to  be 
overseer.  None  of  these  legacies  to  be  paid  or  disposed  of  until  Mrs 
Mymms's  account  be  satisfied  and  paid.  Wit:  Thomas  ffrewen  and  Sara 
Mills.  Wootton,  631. 

Anne  Joyliffe  relict  and  executrix  of  George  Joyliffe  late  Doctor  of 
Phisick,  25  May  1660,  proved  29  November  1660.  My  body  to  be  bu- 
ried in  Trinity  church  near  Garlick  Hill,  London,  near  the  body  of  my  late 
husband.  To  my  daughter  Katherine  Joyliffe  one  thousand  pounds,  to  be 
paid  her  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years.  A  reference  to  a  legacy  of  five  hun- 
dred pounds  left  to  her  by  the  husband  of  the  testatrix  and  to  be  paid  her 
at  the  same  age.  The  amount  of  this  legacy  to  be  recovered  out  of  a  debt 
due  the  said  George  by  one  Francis  Drake  of  Walton,  in  the  County  of 
Surrey.  If  that  debt  should  not  be  recovered  then  five  hundred  pounds 
more  to  make  the  thousand  pounds  fifteen  hundred.  To  my  mother  Mary 
Bigge  two  hundred  pounds.  To  my  brother  "William  Bigge*  one  hundred 
and  fifty  pounds.  To  my  brother  John  Bigge  one  hundred  pounds.  To 
Francis  Cave,  nephew  to  my  said  husband,  forty  pounds,  and  to  Alice 
Cave,  his  sister,  ten  pounds.  To  my  said  daughter  Katherine  my  diamond 
ring  set  with  one  stone  only,  my  diamond  locket,  my  plate,  linen  and  other 
household  stuff.     My  brother  William  Bigge  to  be  executor. 

"Wit :  St.  Frewen,  Thomas  Frewen,  Miles  Beales. 

A  codicil  refers  to  fifteen  hundred  pounds  secured  in  the  names  of  Sir 
Charles  Harford,  my  cousin  Newman  and  my  cousin  Frewen,  in  trust  for 
my  use,  and  refers  also  to  a  deed  from  my  brother  Joyliffe. 

Nabbs,  285. 

Thankful  Frewen,  of  Sl  Andrew,  Holborn,  in  the  County  of  Middle- 
sex, esq.,  in  his  will  of  25  September,  1656,  proved  18  March,  1656,  men- 
tions, among  others,  his  brother  Accepted  Frewen,  cousin  George  Joyliffe, 
Doctor  in  Physick,  niece  Ann  Joyliffe,  wife  of  the  said  Dr.  Joyliffe,  and 
sister  Mary  Bigg.  Ruthen,  110. 


PEDIGREE  OF  JOLLIFFE. 

Ricardus  Joleiff  de  Canning  Court  in  =  .  .  .  .  relict  .  .  . 
p'ochia  de  Pulha  in  Com.  Dorset.  de  Com.  Som. 


Rogers 


Johannes  Joleiff  de  Caning  Court  in  =  Elizab.  filia  et  coh  Rob11  Newman 


Com.  Dorset  fil.  et  heres. 


dc  Fifeild  Magdalen  in  Com. 
Dorset. 


'Rebecca  vxor 
Wili.  Starre  de 
Bradford  in  Com. 
Dors. 


Johannes  Jolliffe  de  Estoucr 
in  Com.  Dors.  fil.  et  hsercs 
Patris  et  matris  sup'stes 
1623. 


Katherin  da.  of 
Johes  Ilenninge 
de  Paxwcll  in 
Com.  Dorset. 


2Susanna  vx.  Will: 

Holman  de 

Estouer  in 

Com.  Dorset. 


Ricardus  Joleiff  fil. 
et  hacr  setat,  12 
annoru  1623. 


2Johannes  set.  8. 
3Robt"a  set.  4. 


I 


I 


Harl.  MS.  1166,  fo.  32b. 


4Georgius  set.  3.  Catherine  ast.  [141. 

Dorothea  aet.  [13]. 

(Signed)    Jo.  Joyliffe. 


*  Much  about  the  Bigg  family  will  be  found  in  the  Register,  xxix.  2.53-60;   and  ante, 
pp.  21-3.— Editor. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  263 

John  Fkewen  the  elder,  of  Northiham,  iD  the  County  of  Sussex,  clerk, 
aged,  &c.,  in  his  will,  dated  1  June  1627,  mentions  son  Accepted  Frewen 
(President  of  Magdalen  College,  Oxford),  son  Thankfull  Frewen  and 
daughter  Mary  wife  of  John  Bigg,  lands  &c.  in  Sussex  and  in  Newenden 
and  Sandherst,  Kent.  Barrington,  38. 

[From  the  Roll  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians  of  London,  compiled  from  the 
Annals  of  the  College  and  from  other  authentic  sources,  by  William  Munk,  M.D., 
Fellow  of  the  College,  etc.  etc.,  previously  referred  to,  we  learn  that  "  George  Joy- 
line,  M.D.,  was  born  at  East  Stower,  in  Dorsetshire.  In  the  early  part  of  1637  he 
was  entered  a  commoner  of  Wadham  College,  Oxford,  where  he  remained  about 
two  years,  and  then  removed  to  Pembroke  College,  as  a  member  of  which  he  took 
the  two  degrees  in  arts,  A. B.  4th  June,  1640;  A.M.  20th  April,  1643.  He  then 
entered  on  the  study  of  physic,  pursued  anatomy  with  the  utmost  diligence,  and 
'  with  the  help  '  (as  Wood  says)  '  of  Dr.  Clayton,  master  of  his  College,  and  the 
king's  professor  of  Physick,  made  some  discovery  of  that  fourth  set  of  vessels  plain- 
ly differing  from  veins,  arteries  and  nerves,  now  called  the  lymphatics.'  He  finally 
removed  to  Clare  Hall,  Cambridge,  and,  having  there  proceeded  doctor  of  medicine, 
settled  in  London  ;  was  admitted  a  candidate  of  the  College  of  Physicians,  4th 
April,  1653  ;  and  a  Fellow,  25th  June,  1658.  Dr.  Joyliffe  lived  in  Garlick  Hill ; 
and,  as  I  learn  from  Harney,  died  11th  November,  1658,  being  then  barely  forty 
years  of  age." 

There  is  nothing,  to  be  sure,  in  the  foregoing  wills  of  Dr.  Joyliffe  and  his  widow, 
to  show  any  connection  with  English  families  in  America.  Fortunately  we  may 
learn,  from  another  source,  that  he  was  a  brother  of  John  Joyliffe,  Esq.,  an  emi- 
nent merchant  of  Boston,  Mass.,  who,  as  we  are  told  by  Savage,  was  of  *'  Boston 
1656,  m.  28  Jan.  1657,  Ann  wid.  and  extrix.  of.  Robert  Knight,  who  had  also  been 
wid.  and  extrix.  of  Thomas  Cromwell,  the  wealthy  privateersman,  had  only  ch. 
Hannah,  b.  9  May,  1690.  He  was  freem.  J673,  many  yrs.  a  selectman,  one  of  the 
patriots  of  1689  who  put  Andros  in  prison,  town  recorder  in  1691 ;  and  was  made 
by  Increase  Mather  one  of  the  Counc.  in  the  Chart,  of  William  &  Mary,  but  drop, 
at  the  first  popular  choice  ;  died  23  November,  1702."  Savage  is  in  error  as  to  the 
year  of  his  death,  as  is  shown  by  the  probate  of  Joyliffe 's  will  (see  below),  and 
by  Sewall's  Diary.*  It  should  be  1701.  The  daughter  of  his  wife,  by  her  first 
husband,  viz.,  Elizabeth  Cromwell,  was  married  first  to  Richard  Price  of  Boston, 
and  secondly  to  Isaac  Vickars  of  Hull,  and  by  the  first  husband  had,  among  other 
issue,  a  daughter,  Elizabeth  Price,  who  became  the  second  wife  of  James  Townsend 
of  Boston,  aucestor  of  a  distinguished  Boston  family,  and  whose  granddaughter  Re- 
becca, daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Phillips)  Townsend,  was  the  wife  of  John 
Winthrop,  LL.D.  and  F  R.S.,  Fellow  of  Harvard  College  and  Holl is  Professor  of 
Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy. 

The  will  of  John  Joyliffe  ot  Boston,  merchant  (Suffolk  Registry,  B.  14,  L.  432), 
made  7  February,  1699  (1700),  proved  27  December,  1701,  devises  his  mansion 
house  to  Martha,  daughter  of  his  late  wife  and  wife  of  Jarvis  Ballard,  allowing  the 
heirs  of  Richard  Price  power  of  redemption.  He  also  makes  numerous  bequests  to 
friends  and  relatives  in  England,  viz.  :  Katherine  Bowles,  daughter  of  his  brother 
Dr.  George  Joyliffe,  Katherine  Coope  and  Alice  Morley,  daughters  of  his  sister 
Dorothy  Cave,  John  Cooke  of  London,  merchant,  son  of  his  sister  Martha  Cooke, 
Rebecca  Spicer,  daughter  of  his  sister  Rebecca  Woolcot,  John  Drake,  son  of  his 
sister  Margaret  Drake,  and  Margaret  and  Katharine  Drake,  daughters  of  his  sister 
Margaret  and  Esther,  daughter  of  his  sister  Mary  Biss,  sometime  wife  of  James 
Biss  of  Shepton  Mallett,  in  the  County  of  Somerset.  He  also  bequeaths  sums  of 
money  to  the  Rev.  Samuel  Willard  (of  Boston),  and  to  Mr.  Simon  Willard,  his  son, 
and  to  the  poor  of  Boston.  For  a  further  account  of  his  wife  and  her  relatives,  see 
"  Family  of  William  Townsend  of  Boston."  Essex  Institute  Historical  Collections, 
Vol.  19,  pp.  274-5  (1882).— h.  f.  w.] 

*  "  Nov  23.  1701.  John  Joyliffe  Esqr.  dies.  He  had  been  blind,  and  laboured  under 
many  Infirmities  for  a  long  time."— Diary  of  Chief  Justice  Samuel  Sewall  in  Coll.  of  Mass. 
Hist.  Society,  5th  Series,  vol.  vi.  p.  48. 


264         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

William  Grey  citizen  and  merchant  tailor  of  London  1  September 
1657  ;  proved  at  London  18  November  1663.  To  sou  Abraham  the  copy- 
hold house  and  orchard  in  Hamerton,  in  parish  of  Hackney.  To  son 
Josia  part  of  another  copyhold  house  in  Hamerton  with  two  barns,  stable 
and  cowhouse  &c.  To  daughter  Rebecca  Grey  another  part.  To  young- 
est daughter  Susanna  Grey  another  part.  Other  lands  in  Hackney  to  these 
four  children.  To  son  Abraham  the  fee  farm  rent  of  the  watermills 
at  Barking,  Essex,  of  fifteen  pounds  per  annum  or  thereabouts.  To 
son  Josiah  all  other  rents  or  tenths  payable  to  me  in  the  manors  or  parishes 
of  Barking,  East  Ham  or  West  Ham  in  said  county  of  Essex,  which  amount 
in  the  whole  about  nine  pounds  three  shillings  and  two  pence.  To  daugh- 
ter Rebecca  (other  rents)  and  all  that  Last  of  red  herrings  due  unto  me 
yearly  from  the  bayliffs  of  Great  Yarmouth  in  the  County  of  Norfolk.  To 
daughter  Susanna  (other  rents).  If  wife  be  with  child  then  such  child  to 
have  an  equal  portion  with  the  other  four  children. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving  brother  John  Grey  of  New 
England  the  sum  of  five  pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England  as  an  expres- 
sion of  my  love  to  him.  To  brother  Henry  Grey  the  like  sum  of  five 
pounds  &c.  And  these  two  five  pounds  not  to  be  paid  until  two  years  after 
my  decease.  To  brother  Isaac  Grey  my  buff  coat  and  five  pounds  to  buy  a 
piece  of  plate.  To  wife  Susanna  leases  at  Hamerton  and  lease  of  tene- 
ment in  Birchin  Lane,  London,  known  by  the  sign  of  the  Cross  Keys.  To 
brother  in  law  Mr  John  Price  twenty  shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring.  And  the 
like  sum  to  cousin  John  Smith,  potter.  To  the  poor  of  the  church  at  Step- 
ney of  which  Mr  Will1"  Greeuhill  is  pastor  the  full  profit  of  that  Last  of 
red  herrings  &c.  for  one  year  only  next  after  my  decease  and  no  longer. 
And  that  year's  profit  I  appoint  to  be  paid  unto  the  assissors  and  deacons 
of  the  said  church  whereof  one  Mr  Robert  Williams  my  dear  brother  in 
Christ  is  one. 

AVife  Susanna  to  be  executrix  and  guardian  to  all  the  children  and  bro- 
ther in  law  John  Price  and  brother  Isaac  Grey  to  be  overseers. 

Juxon,  130. 

[Savage  has  several  John  Grays  who  were  in  New  England. — Editor.] 

Robert  Greene,  Bodie  maker,  dwelling  in  the  parish  of  Stepney,  in 
the  County  of  Middlesex,  5  August  1658,  proved  22  September  1658.  To 
be  buried  near  my  wife  Dorothy  in  the  church  of  S4  Leonard,  Shoreditch. 
To  Thomas  Reynolds  at  Martin  Branden  in  Virginia  I  bequeath  forty 
pounds,  but  if  he  die  before  he  receive  it  I  bequeath  it  to  Joanna  Canon, 
widow,  in  Trinity  Lane,  Loudon,  or  her  heirs.  To  John  Greene,  a  barber 
in  Norwich,  my  brother,  five  shillings  and  to  his  son  Fraucis  Greene 
twenty  shillings.  To  Alexander  and  Richard  Greene,  students  in  Cam- 
bridge, and  to  Christopher  Greene,  cook  or  Katheriue  Hall  there,  sons  of 
my  brother  Christopher,  five  shillings  apiece.  To  my  kinswoman  Eliza- 
beth Gray,  at  Chelmsford,  in  Essex,  four  pairs  of  flaxen  sheets,  and  to  her 
brother  Christopher  Gray  four  pairs  of  sheets,  and  to  Ann  Gray,  their  sis- 
ter, dwelling  with  me,  ten  pounds.  To  John  Wright,  bodie  maker,  once 
my  servant,  now  dwelling  in  the  parish  of  St.  Leonard,  Shoreditch,  five 
pounds.  To  Richard  Thorington,  of  the  same  parish,  my  mourning  cloak. 
To  Robert  Marshall,  bodie  maker,  of  the  same  parish,  ten  shillings.  To 
Nicholas  Myriall,  of  the  same  parish,  clothworker,  a  cloth  suit.  To  Thomas 
white,  virginall  maker   in  the  old  Jury,  a  mourning  hat  and  hatband.     To 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  265 

Mary  Jenkes,  of  Grub  Street,  forty  shillings.  To  my  servant  Jone  Beer- 
croft  twenty  shillings.  To  Christopher  Greene,  my  brother  Nicholas 
Greene's  eldest  son,  a  carrier  of  Cambridge,  five  shillings,  and  to  my  loving 
friend  Thomas  Snow,  gardener,  forty  shillings,  whom  I  appoint  executor, 
dwelling  in  the  parish  of  S'  Leonard,  Shoreditch.  And  the  residue  I  leave 
to  him.     Wit:  Roger  Ley,  Thomas  White.  Wootton,  417. 

John  Dingley  of  the  parish  of  Sl  Olaves  in  the  old  Jewry,  London, 
grocer,  21  August,  1626,  proved  9  October,  1626.  Begins  with  reference 
to  an  assignment  made  of  property  consisting  of  five  leases  three  years 
and  a  half  ago  to  brother-in-law,  Sampson  Cotton  of  Loudon,  draper,  in 
trust,  with  consent  of  chiefest  and  greater  part  of  his  creditors. 

To  my  sister  in  law  Mrs  Anne  Fuller,  widow,  twenty  five  pounds  year- 
ly. To  Alice  Longe,  my  sister's  daughter,  now  remaining  in  my  service, 
ten  pounds  a  year.  To  Robert  Johnson  the  younger,  of  London,  grocer, 
two  thirds  part  of  the  benefit  &  profit  which  shall  be  made  and  raised  of 
my  said  five  leases,  after  the  expiration  of  the  term  &c.  of  the  trust  deed. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  brother  in  law  Sampson  Cotton,  in  re- 
spect of  the  pains  and  trouble  which  he  hath  taken  and  sustained  for  me,  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  &c.  To  Elizabeth  Cotton,  his  daughter  and  my 
god  daughter,  fifty  pounds;  and  to  the  rest  of  his  children  twenty  pounds 
apiece.  To  my  loving  friend  Mr  John  Eldred  the  younger,  five  pounds. 
To  my  kinswoman  Anne  Jarvis,  now  the  wife  of  George  Jarvis,  gentle- 
man, fifty  pounds  within  eight  years   after  my  decease.     If  she  die  before 

that  time,  then  to  her  son Jarvis,  now  living.     To  John  Warton,   of 

Winchester,  my  kinsman,  twenty  pounds  within  seven  years  after  my  de- 
cease. To  William  Allen  the  younger,  my  godson,  twenty  pounds,  at  the 
age  of  twenty  one  years.  To  my  godson  Thomas  Strange  five  pounds 
within  eight  years.  To  my  servant  William  Hudson,  twenty  pounds  in 
seven  years.  To  John  Rosewarden,  my  servant,  an  augmentation  of  his 
wages  if  he  shall  continue  workmaster  in  the  "  Coperous  works  "  at  Gil- 
lingham  in  the  County  of  Kent  &c.     Other  names. 

Robert  Johnson  the  younger  to  be  sole  executor,  and  loving  &  good 
friends  Mr  Alderman  Johnson,  the  said  Sampson  Cotton  and  the  said  John 
Eldred  to  be  overseers.  Hele,  141. 

Harvard  and  Sadler  {ante,  p.  133). 

The  following  is  only  another,  though  a  very  marked,  evidence  of  the 
friendly  interest  taken  in  my  work  by  my  fellow  workers  at  Somerset 
House.  Hardly  a  day  passes,  in  fact,  that  I  do  not  have  occasion  to  ex- 
press my  gratitude  for  some  new  genealogical  fact  brought  to  my  notice 
by  my  friends  here. 

It  was  to  Mr.  Dunkin  that  I  was  indebted  for  the  extract  from  the 
Archbishop's  Register,  showing  the  date  of  institution  of  Mr.  Sadler  at 
Ringmer,  and  the  extract  from  the  parish  register  giving  the  date  of  his 
induction,  confirming,  in  the  latter  respect,  the  notes  of  Burrell  which  I 
had  copied  in  the  British  Museum.  Henry  F.  Waters. 

Kenwyn  House,  Kidbrooke  Park,  Blackheath, 
17  Feb.  1888. 
Dear  Mr.  Waters  : 

Knowing  the  interest  that  is  felt  in  the  Harvard  pedigree  by  yourself  and  oth- 
ers, 1  feel  sure  you  will  be  glad  to  know  that  I  have  recently  had  the  good  fortune 


206 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


to  find,  in  contemporary  records,  the  exact  date  and  place  of  marriage  of  John  Har- 
vard to  Anne  Sadler,  daughter  of  John  Sadler,  vicar  of  Ringmer — facts  which  have 
hitherto  baffled  the  patient  and  diligent  inquiries  of  genealogists. 

The  following  extracts  will  speak  for  themselves.  The  first  is  a  marriage  license 
among  the  archives  of  the  see  of  Chichester,  while  the  second  is  the  entry  of  mar- 
riage in  the  parish  register  of  South  Mailing  near  Lewes,  a  parish  adjacent  to  Ring- 
mer, where  John  Sadler  was  beneficed. 


1636) 


;:o  , 


xvnj" :     Apri 
Quo    die    magi' 


pred  (t.   e. 

Anthonius 


o 


1 


Huggett  Cticus  in  artibus  magi'  Surr' : 
&c.  Concessit  tiam  mro  Esdrae 
Coxall  Ctico  Curato  de  Southmalling 
sive  eius  locu  teuenti  Cuicunque  ad 
solem  mrioniu  in  eadem  Ecctia  inter 
Joliem  Harvard  Cticum  poe  St1. 
Olavi  iuxta  London  et  Annam  Sadler 
de  Ringmer  puel  prstito  prius  Jura- 
ment'  ad  sancta  &c.  p  dcufn  Harvard 
nil  impetlimenti  racoe  consanguifi  affin 
prcont'  vel  alterius  Cause  Cuiuscunque 
de  Jure  ghibito  de  eius  scientia  ob- 
sistere  seu  intervenire  posse  quomi- 
nus  mrioniu  inter  eos  ttime  solem 
Obligantur  Idem  Johannes  Cticus  et 
Samuel  Jeames  de  Glinde  yeoman  in 
C  lj: " 

[ii.]      "Maryed    the    19  day     of 
Aprill  1636.      Mr.  John   Harvard  of 
J^        the  pish  of  Sl.  Olives,  neere  London, 
£         and  Anne  Sadler  of  Ringmer." 

I  am  desirous  that  this  discovery 
should  be  made  known  to  your  Ameri- 
can genealogical  friends,  and  I  think 
there  is  no  better  medium  than  your 
own  "  Gleanings,"  in  which  perhaps 
you  will  not  mind  inserting  this  letter. 
I  am,  dear  Mr.  Waters, 
Yours  very  truly, 

E.    H.     W.    DCNKIN. 


[Thomas  Harvard,  brother  of  Rev.  John, 
in  his  will  {ante,  page  126)  calls  him- 
self of  the  parish  of  ''  Saint  Olave  in 
South warke  in  the  county  of  Surrey." 
It  will  be  noted  that  John  Harvard  is  de- 
scribed as  of  that  parish  in  the  above 
records  found  by  Mr.  Dunkin.  Thomas 
Harvard  describes  himself  also  as  "  Citi- 
zen and  Clothworker  of  London."  A 
little  over  two  years  ago  the  records  of  the 
Clothworkers'  Company  of  London  were 
searched  for  entries  relating  to  him,  and 
those  of  his  being  bound  an  apprentice 
and  his  admission  to  the  freedom  of  the 
company  were  found.  An  English  cor- 
respondent of  the  New  York  Nation, 
April  8,  1886,  writing  from  Cambridge, 
Eng.,  March  22  of  that  year,  says  :  "  The 
records  of  Clothworkers'  Company  show 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  267 

that  Thomas  Harvarde  bound  himself  an  apprentice  to  William  Coxe  for  eight 
years  from  June  24,  1627.  1  give  the  entry,  extending  the  abbreviated  Latin 
of  the  original  : 

"  'Thomas  Harvarde  filius  lloberti  nuper  de  Southwarke  in  comitatu  Surrey 
lanii  defuneti  posnit  seipsum  Apprenticium  Williehno  Coxo  Civi  &  Clothworker 
London  par  fpro]  OctoAnnos  A  leeto  Nativitatis  Saneti  Jobannis  Baptistae  preterito 
Datum  undecimo  Septembris  162?.'  (Apprentice  Book,  1606-1641.)" 

Thomas  Harvard  was  admitted  a  freeman  of  the  Company  December  3,  1634.  as 
is  shown  by  an  entry  found  in  the  accounts  of  Henry  Browne,  Quarter  Warden, 
1634-1635.  Printed  fac-similes  of  these  entries  were  sent  to  me  by  a  friend  in  Eng- 
land, April  16,  1886,  and  they  are  reproduced  in  the  margin  on  the  preceding  page. 

The  writer  just  quoted,  noting  the  fact  that  Harvard  was  admitted  to  the 
freedom  of  the  Company  before  eight  years  had  expired,  says  :  "  The  explana- 
tion is  that  he  had  fulfilled  the  term  of  seven  years,  which  was  all  that  the 
use  and  custom  of  the  city  of  London,required." 

Dr.  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  presented  to  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society, 
February  10,  1887,  similar  printed  facsimiles  of  both  of  these  entries.  See  Pro- 
ceedings Mass.  Hist.  Soc,  2d  series,  vol.  in.  p.  221.  The  record  of  Thomas  Har- 
vard being  bound  an  apprentice  is  found  in  the  Register  of  Apprentices  Bound, 
1606-1641. 

An  autograph  of  Thomas  Harvard  and  another  autograph  of  his  brother  John, 
have  recently  been  discovered  attached  to  a  document  dated  July  25,  1635,  found 
among  the  muniments  of  the  Hospital  of  St.  Katherine  near  the  Tower  of  London. 
See  Register,  xlii.  pp.  109-110. — EnrroR.] 

Katherine  Wilson,  wife  of  Alexander  Wilson  of  St.  Martin  le  Grand 
of  Loudon,  taylor,  25  November  1583,  proved  at  London  9  January  1583. 
I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Alexander  Wilson  my  only  husband  that  part, 
parcell  and  portion  that  I,  Katherine  Wilson,  had  given  and  bequeathed 
unto  me  by  my  own  uncle  Edmoud  Grindall,  late  Archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury deceased,  with  all  my  right  and  interest  that  I,  the  said  Katherine 
Wilson,  had  or  by  any  ways  might  have  had  hereafter  to  whatsoever  part 
or  parcell  and  portion  of  the  residue  of  my  said  uncle's  will  and  goods  by 
any  ways  or  means  howsoever,  in  as  large  and  ample  manner  as  it  doth 
appear  in  his  will  more  plainly,  aud  make  executor  of  my  said  will  my  said 
husband  Alexander  Wilson.  Butts,  20. 

Guy  Briscowe  of  the  parish  of  Sundriche  in  the  County  of  Kent, 
clerk,  26  May  1594,  proved  1  March  1594.  To  my  godchild  Lawrence 
Gascony  three  shillings  four  pence.  To  all  the  rest  of  my  godchildren 
twelve  pence  apiece.  To  my  father,  Edward  Briscowe,  of  Crostananby 
in  the  Co.  of  Cumberland,  if  he  be  living,  ten  shillings.  To  my  sister 
Margaret  in  the  said  county  ten  shillings.  To  my  sister-in-law  Mistress 
Isabel  Wilson  ten  shillings.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Briscowe  three  score 
pounds  &c;  to  my  daughter  Anne  Briscowe  fifty  pounds,  to  my  daughter 
Isabel  Briscowe  fifty  pounds,  to  every  of  my  said  daughters  at  their  several 
ages  of  twenty  years  or  at  their  several  days  of  marriage.  To  my  eldest 
son  Thomas,  forty  pounds,  and  if  all  my  lands  are  sold,  other  forty  pounds. 
To  my  second  son  Edward  fifty  pounds.  To  my  third  son  William  fifty 
pounds.  To  my  fourth  son  John  fifty  pounds.  To  the  child  my  wife  now 
goeth  withal  fifty  pounds.    Provision  made  in  case  of  death  of  any  of  them. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving  wife  Mary  Briscowe  daughter 
of  William  WiHson,  late  of  New  Windsor  in  the  County  of  Berks,  de- 
ceased, &c  all  my  lands  and  tenements  with  their  appurtenances  whatsoever 
within  this  realm  of  England  to  the  only  intent  and  purpose  that  she  my 
said  wife  shall  sell  the  same  by  the  advice  of  my  overseer  or  overseers  of 
this  my  last  will  and  testament  hereafter  named  for  the  payment  of  the  sf»id 


208  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

legacies  and  of  my  said  childrens'  portions.  If  my  wife  die  before  my 
said  lands  be  sold  &c.  then  they  shall  be  sold  by  my  loving  brother-in-law 
William  Wilson,  clerk,  for  the  same  purpose  &c.  And  if  he  die  &c.  then 
these  lands  shall  be  sold  by  my  loving  cousin  Alexander  Briscowe  of  Watt- 
ford,  besides  Aldenham,  in  the  County  of  Hartford  &c.  And  if  the  said 
Alexander  die  &c.  then  my  loving  cousins  Edward  and  Robert  Briscowe,  of 
the  parish  of  Aldnam  '  (Aldenham)  aforesaid  &c.  The  residue  to  wife 
Mary,  whom  I  make  sole  executrix  &c.  I  nominate  constitute  and  appoint 
my  said  brother-in-law  William  Willson,  clerk,  governor  and  gardiner  of 
my  said  daughter  Mary  Briscowe.  Scott,  20. 

Edmund  Wilson  of  the  parish  of  S*  Mary  Bo  we,  in  London,  Doctor  in 
Phisick,  28  September,  1633,  with  a  codicil  dated  30  Sept.  1633,  proved  11 
Oct.  1633  by  William  Taylor  one  of  the  executors,  power  reserved  for  John 
Wilson,  the  other.  I  bequeath  my  soul  unto  the  lord  my  Creator,  Redeemer 
&  Comforter,  my  body  to  the  earth  to  the  great  day.  And  concerning  my 
burial  my  will  is  that  my  funeral  shall  be  by  night  and  decently  accompa- 
nied by  such  kindred,  physicians,  friends  and  patients  as  may  be  thought  fit 
to  be  nominated  and  will  come  to  my  burial  and  my  will  is  that  there  shall 
be  no  manner  of  mourning  at  my  burial  either  by  my  executors  nor  kin- 
dred nor  any  other. 

To  Mr  Payne  all  debts  he  oweth  unto  me  and  five  pounds.  To  Anthony 
Medcalfe  five  pounds  and  to  Martha  his  wife  forty  shillings.  To  Bartholo- 
mew Edwards  of  Alderman  bury  twenty  pounds.  I  do  remit  to  Mr  Edward 
Almau  of  Cambridge  the  eight  pounds  he  oweth  me  and  give  him  twenty 
pounds  as  a  testimony  of  my  love  &  requital  of  his  presents  in  my  life  time. 
I  remit  to  my  cousin  William  Briscoe  the  ten  pounds  he  owes  me,  and  give 
him  ten  pounds  which  my  brother  William  Taylor  owes  to  me  by  bond 
made  in  his  name  and  also  I  give  him  the  said  bond.  I  remit  to  my  cou- 
sin Blissenden  the  five  pounds  he  oweth  unto  me  and  I  give  unto  her  five 
pounds  more.  I  give  unto  my  cousin  Ilaies  for  his  son  twenty  pounds.  To 
Mr.  Leech  five  pounds  for  his  pains  at  my  burial.  To  Mr  Vocher  five 
pounds.  To  my  servant  Robert  twenty  nobles.  To  my  servant  Geoffrey 
twenty  pounds.  To  my  maid  servant  Grace  (money,  bedding  &c. ).  To 
my  man  Robert  my  old  coloured  rideing  cloak  lined  with  baize  &  my  col- 
oured cloth  suit  I  wore  at  S'  Albans.  To  cousin  Daniel  Taylor  fifty  shillings. 
I  remit  to  my  neighbor  Mr  Ball  the  debt  which  he  owes  me.  All  the  lega- 
cies before  mentioned  shall  be  discharged  within  six  months  after  my  death, 
or  sooner  if  money  come  into  my  executor's  hands. 

And  whereas  there  is  none  of  my  kindred  to  whom  I  would  enlarge  my- 
self more  than  to  my  sister  Taylor's  children,  if  they  had  need,  but  because 
they  have  a  loving  &  careful  father  &  of  good  ability  therefore  I  know  what 
I  should  give  them  would  not  much  augment  their  portions.  Nevertheless 
in  remembrance  of  my  love  unto  them  1  give  them  these  legacies  following, 
viz.  To  Margaret  Taylor  ten  pounds,  to  Manna  Taylor  ten  pounds,  to  Ed- 
mund Taylor  twenty  pounds.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  William  Raw- 
son  one  hundred  &  fifty  pounds  which  legacy  my  executors  shall  retain  in 
their  hands  and  keep  until  the  said  William  shall  be  recovered  of  his  sick- 
ness and  they,  in  the  mean  time,  to  allow  unto  him  the  profits  of  the  said 
legacy  towards  his  maintenance.  To  Edward  Rawson,  my  sister's  son,  one 
hundred  pounds.  To  my  brother  Gibbs  five  pounds,  and  to  my  sister  Gibbs 
twenty  pounds.  To  my  cousin  William  Gibbs  one  hundred  &  fifty  pounds  &c. 
To  Elizabeth  Gibbs  one  hundred  pounds,  to  be  paid  her  on  her  day  of  mar- 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  269 

riage  or  age  of  one  &  twenty  years.  To  my  cousin  Edmond  Gibbs  one 
hundred  pounds,  at  the  end  of  his  apprenticeship,  and  thirty  pounds  more 
to  bind  him  apprentice  when  such  a  master  shall  be  provided  as  my  execu- 
tors shall  approve; of  &c.  And  my  will  is  that  none  of  the  legacies  of  my 
sister  Gibbs'  children  shall  lie  dead  but  shall  be  bestowed  &  adventured  in 
some  lease  or  annual  rent  or  in  some  other  respectable  way  with  the  ad- 
vice and  consent  of  my  sister  Isabel  Gibbs  and  of  William  Gibbs  &c.  And 
because  my  sister  Summer's  children  have  (by)  many  expressions  of  their 
love  &  respect  to  me  "  interessed  "  themselves  in  my  favor  I  must  not 
neglect  them  :  therefore  I  give  to  my  cousin  Hart  one  hundred  &  fifty 
pounds  &c,  to  my  cousin  Page  one  hundred  pounds,  to  cousin  Thomas 
Summers  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Whitfield  ten  pounds,  to 
Thomas  Slieafe  ten  pounds,  to  cousin  Edmond  Sheafe  ten  pounds,  to  cou- 
sin Grindall  Sheafe  ten  pounds,  to  cousin  Norwood  ten  pounds,  to  cousin 
Wesley  ten  pounds,  to  cousin  Rebecca  Haselrig  ten  pounds.  To  my  sister 
Anne  Wilson  five  pounds.  To  my  brother  Thomas  Wilson  forty  pounds. 
I  give  to  Elizabeth  Wilson,  wife  to  my  brother  John,  in  regard  of  her 
much  pains  &  love  towards  me,  the  sum  of  thirty  pounds  and  to  cousin 
Edmond  Wilson,  son  to  my  brother  John,  one  hundred  pounds.  To  Mr 
Stevens  the  apothecary  thirty  pounds. 

Whereas  by  my  father's  will  I  should  have  given  ten  pounds  to  Lincoln 
College  in  Oxon  and  had  a  desire  to  present  it  with  my  own  hand,  but 
have  not  had  opportunity  so  to  do,  my  will  is  it  shall  be  forthwith  paid  and 
moreover  I  give  to  the  said  college  ten  pounds.  The  rest  aud  residue  to  be 
divided  into  three  equal  parts,  two  parts  whereof  to  brother  John  Wilson's 
children,  and  the  other  third  to  brother  Thomas  Wilson's  children. 

My  brother  John  Wilson  and  brother  in  law  Mr  William  Taylor  to  be 
executors,  and  to  each  fifty  pounds.  The  overseers  to  be  my  brothers  in 
law  Thomas  Sheafe  Doctor  of  Divinity,  and  Mr  John  Summers  and  Mr 
Bartholmew  Edwards  of  Aldermanbury  and  to  each  of  them  twenty  pounds. 
Reference  is  made  to  leases  of  house  in  Woodstreet,  house  at  Charing 
Cross,  house  in  Friday  Street,  lease  of  lands  near  Durham.  To  my  cousin 
Edmond  Wilson,  my  brother  Thomas  Wilson's  son,  my  house  and  all  my 
lands,  tenements  &  hereditaments  situate  in  Parshur  in  the  county  of  Wor- 
cester and  all  my  lands  in  the  Isle  of  Bermudas,  and  to  his  heirs  forever. 
To  my  sister  Elizabeth  (sic)  Gibbs  for  and  during  the  joint  lives  of  the 
said  Isabell  and  of  my  brother  John  Wilson  one  yearly  annuity  of  ten 
pounds  to  be  issuing,  perceived  and  taken  out  of  all  my  lands,  tenements 
and  hereditaments  in  the  counties  of  Hartford  &  Kent  &c.  And  whereas 
I  have  given  to  my  sister  Isabel  Gibbs  ten  pounds  yearly  ever  since  my 
father's  death  my  will  is  the  same  shall  continue. 

All  my  said  messuages  &c.  in  S'  Albans  in  the  county  of  Hertford  and 
all  my  lands  &c.  in  the  county  of  Kent,  with  their  appurtenances,  chargea- 
ble with  the  said  annuities,  to  my  brother  John  Wilson  during  his  natural 
life  and  after  his  decease  to  my  brother  Thomas  Wilson  and  to  my  sister 
Isabel  Gibbs  (for  their  lives)  then  to  my  cousin  Edmund  Wilson,  son  of 
my  brother  John  &  his  heirs.  All  the  lauds,  hereditaments  &c  in  Cha- 
ring in  the  County  of  Kent  (let  at  fifty  pounds  per  annum)  to  cousin  John 
Wilson,  my  brother  John's  son,  after  decease  of  brothers  &  sister  John,  Tho- 
mas &  Isabel  as  aforesaid.  A  provision  insisting  that  brother  Gibbs  is  not 
to  intermeddle.  To  Mr  Nye,  the  minister,  five  pounds.  To  my  executors 
further,  to  each  sixteen  pounds  six  shilling  eight  pence,  to  make  their  lega- 
cies one  hundred  marks.     To  my  sister  Margaret  Taylor  five  pounds. 


270  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

The  witnesses  were  Tho9  Andrew,  Nicholas  Viner,  Jeffrey  Wilson  and 
Henry  Colbron  Scr. 

The  codicil  provides  for  Mr  Rolles,  the  minister,  forty  shillings,  Mr  Davis, 
the  minister,  forty  shillings,  Mr  Smith,  in  or  near  Coleman  St.,  twenty 
shillings,  Dr  Clarke  my  horse,  saddle  &  bridle,  so  that  he  use  him  himself 
&  not  suffer  any  other  to  ride  him  nor  sell  him  to  any  other.  I  also  give 
him  my  best  beaver  hat.  To  brother  John  Wilson  and  his  eldest  son  all 
my  physic,  books  with  my  notes  of  physick  added  to  the  same.  The  lega- 
cy to  my  cousin  Edmond  Sheafe  to  be  made  up  fifty  pounds.  Mr  Votior's 
legacy  to  be  made  up  ten  pounds.  To  Mr  Foxley.  minister,  forty  shillings. 
To  my  brother  John  my  three  beaver  hats.  To  Dr  Fox  three  and  a  half 
yards  of  black  satin  for  a  doublet,  and  to  Dr  Meverel  the  same. 

Wit :  Bartholl:  Edwards,  Edmund  Payne,  William  Gibbes,  Rob1  Step- 
pinge  his  mark. 

To  Mr  Daves,  the  minister,  twenty  shilling  more  in  regard  of  his  pains 
taken  with  him  before  his  death. 

Wit:   Mare  Hart.  Russell,  89. 

Edmund  Wilson.  M.D.,  was  the  second  son  of  the  Rev.  William  Wil- 
son, D.D.,  canon  of  Windsor  and  rector  of  Cliffe.  in  Kent,  who  died  14th 
March,  1615,  and  was  buried  in  S'  George's  chapel,  Windsor.  Dr.  Ed- 
mund Wilson  was  educated  at  Eton  and  at  King's  College,  Cambridge,  and 
in  that  university  proceeded  Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  was  incorporated  at 
Oxford,  12th  July  1G14;  was  admitted  a  Candidate  of  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicians 22nd  December  1615,  and  a  Fellow  the  same  clay.  On  the  18th 
December,  1616,  Dr.  Wilson  was  installed  canon  of  Windsor,  but,  because 
he  was  not  ordained  priest  within  a  year  following,  he  was  deprived,  and 
Dr.  Godfrey  Goodman  succeeded,  being  installed  20th  December  1617.  Dr. 
Wilson  practised  his  faculty  for  a  few  years  at  Windsor,  but  subsequently 
removed  to  London,  was  Censor  in  1623  and  Anatomy  Reader  in  1630. 
He  died  in  the  parish  of  S(  Mary-le-Bow  in  September  1633.  Dr.  Ha- 
rney says  of  him:  "  Syphar  hominis,  nee  facie  minus  qukm  arte  Hippocrati- 
cus,  nee  facultate  magis  qukm  religionis  titulo  Celebris." 

The  Roll  of  the  Royal  College  of  Phy- 
sicians of  London,  by  William  Munk, 
M.D.,  London,  1861,  pp.  157-8. 

[The  "  brother  Gibbs  "  mentioned  in  Dr.  Wilson's  will,  was  Thomas  Gibbs,  of 
Windsor,  second  son  of  John  and  Mary  Gibbs.  By  Isabella,  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  William  Wilson,  D.D.,  he  had  William,  Edmund,  Elizabeth  and  two  other 
children  (a  son  and  daughter)  not  named,  according  to  Additional  MS.  5507,  iu 
British  Museum.  In  the  same  MS.  (which  is  a  copy  of  Philipot's  Visitation  of 
Kent,  1619-1021,  with  additions  by  Hasted)  is  a  pedigree  of  the  Somer  Family,  of 
whom  John,  son  of  John  Somer  of  St.  Margaret's,  is  shown  to  have  taken,  for  a  first 
wife,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Wilson,  S.T.P.,  and  to  have  had  issue  by  her. 
His  second  wife  was  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Anthony  Dering  of  Charing.  The  Re- 
becca Haselrig,  who  was  called  cousin,  was  one  of  the  daughters  of  Thomas  Sheafe, 
of  Windsor,  and  wife  of  Thomas  Haselrig,  of  London,  mercer,  who  was  a  brother 
of  the  famous  Sir  Arthur  Haselrig  (or  Heselriggc)  of  Noseley,  and  third  son  of  Tho- 
mas Heeelrigge  of  Noseley.     (See  Harleian  MS.  1476,  British  Museum.) — h.  f.  w. 

An  abstract  of  the  will  of  Wiiliam  Wilson,  D.D.,  father  of  the  above  Dr.  Ed- 
mund WilsoQ  of  London,  and  of  Rev.  John  Wilson  of  Boston,  Mass.,  will  be  found 
in  the  Registek,  vol.  xxxviu.  p.  300  {ante,  p.  54),  with  an  account  of  the  family 
appended.  Abstracts  and  annotations  of  the  wills  of  other  relatives  will  be  found 
in  that  volume,  pp.  301-12  (ante,  pp.  50-61). — Editor. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  271 

Munk's  Roll  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians  of  London,  from  which  is  quoted 
above  an  account  of  Dr.  Edmund  Wilson,  the  testator,  contains  also  (page  227)  an 
account  of  Dr.  Edmund  Wilson,  the  eldest  son  of  the  Rev.  John  Wilson,  of  Boston, 
Mass.  He  is  named  in  his  uncle's  will  as  "  cousin  Edmund  Wilson  son  of  my 
brother  John." — Thomas  Minns.] 

William  Taylor  citizen   &  haberdasher  of  London  29  March  1650 
proved    19   July  1651.     To  be  buried  in   the   parish   church   of  Hackuay 
whereof  I  am  a  parishioner.     Money  to  be  expended  in  mourning  apparel 
for  my  well  beloved  wife  and  my  son  Samuel  Taylor  &  my  daughter  Rebec- 
ca Taylor  &c.  To  my  son  and  heir  Daniel  Taylor  ten  pounds  for  a  piece  of 
plate  and  to   Rebecca  Taylor  his  wife  forty  shillings  for  a  ring.     To  my 
second  son  Edmond  Taylor  five  pounds  to  buy  him  a  piece  of  plate,  and  to 
my  two  daughters  Margaret  Webb,  wife  of  William  Webb,  grocer,  &  Hanna 
Claxton,  wife  of  Robert  Claxton,  mercer,   forty  shillings  each  for  rings. 
These  children  have  already  received  &c.     My  house  in  Paternoster  Row, 
London,  called  the  Three  Nuns.     Houses  &c.  at  or  near  Charing  Cross  in 
the  county  of  Middlesex.     Reference  to  agreement  made  with  the  friends 
of  Margaret  my  dearly  beloved  wife.     Her  lease  of  messuages  or  tenements 
at  or  near  Paul's  Chain,  lately   purchased  of  Stephen    Goodyeare  &  other 
estates.     To  wife   Margaret  all   the  firing  which  shall  be  remaining  in  my 
house  at  Hackney  at  my  decease.     To  my  daughter  in  law  Rebecca  How- 
ard &  to  Mrs  Malpas   forty  shillings   each  as  a  remembrance  of  my  love. 
To  my  brother  Robert  Taylor,  at  the  Summer  Islands,  forty  shillings  for  a 
ring  and  forty  shillings  yearly  during  his  natural  life,  and  to  his  son  Samuel 
Taylor,  of  New  England,  eight  pounds  &c.     To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Owen 
forty  shillings  yearly  during  her  natural  life  and  to  live  without  paying  rent 
in  the  house  where  she   now  liveth  in  the  town  &  county  of   Bucks  :  her 
husband    Robert  Owen  to  keep  it  in  good  repair.     To  Robert  Owen  the 
apprentice  of  my  cousin  Graunt  ten  pounds  at  his  age  of  twenty  two  years. 
To  my  sister  Martha  Vocher,  widow,  five  pounds  and  sixteen  pounds  year- 
ly for  maintenance  of  herself  &  children.     To  Elizabeth  Vocher,  the  blind 
daughter  of  my  said  sister  and  to  Mary  and  Martha  Vocher  two  other  daugh- 
ters (certain  bequests).     Sundry  other   bequests.     Residue  of  personal  es- 
tate to  youngest  son  Samuel  Taylor  and  he  to  be  executor.     Wife  Margaret 
and  sons  in  law  Mr  William  Burroughes  &  Mr  Samuel  Howard  to  be  over- 
seers &   to  each   ten   pounds.     Shop  iu  Paternoster  Row  in  parish  of  S' 
Faith's,  London,  called  the  Brood  Hen,  and   a  parcel  of  ground  behind  it 
whereupon  part  of  the  messuage  called  the  Bishop  of  London's  palace  was 
situate.     Another  tenement  in  Paternoster  Row,  in  parish  of  Sl  Gregory's, 
formerly  called  the  Golden   Lyon  and  since  the  Three  Cocks  &c.  all  to  sou 
Samuel  and  his  heirs.     Failing  heirs  then  the  Brood  Hen  to  son   Daniel 
and  the  Three  Cocks  to  daughter  Rebecca  Taylor.     To  Samuel  also,  after 
death   of  my  wife,  the   Three  Nuns,  and  after  decease  of  Elizabeth   Owen 
the  messuage  in  Buckingham  in  County  Bucks,  now  in  occupation  of  Rob- 
ert Owen,  &c.     House  &  land  in  Hackney,  bought  of  Mr  Francis  Coventry 
&  wife,  to  son  Samuel.  Grey,  155. 

[William  Taylor  was  the  step-father  and  Daniel  Taylor  was  a  step-brother  of 
Edward  Rawson,  secretary  of  the  Colony  of  Massachusetts.  See  Register,  vol. 
xxxvni.  p.  310  (ante,  p.  58).  The  Samuel  Taylor  of  New  England,  son  of  Robert 
Taylor  of  the  Summer  Islands,  is  supposed  by  Col.  Joseph  L.  Chester  to  have  been 
the  person  of  that  name  who  resided  at  Ipswich,  Mass.,  and  whose  will  was  proved 
June  29,  1695,  aged  81  See  Some  Account  of  the  Taylor  Family  by  P.  A.  Taylor, 
London,  1875,  p.  76. — Editor. 


272  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

William  Taylor,  the  testator,  had  three  wives.  His  second  wife  Margaret  was 
sister  of  Rev.  John  Wilson,  the  first  minister  of  Boston,  and  the  mother,  by  a  for- 
mer husband,  of  Secretary  Rawson. 

Her  children  by  this  marriage  were  a  son  Edmund  Taylor,  and  daughters  Marga- 
ret Webb  and  Hanna  Claxton  mentioned  above. 

Sister  Martha  Vochcr  was  the  second  wife  of  Rev.  Daniel  Votier,  Rector  of  St. 
Peter's  Cheap,  and  was  buried  in  that  church,  4th  May,  1651.— Thomas  Minns.] 

Daniel  Taylor  of  London,  Esq.,  22  February  1654,  with  codicil  of 
28  March,  1G55.  Son  William  (under  twenty  one)  and  my  three  daugh- 
ters Katherine,  Rebecca  and  Margaret.  Brother  master  William  Webb 
and  Master  Samuel  Howard.  Messuage  in  or  near  Paternoster  Row, 
London,  in  occupation  of  Israel  Knowles  &c.  Brother  Howard.  Brother 
Edmond  Taylor  and  his  heirs.     Brother  Samuel  Taylor  and  his  heirs. 

In  codicil  he  names  wife  Margaret,  mother  Taylor,  sister  Margaret 
Webb  (to  be  guardian  of  my  children),  sister  Clarkson,  brother  Clarkson, 
sister  Juxon  and  brother  Juxon,  brother  and  sister  Howard,  cousin  Sarah 
Howard,  cousin  Matthew  Howard,  brother  Burroughs,  cousin  Votier,  cou- 
sin Martha  Knolls,  cousin  Mary  Singer,  cousin  William  Taylor  at  Newcas- 
tle, Aunt  Owen  at  Buckingham,  cousin  Timothy  Owen,  cousin  Anne 
Graunte,  cousin  Katherine  Busby  the  elder  and  her  daughter  Katherine 
Busby  (under  twenty  one  &  unmarried).  To  my  brother  Edward  Raw- 
son  in  New  England  ten  pounds.  To  father  and  mother  Locke,  cousin 
Tucker  (to  buy  her  a  ring).  My  two  partners  &  brothers  Robert  Clark- 
son &  Samuel  Howard.  To  cousin  Timothy  Owen  to  be  laid  out  for  wife 
&  children  of  his  brother  Robert  Owen.  To  cousin  Temperance  Pratt, 
to  aunt  Gibbs  forty  shillings  for  a  ring,  to  cousin  Nicholas  Juxon  &  to 
others.     Mark  Hildesley  Esq.  late  alderman  of  London,  sole  executor. 

The  above  will  was  proved  28  April,  1655.  Aylett,  348. 

[Daniel  Taylor  was  the  son  of  William  Taylor  by  his  first  wife. — Thomas  Minns.] 

Sir  Edmond  Andros,  of  Guernsey,  and  now  residing  in  the  parish  of 
S'  Anne,  in  the  Liberty  of  Westminster,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  19 
July  1712,  proved  8  March  1713,  by  John  Andros  Esq.,  executor.  My 
body  to  be  decently  buried  without  ostentation.  I  give  one  hundred  pounds 
for  the  placing  of  ten  poor  children  to  be  apprentices  to  some  Trader  &c, 
i.  e.  ten  pounds  for  each  child.  I  am  entituled  to  two  several  annuities  of 
fifty  pounds  per  annum,  payable  out  of  the  Exchequer,  by  virtue  of  an  Act 
of  Parliament;  these  I  leave  to  Dame  Elizabeth  my  wife,  during  the  term 
of  her  natural  life ;  and  one  hundred  pounds  to  her  immediately  after  my 
death:  these  bequests  in  lieu  of  a  jointure  and  in  full  recompence  of  her 
dower.  After  her  death  these  two  annuities  shall  go  to  my  executor.  I 
give  the  sum  of  two  hundred  pounds  which  is  due  me  by  bond  from  Tho- 
mas Cooper,  near  Maidstone,  in  Kent,  taken  in  the  name  of  my  late  sister 
in  law  Mrs  Hannah  Crispe,  and  all  the  interest  that  shall  be  due  there- 
upon, unto  Christopher  Clapham  Esq1".,  son  of  my  late  dear  deceased  wife, 
if  I  do  not,  in  some  other  manner,  give  or  secure  to  the  said  Christopher 
Clapham  the  said  debt  of  two  hundred  pounds  and  interest.  I  give  to  Ed- 
win Wiat  Esqr.  Sergeant  at  Law,  if  he  shall  survive  me,  and,  in  case  of  his 
death  before  me,  to  his  executors,  administrators  or  assigns,  the  sum  of 
three  hundred  pounds  which  is  due  and  owing  to  me  by  mortgage  made 
from  Mrs  Mary  Hurt  unto  my  said  late  wife,  by  the  name  of  Elizabeth 
Clapham,  widow,  &c,  upon  condition  that  the  said  Serg*  Wiat  shall  pay 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  273 

&c.  unto  the  said  Christopher  Claphara  Esq.  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
pounds.  To  my  niece  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  my  late  brother  John 
Andros,  deceased,  the  sum  of  two  hundred  pounds,  and  to  Ann,  another 
daughter,  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  nephew,  Csesar,  a  son  of  my  said 
brother  John,  one  hundred  pounds;  to  Edmund,  another  son,  the  yearly 
sum  of  twenty  pounds  for  his  maintenance,  and  to  William,  another  son, 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  nephew  George,  son  of  my  late 
brother  George,  deceased,  all  my  estate  and  interest  in  the  Island  of  Al- 
derney,  &c,  and  also  five  hundred  pounds  (with  other  property).  To  my 
niece  Anne  Lemesurier,  daughter  of  my  said  late  brother  George  Andros, 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds.  To  Caesar  Knapton,  gentleman  (certain 
sums  due  from  him).  To  William  Le  Merchant,  son  of  my  late  niece, 
Elizabeth  Le  Merchant,  deceased,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds,  and  to 
his  sister  Elizabeth,  the  now  wife  of  Mr  Elizea  Le  Merchant,  the  like  sum 
of  one  hundred  pounds.  I  release  and  discharge  my  cousin  Magdalen 
Andros,  widow,  the  relict  of  my  cousin  Amos  Andros,  deceased,  &c,  of  and 
from  all  sums  due  from  the  said  Amos  Andros,  &c.  To  my  cousin  Mary 
Andros,  daughter  of  the  said  Amos,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  (and 
other  legacies).  A  legacy  to  John  Andros,  eldest  son  of  my  brother  John 
Andros,  deceased.  To  Mrs  Margaret  Baxter,  widow,  ten  pounds  per  year, 
out  of  the  interest  and  profits  of  a  mortgage  due  from  the  estate  of  my  late 
cousin  Margaret  Lowdon,  deceased  (her  estate  in  Harrow  Alley,  without 
Aldgate,  London). 

All  my  other  estate  in  Great  Britain,  Guernsey,  or  elsewhere,  to  my  said 
nephew  John  Andros,  he  to  build,  within  two  years,  a  good,  suitable  house 
on  or  at  the  manor  of  Sacuares,  in  Guernsey.  E.  Andros. 

Wit:  James  Speucely,  Rob  Hodson,  Jn°  Hodson.  Aston,  44. 

[One  of  the  Articles  on  Official  Seals,  published  in  the  Heraldic  Journal,  Boston 
(Vol.  I.  (1865),  pp.  140-2),  conveys  so  .much  information  about  the  testator  of  the 
foregoing  will  and  his  family,  that  no  apology  seems  necessary  for  inserting  the 
greater  portion  of  it  here. 

"The  seal  of  Sir  Edmond  Andros"  .  .  .  "  is  of  frequent  occurrence,  and  the 
following  reply  to  an  interrogation  made  in  Notes  and  Queries  last  year  [1864], 
gives  us  some  valuable  information  about  a  peculiarity  in  the  arms." 

"  '  Sir  Edmund  Andros,  of  Guernsey,  bore  lor  arms  :  Gules,  a  saltire  gold,  sur- 
mounted of  another  vert ;  on  a  chief  azure,  three  mullets  sable.  Crest,  a  blacka- 
moor's head  in  profile,  couped  at  the  shoulders  and  wreathed  about  the  temples,  all 
proper.     Motto,  '  Crux  et  praasidium  et  duces.'  " 

"  In  1686  he  made  application  to  the  Earl  Marshal  to  have  his  arms  'registered 
in  the  College  of  Arms  in  such  a  manner  as  he  may  lawfully  have  them  with  re- 
spect to  his  descent  from  the. ancient  family  of  Sausmarez  in  the  said  Isle  '  (Guern- 
sey). In  this  petition  it  is  set  out  that — 'His  Great  Grandfather's  Father,  John 
Andros  als  Andrewes,  an  English  Gentleman,  born  in  Northamptonshire,  coming 
into  the  Island  of  Guernsey  as  Lieutenant  to  Sir  Peter  Mewtis,  Knt,  the  Governor,  did 
there  marry  A0  1543  with  Judith  de  Sausmarez,  onely  Daughter  of  Thomas  Saus- 
marez, son  and  heir  of  Thomas  Sausmarez,  Lords  of  the  Seignorie  of  Sausmarez  in 
the  said  Isle,'  &c." 

_  "  '  The  warrant,  granting  the  petition,  is  dated  September  23,  1686  ;  and  from  this 
time  Sir  Edmund  Andros  and  his  descendants  "  (?)  "  as  Seigneurs  de  Sausmarez, 
quartered  the  arms  of  De  Sausmarez  with  their  own,  and  used  the  crest  and  sup- 
porters belonging  thereto,  as  depicted  in  the  margin  of  the  warrant.  These  arms 
are  thus  blazoned  : — Argent,  on  a  chevron  gules  between  three  leopards'  faces  sable, 
as  many  castles  triple-towered,  gold.  Crest,  a  falcon  affrontant,  wings  expanded, 
proper,  belted,  gold.  Supporters  :  Dexter,  a  unicorn  argent,  tail  cowarded;  Sinis- 
ter, a  greyhound  argent,  collared  gules,  garnished  gold.'  This  reply,  by  Edgar  Mac- 
Culloch,  Esq.,  of  Guernsey,  is  in  Notes  and  Queries,  3d  series,  v.  425." — h.  f.  w. 


274  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Sir  Edmund  Andres  was  born  in  London,  Dec.  6,  1637,  where  he  died  Feb.  24, 
1713-4,  and  three  days  later  was  buried  at  St.  Anne's,  Soho,  Westminster.  A  me- 
moir of  him  by  William  11.  Whitrnore,  A.M.,  with  portrait,  is  prefixed  to  the 
first  volume  of  "  The  Andros  Tracts  "  (Prince  Society,  1863).  The  pedigree  placed 
by  Sir  Edmund  on  record  at  the  Herald's  College,  in  September,  1686,  and  his  will, 
are  printed  in  full  in  that  volume. — Editor. 

In  the  Sir  Edmund  Andros  abstract  I  note  the  name  of  his  step-son  Christopher 
Clapham.  We  had  one  William  Clapham,  a  planter  in  Warrosquaike  County 
(subsequently  Isle  of  Wight)  as  early  as  1620  ;  and  1  have  the  additional  notes  as 
to  grants  of  land  :  William  Clapham,  1100  acres  on  the  south  side  of  the  Rappa- 
hannock river,  in  consideration  of  the  transportation  of  22  persons,  Aug.  22,  1650, 
Book  No.  2,  p.  233,  and  George  Clapham  670  acres  on  the  south  side  of  York  river, 
Dec.  24,  1652,  Book  No.  3,  p.  162,  Virginia  Land  Registry. — R.  A.  Brock.] 

Frances   Ludlow. — Sententia  pro  confirmatione  testamenti  Franciscae 

Ludlowe, nuper  dum  vixit  parochire  Sancti  Egidii  in  Carapis  in  Comi- 

tatu  Midd.  etc.      in  judicio  inter  Danielem  Ketteridge  etc.   execu- 

torem  etc.,  ex  una  et  Henricum  Ludlowe,  armigerum,  Elizabetham  Penny 
ah  Ludlowe,  Luciam  Ludlowe,  Margaretam  Vernon  ah  Ludlowe  necnon 
Bridgittam  Keene  ah  Ludlowe,  fratrem  et  sorores  naturales  et  legitimos 
ex  utroque  latere  dicta?  defunctte,  ac  Henricum  Ludlowe  militem,  Edmundum 
Ludlowe,  Hurnfridum  Ludlowe,  Benjaminurn  Ludlowe,  Ellenoram  Lud- 
lowe et  Catherinam  Hall  ah  Ludlowe,  fratres  et  sorores  naturales  et 
legitimos  ex  paterno  latere  ejusdem  defunctce,  necnon  Rogerum  Ludlowe 
consanguineum,  etc.  Hele,  28  (1G26). 

[These  Sententia?  are  often  very  valuable  as  evidence,  and  should  be  more  studied. 

H.  F.  W. 

An  abstract  of  the  will  of  George  Ludlow,  who  came  to  Massachusetts  in  its  ear- 
ly days,  but  returned  to  England,  will  be  found  in  these  Gleanings  {ante,  p.  172), 
and  much  information  about  the  Ludlows  is  printed  there  and  in  ante,  p.  208. 

In  1884  a  "Pedigree  of  Ludlow  of  Hill  Deverill,  co.  Wilts,"  in  tabular  form, 
was  printed.  The  arms  of  this  family  are  given  as — "  Argent,  a  chevron  between 
three  martins'  heads  erased,  sable.  Crest,  a  demi  martin  rampant  sable.  Motto: 
Omne  solum  forti  patriot."  This  pedigree  was  compiled  by  Henry  Hungerford 
Ludlow-Bruges,  Esq.,  M.A.,  and  G.  D.  Scull,  Esq.,  the  latter  a  contributor  of  val- 
uable articles  to  the  Register,  and  now  residing  in  London,  England.  A  copy  of 
the  pedigree  printed  on  vellum,  presented  by  Mr.  Scull,  is  in  the  library  of  the 
New  England  Historic  Genealogical  Society.  It  shows  exhaustive  research,  giving 
fourteen  generations  of  the  family. 

1  give  below  the  early  generations  reduced  to  Register  form.  It  will  be  seen 
that  Frances  Ludlow  was  an  aunt  of  Edmund  Ludlow,  the  English  patriot,  who  was 
a  member  of  the  High  Court  of  Justice  which  condemned  Charles  I.  to  execution, 
and  that  Edmund  was  a  cousin-nephew  of  George  Ludlow,  whose  will  may  be  found 
in  abstract  at  the  above  reference,  and  of  his  brother  Roger  Ludlow,  deputy  gov- 
ernor of  Massachusetts. — Editor.] 

1.  William1  Ludlow,  of  Hill  Deverill,  co.  "Wilts,  Butler  to  Henry 
IV.,  V.  and  VI.  M.  P.  for  Ludgershall,  Wilts.  Buried  in  St.  Thomas' 
Church,  Salisbury.  Married  Margaret,  daughter  and  heiress  of  William 
Rymer.  (  Vide  will  of  John  Ludlow,  son  and  heir,  proved  26  April,  1488.) 
Children  : 

2.  i.      John2  Ludlow,  married  Lora  Ringwood. 

ii.     Margaret2  Ludlow,  married  William  Sandes. 

iii.    Margery2  Ludlow,  married  William  Earle. 

iv.  Joan2  Ludlow,  married  1st,  John  Norwood  ;  m.  2d,  Thomas  Ringwood 
of  Southampton. 

v.  Margaret2  Ludlow,  the  Younger.  Buried  at  Corsham  Church.  Mar- 
ried Thomas  Trapnell  or  Tropenell  of  Great  Chalfield,  near  Trowbridge, 
Wilts,  Esq.     Buried  at  Corsham  Church  ;  tomb  existing. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  275 

2.  John8  Ludlow.  Will  proved  26  April,  1488.  Married  Lora, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Ringwood  of   Ringwood,  Hants.     Child  : 

3.  i.      John2  Ludlow,  married  Philippa  Bulstrode. 

3.  John3  Ludlow,  buried  in  chancel  of  Hill  Deverill  Church.  Vide 
will  proved  14  Nov.  1519.  Married  Philippa,  daughter  and  heiress  of 
William  Bulstrode  of  London.      Children  : 

4.  i.       William4  Ludlow,  married  Jane  Moore, 
ii.      Edward4  Ludlow,  unmarried. 

iii.    Dorothy4  Ludlow,  married  William  Horsey  of  Martin,  Wilts. 

4.  William4  Ludlow.  Vide  will  proved  6  May,  1533.  Married  Jane, 
daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Nicholas  Moore  of  Withford,  co.  Southampton. 
Children  : 

5.  i.      George*  Ludlow,  married  Edith,  daughter  of  Lord  Windsor. 

ii.  Mary*  Ludlow,  married  Richard  Scrope  of  Castle  Combe,  Wilts.  (  Vide 
Pedigree  of  Lord  Scrope.) 

5.  George*  Ludlow.  High  Sheriff  of  Wilts,  1567.  Will  proved  4 
Feb.  1580.  Married  Edith,  third  daughter  of  Lord  Windsor  of  Stanwell, 
Middlesex.      Children  : 

6.  i.       Edmund6  Ludlow,  married  1st,  Bridget  Coker;  m.  2d,  Margaret  Man- 

ning. 

7.  ii.     Thomas6  Ludlow,  married  Jane  Pyle. 

iii.    Anne6  Ludlow,  married  Thomas  Hall  of  London,  gent. 

iv.     Margaret6  Ludlow,  married  Robert  Vaux  of  Odiham,  Hants. 

v.      Jane6  Ludlow,  married Bassett. 

vi.     Mary6  Ludlow,   married  Hugh  Ryley  of  New  Sarum,  gent. 

vii.    Ursula6   Ludlow,   married  Rev.   William   Earth,   rector  of  Mildenhali, 

Wilts, 
viii.  Philippa6   Ludlow,   married  Thomas,  son  of  Sir  John   Zouch,   Knt., 

Dorset. 

6.  Sir  Edmund"  Ludlow.  M.  P.  for  Hindon  1603.  Administration 
1624.  Married  1st,  Bridget,  daughter  and  sole  heiress  of  Henry  Coker  of 
Maypowder,  co.  Dorset.  She  was  buried  at  Hill  Deverill,  Sept.  1587. 
Children  : 

i.  Henry7  of  Hill  Deverill  and  afterwards  of  Tadley,  co.  Hants,  b.  1577. 
Matriculated  at  "  Aula  Cervina,"  Oxford,  22  Oct.  1591,  aged  14. 
Graduated  B. A.  17  Dec.  1594.  Administration  28  Oct.  1639.'  Mar- 
ried Lettice,  daughter  of  Thomas  West,  Lord  De  La  Warre.  Vide 
Monument  in  Hill  Deverill  church.  Descendants  given  in  the  tabular 
pedigree. 

ii.      George,7  died  young. 

iii.    John.7 

iv.     Anne,7  died  young. 

v.      Elizabeth.7 

vi.     Lucy.7 

vii.    Margaret  7 

viii.  Bridget.7 

ix.     Jane.7 

x.  Fkances,7  bapt.  at  Hill  Deverill,  15  Sept.  1787.  Will  proved  8  Feb. 
Hv24-5.  Describes  herself  as  a  daughter  of  Sir  Edmund  Ludlow,  and 
twice  refers  to  her  cousin  Roger  Ludlow. 

He  married  2d,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Henry  Manning  of  Down,  co. 
Kent,  Marshall  of  the  Household,  relict  of  Thomas  Howard,  viscount  Bin- 
don,  third  son  of  Thomas,  Duke  of  Norfolk.  She  was  bapt.  at  Down,  30 
Nov.  1559,  and  buried  at  Maiden  Bradley,  Wilts,  14  Dec.  1643.  Children: 


276  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

8.  xi.    Henry,7  married  Elizabeth  Plielips. 

xii.   Edmund,7  of  Kingston  Deverill,  bapt.  at  Hill  Deverill,  25  June,  1595. 

Matriculated  at  Brasenose  College,  Oxford,   19  June,  1610,   age  14. 

M.P.  for  Hindon.     Will  proved  23  Nov.  1666.     Married  Katherine. 

Died  without  issue. 

xiii.  Humphrey,7  matriculated  at  B.  N.  C.  Oxon,  1611.     Living  at  Allington, 

1633. 
xiv.  Benjamin,7  killed  at  the  siege  of  Corfe  Castle.     Administration  1659-60. 
His  second  son, 

Edmund*  of  Ealing,  co.  Middlesex,  was  executor  to  the  will  of  his 
uncle,  Edmund  Ludlow  the  Elder,  of  Kingston  Deverill.  Will 
dated  13  June,  1586,  proved  in  London,  4  Feb.  1689-90.  Married 
Douglas,  daughter  of  Sir  Francis  D'Aungier,  Knt.  Ch.:  1.  Tho- 
mas.9 2.  Emilia.9 
[xv.     Eleanor.      xvi.  Catherine.]* 

7.  Thomas8  Ludlow,  of  Dinton  and  Baycliffe.  Buried  at  Dinton,  25 
Nov.  1607.  Will  proved  June,  1608.  Married  Jane,  daughter  of  Tho- 
mas and  sister  of  Sir  Gabriel  Pyle,  Knt.,  of  Bapton.in  the  parish  of  Fisher- 
ton  de  la  Mere.     Her  will  proved  6  July,  1650.     Children: 

i.       George,7  born  at  Dinton,  7  Sept.  1583,  died  young. 

ii.  Gabriel,7  bapt.  at  Dinton,  10  Feb.  1587.  Called  to  the  Bar  15  Oct.  1620. 
Elected  a  Bencher  3  Nov.  1637.  Particular  Receiver  of  the  Duchy  of 
Lancaster  possessions  in  Norfolk,  Suffolk  and  Cambridge.  His  patent 
dated  5th  of  diaries  1.  Resigned  the  office  28  June,  1639.  Deputy 
Ranger  of  Sellwood  Forest,  1638.  Married  Phillis,  who  sold  Baycliffe 
to  Sir  James  Thynne,  1653.     Children  : 

1.  Gabriel,6  bapt.  at  Warminster,  13  Aug.  1622.  Admitted  to  the 
Inner  Temple  13  June,  1638.  Killed  at  the  Battle  of  Newbury, 
1644.  Vide  Ludlow's  Memoirs,  in  which  he  describes  the  death 
of  his  cousin  Gabriel  at  Newbury. 

2.  Thomas,9  bapt.  at  Warminster,  1  November,  1624. 

3.  Francis*  bapt.  at  "Warminster,  10  Sept.  1626.  Living  at  Maiden 
Bradley,  1666.     Married.     Issue. 

4.  Anne,8  bapt.  at  Warminster,  4  Dec.  1628. 

5.  Elizabeth,8  bapt.  at  Maiden  Bradley,  18  Oct.  1632. 

6.  John*      Vide  Jane  Ludlow's  will,  proved  6  July,  1650. 

7.  Sarah.8      Vide  Jane  Ludlow's  will,  proved  6  July,  1650. 

iii.    Roger,7  bapt.  at  Dinton,  7  March,  1590.     Matriculated  at  Balliol  Coll., 
Oxford,  16  June,  1610.     Gained  distinction   in  New  England.     Mar- 
ried;   issue.      Vide  Ludlow's  Memoirs;   also  George  Ludlow's  will, 
proved  1  Aug.  1656. 
iv.     Anne,7  bapt.  at  Dinton,  5  July,  1591.      Buried  at  Dinton,  8  July,  1613. 
V.      Thomas,7  bapt.  at  Baverstock,  3  March,  1593.    Inventory  taken  16  June, 
1646.     Married  at  Warminster,  15  Feb.   1624,  Jane  Bennett,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Bennett  of  Steeple   Ashton  and   Smallbrook,   who    was 
bapt.  at  Warminster,  15  April,  1604,  and  died  19  Dec.  1683.    Children  : 
1.  Thomas,8  bapt.  at  Warminster,  3  March,  1631.     Buried  13  Nov. 
1668.     Administration  granted  to  Sarah  Ludlow,   18  Aug.  1669. 
He  married  18  Aug.  1658,  Sarah  Sutton,  born  (according  to  John 
Ludlow,  her  son)   1639.     S>he  survived  her  husband,  remarried, 
and  died  as  Mrs.  Langley,  16  April,  1700,  at  Warminster.     Their 
son  Thomas9  Ludlow  was  father  of  Christopher,10  whose  son  Ben- 
jamin11 was  father  of  Benjamin  Pennell,12  whose  son   William 
Heald13  Ludlow,  Esq.,  assumed  the  name  and  arms  of  Bruges  by 
royal  license  in  1835,  on  succeeding  to  the  landed  estates  of  Tho- 
mas Bruges  of  Seend,  Esq.      Mr.    W.    H.  Ludlow-Bruges  was 
father  of  Henry  Hungerford14  Ludlow-Bruges  (one  of  the  compil- 
ers of  the  tabular  pedigree  from  which  this  is  extracted),  born  at 
Seend,  10  June,  1847  ;'  graduated  at  St.  John's  College,  Oxford, 
M.A.  1872. 

*  These  two  names  in  brackets  are  entered  by  Mr.  Waters  on  the  authority  of  the  pre- 
ceding Sententia. — Editok. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  277 

2.  Gabriel,9  of  Frome,  bapt.  at  Warminster,  27  Aug.  1634.* 

3.  William9  of  Saruin,  bapt.  at  Warminster,  11  April,  1637. 

4.  John9  bapt.  at  Warminster,  9  Jan.  1640. 

vi.  George,7  bapt.  at  Dinton,  15  Sept.  1596.  Will  proved  1  Aug.  1656. 
Member  of  the  Virginian  Council.      Vide  Ludlow's  Memoirs. 

8.  Sir  Henry7  Ludlow,  Knt.,  born  at  Maiden  Bradley,  1592.  Matricu- 
lated at  Brasenose  College,  Oxford,  16  Oct.  1607,  aged  15.  Graduated  as 
B.A.  6  Feb.  1609.  High  Sheriff  for  Wilts  1633.  M.  P.  1640.  Died 
intestate;  buried  at  St.  Andrews,  Holborn,  1  Nov.  1643.  Administration 
of  effects  granted  to  his  eldest  son,  General  Edmund  Ludlow,  20  March, 
1646-7,  which  grant  being  subsequently  revoked,  anew  grant  was  made  to 
Nathaniel  Ludlow,  8  Feb.  1660-1.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Richard  Phelips  of  Montacute,  Somerset.  Her  will,  dated  18  May,  1660, 
was  proved  at  London,  19  Jan.  1660-1.  She  was  buried  at  St.  Andrews, 
Holburn,  6  Nov.  1660.     Children: 

i.  Edmund8  Ludlow,  the  celebrated  Republican,  born  at  Maiden  Bradley, 
1616-17,  Matriculated  at  Trinity  College,  Oxford,  10  Sept.  1634, 
aged  17.  Graduated  as  B.A.  14  Nov.  1636.  Admitted  to  the  Inner 
Temple  13  June,  1638.  M.  P.  for  Wilts.  High  Sheriff  1645.  Was 
one  of  the  King's  Judges.  Commander  of  the  forces  in  Ireland.  Died 
an  exile  at  Vevay,  1693.  Married  Elizabeth  Thomas  of  Wenvoe  Cas- 
tle, co.  Monmouth.     Left  no  issue.      Vide  monument  at  Vevay. 

ii.  Robert,8  second  son,  born  1621.  Matriculated  at  Magdalen  College, 
Oxford,  12  July,  1636,  aged  15.  Died  a  prisoner  of  war  1643.  Vide 
Ludlow's  Memoirs. 

iii.    Thomas.8      Vide  Ludlow's  Memoirs. 

iv.  Nathaniel,8  bapt.  at  Maiden  Bradley,  13  April,  1624.  Administrator 
of  his  father  Sir  Henry  Ludlow's  effects.  Executor  to  his  mother,  his 
uncle  Edmund,  and  his  brother  Philip.     Will  proved  12  May,  1701. 

v.  Frances,8  bapt.  at  Maiden  Bradley,  6  Oct.  1626.  Buried  at  Maiden 
Bradley,  April,  1632. 

vi.  Philip,8  bapt.  at  Maiden  Bradley,  15  April,  1628.  Died  at  sea,  13  Aug. 
1650.     Administration  1  Oct.  1650. 

vii.  Henry,8  bapt.  at  Maiden  Bradley,  19  Feb.  1629-30.  Ancestor  of  Earls 
Ludlow.     The  peerage  became  extinct  in  1842. 

viii.  Elizabeth,8  married  Col.  Kempstone.      Vide  Ludlow's  Memoirs. 

ix.  Margaret.8  married  Giles  Strangewaye,  Esq.,  of  East  Charlton,  Som- 
erset.     Vide  Ludlow's  Memoirs. 

Stephen  Sedgwick  [ante,  pages  259  and  261). 

[I  think  the  Editor  is  wrong,  on  page  261,  in  supposing  that  this  Stephen  Sedg- 
wick, brewer,  was  a  nephew  of  William*  Sedgwick,  of  London,  and  a  cousin  of 
Major  General  Robert  Sedgwick,  of  New  England.  I  had  looked  on  this  Stephen 
as  a  brother  of  the  first  William  and  an  uncle  of  Robert.  Stephen  Sedgwick  calls 
Robert  Houghton  cousin.  I  almost  always  understand,  by  this  word  what  we  now 
express  by  the  words  nephew  or  niece,  and  not  a  cousin  german.  He  is  referred  to 
by  John  Sedgwick  (ante,  page  47)  as  my  uncle  "Stephen  Sedgwick,  brewer." 
Why  suppose  another  Stephen  Sedgwick,  brewer? — H.  F.  Waters. 

With  regard  to  the  references  to  the  Sedgwick  family  in  the  Gleanings  in  the 
January  Register,  the  Major  Robert  Sedgwick  mentioned  was  Major  General  Robert 
Sedgwick,  the  first  of  the  name  to  emigrate  to  this  country.  He  was  the  son  of 
William  Sedgwick  and  Elizabeth  Howe,  who  were  married,  according  to  the  regis- 
ters of  St.  Mary's  Church  at  Woburn,  Bedfordshire,  England,  on  April  10th,  1604. 
His  father,  William,  was  a  warden  of  that  church,  and  was  buried  there  on  July 
25th,  1632.  General  Sedgwick  was  baptized  May  6th,  1613.  The  earliest  date  on 
the  St.  Mary's  registers  is  1558.  and  the  earliest  Sedgwick  record  there  is  of  the 
baptism  of  Richard,  son  of  James  Sedgwickes,  Sept.  18th,  1580.    With  the  General's 

*  He  is  said  to  have  been  the  ancestor  of  the  New  York  Ludlows. — G.  D.  Scull. 


278  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

father,  horn  ahout  1585,  the  record  is  lost,  and  researches  at  Woburn,  York,  London 
and  elsewhere,  have  so  far  failed  to  reveal  any  authentic  trace  of  his  grandfather, 
though  the  numerous  appearances  of  the  name  in  Yorkshire,  Lancashire  and  Bed- 
fordshire, and  in  the  lists  of  members  of  the  great  guilds  in  London  and  elsewhere, 
prove  that  the  family  was  one  of  distinction,  and  that  further  search  will  discover 
the  missing  link  in  the  chain. 

General  Robert  Sedgwick  married  in  England,  Johanna .     After  his  death 

she  married  the  Rev.  Thomas  Allen,  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Nor- 
wich, England,  formerly  teacher  of  the  church  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  from  about 
1639  to  1651,  when  he  returned  to  England,  by  whom  she  had  no  children.  Gen- 
eral Robert  Sedgwick  emigrated  to  this  country  in  1635,  and  was  one  of  the  most 
distinguished  men  of  his  time.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Charlestown, 
Mass.  In  1611,  1645  and  1648  he  commanded  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery 
Company,  of  which  he  was  a  founder,  and  in  1641,  the  Castle.  He  was  an  officer 
under,  and  friend  of,  Cromwell,  with  whom  he  corresponded,  and  by  whom  he  was 
sent  in  July,  1654,  from  Boston  to  Jamaica,  after  the  capture  of  that  Island  by  the 
British,  with  a  fleet  under  his  orders  with  reinforcements  for  the  army  under  Gen. 
Venables.  He  was  one  of  the  Commissioners  for  the  Government  of  Jamaica,  and 
died  there  on  May  24th,  1656,  leaving  several  children.  Professor  Adam  Sedgwick, 
of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  England,  in  a  letter  written  some  years  before  his 
death,  in  1873,  says  that  the  clan  was  settled  from  very  early  times  among  the 
mountains  which  form  the  borders  of  Lancashire,  Yorkshire  and  Westmoreland ; 
and  he  believed  that  every  family  of  the  name  could  trace  its  descent  from  ancestors 
who  were  settled  among  these  mountains.  The  name  among  the  country  people  in 
the  north  of  England  is  sometimes  pronounced  Sigswick,  and  the  oldest  spelling  of 
it  is  Siggeswick, — at  least  so  it  is  written  in  many  of  the  parish  records  going  back 
to  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII.  It  is  good  German,  and  means  the  Village  of  Victory, 
probably  designating  some  place  of  successful  broil  where  our  rude  Saxon  or  Danish 
ancestors  first  settled  in  the  country,  and  drove  the  old  Celtic  tribes  out  of  it,  or  into 
the  remote  recesses  of  the  Cambrian  Mountains,  where  many  Celtic  names  are  met 
with  to  this  day.  But  in  the  valley  where  the  Sedgwicks  are  chiefly  found,  the 
names  are  almost  exclusively  Saxon  or  Danish.  Ours,  therefore,  was  a  true  Border 
Clan. 

The  name  Sedgwick  was  probably  a  correction  given,  like  many  others,  through 
a  wish  to  explain  the  meaning  of  a  name  (Siggeswick),  the  real  import  of  which 
was  quite  forgotten.  The  word  Sedge  is  not  known  in  the  northern  dialects  of  Eng- 
land, and  the  plant  itself  does  not  exist  among  the  Yorkshire  valleys.  But  a  branch 
of  the  clan  settled  in  the  low  regions  of  Lincolnshire,  and  seem  to  have  first  adopted 
the  more  modern  spelling,  and  at  the  same  time  began  to  use  a  bundle  of  sedge  as 
the  family  crest.  This  branch  was  never  numerous,  and  is  now  believed  to  be  en- 
tirely extinct.  Indeed,  the  Sedgwicks  never  seem,  at  least  in  England,  to  flourish 
away  from  their  native  mountains.  If  removed  to  the  low  country,  they  droop  and 
die  away  in  a  few  generations.  A  still  older  crest,  and  one  suited  to  the  history  of 
the  race,  is  an  eagle  with  out-spread  wings.  Within  a  comparatively  few  years, 
eagles  existed  among  the  higher  mountains  on  the  border.  The  arms  most  com- 
monly borne  by  the  Sedgwicks,  and  accorded  to  them  by  Burke  in  his  Encyclopaedia 
of  Armorial  Bearings,  are  composed  of  a  field  or,  a  cross  gules,  with  five  bells  of 
the  field,  and  a  lion  passant  through  sedge  on  a  cap  of  maintenance. — Robert 
Sedgwick,  of  New  York  City.] 

William  Ames  of  Wrentham,  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  Preacher  of 
the  Gospel,  27  September  1683,  proved  8  August  1689.  To  Robert 
Smith,  my  son-in-law,  my  houses  and  lands  in  Needham,  in  the  County  of 
Norfolk,  for  life;  then  to  my  grandchild  Ames  Smith:  for  want  of  lawful 
issue  to  the  said  Ames  Smith,  then  to  my  cousin  Samuel  Angier,  pastor  of 
the  Church  of  Christ  at  Rehoboth  in  New  England,  and  to  his  heirs.  To 
Mary  Rix,  my  niece,  twenty  pounds.  To  my  sister,  the  wife  of  Mr  Tho- 
mas Wales  the  elder,  my  brother  in  law,  of  Needham  aforesaid ;  he  to  be 
my  executor.  The  rest  of  my  goods  to  said  grandchild,  Ames  Smith,  when 
twenty  one  years  of  age.  If  he  die  without  issue,  then  fifty  pounds  to  my 
cousin  Mr  Thomas  Wales  the  younger,  fifty  pounds   to  my  cousin  Mr  John 


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279 


Wales,  (money)  to  my  brother  in  law  Mr  Symou  Rix  and  to  the  children  of 
my  late  brother  John  Rix.  Remainder  then  to  my  cousin  Samuel  Angier, 
pastor  of  the  church  of  Rehoboth  in  New  England,  and  to  Ruth  the  wife 
of  Mr  Samuell  Cheevers  of  Marblehead  in  New  England. 

Consistory  Court,  Norwich,  1689-90. 

[For  the  above  abstract  we  are  indebted  to  the  kind  thoughtfulness  of  our  cor- 
responding member,  Joseph  J.  Muskett,  Esq.,  now  of  Knysna,  Cape  of  Good  Hope. 

The  following  pedigree  of  this  Ames  family  has  been  compiled  chiefly 
from  the  History  of  Congregationalism  in  Norfolk  and  Suffolk,  bv  John 
Browne,  B.A.,  London,  1877,  pp.  66-71  and  422-9. 


William  Ames  =  Joan,  dau.  of 


Snelling. 


merchant  adventurer. 
Died  during  minority 
of  son  William. 


Died  during  minority  of  son  William. 


Elizabeth,  wife  of 

John  Phillip, 

Rector  of  Wren- 

tham,  m.  there 

6  Jan.  1611-12. 

He  d.  2  Sept.  1660, 

aged  about  78  yrs. 


Joan  Fletcher 

Second  wife, 

embarked  for 

America  1637, 

then  aged  50. 

Buried  at  Cam 

Ms.  Dec.  1644. 


=  Wm,  Ames,  b.  at  Norwich,  1576.  =  First  w.  a  dau. 


Fellow  of  Christ  Coll.  Camb. 
minist.  of  Engl.  Ch.  at  the  Hague. 
Prof,  of  Divinity  at  Franeker  1622. 
Attended  Synod  of  Dort.    Minister 
of  Engl.  Cong.  Ch.  at  Rotterdam. 
Died  there  14  Nov.  1633,  aged  57 
years,  and  there  buried. 


of  his  prede- 
cessor at  the 
Hague. 


Ruth  Ames, 
a.  18  in  1637, 
m.  to  Edm. 

Angier  of 
Cambridge. 


Susan  or  Susanna, 
first  wife.     Bur. 
at  Wrentham  6 
Jan.  1651-2. 


I  ~  I 

=William  Ames,  A.M.  =Elizabeth  Wales,    John  Ames, 


H.  C.  1645,  ret.  to 
England  1646,  d.  21 
July,  1689,  a.  65  yrs. 
Bur.  at  Wrentham. 


m.  26  Jan.  1652  bur.  at  Wren- 

-3,  d.  19  Feb.   tham. 

1682-3.    Bur. 
at  Wrentham 


Elizabeth,  =  Robert  Smith, 
m.  6  Nov.  1672.      ejected  from  Blith- 
Buriedat  borough.    Bur.  at 

Wrentham  28         Wrentham  24  August, 
July,  1679.  1705. 


Ruth  and  Philip. 
Died  young. 


Mr.  John  Phillip,  who  married  the  sister  of  Dr.  Ames,  obtained  the  living  of 
Wrentham  in  1609,  was  of  Dedham,  New  England,  in  1638,  and  went  home  in  the 
autumn  of  1641,  and  was  one  of  the  Assembly  of  Divines  at  Westminster.  He 
received  his  degree  of  A.B.  at  Catharine  Hall,  Cambridge,  1596,  of  A.M.  in  1600, 
and  of  B.D.  at  Clare  Hall,  1608.     His  wife  Elizabeth  was  buried  22  January,  1659. 

The  widow  Joane  Ames  came  to  New  England,  bringing  her  three  children,  Ruth, 
William  and  John,  from  Great  Yarmouth,  in  the  ship  Mary  Ann,  William  Goose, 
master,  in  company  with  a  great  many,  chiefly  from  Norfolk  and  the  borders  of 
Suflblk,  many  of  whom,  including  the  master  of  the  vessel,  took  up  their  abode  in 
Salem  and  its  neighborhood,  or  at  least  applied  for  admission  as  dwellers  in  that 
town.  Mrs.  Ames  evidently  first  intended  to  make  Salem  her  home  in  the  New 
World,  but  finally  took  up  her  abode  in  Cambridge,  where  she  was  buried  23 
December,  1644.  The  General  Court  granted  her  forty  pounds,  15  November,  1637, 
referring  to  her  as  "  the  widow  of  Dr.  Ames  of  famous  memory."  Her  son  William 
was  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  the  class  of  1645,  and  for  an  account  of  his 
life  and  works  the  reader  is  referred  to  the  first  volume  of  Sibley's  Harvard  Gradu- 
ates, Savage's  Gen.  Diet,  and  the  History  of  Congregationalism  in  Norfolk  and 
Suffolk,  above  referred  to.  The  following  inscription  from  his  gravestone  in  Wren- 
tham churchyard,  is  copied  from  the  last  named  book  : 

HERE  .  LYETH  .  INTERRED  .  THE  .  BODY  .  OF    .    WILLIAM    .    AMES    .     (ELDEST    .    SON    .    TO  . 

THE  .  LEARNED  .  DOCTOR  .  AMES  .  )   .  TEACHER  .  OF  .  A   .   CONGREGATIONAL    .    CHURCH  . 

IN   .  WRENTHAM  .  WHO  .   DEPARTED  .  THIS  .  LIFE  .  ON   .  JULY  .  21,    .   89,    .    AND    .    IN  . 
THE  .  66  .  YEARE  .  OF  .   HIS  .  AGE. 


280  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

The  following  entries  from  the  Town  Records  of  Salem  seem  to  refer  to  this 
family  : 

"  The  xxxith  day  of  the  10th  moneth  1638.  At  a  generall  towne  meetinge. 

Agreed  and  voted  that  there  should  be  a  Village  graunted  to  Mr  Phillips  &  his 

company  uppon  such  conditions  as  the  7  men  appointed  for  the  towne  affaires  should 
agree  on."' 

"  At  a  meeting  the  21th  of  the  11th  moneth  (1639) *Granted  to  Hugh  Stacy, 

John  Thurston,  Tho.  West  &  w[idowJ  Payne  20  acres  of  land  apeece.  Granted  to 
Austen  Kilham,  Nicholas  Pacy,  Philemon  D[ickerson],  and  Joseph  Yongs30  Acres  of 
land  apeece.  Granted  to  Henry  Chickering  &  John  Yon»s50  acres  of  [land]  apeece. 
Granted  to  Mlis  Ames  40  acres  of  land.  Granted  to  William  Browne,  Shopkeeper, 
80  acres  of  l[andl.  Granted  to  Mr  Phillips  to  be  an  Inhabitant  &  to  have  80  acres 
of  laud.  Provided  y*  these  6  last  grants  from  this  mrke  *  is  wth  the  condicion  that 
they  continew  in  the  Plantation  to  use  the  same." 

In  that  most  valuable  List  (in  the  handwriting  of  Roger  Conant)  showing  the 
allotment  of  marsh  and  meadow  land,  made  in  accordance  with  a  vote  passed  at 
town  meeting  25th  of  the  10th  month,  1637,  which  gives  us  the  number  of  persons 
in  each  family,  Mris  Amies  is  credited  with  6  persons. — H.  F.  Waters. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Cheever,  the  first  settled  minister  of  Marblehead,  Mass.,  and 
eldest  son  of  Ezekiel  Cheever,  the  master  of  the  Boston  Latin  School,  was  graduated 
at  Harvard  College  in  1659.  He  m.  June  28,  1671,  Ruth  Angier,  daughter  of  Ed- 
mund and  Ruth  (Ames)  Angier,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.  His  son,  the  Rev.  Ames 
Cheever  (Harv.  Coll.  1707),  was  the  first  settled  minister  of  Manchester,  Mass. 

For  a  further  account  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Cheever,  the  Rev.  Ames  Cheever,  and 
the  Rev.  William  Ames,  D.D.,  see  the  Register  for  April,  1879  (xxxiii.  pp.  193- 
198.— John  T.  Hassam.] 

Robert  Smith  of  Wrentham  in  the  county  of  Suff:  gent:  27  De- 
cember, 2d  Anne,  1703,  proved  at  Beccles  15  September  1705.  To  wife 
Sarah  the  sum  of  fifteen  pounds  of  lawful  English  money  to  buy  her  a 
piece  of  plate.  To  John  Lincolne  and  Sarah  Badeley  my  son  and  daugh- 
ter in  law  twenty  shillings  apiece,  to  buy  each  of  them  a  ring.  To  my  sis- 
ter Smith  now  or  late  of  Yoxford  &  to  Margaret  Fynn  my  niece,  her  daugh- 
ter, twenty  shillings  apiece  to  buy  each  of  them  a  ring.  To  Tabitha  Al- 
dred,  my  late  servant,  forty  shillings.  To  Margaret  Denuington,  the  wife 
of  Edmund  Dennington,  three  pounds. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Ames  Smith  my  son  and  his  heirs  all  my 
messuages,  lauds,  tenements  and  hereditaments  whatsoever,  both  freehold 
and  ccpyhold,  situate,  lying  and  being  in  Yoxford  &c,  and  all  that  my  mes- 
suage or  tenement  &c.  in  Beccles  which  I  late  had  and  purchased  of  Mary 
Blomfleld,  widow,  and  Augustine  Blomfield  ;  also  all  my  copyhold  mes- 
sauge  or  tenement,  shop,  stalls  &c.  in  the  new  Market  Place  in  Beccles. 
All  the  residue  &c.  to  the  said  Ames  Smith,  whom  I  constitute  executor. 
Ipswich  Wills,  Archd.  of  Suff.  B.  Yallop  (1705-9)  L.  41. 

Sarah  Smith  of  Wrentham,  widow,  30  October  1705,  proved  1  No- 
vember 1706.  To  John  Lincolne,  my  son,  and  his  heirs  all  my  lauds  lying 
in  Walingham,  he  to  pay  unto  Sarah  Badeley  my  daughter,  within  one 
year  after  my  decease,  the  full  and  entire  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  at 
the  south  porch  of  the  parish  church  of  Wrentham.  If  she  depart  this 
life  before  the  said  sum  shall  become  due  and  payable  I  give  and  bequeath 
it  unto  my  grandchildren  John  Badeley,  Sarah  Badeley  and  Lydia  Bade- 
ley &c.     Son  John  Lincolne  to  be  executor. 

Ipswich  WiL„,  Archd.  of  Suff.  B.  Yallop  (1705-9)  L.  82. 

[Robert  Smith,  the  testator,  was  the  incumbent  of  the  living  of  Blithborough  in 
Suffolk,  from  which  he  was  ejected  under  the  Act  of  Uniformity.  Blithborough 
is  about  six  miles  distant  from  Wrentham.  Mr.  Smith,  as  will  be  seen  in  the  pre- 
ceding pedigree  of  Ames,  married  in  1672,  Elizabeth,  daug      v  of  William  Ames, 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  281 

H.  C.  1645.  She  died  in  July,  1679.  His  last  wife  Sarah  seems  to  have  been  a 
widow  Lincoln.  An  abstract  of  her  will  is  found  above.  In  1672  Mr.  Smith  was  a 
"  minister  of  the  gospel  in  Wrentham."  Rev.  Mr.  Browne  says  :  "  His  ministra- 
tions were  not  confined  to  VVrentham,  for  in  the  License  Book  1672,  we  find  that 
Robert  Smith,  M.A.,  was  a  '  Congregational  Teacher  at  the  house  of  Joseph  Gilder, 
yeoman, .of  Westleton . '  " — Congregationalism  in  IS orf oik  and  Suffolk,  p.  428. 

Mr.  Smith  had  by  his  first  wife  two  children  who  survived  her,  Elizabeth  and 
Ames.  Elizabeth  seems  to  have  been  dead  when  her  father  made  his  will.  Ames 
Smith  resided  at  Denton.  He  had  a  son  Ames  whose  daughter  Sarah  (the  sixth  in 
descent  from  Dr.  William  Ames)  married  Rev.  Thomas  Booking,  who  was  minister 
at  Denton  from  July  27,  1757,  till  his  death,  April  21,  1805,  in  his  73d  year.— Ibid. 
pp.  340  and  428.— Editor  ] 

Everard  Faukner  citizen  and  grocer  of  London  10  Decemher  1705. 
To  my  dear  and  loving  wife  Elizabeth  Faukener  all  my  goods,  household 
stuff,  debts  due  to  me,  moneys,  plate,  Jewells,  chattells  and  personal  estate 
whatsoever  to  her  own  sole  use  and  disposing.  Also  all  my  real  estate, 
free  and  copy  bold,  messuages,  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  what- 
soever and  wheresoever  the  same  are  or  is  or  shall  hereafter  be,  to  have 
and  to  hold  the  same  and  every  part  thereof  to  her  the  said  Elizabeth 
Faukner  her  heirs  and  assigns  forever  to  her  and  their  own  use. 

All  the  rest,  residue  and  remainder  of  my  estate  &c.  I  give,  devise  and 
bequeath  the  same  to  my  said  dear  wife  Elizabeth  Fawkner  and  to  her 
heirs,  executors  and  assigns  forever.  Acd  I  do  hereby  declare,  constitute 
nominate  and  appoint  my  said  dear  and  loving  wife  Elizabeth  Faukner 
sole  Executrix  &c. 

Then  follow  instructions  for  the  widow,  at  her  death  to  give  certain  sums 
to  Everard  Faukner,  the  son  of  "  my  brother '.'  John  Faukner  and  to  all 
the  other  children  of  the  said  John,  born  or  to  be  born,  and  provisions 
against  any  suit  that  may  be  brought  against  the  widow  in  relation  to  the 
will. 

Proved  in  the  P.  C.  C.  30  July,  1707,  by  the  widow. 

Poley,  164. 

Elizabeth  Fawkner  of  Epsom  ats  Ebisham  in  the  County  of  Surry 
Widow,  4  June,  6th  George,  1720.  My  body  to  be  decently  interred,  at  the 
discretion  of  my  executors  herein  after  named,  with  and  by  my  late  in- 
deared  husband  Mr  Everard  ffawkner  deceased.  And  inasmuch  as  he  now 
lies  crowded  or  liable  so  to  be  in  the  church  of  Epsom  aforesaid  my  Will 
and  mind  is  and  I  so  hereby  direct  my  executors  to  prepare  and  pro- 
vide with  all  convenient  expedition  after  my  decease  a  fit  and  proper 
vault  in  the  church  yard  of  Epsom  aforesaid  or  some  other  fitting  and  con- 
venient place  and  thereunto  to  remove  and  lodge  the  "corps  "  of  my  said 
Husband  together  with  my  own.  The  management  of  which  (together 
with  my  funeral)  I  leave  unto  my  executors  so  as  they  lay  out  therein 
a  sum  not  exceeding  six  hundred  pounds  &c.  &c. 

I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  all  those  my  lands,  tenements  and  heredita- 
ments, situate  and  lying  in  the  town  &  parish  of  Epsom  aforesaid,  held  by 
copy  of  Court  Roll  of  the  Manor  of  Epsom  aforesaid  and  which  1  have  sur- 
rendered to  the  use  of  my  Will  (except  a  small  piece  of  Land  or  ground-par- 
cel of  the  premises)  by  me  allotted  and  set  out  or  agreed  or  intended  to  be 
allotted  and  appropriated  for  the  erecting  thereon  a  Meeting  Place  for 
Religious  Worship)  and  also  all  other  my  Copyhold  and  Customary  Estate 
in  England  unto  my  nephew  Thomas  Bulkley  now  or  late  Factor  at  Fort 
S'  George  in  the  East  Indies  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten 


262  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

or  to  be  begotten,  and  for  want  of  such  issue  I  give  and  devise  the  same 
premises  (except  before  excepted)  unto  Stanley  West  of  London  Gent,  and 
the  Reverend  William  Harris  of  London  aforesaid  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
(my  executors  &c.)  and  their  heirs  upon  Trust  to  make  absolute  sale  there- 
of for  such  price  as  can  be  reasonably  obtained  for  the  same  and  to  bring  iu 
and  add  all  such  money  as  shall  arise  thereby  unto  my  personal  estate  to 
the  end  and  intent  the  same  may  go  with  and  be  applied  in  like  manner  as 
the  Surplus  and  Residuum  of  my  Personal  Estate  is  herein  by  me  willed 
and  appointed. 

Then  follows  a  clause  bequeathing  the  parcel  of  land  before  excepted 
for  building  a  house  for  religious  worship,  &c. 

I  give  and  bequeath  all  my  share  and  interest  (being  One  thousand 
pounds  nominal  stock)  in  the  Capital  Stock  or  Fund  of  the  Bank  of  Eng- 
land and  the  growing  dividends  and  profits  thereof  &c.  unto  my  Executors 
&c.  in  trust  to  permit  &  suffer  my  cousin  Edward  Bulkley  &  his  assigns  to 
take  and  receive  to  his  and  their  own  use  the  Interest  &c.  of  my  said  Stock 
for  &  during  the  term  of  his  natural  life,  and  from  &  after  his  decease  to 
permit  and  suffer  my  cousin  Sarah  Bulkley,  now  wife  of  the  said  Edward 
Bulkley,  &  assigns,  to  take  &  receive  to  her  &  their  use  one  moiety  or 
equal  half  part  of  the  Dividends  &c.  for  &  during  the  term  of  her  natural 
life.  And  as  to  the  same  moiety  from  &  after  the  decease  of  the  said  Sa- 
rah Bulkley,  &  the  other  moiety  of  my  said  Stock  from  &  immediately  after 
the  decease  of  the  said  Edward  Bulkley  &c.  &c.  in  trust  for  Elizabeth 
Bulkley  daughter  of  the  said  Edward  &  Sarah  Bulkley;  but  if  she  happen 
to  die  &c.  before  she  shall  attain  her  age  of  one  &  twenty  years  or  day  of 
marriage  &c.  then  in  trust  &c.  &c.  for  such  person  or  persons  who  at  the 
time  of  the  decease  of  the  said  Elizabeth  Bulkley  shall  be  the  heir  at  law 
of  me  the  said  Elizabeth  Fawkner  &c.  &c.  Provision  made  for  allowing 
the  said  stock  to  be  sold  and  the  proceeds  invested  otherwise. 

I  give  unto  the  said  Elizabeth  Bulkley  if  and  when  she  shall  attain  her 
age  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  day  of  marriage  the  sum  of  five  hundred 
pounds  &c.  &c.  To  my  nephew  Everard  Fawkner  four  hundred  pounds 
&  to  my  three  neices,  his  sisters,  Sarah,  Jane  &  Susanna  three  hundred 
pounds  apiece,  which  said  last  mentioned  sums  make  together  the  sum  of 
one  thousand  &  three  hundred  pounds  and  is  the  sum  directed,  intended  or 
appointed  them  in  and  by  the  last  will  and  testament  of  my  said  late  hus- 
band &c.  (with  deductions  for  advances  made  in  my  life  time).  To  each 
of  them  my  said  nephew  &  neices  the  Fawkners  the  further  sum  of  three 
hundred  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Mary  Rotheram  one  hundred  pounds.  To 
my  brother  in  law  William  Brudenall  fifty  pounds  and  to  him  and  his  wife 
forty  pounds  more  for  mourning.  To  the  Lady  Catherine  Taylor  one 
hundred  pounds.  To  the  Reverend  Mr  Thomas  Valentine  of  Epsom  one 
hundred  pounds  and  ten  pounds  more  for  mourning.  To  Mrs  Reddall  of 
Northtonshire  twenty  pounds.  To  Mrs  Martha  Barrow  one  hundred 
pounds.  To  my  cousin  Ann  Barrow  daughter  of  my  cousin  Thomas  Bar- 
row fifty  pounds.  To  my  said  cousin  Edward  Bulkley  and  his  wife  and 
daughter  and   my  said  nephew  &  neices  the  Fawkners  ten  pounds  apiece 

for  mourning.     To  Mr Barrow  &  M"  Elizabeth   Barrow  ten  pounds 

apiece  for  mourning  and  to  the  Bishop  of  Peterborough  and  his  Lady  ten 
pounds  apiece  for  mourning.  To  the  Reverend  Mr  Woodford  minister  of 
Epsom  ten  pounds.  To  Mr  Anderson  of  the  same  place  twenty  pounds. 
To  Mrs  Drury  five  pounds,  to  whom  I  also  remit  four  pounds  of  the  debt 
she  oweth  me.     To  Jane  Furness  ten  pounds.     To  my  god  daughter  Eliz- 


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abeth  Heskins  twenty  pounds  and  so  will  &  appoint  my  Executors  to  pay 
unto  or  for  the  benefit  of  Mrs  Elizabeth  Heskins  (wife  of  John  Heskins) 
the  sum  of  ten  pounds  for  her  separate  &  peculiar  use  &c.  To  Izan  Pa- 
trick ten  pounds.  To  my  maid  Susanna  Fletcher  twenty  pounds  &c.  &c. 
To  John  Stonestreet  five  pounds.  For  the  Dissenting  Congregation  at 
Epsom  one  hundred  pounds.  One  hundred  pounds  sterling  to  be  distribut- 
ed among  twenty  dissenting  preachers  or  teachers  in  the  Country. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  such  the  children  or  grandchildren  of  my 
uncles  Edward  Bulkley,  Peter  Bulkley  and  Gersham  Bulkley  late  of  New 
England  as  shall  be  living  at  the  time  of  my  decease  the.  sum  of  five  hun- 
dred pounds  sterling  &c.  To  his  grace  the  Arch  Bishop  of  Canterbury  & 
his  Lady  twenty  shillings  apiece  for  rings.  To  Mrs  Hester  Vicaridge  fifty 
pounds.  To  Rachel  Dent  of  Coleman  Street  ten  pounds.  To  the  Rever- 
end Mr  Joshua  Bayes  five  pounds.  To  the  Lady  Ward  &  her  four  daugh- 
ters each  a  ring  of  tweuty  shillings  value.  To  Mrs  Royston  &  her  two 
eldest  daughters  &  Mr  Thomas  Wooley  &  his  wife  &  their  two  daughters 
each  a  ring  of  twenty  shillings  value  and  to  M"  Elizabeth  Diston  Mrs  Ce- 
ney  M™  Bridges  and  her  nephew  John  Bridges  &  his  sister  twenty  shillings 
apiece  for  rings.  To  my  coachman  George  (certain  bequests).  My  will 
is  that  my  cousin  Edward  Bulkley  &  his  said  wife  &  daughter  &c.  do  in- 
habit in  my  present  dwelling  house  in  Epsom  until  my  said  nephew  Thomas 
Bulkley  shall  arrive  in  England  or  my  executors  have  certain  advices  of 
his  death. 

The  rest  and  residue  of  goods,  chattels  &  personal  estate  to  my  execu- 
tors in  trust  for  my  said  nephew,  if  living  at  the  time  of  my  decease ;  if  he 
be  then  dead  then  in  trust  for  his  child  or  children  lawfully  begotten  &c. ; 
failing  such,  then  in  trust  to  pay  to  my  said  nephew  and  neices  the  Fawkners 
(then  living)  the  sum  of  sixteen  hundred  pounds  sterling  in  equal  parts  and 
shares ;  and  upon  further  trust  to  pay  unto  such  of  the  children  of  the  said 
Hester  Vicaridge  (except  that  he  is  the  chyrurgeon)  as  shall  be  then  living 
the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  apiece  ;  and  upon  further  trust  to  pay  unto  such 
the  child  or  children,  grandchild  or  grandchildren  of  my  said  late  uncles 
Edward,  Peter  and  Gersham  Bulkley  as  shall  be  then  living  one  half  part  of 
the  then  remaining  surplus  of  my  said  personal  estate  in  such  parts  and  pro- 
portions at  such  times  and  in  such  manner  as  my  executors  or  the  survivor 
of  them  or  the  executors  or  administrators  of  such  survivor  shall  think  fit. 
Other  provisions  for  the  rest  of  the  legatees.  Mr  Stanley  West  and  M* 
William  Harris  to  be  the  executors,  and  to  each  of  them  two  hundred 
pounds  sterling. 

A  codicil,  of  4  June,  1720,  provides  for  giving  to  Philip  Papillon  Esq. 
a  ring  of  twenty  shillings  value,  to  Mrs  Elizabeth  Papillon  a  five  pounds 
broad  piece  of  gold  and  to  Mrs  Susanna  Papillon  my  broad  piece  of  gold  in 
nature  of  a  medal,  to  the  Lady  Wostenholme  and  her  two  daughters  Eliz- 
abeth and  Ann  Allstone  each  a  ring  of  twenty  shillings  value,  to  Mrs  Ste- 
phens, Mr3  Catherine  Devinck,  Mr  Christopher  Todd  and  M"  Cole  and  her 
daughter  Hiller  each  a  ring  of  twenty  shillings  value. 

M'8  Elizabeth  Fawkner's  Directions  and  Orders  to  Mr  Stauley  West 
June  21th  1.720. 

Imprimis  I  order  my  household  goods  to  remain  unsold  until  my  Nephew 
Bulkley  comes  home  from  India,  or  until  my  executors  have  News  of  his 
death.  Item  I  appoint  Mr  Page  and  Mr  Reynolds  to  be  the  undertakers  of 
my  funeral  which  I  would  have  performed  in  a  solemn  and  decent  manner. 
I  doubt  not  but  my  executors  will  wisely  and  carefully  discharge  that  affair 


284  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

which  I  leave  to  their  prudence  and  conduct.  I  appoint  and  desire  Sr  Wm 
Stewart,   Mr  Ruth,    Mr  Diston,   Mr  Betts,   Mr  Cresnor  and  Mr  Devinck  to 

hold  up  my  Pall.  I  give  one  hundred  pounds  to   my  cousin   Edward 

Bulkley.  I  give  ten  pounds  to  poor  families  in  Epsom  in  such  proportions 
as  my  executors  shall  think  fit  to  each  family.  I  give  to  Mr  Sheldon  Vi- 
caridge  twenty  pounds.  I  give  to  the  Lady  Ward,  Mrs  Bridges  and  to  M™ 
Stephens  a  mourning  ring  to  each  of  them  set  in  "  christall  "  and  diamonds 
of  each  side  of  it  about  five  or  six  pounds  value.  I  give  all  the  daughters 
of  the  Lady  Ward,  Lady  Napper,  Lady  Harrison,  Mra  Sabet  Bridges,  Mr3 
Anne  Rotheram,  Mrs  Curgaven,  M"  Cresnor,  Mr  Churchill,  Mr  Loeffs,  Dr 
Criston  and  his  Lady,  M"  Crittenden  rings  of  twenty  shillings  value  each. 

I  order  that  all  the  rings  I  have  given  away  both  in  my  will  and  in  this 
paper  to  the  ladies  and  gentlewomen  shall  be  with  a  "christall"  glass,  al- 
though the  charges  should  exceed  twenty  shillings  a  ring.  I  give  five 
pounds  to  Mr  Tongue  the  minister.  I  order  that  the  six  gentlemen  who 
shall  hold  up  my  Pall  may  have  rings  of  twenty  shillings  each,  and  also 
Belts,  Hatbands  and  gloves  of  the  best  sort.  I  give  the  daughter  of  my 
cousin  Edward  Bulkley  my  pearl  necklace  my  diamond  ring,  my  set  of 
lockets  my  chintz  gown  and  petticoat  with  small  flowers,  my  laced  head- 
cloaths,  six  my  new  Holland  shifts  and  also  my  Holland  and  Dimity  which 
lies  in  Boxes  unmade  up  and  my  "  Marselles  "  and  white  damask  petti- 
coats. I  give  to  my  cousin  Edward  Bulkleys  wife  my  imbroidered  gown 
and  petticoat  my  new  silk  wrapping  gown,  my  ten  new  callico  shifts,  my 
purple  chintz,  my  dark  coloured  Norwich  crape  gown  with  a  luitstring 
liueing,  my  best  alamode  hood  and  laced  net.  I  give  to  my  cousin  Martha 
Barrow  my  best  chints  gown  and  petticoat  lined  with  green.  I  give  to  my 
servant  Susan  my  white  Dimity  gown  and  petticoat,  my  callico  gown,  my 
black  silk  gown  and  petticoat  my  six  new  callico  shifts  my  under  petticoats 
and  all  my  headclothes  except  my  best  edgings  and  broad  laced  ones.  I 
give  my  niece  Sarah  Fawkner  my  gold  watch.  I  give  my  niece  Jenny 
Fawkner  one  of  my  large  silver  salvers.  I  give  my  nephew  Everard 
Fawkner  one  of  my  large  silver  salvers.  I  give  my  niece  Susan  Fawk- 
ner my  middle  size  silver  tankard.  I  give  my  two  nieces  Sarah  and  Jen- 
ny Fawkner  my  three  pieces  of  chintz.  I  order  that  my  blue  satin  petti- 
coat with  gold  and  silver  flowers  and  my  buff  coloured  petticoat  shall  be 
kept  and  not  disposed  of.  I  order  that  the  rest  of  my  wearing  apparel 
shall  be  distributed  according  to  the  will  of  my  executors.  I  give  to  the 
Lady  Ward  my  fine  chintz  counterpane  unlined  and  not  made  up.  I  give 
to  Mr  Stanley  West  my  large  china  Punch  bowl  with  a  cover,  my  china  sal- 
let  dish,  my  china  mug  and  my  fork  and  spoon  with  coral  handles.  I  give 
to  Mr  Valentine  my  silver  Presenter  and  my  great  Bible  and  my  silver 
mug.  I  order  that  my  nephew  Bulkley  shall  have  what  books  he  pleases 
for  his  own  use  out  of  my  study  and  the  remainder  to  be  disposed  of  by 
my  executors  for  some  public  place  or  library  either  in  New  England  or 
where  else  they  shall  think  most  proper.  But  I  give  liberty  to  my  exec- 
utors and  Mr  Valentine  to  choose  out  any  particular  books  for  their  own 
use.  I  give  my  said  cousin  Edward  Bulkley  my  set  of  castors  my  pair  of 
salvers  and  my  silver  cup  with  a  cover  and  six  silver  spoons.  June  the 
218t  these  are  my  directions  to  Executors.  Eliz:   Fawkner. 

Then  follow  depositions  made  2  July,  1720,  by  Sarah  Fawkner  and  Jane 
Fawkner,  spinsters,  of  the  parish  of  S'  Magnus  the  Martyr,  London,  con- 
cerning the  foregoing  Directions  and  Orders.  The  will  and  these  two  cod- 
icils were  proved  at  Loudon,  1  July,  1720.  Shaller,  153. 


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[In  the  will  of  John  Bulkeley  (Bulkeley  Family,  p.  64)  he  mentions  wife  Avis  ; 
daughter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Everard  Fawkner  ;  eons  Thomas  and  Edward  ;  sister 
Mrs"  Eleanor  FryefTrye?];  brother  and  sister  Vicaridge  and  their  children  ;  late 
nephew  Trye  Vicaridge,  his  eldest  son:  three  brothers" in  New  England,  Edward, 
Gershom  and  Peter,  if  then  living;  sons  of  deceased  brother  Thomas  if  to  be  heard 
of  and  living;  nephew  Edward  Bulkeley*  here  in  England;  nephew  Thomas  Trye, 
son  of  brother-in-law  William  Trye.  Dated  1689.  Executors,  son  Edward,  wife 
Avis,  daughter  Elizabeth  Fawkner. 

This  will  of  Elizabeth  Fawkner  throws  some  light  upon  a  document  which  has 
been  hitherto  unexplained  (Reg.  xxv.  89),  and  of  which  the  following  is  an  ab- 
stract :  "  Whereas  Mrs  Elizabeth  Fawkner  of  Epsom  Surry  did  by  her  Last  Will 
bequeath  the  6um  of  five  hundred  pounds  Sterling  to  her  Relations  the  familyes  of 
the  Buckleys  in  New  England  know  ye  that  I  John  Hancock  of  Lexington  in  ye 
county  of  Middlesex  Clerk  one  of  ye  persons  Interested  in  ye  sd  Legacy  having  re- 
ceived my  proportion  of  ye  aforesd  Legacy  Do  fully  discharge,"  &c.  &c.  Dated 
1723. 

The  following  is  of  course  the  clause  referred  to  :  "  Item  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  such  the  children  or  grandchildren  of  my  uncles  Edward  Bulkley  Peter  Bulk- 
ley  and  Gershom  Bulkley  late  of  New  England  as  shall  be  living  at  the  time  of  my 
decease  the  sum  of  five  hundred  pounds  sterling." 

Now  Rev.  John  Hancock  of  Lexington,  born  1671,  died  1752,  was  the  son  of 
Nathaniel  (Nathaniel  and  Joan)  Hancock,  and  Mary  (Henry  and  Joan)  Prentice. 
As  he  was  therefore  neither  the  child  nor  the  grandchild  of  a  Bulkley,  he  must  have 
received  the  legacy  in  right  of  his  wife.  He  married  about  1700  (eldest  son  John 
born  June  1,  1702)  Elizabeth  Clarke  (died  1760),  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  (Jonas 

and  Elizabeth)  Clarke  of  Chelmsford  ;   and  his  wife  Mary (died  Dec.  2,  1700). 

As  Elizabeth  (Clarke)  Hancock  was  not  the  daughter,  she  must  have  been  the 
granddaughter  and  her  mother  the  daughter  of  one  of  "  my  uncles"  Edward, 
Peter  or  Gershom  Bulkley.     Before  inquiring  which  of  these  could  have  been  the 

father  of  Mary  ( )  Clarke,  it  is  necessary  to  fix  approximately  the  date  of  her 

birth.  She  had  several  children,  but  the  only  dates  of  birth  known  are  those  of  her 
sons  in  1684  and  1694.  As  her  daughter  Lucy  was  married  in  1700  and  Elizabeth 
probably  the  same  year,  their  mother  could  scarcely  have  been  born  later  than  1660, 
and  the  probability  is  that  the  date  was  earlier;  perhaps  not  far  from  1655.  Her 
husband,  Rev.  Thomas  Clarke,  born  March  2,  1652-3,  H.  C.  1670,  served  with  the 
Narraganset  army  seven  weeks  before  Oct.  17,  1676  (Sibley,  II.  330)  :  and  made  a 
return  voyage  from  England  in  the  summer  of  1677. f  Articles  of  Agreement  with 
the  church  at  Chelmsford  were  signed  by  "  Thomas  Clarke  "  on  the  "  5th  of  the 
12  month,  i.e.  Feb.  5,  1677"  (1677-8).  He  was  ordained  and  probably  married 
soon  after,  which  again  would  give  1655  as  a  probable  approximate  date  for  the 
birth  of  his  wife  Mary.    We  have  now  to  consider  whose  daughter  she  could  have 

*  Mentioned  also  in  Elizabeth  Fawkner's  will  as  being  in  England  in  1720  with  wife 
Sarah  and  daughter  Elizabeth.  John  Bulkley's  nephew  Edward,  son  of  Gershom  Bulk- 
ley  (born  1672,  died  1748  in  Weathersfield,  Conn.),  married  in  1702  Dorothy  Prescott,  and 
had  eleven  children  from  1703  to  1713;  an  Elizabeth  in  1705.  In  Gershom's  will,  1712,  he 
mentions  son  Edward's  "  present  wife  Dorothee"  and  a  clock  "  standing  in  his  house."  The 
only  other  "  nephew  Edward  "  that  John  Bulkley  seems  to  have  had,  was  his  great-neph- 
ew Edward,4  eldest  son  of  Hon.  Peter3  (Rev.  Edward,2  Rev.  Peter1),  who  was  born  March 
18,  1668-9,  and  of  whom  nothing  further  is  recorded.  His  father,  Hon.  Peter  Bulkley 
(Bulkeley  Family,  p.  40;  Savage,  I.  291-2;  Sibley's  Harv.  Graduates,  II.  68),  was  born  in 
Concord,  Jan.  3,  1640-1 ;  H.  C.  1660 ;  was  Assistant,  Major,  etc. ;  and  Oct.  30,  1676,  sailed 
on  a  special  mission  to  England,  from  which  he  returned  Dec.  23,  1679.  It  is  not  impossi- 
ble that  he  may  have  taken  his  son  Edward  to  England  with  him  and  left  him  there.  Hon. 
Peter  Bulkley  died  March  25,  1688.  Mr.  Sibley  made  one  of  his  rare  mistakes  in  credit- 
ing his  history  to  Peter,2  the  youngest  son  of  Rev.  Peter  of  Concord.— e.  f.  ware.  [A  por- 
trait of  Hon.  Peter  Bulkeley,  said  to  have  been  painted  by  Sir  Godfrey  Kneller,  and  another 
painting,  the  Bulkeley  arms,  were  deposited  with  the  New  England  Historic  Genealogical 
Society  in  its  early  days,  by  its  president  Mr.  Charles  Ewer,  in  behalf  of  the  owner  of  the 
pointings,  Mr.  Richard  B.  Hewes  of  Boston.  In  1877  they  were  returned  to  the  owner's 
widow,  Mrs.  Mary  Hewes.  Subsequently  they  were,  for  a  year  or  two,  deposited  again 
with  the  society  by  Mrs.  George  U.  Sargent  of  Boston,  a  granddaughter  of  Mrs.  Hewes, 
who  probablv  has  them  now. — Editor.  1 

t  Savage  (IV.  578)  gives  for  the  death  of  Francis  Willoughby,  Jr.,  which  took  place  on 
this  voyage,  the  date  June  15,  1678;  but  this  must  be  a  mistake,  since  Mr.  Clarke  was  in 
Chelmsford  in  February,  1677-8.  In  March,  1694-5,  he  says  the  voyage  was  "  about  seven- 
teen years  ago."  May  he  not  have  gone  to  England  with  Hon.  Peter  Bulkley,  Oct.  30, 
1676  ?    (Reg.  xxxi.  309.)— e.  f.  w. 


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been  ;  and  a  process  of  elimination  will  bring  us  as  nearly  to  a  certain  conclusion 
as  we  can  come  in  the  absence  of  actual  records. 

Peter,  the  youngest  son  of  Rev.  Peter  Bulkley  of  Concord  (born  in  Concord  1643, 
died  1691,  removed  to  Fairfield,  Conn.,  with  his  mother  about  1663),  married  and 
had  children  Gershom,  Peter,  Grace,  Margaret  and  Dorothy.  (Bulkeley  Family, 
pp.  40,  83,  190.  Mr.  Sibley  credits  to  this  Peter2  the  history  that  undoubtedly  be- 
longs to  Hon.  Peter,3  son  of  Rev.  Edward.)  He  could  scarcely  have  been  the  lather  of 
Mary  Clarke.  Gershom,  the  next  older  son  of  Rev.  Peter  (born  in  Concord  1636, 
H.  C.  1655,  removed  to  Connecticut  about  1661,  died  1713),  married  October,  1659, 
Sarah  Chauncey  (born  in  Ware,  England,  1631,  died  1669),  and  had  a  son  Peter, 
born  in  Concord  1660,  Dorothy  1662  or  3,  Charles  1663  or  4,  etc.  ;  and  Edward. 
Neither  could  he  have  been  the  lather  of  Mary  Clarke.  There  remains  then  only  the 
eldest  son,  Rev.  Edward  Bulkley,  who  was  born  in  England  1614,  was  in  Concord 
until  1642  or  1643,  and  in  Marshfield  from  that  date  to  1657,*  when  he  returned  to 
Concord,  succeeded  his  father  and  finally  died  in  Chelmsford,  Jan.  2,  1695-6,  but 
was  buried  in  Concord. f  The  only  children  whose  names  have  been  given  hitherto 
are  Peter,  born  in  Concord  Jan.  3,  1640-1  ;  John,  buried  in  Marshfield  Feb.  26, 
1655  (1655-6);  Elizabeth,  who  married  1665  Rev.  Joseph  Emerson,  and  after  his 
death  in  1680  John  Moody  of  Reading  ;  and  Jane,  who  married  1684  (?)  Ephraim 
Flint.  A  daughter  Mary  may  well  have  been  named  after  two  daughters  of  Rev. 
Peter  of  Concord,  born  in  1615  and  1621,  both  of  whom  died  young.  The  following 
tables  show  the  relationship  of  the  parties. 

Rev.  Peter  Bulkley 
I 


Rev.  Edward, 
b.  1614 
d.  1695-6 


John, 


b. 1619 
H.  C.  1642 
d.  1689-90 


I   I 

Mary,  1615 
Mary,  1621 
d.y. 


I 


Hon.  Peter,   Jo 
b.  1640-1      d.y 

H.  C. 1660 
m.  1667 
d.  1688 

Edward 
b.  1668-9 


hn, 


Gershom, 
b.  1G36 
H.  C.  1655 
m.  1659 
d.  1713 

I 


Peter, 
1).  1643 
d.  1691 


Elizabeth=Emerson      Mary, 
Jane         =Flint       b.  ab.  1655. 
m.  al).  1678 
Rev.  Thos. 
Clarke. 
d.  1700 


Elizabeth 
Fawkner 


Peter,  1660 
Dorothy 

Charles 
Edward 


Gershum 

Peter 

Grace 
Margaret 
Dorothy 


Hancock 
Nath'l  =  Joan 


Prentice 
Henry  =  Joan 


Clarke 
Jonas  =  Elizabeth 


Bulkley 
Edward  = 


Natb'l       = 


Mary 


62  in  I  1676 


23  in 


www 
lft'C 


=  Mary 
ab.  21 
in  1676 


John  = 
5  in  1676 


Elizabeth 
m.  1700 


Lucv 
m. 1700 


Jonas,  1).  1684 
Thos.  1).  1694 


Hon.  Peter 
35  in  1676 


Edward 
7  in  1676 


The  church  records  of  Marshfield,  previous  to  1696,  are  no  longer  in  existence  ; 
and  the  town  records  give  no  dates  of  birth  of  any  children  of  Rev.  Edward  Bulk- 
ley,  only  the  burial  of  John.     Now,  however,  that  this  clue  has  been  discovered,  it 

*  The  town  records  of  Marshfield,  under  date  Aug.  13,  1657,  speak  of  "  the  house  and 
land  that  Mr.  Bulkley  late  lived  in."  Jan.  7,  1657-8,  a  committee  is  appointed  "  to  go  to 
Mr.  Bulkeley  at  Concord,"  &c. 

t  Shattuck  in  his  history  of  Concord  says  he  died  "  probably  "  at  the  house  of  his 
grandson  Edward  Emerson  ;  but  it  may  have  been  at  that  of  his*  daughter  Mrs.  Thomas 
Clarke.— e.  f.  w. 


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is  greatly  to  be  hoped  that  some  old  record  in  deed,  letter  or  family  bible  will  be 
found,  which,  explained  in  the  light  of  the  foregoing  documents,  may  place  beyond 
question  the  fact  that  the  first  wife  of  Rev.  Thomas  Clarke  of  Chelmsford  was  a 
daughter  of  Rev.  Edward  Bulklcy  of  Marshfield  and  Concord.  That  this  fact  should 
have  remained  until  now  undiscovered,  which  is  perhaps  the  chief  argument  against 
its  being  a  fact,  is  no  more  strange  than  that  the  name  of  Rev.  Edward  Bulkley's 
wife  should  still  be  unknown. — Emma  F.  Ware. 

These  wills  of  Everard  Faukner  and  his  widow  Elisabeth  are  printed  in  Chap- 
man's Bulkley  Family,  Hartford,  1875,  pp.  08-77.  The  will  of  John  Bulkley,  "  of 
the  Precincts  of  St.  Katherines,  near  the  tower  of  London,  Gent.,"  father  of  Mrs. 
Fawkner,  dated  Oct.  10,  1689,  proved  Jan.  28,  1689-90,  is  printed  in  that  volume, 
pp.  64-67.— Editor.] 

Rogers  (ante,  p.  180). 

Some  References  to  Thomas  Rogers  in  the  Stratford  Records. 

Among  the  expired  Leases,  High  Street  Ward  : — 
One  to  Roger  Smith,  mercer,  of  a  messuage  or  tenement  in  High  Street,* 
between  the  dwelling-house  of  Thomas  Rogers  on  the  north  part  aud  the 
dwelling-house  of  Mr  John  Wolmer  on  the  south  part;  and  also  a  messuage 
in  Elie  Street  alias  Swyne  Street,  between  the  barn  aud  backside  of  Tho- 
mas Rogers  on  the  west  part  and  the  backside  of  Mr  John  Wolmer  on  the 
east  part,  26  November,  19  James  I.  The  High  Street  frontage  was  19 
ft.  2  inch.     Lease  and  counterpart. 

Lease  to  Francis  Smyth  of  London,  haberdasher,  of  a  messuage  in  High 
Street  between  the  dwelling-house  of  Thomas  Rogers  (on  the  North)  and 
John  Woolmer  (on  the  South),  and  also  a  tenement  in  Ely  Street  (see 
above).     25  February,  G  Charles  I. 

Expired  Leases.     Henley  Street  Ward. 
Thomas  Rogers,  draper, two  tenements  in  Windsor  Street  or  Hen- 
ley Lane  alias  Hell  Lane,  10  June,  20  James  I. 

Expired  Leases.     Chapel  Street  Ward. 

Charles,   the   son  of  Thomas   Rogers,  a  messuage   and  garden  in 

Church  Street.     January,  1  James  I. 

Early  Sessious  Papers. 
The   presentmente    of   Thomas    Rogers    and    his  felowes    of  all    such 
thinges  geven  them  in  charge   at  the  Quarter   Sesson  holden  the  xiiijth  dai 
of  Januarii,  1G02,  as  much  as  came  to  their  knowledg  or  remembrance. 

Court  of  Record  Manuscripts. 

Charles  Baynton  and  George  Bardoll  v.  Thomas  Rogers  for  a  debt  of 
37£  6d.  (relates  to  a  lease  of  lands  at  Bridgetown)  16  Eliz. 

John  Smythe  (pinsor)  summoned  to  answer  Thomas  Rogers  touching  a 
parole  agreement  about  the  upper  part  or  end  of  a  certain  close  in  Bridge- 
towne  called  Wythibed  Lees,  34  Eliz.  (I  find  that  John  Shaksper  was  a 
juror  in  this  case.) 

Thomas  Rogers  attached  to  answer  John  Rogers  (clerk)  for  ten  fasces 
radiorum  sinnosorum,  at.  6d  the  bundle,  10  Jac.  I. 

Thomas  Rogers,  executor  of  the  will  of  Thomas  Rogers  gentleman,  sum- 
moned to  answer  John  Rogers,  clerk,  in  a  bill  of  obligation  (dated  6 
Jac.  I.). 

*  The  High  Street  tenement  conveyed  in  this  lease  was,  I  believe,  a  building  which  must 
have  stood  on  the  site  of  the  present  Garriek  Inn,  which  is  still  corporation  property,  and 
still  bounded,  as  then,  north  and  south,  by  private  property.  h.  f.  w. 


288  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Miscellaneous  Documents. 

The  accompte  of  Thomas  Rogers,  chamberlayne  to  the  Borrowghe  of 
Stretforde-uppon-Avon,  made  the  thyrde  of  October,  1589,  which  he  then 
yelded  opp  in  respecte  he  was  elected  to  be  Bayleef  for  the  yeare  followe- 
inge,  81  Elizabeth. 

The  noate  of  corne  and  make  taken  the  iiijth  of  ffebruarii,  1597,  in  the 
xlth  yeare  of  the  raigne  of  our  moste  gracious  soveraigne  ladie  Queen  Eliz- 
abethe,  &c. 

High  Street  Warde.     Townsmens  Corne. 

Mr  Thomas  Rogers  vij.  quarters,  rye  iiij.  quarters,  myle  corne  ij.  quar- 
ters. 

Straingers. 

Mr  Rogers  hath  of  Mr  Hubands  v.  quarters  iiij.  str. 

Hamuet  Sadler  summoned  to  answer  Thomas  Rogers,  on  money  mat- 
ters, 39  Eliz. 

Thomas  Rogers,  gentleman,  summoned  to  answer  Thomas  Bridges  since 
by  request  of  the  said  Thomas  Rogers  he  sold  to  oue  William  Rogers  all 
his  part  of  the  collection  of  the  County  of  Surrey  for  the  sustenance  of  the 
poor  inhabitants  of  Stratford  by  letters  patent  granted,  &c,  38  Eliz. 

Richard  Dixon  alias  Waterman  summoned  to  answer  Thomas  Rogers 
senior  respecting  the  purchase  of  some  barley  straw,  26  Eliz. 

Richard  Dixon  v.  Thomas  Rogers,  the  jurors'  names  and  verdict  in  a 
suit  respecting  the  rent  of  a  house  inhabited  by  Rogers. 

Thomas  Rogers  summoned  to  answer  to  the  suit  of  Richard  Dixon 
about  the  lease  of  a  tenement,  37  Eliz. 

Richard  Quiney  summoned  to  answer  Thomas  Rogers  concerning  a  loan 
of  money,  38  Eliz. 

Thomas  Rogers  v.  William  Rogers,  concerning  a  bill  of  obligation,  40 
Eliz. 

Richard  Dixon  v.  Thomas  Rogers  concerning  the  lease  of  a  tenement  to 
Charles  Rogers  son  of  defendant,  36  Eliz. 

Charles  Rogers  summoned  to  answer  Richard  Dixon  alias  Waterman 
for  an  assault,  43  Eliz. 

A  bond  of  obligation  by  Abraham  Sturley  of  Stratford,  yeoman,  and 
Richard  Quyney  of  the  same,  mercer,  to  Thomas  Rogers  of  the  same,  wool- 
len-draper, and  Henry  Wilson  of  the  same,  fishmonger,  in  40h,  38  Eliz. 

A  Court  of  Record  was  held  7  January,  38  Elizabeth,  before  Thomas 
Rogers  bailiff. 

I  found  numerous  references  to  other  individuals  of  the  name  of  Rogers. 
The  earliest,  I  think,  was  a  deed  of  John  Clopton  etc.  to  John  Rogers  and 
others,  of  one  shop  and  a  chamber  built  over  it,  in  Middle  Row.  This  was 
dated  13  Edward  IV.  There  was  a  William  Rogers  on  the  Subsidy  Roll 
34-5  Henry  VIII.  The  church  registers  contain  baptisms,  burials,  &c, 
of  the  families  of  Henry,  William,  Richard  and  John  Rogers,  all  contem- 
porary with  Thomas  Rogers  the  bailiff.  John  Rogers  was  a  clergyman,  and 
seems  to  have  succeeded  (in  1610)  Mr.  Richard  Bifield  (grandfather  of 
Nathaniel  Bifield,  of  Boston)  as  vicar  of  Stratford.  In  1619  a  Mr.  Tho- 
mas Wilson  became  vicar.  The  following  are  a  few  of  the  notes  relating 
to  this  John  Rogers,  taken  from  the  Stratford  records. 

Mr  John  Rogers,  vicar,  to  have  towards  the  building  of  a  stable  and 
woodhouse  on  his  own  backside  thirty  shillings.     3  November  1610. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  289 

Mr  Rogers  to  deliver  up  possession  of  his  house  15  October,  17  James  I. 

A  fit  gown  cloth  given  to  Mr  John  Rogers  our  Vicar  in  the  hope  that 
he  will  deserve  the  same  hereafter  and  amend  his  former  faults  and  failings, 
30  January  1614. 

In  1613  he  was  complained  of  for  creating  a  nuisance  by  building  a  pig- 
stye  just  opposite  the  back  court  of  New  Place  (Shakespeare's  residence). 
He  besought  the  corporation  that  they  "  would  consent  to  the  finishinge  of 
that  small  plecke  which  I  have  begunne  in  the  lane,  the  use  whereof  was 
noe  other  but  to  keepe  a  swine  or  two  in,  for  about  my  bowse  there  is  noe 
place  of  convenience  without  so  much  annoyance  to  the  Chappell,  and  how 
farre  the  breeding  of  such  creatures  is  needefull  to  poore  howsekeepers  I  re- 
fer re  myselfe  to  those  that  can  equall  my  charge ;  moreover  the  highway 
will  be  wider  and  fayrer,  as  it  may  now  appeare." 

[From  Hist,  of  New  Place,  by  J.  O.  Halliwell  (now  Halliwell-Phil- 
lipps),  Esq.,  London,  1864.] 

It  is  thought  probable  that  he  performed  the  service  at  the  funeral  of 
Shakespeare. 

As  to  the  occupation  of  Mr.  Thomas  Rogers,  there  may  be  found,  in  Mr. 
Halliwell  Phillipps's  "  Outlines  of  the  Life  of  Shakespeare  "  (2d  ed.  1882), 
page  207,  "Illustrative  Notes — The  concentration  of  several  trades,"  the 
following : 

44  Thus  it  is  recorded  that  4  Thomas  Rogers,  now  baieliefe  of  this  towne  ' 
(1595)  '  besydes  his  butchers  trade,  which  until  now  of  late  bee  allwaies 
used,  hee  ys  a  buyer  and  seller  of  corne  for  great  somes,  and  withall  useth 
grazinge  and  buyinge  and  selinge  of  catell,  and  bathe  in  howsehold  xiiij 
persons.' " 

Notes  from  Feet  of  Fines. 

Intr  Thomam  Rogers  quer  et  Henricu  Mace  deforc  de  duobs  messuagiis 
&  duobus  gardinis  cum  ptin  in  Stretford  sug  Avon  &c. 

Pasch.  23  Elizabeth  (1581). 

Int  Thomam  Rogers  gehosum  quer  et  Willfn  Rogers  &  Johanuam 
uxem  eius  &  Elizabeth  Rogers  viduam  deforc  de  uno  mesuagio  uno  cur- 
tilagio  &  uno  gardino  cum  gtin  in  Stretford  sug  Avon  &c. 

Mich.  44-5  Elizabeth. 

Int  Johem  Wolmar  quer  et  Thomam  Rogers  genosum  &  Aliciam  uxem 
eius  deforc  de  uno  mesuagio  uno  curtilagio  &  uno  gardino  cum  gtin  in 
Stratford  sug  Avon  &c.  Mich.  2  James  I.  (1604). 

Thomas  Jadwyn  citizen  and  cutler  of  London,  4  November  1626, 
proved  5  March  1627.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  wherein  I  am  a  parish- 
ioner forty  shillings.  I  forgive  to  Daniel  Colwall  my  apprentice  the  last 
year  of  his  term.  To  my  son  Robert  Jadwyn,  "  who "  I  pray  to 
bless  and  reform,  the  sum  of  five  pounds  and  a  feather  bed  and  such  other 
household  stuff  as  my  executrix  shall  think  good  to  give  him.  To  my 
daughters  Hanna  Dunscombe  and  Susanna  Sharrowe,  to  either  of  them 
three  pounds  to  dispose  of  as  they  please,  and  to  be  paid  into  their  own 
hands  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease.  To  Jadwin  Dunscombe,  my 
daughter  Hannah  her  son,  twenty  marks  at  his  age  of  twenty  one  years. 
To  Philip  and  Thomas  Dunscombe,  his  brothers,  five  pounds  each  at  twen- 
ty one.  I  am  seized  and  possessed  of  and  in  three  several  messuages  or 
tenements  called  or  known  by  the  names  of  the  Unicorn,  the  Saracen's 


290  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Head  and  in  the  Crown,  in  the  parish  of  St.  George  in  Southwark  in  the 
county  of  Surry  (the  messuage  called  Saracen's  Head  divided  into  several 
tenements).  These  to  my  wife  Elizabeth  during  her  natural  life;  then  to 
my  sou  Robert  and  his  lawfnl  heirs  ;  next  to  my  daughters  Hanna  and  Su- 
sanna and  their  heirs  ;  failing  such  then  to  the  Master,  Wardens  and  Com- 
monalty of  the  cutlers  of  London  forever.  To  my  son  Robert  all  my  land-; 
in  Virginia  except  such  lands  there  as  is  or  shall  be  allotted  to  go  with  my 
two  shares  in  the  Sommer  Islands.  These  two  shares  and  the  land  going 
with  them  to  my  son  in  law  Thomas  Dunscombe,  Hanna  his  wife,  Philip 
and  Thomas  their  sons,  to  have  and  to  hold  for  one  hundred  years  if  they 
or  any  of  them  or  any  issue  from  them  or  any  of  them  shall  so  long  live  and 
dwell  and  abide  in  the  said  Sommer  Islands,  yielding  and  paying  therefor 
yearly  only  ten  pounds  weight  of  Tobacco  at  the  Feast  of  St.  Michael  the 
Archangel,  and  paying  and  discharging  all  other  charges  and  impositions 
which  from  time  to  time  during  the  said  term  shall  be  lawfully  taxed  and 
imposed  upon  the  said  land.  My  wife  Elizabeth  to  be  executrix.  The 
overseers  to  be  the  Master  and  Wardens  of  the  said  Mystery  and  Common- 
alty of  Cutlers  of  London. 

Wit :  Thomas  Coffyn,  Daniel  Colwell.  Barrington,  30. 

[Thomas  Jadwyn  or  Jadwine  was  an  "  adventurer  for  Virginia  "  and  was  present 
at  several  meetings  of  the  Virginia  Company  in  1619. — R.  A.  Brock,  of  Rich- 
mond, Va.] 

Anthony  Barham  of  Mulberry  Island  in  Virginia,  gentleman,  and  at 
this  present  resident  in  England,  6  September  1641,  proved  13  September, 
1641.  Reference  to  a  will  made  before  my  departure  out  of  Virginia. 
My  wife  Elizabeth  to  be  sole  executrix.  Reference  made  to  goods  and 
chattels,  money  &c.  due  to  me  in  England.  Goods  and  commodities 
to  be  sent  over  to  Virginia  to  my  wife.  Money  owing  me  by  Mr  Thomas 
Lyne.  One  hundred  pounds  to  be  sent  over  to  my  wife  for  the  use  and  be- 
hoof of  my  daughter  Elizabeth.  To  my  mother  Bennet  five  pounds.  To 
my  brother  in  law  Richard  Bennet1  five  pounds.  To  my  sister  Mrs  Mary 
Duke  five  pounds.  To  my  sister  Graves  her  son  forty  shillings.  To  my 
friend  Edward  Maior8  ten  pounds.  To  my  friend  and  gossip  William  But- 
ler ten  pounds.  To  Mr3  Joane  Perce,  wife  of  Mr  William  Perce,3  fifty 
shillings  to  make  her  a  ring.  To  Martha  Maior,  wife  of  my  loving  friend 
Edward  Maior,  fifty  shillings  to  make  her  a  ring.  To  my  god  daughter 
Sara  Butler,  daughter  of  my  said  gossip  William  Butler,4  thirty  shillings  for 
a  wine  cup.  To  my  loving  friend  Mr  Edward  Aldey,  minister  of  Sl  An- 
drews in  Canterbury,  forty  shillings  to  make  him  a  ring.  To  Thomasine 
Doves  forty  shillings  for  a  ring.  Mr.  Edward  Aldey  to  deliver  unto  my 
executors  the  Deed  of  covenant  touching  the  two  hundred  &  twenty  six 
pounds  ten  shillings  due  to  me  from  the  said  Mr  Thomas  Lyne.  '  Edward 
Maior  and  William  Butler  to  be  the  executors  of  my  said  will  in  Virginia 
and  for  payment  and  satisfaction  of  the  legacies  herein  given  &c.  Three 
pounds  apiece  to  them  to  make  them  rings  to  wear  in  remembrance 
of  me. 

Wit:  Thomas  Collyns,  Katherine  Myns  (per  siguum)  Richard  Barlowe 
Scr.  Evelyn,  115. 

[Anthony  Barham  was  Burgess  for  Mulberry  Island,  1629-30. 

1  This  was  Richard  Bennett,  Acting  Governor  of  Virginia  under  the  Common- 
wealth of  Cromwell,  from  April  30,  1652,  to  March,  1655.  There  are  grants  of 
land  tc  him  of  record  in  the  Virginia  Land  Registry  of  6,700  acres  in  the  counties 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  291 

of  James  City,  Lower  Norfolk  and  Rappahannock,  between  1637  and  1612.  There 
appear  also  the  following  grants  to  the  name  Bennett.  Joane  Bennett,  "  widdow," 
Book  No.  1,  p.  346,  400  acres  in  Charles  River  (York)  county,  May  6,  1636;  Am- 
brose Bennett,  Book  No.  1,  p.  529,  300  acres  in  Isle  of  Wight  county,  May  8,  1638  ; 
Morris  Bennet,  one  of  the  "Head  Rights"  mentioned,  No.  1,  p.  746,  1150  acres, 
do.  June  23,  1641  ;  Thomas  Bennett,  No.  1,  p.  761,  1050  acres  in  York  county,  Dec. 
16,  1641  ;  William  Bennett,  No.  1,  p.  798,  1200  acres  in  Isle  of  Wight  county, 
Aug.  10,  1642  ;  \\'m.  Bennett,  a  "  Head  Right ;"  Philip  Bennett,  No.  1,  p.  932, 
515  acres  in  Upper  Norfolk  county,  Dec.  20,  1643. 

2  Edward  Major  was  Burgess  for  Upper  Norfolk  county,  in  1645;  for  Nansa- 
mond  1646,  and  April,  1652,  and  speaker  of  the  House;  Lieut.  Col.  in  Nansamond 
in  1653.  The  following  grants  of  land  to  him  and  others  of  the  name  are  of  record 
in  the  Virginia  Land  Registry:  Edward  Major,  Book  No.  1,  p.  416,  450  acres  in 
Upper  county  of  New  Norfolk.  May  18,  1637.  Edward  Major,  among  the  "  Head 
Rights  ;"  Edward  Major,  "  Gent.,"  No.  2,  p.  17,  450  acres  in  Upper  Norfolk  coun- 
ty, Oct.  4,  1644,  p.  45  ;  300  acres  in  Warwick  county,  April  24,  1645,  p.  89;  500 
acres  in  Nansamond  county,  Feb.  20,  1645.  Richard  Major,  No.  1,  p.  566,  300 
acres  in  Charles  River,  York  county,  May  12,  1638,  p.  687;  500  acres,  do.  Nov.  5, 
1639,  No.  2,  p.  200  ;  300  acres  at  the  mouth  of  Mattapony  River,  June  17,  1649,  No. 
3,  p.  382;  1350  acres  in  New  Kent  county,  June  30,  1656,  No.  4,  p.  367  ;  350 
acres  on  the  North  side  of  York,  on  Pierce's  alias  Major's  Creek,  April  27.1659. 
John  Major,  son  of  Richard  Major,  No.  1,  p  572,  a  deed  or  gift  of  cattle  from 
"  John  Brocke  in  Virginia,  Chirurgeon,"  his  god-father,  June  12,  1638,  p  947  ;  200 
acres  in  Northampton  county,  Nov.  10,  1643,  p.  948  ;  400  acres  do.  Sept.  4,  1643, 
No.  2,  p.  269;  400  acres  in  Northampton  county,  Oct.  24,  1630.  John  Major, 
amono;  the  "  Head  Rights"  ;  No.  3,  p.  8,  1000  acres  in  Gloucester  county,  March 
20,  1653  ;  No.  4,  p.  203,  300  acres  on  tiie  North  side  of  York  river,  Feb.  28,  1657. 

3  Captain  William  Pierce  and  Joane  his  wife,  were  living  at  Jamestown' in 
1623-4.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Council,  1631-44.  His  daughter  Jane  married, 
in  or  before  1620,  John  Rolfe.  one  of  whose  previous  wives  was  Pocahontas.  The 
following  grants  are  of  record  to  the  name  Pierce  in  the  Virginia  Land  Registry  : 
Captain  William  Pierce,  Book  No.  1,  p.  255,  2000  acres,  June20,  1635;  "  Captain 
William  Pierce,  Esq.,"  p.  879,  360  acres  near  Baber's  Neck  on  James  river  and 
near  the  lands  of  Thomas  Harwood,  called  Queen's  land,  and  bounded  by  Pierce's 
Creek,  July  24,  1653;  do.  p.  927,  2100  acres  near  the  dwelling  house  of  Captain 
Pierce,  Dec.  16,  1643;  Thomas  Pierce  (George  Lobb  and  Otho  Warne)  No.  1,  p. 
605,  1550  acres  in  James  City  county,  Sept.  12,  1636;  Richard  Pierce,  No.  1,  p. 
379,  600  acres  in  James  City  county,  Sept.  12,  1636. 

4  The  following  grants  are  of  record  to  the  name  Butler  in  the  Virginia  Land 
Registry:  William  Butler,  "Gentleman,"  Book  No.  1,  p.  900,  700  acres  on  the 
south  side  of  James  river  at  the  head  of  Lawne's  Creek  (mouth  in  Surry  county), 
near  the  lands  of  Captain  William  Pierce,  Aug.  29,  1643,  Head  Rights  ;  William, 
Jo°,  Elizabeth  and  Mary  Butler,  Amory  Butler,  No.  6,  p.  230,  280  acres  in  New 
Kent  county,  April  17,  1669;  John  Butler  "of  Westmoreland  county,"  p.  296, 
597  acres  in  Rappahannock  county,  April  18,  1670;  Christopher  Butler,  p.  297, 
339  acres  in  Rappahannock  county,  June  18,  1670  ;  William  Butler  (probably  son 
of  Wm.  Butler,  •"  Gentleman,"  above),  p.  449,  590  acres  in  Surry  county,  adjoining 
land  where  "  Major  William  Butler  "  (as  above)  "  formerly  lived,"  in  Lawnes  Creek 
parish,  March  1,  1672-3. 

William  Butler  was  a  Burgess,  April,  1642;  "  Captain  "  William  Butler,  Bur- 
gess from  Surry  county,  1653;  "Major"  William  Butler,  Burgess,  1657-8.  The 
Butler  family  continued  long  in  Surry  county.  Robert  Butler  was  Adjutant  Gene- 
ral of  Virginia  troops  in  the  war  of  1812  ;  Robert  Butler,  M.D.  was  State  Treasurer 
about  1840.  He  married  a  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Bracken,  president  of  William  and 
Mary  College,  and  mayor  of  Williamsburg,  1810.  William  Mahone,  late  Major 
General  C.  S.  A.  and  U.  S.  Senator  from  Virginia,  married  Oteia  Butler,  a  cousin 
of  Dr.  Robert  Butler,  above. — R.  A.  Brock.] 

Nicholas  Bacon  of  Shrubland  Hall,  Bargham,  in  the  county  of  Suf- 
folk. Esq. ;  30  March  1658,  proved  25  February  1658.  My  body  to  be 
buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Bargham.  in  the  tomb  where  my  father  and 
mother  and  wife  were  interred.  Whereas  my  two  sons  Philip  and  Na- 
thaniel have  undutifully  left  me  in  my  old  age  and  are  gone  beyond  the 


292         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

seas  without  my  leave,  privity  or  consent  I  do  therefore  give  and  devise 
unto  my  eldest  son  Nicholas  Bacon  and  his  heirs  &c.  To  Charles  George 
Cocke,  Esq.,  my  son-in-law.  My  grand-child  Anne  Vaghan.  My  son-in- 
law  Sir  Edward  Vaghau,  Knight. 

The  witnesses  were  Philip  Bacon,  Phillip  Gillett  als  Candler,  Edmund 
Purpett  Senr,  Nicholas  Candler,  George  Burton. 

To  my  brothers  to  buy  rings.  Brother  Lionel],  Mr.  George  Burton  the 
attorney  that  lives  at  Wickham.  Pell,  93. 

[•John  Bacon,  of  New  Kent  county,  was  granted  Oct.  13.  1727,  1600  acres  of 
land  in  Henrico  county,  Book  No.  13,  p.  282.  Captain  Edmund  Bacon  was  granted 
243  acres  in  the  upper  part  of  New  Kent  county,  Oct.  21,  1687,  No.  7,  p.  614. 
He  may  have  been  the  lather  of  John  above,'  who  has  numerous  descendants  in  the 
names  of  Bacon,  Crenshaw,  Bice,  Pryor  and  others.  It  is  a  family  tradition  that 
John  Bacon  was  a  descendant  of  Nathaniel  Bacon  "the  rebel,"  but  it  is  not  known 
that  he  left  other  issue  than  a  daughter  Elizabeth,  who  married  Dr.  Chamberlain. 

Could  it  have  been  that  Nathaniel  Bacon  of  the  text  was  the  ancestor — trans- 
mitted as  "  the  rebel  "?  —  R.  A.  Brock. 

<See  article  on  the  Bacon  family  in  the  Register,  vol.  xxxvn.  pp.  189-98. — Editor.] 

Francis  Hannsworth  (of  the  parish  of  Sl  Sepulchre's,  London),  11 
April  1656,  proved  28  February  1656.  To  John  Ilamoud  a  hogshead 
of  tobacco.  Bequests  to  Thomas  Wilkinson1  of  Rosewell,  Virginia,  Eliza- 
beth Ramsey,  daughter  of  Thomas  Ramsey,  of  Virginia,  Francis  Wheeler 
&  his  wife,  master  John  White  &  his  wife.  My  nearest  of  kindred  in 
Tatel  Thrope,  Lincolnshire;  if  they  do  not  appear  then  to  John  Creed  of 
Virginia,  planter.  To  Michael  Tillard — my  things  in  a  bag  I  have  in  the 
ship  Phillip.  Master  John  White*  to  take  up  my  fourteen  hogsheads  of 
tobacco  in  the  Ship  Phillipp  and  sell  them  for  my  best  advantage. 

Wit :  Michaell  Tyllyard,  Edw:  Symons. 

In  an  account  of  the  debts  which  Master  Hannsworth  oweth  appears  one  to 
Robert  Williams  of  Virginia.  Ruthen,  59. 

[l  The  following  grants  to  the  name  Wilkinson  are  of  record  in  the  Virginia  Land 
Registry  : 

Wm.  Wilkinson,  Bock  No.  1,  p.  315,  700  acres  opposite  to  Captain  Thorowgood's 
land  on  Lynn  Haven  alias  Chisopeen  Bay,  Nov.  20,  1635.  Mr.  William  Wilkinson 
and  Mrs.  Naomy  Wilkinson,  assumedly  his  wife,  among  the  Head  Rights,  p.  400, 
700  acres,  by  assignment  from  Robert  Newburke,  Nov.  10,  1635  ;  p.  431,  700  acres 
in  Lower  county  of  New  Norfolk,  May  25,  1637.  Thomas  Wilkinson,  No.  2,  p.  257, 
500  acres  on  the  south  side  of  Potomac  river,  Oct.  18,  1650  ;  No.  3,  p.  25,  320  acres 
on  both  6ides  of  a  creek  on  the  south  side  of  Rappahannock  river,  June  8,  1653. 
William  Wilkinson,  "  Minister,"  No.  2,  p.  9,  100  acres  in  Elizabeth  city  county, 
June  21,  1644.  Richard  Wilkinson,  No.  2,  p.  107,  237  acres  opposite  Pagan's  Point 
in  Isle  of  Wight  county,  Aug.  13,  1646. 

2  John  White  received  the  following  grants  of  land,  Book  No.  2,  Virginia  Land 
Registry,  p.  10  :  1  acre  "  Eastupon  the  land  adjoining  the  State  House  "  in  "  James 
Cittie,"  and  North  towards  the  lands  of  Thomas  Hampton,  Aug.  28,  1644  ;  No.  6, 
p.  1,  100  acres  in  Mobjack  Bay,  near  lands  of  William  Armistead,  Nov.  25,  1653. 
The  counties  of  Gloucester,  Matthews  and  Middlesex  bordered  on  Mobjack  Bay. — 
R.  A.  Brock.] 

Elias  Roberts,  citizen  and  merchant  tailor  of  London,  the  elder,  Janu- 
ary 1624,  proved  20  February  1626.  To  wife  Sarah  Roberts,  my  loving 
and  lawful  yokefellow,  the  third  part  of  my  goods,  two  shares  of  lands  in 
Martins  Hundreth.  To  my  son  Elias  Roberts  in  Virginia,  and  one  share 
and  fifteen  acres  in  the  Somer  Islands  and  my  house  that  I  dwell  in,  allow- 
ing my  wife  Sarah  her  dwelling  with  the  rest  of  my  daughters  until  it 
please  God  that  they  be  bestowed  in  marriage,  paying  to  each  of  ray  three 
daughters  the  third  part  of  my  goods  and  to  each  of  them  one  share  of  land 


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apiece  iu  the  Sorner  Islands  and  for  my  son  to  make  it  over  to  the  husbands 
in  the  Somer  Islands  Court,  if  they  be  married ;  but  if  they  have  no  child- 
ren then  to  my  son  Elias;  but  if  it  please  God  he  wanting  issue  with  my 
three  daughters,  then  my  will  is  that  the  increase  of  my  lands  in  Virginia 
and  in  the  Somer  Islands  or  in  Ireland,  which  is  amongst  the  merchant 
tailors,  towards  the  maintaining  a  "  lector"  in  the  parish  church  of  Queen 
Hoope,  called  the  Eastin  Church,  in  Flintshire,  upon  the  Lord  Day  in  the 
Welsh  language. 

I  William  Wight  do  testify  that  the  handwriting  above  is  in  the  hand 
of  Elias  Roberts. 

[The  above,  not  wholly  intelligible,  will  seems  to  be  followed  by  a  more  formal 
testament,  to  make  his  intentions  clear,  viz.  :  To  wife  Sara  one  third  of  the  goods. 
To  son  Elias  the  two  shares  of  lands  in  Martin  Ilundreth  in  Virginia,  and  the 
land  in  Ireland  amongst  the  merchant  tailors  and  one  share  of  lands  in  the  Somer 
Islands  and  fifteen  acres  in  St.  Davids  Island,  and  my  house  that  I  dwell  in,  he  al- 
lowing to  my  wife  Sarah  and  all  the  children,  &c.  &c. 

The  children's  names  are  Elias,  Sarah,  Mary  and  Prudence  Roberts. — n.  f.  w.] 

Reg.  of  Commissary  Court  of  London  (1626-29),  Fol.  143. 

John  Shawe  the  elder,  citizen   and  draper  of  London,  being  of  the 
age  of  three  score  and  fourteen  years  or  thereabouts,  20  September  1625, 
proved  6  March  1627.     To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Kingston  upon 
Thames  in  the  county  of  Surrey.     My  sole  heir  to   be  John  Ileydon,  my 
nephew  and  godson.     To  him  my  messuages,  lands,  tenements  &  heredita- 
ments in  Surton  ats  Surbyton,  in  the  parish  of  Kingston  upon  "  Themise  " 
&c.  and  also  the  thirty  pounds  and   five  pounds  of  lawful  money  of  Eng- 
land which  I  have  already  disbursed   and  adventured  to  and  with  the  com- 
pany of  Drapers  of  the  City  of  London  for  and  towards  a  plantation  as  well 
in  Ireland  as  in  Virginia,  and  the  profits  &c.  and  all  and  singular  the  lands, 
tenements  and  hereditaments  whatsoever  which  I  have  or  ought  to  have  or 
which  shall  or  may  happen  to  fall,  come  or  descend  to  me  or  my  heirs  of  or 
by  the  said  plantation  either  in  Ireland   or  Virginia  &c.  &c.     Bequests  to 
William  Williams,  my  servant,  and  John   Hodgson  my  other  servant,  and 
Alee  the  wife  of  the  said  William  Williams  and  Grace  the  now  wife  of  the 
said  John  Hodson  and  to   Edward  Hodson.     To  my  godson  John  Shawe 
my  seal  ring  of  gold  which  hath  my  name  engraven  therein,   being  worth 
three  pounds  or  thereabouts.     To   my  wife  Susan.     To  Arthur  Panther, 
my  cousin  Harris  and  his  wife  and  sou  John  Harris,  my  godson.     To  Tho- 
mas  Copley,  to   Mr  Willett  my  loving   friend    and    his    wife.     To  Rob- 
ert Shawe,   barber,   to  little  Thomas  Shaw  of   Richmond.     To   William 
Davys  my  servant.     To  Robert  Harris  my  late  scholar  in   S*  John's  Col- 
lege, Oxford.     To   Robert   Shawe   my  now  scholar  in   Sl  John's  College, 
Oxford.     To  the  poor  of  Great  S'   Bartholomew  parish  by    West  Smith- 
field  and  of  St.  Michael's  Woodstreet,  London,  and  to  the  poor  of  St.  Mar- 
tins in  the  Fields  where  I  was  born.     To  James  Davys.     To  George  Sym- 
cott,  citizen  aud  clothworker  (my  loving  friend).     The  said  John  Heydon, 
my  nephew  and  my  only   kinsman  and  sister's  son  to  be  my  sole  and  abso- 
lute executor. 

Wit :  John  Hall,  Oliver  Man,  Thomas  Bishop,  Nathaniel  Nicholles  and 
Joseph  Fairebancke  Scr.  Barrington,  28. 

Richard  Eve  of  Willingaldoe  in  the  county  of  Essex,  gentleman,  one 
of  the  yeomen  of  His  Majesty's  Chamber,  14  December  1629,  proved  12 


294  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

February  1629.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  twenty  shillings.  To  son  Rich- 
ard Eve  fifty  pounds,  to.be  paid  him  within  twelve  months  next  after  my 
decease  if  he  shall  be  then  returned  into  England  from  the  parts  beyond 
the  seas.  To  son  Seath  Eve  four  score  pounds  at  the  age  of  one  &  twenty 
years  and  to  daughters  Sarah  and  Anne  Eve  four  score  pounds  apiece  at  age 
of  one  &  twenty  or  marriage.  To  my  son  Adam  Eve  all  my  freehold  lands, 
messuages  &c.  in  the  county  of  Essex  or  elsewhere.  The  Residue  to  my 
wife  Anne  &  son  Aclam  w7hom  I  constitute  joint  executors.  Brother  in 
law  Thomas  Gathings,  gentleman,  overseer. 

The  witnesses  were  Richard  Merrydale,  Isabell  Sykes  (by  mark)  and 
Dudley  Meares.  Scroope,  10. 

[Adam  Eve  married  July  5,  1694,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Barsham  of 
Watertown,  and  had  a  daughter  Annabella,  who  married  Jonathan  Benjamin  of 
"W.,  Dec.  23,  1714.  See  Bond's  Watertown,  p.  18;  Savage's  Dictionary,  II.  129.— 
H.  f.  w.] 

James  Oliver,  merchant  of  Bristol,  now  servant  to  the  Honorable  Com- 
pany of  the  English  now  trading  to  the  East  Indies  and  now  chief  of  the 
English  in  the  factory  of  Mocho,  25  March  1620,  proved  22  August  1629. 
He  leaves  his  property  to  his  four  children  and  his  wife.  His  widow 
Frances  received  grant  of  admon.  Ridley,  75. 

Richard  Adderly  of  Romsy  in  the  county  of  Southampton,  mercer,  in 
his  will  of  21  October  1629,  proved  5  January  1629,  appoints  Bartholomew 
Gilbert,  gentleman,  and  Peter  Osgood  overseers.  Scroope,  6. 

John  Carnabye  of  Ipswich,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  merchant,  22 
May  1631,  proved  2  July  1681.  To  son  Samuel  (inter  alia)  one  halfe 
quarter  or  eight  pte  of  &  in  the  good  shipp  called  the  Mayflower  of  Ipswich. 
To  daughter  Mary  Carnaby  a  two  &  thirtieth  part  of  the  same  ship  ;  & 
to  son  in  law  John  Brandlinge,  a  sixteenth  part  with  the  stock,  tackle,  furni- 
ture &  apparell  unto  the  same  belonging  &c.     Other  children.     S*  John,  90. 

Christopher  Beale  of  Eastfurleigh  in  the  county  of  Kent,  tailor  (by 
mark)  31  May  1651,  proved  20  June  1651.  To  my  daughter  Ann,  now 
wife  of  George  Climpson,  twenty  shillings  within  one  year  after  my  de- 
cease. To  my  daughter  Margaret,  now  living  in  New  England,  ten  shil- 
lings within  one  year  &c.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  ten  pounds  in  lieu  of 
eight  pounds  which  her  uncle  Robert  Beale  gave  her,  to  be  paid  within  one 
year  &c.  To  my  youngest  daughter  Katherine  four  pounds  which  she  ow- 
eth  me  and  one  shilling  more  in  one  month  &c.  To  my  two  sons  Christo- 
pher and  Thomas  Beale  all  my  messuages,  lands  and  tenements  in  the  parish 
of  Eastfurleigh,  or  elsewhere,  in  Kent.  My  youngest  son  Christopher  to  be 
executor. 

Wit  :  Richard  Fletcher,  Nicholas  Amhurst,  John  "Ward  (by  mark)  and 
Henry  Burden.  Grey,  108. 

Col.  Edward  Hooker,  citizen  and  Tallow  Chandler  of  London,  of  the 
parish  of  Sl  Mary  at  Hill,  8  May  1650,  proved  16  July  1651.  My  body 
to  be  interred  in  the  vault  where  my  late  wife  was,  Mrs  Ellen  Hooker,  in 
Mary  Hill  Church,  near  Sir  Christopher  Buckell's  tomb.  To  the  poor  of 
Mary  at  Hill  parish  six  pence  a  week  for  ever  in  money  to  be  distributed 
to  three  poor  inhabitants  that  live  orderly  by  two  pence  a  person  every 
Sabbath  day  in  the  morning.     To    ten    poor  ministers  and  ministers'  wid 


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ows  (whereof  Mrs  Hill  to  ODe  if  she  be  then  living)  forty  shillings  a  per- 
son. To  fifty  eight  poor  men  ten  shillings  a  person  to  accompany  my 
corpse  with  a  decent  black  mourning  gown,  sixteen  of  these  persons  to  be 
taken  out  of  the  division  of  East  Smithfield,  in  the  parish  of  S'  Buttolphs 
Aleate,  eight  out  of  Mary  at  Hill,  four  out  of  Sl  Buttolphs,  three  out  of 
Andrews  Hubberd,  two  out  of  S'  Georges,  two  out  of  Margarets,  Pudding 
Lane,  and  two  out  of  Margaret  Pattons.  To  Christ  Hospital  fifty  pounds. 
To  the  repair  of  Chilcombe  church  &  chancel  twenty  marks.  To  the  public 
use  of  that  part  of  the  parish  out  of  Barton  Farm  five  pounds.  To  the  parish 
of  Cbilcombe  twenty  five  pouude,  to  pay  four  nobles  a  year  quarterly,  viz  six 
shillings  eight  pence  quarterly,  to  the  minister  of  the  said  parish,  to  preach 
one  sermon  yearly  the  Fifth  of  November  and  to  catechize  the  inhabitants 
once  a  month  at  least  in  the  grounds  of  Religion. 

To  my  brother  Peter  the  house  he  liveth  in,  or  three  pounds  per  annum 
for  life,  and  ten  pounds  per  annum  during  his  life  (in  consideration  of  his 
pains  for  looking  to  the  business  there  and  gathering  up  the  rents  for  my 
executors).  I  forgive  him  what  he  properly  owed  me  at  my  decease  and  all 
his  errors  of  accompts,  praying  God  to  forgive  him.  To  Ralph  Hooker, 
my  brother's  son  ten  pounds.  I  forgive  Heni'y  Hooker,  another  of  his 
sons,  all  he  oweth  me,  at  death.  To  Sibbell  Hooker,  my  brother  Peter's 
daughter,  five  pounds.  To  Anne  Hooker,  the  eldest  daughter  of  my  late 
brother  Richard,  forty  pounds.  To  Mary  Hooker,  her  sister,  that  is  now 
in  New  England,  ten  pounds.  To  my  brother  and  sister  Boyse  ten  pounds 
to  buy  mourning,  viz  five  pounds  each.  I  forgive  my  sister  Eger  all  she 
oweth  me  at  death  and  give  her  four  pounds  per  annum  during  life,  out  of 
my  rents  at  Nightingale  Lane  (and  other  bequests).  To  my  cousin  Edward 
Hooker  of  Chilcombe  forty  shillings,  for  a  ring,  and  to  my  cousin  John 
Hooker,  his  brother  (the  same).  To  my  god  son  Edward  Boyse  five 
pounds.  To  Edward  Eager  ten  pounds.  To  Rose  Eager  twenty  pounds. 
To  John  Boyse,  son  of  Henry  Boyse  deceased,  five  pounds.  To  goodwife 
Millner  forty  shillings  and  twenty  shillings  to  goodwife  Forrest.  To  Mrs 
May,  in  Philpott  Lane,  twenty  shillings.  To  goodwife  Freeman,  in  Tower  St. 
twenty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  John  Woodes  forty  shillings,  to  buy  a  ring, 
and  ten  pounds  for  mourning  for  him  and  his  wife. 

To  my  wife,  if  she  renounce  her  thirds,  one  hundred  pounds  per  annum 
for  life  ;  and  she  is  to  have  the  rent  of  that  of  Chilcombe  copyhold  and 
that  of  Comptou,  during  her  widow's  estate,  which  will  be  about  twenty 
seven  pounds  per  annum;  and  ten  shillings;  five  hundred  pounds  also  in 
ready  money,  besides  what  I  owe  her  by  bill  of  one  hundred  &  fifty  pounds; 
and  my  lease  of  house  in  Love  Lane,  for  life,  to  dwell  in  or  to  let.  My 
library  of  books  to  my  son  Cornelius,  except  the  bible  that  was  my  last 
wife's.  That  I  bestow  upon  my  wife.  To  Mrs  Underbill  at  Brumley  in 
Kent,  my  wife's  sister,  five  pounds  ;  and  five  pounds  to  her  sister  Almond. 
To  my  daughter  in  law  twenty  pounds  as  a  token  of  my  love,  to  buy  a 
ring.  To  my  Company  of  Tallow  Chandlers  thirty  pounds,  to  lend  unto 
two  young  brothers.  Legacies  to  brother  Peter  &  his  wife,  to  cousin  John 
Hooker,  to  cousin  Edward  Hooker  of  Chilcombe,  to  Anne  Hooker,  to  Hen- 
ry Hooker  my  brother  Peter's  son,  to  cousin  Ralph  Hooker  (mention  made 
of  Chilcombe  &  Compton  in  the  county  of  South'ton),  to  my  godson  Edward 
Hooker,  son  of  my  cousin  Edward  Hooker  of  Chilcombe  &  to  Jane  my 
sister  Eger's  daughter.  Wife  Elizabeth  and  son  Cornelius  to  be  joint  ex- 
ecutors.     Cousin  Woods  to  be  assisting.  Grey,  144. 


296  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Isaac  Birkenhead,  Adjutant  General  of  the  forces  raised  and  to  be 
raised  in  America. 

A  case  of  Barbers'  instruments  to  my  lady.  A  pair  of  silk  stockings  &c. 
to  Mr  Richard  Scott,  Secretary  to  his  Excellency  General  Robert  Vena- 
bles.  My  best  bedstead  to  Mr  Scott,  his  father.  Forty  shillings  to  be  paid 
to  Quarter  Master  General  John  Rudyard,  and  he  to  pay  twenty  shillings 
of  it  to  Mr.  Thomas  Venables,  son  to  his  Excellency  General  Venables.  All 
my  "  cocoe  "  nuts  and  such  like  I  give  to  the  Quarter  Master  General. 
"  To  my  nephew  Tom  a  parcell  of  money  depending  betwixt  Coll.  Buller 
and  I,"  about  three  pounds  six  shillings.  All  the  rest  to  my  nephew  Ran- 
dolph Birkenhead.  I  do  likewise  desire  that  half  crown  apiece  may  be 
given  to  the  people  that  throw  me  overboard. 

Wit:    John  Rudyard,  Richard  Scott. 

29  September  1655  there  issued  forth  letters  to  Randolph  Birkenhead 
the  nephew  and  residuary  legatary  of  the  deceased.  Aylett,  196. 

Margaret  Beard  of  the  Charterhouse  yard,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Sep- 
ulchres, London,  widow,  23  November  1664,  proved  by  Francis  Flexmer 
17  April  1665.  To  my  two  grandchildren  Charles  and  Elizabeth  Beard 
my  lease  and  all  my  messuages  &c.  at  Castle  Bitham  and  Bitham  Parke, 
in  the  county  of  Lincoln,  which  I  hold  by  lease  from  the  Earl  of  Worces- 
ter for  the  remaining  term  of  four  score  and  nineteen  years  (if  my  brothers 
Francis  Flaxmer  and  George  Flaxmer,  or  either  of  them,  shall  so  long 
live)  to  be  divided  share  and  share  alike,  they  paying  (certain  annuities) 
to  George  Flaxmer,  Francis  Flaxmer  junr  and  Jeane  Beard  widow.  To 
my  said  grand  daughter  Elizabeth  Beard  my  freehold  messuage  in  Beck- 
enham'Kent,  and  to  the  heirs  of  her  body;  remainder  to  my  grandson 
Charles  Beard  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  ;  remainder  to  my  niece  Anne 
Flaxmer  and  her  heirs  forever.  My  brother  Francis  Flaxmer  to  be  the  ex- 
ecutor. Grand  daughter  Elizabeth  Beard  under  eighteen  years  of  age,  and 
grandson  Charles  Beard  under  twenty  one.  Nephews  Stafford  Lea- 
venthOrpe  and  William  Flaxmer.  To  my  godson  William  Raiusford  five 
pounds.     To  my  god  daughter  Mary  Flaxmer  fifty  shillings. 

The  witnesses  were  John  Elye  of  Charter  House  Lane,  victualler  (by 
mark)  &  Bartho:  Pickering,  scr.  in  Foster  Lane. 

In  a  codicil,  bearing  date  26  November  1664,  she  mentions  daughter 
Jane  Beard  (not  to  be  troubled)  sister  Susan  Flaxmer,  niece  Elizabeth 
Flaxmer  and  Mr.  Heather.  The  witnesses  were  J.  Ravenscroft  and  John 
Ealy  (by  mark). 

In  another  codicil,  dated  9  March  1664,  she  says  :  Whereas  at  the  time 
of  the  making  of  my  said  last  will  I  did  presume  and  verily  believe  that 
my  son  Thomas  Beard  was  dead  in  some  parts  beyond  the  seas.  And  since 
having  been  credibly  informed  that  my  said  son  Thomas  Beard  is  yet  living 
beyond  the  seas  and  if  it  shall  please  god  that  my  said  son  Thomas  shall  live 
and  return  home  into  England,  then  I  do  hereby  give  and  bequeath  unto  my 
said  son  Thomas  Beard  five  pounds.  My  brother  Francis  Flaxmer  shall 
receive  and  take  the  rents  and  profits  &c.  of  all  my  copyhold  messuage 
&c.  of  Frimley  in  the  county  of  Surrey  (which  after  my  decease  will  law- 
fully descend  and  come  to  my  said  son  Thomas,  if  he  be  living,  or,  if  he 
be  dead,  to  my  said  grandson  Charles  Beard,  as  right  and  next  heir)  until 
such  time  as  my  said  son  Thomas  Beard  shall  return  home  into  England 
again,  or  that  my  said  brother  Francis  Flaxmer  or  my  other  executors  '"  shall 
bee  ascertained  of  my  said  son  Thomas  his  death  "  &c.  Other  changes  in 
the  disposition  of  her  estate  set  forth.  Hyde,  38. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  297 

[Savage,  in  his  Genealogical  Dictionary,  names  three  persons  in  New  England 
named  Thomas  Beard,— 1st,  a  shoemaker,  Salem,  1629;  2d,  a  resident  of  Scar- 
borough, perhaps  of  Dover,  who  died  1679;  3d,  a  resident  of  Ipswich,  freeman, 
perhaps  of  Boston  1675,  a  mariner. — Editor.] 

Margaret  Kemb,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Saviour's,  Southwarke,  in  the 
County  of  Surrey,  widow  and  administratrix  of  Andrew  Kembe,  late  deceas- 
ed, citizen  &  stationer  of  London,  made  her  will  4  November  1665,  proved 
16  November  1665,  by  Sarah  Feake,  daughter  &  executrix.  To  my  sou 
Thomas  Kembe,  now  in  Virginia,  all  my  books,  copies  of  books,  stock  in 
the  Hall,  all  my  dwelling  house  as  I  now  use,  occupy  and  enjoy ;  also  that 
part  which  is  now  in  the  occupation  of  Jane  Curtis, — some  furniture  and 
plate, — and  one  hundred  pounds  in  money  and  all  the  money  that  is  due 
me  from  Mr  Gibbens  upon  a  mortgage.  To  my  daughter  Sarah  Feake, 
widow,  my  two  leases  of  my  houses  iu  Old  Street  and  Grub  Street,  or  ly- 
ing near  thereabouts,  in  the  parish  of  S*  Giles  without  Cripplegate  in  the 
County  of  Middlesex  and  city  of  London  &c.  To  my  sister  Mary  Mere- 
dith ten  pounds, — and  ten  pounds  apiece  to  every  child  she  hath  living  at 
my  decease.  To  my  brother  David  Meredith  his  children  that  shall  be  liv- 
ing at  my  decease  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  my  cousin  Sarah  Iluffin  thirty 
pounds  at  her  day  of  marriage  or  age  of  twenty  one  years.  To  Anne  Holt 
five  pounds.  To*  Mary  Marshall  five  pounds.  To  my  sister  Kembe  five 
pounds.  To  my  cousin  Wells  his  wife  twenty  shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring. 
My  loving  daughter  Sarah  Feake  aforesaid  to  be  full  and  sole  executrix. 
To  Margaret  Allington,  widow,  twenty  shillings  a  year,  by  five  shillings  a 
quarter,  during  her  natural  life.  To  Henry  Waller  five  pounds.  To  Mr  George 
Ewer  ten  pounds.  To  Elizabeth  Martimore  ten  pounds  at  her  clay  of 
marriage  or  age  of  one  &  twenty  years.  To  Jane  Curtis  and  the  widow 
Allev  twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  Sarah  Chandler  and  Mr  Scott  and  his 
wife  twenty  shillings  each. 

If  my  daughter  Sarah  Feake  die  before  she  marrieth,  I  nominate  and 
appoint  Mr  Ewer  and  Henry  Waller  joint  executors  in  trust  for  my  sou 
Thomas  Kembe,  now  in  Virginia  as  aforesaid.  Then,  in  case  he  die  with- 
out issue  or  unmarried,  that  is,  leaving  neither  wife  nor  child  behind  him, 
in  such  case  I  give  my  sister  Mary  Meredith  and  her  children  and  my 
brother  David's  children,  as  aforesaid,  my  whole  estate,  to  be  divided 
amongst  them  equally,  share  and  share  alike,  after  my  debts  and  legacies 
are  paid.  My  cousiu  Wells,  Henry  Waller,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Giles, 
Cripplegate,  scrivener,  and  my  loving  friend  Mr  Ewer  to  be  overseers. 

Wit:  William  Bodd,  Hum.  Willoughby,  Joane  Church  (by  mark). 

Hyde,  130. 

John  Payson,  of  Nasing  in  the  County  of  Essex,  yeoman,  7  October 
1666,  proved  13  January  1667.  To  son  William  Payson  tenements  in 
the  parish  of  Raydon  hamlett  in  the  County  of  Essex,  with  barn  and  sta- 
ble yard,  garden  and  orchard  and  two  closes  thereunto  belonging  and  con- 
taining by  estimation  four  and  one  half  acres,  being  freehold.  To  son 
Thomas  Payson  and  his  two  children  Julian  and  Mary.  To  daughter 
Lydia  Borham.  To  daughter  Mary.  To  wife  Lydia  Payson.  To  John 
Borham's  four  children.  To  son  Wm  Payson's  two  children.  Son  James 
Payson  to  be  executor,  and  cousin  Ambros  Chanler  and  John  Foord  over- 
seers.    The  witnesses  were  John  Sheelley  and  John  Foord.  Hene,  8. 

[Giles  Payson,  from  Nazing  in  Essex,  aged  26,  embarked  for  New  England. 
April  3,  1635,  in  the  Hopewell,  William  Bundick,  master  (See  Register,  xiv.  304), 


298  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

He  settled  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  and  became  deacon  of  the  church  there.  He  was 
admitted  freeman  of  Massachusetts,  April  18,  1637,  and  the  same  month  was 
married  to  Elizabeth  Dowell.  He  had  several  children.  (See  Savage's  Gen.  Diet.) 
For  other  Nazing  families,  see  Register,  xxviii.  140-5;  xxxix.  305-71;  and  Me- 
morials of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  John  Eliot  and  his  friends  of  Nazing  and  Waltham 
Abbey,  by  W.  Winters,  8vo.  1882. 

Edward  Payson,  perhaps  a  brother  of  Giles,  of  Roxbury  as  early  as  1637,  admitted 
freeman  of  Massachusetts.  May  13,  1040;  married  August  20,  1640,  Ann  Park, 
daughter  of  William  and  Martha  (Holgrove)  Park.  She  died  September  10,  1641, 
and  he  married  2d,  January  1,  1641-2,  Mary  Eliot,  daughter  of  Philip  and  a  niece 
of  the  Apostle  Eliot.  She  died  his  widow  March  26,  1697,  aged  76.  Edward 
Payson  was  the  ancestor  of  Rev.  Seth  Payson,  D.D.,  of  Rindge,  N.  H.,  whose  son 
Rev.  Ed  ward  Payson,  D.D.,  was  the  celebrated  divine  of  Portland,  Me.  (See  Stearns's 
History  of  Rindge,  N.  H.,  p.  623 ;  Eliot's  Roxbury  Records  in  Register,  xxxv.  245-7, 
and  Savage's  Gen.  Diet.)  A  manuscript  genealogy  of  the  Payson  Family  by  the 
late  Rev.  Abner  Morse,  A.M.,  is  in  the  library  of  the  New  England  Historic  Genea- 
logical Society. — Editor.] 

Nathaniel  Snell,  of  Hillingdon  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  gentle- 
man, 20  September  1684,  with  codicil  of  27  August  1688,  proved  16  April 
1692.  Lands  in  the  manors  of  Colham  and  Colkennington  alias  Kempton 
in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  to  my  wife  Sarah  and  her  heirs.  The  blood  or 
kindred  of  the  Snells  or  the  Atlees,  the  name  or  kindred  of  my  wife.  Fifty 
pounds  to  George  Maybanke  and  to  David  Maybanke  (now  in  Carolina) 
fifty  pounds  and  to  Sarah  Loughton  fifty  pounds,  being  sons  and  daughter 
of  my  eldest  sister  Sarah  ;  and  fifty  pounds  to  Thomas  Cock  and  fifty 
pounds  to  Nathaniel  Cock,  sons  of  my  second  sister,  Mary  Cock.  To 
wife  Sarah.  To  Sarah  Cock,  daughter  of  sister  Mary.  Lands  and  tene- 
ments in  Amersham  als.  Agmondesham  and  Chalfont  S'  Giles  in  the  coun- 
ty of  Bucks.  My  third  sister  Bethia  Shrimpton  and  her  eldest  son  Nathaniel 
Shrimpton  and  three  daughters,  Susanna,  Bethia  and  Martha.  To  Mary 
&  Bethia  Cock,  daughters  of  sister  Mary. 

The  witnesses  to  the  will  were  William  Crosier,  James  Atlee  &  Rich- 
ard Perkins,  and  to  the  codicil  Richard  Perkins,  Henry  Bishop  and  Sarah 
Lidyard.  Fane,  74. 

Robert  Hackshaw,  of  London,  merchant,  in  a  codicil  to  his  will  (in 
form  of  a  letter  to  his  executors)  bearing  date  15  May  1738  desires  all 
lumber  to  be  sold  excepting  what  his  daughter  shall  desire  &  excepting  a 
trunk  in  the  Ware-house  (to  which  I  have  no  keys)  belonging  to  Mrs  Hutch- 
inson of  New  England  and  to  be  reserved  there  till  she  sends  for  it.  Prov- 
ed 7  December  1738.  Brodrepp,  285. 

Anne  Notes  (ante,  page  208.) 

[Your  note  on  Mrs.  Anne  Noyes  in  the  January,  1887,  Register  (ante,  p.  208), 
says,  Rev.  William  Noyes,  Rector  of  Cholderton,  YVilts,  resigned  in  1621. 

I  have  received  a  letter  from  the  present  Rector  of  Cholderton,  the  Rev.  Edwin 
P.  Barrow,  in  which  is  the  following  extract  from  the  Registry  Book  : 

"  Mr.  William  Noyes  Rector  of  Choldington  about  30  years  departed  this  life  anno 
1616.  Mr.  Nathan  Noyes  succeeded  his  father  in  the  Rectorie  of  Choldrington  and 
departed  this  life  in  ye  year  1651." 

I  notice  your  authority  is  Savage's  Gen.  Dictionary,  but  as  there  seems  to  be  a 
difference  in  the  date  I  thought  you  might  like  to  know  it. 

Among  the  burials  extracted  from  the  register,  is  "  Mrs.  Ann  Noyes  widow  & 
Relict  of  Mr.  William  Noyes  sometime  Rector  of  Choldrington,  March  7  1057, 
aet.82." — Edward  Deering  Noves,  of  Portland,  Me.] 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         299 

Lawrence  "Washington,  of  Washington  Parish  in  the  County  of  West- 
moreland in  Virginia,  gentleman,  11  March  1 607— S.  To  be  buried,  if 
please  God  I  depart  in  this  County  of  Westmoreland,  by  the  side  of  my 
father  and  mother  and  near  my  brothers  and  sisters  and  my  children.  To 
friends  Mr  William  Thomson,  Clerk,  and  Mr  Samuel  Thompson,  each  a 
mourning  ring  of  thirty  shillings  price  each  ring.  To  my  godson  Lawrence 
Butler  one  young  mare  and  two  cows.  To  my  sister  Anne  Writts  children 
one  manservant  apiece  of  four  or  five  years  to  serve,  or  three  thousand 
pounds  of  tobacco,  to  be  delivered  or  paid  to  them  at  age  of  twenty  years. 
To  my  sister  Lewis  a  mourning  ring  of  forty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  John 
Washington  Senr.,  of  Stafford  County,  all  my  wearing  apparel.  To  cousin 
John  Washington's  eldest  son  Lawrence  Washington,  my  godson,  one  man- 
servant of  four  or  five  years  to  serve,  or  three  thousand  pounds  of  tobacco,  the 
same  to  be  delivered  at  his  age  of  twenty  years.  To  my  godson  Lawrence 
Butler  and  Lewis  Nicholds  that  tract  of  land  joining  upon  Meridah  Edwards 
and  Daniel  White,  being  two  hundred  and  seventy  five  acres,  to  be  equally 
divided  between  them.  To  the  upper  and  lower  churches  of  Washington 
parish,  each  of  them,  a  pulpit  cloath  and  cushion.  It  is  my  will  to  have  a 
funeral  sermon  at  the  church  and  to  have  no  other  funeral  to  exceed  three 
thousand  pounds  of  tobacco.  After  debts  and  legacies  paid  and  discharged, 
my  personal  estate  to  be  equally  divided  in  four  parts,  my  wife  Mildred 
Washington  to  have  one  part,  my  son  John  another  part,  my  son  Augustine 
another  part  and  my  daughter  Mildred  the  other  part,  at  their  ages  of  twenty 
years.  To  my  son  John  this  seat  of  land  where  I  now  live  and  that  whole 
tract  of  land  where  I  now  live  and  that  whole  tract  lying  from  the  mouth 
of  Mathodack  extending  to  a  place  called  the  round  Hills,  with  the  addition 
I  have  thereunto  made  of  William  Webbs  and  William  Rush,  to  him  and 
his  heirs  forever.  To  my  son  Augustine  Washington  all  the  dividend  of 
land  that  I  bought  of  Mr  Robert  Lessons  children  in  England,  in  Mattax 
between  my  brother  and  Mr  Baldridges  land  where  Mr  Daniel  Lessons 
formerly  lived,  by  estimation  four  hundred  acres;  likewise  that  land  that 
was  Mr  Richard  Hills,  and  all  that  land  where  Mr  Lewis  Markkani  now 
lives,  after  the  said  Markham  and  his  now  wife's  decease,  by  estimation  seven 
hundred  acres  more  or  less.  To  my  daughter  Mildred  Washington  all  my 
land  in  Stafford  County  lying  upon  Hunting  Creek  where  Mr8  Elizabeth 
Miuton  and  Mr  William  now  lives,  by  estimation  twenty  five  hundred  acres. 
I  give  my  water-mill  to  my  son  John  Washington. 

If  my  children  should  die  before  they  come  of  age  or  marriage  my  broth- 
ers children  shall  enjoy  all  their  estates  real,  excepting  that  laud  that  I 
bought  of  Mr  Robert  Lissons  children,  which  I  give  to  my  loving  wife  and 
her  heirs  forever.  I  give  that  land  which  I  bought  of  my  brother  Francis 
Wright,  being  two  hundred  acres,  lying  near  Stocks  quarter,  to  my  son  John 
Washington.  My  cousin  John  Washington,  of  Stafford  County,  and  my 
friend  Mr  Samuel  Thompson,  to  be  my  executors  and  my  loving  wife 
Mildred  my  executrix. 

The  witnesses  were  Robert  Readmau,  George  Wadon,  Thomas  Howes 
and  John  Rosier. 

The  will  was  proved  10  December  1700  by  the  oath  of  Mildred  Gale 
ats  Washington  (wife  of  George  Gale),  one  of  the  executors,  power  being 
reserved  for  John  Washington  and  Samuel  Thompson,  the  other  executors, 
to  act.  Noel,  186. 

[The  will  of  Lawrence  Washington  here  printed  was  sent  to  us  by  Mr.  Waters 
several  years  ago,  not  long  after  he  commenced  his  researches,  at  Somerset 


300         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

House.  We  learn  from  him  that  he  has  since  collected  much  important  genea- 
logical information  concerning  the  Washingtons,  which  we  hope  before  long  to 
receive  from  him  and  print. — Editor. 

This  is  the  will  of  the  grandfather  of  President  George  Washington,  and  was 
proved  in  England  by  Mildred  Gale  the  widow  of  the  testator  and  grandmother 
of  the  President.  Mr.  J.  C.  C.  Smith,  an  intimate  friend  of  the  late  Col.  Chester, 
published  in  the  seventh  volume  of  The  Genealogist,  Jan.  1883,  some  extracts 
from  the  will  of  Mildred  Gale,  which  was  proved  March  18,  1700-1,  dated  Jan. 
24,  1700-1,  in  which  she  is  described  as  the  wife  of  George  Gale,  of  Whitehaven, 
Cumberland,  "being  doubtfull  of  the  recovery  of  my  present  sickness,"  and 
mentions  that  "  by  an  Indenture  of  Marriage  made  and  executed  by  and  between 
Johu  Washington  one  of  the  executors  of  my  late  husband's  will  of  the  one 
part,  and  my  present  husband  George  Gale  with  my  own  consent  and  approbation 
thereof  of  the  other  part,  bearing  date  16  May  in  the  present  year  1700,  I  am 
empowered  to  demise  by  will  or  other  instrument  the  estate  and  legacys  of  my 
late  husband  to  the  uses  and  purposes  therein  mentioned,"  and  she  proceeded  to 
bequeath  £  1000  to  her  said  husband  and  the  residue  of  her  property  equally  between 
her  said  husband  and  children.  When  George  Gale  took  probate  of  her  will,  he 
had  to  give  bond  for  the  tuition  of  the  children,  and  their  names  appear  as  John, 
Augustine  (father  of  the  President)  and  Mildred  Washington.  In  the  Parish 
Register  of  St.  Nicholas  Church,  Whitehaven,  appears  the  baptism,  Jan.  25, 
1700-1,  of  Mildred,  daughter  of  George  Gale,  and  her  .mother  was  buried  five 
days  afterwards,  while  the  infant  was  buried  March  26,  1701.  In  a  pedigree 
which  Mr.  Smith  furnished  with  his  article  it  appeared  that  George  Gale  had 
removed  to  Maryland,  where  he  had  four  sons  living  in  1712. 

In  1866,  Col.  Chester  contributed  an  article  to  the  London  Herald  and  Gene- 
alogist, which  was  reprinted  in  the  Register,  vol.  21,  pp.  25-35,  proving  that  the 
brothers  John  and  Lawrence  Washington,  who  emigrated  to  Virginia  in  1657, 
could  not  have  been  identical  with  those  of  the  same  names  in  Sir  Isaac  Heard's 
supposititious  pedigree,  which  Baker  incorporated  into  his  History  of  Northamp- 
tonshire as  historic  truth,  for  the  John  of  Baker's  Northamptonshire  was  a 
Knight  and  would  not  have  relinquished  his  title;  besides,  he  was  living  in 
England  in  1662,  while  his  brother  Lawrence  was  a  clergyman  in  England  after 
the  restoration  (1660). 

The  point  of  interest,  in  the  proof  of  the  will  above  given,  is  that  it  leads 
towards  the  support  of  the  tradition  of  the  older  members  of  the  Virginia  family 
"  that  their  English  ancestor  came  from  some  one  of  the  Northern  counties  of 
England." 

John  Washington  (the  father  of  the  testator),  and  Lawrence  brother  of  John, 
came  to  Virginia  in  1657;  both  died  in  1677,  leaving  real  and  personal  property 
in  England.  _  Lawrence  left  his  English  possessions  to  a  daughter  Mary,  who 
was  in  England,  and  her  half  brother  John  Washington  (of  Stafford  Co.,  Va., 
in  the  above  will)  may  have  gone  there  with  some  self-interest  to  see  his  sister, 
if  he  was  in  England  when  the  marriage  settlements  were  made  for  Mildred,  tht 
widow,  to  marry  George  Gale.  In  the  Whitehaven  Guardian,  of  Nov.  11,  1875,  it 
was  shown  that  there  lived  in  that  town,  from  1692  to  1766,  a  family  of  Wash- 
ingtons, and  that  the  christian  name  of  one  of  them  Avho  was  married  there  in 
1731  was  Lawrence. 

This  town  is  not  many  miles  from  Warton  in  Lancashire,  which  was  for 
centuries  the  home  of  the  Washington  family  from  which  the  Northamptonshire 
branch  descended.  The  Church  Registers  begin  in  1568,  and  by  reference  to  them 
the  generally  unreliable  Albert  Welles  could  be  tested  as  to  the  statement  that 
James  Phillippe,  of  London,  his  authority  for  the  English  Pedigree  of  the 
Washington  family,  found  the  dates  of  baptisms  which  are  given  thus : — 
Leonard  Washington  (grandfather  to  the  testator  above) ,  born  at  Warton  abor 
1595 ;  his  children, 

Robert,  baptized  at  Warton,  co.  Lancaster,  A.D.  1616. 

Jane,  "         "         "  "  "  "      1619. 

Francis,  "         "         "  "  "  "      1622. 

Laurence,  "         "         "  "  "  "      1625. 

John  (father  of  testator),       "         "  "  "      1627. 

Is  there  any  truth  in  Welles's  work?  The  Vicar  of  Warton  will  undoubtedly 
give  the  information  if  a  copy  is  sent  him  of  this  imprint,  and  a  desire  for  him 
to  do  so. — John  Coffin  Jones  Brown.] 


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William  Palmer  of  London  Esquire,  23  March  1635  (sealed  and  pub- 
lished 6  April  1636),  with  a  codicil  dated  12  September  1636,  proved  27 
September  1636.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Mary 
Aldermaubury,1  in  London,  where  I  now  dwell.  All  my  personal  estate 
shall  be  (in  respect  I  am  a  citizen  and  freeman  of  the  City  of  London) 
divided  into  three  equal  parts,  according  to  the  ancient  custom  of  the  same 
city,  whereof  one  part  I  give  unto  Barbara  Palmer,  my  wellbeioved  wife, 
as  due  unto  her  by  the  said  custom.  Another  third  I  give  unto  my  three 
sons,  Archdale,  William  and  John,  to  be  divided  equally  amongst  them,  ac- 
cording to  the  said  laudable  custom.  And  the  other  third  part  thereof, 
commonly  called  the  Testator's  third  part,  being  devisable  by  me  according 
to  the  custom  of  the  same  city,  I  do  dispose  of  as  followeth.  (Then  follow 
sundry  bequests,  among  which)  To  my  sister  M™  Mary  Palmer  the  late  wife 
of  my  brother  Mr  Robert  Palmer,  to  my  brother  John  Palmer,  to  my 
cousin  Thomas  Palmer  of  Marston  and  his  brother  Robert  Palmer,  to  my 
cousin  Mr  George  Clarke,  to  my  Kinsman  Thomas  Cooke  of  Salte  in  the 
co.  of  Stafford  and  his  sister  Katherine  Holte  and  his  sister  Frances  Back- 
house, to  my  cousin  Walter  Sedgley,  for  a  divinity  lecture  or  sermon  in  the 
Chapel  of  Marston  where  I  was  born,  to  my  son  John,  at  the  age  of  twenty 
one.  My  cousin  Mr  George  Clerke  and  my  son  Archdale  Palmer  to  be 
executors. 

In  the  codicil  he  mentions  "our  minister  Mr  Doctor  Stanton,"  cousin 
Bydolphe  and  his  wife,  cousin  William  Palmer  and  his  wife,  cousin  Wil- 
liams and  his  wife,  cousin  Mr  Richard  Archdale  and  his  wife,  cousin  Gard- 
ner, the  company  of  Haberdashers,  the  poor  in  St.  Bartholomew's  Hospital, 
"whereof  I  am  a  Governor,"  and  others.  Pile,  100. 

[*  The  parish  Church  of  St.  Mary  Aldermanbury,  in  which  Wm.  Palmer  was 
buried  in  1636,  was  totally  destroyed  by  the  great  fire  in  London  in  1666.  His 
cousin  George  Clarke,  one  of  the  executors  of  the  will,  was  a  merchant  of 
London,  of  which  he  was  elected  Sheriff  in  1641 ;  he  was  created  Knight  at 
Hampton  Court  on  3d  Dec.  1641.  His  wife  was  Barbara  Palmer  of  Hill  in 
Bedfordshire,  whose  brother  William  was  also  knighted  in  1641  or  1642.  It  is- 
uncertain  whether  he  or  his  cousin  William  (son  of  the  testator) ,  and  the  brother 
of  Archdale,  was  first  knighted,  one  of  them  being  made  Knight  at  Whitehall  18 
April,  1641,  the  other  at  Oxford  2  November,  1642.  William  Palmer,  the  brother 
of  Sir  George  Clarke's  wife,  married  a  sister  of  Sir  Thomas  Gardiner,  the 
Recorder  of  London,  who  was  knighted  at  Kingsland  25  November,  1641,  and  is- 
styled  "  Cousin  Gardner"  in  the  codicil.— John  Coffin  Jones  Brown.] 

Barbara  Palmer  of  Onelepe  in  the  co.  of  Leicester,  widow,  13  Sep- 
tember 1650,  proved  10  June  1651.  It  is  my  earnest  desire  that  the  younger 
children  of  my  sons  Archdale  Palmer  Esq.  and  Sir  William  Palmer,  Knight, 
shall  have  those  moneys  paid  them  which  I  have  given  them  by  their  said 
fathers.  To  my  sou  John  Palmer  a  messuage  in  or  near  Page  Green  in 
the  parish  of  Tottenham,  Middlesex  (and  other  tenements).  To  my  cousin 
Sarah  Willett,  wife  of  James  Willett  clerk,  to  John  Sare,  son  of  Archdale 
Sare,  at  twenty  one,  to  my  cousin  John  Combe's  wife,  to  my  cousin  Mary 
Diichfield,  to  my  cousin  Susanna  Dutten.     Other  bequests  and  legacies. 

Grey,  126. 

Archdale  Palmer,  of  Oneleppe  in  the  co.  of  Leicester,  Esq.,  3  April 
1672,  proved  20  September  1673.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish 
church  of  Oneleppe  by  my  dear  mother,  Mrs  Barbara  Palmer,  widow,  de- 
ceased. To  my  son  William  Palmer  and  Martha  his  wife,  to  my  son  Arch- 
dale Palmer  and  his  wife  Anna  and  son  Thomas,  to  my  son  Thomas  Pal- 


302  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

mer  aud  Mary  his  wife,  to  my  son  Samuel  Sleigh  and  Barbara  his  wife  (my 
daughter),  to  my  daughter  Martha  Palmer,  to  my  son  Samuel  Palmer,  at 
one  and  twenty,  to  my  sou  Joshua  Palmer,  at  one  and  twenty.  My  houses 
&c  in  Stepney  to  my  four  sons,  Archdale,  Thomas,  Samuel  and  Joshua. 
To  my  brother  Mr  John  Palmer  and  Mary  his  wife.  To  my  brothers  in 
law  Mr  John  Smith,  Mr  Henry  Smith  and  Mr  Thomas  Smith.  To  my 
sisters  in  law  M"  Jane  Gore  and  M"  Elizabeth  Danvers.  My  brother  in 
law  Mr  John  Pegg  and  his  wife.  My  cousin  Thomas  Palmer  of  Stafford. 
My  cousin  Robert  Palmer  of  Bassie-shaw,  London.  My  wife  Martha  to  be 
the  guardian  of  sons  Samuel  aud  Joshua,  and  also  to  be  executrix  of  this 
my  will  &c.  Pye,  115. 

William  Palmer  of  Wanlippe  ats  Oneleape,  in  the  co.  of  Leicester 
Esq.  13  April  1692,  proved  14  July  1693.  To  my  wife  Martha  and  my 
daughter  Martha,  at  her  age  of  one  and  twenty.  My  eldest  son  and  heir 
Archdale  Palmer.  Three  of  my  children,  Thomas,  William  and  Henry. 
Reference  to  adventures  in  Barbadoes.  To  my  son  John  Palmer  &  his  heirs 
the  reversion  and  inheritance,  after  the  death  and  decease  of  my  sister  in  law 
Mrs  Anne  Appleton,  of  and  in  all  my  lands  &c  in  Astbury  ats  Newbold 
Astbury,  in  the  co.  Palatine  of  Chester,  with  remainder  to  my  youngest  son 
Samuel,  then  to  my  right  heirs.  My  late  mother  M™  Martha  Palmer  de- 
ceased. My  loving  uncle  John  Palmer  Esq.  My  two  brothers,  Samuel 
Palmer  and  Joshua  Palmer,  and  their  two  wives.  My  wife's  three  brethren, 
Rowland  Hunt  Esq.,  Thomas  Hunt  merchant  and  John  Hunt  Esq.,  and 
her  sister  Mr"  Elizabeth  Beale.  My  brother  in  law,  John  Moorewood  Esq., 
and  his  wife.  Coker,  115. 

William  Palmer  of  London,  Doctor  in  Physic,  21  April  1708.  Wife 
Mary.  Brother  Archdale  Palmer  of  Wanlip  Esq.  and  his  children,  whether 
of  first  or  second  marriage.  My  nephew  John  Palmer,  the  eldest  son  of 
his  first  marriage,  and  my  nephew  Charlton  Palmer,  the  eldest  son  of  his 
second  marriage,  already  provided  for.     My  wife  to  be  executrix. 

Commission  issued,  15  December  1716,  to  Henry  Palmer,  the  paternal 
Uncle  and  lawfully  appointed  guardian  of  Mary  Palmer,  minor  daughter, 
aud  only  issue  of  William  Palmer  lately  of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  Alder- 
mary,  London,  Doctor  in  Medicine  deceased  &c,  for  the  reason  that  Mary 
Palmer,  wife  of  the  deceased  and  executrix  named  in  the  will,  hath  departed 
this  life.  Fox,  234. 

John  Palmer  of  the  Middle  Temple,  London,  Esq.,  7  July,  1738,  prov- 
ed 22  December  1738.     To  be  buried  in  S'  Laurence  church  by  my  dearly 
beloved  spouse.     To   my   loving    brother    Mr   Thomas  Palmer,    of    New 
England,2  fifty  pounds,  and  in  case  of  his  death  to  his  eldest  son  Eliakim 
Palmer.     To  my   dear  brother  Mr  Henry   Palmer  one  hundred  pounds. 
To   my   dear   brother   Mr    Samuel    Palmer   five    hundred   pounds.       To 
my    beloved  sister    Mrs   Martha    Palmer    five  hundred    pounds.     To  my 
nephew   William  Palmer  five  hundred  pounds,  and  my  two  sets  of  cham- 
bers in  Essex  Court  in  Middle  Temple.     To  my  niece  Barbara  Palmer  and 
her  sister  Mra  Mary  Palmer,  daughters  of  the  said  Samuel  Palmer,  five  hun- 
dred pounds  apiece.     To  my  daughter  in  law  Mrs   Graves  one  hundred 
pounds.     To  my  grandson   Mr  Joseph  Andrews  one  hundred  pounds.     To 
my  brother  in  law  Mr  Thomas  Palmer  &  his  sister  M"  Mary  Palmer  twen- 
ty pounds  apiece.     To  my  niece  Bakewell  ten  pounds.     To  all  my  brother 
Archdale   Palmer's  children  by  his  last  wife  ten  pounds  apiece.     To  my 


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niece  Molesworth  ten  pounds.  To  Mr  Andrews  &  Mr  Graves,  my  sons  in 
law  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  ray  nephew  Eliakim  Palmer  ten  pounds.  To 
the  Fund  for  supporting  dissenting  ministers  fifty  pounds.  To  Dr  Earl  ten 
pounds,  Mr  Newman,  Dr  Wright's  assistant  five  pounds,  the  poor  of  Dr 
Earl's  church  five  pounds  &  to  Mrs  Gascoign  five  pounds.  I  give  plain 
gold  rings  of  sixteen  shillings  value  to  all  my  brothers  &  sisters,  nephews 
&  nieces,  Mr  Andrews  &  his  lady,  Mr  Graves  &  his  lady,  Dr  Earl,  -Dr  Al- 
len &  my  dear  friend  Thomas  Hunt  Esq.  The  rest  &  residue  to  my 
nephew  William  Palmer  aforesaid  whom  I  nominate  and  appoint  executor. 

Wit:    John  Launder,  John  Launder,  junr  &  William  Thirkill. 

Mention  of  bonds  &  other  property  in  Mr  Hoare's  hands  &c.  I  give 
rings  to  cousin  Joshua  Palmer,  cousin  More  his  sister,  cousin  Lloyd,  cousin 
Birch,  cousin  Tom  Beal,  my  diamond  ring  to  said  niece  Barbara  &  all  my 
other  rings  to  my  niece  Molly,  her  sister. 

The  above  was  sworn  to,  22  December  1738,  by  Henry  Palmer  of  Sl 
Mary  Aldermanbury,  merchant,  and  Eliakim  Palmer  of  the  same  parish, 
merchant.  Brodrepp,  293. 

[2  His  "  loving  brother  Mr.  Thomas  Palmer  of  New  England,"  married  Abigail 
Hutchinson  the  daughter  of  Eliakim,  of  Boston,  who  gave  Thomas  a  piece  of 
land  at  the  foot  of  Fort  Hill,  upon  which  the  beneficiary  erected  a  large  house 
which  he  subsequently  altered  into  two  tenements  as  mentioned  in  his  son 
Eliakim's  will.  He  was  one  of  the  most  useful  public  men  in  Boston,  and  during 
a  long  contest  between  the  town  and  himself  in  relation  to  some  of  his  father-in- 
law's  property,  he  was  still  selected  for  the  most  important  positions.  He  held 
advancing  positions  throughout  life. 

By  the  will  of  Thomas  he  gave  to  his  son  Eliakim  all  of  his  "  houses  and 
lands  wharves  and  real-estate  wherever  to  be  found,"  except  one  of  the  tenements 
above  referred  to ;  he  gave  him  also  ' '  one  moiety  of  all  my  personal  estate  in  what 
part  of  the  world  soever  it  may  be  found."  Son  Thomas  was  to  have  the  other 
moiety  of  the  personal  property  and  the  tenement  which  was  left  after  Eliakim 
had  taken  his  choice ;  but  the  "  Tappestry  hangings  in  the  end  of  the  House  Mr. 
Job  Lewis  now  possesses  shall  not  be  taken  down,  but  belong  to  that  tenement 
whoever  chooses  it.  To  granddaughters  Hannah  and  Abby  Lewis  £500  each ; 
all  my  plate  to  be  divided  between  my  children  Eliakim  Palmer  and  Sarah  Lewis. 
To  son  Thomas  wearing  apparel,  household  goods,  negro  woman  Fanny,  with 
my  horse  and  furniture  and  chaise.  To  brother  Samuel,  with  my  sister  Martha 
Palmer  and  sister  Arch.  Palmer,  each  a  Ring  of  suitable  value,  as  also  a  Ring  to 
my  brother's  wife.  To  my  partner  Nath1  Balston,  Esq.,  £100  as  a  token  of  my 
love.  £30  to  the  poor  of  Brattle  St.  Church  and  £10  each  to  Rev.  Benn. 
Colman  and  Rev.  Tho8.  Cooper."  Mourning  clothes  provided,  &c.  &c.  Nathaniel 
Balston  was  Executor,  and  evidently  the  intended  way  of  managing  the  property 
was  a  family  secret  as  he  never  rendered  any  account  until  forced  to  do  some- 
thing at  the  death  of  the  son  Thomas  in  1752,  brother  of  Eliakim,  when  he 
reported  personal  property  in  his  hands  belonging  to  the  brothers,  undivided, 
amounting  to  nearly  ,£'10,000.  It  will  be  noticed  in  Eliakim's  will  that  he  gave 
all  the  real  estate  inherited  from  his  father,  in  trust  to  Nathaniel  Balston,  for 
the  ultimate  use  of  Abigail  and  Hannah  Lewis  his  nieces. 

Thomas  Palmer,  the  brother  of  Eliakim,  left  Boston  for  England  in  January, 
1750,  and  beside  his  will  he  gave  written  orders  that  his  sister  Mrs.  Lewis  should 
remain  in  his  house  rent  free,  in  case  of  his  death,  not  returning  from  England, 
or  not  giving  contrary  orders.  Whether  he  died  abroad  or  at  home  the  writer 
does  not  know ;  his  son  Thomas  under  14  years  of  age  was  put  under  the  guar- 
dianship of  James  Boutineau  and  Nathaniel  Bethune  with  bonds  of  £4000, 
increased  in  1760  to  £10,000. — John  Coffin  Jones  Brown.] 

Henry  Palmer  the  elder  of  St  Mary  Aldermanbury,  London,  Mer- 
chant, 19  April  1739,  proved  22  May  1740.  To  my  brother  Thomas 
Palmer  of  Boston  in  New  England  Esq.  five  hundred  pounds  and  to  his 
son  Thomas  Palmer  and  his  daughter  Sarah  Lewis  five  hundred  pounds 


304  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

each.  To  Job  Lewis,  the  husband  of  the  said  Sarah  Lewis,  and  to  Hannah 
and  Abigail  Lewis,  children  of  the  said  Job  and  Sarah,  one  hundred  pounds 
each,  and  to  Mary  Palmer,  wife  of  my  said  nephew  Thomas  Palmer,  twenty 
pounds.  To  Anne  Palmer,  widow  of  my  brother  Archdale  Palmer  Esq. 
deceased,  fifty  pounds.  To  Anne  Palmer,  widow  of  my  nephew  John 
Palmer  Esq.  deceased,  twenty  pounds,  and  to  Anne  Palmer,  her  daughter, 
thirty  pounds.  To  my  nephew  William,  son  of  my  brother  Archdale  Pal- 
mer Esq.  deceased,  twenty  pounds  and  to  P^lizabeth  Palmer,  his  wife,  one 
hundred  pounds,  and  to  Henry  Palmer,  son  of  the  said  William  and  Eliza- 
beth, three  hundred  pounds.  To  my  niece  Elizabeth  Bakewell  one  hundred 
pounds  and  to  Mr  John  Bakewell,  her  husband,  twenty  pounds.  To  my 
nephew  Henry,  son  of  my  brother  Archdale  Palmer  Esq.  deceased,  three 
hundred  pounds.  Reference  to  a  bond  of  his  to  William  Fauquire  Esq. 
and  other  debts.  Nephew  Thomas,  son  of  my  brother  Archdale  Palmer 
Esq.  deceased.  Nephew  Archdale  Palmer,  son  of  my  brother  Archdale 
Palmer  Esq.  deceased.  Nephew  Henry  Palmer  of  London,  Merchant. 
Niece  Mary  Faris,  wife  of  William  Faris,  and  John  Faris  her  son.  Anne 
Ewer,  Katherine  Handley,8  Martha  Lewis,  Barbara  Palmer,  Charlton  Pal- 
mer and  Betty  Palmer,  children  of  my  late  brother  Archdale  Palmer  Esq. 
deceased,  and  Walter  Ewer,  Samuel  Handley,  Benjamin  Lewis  aud  William 
Faris,  my  nephews  in  law,  and  Rebecca  Palmer,  my  niece  in  law.  To  the 
Hon.  Doctor  Coote  Molesworth  and  his  wife  Mary  Molesworth.  My  bro- 
ther Samuel  Palmer  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  and  William,  Barbara  and  Mary 
Palmer,  children  of  the  said  Samuel.  My  sister  Martha  Palmer.  My 
cousin  Mary  Palmer,  spinster,  and  Sarah  Blundell,  widow  of  Benjamin 
Blundell.  My  much  esteemed  friend  Lieut.  Gen.  Peers  Esq.  of  the  Barba- 
does.  Item  I  give  to  the  incorporated  Society  for  propagating  the  Gospel 
in  New  England,  whereof  Sir  Robert  Clark  is  the  present  Governor,  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  nephew  Eliakim  Palmer,  eldest  son 
of  my  brother  Thomas  Palmer,  and  his  heirs  and  assigns  my  freehold 
house  of  inheritance  situate  on  Ludgate  in  London,  known  by  the  name  of 
the  Swan  and  Star,  and  now  in  the  occupation  of  Bernard  Townsend,  which 
house  I  purchased  from  Nicholas  Charlton  Esq.,  and  to  the  said  Eliakim 
the  residue  of  my  estate,  as  well  in  foreign  parts  as  in  England.  The  said 
Eliakim  Palmer  to  be  executor.  Browne,  153. 

[3  There  is  a  full  pedigree  of  the  family  of  Sir  Samuel  Handley  in  the  College 
of  Arms,  London.— J.  C.  C  Smith.] 

Martha  Palmer  of  Newgate  Street,  London,  spinster,  19  April  1744, 
proved  14  January  1745.  To  my  sister  Anne  Palmer,  widow  of  my  brother 
Archdale  Palmer,  thirty  pounds.  To  my  nephews,  Harry  Palmer  and 
Charlton  Palmer,  and  my  nieces,  Elizabeth  Bakewell,  Anne  Ewer,  Kathe- 
rine Handley  aud  Martha  Lewis,  all  children  of  my  said  brother  Archdale 
Palmer,  twenty  five  pounds  each.  To  my  nephew  Archdale  Palmer,  in 
whose  house  I  now  dwell,  and  my  nieces  Barbara  and  Betty  Palmer,  like- 
wise children  of  my  said  brother  and  yet  unmarried,  one  hundred  pounds 
each.  To  my  nephew  Eliakim  Palmer  and  my  niece  Mary  Molesworth 
twenty  five  pounds  each.  To  my  grand-nephew  Harry  Palmer,  now  in  the 
East  Indies,  sixty  pounds.  To  my  nephew  Thomas  Palmer,  son  of  my 
said  brother  Archdale,  one  hundred  aud  fifty  pounds.  To  my  sister  Eliza- 
beth Palmer,  widow  of  my  brother  Samuel,  fifty  pounds.  To  my  nephew 
William  Palmer,  only  son  of  my  said  brother  Samuel,  five  hundred  pounds, 
and  to  his  sisters  Barbara  and  Mary  Palmer  seven  hundred  pounds  each. 


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My  said  nephew  William  to  be  executor,  and  to  him  three  hundred  pounds 
new  South  Sea  Annuity  stock,  on  trust  to  pay  the  interest  and  dividend 
arising  therefrom  to  my  niece  Mary  Faris,  to  her  sole  and  separate  use 
exclusive  of  her  present  husband  &c.  To  her  son  John  Faris  one  hundred 
pounds  at  his  age  of  twenty  five  years,  or  at  the  decease  of  his  said  mother,  the 
which  shall  first  happen.     The  Rev.  Mr.  Samuel  Chandler  and  others. 

Edmunds, '25. 

Eliakim  Palmer  of  London,  merchant,  14  May  1749,  proved  24  May 
1749,  as  to  the  deceased's  estate  in  England  or  in  any  other  parts  except 
in  New  England.  Reference  to  contract  on  man'iage  with  wife  Elizabeth. 
To  said  wife  fifteen  thousand  pounds.  My  father  Thomas  Palmer,  of  Boston 
in  New  England  Esq.  deceased,  being  seized  in  fee  &c  of  a  mansion  house, 
by  him  built,  at  the  foot  of  Fort  Hill  in  Boston  aforesaid  and  divided  into 
two  tenements,  by  his  last  Will  and  Testament  gave  and  devised  to  me  such 
one  of  the  said  two  tenements  as  I  should  choose  and  the  other  tenement  to 
my  brother  Thomas.  I  hereby  make  choice  of  that  one  now  or  late  in  the 
occupation  of  Charles  Paxton  Esq.  and  release  &c  to  my  said  brother  Thomas 
all  my  right  and  claim  in  and  to  the  other  tenement  in  which  he  now  lives 
or  lately  lived.  To  Nathaniel  Balstou  of  Boston  Esq.  and  my  6aid  brother 
Thomas  Palmer,  all  my  houses,  buildings,  wharves,  lands  and  Real  Estate 
whatsoever  at  Boston,  during  the  life  of  my  sister  Sarah  Lewis,  wife  of  Job 
Lewis  of  the  said  town  of  Boston,  in  trust  to  pay  the  rent&c  into  the  hands 
of  my  said  sister  for  her  sole  and  separate  use.  And  after  her  decease  I 
give  the  said  houses  &c  to  my  nieces  Abigail  and  Hannah  Lewis,  her  daugh- 
ters, as  tenants  in  common  &c.  To  the6aid  Nathaniel  Balston  Esq.  and  my 
brother  Thomas  Palmer  one  hundred  pounds  each,  to  Mrs  Mary  Barker, 
widow  of  Dr.  John  Barker  deceased,  one  hundred  pounds,  To  John  Faris-, 
son  of  my  cousin  Mary  Faris,  one  hundred  pounds.  To  George  Walker 
and  the  Hon.  John  Lyte  of  the  Island  of  Barbadoes,  esquires,  fifty  pounds 
each,  making  it  my  humble  request  to  them  that  they  will  assist  my  executors 
in  getting  in  that  part  of  my  effects  which  I  shall  ( — )  possessed  of  in  the 
said  Island.  To  Beeston  Long  Esq.4  and  Mr  Heury  Norris  Junior  of  London, 
merchants,  my  executors  hereafter  named,  and  to  my  cousin  William  Pal- 
mer of  London,  Attorney  at  Law,  also  one  of  my  executors,  the  several  sums 
of  one  hundred  pounds  each.  Certain  servants  and  others.  My  house  in 
London.  My  house  at  Ealing.  Ann  Palmer  widow  of  my  late  uncle 
Archdale  Palmer.  My  late  uncle  Henry  Palmer.  The  poor  of  the  con- 
gregation of  Protestant  Dissenters  in  the  Old  Jewry,  London. 

The  residue  to  my  son  William  Finch  Palmer  and  the  child  or  child- 
ren wherewith  my  wife  is  now  "  Ensient."  The  said  Nathaniel  Balston 
Esq.  and  my  said  brother  Thomas  Palmer  to  be  executors  as  to  my  estate 
in  New  England  and  the  said  Beeston  Long,  Henry  Norris  and  William 
Palmer,  as  to  the  estate  in  England  or  any  other  parts  except  New  England. 

Lisle,  157. 

[*  Beeston  Long  was  a  West  India  merchant  (see  memoir  of  him  in  Gentleman's 
Magazine,  1785).  One  of  his  sons  was  created  Baron  Farnborough,  and  from  one 
of  his  daughters  descend  the  Prescotts  baronets. — J.  C  C.  Smith.] 

Thomas  Smyth  the  elder  of  Aldermanbury,  London.  Esq.  24  February 
1665,  proved  13  June  1666.  My  two  younger  sons,  Henry  and  Thomas 
Smith.  My  eldest  son  John  Smith,  with  my  consent,  did  marry  Mary, 
one  of  the  daughters  of  Sir  Edmond  Wright,  knight,  late  Alderman  of  the 


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City  of  London  deceased.  My  daughter  Jane  was  married  unto  William 
Gore  Esq ;  My  daughter  Martha  was  married  unto  Archdale  Palmer  Esq.; 
Elizabeth,  Margaret  and  Anne  Smyth,  three  of  the  daughters  of  my  said 
son  John  Smith,  not  yet  married.  My  grandchild  Jane  Bennett  and  her 
father,  Sir  Humphry  Bennett,  knight.  My  brother  in  Law  John  Robinson 
Esq.  and  my  brother  William  Robinson.  The  poor  of  St.  Margaret  Moy- 
ses  parish  in  Friday  Street,  where  I  was  born  and  christened.  To  Mr  Ed- 
mond  Callamy,  late  minister  of  Aldermanbury  Church,  and  to  Dr.  Walker, 
now  minister  &c.     My  three  sons  to  be  executors.  Mico,  104. 

[The  Arms  of  this  family  of  Palmer  may  be  thus  described :  Ar.  two  bars  Sa., 
charged  with  three  trefoils  slipped,  of  the  field.  In  Chief  a  greyhound  courant, 
of  the  second,  collared  Or. 

Crest:  On  amount  Vert  a  greyhound  sejant  Sa.,  gorged  with  a  Collar  Or, 
rimmed  Gu.,  and  charged  on  the  shoulder  with  a  trefoil  slipped  Az. 

The  pedigree  on  the  opposite  page  is  based  on  those  in  Burke's  Landed  Gentry 
and  the  Visitation  of  London  1633-34  (Harl.  So.  Pub.),  which,  by  the  way, 
differ  as  to  the  name  of  the  father  of  William  Palmer  of  London. 

I  have  many  notes  relating  to  the  Archdale  Family,  which  I  shall  send  for 
publication  later  on. — H.  F.  Waters.] 

I,  Thomas  Palmer  of  the  Parish  of  St  James,  in  the  Island  of  Barbadoes, 
Gentleman,  being  bound  on  a  voyage  to  Barbadoes  &c.  &c,  whereas  my 
brothers  and  sisters  are  already  well  provided  for,  in  and  by,  my  Father's 
will  and  I  am  engaged  to  marry  Mrs.  Mary  Wethread  of  Boston,  Spinster, 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Dorothy  Wethread,  widow  &c.  &c,  18  Sept.  1733 — 
Proved  Oct.  27,  1740.— No.  7508,  Suffolk  Probate  Papers. 

[The  above  abstract  is  furnished  by  John  C.  J.  Brown,  Esq. ,  who  adds  this  note. 

Luke  Vardy  who  kept  the  Royal  Exchange  Tavern  on  King  St. ,  was  a  wit- 
ness to  the  will,  and  the  name  of  Wethered  will  be  recognized  as  belonging  to 
another  inn-keeper  of  the  time.  In  Vardy's  house  Benj.  Woodbridge  began  the 
war  of  words  which  led  to  his  death  by  the  hands  of  Henry  Phillips ;  it  was 
noted  as  a  place  of  assemblage  for  gaming  and  drinking,  and  possibly  this  will 
of  Thomas  Palmer  was  obtained  by  a  black-mail  game  of  the  olden  time,  which 
undoubtedly  resulted  in  nothing.  It  will  be  noticed  that  seven  years  had  elapsed 
before  it  was  offered  for  probate,  and  there  seems  to  have  been  nothing  more 
done  about  it.  ] 

John  Chamberlaine  of  London,  gentleman,  18  June  1627,  proved  13 
March  1627.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  of  St.  Olaves  in  the  Old  Jury, 
where  I  was  born  and  christened  and  where  my  father,  my  mother,  my 
brother  Robert  and  other  friends  are  interred.  "My  funeral!  I  would  haue 
performed  wth  as  little  trouble  and. charge  as  maibee ans wearable  to  the  still 
and  quiett  course  I  haue  allwaies  sought  to  followe  in  my  life  time."  To 
the  poor  of  that  parish  five  pounds  and  to  the  poor  of  St.  Mary  Alderman- 
bury ten  pounds.  To  poor  prisoners  at  Ludgate  ten  pounds,  in  the  Counter 
in  the  Poultry  five  pounds,  in  the  Counter  in  Woodstreet  five  pouds,  the 
poor  distracted  people  in  Bedlam  five  pounds.  To  the  Right  Honorable 
the  Lord  Carleton,  Baron  of  Imbercourt,  a  basin  and  ewer  of  silver  of  one 
hundred  ounces  or  .hereabouts,  to  the  value  of  thirty  pounds.  To  Lady 
Winwood,  late  the  wife  of  Sr  Ralph  Winwood,  knight,1  principal  Secretary 
to  King  James,  and  to  the  Lady  Fanshawe,  late  wife  to  Sir  Henry  Fans- 
hawe,  knight,  to  each  of  them  a  basin  and  ewer  of  silver  to  the  same  value 
of  thirty  pounds.  To  Sir  William  Borles,  knight  (the  elder),  a  ring  of  gold 
of  forty  shillings.  To  my  sister  Poole  a  ring  of  gold  of  forty  shillings.  To 
Mr  Alexander  Williams,  of  the  Pipe  Office,  and  to  his  wife,  to  each  of  them 
a  ring  of  gold  of  forty  shillings,,     To  Mr  Dudley  Carleton,   son  of  George 


308  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Carleton  Esq.,  a  ring  &c.     To  Mrs  Anne   Smith,  sister  to  Dr.  Gilbert  and 

wife  to Smith,  gentleman,  a  ring  &c.     To  my  nephew  Sir  Thomas 

Stewkeley,  knight,  two  hundred  pounds  and  to  his  eldest  son  Sir  Hugh 
Stewkeley,  knight  and  Baronet,  and  to  his  second  son  Thomas,  to  each  of 
them  twenty  pounds.  To  my  niece  Lady  Drewrie,  late  wife  of  Sir  Henry 
Drewry,  twenty  pounds.  To  my  nephews  Edraond,  John,  Zachary,  Francis, 
George,  sons  of  my  sister  Windham  deceased,  and  to  my  niece  the  Lady 
Stroode,  their  sister,  to  each  of  them  twenty  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Ed- 
mund Windham  (eldest  son  of  my  nephew  Thomas  Windham)  twenty 
pounds.  To  my  god-daughter  Rebecca  Tothill,  daughter  of  my  cousin 
Tothill,  widow,  dwelling  in  the  parish  of  St.  Giles  without  Cripplegate, 
twenty  pounds.  To  Anne,2  late  wife  to  my  brother  George  Chamberlain 
deceased,  and  now  wife  to  John  Poole  Esq.,  alderman  of  the  City  of  Lon- 
don, an  annuity  or  yearly  rent  of  fifty  pounds  for  the  term  of  her  natural  life, 
to  be  issuing  out  of  all  that  my  manor  or  lordship  of  Suttonn  Ganuocke  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln  and  out  of  all  my  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments 
in  Suttonn  Gannocke,  in  said  County  of  Lincoln,  during  her  natural  life.  I 
do  give  and  bequeath  unto  her,  the  said  Anne  Poole,  in  lieu  and  recompence 
of  one  annuity  &c,  of  fifty  pounds  pr  annum  heretofore  usually  paid  unto 
her  the  said  Anne  by  my  late  brother  Richard  Chamberlain  deceased,  in 
consideration  of  accounts  cleared  between  my  said  brothers  George  and 
Richard,  as  being  joint  executors  of  the  last  Will  &  Testament  of  my  late 
brother  Robert  Chamberlain  Esq.  deceased,  one  annuity  &c  of  forty  pounds 
&c.  I  give  also  to  the  said  Mrs  Alice  Carleton  five  hundred  pounds  and  my 
inlaid  cabinet  that  usually  standeth  upon  the  low  chest  near  my  bedside, 
with  all  that  shall  be  in  it  at  the  time  of  my  decease,  and  whatsoever  she 
hath  else  of  mine  in  her  custody ;  and  this  I  do  in  regard  of  the  sincere 
good  will  and  honest  affection  I  bear  her  and  of  the  true  and  long  continued 
friendship  between  us.  To  my  nephew  Thomas  Windham  of  Hensforde  in 
the  County  of  Somerset  Esq.,  all  that  manor  of  Minsterworth  in  the  County 
of  Gloucester  and  the  manor  of  Etloe  in  the  same  County  and  two  hundred 
pounds.  To  John  Cuffe,  sometime  servant  to  my  brother  Richard  Chamber- 
lain, twenty  pounds  and  one  of  my  parts  or  shares  in  Bermudas  or  Summer 
Islands.  Another  part  or  share  in  the  same  Islands  I  give  &  bequeath  to 
my  servant  Richard  Reeve,  also  forty  pounds  and  all  my  wearing  apparel 
if  he  be  in  my  service  at  the  time  of  my  decease.  To  all  the  servants  that 
shall  be  in  my  nephew  Hugh  Windham's  house,  at  the  time  of  my  decease, 
to  each  forty  shillings.  To  my  nephew  Hugh  Windham  and  his  heirs  for- 
ever my  manor  or  lordship  of  Suttonn  Gannocke  &c  (charged  with  the  several 
annuities)  as  likewise  all  other  lands  that  I  shall  leave  undisposed  or  quillets 
or  houses  in  Greenwich,  Sollihill,  Studlie,  or  elsewhere,  and  likewise  all  my 
parts  and  shares,  title  and  interest  that  I  shall  have  at  the  time  of  my  de- 
cease in  the  Bermudaes  or  Sommer  Islands  or  in  Virginia,  to  him  and  his 
heirs  forever.     He  to  be  executor. 

Wit:   Antho:  Ouldfield,  Law.  Chambers,  John  Burton,   Richard   Reeue. 

Barrington,  25. 

Sententia  pro  confirmatione  etc.  etc.,  in  judicio  inter  Hugonem  Wyndham, 
etc.,  et  Dura  Thomam  Stewklie  militem  Dnam  Susanam  Drewrie  Thom. 
Wyndham  armigerum  Johan.  Wyndham  Franciscum  Wyndham  et  Georg"1 
Wyndham   generosos   necnon    Dominant  Margaretam  Strowde   nepotes  et 

neptes  ex  sorore  ac  proximos  consanguineos  etc.  26  June  1628. 

Barrington,  61. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  309 

[John  Chamberlain,  the  testator,  seems  to  have  been  a  son  of  Richard  Chamber- 
lain, "  alderman  and  sherif  of  London  &  of  Anne  his  wife  da.  &  heire  of  Robert 
Downes  of  Yalding  in  Kent,  gent."  Elizabeth,  sister  of  the  testator,  married 
Hugh  Stewkley  or  Stukeley.  Their  son,  Sir  Thomas,  knt.,  and  their  grandson, 
Sir  Hugh,  bart.,  are  named  in  the  will.  Their  daughter  Susan  married  Sir  Hugh 
Drewry,  knt.,  and  she  is  named  in  the  will.  Margery  Chamberlain,  another 
sister  of  the  testator,  married  Edmund  Windham  of  Kenesford,  co.  Somerset, 
whose  pedigree  is  given  in  the  Visitation  of  Loudon,  Publications  of  the 
Harleian  Society,  vol.  17,  page  357.  The  arms  and  crest  of  Robert  Chamberlain, 
brother  of  the  testator,  are  given  in  the  above  volume  on  the  same  page. 
See  also  Burke's  Extinct  Baronetage,  ed.  1844,  page  311. 

The  names  of  Richard  and  John  Chamberlain  are  found  early  in  New  Eng- 
land. At  a  later  date,  1681  to  1686,  Richard  Chamberlain  was  secretary  of  the 
Province  of  New  Hampshire.  He  was  the  author  of  "Lithobolia,"  London, 
1698.— Editor. 

1  Sir  Ralph  Winwood,  buried  at  St.  Bartholomew  the  Less.  London,  Sept. 
30,  1617;  his  widow  buried  there  Sept.  28,  1659.— J.  C.  C.  Smith. 

2  Mrs.  Anne  Poole  was  the  daughter  and  heiress  of  Lawrence  Overton 
of  London.  She  married,  first,  George  Chamberlain ;  second,  alderman  Poole 
of  London;  and  third,  Sir  John  Ramsden  of  Byrom  and  Longley,  York- 
shire, knt.,  ancestor  of  the  Ramsdens  baronets.  (See  Betham's  Baronetage, 
vol.  3,  page  93,  a_id  Foster's  London  Marriage  Licences,  pp.  259  and  1110.) — 
Editor.] 

WiHm  Tarboxe  of  par.  Lowton,  Bucks,  husbandman,  dat.  Mch.  20,  1562, 
p.  Mch.  21,  1563  (Arch.  Bucks.)  Sou-in-law  ffm.  Line  (living),  Luce 
Line  (unmard).  Isabell  Line,  Brygett  Line,  "their  father's  legacis  Wilfm 
Line  lette  of  Lowton."     Wife  Agnes. 

Thos.  Tarbox  of  Mentmore,  yeoman,  dat.  Oct.  10,  1636,  p.  Mch.  16, 
1648  (?7-8,  or  8-9)  (Arch.  Bucks).  Brother  Wm.  T.  &  his  3  sons  l8. 
each,  brother  Richd.  T.  &  his  4  child11,  Henry,  Mary,  Elizth  &  Joane,  Is.  each. 
Sister  Agnes  Emerton,  £6 ;  her  son  Richd.  E.  £5.  Sister  Sarah  Carter, 
her  child".  Rob'.  Wm.  &  Sara,  also  her  dau.  Elizth  C.  &  her  son  John  C, 
Thos.  Curtis,  eld1,  son  of  said  Sara  C. 

Alice  Tarbox  of  Mentmore,  widow,  dat.  Feb.  1,  1628,  p.  Feb.  11, 
1631-2  (Arch.  Bucks).  Dau.  Agnes  Emerton,  her  son  Ric.  E.,  dau.  Sara 
Carter,  Thos.  Curtise,  Elizth.  Carter,  Rob4.  Carter  &  his  father,  Wm.  Carter, 
John  Carter,  my  coseu  Sarah  Carter,  my  son  Wm.  his  three  sons,  son 
Richd.  &  his  3  child".,  son  John  T. 

Thomas  Tarbox  of  Mentmore,  yeoman,  dat.  Sep.  30,  1613,  p.  Sep.  28, 
1614  (Arch.  Bucks).  Thos.  Curtice,  209,  each  of  Wm.  Tarbox  child",  Annis 
my  daur's  child".,  my  dau.  Saraes  child".,  son  John,  Wife . 

George  Tarbox  of  St.  Peter's,  Herts,  milner,  dat.  Dec.  27,  1641,  p. 
Feb.  18,  1641-2  (12  Cambell).  Eld1,  dau.  Mary,  dau.  Sarah,  dau.  Ellen, 
dau.  Sarah  Newton,  dau.  Hannah  Newton,  son  Thos.  Newton,  dau-in-law 
Sarah  Newton,  brother  Joseph  T. 

RiCHd.  Tarbox  of  Dunton,  Bucks,  yeoman,  dat.  Sep.  8,  1655,  p.  Oct.  14, 
1658  (551  Wootton).  To  wife  Elizth,  Summerleyes  Close,  etc.  at  Ment- 
more for  life,  Remr.  to  my  grandchild  Richard  T.,  grandch"  Richd.  Miller, 
Richd.  Wigg  &  Richd.  Simpson,  Richd.  Carter,  Mary  Chandler,  grandchild 
Elizth.  Tarbox  sister  of  said  Richd. 

Thomas  Tarboxe  of  Brockhampton,  Hereford,  1653  (237  Brent). 
Wife  Ann,  daurs.  Marg*.  T.  Ellenor  &  Alice,  son  Thos.  T. 

William  Tarbox  the  elder  of  Mentmore,  Bucks,  yeoman,  being  aged, 
dat.  Mch.  6,  1658,  p.  May  14,  1662  (Arch.  Bucks).  Grandchild  Thomas 
T.,  grandchild  William  T.,  Rebecca  T.,  grandchild  Susana  T.,  grandchild 


310  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Rebecca  T.,  my  sister  Sarah's  daughters,  sons  Thomas  T.  &  Edward  T. 
Executors. 

Thomas  Tarbox  of  Mentmore,  yeoman,  dat.  Sep.  8,  1673,  p.  Oct.  30, 
1673  (Arch.  Bucks).  Grandson  Tho".  Glenister,  son  of  Wm.  &  Susanna 
G.  of  Piddlestone,  Bucks,  grandson  Wm.  Glenister,  granddau.  Mary  Tar- 
box, the  2  eld1,  sons  of  Tho8.  Stevens  of  Cheddington,  Bucks,  godson  Tho8. 
Tayler  of  Soulbury,  Bucks.  Son  Wm.  T.  my  house  etc.  at  Mentmore,  also 
lands  in  Cheddington  field,  son  Thos.  T.,  son-in-law  Wm.  Glenister,  Kins- 
man Mr.  Richd.  T.  of  Cubblington,  Bucks. 

William  Tarbox  of  Mentmore,  husbandman,  dat.  Dec.  20,  1658,  p. 
Feb.  12,  1658-9  (112  Pell).  Wife  Anne,  £420,  brother  Edward,  brother 
Thomas,  Thomas  son  of  said  Thomas,  under  21.  Rebecca  T.  dau.  of  said 
Thomas,  £5  at  21,  Susanna  T.  dau.  of  said  Thos.,  Wm.  T.  son  of  said  Tho9. 
Residue  of  houses,  etc.,  to  brother  Edward  and  he  Executor. 

Thomas  Tarbox  of  Mentmore,  Bucks,  yeoman,  dat.  Sep.  6,  1564,  p. 
May  7,  1565  (Arch.  Bucks).     Wife  Elizabeth,  son  Thomas  T. 

Edward   Tarbox   of Admon    Arch.    Bucks,  ....  1665    to 

(Thomas?)  Tarbox,  brother  (perished). 

[The  preceding  abstracts  of  Tarbox  wills  were  contributed  by  a  London  friend 
of  Mr.  Waters,  who  had  read  in  the  Register  for  January  last  (vol.  42,  pp.  27- 
8),  the  remarks  of  the  late  Rev.  Increase  N.  Tarbox,  D.D.,  on  the  origin  of  his 
surname.  These  abstracts  show  that  the  name  in  its  present  form  was  found 
in  England,  three  quarters  of  a  century  before  John  Tarbox  settled  in  Massa- 
chusetts. Dr.  Tarbox  was  in  North  Carolina  when  these  abstracts  arrived,  but 
copies  of  the  earliest  ones  were  sent  to  him.  He  died  a  few  days  after  his 
return,  but  expressed  to  me  his  gratification  at  receiving  them,  stating  that  he 
was  more  inclined  to  the  opinion  that  Tarbox  was  of  English  origin,  and  not 
unlikely  a  corruption  of  the  Lancashire  name,  Tarbock  or  Torback. — Editor.] 

George  Way  of  Dorchester  in  the  County  of  Dorset,  merchant,  30 
September  1641  and  signed  1  October  1641,  proved  3  December  1641. 
I  give  unto  Sarah,  my  loving  wife,  the  house,  burgage  and  tenement  where- 
in I  now  dwell  situate  in  East  side  of  the  North  Street  in  Dorchester  afore- 
said, with  all  outhouses  and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging,  and  all  my 
houses,  burgages  and  tenements,  garden  and  ground  in  Bridport  in  the 
said  County  of  Dorset,  to  hold  the  same  unto  my  said  wife  during  her  life. 
And  from  and  after  my  wife's  decease  and  from  and  after  Eliezer  Way,  my 
son,  shall  attain  the  age  of  six  and  twenty  years  I  do  devise  and  bequeath 
my  said  lease,  burgage  and  tenement  with  the  appurtenances  in  Dorchester 
aforesaid  unto  my  said  son  and  the  heirs  of  his  body.  But  in  case  my  said 
son  shall  die  without  heirs  of  his  body,  or  for  want  of  such  heirs,  then  I 
give  the  same  unto  all  my  daughters  and  their  heirs.  And  in  case  my  said 
wife  shall  die  before  my  said  son  shall  attain  his  age  of  six  and  twenty 
years  then  I  do  give  and  bequeath  my  said  house,  burgage  and  tenement  in 
Dorchester  unto  my  loving  and  dear  friends,  Mr.  William  Derbie,  Mr.  Rich- 
ard Savage  and  Mr.  Thomas  Clench  of  Dorchester  aforesaid  and  Mr. 
Walter  Baily  of  Bridport  until  my  son  shall  attain  that  age.  And  from  and 
after  my  said  wife's  decease  I  give  and  devise  my  said  houses,  burgage, 
garden  and  ground  in  Bridport  aforesaid  unto  my  said  friends,  in  trust  for 
and  towards  the  raising  the  legacies  hereby  given  to  my  younger  two 
daughters  &c.  &c.  Then  the  remainder  of  my  term  unto  my  said  son,  if 
he  live  to  attain  the  age  of  six  and  twenty  years  or  be  married,  or  if  he  die 
before  then  1  give  the  same  amongst  all  my  said  daughters.  To  my  daugh- 
ter Sarah  one  hundred  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Mary  fourscore  pounds,  to 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  311 

my  (laughter  Elizabeth  threescore  and  ten  pounds,  and  to  my  daughter 
Martha  threescore  pounds,  all  payable  at  their  several  ages  of  four  and 
twenty  years,  except  my  said  daughter  Martha's  legacy  which  I  appoint  to 
be  paid  as  the  same  may  be  raised  out  of  my  said  houses  &c.  in  Bridport. 

And,  whereas  there  is  of  my  estate  four  and  thirty  pounds  in  money  in 
Thomas  Ford's1  hands  in  New  Pmgland  and  in  the  hands  of  Roger  Clap 
and  Stephen  Tayler  in  New  England,  "  the  provenew "  of  fifty  pounds 
worth  of  goods  and  divers  moneys  and  goods  of  mine  in  the  hands  of  Henry 
Cogan  there,  and  other  cattle  and  corn  that  I  have"  in  New  England  afore- 
said, I  do  appoint  that  all  the  said  moneys  and  goods  or  the  provenue  there- 
of, shall  go  and  be  employed  towards  the  raising  of  my  said  daughters' 
legacies,  and  also  such  money  and  provenue  of  the  benefit  of  my  plantation 
at  Beshipscot  in  New  England,  which  is  due  to  me  from  my  brother  in  law 
Thomas  Purchase.  And  I  do  give  and  devise  all  my  moiety  of  that  plan- 
tation, houses,  land  and  grounds  in  New  Beshipscot  aforesaid  and  my  lot 
in  Dorchester  in  New  England  aforesaid  and  all  other  my  lands  and 
grounds  in  New  England  unto  my  said  son  Eleazer  and  the  heirs  of  his 
body;  and  for  want  of  such  heirs  then  I  give  the  same  to  all  my  daughters 
and  their  heirs.  All  the  residue  &c.  I  give  to  Sara  my  wife  whom  I 
ordain  sole  executrix. 

Will :  Derbie  a  witness. 

Proved  at  London  by  Sarah  Way,  widow  and  executrix,  in  the  presence 
of  John  White,  clerk,  by  virtue  of  a  commission  &c. 

Evelyn,  155. 

[George  "Way,  the  testator,  was  one  of  the  forty-one  persons  who  subscribed* 
in  May,  1628,  to  the  stock  of  the  company  which  obtained  a  grant  from  the 
Council  of  Plymouth  under  which  the  Massachusetts  Colony  was  settled.  On 
the  lGth  of  June,  1632,  he  and  Thomas  Purchase  obtained  from  the  Council  of 
Plymouth  a  grant  of  certain  lands  in  New  England  called  the  River  "  Bishop- 
scotte,  and  all  that  bounds  and  limits  the  main  land  adjoining  the  river  to  the  ex- 
tent of  two  miles."  f  Thomas  Purchase  is  called  by  Way  in  the  above  will  his 
brother-in-law.  It  is  probable  that  Way  either  married  Purchase's  sister  or  his 
wife's  sister.  Purchase  had  settled  on  the  lands  about  1628,  a  few  years  before 
the  grant  was  obtained,  somewhere  within  the  limits  of  the  present  town  of 
Brunswick,  Maine.  J  The  tract  of  land  is  sometimes  known  as  the  Way  and 
Purchase  Grant,  but  more  often  as  the  Pejepscot  Purchase. 

George1  Way's  son  Eleazer  settled  in  New  England  and  died  at  Hartford, 
Ct.,  July  12,  1687.  It  seems  from  the  will  that  Eleazer  had  four  sisters,  Sarah,2 
Elizabeth,2  Mary2  and  Martha,2  but  I  find  no  evidence  that  any  of  them  came  to 
this  country.  Eleazer  Way,  the  heir  and  only  son  of  George  Way,  brought  suit 
Oct.  10,  1657,  against  Thomas  Purchase  his  father's  partner.  A  long  litigation 
ensued.  Way's  suit  was  settled  in  1683  by  the  sale  of  the  tract  by  him  and  the 
heirs  of  Purchase  to  Richard  Wharton.     During  the  litigation  with  Purchase, 

Eleazer  "Way  was  in  Boston,  when  he  married  Mary .     His  name  is  found 

on  the  Boston  records  as  early  as  1659.  He  was  admitted  freeman  at  Hartford, 
May  13,  1669.  He  left  five  children  :  1,  Mary  ;3  2,  Sarah,3  m.  Ichabod  Wells ;  3, 
Lydia,3  m.  Jabez  Whittlesey;  4,  Elizabeth,3  m.  Joseph  Wells;  5,  Ebenezer.3 

Ebenezer3  Way  was  a  physician  and  settled  at  Southold,  L.  I.  He  had:  1, 
Mary,4  m.  William  Hops  or  Hobson ;  2,  Althea,4  or  Esther,4  m.  Nathaniel  Overton ; 
3,  Jusiah  ;4  4,  Daniel  ;4  5,  Eleazer.4  The  last  named  Eleazer4  had  an  only  daugh- 
ter Ann,b  who  died  unmarried  at  Southold  in  1821.  She  was  the  only  living 
descendant  of  George1  Way  who  then  bore  his  surname.  For  further  genealogi- 
cal details  and  other  particulars  relative  to  the  litigation  above  referred  to,  see 
my  pamphlet,  "  George  Way  and  his  Descendants,"  Boston,  1887. — Charles 
Granville  Way. 

*  See  the  agreement,  with  the  names  of  the  subscribers,  in  Felt's  Salem,  Vol.  1.  pp. 
508-9. 
t  Salisbury's  Calendav  of  Colonial  State  Papers,  Vol.  I.  p.  152. 
X  Wheeler's  History  of  Brunswick,  Topsham  and  Harpswell,  p.  7. 


312  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Eleazer  Way,  son  of  George,  calls  Purchase  his  uncle  in  a  release,  dated  June 
1,  16G9,  by  which  he  makes  over  to  his  "  honoured  vnkle,  Mr.  Thomas  Purchas, 
of  Pudgipscott,"  aud  his  heirs  forever,  all  right  said  Eleazer  had  in  the  one  half 
of  the  Plantation,  "in  Pudgipscott,"  by  the  above  said  Will  of  his  father, 
George  Way,  of  Dorchester,  "  or  any  other  wayes;  "  giving  full  power  to  his 
said  uncle  to  sell  or  dispose  of  it,  provided,  that  after  said  sale,  one  half  of  the 
effects  of  it  shall  be  delivered  in  specie  to  said  Eleazer,  or  his  heirs  or  assigns. 
See  extracts  from  Howard's  Notarial  Records,  Reg.  xliii.  149. — W.  B.  Tkask.] 

1  Thomas  Ford  and  family  came  from  England  to  Dorchester,  in  the  year  1630 ; 
and  he  was  made  freeman  the  same  year.  He  had  four  daughters.  Abigail 
married  John  Strong,  the  ancestor  of  Gov.  Caleb  Strong,  Joanna  became  the 
wife  of  Roger  Clap  whom  she  married  Nov.  6,  1633,  when  in  the  17th  year  of 
her  age;  they  lived  together  in  the  conjugal  relation  57  years,  and  had  14  chil- 
dren, the  youngest  of  whom,  named  Supply,  Judge  Sewall,  in  his  Journal, 
styles  "a  very  desirable  man."  Another  daughter  of  Thomas  Ford  wedded 
Aaron  Cooke ;  Hepzibah  married  Richard  Lyman. 

Thomas  Ford,  Ensign  Stoughton,  William  Phelps  and  William  Gaylord,  were 
appointed  by  the  General  Court,  March  4,  1633-4,  "  to  set  the  bounds  between 
Boston  and  Roxbury."  Thomas  Ford  had  a  grant  of  land  in  Dorchester,  June 
27,  1636,  and  not  far  from  that  time,  it  may  be,  went  to  Windsor.  On  the  16th 
of  January,  1636,  old  style,  two  acres  of  laud  in  Dorchester,  on  Mr.  Ludlow's 
neck,  were  "ordered"  to  John  Holland,  it  being  land  formerly  granted  to 
Thomas  Ford;  also  "a  little  plott  of  marsh,"  without  inclosure,  Holland  paying 
said  Ford  "  the  charges  he  hath  been  at  in  ditching."  Mr.  Ford  was  an  active 
and  useful  man,  both  in  Dorchester  and  Windsor,  and  his  name  appears  a  num- 
ber of  times  on  the  records  of  those  towns.  In  1633,  the  Town  of  Dorchester 
ordered  that  a  fort  be  built  "upon  the  Rocke,  above  Mr.  Johnson's,"  and  a 
double  rate,  to  that  end,  be  paid  to  Thomas  Ford  and  Roger  Clap  "at  the  house 
of  the  said  Thommas  Ford."  While  in  Dorchester  he  was  one  of  the  twelve 
men  selected  by  the  plantation  for  ordering  their  affairs.  He  was  chosen  to 
that  office  June  27,  1636 ;  constable  in  Windsor  in  1654 ;  approved  to  be  made 
freeman  at  the  latter  place,  Oct.  4,  1669  (Register,  v.  247)  ;  was  on  the  Grand 
Jury  in  1662.  He  had  a  grant  of  50  acres  of  land  at  Massacoe,  now  Simsbury, 
Conn.,  "whereof  forty-four  acres  had  been  improved  by  plowing  and  mowing, 
as  it  was  measured  by  Matthew  Graunt,"  ancestor  of  the  late  President  Grant. 

Mr.  Ford  married  for  his  second  wife,  Ann  Scott,  widow  of  Thomas  Scott, 
of  Hartford,  Conn.,  Nov.  7, 1644.  Register,  xiii.  53.  He  subsequently  removed 
to  Northampton,  Mass.,  where  he  died  Nov.  9,  1676. — W.  B.  Trask.] 

John  Boys,  bound  for  Virginia,  7  August  1649,  proved  last  of  May 
1650.  To  my  sister  two  hundred  pounds.  To  my  uncle  &  aunt  Boys.  To 
my  Aunt  Jaggar  and  her  daughter.  To  Uncle  Sea.  To  my  cousin  Harri- 
son. To  the  rest  of  my  uncle  Boys's  children.  To  my  cousin  Gasen  and 
his  wife.  To  my  three  cousins,  Maior  Boys's  sons,  that  live  in  London. 
To  Mrs.  Ann  Berisford  of  Chidgwell,  Essex,  Mr  Thomas  Allen,  Em  Paine, 
John  Beaumont,  Allen  Arundell  and  Robert  Bovvrne.  My  executors  to  be 
my  uncle  Boys  and  brother  Thomas  Maior.  Wit :  John  Beaumont  and 
Em  Paine  (by  mark).  Pembroke,  59. 

[In  the  first  Legislative  Assembly  of  Virginia,  in  1619,  was  a  John  Boys. 
Chene  or  Cheney  Boys  or  Boise,  born  1586,  was  living  in  Virginia  in  1624 ;  was 
Burgess  for  Shirley  Hundred  Island,  Oct.  1629,  March  1629-30  and  Sept.  1632. 
Neill  (  Virginia  Carolorum,  Appendix,  p.  408)  says  that  he  was  probably  of  the 
family  of  John  Boys  above,  and  also  a  relative  of  Captain  Isaac  Bargrave,  the 
first  person  with  Captain  Ward  in  1618,  to  establish  a  private  plantation  in 
Virginia.  Doctor  Bargrave,  Dean  of  Canterbury,  was  the  brother  of  Isaac,  and 
the  successor  of  John  Boys  (who  had  married  his  sister)  in  the  Deanery.  The 
following  grants  of  land  are  on  record  in  the  Virginia  Land  Begistry :  Hannah, 
daughter  and  heir  of  LukeBoyse  of  Henrico  county,  300  acres  in  the  same  county 
Nov.  11,  1635;  Cheney  Boyse,  1550  acres  in  Charles  City  county,  May  31,  1636, 
Book  No.  1,  pp.  351,  352.  Luke  Boyse  was  a  Burgess,  1623-4.  Christopher 
Boyse  was  a  land  owner  in  Harwood  s  Creek,  Warwick  county,  1635,  and  was 
alive  in  1652. — Robert  A.  Brock,  of  Richmond,  Va.] 


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Joseph  Thorowgood  of  London,  merchant,  11  October  1683,  proved 
19  January  1684.  To  my  brother  William  Thorowgood,  of  London,  mer- 
chant, the  use,  benefit  and  profit  of  all  my  plantation  and  lands  in  Carolina 
beyond  the  seas  and  of  such  servants,  utensils,  cattle,  stock  and  things  that 
I  shall  have  thereon  at  the  time  of  my  decease,  and  all  my  other  lands, 
tenements  &c.  &c.  for  and  during  the  term  of  his  natural  life;  then  to  such 
son  of  my  said  brother  William,  lawfully  begotten,  as  my  said  brother  shall 
think  most  fit  to  enjoy  the  same;  for  default  of  such  son,  then  to  such  sou 
of  my  loving  brother  Benjamin  Thorowgood  Esq^.  as  my  said  brother  Ben- 
jamin shall  think  most  fit  &c. ;  failing  such,  then  to  such  son  of  my  sister 
Elizabeth  Ash  by  as  my  said  sister,  or  my  brother-in-law  John  Ash  by 
shall  think  most  fit  &c. ;  next  to  such  son  of  my  sister  Mary  Dod  as  my 
said  sister  or  my  brother  in  law  John  Dod  shall  think  most  fit.  My  brother 
William  Thorowgood  and  the  said  John  Ashby  to  be  the  executors. 

Wit:  John  Bookey,  Tho :   Sandford,  Sam:  Thorowgood.        Cann,  12. 

[Adam  Thoroughgood  "Gent."  was  granted  200  acres  on  Back  river  in  Virginia 
in  1634  {Virginia  Land  Begistry,  Book  No.  1).  He  was  a  brother  of  Sir  John 
Thoroughgood,  Kn't,  of  Kensington,  was  born  1602  and  came  to  Virginia  in  1621, 
settling  at  Kicotan.  In  a  subsequent  patent  to  Captain  Adam  Thoroughgood  it 
is  stated  that  the  grant  is  made  ' '  at  the  espetiall  recommendation  of  him  from 
their  Lordships  and  others  of  his  Majesty's  Most  honble  Privie  Councill." 
He  was  commissioner  and  Burgess  for  Elizabeth  City  county  1629,  and  Burgess 
in  1630.  About  1634  he  moved  to  Lynhaven  Bay  in  the  present  county  of  Prin- 
cess Anne;  was  a  member  of  the  Virginia  Council  1637,  and  in  the  same  year 
President  of  the  County  Court  of  Lower  Norfolk ;  died  in  the  spring  of  1640 ; 

married  Sarah ,  and  had  issue  :  i.  Lt.  Col.  Adam,  Burgess  for  Lower  Norfolk 

Co.,  Oct  1666,  and  High  Sheriff  1669.  ii.  Elizabeth,  married  Jacob  Chandler  of 
Maryland,  a  member  of  the  Council,  iii.  Sarah.  The  representatives  of  these 
include  among  others  the  names  of  Lawson,  Moseley,  Smith,  Keeling,  Nimmo, 
Haynes,  Sayer,  Harper,  Jamieson,  Singleton  and  McPheeters. — R.  A.  Bi<0CK.] 

Henry  Hartwell  late  of  Virginia  Esq.,  now  of  the  parish  of  Stepney 
ats  Stebonheath,  3  July  1699,  with  codicil  dated  4  July  1699,  proved  2 
August  1699.  To  Nicholas  Merry  weather,3  nephew  of  my  late  wife,  two 
hundred  pounds.  To  Francis  Merry  weather,  another  nephew,  one  hun- 
dred pounds.  To  Thomas  Merryweather,  another,  one  hundred  pounds. 
To  Jane  Browne,  wife  of  William  Browne  and  niece  to  my  late  wife,  one 
hundred  pounds.  To  Elizabeth  Browne,  daughter  to  Coll.  William  Browne 
and  niece  to  my  late  wife,  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  kinsman  John 
Spratly  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  kinswoman  Mary  Sanders  one  hun- 
dred pounds  (and  other  personal  property).  To  Eliauor  Say  daughter  of 
Capt.  Edward  Say  one  hundred  pounds,  to  be  put  into  the  Bank  of  Eng- 
land until  she  shall  arrive  to  the  age  of  eighteen  or  day  of  marriage;  but 
in  case  the  Bank  shall  be  redeemed  before  such  time  that  then  it  shall  be 
put  out  at  the  discretion  of  my  executors  till  the  time  aforesaid.  In  case  of 
the  death  of  the  said  Elianor  Say,  before  she  arrive  to  the  age  of  eighteen 
or  day  of  marriage  then  to  Anne  Say  daughter  to  the  above  Capt.  Edward 
Say.  To  Mrs.  Susan  Say  his  wife  twenty  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  Maid- 
enhead in  the  County  of  Berks  twenty  pounds. 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  use  of  the  College  of  William  and  Mary  iu 
Virginia  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds.  To  my  niece  Mary  Hartwell  daughter 
of  my  late  brother  William  Hartweli1  three  hundred  poxmds  at  age  of  eigh- 
teen or  day  of  marriage.  To  my  nephew  William  Hartwell  eldest  son  of  my 
late  brother  William  four  hundred  pounds  at  the  age  of  twenty  one.  To 
John  Hartwell  the  youngest  sou  four  hundred  pounds  at  age  of  twenty  one. 


314  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

If  the  said  Mary,  William  or  John  or  either  of  them  die  before  they  arrive 
at  their  respective  ages  &c.  the  portion  of  such  shall  be  equally  divided  to 
the  survivors  of  them  and  their  brother  Henry  Hartwell.  To  my  coach- 
man "William  Anderson  five  pounds.  To  my  maid  servant  Isabella  Leigh 
ten  pounds.  To  my  nephew  Henry  Hartwell,  the  second  son  of  my  late 
brother  William,  all  my  land  in  Surrey  County,  over  against  James  City 
in  Virginia,  and  to  his  heirs  forever.  To  Thomas  Lane  and  Mary  his  wife, 
each  five  pounds  to  buy  them  rings.  To  Mrs.  Sarah  Perry  wife  of  Mr. 
Richard  Perry  five  pounds  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  Micajah  Perry  and  Rich- 
ard Perry  in  consideration  of  their  trouble  in  the  management  of  the  Trusts 
fifty  pounds  each.  And  it  is  my  express  will  that  my  executors  do  send  for 
my  said  nephew  Henry  Hartwell  out  of  Virginia  to  England  and  that  they 
give  him  the  best  education  they  can  till  he  shall  so  arrive  to  the  age  of  one 
and  twenty  years.  If  my  said  nephew  Henry  Hartwell  shall  not  live  to 
attain  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years  my  will  then  is  that  my  land  in 
Surrey  County  &c.  shall  be  to  my  nephew  William  Hartwell  and  his  heirs 
forever.  And  all  other  my  personal  estate,  in  case  of  my  nephew  Henry 
Hartwell's  death  if  he  die  before  he  attain  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years, 
I  give  as  follows.  I  then  give  unto  the  College  of  William  and  Mary  in 
Virginia,  more,  one  hundred  pounds  for  and  towards  the  founding  Scholar- 
ships in  the  said  College,  and  I  do  hereby  desire  the  Governors  of  the  said 
College  to  see  it  faithfully  laid  out  to  that  end. 

The  residue  of  the  personal  estate,  in  case  of  the  death  of  my  nephew 
Henry  Hartwell,  I  give  to  my  nephews  William  and  John  Hartwell  and  my 
niece  Mary  Hartwell  and  to  Nicholas,  Francis  and  Thomas  Merryweather 
and  Jane  the  wife  of  William  Browne  and  Elizabeth  the  daughter  of  Col- 
onel William  Browne,  and  John  Spratly  and  Mary  Sanders  and  Elianor 
Say,  equally  to  be  divided  among  them. 

I  appoint  my  trusty  and  well  beloved  friends  Micajah  Perry  and  Richard 
Perry  of  London,  merchants,  executors  &c. 

Wit:   Priscilla  Jones,  Anna  Haddock,  Elizabeth  Crawley. 

In  a  codicil  a  bequest  of  twenty  pounds  is  made  to  Robert  Wise,  servant 
to  Micajah  Perry,  for  several  services  done. 

Wit:  Thomas  Lane,  Isabella  Lee.  Pett,  134. 

[Henry  Hartwell  received  the  following  grants  of  land  in  Virginia :  730  acres 
in  James  City  county,  May  13,  1679  (  Virginia  Land  Begistry,  Book  No.  6,  p. 
690) ;  900  acres  in  Charles  City  county,  March  30,  1682-3 ;  1960  acres  in  Surry 
county,  April  20,  1687 ;  2k  acres  in  James  City  April  20,  1689  (Book  No.  7, 
pp.  234,  595,  901.)     He  was  clerk  of  the  Council  of  Virginia  1677-1679,  and 

married  in  or  before  1685, ,  relict  of  Col0.  William  White.     In  the  same  year 

Henry  Randolph  of  Henrico  county  is  recorded  as  his  attorney. 

1  In  1675,  according  to  the  York  county  Va.  records,  William  Hartwell  had 
married  the  widow  of  Richard  Barnes,  deceased.  Captain  William  Hartwell  was 
Justice  of  the  Peace  for  James  City  county  1687-8.  William,  son  of  Gideon  and 
Martha  Macon  of  New  Kent  county,  Virginia,  married,  Sept.  24,  1719,  Mary, 
daughter  of  William  Hartwell.  John  Hartwell  patented  land  in  York  county, 
Virginia,  in  1642.  Harrison  Hartwell  of  Brunswick  county,  Virginia,  was  alive 
in  1728.  The  name  Hartwell  is  perpetuated  as  a  Christian  name  in  the  Harrison. 
Cocke,  Macon  and  other  families  of  Virginia. 

2 Nicholas  Meriwether,  "Gent."  of  Hanover  county,  Virginia,  was  granted  400 
acres  of  land  in  that  county,  Feb.  18,  1722.  (  Virginia  Land  Registry,  Book  No.  11, 
p.  101.)  He  and  William,  David,  Thomas,  Nicholas,  Jr. ,  and  Mildred  Meriwether 
received  subsequently  to  and  inclusive  of  the  year  1741,  numerous  and  extensive 
grants  of  land  in  the  counties  of  Hanover,  Louisa,  New  Kent,  Spotsylvania  and 
Goochland.  The  descendants  of  Nicholas  Meriwether  include  the  well-known 
Virginia  names  of  Walker,  Rives,  Hughes,  Nelson  and  others.— R.  A.  Brock.] 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         315 

Francis  WrivfAN,  of  the  parish  of  Westmill  in  the  County  of  Hertford 
husbandman,  15  September  1658,  proved  14  February  1G58.  I  do  give 
and  bequeath  unto  Jane  my  wife  the  full  sum  of  ten  shillings  of  lawful  Eng- 
lish money  to  be  paid  unto  her  by  mine  executor  presently  after  my  burial. 
Item  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  two  sons  Francis  Wyman  and  John 
Wyman  wch  are  beyond  sea  ten  pounds  apiece  of  lawful  English  money  to 
be  paid  unto  them  by  mine  executor  if  they  be  in  want  and  come  over  to  de- 
mand the  same.  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  sister  Susan  Huitt  wid- 
ow the  full  sum  of  forty  shillings  of  lawful  English  money  to  be  likewise 
paid  to  her  by  mine  executor  within  one  whole  year  next  coming  after  my 
decease.  Item  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  Thomas  Wyman  my  son  all 
that  my  messuage  or  tenement  wherein  I  now  dwell  with  all  the  other 
buildings,  housen  and  outhousing  thereunto  belonging,  and  all  my  lands, 
orchard,  garden  and  yards,  with  all  and  singular  their  appurtenances  what- 
soever, to  him  and  his  heirs  forever.  All  the  rest  of  my  goods  &c  to  my 
said  son  Thomas,  whom  I  appoint  executor.  Pell,  116. 

[Francis  and  John  "Wyman,  sons  of  the  testator,  were  among  the  earliest 
settlers  of  Charlestown  Village,  afterwards  named  Woburn,  Mass.  They 
signed  the  Town  Orders  Dec.  18,  1640  (see  Sewall's  "Woburn,  pp.  529-30). 
Francis  Wyman  was  born  ab.  1617 ;  in.  1st,  Judith  Peirce  of  Woburn,  Jan.  30, 
1645 ;  m.  2d,  Abigail,  dau.  of  William  Read  of  Woburn,  Oct,  2,  1650.  He  was 
a  tanner.  He  died  Nov.  28,  1699,  aged  82.  Lieut.  John  Wyman,  also  a  tanner, 
was  born  ab.  1621 ;  m.  Nov.  5,  1644,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Miles  Nutt  of  Woburn.  He 
died  May  9,  1684,  and  his  widow  m.  Aug.  25,  1684,  Thomas  Fuller  of  Woburn. 
See  Register,  iii.  33-8,  for  descendants  and  other  details. — Editor.] 

Anthony  Copp,  of  Honeley  in  the  County  of  Warwick  yeoman,  16 
January  1653,  proved  at  Westminster  13  June  1654.  To  my  kinswoman 
Hannah  Edwards  forty  shillings.  To  Denney  my  wife  five  pounds,  the 
which  my  desire  is  and  so  I  will  and  appoint,  that  she  shall,  within  three 
years  next  after  my  decease,  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  unto  my  kinsman 
Thomas  Copp.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  kinsman  Richard  Heath,  for 
the  use  of  his  children,  the  sum  of  seven  pounds  ten  shillings,  to  be  paid 
within  one  year  next  after  my  decease.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  kins- 
man Richard  Tippin,  for  the  use  of  his  children  which  he  hath  by  my 
kinswoman  Elizabeth  his  wife,  the  sum  of  ten  pounds,  to  be  paid  within  one 
year  after  my  decease.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  kinsman  John  Ward 
the  sum  of  eight  pounds,  for  the  use  of  his  children,  to  be  paid  within  one 
year  next  after  my  decease. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  brother  William  Copp  who  is  in  New 
England  the  sum  of  six  pounds  for  the  use  of  his  children,  the  which  I 
devise  and  will  appoint  to  be  sent  over  or  conveyed  unto  him  by  my  execu- 
trix so  soon  as  may  be  after  my  decease.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my 
brother  Walter  Copp,  for  the  use  of  his  children,  all  my  lease  of  the  house 
and  land  in  Honeley  wherein  Richard  Gee  liveth  and  also  to  his  said  three 
children  the  sum  of  twenty  shillings  apiece.  I  give  unto  Denney  my  wife 
and  to  her  assigns  all  that  my  lease  and  estate  and  term  of  years  which  I 
have  yet  to  come  in  the  house  and  lands  wherein  I  dwell  in  Honeley  afore- 
said, with  remainder  among  the  children  of  all  my  brothers  to  whom  I  have 
formerly  given  legacies  before  mentioned;  that  is  to  say,  my  cousin  Samuel 
Copps,  John  Ward  for  his  children,  Richard  Tippins  for  his  children, 
Richard  Heath  for  his  children,  Thomas  Copp  for  his  children,  Walter  Copp 
for  his  children  aud  to  Mary  Busbie  for  her  children,  equally  to  be  divided 
amongst  them.     And  I.  do  will  and  appoint  and  so  my  will  is  that  my 


316  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

brother  Walter  Copp  and  my  cousin  Samuel  Copp  and  Robert  Gardner  of 
Honeley  shall  have  the  selling  and  disposing  of  the  said  lease  and  estate 
of  the  house  wherein  I  live  and  the  land  belonging  thereunto  all  the  residue 
of  years  &c.  after  the  decease  of  Denuey  my  wife. 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  kinsman  Samuel  Copp  and  unto  the  said 

Robert  Gardner  and  Thomas    Bakon  of  all  that  my  land,  being  two 

closes,  lying  and   being  in    Haseley   in   the   County  of  Warwick  to 

grant,  sell  and  convey  the  same  for  raising  of  legacies  beforemeutioned. 

My  brother  Walter  Copp  to  be  executor,  and  cousin  Samuel  Copp, 
Robert  Gardner  and  Thomas  Baken  to  be  overseers.  Alchin,  462. 

[William  Copp,  brother  of  the  testator,  settled  at  Boston  and  was  adm.  free- 
man June  2,  1641.  He  is  probably  the  William  Cope,  aged  26,  who  with  Rich- 
ard Cope,  aged  24,  perhaps  a  brother,  embarked  at  London  for  New  England  in 
June,  1635,  in  the  Blessing,  John  Lecester,  master  (see  Register,  xiv.  317). 
He  died  March,  1670.  "  His  estate,"  says  Savage,  "  was  in  part  of  that  beauti- 
ful hill  which  bore  his  name."    He  left  posterity. — Editor.] 

John  Rayment,  in  the  Ship  Friendship  of  London,  on  a  voyage  to  Vir- 
ginia, 2  December  1629,  did  utter  and  declare  &c.  &c.  To  my  kinsmaji 
dwelling  at  Wapping,  a  servant  in  my  own  house,  forty  shillings.  To  my 
mother,  dwelling  at  Poole,  ten  shillings.  To  my  two  sisters,  dwelling  at 
Poole,  five  shillings  between  them.  All  the  rest  to  my  wife.  2  September 
1 630,  emanavit  commissio  mariae  Graves  ats  Rayment  relictse  etc. 

Scroope,  79. 

Martin  Archdale,  citizen  and  grocer  of  London  29  October  1597 
proved  31  December  1597.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St. 
Margaret  Pattens  in  London.  Sons  John,  Martin,  Robert,  Samuel  and 
Daniel.  AVife  Barbara.  Daughters  Alice  and  Sarah  Archdale.  My  good 
friend  Mr  Roger  Mountagu  shall  have  the  order,  rule  and  disposing  of  my 
son  John,  my  brother  Thomas  Archdale  shall  have  the  order,  rule  and 
government  of  my  sons  Martin  and  Robert,  my  brother  Matthew  Archdale 
shall  have  the  order,  rule  and  government  of  my  sons  Samuel  and  Daniel, 
and  my  wife  Barbara  shall  have  the  ordering,  rule  and  government  of  my 
two  daughters.  My  poor  sister  Elizabeth.  My  nephew  John  Archdale, 
son  of  Mary  Archdale,  widow,  and  his  brother  Abraham  Archdale.  My 
sister  Anna  Archdale  of  Oxford  widow.  The  children  of  my  cousin  Kath- 
erine  Browne,  daughter  of  my  said  sister.  My  nephew  Richard  Ripton. 
The  executors  to  be  my  son  John,  when  he  shall  be  of  the  full  age  of  one 
and  twenty  years,  together  with  Roger  Mountagu,  skinner,  and  my  brother 
Thomas  Archdale,  draper,  citizens  of  London.  A  codicil  to  the  above  will 
was  subscribed  by  the  testator  12  December  1597. 

Cobham,  114. 

Matthew  Archdale,  citizen  and  draper  of  London,  14  November 
1599,  proved  31  December  1599.  Five  hundred  pounds  each  to  Edward 
More  ah  Archdale,  Stredwicke  More,  Richard  Stansfeilde  and  Mary 
Stansfeilde.  To  my  cousin  Sara  Archdale  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my 
cousins  Mrs.  Combs  and  Mistres  Palmer  and  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Arch- 
dale fifty  pounds  apiece.  To  my  cousin  Richard  Archdale  five  hundred 
pounds.  To  Edward  Browne  aud  his  children  five  hundred  pounds.  To 
my  brother  Thomas  one  hundred  pounds.  I  discharge  my  cousin  Richard 
Ripton  all  the  debt  he  oweth  me  and  I  give  him  five  pounds.  To  my 
cousin  John  Archdale  of  Whetlie  thirty  pounds.     To  my  cousin  Abraham 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  317 

Archdale  forty  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Frances  Archdale  forty  pounds  and 
to  her  other  three  sisters,  Bridget,  Margaret,  and  Barbara,  ten  pounds  apiece. 
To  my  cousin  Mary  daughter  of  my  cousin  Combes.  To  Thomas  Beadle 
ten  pounds.  I  ordain  and  make  my  brother  Thomas  Archdale  sole 
executor. 

Kidd,  95. 

Thomas  Archdale,  citizen  and  draper  of  London,  5  March  1 609,  with  a 
nuncupative  codicil  declared  about  the  14th  of  November  1611,  proved  3  De- 
cember 1611.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Antholins 
near  the  body  of  my  first  wife.  To  my  three  daughters,  Margaret  Combe, 
Sara  Sare  and  Barbara  Palmer  five  hundred  marks  apiece,  one  hundred  each 
a  year  until  paid.  One  hundred  pounds  to  Archedale  Combe,  at  age  of  twenty 
one.  To  my  grandchild  Sara  Sare  the  younger,  at  her  age  of  twenty  years, 
one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  grandchild  Jane  Sare,  at  age  of  twenty  years, 
fifty  pounds.  To  my  grandchild  Thomas  Sare,  at  twenty  one,  fifty  pounds. 
To  my  grandchild  Mary  Smyth,  at  her  age  of  twenty  one  years,  one  hun- 
dred pounds,  so  that  she  be  guided  and  directed  by  her  father  and  mother, 
especially  touching  her  marriage.  To  the  child  wherewith  my  daughter 
Barbara  Palmer  is  now  conceived,  if  it  be  a  daughter,  one  hundred  pounds, 
at  her  age  of  twenty  one;  but  if  it  be  a  son  I  bequeath  the  said  one  hund- 
red pounds  to  John  Palmer,  the  son  of  my  said  daughter  Barbara,  to  be  paid 
at  his  age  of  twenty  and  one  years.  To  my  cousin  Abraham  Archedale 
the  yearly  payment  of  twenty  pounds  during  the  life  of  the  natural  mother 
of  said  Abraham ;  also  fifty  pounds  more  to  be  paid  to  him  only  by  ten 
pounds  a  year.  To  my  cousin  Bridget  Archedale  thirty  pounds  within  six 
months  next  after  my  decease.  To  my  cousin  Richard  Ripton  forty  shil- 
lings a  year  until  twenty  pounds  be  paid.  Six  pounds  thirteen  shillings 
and  four  pence  each  to  my  friend  James  Colbron  and  his  son  Thomas  Col- 
brone.  To  my  cousin  Thomas  Archedale,  the  sou  of  my  cousin  Richard 
Archedale,  my  godson,  ten  pounds,  to  be  paid  at  his  age  of  twenty  one  years. 
To  the  two  maids  which  now  serve  my  daughter  Barbara  five  pounds  apiece, 
to  be  paid  unto  them  the  day  of  their  marriage,  if  they  then  shall  be  servants 
to  my  said  daughter  and  shall  marry  by  and  with  the  liking  and  consent  of 
the  said  Barbara  and  her  husband.  To  the  poor  of  St.  Antholins  five 
pounds.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Aldermanbury  and  the  parish  of 
Norton  in  Kent,  to  each  five  pounds.  To  Mr.  Harlam.  pastor  of  said  parish 
of  Aldermanbury,  five  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  St.  John's  upon  Walbrooke 
forty  shillings,  and  of  Whitechapel  ten  pounds. 

My  son  in  law  Ady  Sare,  of  the  Inner  Temple  London,  Esquire,  to  be 
full  and  sole  executor. 

Wood,  102. 

Thomas  Archdale  and  Mary  Clifton  marr.  31  Oct.  1568. 
Margaret  dau.  of  Thomas  Archdale  chr.  6  Nov.  1569. 
John  son  of  Thomas  Archdale  chr.  2  Dec.  1571. 
Sarah  dau.  of  Thomas  Archdale  chr.  3  Aug.  1574. 
Sarah  dau.  of  Thomas  Archdale  chr.  1  Apr.  1578. 
John  son  of  Thomas  Archdale  bur.  30  Oct.  1578. 
Mary  wife  of  Thomas  Archdale  bur.  26  Nov.  1578. 
Thomas  Archdale  and  Blith  Wilfred  marr.  29  Dec.  1583. 
John  Comb  and  Margaret  Archdale  marr.  11  Dec.  1587. 
Mr.  Thomas  Archdale  from  Aldermanbury,  bur.  27  Nov.  1611. 

Registers  of  St.  Antholins,  London. 


318 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 


Samuel  Archdale  6  June  1617,  proved  27  November  1617.  Men- 
tions mother  Dame  Barbara  Ayloffe,  brothers  Martin,  Daniel  and  Robert 
and  sister  Sara  Archdale.  Weldon,  113. 


ARCHEDALE. 

John  Archedale  of  Stafford  Town= 


Rich  ard=  Mary  Feme. 
Archedale, 
eldest  son. 


Matthew 
Archedale, 
s.  p. 


Barn  ard==  Anne  Feme. 
Archedale 
of  Oxford. 


Thomas=. 
Archedale.  I 


John,  Margaret,  wife  to 

8.  p.  John  Combes  of 

London,  merch't. 

Sarah,  wife  to  Ady  Sayers. 

Barbara,  wife  to  William 
Palmer  of  London,  merch't. 


Richard  Archdale=Judith,  dau.  of 
of  London,  merch't.  I   Rich.  Thorpe 
Living  1634.  of  London,  by 

Eliz.  Brooke. 


Kath.  wife  lo  Edwird  Browne 
of  London,  merch't. 


Alice,  wife  to  Arthur  Alvey. 
Audrey,  wife  to  Jas.  Povey  of  Litchfield. 


Thomas  Archdale, 
eldest  son  and  heir. 


Richard  Archdale, 
of  Wadham  Coll. 
in  Oxford. 


I       I  I 

Matthew.        Eliz.,  wife  to  John 

Fleetwood,  son  and 

Robert.  heir  of  Sir  William 

Fleetwood  of  Great 
Missenden,  co.  Bucks,  knt. 


John. 

Abraham. 

Cyprian. 

Virgill. 

All  dead 
without  issue. 


Mary=Robert  Moulton 
of  Hunyborne 
in  co.  Worcester, 
gent. 


I       I 
Margaret. 

Dorothy,  wife  to 
John  Stamp  of 
Houlton,  co.  Oxon. 


Anne,  wife  to  Richard  Powell 
of  Forest  Hill  in  com.  Oxon. 


I        I        I 
Frances,  wife  to 
Rich.  Lowe  of 
London,  mercer. 

Bridget,  wife  to Harris. 

Barbara,  wife  to  Joseph  Barnes. 


The  Visitation  of  London,  1633-4. 


Abraham  Archdale  of  Whately  in  the  Co.  of  Oxford  Esq.,  2  August 
1631,  with  codicil  of  17  September  1631,  proved  14  October  1631.  Cous- 
in German  Richd  Archdale  of  Dowgate  Street,  London,  merchant.  Sis- 
ters Margaret  Bennett  of  Oxford,  widow,  Frances  Lowe  and  Barbara 
Barnes  widow,  Anne  Powell  wife  of  Richard  Powell  of  Forest  Hill,  being 
the  only  daughter  of  my  sister  Mary  Moulton.  Anne  Barnes  daughter  of 
my  Sister  Barbara.  The  four  daughters  of  my  sister  Dorothy  Stampe,  t.  e. 
Margaret  Hester,  Mary  Hall,  Elizabeth  Stampe  and  Ursula  Stampe.  The 
children  of  my  6ister  Lowe,  viz1.  Richard  Lowe,  Mary  Pudsey,  Elizabeth, 
Francis  and  Anne.  The  two  sons  of  my  sister  Bridget  Blackbourne,  viz1. 
William  and  Richard.  Richard  Powell,  eldest  son  of  my  niece  Powell. 
My  cousin  Thomas  Flexney,  of  Oxford,  and  his  eldest  son  Francis.  My 
cousin  Mr*.  Judith  Archdale.  Martin  and  Daniel,  sons  of  Martin  Archdale, 
my  uncle  late  of  London,  merchant.  Dorothy  Field,  granddaughter  of  my 
sister  Stampe,  and  Anne  Field,  her  sister.  My  uncle  Mr.  Anthony  Feme 
of  Loudon,  gentleman.     John  Hester  son  of  Margaret  Hester.     My  cousins 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         319 

Mr.  Richard  Powell  of  Forest  Hill  and  Samuel  Gardner  of  the  University 
of  Oxon  Gent,  to  be  overseers.     Richard  Archdale  sole  executor. 

16  September  1656  administration  de  bonis  non,  with  the  will  annexed, 
was  granted  to  Matthew  Archdale,  son  of  Richard  Archdale,  cousin  ger- 
man,  sole  executor,  &c.  Berkley,  325. 

Richard  Archdale  of  Cheping  Wicombe  in  the  Co.  of  Bucks :  Esq., 
the  last  day  of  May  1638,  proved  8  October  1638.  My  son  in  law  John 
Fleetwood.  My  third  son  Matthew  Archdale.  My  youngest  son  Robert 
Archdale.  My  two  grand-children,  William  and  John  Fleetwood.  My 
eldest  son,  Thomas  Archdale,  his  three  daughters,  Judith,  Mary  and  Susan. 
My  second  son  Richard  Archdale.  Household  stuff  at  Whately  left  unto 
me  by  my  cousin  Abraham  Archdale.  My  brother  in  law  Mr  Edward 
Browne.  My  cousin  Mre  Barbara  Rotheram.  My  cousin  Low,  James 
Povey  and  his  sisters  Katherine  Povey  and  Jane  Povey.  My  brother  in 
law  Mr.  Arthur  Alvy  and  my  sister  Alvy,  his  wife  and  his  son  Bernard 
Alvy,  wife  Judith  Archdale  and  son  in  law  John  Fleetwood  to  be  executors. 

Lee,  120. 

"William  Androwes  of  Tottenham,  Co.  Middlesex,  gentleman,  conveys, 
23  September  1589,  to  Thomas  Archdale,  citizen  and  draper  of  London, 
and  to  Barbara  Archdale  certain  property  in  Tottenham,  referring  to  Roger 
Androwes,  grandfather,  and  John  Androwes,  father  of  the  said  William. 

Claus  Rolls,  31  Eliz.:  Part  29. 

Margaret  Prescott  of  the  parish  of  S*  Thomas  the  Apostle,  London, 
widow,  1  November  1639,  proved  3  January  1639.  To  my  sister's  daugh- 
ter Margaret  Parker  and  her  husband  Thomas  Parker  and  all  their  five 
children.  To  my  son  in  law  Stephen  Burton  and  my  daughter  Martha  his 
wife.  To  my  son  in  law  William  Prescott  and  my  daughter  Susan  his 
wife,  my  son  in  law  John  Marvin  and  my  daughter  his  wife,  my  son  in  law 
Humf  ry  Thornbury,  my  cousin  James  Anderton,  my  cousin  Thomas  Drink- 
water  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  my  cousin  Thornbury  and  Hester  his  wife, 
Mr8  Wightman  in  Cheapside,  Mr  Cooper  my  loving  pastor  and  his  wife,  my 
neighbor  M™  Kayd,  my  neighbor  M™  Tore,  M™  Darbyshire,  Mrs  Olive  and 
her  son  Gabriel,  my  neighbor  Townesend's  son  William  Townesend  and  his 
daughter  Joane  Townesend,  my  neighbor  Holt,  Robert  Walpole  clerk  of 
the  parish  of  Sl  Thomas  the  Apostle  and  Richard  Vaughan  the  sexton, 
Simon  Leeson,  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Hooker.  My  sister  Luce  Parker  to  be 
residuary  legatee  and  executrix.  Coventry,  5. 

Administration  on  the  estate  of  Arthur  Slade  formerly  of  the  parish  of 
Sl  Nicholas,  Deptford,  in  the  County  of  Kent,  but  at  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire  deceased,  was  granted  7  October  1747  to  Elizabeth  Slade  his 
widow  relict  &c.  Bond  of  four  hundred  pounds.  Thomas  Lawrence  of 
the  parish  of  S'  Paul's  Deptford,  gardener,  and  Isaac  Inglefield  of  the 
parish  of  Sl  Nicholas,  Deptford,  shipwright,  bondsmen. 

Admon  Act  Book,  P.  C.  C. 

[Is  anything  known  about  the  above,  or  his  children?  He  is  said  to  have 
been  a  shipwright  and  Isaac  Inglefield  his  servant. — h.  f.  w.] 

Edward  Shrimpton,  of  Bednall  Green,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex, 
merchant,  30  September  1661.  A  commission  was  issued  6  November 
1661,  to  Elizabeth  Shrimpton,  widow   and  residuary  legatee,  during  the 


320  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

absence  of  Henry  Shrirnpton,  executor,  dwelling  in  the  parts  beyond  the 
seas.     The  will  was  proved  by  the  executor  18  March,  1662. 

To  my  son  Jonathan  six  hundred  &  fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  him  at  Boston 
in  New  England,  presently  after  my  decease.  To  my  daughter  Mary 
Shrimpton  (the  same  sum)  at  Boston  &c.  They  not  to  dispose  of  their 
portions,  nor  of  themselves  in  marriage,  without  the  knowledge  and  advice 
of  my  loving  brother  Mr  Henry  Shrimpton.  To  my  three  sons,  Ebenezer, 
Epaphras  and  Silas,  each  four  hundred  pounds  apiece,  at  their  respective 
ages  of  twenty-one  years.  To  my  daughters,  Elizabeth  and  Lydia,  each 
four  hundred  pounds,  at  twenty-one  or  day  of  marriage.  The  two  thousand 
pounds  given  to  my  five  youngest  children  to  remain  in  the  hands  of  my 
brother  Henry,  to  be  improved,  he  allowing  my  wife,  during  widowhood, 
a  competent  proportion  of  the  improvement  towards  their  education.  To 
the  Chinch  of  Christ  whereof  Mr  John  Sympson  is  pastor  ten  pounds.  To 
Mr  Wentworth  Day,  and  Mr  Richard  Goodgroome,  each,  five  pounds  apiece. 
To  the  Church  of  Christ  which  use  to  meet  by  Allhallows  by  the  Wall  ten 
pounds.  To  my  wife  Elizabeth  Shrimpton  the  residue.  My  brother  Henry 
Shrimpton   to  be  the  executor.     Alderman  William  Peake  to  be  overseer. 

Wit:  William  Booker,  Thomas  Norman.  May,  186. 

Ebenezer  Shrimpton,  of  the  parish  of  S*  Katherine  Cree  Church  Lon- 
don, haberdasher,  23  January  1678-9,  proved  13  February  1678  by 
Epaphras  Shrimpton,  brother  &  executor.  To  brother  William  Benlowes  ten 
shillings  and  to  sister  Mary  Benlowes  his  wife,  ten  shillings  ;  to  brother  Silas 
Shrimpton  ten  shillings ;  to  sister  Elizabeth  Shrimpton  ten  shillings ;  to 
sister  Lydia  Shrimpton  ten  shillings;  the  rest  to  brother  Epaphras  Shrimp- 
ton who  is  to  see  my  legacies  and  debts  paid  and  funeral  discharged,  and  I 
make  and  ordain  him  to  be  my  full  and  sole  executor. 

The  witnesses  were  Ths.  Wallslate  at  Queen  hithe  gate  in  Thames  St., 
Robert  Tyrrell  in  Crutchett  Fryers,  and  Jno  Thrale  against  Vintner's  Hall. 

King,  25. 

Elizabeth  Shrimpton,  being  aged,  6  March  1678-9,  proved  15  Sep- 
tember, 1682.  I  forgive  my  two  sons  Epaphras  and  Sylas  whatever  shall 
remain  unpaid  of  the  money  I  laid  out  for  binding  them  apprentices.  To 
my  said  sons  and  to  my  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  and  Lydia,  whatsoever 
shall  be  received  of  what  is  due  unto  me  from  my  cousin  Mr.  Samuel  Shrimp- 
ton and  from  Mr.  John  Croad.  To  my  daughter-in-law  Mary  Bingly  ten 
shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring.  My  cousin  Joseph  Bland.  My  daughter 
Elizabeth  Shrimpton  to  be  executrix.  Cottle,  113. 

Samuel  Shrimpton  of  Boston  in  the  Co.  of  Suffolk,  Prov.  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  in  New  England  Esq.  5  June  1697.  To  son  Samuel  and  his 
heirs  my  brick  messuage  or  tenement  called  the  Exchange  Tavern  in  Boston 
&c.  and  my  brick  ware  house  near  the  Town  Dock;  also  my  piece  of  land  at 
the  North  End.  To  my  kinswomen  Abigail  and  Elizabeth  Bourne  of  Lon- 
don three  hundred  pounds  apiece,  besides  their  respective  legacies  left  them 
by  their  grandfather  Shrimpton  deceased.  To  my  wife  Elizabeth  Shrimp- 
ton all  the  rest  and  residue  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life,  with  full 
liberty  before  death  to  dispose  of  one  thousand  pounds  thereof  to  whom  and 
in  such  manner  as  to  her  shall  seem  most  fit,  meet  and  requisite.  My  said 
wife  to  be  sole  executrix. 

Wit:   Lydia  Watts,  Ursula  Cooles,  Eliezer  Moody  Scr. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  321 

On  the  third  day  of  June  in  the  year  1700  commission  issued  to  Elizabeth 
Roberts,  widow,  mother  and  attorney  of  Elizabeth  Shrimpton  widow,  re- 
cently named  executrix  &c.  Noel,  89. 

Lydia  Shrimpton,  of  the  city  of  London,  spinster,  4  February  1682. 
proved  30  May  1685.  To  my  brother  Epaphras  Shrimpton  one  shilling. 
To  my  brother  Sylas  Shrimpton  one  shilling.  To  my  Sister  Mary  Bring- 
ley  one  shilling.  All  my  debts  and  funeral  charges  being  first  paid  I  give 
and  bequeath  all  the  rest  of  my  estate,  real  and  personal,  bills,  bonds, 
chattells,  dues  and  debts  whatsoever  unto  my  dearest  sister  M".  Elizabeth 
Shrimpton  whom  I  also  appoint  to  be  my  sole  executrix. 

Wit:  Agnes  Hathorn,  Caleb  Hathorn,  Walt.  Himilton. 

Cann,  64. 

[An  attested  copy  of  the  will  of  Edward  Shrimpton,  of  Bednall  Green,  is  re- 
corded in  Suffolk  Probate  Office,  Boston,  Lib.  I.  fol.  389,  with  the  Commission 
out  of  the  Prerogative  Court  in  England,  for  the  probate  of  wills,  from  Wil- 
liam, Archbishop  of  Canterbury.  This  Commission,  dated  London,  July  1, 
1G62,  is  directed  to  John  Norton,  minister,  Simon  Bradstreet,  Hezekiah  Usher 
and  others,  merchants.  It  authorizes  Henry  Shrimpton  to  act  as  Executor  to 
the  estate  of  his  brother  Edward.  An  abstract  of  this  Will,  proved  in  Boston, 
Sept.  6,  1662,  with  the  form  of  the  Oath  to  be  administered  to  the  Executor,  is 
printed  in  the  Register,  xi.  170-72. 

Thomas  Pounsett,  of  the  Parish  of  St.  Stephen,  Coleman  Street,  "  merchant 
taylor,"  of  London,  and  Mary,  wife  of  said  Thomas,  "  one  of  the  daughters  of 
Edward  Shrimpton,  late  of  the  Parish  of  Stepney  als.  Stebunheath,"  in  the 
county  of  Middlesex,  gives  a  power  of  attorney  to  her  brother,  Jonathan 
Shrimpton,  now  of  New  England,  merchant,  May  19,  1663.  See  Suffolk  Deeds, 
Lib.  IV.  fol.  169-171.  Also,  mortgage  deed  of  estate  in  Boston,  of  Edward 
Shrimpton  and  his  children,  Nov.  22,  1663,  to  William  and  Hannah  Ballantine, 
ibid,  fol.  161. 

An  abstract  of  the  Will  of  Henry  Shrimpton,  of  Boston,  merohant,  brother 
and  Executor  to  Edward,  above,  dated  17.  5.  1666,  proved  Aug.  4,  of  the  same 
year,  is  also  given  in  the  Register,  xv.  76-78.  He  provides  that  his  "  Cousinne, 
Mary  Shrimpton,  daughter  of  my  late  brother,  Edward  Shrimpton,  Deceased, 
be  paid  the  remainder  of  her  portion  according  to  her  Father's  will,  with  In- 
terest, at  sixe  in  the  Hundred ;"  that,  the  .£'2000  given  the  five  younger  children, 
"  be  put  out  to  Interest,  and  good  Security  taken  for  it."  He  gives  £10  "  to  my 
sister,  Elizabeth  Shrimpton,  wife  to  my  Brother  Edward  Shrimpton,"  as  also 
the  same  sum  to  each  of  the  seven  children  of  his  late  Brother  Edward,  men- 
tions them  all  by  name. 

Samuel  Shrimpton's  Will  is  recorded  at  Suffolk  Probate  Office,  Lib.  viii.  fol. 
102.  As  also  that  of  Samuel  Shrimpton,  Jim.  (Lib.  xv.  fol.  167) ,  dated  April 
21,  1703,  proved  June  17,  1703.  The  latter  mentions  wife  Elizabeth,  to  whom 
he  gives  the  use  of  his  estate  in  Suffolk,  in  right  or  by  force  of  the  Will  of  his 
grandfather  Henry  Shrimpton;  his  daughter  Elizabeth,  an  only  child;  uncle 
Nicholas  Roberts,  of  Boston,  merchant,  also  "my  brother  Stephen  Richardson." 
Mr. Edward  Lyde,  of  Boston,  merchant,  executor. 

Mary  Shrimpton,  relict  of  Jonathan  Shrimpton,  son  of  Edward  of  Bednall 
Green,  administered  upon  her  husband's  estate,  for  the  benefit  of  herself  and 
two  children,  June  3,  1673.     (Suffolk  Deeds,  Lib.  vii.  337,  346,  347.) 

The  nuncupative  will  of  Bethiah  Shrimpton,  daughter  of  Epaphras,  and 
granddaughter  of  Edward,  dated  Saturday  night,  June  27,  1713,  mentions, 
Madam  Stoddard,  Dr.  John  Clark,  brother  Samuel  Eliot  and  his  wife,  brother 
and  sister  Hunt,  brother  and  sister  Shrimpton,  brother  William,  sister  Hannah, 
mother,  and  Humilis  Williams.  "Said  Bethiah  died  2d  July  current."  Ibid. 
Lib.  xviii.  fol.  136,  137.— W.  B.  Trask.] 

William  Yeamans  of  St".  Giles  in  the  Fields,  Middlesex,  yeoman,  24 
February  1686,  proved  7  May  1687.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  brother 
Christopher  Yeamans  of  Maduan's  Neck1  in  the  Queen's  County  on  Long 
Island  in  the  Province  of  New  York  in  America,  yeoman,  the  sum  of  five 


322  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

shillings.  And  whereas  there  is  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  twelve  pounds 
fifteen  shillings  and  six  pence  silver  money  of  New  York  aforesaid,  due  and 
owing  unto  me  from  my  said  brother  upon  bond,  as  also  the  sum  of  three 
pounds,  with  the  increase  thereof,  for  goods  lately  sent  to  him,  I  do  hereby 
order  and  appoint  that  if  he,  my  said  brother,  his  executors  or  assigns,  do 
and  shall  pay  unto  my  executrix  the  said  sum  of  one  hundred  and  twelve 
pounds,  fifteen  shillings  and  six  pence  and  do  also  account  unto  her  for  the 
said  sum  of  three  pounds  &c.  then  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said 
brother  twenty  pounds  like  silver  money  of  New  York  to  be  equally  divided 
between  such  of  my  said  brother's  children  as  shall  be  then  living.  I  give 
and  bequeath  unto  my  sister  Anne  Bakewell,  widow,  twelve  pence;  unto 
William  Gooden  ten  shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring.  All  the  rest  of  my  goods 
&c.  to  my  wife  Elizabeth  Yeamans,  whom  I  appoint  sole  executrix. 

Foot,  71. 

[lMadnan's  Neck  is  situated  in  or  near  Hempstead  (Onderdonk's  History  of 
Hempstead,  Long  Island,  pp.  44-52).  See  Petition  from  Madnan's  Neck,  also 
one  from  Christopher  Yeamans  of  the  same  place  to  Lieut.  Governor  Thomas 
Dongan,  about  1G83,  relative  to  their  meeting-house,  in  O'Callaghan's  Documen- 
tary History  of  New  York,  Vol.  3,  pages  211,  212. — W.  B.  Trask.] 

Sir  Robert  Yeamans  of  Redland,  Co.  Gloucester,  Knight  and  Baronet, 
24  January  1G86,  proved  11  May  1687.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  Church 
of  St.  Mary  RedclifFe  within  the  suburbs  of  the  City  of  Bristol  as  near  my 
first  wife  as  may  be.  To  the  poor  of  Westbury  super  Trym,  Gloucester- 
shire. To  my  wife  Abigail  all  my  messuages  &c.  in  the  County  of  Glouces- 
ter for  and  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life.  And  after  her  decease  I 
give  to  my  kinsman  Robert  Stafford  Esq.  the  tenement  or  farm  in  Redlaud, 
now  in  possession  of  Joyce  Beavin,  which  I  purchased  of  Ralph  Sadler 
Esq.  deceased.  Other  messuages  to  kinsman  Robert  Yeamans,  now  resi- 
dent in  the  Island  of  Barbadoes,  son  of  my  late  brother  Sir  John  Yeamans 
deceased,  with  remainder  to  John  Yeamans  of  Bristol,  brewer,  eldest  son 
of  my  brother  Joseph  Yeamans  deceased,  next  to  Robert,  second  son  of 
said  Joseph,  then  to  George,  the  third  son,  then  to  my  right  heirs  forever. 
My  wife  Dame  Abigail  Yeamans  to  be  sole  executrix.  Foot,  71. 

[Sir  Robert  Yeamans,  bart.,  was  the  second  son  of  Robert  Yeamans,  alderman 
of  Bristol,  who  was  condemned,  by  a  council  of  Avar,  for  corresponding  with 
Prince  Rupert  and  designing  to  deliver  the  city  of  Bristol  into  his  hand.  The 
two  sons  of  Alderman  Yeamans  were  both  created  baronets,  namely,  John,  Jan. 
12,  1G64-5,  and  Robert,  the  testator,  Dec.  31,  1GGG.  The  latter  married  a  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  Edward  Stafford,  knt.,  but  died  without  issue  in  1G87.  (See  Burke's 
Extinct  Baronetage,  ed.  1844,  pp.  592-4.)  The  Yeamans  family  was  connected 
with  Carolina  as  well  as  with  New  York  and  New  England. — Editor] 

John  Yeamans  of  the  parish  of  Sl  James  within  the  liberty  of  West- 
minster, Esq.  February  1747,  proved  27  June  1750  by  Shute  Shrimpton 
Yeamans.  I  give  all  my  real  and  personal  estate  whatsoever  and  whereso- 
ever to  my  only  son  Shute  Shrimpton  Yeamans  &c.  subject  nevertheless  to 
and  chargeable  with  the  payment  of  my  debts  and  funeral  expenses  and 
also  to  and  with  the  payment  of  the  sum  of  four  hundred  pounds  sterling  to 
my  niece  Mary  Vlack,  the  wife  of  Mr  Johannis  de  Wiudt  of  the  Island  of 
Sl  Thomas  in  America,  if  living  at  the  time  of  my  decease,  otherwise  to  go 
to  and  be  divided  amongst  her  children  in  equal  shares  &c,  and  also  subject 
to  and  chargeable  with  the  payment  of  one  annuity  or  yearly  sum  of  twenty 
pounds  sterling  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Stoddard  of  Boston  in  New  England, 
mother  of  my  late  wife,  during  her  natural  life,  and  of  one  other  annuity  or 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  323 

yearly  sum  of  ten  pounds  sterling  to  M™  Mary  Stoddard  of  Boston  in 
New  England,  sister  to  my  late  wife,  during  her  natural  life,  and  of  one 
other  annuity  or  yearly  sum  of  ten  pounds  sterling  to  Mrs.  Sarah  Stoddard 
of  Boston  in  New  England,  sister  to  my  late  wife,  during  her  natural  life, 
and  of  one  other  annuity  or  yearly  sum  of  ten  pounds  sterling  to  Mrs. 
Mehitabel  Stoddard  of  Boston  in  New  England  &c.  &c. ;  hereby  recommend- 
ing to  my  son  and  not  doubting  but  that  he  will  be  farther  kind  to  the 
said  annuitants  as  he  shall  see  occasion. 

My  son  to  be  sole  executor.  If  my  said  son  shall  happen  to  die  before 
me  I  then  give  one  annuity  or  yearly  sum  of  two  hundred  pounds  sterling 
to  my  daughter  Matilda,  the  wife  of  my  son,  during  her  widowhood.  But 
if  she  marries  again  I  give  her  only  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  sterling 
during  the  remainder  of  her  life  ;  the  said  last  mentioned  annuities  to  my 
daughter  to  be  issuing  and  payable  out  of  my  real  estate  in  the  Island  of 
Antigua. 

I  give  my  said  real  estate  in  the  Island  of  Antigua  and  all  other  my  real 
and  personal  estate,  whatsoever  and  wheresoever,  to  George  Thomas  Esq., 
Samuel  Martin  Esq.,  and  Samuel  Martin  Esq.  the  younger,  all  now  or  late 
of  the  Island  of  Antigua  &c,  in  trust  &c.  &c. ;  And  as  to  all  my  real  and 
personal  estate  in  New  England,  in  trust  for  and  to  the  use  of  the  said 
Elizabeth,  Mary,  Sarah  and  Mehitabel  Stoddard,  and  the  heirs  of  their 
respective  bodies,  to  take  as  tenants  in  common  and  not  as  joint  tenants; 
And  in  default  of  issue  of  their  bodies  respectively  then,  as  to  their  respec- 
tive shares,  in  trust  for  and  to  the  use  of  Eliakim  Hutchinson  Esq.,  of 
Boston  in  New  England  and  his  heirs,  if  living  at  the  time  of  my  decease, 
or  otherwise  in  trust  for  and  to  the  use  of  the  heirs  of  the  said  Eliakim 
Hutchinson. 

Wit :   H.  Maria  Byam,  Lydia  Byam,  Elizabeth  Mackinen. 

219  Greenly. 

[See  Heraldic  Journal,  I. — 133-4 ;  II. — 34. — h.  f.  w.] 

Shute  Shrimpton  Yeamans  of  Richmond  in  the  County  of  Surry 
Esquire  4  August  1768,  proved  30  September  17G9.  To  my  son  John 
Yeamans  my  watch  and  rings.  To  my  son  Shute  Yeamans  the  silver 
Tureen  the  large  silver  cup  the  three  cases  of  silver  handled  knives  and  forks 
and  the  silver  bread  basket.  The  remainder  of  my  plate  vessels  and  all  my 
books  and  bookcases  to  my  son  John  Yeamans.  The  lease  of  my  house 
upon  Richmond  Green  with  the  household  goods  and  furniture  therein  to  be 
sold.  To  son  Shute  the  sum  of  four  thousand  pounds  sterling  to  be  paid 
unto  him  at  his  age  of  twenty  one  years.  To  my  servant  Sarah  Walton 
twenty  one  pounds  for  her  great  care  and  attendance  on  my  late  wife  and 
daughter  in  their  illnesses.     Five  pounds  to  each  of  my  other  servants. 

I  give  and  devise  unto  my  said  son  Shute  Yeamans  and  his  heirs  my 
farm  with  the  appurtenances  called  or  known  by  the  name  of  Chelsea  farm, 
situate  near  Boston  in  New  England  in  North  America  and  now  let 
to  Robert  Temple  Esquire  at  the  yearly  rent  of  forty  pounds  sterling.  If 
he  die  before  he  shall  attain  the  age  of  twenty  one  years  then  I  give  and 
devise  my  said  farm  &c.  unto  my  said  son  John. 

I  give  and  devise  all  my  other  lands  hereditaments  and  real  estate  what- 
soever in  the  Island  of  Antigua  in  the  West  Indies,  in  the  provinces  of  New 
England  and  New  Hampshire  in  North  America,  or  elsewhere  unto  William 
Berners  Esquire  of  Woolverston  Park  in  Suffolk,  William  Gunthorpe  of 
Antigua  aforesaid  Esquire,  Samuel  Mercer  of   the  City  of  London  Esquire 


baptized 

Mch.  12. 

1752 

Nov.  16. 

1754 

buried 

June  15. 

1767 

Nov.  17. 

1767 

Sep.  18. 

1769 

324  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

and  Mr  Thomas  Greenough  of  Boston  in  New  England  aforesaid  &c.  upon 

(certain)  trusts  ;  to  the  use  of  my  son  John  and  the  heirs  of  his  body 

&c  then  to  the  use  of  my  son  Shute  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  &c.,  then  to 
the  use  and  behoof  of  my  aunts  Mary  Chauncy  Sarah  Greenough  and 
Mehetable  Hyslop  of  Boston  in  New  Eugland  aforesaid  and  the  heirs  of 
their  respective  bodies  &c.  as  tenants  in  common  and  not  as  joint  tenants, 
then  to  the  use  and  behoof  of  my  own  right  heirs  forever. 

Then  follow  instructions  as  to  the  care  and  management  of  the  said 
estates  and  the  investment  and  disposition  of  the  debts,  issues  and  profits 
thereof.  The  said  William  Berners,  William  Gunthorpe  Samuel  Mercer 
and  Thomas  Greenough  to  be  executors  of  the  will  and  guardians  of  the 
persons  and  estates  of  the  said  sons  until  they  shall  respectively  attain  the 
age  of  twenty  one  years. 

Witnesses  Godfrey  Kettle,  Basinghall  Street  London.  Tim7  Thornhill 
clerk  to  Mr  Kettle.     Howell  Powell  servant  to  Mr  Kettle.       330,  Bogg. 

[Richmond 

Ann  cl.  of  Shute  Shrimpton  Yeamans  Esq.  &  Matilda 
Shute  s.  of        do  &    do. 

Matilda  Yeamans 

Miss  Ann  Yeamans 

Shute  Shrimpton  Yeamans  Esq. 

J.  C.  C.  Smith.] 

[Henry  Yeamans,  father  of  John,  the  testator,  married  Miss  Shute,  her  christian 
name  not  ascertained.  She  was  a  sister  of  Gov.  Samuel  Shute,  who  succeeded 
Joseph  Dudley  as  Governor  of  Massachusetts  and  New  Hampshire  in  1716. 
Lieut.  Governor  John  Yeamans,  of  Antigua,  father  of  Henry  Yeamans,  accord- 
ing to  the  family  history,  had  by  his  wife,  previously  named  Nichols,  besides 
Henry,  an  elder  son  John,  and  a  younger,  William,  also  six  daughters,  whose 
names  are  given  in  the  "  Yeamans  pedigree,"  page  231,  Sumner's  History  of  East 
Boston. 

John,  the  testator,  who  died  in  1749,  married  Elizabeth  Shrimpton,  daughter 
of  Samuel  Shrimpton,  Jun.  She  was  born  Aug.  26,  1702,  died  Dec.  4,  1721. 
Their  only  son,  Shute  Shrimpton  Yeamans,  born  Aug.  20,  1721,  died  Sept.  10, 
1769,  married  Matilda  Gunthorp,  had  two  daughters  who  died  in  infancy,  as 
also  a  son  John ;  and  a  son  Shute,  who  died  under  age,  unmarried. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Stoddard,  whose  maiden  name  was  Elizabeth  Richardson, 
mentioned  in  the  above  abstract  of  the  will  as  mother-in-law  of  the  testator, 
married  first,  Samuel  Shrimpton,  Jun.,  who  died  May  25,  1703.  By  Samuel 
Shrimpton,  Jun.,  she  had  a  daughter  Elizabeth,  who  married  John  Yeamans,  as 
above  stated. 

Elizabeth  (Richardson)  Shrimpton,  the  widow  of  Samuel  Shrimpton,  Jun., 
married  Dec.  23,  1713,  David  Stoddard,  son  of  Simeon  Stoddard.  The  latter 
had  for  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Col.  Samuel  Shrimpton.  There 
being  three  Elizabeth  Shrimptons,  matrons  and  maiden,  and  two  Samuel  Shrimp- 
tons,  father  and  son,  each  of  whom  had  a  wife  and  one  a  daughter  named  Eliza- 
beth, has  heretofore  led  to  some  complication  in  the  relationship  details  of 
certain  members  of  the  family. 

Mary,  Sarah  and  Mehetable  Stoddard  were,  respectively,  daughters  of  David 
and  Elizabeth  (Richardson,  Shrimpton)  Stoddard.  Mary  married  the  Rev. 
Charles  Chauncy,  D.D. ;  Sarah,  Dea.  Thomas  Greenough;  and  Mehetable,  Wil- 
liam Hyslop.  The  latter  were  the  grandparents  of  the  late  Gen.  William  Hys- 
lop Sumner,  of  Jamaica  Plain.  For  further  particulars,  see  "Stoddard  Pedi- 
gree,"  facing  page  226,  Sumner's  East  Boston. — W.  B.  Trask.] 

John  Williams  of  the  parish  of  S*  George  the  Martyr,  in  the  Borough 
of  South wark  and  County  of  Surrey,  Esqr  (by  mark)  25  October  1718, 
proved  16  December  1718.     All  my  arrears   of  pay  due  and  owing  to  me, 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  325 

at  the  time  of  my  decease,  from  the  crown  of  Great  Britian,  as  captain  of 
one  of  the  independent  companies  of  foot  in  North  America, — and  all  my 
real  and  personal  estate  in  the  County  of  Cornwall  and  in  the  Kingdom  of 
England  and  in  North  America,  or  elsewhere,  I  give  to  my  loving  brother 
George  Williams  and  his  heirs  and  assigns,  whom  I  do  make  sole  executor. 
Wit :    Robert  Elliot,  John  Gibson,  Daniel  Prior  and  R.  Hawson. 

Tenison,  248. 

Sir  Thomas  Crooke  of  Baltamore,  county  Cork,  Knight  and  Baronet, 
of  the  age  of  fifty  six  years  or  thereabouts,  17  February  1629,  proved  7 
May  1630.  My  wife  Dame  Mary  Crooke  to  have  my  whole  estate  left  to 
her  sole  managing  and  to  remain  henceforth  as  sole  executrix,  and  neither 
of  my  two  sons,  Samuel  Crookes  nor  James  Crookes,  shall  intermeddle  with 
any  part  of  my  lands  and  goods,  but  shall  wholly  wait  upon  their  said 
mother  for  such  supplies  of  charges  for  their  education  as  to  her  shall  seem 
fit,  who,  I  doubt  not,  will  be  helpful  to  them  according  to  her  wisdom 
and  ability.  I  have  likewise  one  daughter,  named  Judith,  divers  years  since 
married  to  Vincent  Gooken  Esq.,  who  I  know  need  be  no  chaige  to  my  late 
tattered  estate;  notwithstanding,  as  a  token  from  her  dear  father,  I  would 
have  her  mother  pay  unto  her  ten  pounds  within  a  year  next  after  my 
decease.  I  have  a  loving  brother  called  Doctor  Helkiah  Crooke  beiwixt 
whom  and  me  there  is  an  old  account  of  about  thirty  three  pounds;  my  will 
is  that  my  executrix  shall  release  that  unto  him.  Another  brother  called 
Richard  Crooke,  who  had  shewed  kindnes  to  my  children  in  my  absence. 
To  him  ten  pounds,  within  one  year  &c.  A  loving  son  in  law  called  Arthur 
Jackson,  dwelling  in  Woodstreet  London,  from  whom  and  from  Mary 
his  wife  I  have  received  so  many  kindnesses  unto  myself  being  present  at 
several  times  and  unto  my  children  in  my  absence  that  I  am  not  able  to 
requite  them;  yet,  as  a  friendly  gift  at  parting,  I  bequeath  to  him  the  sum 
of  twenty  pounds  and  to  Mary  his  wife  the  sum  of  ten  pounds.  Another 
brother  called  Samuel  Crooke,  Rector  of  Wrington  in  Somersetshire,  where 
divers  of  my  children  have  had  their  education  for  divers  years,  who  hath  a 
wife,  my  very  loving  sister,  Judith  Crooke;  to  them  thirty  pounds.  My 
sister  Rachel  Rosse,  wife  of  Henry  Rosse  of  London,  goldsmith,  much  im- 
poverished,   &  a  good  old  aunt,  called  Aunt   Hudson,  a  yearly 

pension  of  forty  shillings. 

Wit :  Helkiah  Crooke,  Arthur  Jackson,  Danyell  Johnson,  the  mark  of 
Alexander  Hande. 

Reg.  of  Commissary  Court  of  London  (1629-34),  fol.  27. 

Arthur  Jackson  of  London,  Clerk,  proved  17  August  1666.  Wife 
Mary.  Eldest  son  Joseph,  second  son  John.  Messuage  in  Thredneedle 
Street.  Son  John's  wife.  Eldest  daughter  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hoor.  My 
second  daughter  Martha  Jackson.  My  grand  children  (named).  An  in- 
terest in  certain  lands  in  Ireland  which  were  formerly  my  mother's  Lady 
Crooke  and  now  are  the  jointure  of  Lady  Crooke  the  widow  of  my  brother 
Sir  Samuel  Crooke.     The  poor  of  Waldingfield,  Suffolk.  Mico,  130. 

Richard  Richmond,  citizen  and  leather  seller  of  London,  15  April 
1684,  proved  23  January  1684.  To  cousin  Richaid  Rodd,  my  apprentice, 
one  hundred  pounds  within  one  month  after  the  expiration  of  his  term  of 
apprenticeship.  To  my  brother  Hounsdon  Richmond  of  Sf  Martins  le 
Grand,  victualler,  one  shilling.     To  my  cousin  Christopher  Richmond  of  St. 


326  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

Martins  aforesaid,  shoemaker,  one  shilling.  To  my  sister  Anne  Jennings 
of  London,  widow,  one  shillings.  To  my  sister  Margaret  Richmond  of 
Virginia  in  America,  spinster,  one  shilling.  To  my  cousin  Anne  Shipton, 
wife  of  Joseph  Shipton  of  London,  Tallow  Chandler,  one  shilling.  To 
Mary  Elsly,  my  sister,  one  shilling.  To  my  cousin  Christopher  Rich- 
mond one  shilling.  To  my  cousin  Katherine  Johnson,  wife  of  John  John- 
son of  London,  Leather  seller,  one  shilling.  My  wife  Grace  Richmond 
to  be  executrix  and  to  have  my  tenements  in  Cary  Lane,  in  the  parish  of 
S4  John  Zacharies,  in  London  (at  the  sign  of  the  Crown)  during  her 
natural  life.  I  desire  my  wife  to  make  my  cousin  Richard  Rodd  her 
executor.  Cann,  9. 

Palmer. — In  the  last  number  of  these  Gleanings  (ante,  p.  301-307), 
a  pedigree  of  the  Palmer  family  and  some  abstracts  of  wills  were  printed. 
The  following  additional  matter  has  been  kindly  contributed  by  J.  Paul 
Rylands,  Esq.,  F.S.A.,  of  Heather  Lea,  Claughton,  Birkenhead,  England. 

Admissions  to  Lincoln's  Inn,  London. 

Middx  Joh'es  Palmer  generosus  admissus  est  in  Societatem  hujus  hospicii 
13  April  2  Annas  1703.     Henry  Martyn,  E.  Norman  Jun.  [sureties.] 

Admissions  to  the  Middle  Temple,  London. 

Nov.  29,  1703.  Magister  Joshua  filius  et  heres  apparens  Joshuae 
Palmer  de  Devonsheire  Square  extra  Bishop  Gate  in  comitatu  Middlesex 
Medicinae  professoris  admissus  est  in  Societatem  Medii  Templi  specialiter. 

Nov.  3,  1707.  Magister  Johannes  Palmer  filius  et  heres  apparens 
Archdale  Palmer  de  Wanlip  in  comitatu  Leicestriaa  Armigeri  admissus 
est  in  Societatem  Medii  Templi  specialiter. 

May  3,  1726.  Magister  Johannes  Palmer  filius  unicus  Johaunis  Palmer 
nuper  de  Libbery  in  comitatu  Wigorn  generosi  defuncti  admissus  est  in 
Societatem  Medii  Templi. 

17  July,  1740.  Magister  Johannes  Palmer  filius  tertius  Roberti  Palmer 
de  Clonmaken  in  comitatu  Limerick  in  regno  Hiberniae  generosi  admissus 
est  in  Societatem  Medii  Templi  specialiter. 

Musgrave's  Obituary. 
John  Palmer,  barrister-at-law,  died  22  Feb.  1734.     Gents.  Mag.  107. 
John   Palmer,  of  the   Middle  Temple,  juris  con:  died  23   Dec.   1738. 
Gents.  Mag.  660.     Hist.  Regr.  50. 

Bishop  of  London :  Marriage  Licence  Affidavit  Books. 

[Book  1706-8.]  1  Nov.  1708.  Joseph  Palmer,  of  S'  Margaret's, 
Lothbury,  Loudon,  bachelor,  aged  25,  and  Elizabeth  Bate,  of  Sl  Margaret's, 
Westminster,  spinster,  aged  22.  To  marry  at  S4  Martin's  in  the  Fields 
[but  the  marriage  is  not  to  be  found  in  that  register,  nor  in  the  register  of 
S4  Margaret's,  Westminster.] 

Lord  Chamberlain 's  Records, — Messengers. 
[Vol.  249a,  folio  12.]     Jo.  Palmer  pro  Mitchell  9  June  1714. 
[Vol.  261,  folio  12.]     Jn°  Hutchins  pro  Joseph  Palmer  29  July  1715. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 


327 


Prerogative  Court,  Canterbury. 

23  April  1761.      Admon.   to  Joseph   Palmer,   late  of  the   Precincts  of 
Whitefriars,  London,  widower,  deceased,  granted  to   Ann  Drury,  widow, 


the  daughter, 


[He  died  December,  1759.] 

Joseph  Palmer,  Esq.,  Queen 's=Elizabeth,  daug'r  of  Thomas  Bate, 


Messenger.  Born  about  1683. 
Died  in  London,  Dec.  1759. 
lie  sided  in  London  &  Leices- 
tershire. 


of  Ashbv-de-la-Zouch,  co.  Leicester, 
Gent.  Born  1689,  married  1708,  died 
about  1728. 


Charles  Drury,  of  Not-: 
tingham,  Surgeon. 
Bapt.  at  St.  Peter's 
Church  there  I'.Uulv, 
1704.  Died  14  Jan. 
1753,  aged  48.  Bur. 
in  St. Peter's  Church. 


Anne  Palmer,  dau. 
&  coh.  Bapt.  at 
A  shby-de-la-Zouch 
23  Sept.  1711.  Ad- 
mix, to  her  father, 
1761.  Died  7  May, 
1703,  aged  51.  Bu- 
ried at  St.  Peter's 
Church,  Notting- 
ham. 


Thomas  Kirkland,  M.D.: 
of  Ashby-de-la-Zoueh. 
Bapt.  at  Ashbourne,  co. 
Derby,  14  October,  1722. 
Died  at  Ashby,  17  Jan. 
&  buried  in  the  chancel 
of  the  parish  church 
there  22  Jan.  1798.  A 
distinguished  physician 
and  author. 


rDorothy  Palmer,  da. 
and  coh.  Born  1723. 
Married  at  Packing- 
ton,  co.  Leicester,  3 
August,  1747.  Died 
24  Jan.  &  buried  at 
Ashby  28  Jan.  1785. 


Query.- 


/i\  A 

-"Who  was  Mr.  Joseph  Palmer,  named  above? 


Margery  Pate  of  the  parish  of  St.  Pulkers,  London,  widow,  22  Sep- 
tember 1617,  proved  2  October  1617.  My  body  to  be  buried  within  the 
church  of  St.  Pulkers  near  unto  my  former  husband  Richard  Quille.  To 
my  godson  John  Miller,  to  Hudson  Miller,  to  Anne  Miller  wife  of  Thomas 
Miller,  to  my  cousin  Thomas  Miller  and  to  his  daughter.  To  Judith 
Claxton  and  her  daughter  Ann  Nicholes.  To  Elsibeth  Pynnocke  and  to 
Robert  Lide.  To  James  Williams  twenty  shillings,  to  Alice  Williams, 
wife  unto  James  Williams  twenty  shillings.  To  Alice  Quille  (certain  house- 
hold goods  and  wearing  apparel).  To  Elizabeth  Albrocke.  To  Eliza- 
beth Lide,  wife  unto  Henry  Lide  and  to  Henry,  James,  Maurice  and 
Cassandra  Lide,  children  unto  Henry  Lide.  To  Roger  Williams,  son 
unto  James  Williams,  twenty  shillings.  To  Robert  Williams,  son  of  the 
said  James  Williams,  twenty  shillings,  and  to  Katherine  Williams,  daughter 
unto  the  said  James  Williams,  twenty  shillings.  To  Elizabeth  and  Sarah 
Webster,  daughters  of  John  Webster,  and  John  Webster,  his  son  and  the 
rest  of  Webster's  children.  To  Edward  Goodcoole,  Richard  Bradley, 
Elizabeth  Younge,  widow,  and  Michael  Bolton.  Henry  Lide  of  West- 
minister Esq.,  to  be  sole  executor  and  James  Williams  of  St.  Pulkers,  mer- 
chant taylor,  overseer.  Weldon,  100.     (P.  C.  C.) 

James  Williams,  citizen  and  merchant  tailor  of  London,  7  September 
1620,  proved  19  November  1621.  I  will  and  my  mind  is  that,  my  debts 
being  paid  and  funeral  expenses  discharged,  all  the  residue  of  my  goods 
and  chattels  shall  be  divided  into  three  equal  parts ;  one  third  part  where- 
of I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving  wife  Alice  for  her  part  and  portion 
therein,  according  to  the  custom  of  the  city  of  Loudon.  And,  for  that  my 
son  Sydrack  and  my  daughter  Catharine,  now  the  wife  of  Ralph  Wight- 
man,  citizen  and  merchant  taylor  of  London,  have  "  binn  "  by  me  already 
preferred  and  each  of  them  hath  received  a  sufficient  portion  of  my  estate, 
therefore  I  will  that  neither  of  them  shall  claim  or  have  any  customary 
part  or  portion  of  that  estate  whereof  I  shall  be  possessed  at  the  time  of  my 
decease.  And  yet,  nevertheless,  my  will  and  meaning  is  that  my  sons 
Roger  and  Robert  Williams  shall  have  but  oiid  moiety  or  half  part  of  the 
other  third  part  of  my  estate  equally  between  them  to  be  divided,  and  the 


328  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

other  moiety  thereof  to  remain  to  such  other  child  or  children  as  I  shall 
have  living  at  the  time  of  my  decease.  The  other  third  part  of  my  estate, 
which  is  in  my  power  to  dispose,  I  give  and  bequeath  as  followeth,  viz*,  to 
my  son  Sydrack  twenty  and  five  pounds  and  to  my  said  daughter  Catherine 
Wightman  twenty  five  pounds,  to  be  paid  to  each  of  them  severally  within 
one  year  next  after  my  decease,  and  to  my  said  sons  Robert  and  Roger 
Williams  twenty  and  five  pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid  unto  each  of  them 
severally  at  his  age  of  four  and  twenty  years.  To  my  godson  James  Wight- 
man,  son  of  the  beforenamed  Katherine  Wightman  my  daughter,  five  pounds 
in  money,  to  be  paid  unto  his  father  for  the  use  of  his  said  son.  To  Eliza- 
beth Pemberton,  Ellen  Woolley  and  Elizabeth  Bryan,  my  god  daughters, 
to  every  of  them  twenty  shillings  apiece,  to  be  paid  to  their  several  parents 
or  governors  &c.  To  Thomas  Nicholson,  citizen  and  currier  of  London, 
ten  shillings,  to  Elizabeth  Kinge,  wife  of  Robert  Kinge,  clothworker, 
twenty  shillings,  and  to  my  kinswoman  Alice  Harris,  now  dwelling  with 
me,  forty  shillings.  To  Robert  Parke  my  "  Jemmall "  ring  and  to  Ed- 
ward Waterhouse  my  dagger,  knife,  chain  and  girdle.  To  the  poor  of 
St.  Sepulchres  without  Newgate,  London,  wherein  I  now  dwell,  ten  pounds 
in  money  and  bread  to  be  distributed  amongst  them  on  the  day  of  my  funer- 
al or  the  day  after,  as  follows,  viz',  to  the  poor  in  Smithfield  quarter  thirty 
five  shillings  in  money  and  thirty  five  shillings  in  bread,  to  the  poor  in 
Holborn  Cross  quarter  twenty  shillings  in  money  and  twenty  shillings  in 
bread,  to  the  poor  in  Church  quarter  tifteen  shillings  in  money  and  fifteen 
shillings  in  bread,  and  to  the  poor  in  old  bayley  quarter  thirty  shillings  in 
money  and  thirty  shillings  in  bread.  To  the  poor  of  the  said  parish  without 
Smithfield  Bars  twenty  shillings  in  bread.  To  Alice  and  Roger  Bryan, 
children  of  Henry  Bryan,  coachmaker,  ten  shillings  apiece.  The  residue 
to  my  wife  Alice  Williams  whom  I  do  make  and  appoint  sole  executrix  of 
this  my  last  will.  And  overseers  thereof  I  do  make  and  appoint  my 
brother  in  law  Roger  Pemberton,  my  said  son  in  law  Ralph  Wightman, 
my  kinsman  Thomas  Morse  and  the  said  Robert  Kinge,  to  whom  twenty 
shillings  apiece. 

Com.  Court  of  London,  Vol.  24,  fol.  50. 

Alice  Williams  of  St.  Sepulchres  without  Newgate,  London,  widow, 
1  August,  1634,  proved  26  January,  1634.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the 
parish  church  of  St.  Sepulchres.  To  my  son  Sidrach- Williams  one  hun- 
dred pounds  to  be  paid  within  ten  years  after  my  decease  (»".  e.  ten  pounds 
yearly).  If  he  shall  not  live  to  receive  the  whole  one  hundred  pounds  what 
remaineth  unpaid  at  his  decease  shall  be  paid  to  such  children  as  he  shall 
leave  behind  him. 

Item  I  give  to  my  son  Roger  Williams  now  beyond  the  seas  ten  pounds 
yearly  to  be  paid  unto  him  by  my  executor  for  and  during  the  term  and 
space  of  twenty  years  next  after  my  decease.  And  if  he  the  said  Roger 
shall  not  live  to  receive  the  same  himself  fully  in  such  manner  as  aforesaid 
then  I  will  what  remaineth  theieof  unpaid  at  his  decease  shall  be  paid  to 
his  wife  and  to  his  daughter,  if  they  survive,  or  to  such  of  them  as  shall 
survive.  And  it  is  my  will  that  my  executor  shall  give  security  to  the  over- 
seers of  this  my  will  for  the  due  payment  of  both  the  said  legacies,  as  well 
to  my  eldest  son  Sidracke  Williams  as  to  my  son  Roger  Williams,  in  such 
manner  and  form  as  aforesaid  by  assignment  of  the  lease  or  leases  (of  my 
dwelling  house  and  other  tenements  standing  and  being  on  that  side  of  the 
way  wherein  my  dwelling  house  is  situated)  unto  the  overseers   of  this  my 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  329 

will,  or  to  such  other  persons  as  they  shall  think  fit  and  indifferent  to  be 
trusted,  by  such  sufficient  assurance  and  conveyance  thereof  as  my  said 
overseers  shall  think  fit  and  convenient. 

To  my  daughter  Katherine  the  now  wife  of  John  Davies,  clerk,  twenty 
pounds  yearly  for  and  during  the  like  term  and  space  of  twenty  years  next 
after  my  decease.  In  case  of  he*  death  what  remains  unpaid  &c.  shall  be 
paid  as  follows,  the  one  half  to  the  children  she  had  by  her  former  husband 
Ralph  Wightmau  deceased,  or  to  the  survivor  of  them,  and  the  other 
half  to  the  said  John  Davies,  if  he  shall  survive,  or  to  his  children  by  my 
said  daughter,  or  to  the  survivor  of  them.  Security  to  be  given  for  such 
payment  out  of  the  lease  of  the  messuage  or  tenement  called  the  Harrow 
in  Cow  Lane,  over  against  my  dwelling  house  on  the  other  side  of  the 
way,  and  of  three  several  tenements  backside  next  adjoining. 

To  my  grand  child  James  Williams,  son  of  the  said  Sidrack  Williams, 
five  pounds  within  four  years  after  my  decease.  To  my  grand  child  Anne 
Williams  my  chain  of  gold,  two  of  my  gilt  spoons  and  one  of  my  gilt  cups. 
To  my  grand  child  James  Wightmau  two  of  my  silver  beakers  one  wine 
bowl  and  two  silver  spoons.  To  Dorcas  Wightman,  his  sister,  one  broad 
silver  bowl  and  one  other  silver  bowl;  and  to  her  sister  Rebecca  Wightman 
one  other  silver  bowl  and  one  other  broad  bowl  of  silver.  To  my  grand 
child  Elizabeth  Davyes  one  silver  salt  and  two  gilt  spoons,  and  to  my  grand 
child  Hester  Davies  one  beaker,  one  pot  tipt  with  silver  and  two  spoons. 
I  will  and  bequeath  that  my  chest  of  linen,  that  is  to  say,  the  wainscot 
chest  now  standing  at  my  bed's  feet  in  my  lodging  chamber  under  the  win- 
dow, to  be  equally  divided  between  my  said  daughter's  five  children  before- 
named  &c.  To  my  god  daughter  Alice  Ballard  my  best  gown  and  kirtle, 
my  scarlet  petticoat,  best  petticoat,  two  best  smocks,  two  best  coyfes  and 
forty  shillings  in  money,  and  to  her  daughter  ten  shillings,  To  her  brother 
Roger  Bryan  forty  shillings.  To  Alice,  the  wife  of  Robert  Barthorpp,  the 
ten  pounds  which  her  husband  oweth  me  and  ten  pounds  more  and  my 
bible  and  my  tawney  rug.  More  to  the  said  Robert  Barthorpp  and  his 
wife  five  pounds  to  buy  them  blacks  for  mourning  and  twenty  shillings  a- 
piece  to  their  three  children.  To  my  said  son  Sidracke  Williams  for  blacks 
for  his  mourning  three  pounds  and  to  my  said  son  John  Davies  for  blacks  for 
himself  his  wife  and  children  ten  pounds.  To  my  maid  servant  now  dwelling 
with  me  my  gown  and  kirtle  with  the  embroidered  lace  and  ten  shillings. 
To  my  godson  Robert  Wolly  twenty  shillings,  and  to  my  other  two  god 
sons  Tobyas  Harvest  and  John  Walker  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  the  poor 
of  St.  Sepulchres  seven  pounds,  in  bread  or  otherwise,  about  the  time  of  my 
funeral,  and  forty  shillings  to  be  at  that  time  bestowed  upon  a  supper  for 
my  tenants  at  the  house  over  the  way  called  the  Harrow.  To  my  said  son 
John  Davies,  my  loving  friend  and  neighbor  John  May,  scrivener,  my  good 
friend  Robert  Kinge,  clothworker,  and  to  the  aforesaid  Robert  Barthropp 
for  their  pains  to  be  taken  for  me  in  assisting  my  executor  as  overseers  of 
this  ray  will  twenty  shillings  apiece. 

All  the  rest  and  residue  of  my  goods  &c.  &c.  to  my  son  Robert  Williams, 
he  paying  my  debts  and  legacies  and  performing  my  funeral  and  I  make; 
constitute  and  ordain  the  said  Robert  Williams  my  full  and  sole  executor. 

Wit:  Henry  Walker,  John  Collys  (his  mark),  John  Thomas,  John  Hul«- 
bard,  John  May  scr.  Com.  Court  of  London,  Vol.  27,  fol.  12. 

Ralph  Wightman,  citizen  and  merchant  taylor  of  London  in  the  parish 
of  Mary  le   Bow,  27  December    1628,  proved  9   February  1628.      To  bo 


330  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

buried  in  the  parish  church  aforesaid  by  my  wife  Judith  deceased.  My 
estate,  according  to  the  custom  of  this  City,  to  be  divided  into  three  parts. 
The  one  part  I  give  unto  my  loving  wife  Katherine  Wightman ;  a  second 
part  I  give  unto  my  three  children  now  living,  James,  Dorcas  and  Rebecca 
Wightman,  and,  if  my  wife  should  now  be  with  child,  to  him  or  her  also  a 
part  of  my  second  part;  and  the  third  part  of  my  estate  I  give  as  follows, 
unto  the  parish  of  Inckley*  and  Wickham  in  Leicestershire,  for  the  poor 
thereof,  forty  shillings,  to  the  poor  of  Mary  le  Bow  twenty  shillings,  to 
my  cousin  Ezechias  Wightman  twenty  shillings,  to  my  cousin  Ralph  Prior 
twenty  shillings,  to  my  sister  Eaton  twenty  shillings  and  to  every  one  of 
her  children  now  born  five  shillings  apiece,  to  my  mother  Williams  twenty 
shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring,  to  my  brother  George's  wife  ten  shillings  and 
to  every  of  his  children  five  shillings  apiece,  to  my  brother  Robert  Wil- 
liams ten  shillings,  to  my  servants  with  me  at  my  decease  five  shillings  a- 
piece.  And  the  rest  of  my  third  part,  the  legacies,  debts  and  funeral 
charges  paid,  to  be  divided  into  three  parts ;  one  I  give  to  my  wife  Kathe- 
rine, a  second  part  to  my  son  James  and  a  third  part  to  my  two  daughters. 
If  my  wife  shall  die  before  my  children  and  all  my  children  die  before 
they  come  to  age,  then  (by  a  certain  division)  to  my  brother  George  and 
his  children,  my  sister  Eaton  and  her  children,  my  cousin  Ezechias,  my 
cousin  Ralph  Prior  and  my  wife's  brother  and  their  issue,  viz*,  my  brother 
Sidrach,  my  brother  Roger  and  my  brother  Robert  Williams  or  any  of  their 
children  living.  My  wife  Katherine  Wightman  to  be  sole  executor  and 
my  brother  Sydrach  Williams,  my  brother  George  Wightman,  my  brother 
Roger  Williams  and  my  cousin  Theophilus  Riley  to  be  overseers,  and  to 
have  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  buy  them  a  ring.  Ridley,  18. 

A  Marriage  License  was  granted  to  Sydrach  Williams,  of  St.  Gabriel 
Fenehurch  Street,  merchant  taylor,  and  Anne  Pinner  of  St.  Michael  ad 
Bladum  (St  Michael  Querne),  widow  of  Francis  Pinner  grocer, — at  St. 
Michael  aforesaid.— 10  Oct.  1621.  B. 

[Col.  Chester's  Marr.  Lie.  &c] 

Admon.  of  the  goods  &c.  of  Sydrach  Williams  lately  of  St.  Olave  Hart 
Street,  London,  but  at  Barwick  in  the  County  of  York  deceased,  was  grant- 
ed 29  April  1647,  to  John  Myster  principal  creditor. 

Admon.  Act  Book  (1647),  fol.  46. 

Ralph  Moore  of  St.  Alban's,  Herts,  gentleman,  1  May  1618,  proved 
28  October  1 620.  All  my  goods  and  chattels  &c.  to  the  poor  of  the  parishes 
of  St.  Alban's  and  St.  Peter's  in  the  town  of  St.  Alban's.  Ralph  Pember- 
ton  of  St.  Alban's,  gentleman,  to  be  executor.  Roger  Pemberton  of  St. 
Alban's,  gentleman,  to  be  overseer.  "Nicholas  and  Raphe  Cotchett  among 
the  witnesses.  Soame,  105. 

Roger  Stokes  of  the  town  of  St.  Alban's  in  the  Co.  of  Hertford,  draper, 
3  July  1578,  proved  4  August  1578.  To  my  father-in-law  John  Arnold, 
one  of  the  chief  Burgesses  of  St.  Albans,  ten  pounds.  To  my  father  in 
law  John  Shadd,  late  of  St.  Albans,  ten  pounds.  To  my  brother  Robert 
Stokes  and  to  Thomas  Holden  Mr.  of  Art,  the  lease  &c.  of  the  two  tene- 
ments wherein  I  now  dwell.     My  brother  Robert  Stokes  to  be  executor. 

The  executor,  Robert  Stokes,  having  died,  Admon.  was  granted  Roger 
Pemberton  next  akin.  Langley,  32. 

*  Otherwise  Hinckley. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  331 

Robert  Stokes  of  St.  Alban's  &c.  Mr.  of  Art,  2  August  1578,  proved 

4  August  1578.  To  my  cousin  Roger  Pemberton  my  customary  and  copy- 
hold lauds  within  the  manor  of  Park,  Gorham  &c.  My  friend  Thomas 
Holden  of  St.  Albans.  My  cousins  Frances  and  Thomas  Blackbornc.  My 
cousin  Thomas  Blackborne.     To  mine  Aunt  Pemberton  an  Angel  in  gold. 

Langley,  32. 

Roger  Pemberton  of  St.  Alban's  &c.  Esq.  13  November  1624,  proved 

5  December  1627.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Mary  Bow, 
London.  Provides  for  an  almshouse  for  six  poor  widows,  having  pur- 
chased, for  that  purpose,  a  close  or  meadow  or  pasture  in  Bowgate  in  the 
parish  of  St.  Peters,  in  the  town  of  St.  Alban's,  in  mine  own  and  my  son 
Ralphe's  name.  My  three  sons  John,  Robert  and  Ralphe  and  ray  son 
Wolley  and  their  heirs  shall  have  the  placing  and  displacing  of  the  same  wid- 
ows in  the  several  rooms,  they  to  be  above  three  score  years  of  age  and  of 
good  honest  life  and  behavior  and  of  civil  carriage,  two  to  be  of  St.  Peters 
two  of  St.  Stephens  one  of  St.  Michael  and  one  of  Skenley.  To  my  son  in 
law  Robert  Wolley  one  signet  of  pure  and  fine  gold  of  the  value  of  five 
pounds,  with  my  arms  to  be  engraven  thereupon.  To  my  friend  and  bro- 
ther in  law  Mr.  Francis  Kempe  one  signet  of  pure  and  fine  gold,  to  be  of  the 
value  of  five  marks,  with  my  arms  to  be  engraven  thereupon.  To  my 
brothers  in  law  Nicholas  Cotchett  and  Jeremy  Odell,  to  either  of  them,  one 
hoop  ring  of  gold,  of  the  value  of  twenty  shillings  apiece,  with  this  poesie 
(not  the  gift  but  the  giver)  to  be  engraven  thereon.  To  my  wife  and  my 
daughter  Tecla  Wolley,  to  each  of  them  a  hoop  ring  &c.  with  this  poesie 
(my  love  to  you).  To  each  of  my  daughters  in  law  Katherine  Pemberton, 
Susan  Pemberton  and  Frances  Pemberton  one  hoop  ring,  with  this  poesie 
(keep  the  golden  mean). 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  cosen  and  Godsonne  Roger  Williams 
the  some  of  ten  pounds  of  lawfull  english  money.  To  my  two  godsons 
Ralph  Cotchett  and  Roger  Odell  twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  each  of  my 
grandchildren  Ellen  Wolley  and  the  three  Elizabeth  Pembertous  one  hoop 
ring  of  pure  gold,  of  the  value  of  thirty  shillings  apiece,  with  this  poesie 
to  be  engraven  therein  (feare  God).  My  wife  and  my  son  Ralph  to  be 
executors. 

A  codicil  to  this  will  was  made  7  November,  1627,  in  which  arc  mentioned 
various  other  grandchildren   (including  Robert,  sou  of  John  Pemberton). 

Skynner,  11 7. 

[The  above  will  makes  it  clear  that  the  Roger  Pemberton  whom  James  Wil- 
liams called  "  brother  in  law  "  and  who  himself  referred  to  Eoger  Williams  as 
"  cosen"  (i.  e.  nephew)  "  and  godsonne,"  belonged  to  a  family  residing  at  St. 
Alban's,  Herts.,  whose  pedigree  is  thus  given  in  the  Visitation  of  Hertfordshire, 
1634,  published  by  the  Harleian  Society  in  1886  : — 


ROBERT  PEMBERTON=Catherine,  da.  of. 
of  St.  Alban's,  co.  Herts. 


Roger  Pemberton  of  St.  Alban's=Elizabeth,  da.  of  Raffe  More 

I  of  St.  Alban's. 


Catherin,  da.  of=John  Pemberton=EHzabeth,  da.  Raffe  Pemberton=Frances,  da. 


William  Angell 

of  London 

1  ux. 


of  St.  Alban's,       of relict  of  St.  Alban's, 

living  1634,         of...Audley.  2  son. 

eldest  son. 


of  Francis 
Kempe. 


II  II  I  II  II  I 

1.  J  )hn  Pemberton.      Elizabeth.      Catherin.  1.  Francis.      1.  Elizabeth.      3.  Anne. 

2.  Robert.  Mary.  2.  Ralfe.         2.  Frances. 


332  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Among  the  Funeral  Certificates  at  the  College  of  Arms  is  one  for  the  Right 
"Worshipful  Roger  Pemberton,  of  St.  Alban's,  co.  Herts,  Esq.,  who  departed  this 
life  13  Nov.  1627.  The  names  and  matches  of  his  children  and  the  names  and 
ages  of  his  grandchildren  are  given.  His  second  son,  Robert  Pemberton,  mar- 
ried Susan,  daughter  of  Roger  Glover  of  Beckett  or  Bewcott,  in  co.  Berks,  Esq. , 
and  sister  of  the  Rev.  Josse  Glover  of  New  England,  and  died  at  St.  Alban's  in 
the  Summer  of  1628.  His  will,  proved  in  the  Prerog.  Court  of  Canterbury,  I  ex- 
pect to  give  in  connection  with  that  of  his  father  in  law  and  other  wills  bearing 
on  the  various  alliances  of  the  Glover  family. 

Admon.  of  the  goods  of  Robert  Pemberton  was  granted  in  the  Court  of  the 
Archdeacon  of  St.  Alhan's,  30  September,  1578,  to  his  widow  Katherine  Pember- 
ton. 

License  to  marry  was  granted,  6  May,  1579,  to  Roger  Pemberton  of  St.  Alban's, 

Herts.,  and  Elizabeth  Moores,  spinster,  of  the  same at  St.  Anne  and  St. 

Agnes,  London.     The  two  marriage  licenses  of  his  son  John  may  also  be  found 
in  Col.  Chester's  Marriage  Licenses  of  London. 

Now  it  so  happens  that  there  was  a  clergyman  named  Roger  Williams  living 
contemporaneously  with  Roger  Pemberton  in  St.  Alban's,  to  the  Rectory  of 
which  he  was  inducted  30  April,  1583.  He  was  also  inducted  to  the  Vicarage  of 
St.  Peter's,  in  the  same  Borough,  1  March,  1592.  He  must  have  died  before  2 
January,  1626,  when  his  (nuncupative)  will,  made  26  June,  1619,  was  proved  in 
the  Court  of  the  Archdeacon  of  St.  Alban's  (Book  Dainty,  Fol.  166).  The  wit- 
nesses were  Andrew  Zinzan  and  James  Rolfe  Esq™,  and  his  wife  Affradosa.  It 
was  to  the  effect  that  his  wife  should  have  all.  Being  asked  by  the  said  James 
Rolfe  if  he  would  give  nothing  from  her  to  his  kindred,  he  replied  and  said  no, 
for  he  had  done  well  for  them  already.  And  then  his  said  wife  coming  into  the 
Parlor  where  he  lay  on  his  bed,  the  said  Andrew  Zinzan  and  James  Rolf  being 
still  there  present,  the  said  James  Rolf  said  unto  her,  Mrs.  Williams  you  are  be- 
holden to  your  husband,  for  his  will  is  you  shall  have  all  his  goods  and  estate 
at  his  death  and  will  give  nothing  from  you  to  his  kindred,  whereunto  the  said 
Roger  answered  and  said,  in  her  presence,  no,  I  will  give  nothing  to  them  from 
her  for  I  have  done  enough  for  them  already. 

Affradosa,  above  named,  was  not  his  first  wife,  for  I  find  license  granted 
to  Roger  Williams,  clerk,  of  St.  Alban's,  Herts.,  and  Alice  Asheton,  spins- 
ter, of  Chishull  Magna,  co.  Essex,  dau.  of  William  Asheton,  clerk,  Vicar  of 
Meldreth  in  the  Diocese  of  Ely,  to  be  married  at  Chishull  Magna  aforesaid,  23 
January,  1583-4. — Col.  Chester's  Marr.  Lie. 

I  trust  that  I  may  be  allowed  a  departure  from  my  usual  custom  of  letting 
the  evidence  gathered  in  my  gleanings  speak  for  itself,  and  be  permitted  to  call 
attention  to  the  significance  of  a  few  of  the  facts  in  the  present  case. 

The  will  of  Alice  Williams,  here  given,  made  in  the  summer  of  1634,  refers  to 
her  son  Roger  as  "  now  beyond  the  seas ;"  she  does  not  say  where,  she  does  not 
even  say  "in  New  England."  Are  there  any  good  reasons  for  supposing  that 
he  was  our  famous  "  asserter  of  religious  freedom,"  as  Mr._  Savage  has  called 
him.  How  do  the  known  facts  tally?  Our  Roger  Williams  called  himself  nearly 
four  score  years  of  age  in  1679.  Roger  the  son  of  James  and  Alice  Williams 
had  an  elder  brother  Sydrach  who  received  license  to  marry  in  1621.  It  seems 
reasonable  to  suppose  that  he  was  from  twenty  one  to.  twenty-four  years  of  age 
at  date  of  marriage.  Allowing  a  difference  of  two  years  between  their  ages, 
Roger,  his  brother,  would  have  been  born,  say,  between  1599  and  1602.  So  we 
are  not  met  by  any  apparent  discrepancy  in  the  matter  of  age.  Mrs.  Alice  "Wil- 
liams mentions,  besides  Sidrach  and  Roger,  another  son,  Robert.  Our  Roger 
had  (according  to  Savage)  a  brother  Robert.  In  August,  1634,  the  Roger  spoken 
of  by  his  mother  as  ' '  beyond  the  seas  "  had  a  wife  and  a  daughter.  At  that  very 
time  our  Roger  was  beyond  the  seas,  so  far  as  his  English  relatives  were  con- 
cerned, and  with  a  wife  (Mary)  and  a  daughter  (Mary) ,  the  other  children  whom 
he  is  known  to  have  had  being  born  after  that  date.  Thus  far  then  there  seems 
nothing  improbable  in  the  theory  that  Roger,  the  son  of  James  and  Alice  Wil- 
liams of  London,  was  the  very  Roger  Williams  who  founded  Providence  Plan- 
tations; on  the  contrary,  to  me,  I  confess,  it  seems  very  plausible.  "What 
stands  in  the  way?  Only  Tkaoitiox,  which  says  that  he  was  born  in  "Wales. 
Tradition,  I  frankly  acknowledge,  does  not  weigh  much  with  me.  I  will  only 
say  that  it  seems  to  me  as  easy  to  believe  that  Roger,  the  son  of  James  and 
Alice  Williams,  was  born  in  Wales  as  that  our  Roger,  who  is  said  to  have 
been  at  Charter  house  from  25  June,  1621,  to  9  July,  1624,  was  born  there.     In 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  333 

fact  it  would  take  very  strong  evidence  to  make  me  believe  it  of  either.  We 
have  one  well  known  fact,  bearing  upon  this,  which  Mr.  Savage  refers  to,  but 
with  the  omission  of  what  I  must  deem  a  very  important  part.  I  refer  to  the 
memorandum  written  on  the  back  of  one  of  our  Roger  Williams's  letters  by  Mrs. 
Anne  Sadleir,  daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Coke,  which  was  as  follows : — 

"This  Roger  Williams,  when  he  was  a  youth,  would,  in  a  short  hand,  take 
sermons  and  speeches  in  the  Star  Chamber  and  present  them  to  my  dear  father. 
He,  seeing  so  hopeful  a  youth,  took  such  liking  to  him  that  he  sent  him  to  Sut- 
ton's Hospital,  and  he  was  the  second  that  was  placed  there." 

That  a  Welsh  boy  of  that  period  should  be  practising  short  hand,  frequenting 
the  Star  Chamber  in  Westminster  and  taking  notes  of  speeches  delivered  there, 
seems  to  me  absurd  on  the  face  of  it.  Such  a  statement  could  only  apply,  with 
any  show  of  reasonableness,  to  a  London  boy,  and  then  only  to  one  occupying 
a  good  position.  In  Roger,  the  son  of  Alice  Williams,  we  find  a  lad  who  was 
closely  related  to  a  gentle  family,  the  Pembertons,  known  in  London  as  well  as 
in  St.  Alban's;  and  perhaps  in  the  person  of  Henry  Lyde,*  Esq.,  of  West- 
minster, with  whom  the  father,  James  Williams,  was  so  closely  connected  in  the 
management  and  oversight  of  Mrs.  Margery  Pate's  estate,  we  may  And  the  chan- 
nel of  influence  by  which  young  Roger  Williams  got  access  to  the  Star  Chamber. 

In  my  view  of  the  absurdity  of  the  supposition  uf  Mrs.  Sadleir's  statement 
applying  to  a  Welsh  lad,  I  am  confirmed  by  my  friend  David  Jones,  Esq.  I 
have  his  permission  to  quote  what  he  says  about  the  formerly  accepted  theory  : 

"  The  story,  viewed  as  a  whole,  is  so  highly  improbable  and  inconsistent  that 
it  falls  to  pieces  upon  very  slight  examination ;  that  is,  when  you  have  once 
begun  to  suspect  its  unsoundness.  There  is  of  course  nothing  seriously  impro- 
bable or  preposterous  in  the  supposition  that  the  son  of  a  Welsh  farmer,  of  the 
reign  of  James  I.,  should  go  to  a  Welsh  College  at  Oxford, f  take  orders  in 
the  Church  and  afterwards  distinguish  himself  amongst  his  fellows.  The  thing 
has  been  done  over  and  over  again,  in  a  greater  or  less  degree,  both  during 
Williams's  period  and  since  his  day.  But  to  say  that  a  Lad  from  the  midst  of 
the  hilly  district  in  mid  South  Wales  should  in  the  reign  of  James  have  received 
in  '  his  native  hamlet '  an  education  fitting  him  to  take  down  in  short  hand 
'  sermons  and  speeches  in  the  Star  Chamber,'  and  coming  to  London  all  unfriend- 
ed does  all  this  and  becomes  on  friendly  terms  with  great  judges  of  the  high 
courts  of  law,  and  to  this  owes  altogether  his  stepping  stone  to  a  University 
career,  is  a  story  which  one  does  not  expect  to  read  anywhere  outside  the  covers 
of  the  'Arabian  Nights.'  At  any  rate  it  would  answer  admirably  for  a  new 
collection  of  tales  of  imagination  and  marvel.  On  the  other  hand  there  would 
be  nothing  marvellous  in  a  clever  London  youth,  of  the  reign  of  James,  picking 
up  short  hand,  doing  just  what  Mrs.  Sadleir  has  described  her  Roger  Williams 
as  having  done,  and  the  clever  youth  thus  getting  his  '  leg  up '  on  the  horse  on 
which  he  gallops  off  to  the  University  and  so  on  to  the  grand  highway  of  life." 

Since  the  foregoing  was  put  into  type  I  have  obtained,  through  the  kindness 
of  Archdeacon  Lawrence,  of  St.  Albans,  the  following  extracts  from  the  parish 
register  of  St.  Albans,  which  begins  17  Nov.  1558  : — 

Baptisms. 

Randall  Pemerton  19  March  1559. 

Ellin  Pemberton  22  November  1561. 

John  Pemberton,  son  of  Robert,  20  June  1563. 

Alice  Pemberton,  daughter  of  Robert,  18  February  1564. 

Elizabeth  Moore,  daughter  of  Rafe,  18  March  1564. 

Mary  Pemerton,  daughter  of  Robert,  1  February  1566. 

Sara  Pemerton,  daughter  of  Robert,  26  September  1566. 

John  Pemerton,  son  of  Roger,  15  Dec.  1583. 

Robert  Wolley,  son  of  Robert,  7  March  1590. 

*  A  pedigree  of  this  family  may  be  found  in  the  Visitation  of  London  (1634),  published 
by  the  Harleian  Society  (Vol.  II.  page  66).    See  also  Visitation  of  Oxford. 

"t  This  allusion  to  a  ;<  Welsh  College  of  Oxford  "  refers  to  the  theory  maintained  by  Prof. 
Elton,  in  his  life  of  Roger  Williams,  that  he  was  the  Rodericus  Williams  admitted  into 
Jesus  College,  Oxford,  30  April  1624,  the  theory  which,  I  understand,  is  not  now  held  by 
any  New  England  genealogists.  With  the  name  Rodericus  staring  in  one's  face,  a  name 
certainly  not  interchangeable  with  Rogerus,  the  wonder  is  that  such  a  theory  was  ever 
broached. 


334         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Burials. 
Robert  Pemerton  15  December  15G0. 
Joane  Pemerton  8  January  1560. 
Randall- Pemerton  6  July  1561. 
Roger  Stokes  4  July  1578. 
Robert  Pemerton  16  July  1578. 
John  Pemerton  19  July  1578. 
Robert  Stokes  5  August  1578. 
Florence  Pemerton  6  August  1578. 
Ellen  Pemerton  7  August  1578. 

Pemerton  16  August  1578. 

Alice  wife  of  Mr.  Roger  Williams,  parson  of  the  parish  church  of  St.  Albans, 

3  April  1613. 
Mr.  Roger  Williams,  B.D.  and  parson  &c  10  November  1626. 

Marriages. 
Roger  Stokes  and  Emme  Arnold  9  Jtme  1578. 
Robert  Rawlinson  and  Mary  Pemerton  19  September  1586. 
Mr.  Roger  Williams  and  Mrs  Aphrocloza  Moore,  widow,*  7  June  1613. 

With  the  help  of  Mr.  A.  Parkins,  parish  clerk  of  St.  Peter's,  in  the  same 
borough,  I  am  enabled  to  publish  the  following  extracts  from  the  register  of 
that  parish,  which  also  begins  17  November  1558 : — 

Baptisms. 
Elizabeth  Pemberton,  daughter  of  Roger,  27  December  1585. 
Robert,  son  of  Mr.  Roger  Pemberton,  23  December  1586. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Mr.  Roger  Pemberton,  26  May  1590. 
Tecla,  daughter  of  Mr.  Roger  Pemerton,  27  September  1592. 
Ellen,  daughter  of  Mr.  Robert  Wolley,  15  October  1611. 
Roger,  son  of  Mr.  Robert  Wolley,  12  November  1612. 
Robert,  son  of  Mr.  Robert  Wolleve,  2  August  1615. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Mr.  Robert  Wolleye,  15  June  1618. 
Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Rafe  Pemerton  by  Frances  his  wife,  30  November  1618. 
Katherine,  dau.  of  Mr.  Robert  Wolley  by  Thecla  his  wife,  25  July  1620. 
Frances,  dau.  of  Rafe  Pemerton  by  Frances  his  wife,  21  August  1620. 

Burials. 
Mrs.  Marie  Pemerton,  wife  of  Mr.  Rafael  Pemerton  Esquire,  1  May  1610. 
Roger,  sou  of  Mr.  John  Pemerton,  27  July  1611. 
Roger,  son  of  Mr.  Robert  Wollye,  9  December  1615. 
Mr.  Roger  Pemberton  Esq.  20  November  1627. 
John,  son  of  Mr.  Robert  Wolley,  31  March  1628. 
Mr.  Robert  Pemberton  29  May  1628. 
Martha,  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Pemmerton,  12  July  1628. 

Susan, of  Mr.  John  Pembertou,  9  November  1630. 

Katherine,  wife  of  Mr.  John  Pemberton,  2  December  1630. 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Pemberton,  21  March  1625. 

Mr.  Raph  Pemberton  11  October  1644. 

Mr.  John  Pemberton  7  January  1644. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Pemberton,  widow,  15  July  1645. 

Anne,  daughter  of  Mr.  Ralph  Pemberton,  22  March  1654. 

Anne,  daughter  of  Mr.  Robert  Pemberton,  13  May  1658. 

Mrs.  Frances  Pemberton,  widow,  25  May  1659. 

Marrl^ges. 
Mr.  Samuel  Bedford  and  Mrs.  Frances  Pemberton  28  December  1644. 

I  have  also  since  then  received  from  Mr.  Dean  a  cutting  from  the  Boston 
Evening  Transcript  of  Friday,  5  April,  1889,  containing  an  abstract  of  a  paper 
read  before  our  society,  on  the  preceding  Wednesday,  by  R.  A.  Guild,  LL.D., 
Librarian  of  Brown  University,  on  "The  Birth,  Parentage  and  Life  of  Roger 

*  She  was  widow  of  William  Moore,  pen',  of  St.  Alban's,  and  daughter  of  Alexander 
Zinzan,  of  St.  Michael  in  .St.  Alban's,  gen*  (see  Col.  Chester's  Marr.  Lie.). 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         335 

Williams,"  in  which  he  advances  the  theory  that  he  was  the  third  son  of  William 
Willyams  of  Roseworthy,  near  Gwinear,  Cornwall,  born  21  and  baptized  24  Dec. 
1602  at  Gwinear,  and  that  he  had  brothers  William  and  Arthur  and  a  sister 
Margaret. 

I  trust  it  is  not  necessary  for  me  to  say  that  my  own  attention  was  drawn  to 
this  case  long  ago,  before  I  learned  of  that  significant  clause  in  the  memoran- 
dum of  Mrs.    Sadleir,   referring  to  the  short-hand  notes  taken  in  the  Star 
Chamber.     Bearing  in  mind  what  I  supposed  was  regarded  by  all  genealogists 
as  an  accepted  fact,  viz.,  that  our  Roger  Williams  had  a  brother  Robert  Wil- 
liams, and  seeing  no  sign  of  a  Robert  in  this  family,  I  made  up  my  mind,  as  I 
believe  every  sound  genealogist  would  have  clone,  that  I  must  wait  until  more 
light  should  be  thrown  on  the  subject  or  a  better  and  more  promising  case 
appear.     So  far  then  as  it  depended  on  my  judgment  the  hearing  in  the  case  of 
Roger  Williams  of  Gwinear  may  be  considered  as  having  been  adjourned  sine  die. 
If  I  had  been  called  upon  to  render  a  verdict  it  would  have  been  the  Scotch  verdict 
of  not  proven.    Upon  receipt  of  the  abstract  of  Dr.  Guild's  paper  I  read  it  with 
the  most  careful  scrutiny,  again  and  again,  and  took  pains  to  consult  sundry  of 
my  antiquarian  friends  "whose  opinions  in  such  matters  I  valued ;  but  with  the 
same  result ;  allowing  the  same  conditions  as  before  the  verdict  would  have  been 
as  before,  not  proven.     Dr.  Guild's  method  of  getting  round  the  obstacle  by  the 
assumption  that  our  Roger  Williams  in  calling  Robert  Williams   "brother" 
meant  "  brother-in-law"  seemed  altogether  too  violent  an  assumption.     I  knew 
of  course,  every  antiquary  of  experience  knows,  that  instances  may  be  found 
many  instances  in  fact,  where  the  term  brother  was  used  and  brother-in-law  is 
to  be  understood.    I  have  no  doubt  that  several  instances  may  be  found  in  these 
Gleanings.      Ralph  Wightman,   for  example,   in  his  will  speaks  of    brothers 
Sidrach,  Roger  and  Robert  Williams.     Every  one,  who  sees  that,  will  assume 
that  brothers-in-law  was  meant,   and  would  be  justified  in  such  assumption. 
The  same  Ralph  Wightman  speaks  of  a  brother  George  Wightman.     Would  any 
one  be  justified  in  assuming  that,  here  too,  brother-in-law  was  meant?    Can  Dr. 
Guild  cite  a  single  instance  of  the  sort  to  support  him  in  such  an  assumption? 
And,  if  so,  will  he  give  the  particulars  and  surrounding  conditions,  and  circum- 
stances?   I  can  imagine,  to  be  sure,  a  case  Avhere  there  might  be  evidence  in 
other  ways  so  overwhelming  in  its  weight  as  to  compel  us  to  have  recourse  to 
such  an  assumption ;  but  I  can  truly  say  that  I  do  not  recall  ever  having  met 
with  such  a  case.     Has  Dr.  Guild?     Certainly  this  cannot  be  called  such  a  case. 
But  since  the  receipt  of  Dr.  Guild's  paper,  Mr.  J.  O.  Austin,  the  compiler  of 
the  Genealogical  Dictionary  of  Rhode  Island,  has  sent  me  a  bit  of  information 
which  settles  the  case  of  Roger  Williams  of  Gwinear;  as  every  genealogist  will 
admit.      It  seems  that  the  founder  not  only  alluded  to  Robert  Williams  as 
"brother,"  but  in  one  instance,  at  least,  called  him  "mine  own  brother."     No 
one,  I  suppose,  would  dream  of  substituting  "brother-in-law"  for  that  expres- 
sion ;  and  we  may  therefore  consider  the  claim  of  Roger  of  Gwinear  as  finally 
dismissed,  and  judgment  entered  against  the  claimant. 

Before  leaving  the  consideration  of  Dr.  Guild's  paper,  let  me  say  that  I  have 
to  thank  him  for  one  item  of  information  which  I  did  not  know  before,  i.e.  that 
Roger  Williams  also  alluded  to  another  brother  (besides  Robert)  whom  he 
describes  as  "a  Turkey  merchant  in  London."  This  may  very  well  apply  to 
Sidrach  Williams,  whom  we  already  know  to  have  been  a  merchant  taylor  of 
London.  I  have  found,  in  the  course  of  my  investigations  (and  it  is  well  known 
by  English  antiquaries) ,  that  it  was  a  very  common  thing  for  members  of  the 
great  companies  to  be  engaged  also  in  other  trades  and  businesses  and  to  be  mem- 
bers of  other  companies.  In  my  examination  of  the  Books  of  Apprenticeships 
belonging  to  the  Company  of  Skinners,  some  years  ago,  I  found  several  instances, 
such  as — "  William  Towerson,  Skinner  and  Merchant  Adventurer  of  Muscovey, 
Turkey  and  of  Eastland";  "William  Cockaine,  Skinner  and  Merchant  Advent- 
urer and  Merchant  of  Spaine  and  Portingale,"  &c.  &c.  If  the  books  of  the 
Merchant  Taylors'  Company  are  ever  examined  in  the  course  of  this  investigation, 
as  they  ought  to  be,  I  would  advise  that  a  very  careful  search  be  made,  say 
between  1620  and  1647,  for  all  references  to  Sidrach  Williams,  with  the  hope  of 
finding  some  such  entry  as  the  above. 

Dr.  Guild  makes  another  statement  which  seems  worth  calling  especial  atten- 
tion to,  viz.,  that  Roger  Williams  was  accompanied  to  New  England  by 
"Thomas  Angell,  a  lad  of  fourteen,  who  had  been  indented  as  his  servant." 
Savage  had  already  referred  to  this  as  one  of  two  traditions,  but  also  added  that 


336  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

he  "  came  from  London."    In  connection  with  all  this  the  following  Marriage 
License  becomes  interesting : 

John  Pemberton,  citizen  and  grocer  of  London,  and  Katherine  Angell,  of  St. 
Thomas  Apostle,  said  city,  spinster,  daughter  of  William  Angell,*  of  same, 
citizen  and  fishmonger  of  London — at  St.  Thomas  Apostle  aforesaid.  19  Jan. 
1609-10.     B.  (Col.  Chester's  Marriage  Lie.) 

Now  turn  to  the  Pemberton  pedigree,  already  given,  and  note  the  significance 
of  this  fact.  That  very  John  Pemberton  was  cousin  german  to  the  Roger  Wil- 
liams who  was  "  beyond  the  seas  "  in  1634.  I  suppose  we  may  be  allowed  to 
look  upon  such  a  coincidence  as  a  genealogical  stravj,  may  we  not? 

The  question  of  the  wealth,  either  of  James  Williams  of  St.  Sepulchre's,  Lon- 
don, or  of  William  Willyams  of  Roseworthy,  Cornwall,  I  do  not  feel  competent 
to  discuss.  I  have  not  the  data  on  which  to  base  an  opinion,  nor  do  I  have  any 
faith  that  with  searching  I  could  find  out  enough  to  warrant  me  in  forming  an 
opinion  that  I  should  feel  justified  in  making  public.  I  am  quite  ready  to  be- 
lieve that  both  families  were  well-to-do. 

Let  me  suggest  however  to  Dr.  Guild  that  he  has  no  right  to  use  the  term 
heiress  instead  of  co-heiress,  as  if  they  were  equivalent  terms.  AUce  Williams 
was,  in  fact,  a  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Roger  Honeychurch.  And  let  me  also 
suggest  to  the  readers  of  his  paper  that  until  we  learn,  first,  what  the  value  of 
Roger  Honeychurch's  estate  was,  and,  secondly,  how  many  daughters  and  co- 
heiresses there  wore  for  this  estate  to  be  distributed  amongst,  it  will  be  useless 
to  attempt  to  form  any  opinion  about  the  wealth  of  Mrs.  Alice  WiUiams  or  to 
base  any  argument  thereon  as  to  the  riches  of  her  son  Roger.  The  terms  heiress 
and  co-heiress,  so  often  found  in  Heralds'  Visitations,  merely  show  that  in  the  lack 
of  male  heirs  the  inheritance  of  an  estate  passed  to  females ;  and  nothing  can 
be  predicated  as  to  the  value  of  such  an  estate.  Whether  Roger  Honeychurch 
left  ten  pounds  or  ten  thousand  pounds  his  daughter  AUce  would  still  have  been 
called  co-heiress.  But,  allowing  that  we  knew  the  Honeychurch  estate  to  be  a 
large  one,  it  would  still  be  unsafe  for  any  one  to  pronounce  Alice  Williams 
wealthy  until  the  number  of  co-heiresses  should  be  known.  There  may  have 
been  a  good  many  of  them,  and  each  single  share,  consequently,  a  small  one. 
We  read  of  some  rather  large  f  amiUes  in  former  times.  Some  years  ago  I  found, 
at  the  British  Museum  (in  Stowe  MSS.  IX.-70),  a  declaration  made  by  one 
Thomas  Greenhill,  1  Sept.  1698,  that  he  had  been  the  seventh  son  and  thirty- 
ninth  child  of  William  Greenhill,  of  Greenhill  in  Middlesex,  by  his  only  wife, 
Elizabeth  daughter  of  William  Dwight,  of  London.  On  this  account,  we  are 
told,  he  was  allowed  by  the  Heralds  (inter  alia)  to  have  the  paternal  crest  (a 
demi  griphon)  powdered  with  thirty-nine  mullets  Or.  And,  not  long  since,  I 
heard  this  story  confirmed  from  another  quarter,  by  a  gentleman  who  had  seen 
a  portrait  of  this  very  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Greenhill,  on  the  back  of  which  had  been 
inscribed  the  statement  that  she  had  been  the  mother  of  thirty-nine  children. 
Thirty-two  of  these  must  have  been  daughters.  Fancy  even  a  large  estate  divi- 
ded among  thirty-two  co-heiresses !  By  this  time,  I  trust,  the  reader  will  have 
come  to  a  conclusion,  with  me,  that  the  only  ralue  Avhich,  with  our  present 
information,  we  can  safely  attach  to  the  "  co-heiress,"  as  applied  to  Alice  Wil- 
liams, is  a  purely  heraldic  one  as  entitling  her  lawful  issue  to  quarter  the  arms 
of  Honeychurch  upon  their  paternal  coat. 

In  regard  to  the  wealth  of  Roger  Williams,  himself,  too,  I  do  not  see  suffi- 
cient data  furnished  to  warrant  me  in  forming  an  opinion.  The  description  of 
his  house  in  Salem  is  painted  in  colors  so  bright  as  compared  with  the  more 
quiet  and  subdued  tints  used  by  my  friend  and  colleague,  William  P.  Upham, 
Esq. ,  that  I  dare  not  take  it  at  Dr.  Guild's  valuation.  I  learn  from  this  paper 
that  our  Roger  Williams  referred  to  Chancery  suits  in  which  he  lost  large  sums. 
The  examination  of  Chancery  Proceedings  may  enable  us  to  learn  how  much  he 
lost  there.  "His  banishment  and  forced  flight  in  mid-winter "  (we  are  told) 
"  debarring  him  from  Boston,  '  the  chief  mart  and  port  of  New  England,'  was 
a  loss  to  him,  using  his  own  words,  '  of  many  thousand  pounds.' "  At  first  this 
seemed  something  definite  and  conclusive ;  but  on  looking  at  it  again  and  notiug 

*  For  this  William  Angell.  Esq.  (as  he  is  styled  in  pedigree  and  will),  see  Visitaton  of 
London  (Hail.  Soc.  Pub.),  Vol.  I.  p.  18.  He  was  sergeant  of  the  Catery,  &c.  His  will  may 
be  found  registered  in  P.  C.  C.  (Ridley,  83).  The  will  of  his  son  James  (Lee,  49)  mentions 
a  wife  and  six  children,  among  whom  a  son  Thomas. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  337 

more  particularly  that  first  clause,  giving  the  reason  for  his  loss,  i.e.  that  he 
was  debarred  from  the  chief  mart  and  port  of  New  England,  the  question  toould 
arise  in  my  mind :  Did  he  mean  "  many  thousand  pounds :"  in  esse  or  in  posse? 
Was  it  so  much  money  actually  owned  and  then  lost,  or  was  it  so  much  money 
which  he  had  expected  to  make  and  by  banishment  from  this  "  chief  mart "  was 
"  debarred"  from  making?  I  have  been  left  in  such  a  state  of  doubt  that,  at 
the  risk  of  appearing  stupid,  I  have  concluded  it  best  to  await  the  result  of  the 
Chancery  investigation  or  the  discovery  and  publication  of  an  inventory  of  his 
estate  before  making  up  my  mind  on  this  subject. 

I  see  that  the  dates  of  his  entrance  into  the  Charter  House  School  and  of  the 
Exhibition  which  he  gained  there,  once  considered  so  well  settled  and  estab- 
lished, are  utterly  denied  in  this  paper,  but  no  exact  dates  given  in  place  of 
them,  only  a  vague  statement  that  he  "  probably  remained  there  until  1620,  after 
which  he  studied  law  with  Coke."  This,  of  course,  will  impose  upon  some  more 
cautious  plodder  the  task  of  making  a  re-examination  of  the  School  Register 
and  getting  an  exact  statement  of  the  actual  facts  in  the  case,  so  far  as  Charter 
House  School  is  concerned. 

At  the  end  of  the  paper  we  incidentally  come  upon  another  New  England 
worthy  of  the  same  name.  He  it  was  (at  least  so  says  Dr.  Guild)  who  entered 
into  Charter  House  in  1621  and  gained  that  exhibition  in  1624.  Six  years  after- 
wards he  crossed  the  seas  to  New  England  and  settled  in  Dorchester.  "  Proba- 
bly "  (says  Dr.  Guild)  he  was  the  son  of  Mr.  Lewis  Williams  of  St.  Albans,  and 
born  in  August,  1607.  If  the  newspaper  report  of  this  specimen  of  genealogizing 
is  correct  I  feel  constrained  to  express  my  opinion  that  Dr.  Guild  does  not  set 
before  beginners  in  the  study  of  genealogy  as  a  science  an  example  that  I  could 
honestly  advise  them  to  follow. 

In  conclusion  let  me  congratulate  all  who  are  interested  in  the  subject  upon 
the  extreme  probability  that  at  last  we  have  "  struck  the  trail "  beyond  the  seas 
in  the  case  of  Roger  Williams.  There  is  a  good  deal  yet  to  be  done  in  the  way 
of  research,  and  I  hope  that  some  one  will  be  moved  to  carry  on  the  work  of 
investigation  among  probate  records,  the  books  of  the  Merchant  Taylors'  Com- 
pany and  the  Public  Records.  If  James  Williams  was  apprenticed  in  his  youth 
to  a  merchant  taylor,  the  entry  of  his  apprenticeship  would  undoubtedly  disclose 
the  name,  occupation  or  condition  and  place  of  abode  of  his  father.  In  probate 
records  the  names  of  Alice  Harris,  Thomas  Morse  and  John  and  Katherine  Davies 
should  be  hunted  for.  That  will  of  Mrs.  Margery  Pate  should  be  studied,  &c. 
&c.  I  can  see  plenty  of  work  to  be  done,  and  regret  that  I  am  debarred  from 
attempting  it. 

Henry  F.  Waters. 

A  proof  of  the  above  wills  and  Mr.  Waters's  first  annotations  on  them 
was  sent  to  Dr.  Guild,  of  Providence,  the  author  of  the  paper  which  Mr. 
Waters  refers  to  in  his  later  annotations.  Dr.  Guild  sends  me  the  follow- 
ing notes. 

1.  In  a  letter  to  Gov.  Winthrop,  dated  Plymouth,  1632,  the  Roger  Williams 
of  Rhode  Island  speaks  of  his  conversion  in  childhood,  and  of  the  persecution 
which  he  suffered  from  his  family  in  consequence : — ' '  In  Christ  Called  and 
persecuted  even  in  and  out  of  my  father's  house  these  twenty  years."  In  the 
case  of  this  Roger  Williams  of  St.  Albans,  or  London,  there  seems  to  have  been 
good  feeling  towards  him  on  the  part  of  the  family.  The  father,  James,  died 
in  1620;  his  brother-in-law,  Ralph  Wightman,  died  ip.  1628;  and  his  mother 
Alice  died  in  1634.  They  all  remembered  him  in  their  wills,  giving  to  him  the 
same  as  they  gave  to  his  brothers,  Sidrach  and  Robert.  In  the  case  of  the 
Willyams  family  of  Cornwall  it  was  without  doubt  different.  This  was  an 
aristocratic  and  wealthy  family,  included  in  Burke's  "History  of  the  Landed 
Gentry."  Such  families  had  little  sympathy  with  Puritans  and  Separatists, 
whom  they  "  persecuted,"  as  the  early  history  of  New  England  fully  shows. 

2.  Our  Roger  Williams  in  his  "George  Fox"  (Nar.  Club  Edition,  page  146) 
speaks  of  a  brother  as  being  a  member  of  the  great  and  wealthy  corporation 
known  as  the  "Levant  or  Turkey  Company  of  Merchants,"  whose  coat  of  arms 
is  given  by  Guillim  in  his  "  Display  of  Heraldry,"  and  whose  membership  in- 
cluded not  a  few  of  the  nobility  and  gentry : — "  Myself  have  seen  the  Old  Testa- 
ment of  the  Jews,  most  curious  writing,  whose  price  (in  the  way  of  trade)  was 
three  score  pound,  which  my  brother,  a  Turkey  merchant,  had  and  shewed  ine." 


338  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

This  Roger  Williams  of  St.  Albans  had  an  older  brother  Sydrach,  a  "merchant 
taylor,"  who  died  in  1647,  and  upon  whose  "goods  &c."  John  Myster  the 
"principal  creditor"  appears  to  have  been  administrator.  His  brother-in-law, 
Ralph  Wightman,  who  died  in  1628,  was  also  a  "merchant  tailor."  The  Roger 
Willyams'of  Cornwall  had  two  older  brothers,  William  who  succeeded  to  his 
father's  title  and  estate,  and  Arthur  who  died  in  1GG9. 

3.  In  his  "  George  Fox  "  (page  413),  speaking  of  judicial  oaths,  Williams  re- 
fers to  "  cases  that  have  befallen  myself  in  the  Chancery  in  England  &c.  and 
of  the  loss  of  great  sums  which  I  chose  to  bear  through  the  Lord's  help  (rather) 
than  yield  to  the  formality  (then  and  still  in  use)  in  God's  worship ;  though  I 
offered  to  swear  as  F.  H.  mentions  they  have  clone,  and  the  judges  told  me  they 
would  rest  in  my  testimony  and  way  of  swearing,  but  they  could  not  dispense 
with  me  without  an  act  of  parliament."  This  was  probably  before  Williams  left 
England,  which  was  in  1630,  and  refers  it  would  seem  to  the  settling  of  an  es- 
tate. If  the  founder  of  Rhode  Island  was  of  the  Willyams  family,  of  Cornwall, 
then  his  father  died  in  June,  1623,  at  the  age  of  84,  and  he  himself  became  of 
age  in  December  following.  His  mother,  who  was  an  heiress,  died  in  1606,  and 
her  estate  may  be  supposed  to  have  been  divided  among  her  four  children, 
William,  Arthur,  Roger  and  Margaret,  upon  the  death  of  the  father.  In  the  case 
of  Roger  Williams  of  St.  Albans,  the  father  died  in  1621,  bequeathing  to  him 
twenty-five  pounds,  payable  when  he  was  24  years  of  age,  and  one  twelfth  of  the 
estate.  This  Avould  hardly  seem  to  meet  the  case  of  "great  sums"  which  the 
founder  of  Rhode  Island  chose  to  lose  rather  than  take  the  required  oath. 

4.  The  exact  age  of  Roger,  the  son  of  James  and  Alice  Williams,  is  unde- 
termined. Roger,  the  son  of  William  and  Alice  Willyams,  of  Cornwall,  was 
born  on  the  21st  of  December,  1602.  He  lacked,  therefore,  three  months  of 
being  30  years  old,  when  Roger  Williams  of  Rhode  Island  wrote  to  Gov.  Win- 
throp,  saying  that  he  was  "nearer  upwards  of  30  than  25."  Had  he  been  born 
say  in  June,  1602,  he  would  have  been  quite  "  upwards  of  30."  If  he  was  born 
in  1599,  as  has  been  generally  supposed,  then  he  must  have  been  25  years  of  age 
when  he  entered  college.  If,  on  the  other  hand,  he  was  born  on  the  21st  of 
December,  100^,  then  he  entered  college  (at  the  beginning  of  the  second  term) 
in  just  one  mouth  and  eight  clays  after  he  had  attained  his  majority.  This 
seems  more  probable  if  he  had  then  come  into  possession  of  his  share  of  his 
mother's  or  father's  estate.  The  usual  age  for  boys  to  enter  college  at  this  early 
period,  it  may  be  added,  was  fourteen. 

5.  The  Roger  Williams  of  St.  Albans  and  the  Roger  Williams  of  Cornwall 
were  both  of  English  birth.  The  tradition  is  that  the  founder  of  Providence 
Plantations  was  a  Welshman.  This  can  be  readily  accounted  for  if  he  was  born 
near  Gwiuear,  Cornwall.  The  ancient  Cornish  language,  says  Max  Mailer,  was 
a  Celtic  language  formed  from  the  Cymric  and  Gaelic,  in  which  the  Welsh 
dialect  was  predominant.  Being  brought  up  in  the  neighborhood  of  Wales,  and 
possessing  an  ardent  Welsh  temperament,  he  would  naturally  be  regarded  as  a 
Welshman  by  those  who  gave  information  in  1771  to  Morgan  Edwards,  who  has 
handed  down  the  tradition,  and  who  was  himself  a  Welshman.  Williams  in  his 
writings  frequently  refers  to  England  as  his  native  country,  but  never  to  Wales. 

6.  The  objection  made  by  some  to  the  Cornwall  theory  of  the  birth  of  Roger 
Williams,  is  that  he  calls  Robert  Williams  his  brother,  when  he  may  have  been 
his  brother-in-law,  either  as  the  brother  of  his  own  wife,  or  the  husband  of  his 
sister  Margaret.  This,  however,  is  not  uncommon,  as  the  readers  of  the 
Register  well  know.  In  these  Genealogical  Gleanings  Ralph  Wightman  also 
calls  Robert  Williams  his  brother.  It  is  earnestly  hoped  that  in  all  these  re- 
searches and  discussions  the  birth  and  parentage  of  the  great  apostle  of  civil 
and  religious  freedom  may  be  ascertained,  as  in  the  case  of  John  Harvard,  the 
founcler~of  Harvard  University,  beyond  doubt  or  question.  . 

R.  A.  Guild. 

The  editor  of  the  Register  would  add  a  few  remarks  on  Dr.  Guild's  annota- 
tions. 

1.  I  do  not  think  enough  is  known  about  the  religious  sentiments  of  either 
of  the  Williams  families  to  decide  which  would  be  most  likely  to  resist  the 
Puritan  tendencies  of  a  child. 

2.  It  is  possible  that  one  of  the  sons  of  William  Willyams  of  Cornwall  may 
have  been  a  member  of  the  Levant  or  Turkey  Company,  but  if  he  Avas  I  do  not 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  339 

think  he  would  be  likely  to  take  such  an  active  part  in  its  affairs  as  to  be  styled 
a  "  Turkey  merchant."  Mr.  Waters's  notes  in  relation  to  Sidrach  Williams  are 
commended  to  the  reader. 

3.  The  reference  to  the  chancery  suit  is  important,  and  the  Chancery  Proceed- 
ings may  throw  light  on  the  parentage  of  our  Roger  Williams.  Even  if  it  is 
conceded  that  the  matter  related  to  the  settling  of  an  estate,  which  is  not  proved, 
we  are  not  sure  by  whom  the  property  was  left.  The  time  may  have  been 
before  Williams  left  England  or  it  may  bave  been  later,  say  during  his  visit  to 
England  in  1643-4. 

4.  Nothing  can  be  inferred  from  the  respective  ages  of  the  two  Rogers.  One 
was  born  in  Dec.  1602,  and  tire  other  was  under  24  in  1620,  but  how  much  under 
we  do  not  know. 

5.  The  fifth  point  is  worth  noting.  But  the  name  Williams  is  considered  of 
Welsh  origin,  and  this  may  account  for  the  tradition  which  cannot  be  traced 
back  very  far. 

6.  Roger  Williams  calls  Robert  Williams  his  brother  in  several  places,  and 
once  he  calls  him  his  "  own  brother,"  namely  in  George  Fox  (vol.  5,  of  the  Pub- 
lications of  the  Narraganset  Club,  page  47),  where  he  says:  "Mine  own 
Brother  Mr.  Robert  Williams  School-Master  in  Newport  desired  to  speak,"  &c. 
I  do  no  think  it  necessary  to  add  anything  on  this  point  to  what  Mr.  Waters 
has  written. 

Though  I  cannot  agree  with  Dr.  Guild  in  his  conjecture  as  to  the  parentage 
of  Roger  Williams,  I  am  ready  to  concede  to  him  great  praise  for  his  researches, 
during  more  than  twenty  years,  into  the  life  of  Williams. 

The  editor  would  be  glad,  if  space  allowed,  to  transfer  to  these  pages  the 
earliest  statements  relative  to  the  life  of  Williams  before  he  came  to  New 
England,  but  he  will  have  to  content  himself  with  referring  the  reader  to  the 
books  where  these  statements  appear,  namely  : — Rev.  Mr.  Hubbard's  History  of 
New  England,  written  about  1680  (Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  vol.  15,  page  202)  ;  Stephen 
Hopkinsvs  History  of  Providence,  written  in  1765  (Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  vol.  19, 
page  168)  ;  Rev.  Morgan  Edwards's  Materials  for  the  History  of  the  Baptists  of 
Rhode  Island,  compiled  in  1771  (R.  I.  Hist.  Coll.,  vol.  6,  page  316) ;  Rev.  John 
Sanford's  entries  in  1775,  on  the  records  of  the  Pirst  Baptist  Church  of  Provi- 
dence (Benedict's  Hist,  of  the  Baptists,  vol.  1,  pages  473-4);  Rev.  Isaac 
Backus's  History  of  New  England,  with  particular  reference  to  the  Baptists, 
vol.  3,  published  in  1796  (2d  ed.  vol.  ii.  p.  489)  ;  Mrs.  Anne  Sadleir  memoran- 
dum on  a  letter  to  her  by  Roger  Williams,  written  about  1652-3  (Pub.  of  the 
Narraganset  Club,  vol.  6,1874,  pages  252-3).  See  also  Knowles's  Memoir  of 
Williams,  1834,  page  23 ;  Elton's  life  of  Williams,  1853,  pages  9-12 ;  Guild's 
Biographical  Introduction  to  the  Writings  of  Williams,  1866  (Pub.  Narraganset 
Club,  vol.  1),  pages  5-9,  and  Arnold's  History  of  Rhode  Island,  vol.  1,  1859, 
pages  47-50. 

After  the  greater  portion  of  the  preceding  Gleanings  and  annotations  were 
in  type,  I  received  a  letter  from  Mr.  Waters  calling  my  attention  to  tAvo  letters 
by  a  Roger  Williams  in  the  collection  of  George  Alan  Lowndes,  Esq.,  of  Bar- 
rington "Hall,  Hatfield  Broad  Oak,  England,  as  reported  by  the  Historical  Manu- 
scripts Commission  in  their  Seventh  Report  (Appendix,  page  546) .  Mr.  Waters 
suggested  that  these  might  be  by  our  Roger  Williams,  and  by  his  advice  I 
procured  a  tracing  of  Williams's  autograph  which  I  sent  to  Mr.  Lowndes, 
asking  him  to  compare  it  with  the  signatures  in  the  letters  in  his  collection,  and 
if  he  thought  them  to  be  by  the  same  person,  I  solicited  him  to  furnish  copies 
for  printing  in  the  Register.  Mr.  Lowndes  sent  me  a  transcript  of  the  letters, 
which  are  here  printed.  The  transcript  was  accompanied  by  the  following 
letter : 

Barrington   Hall, 
Hatfield  Broad  Oak,  Essex, 
June  13,  1889. 
Dear  Sir  : 

I  have  had  great  pleasure  in  complying  with  your  request.  I 
have  compared  the  writing  of  Roger  Williams  with  the  copy  you  sent,  and 
also  shown  them  to  an  expert,  who  agrees  with  me  that  they  are  identical. 


340  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

I  enclose  you  copies  of  the  letters.  Mr.  Williams,  at  the  time  of  writ- 
ing them,  was  chaplain  to  Sir  William  Masham,  of  Otes,  in  the  parish  of 
High  Laver,  Essex  (where  the  second  letter  is  dated  from).  Sir  William 
was  the  ancestor  of  Mrs.  Masham's  husband,  who  played  such  a  prominent 
part  in  the  reign  of  our  Queen  Anne.  Locke,  the  philosopher,  died  at  Otes. 
and  is  buried  in  High  Laver  Churchyard.  I  think  it  very  doubtful  whether 
Roger  Williams  ever  held  church  preferment  in  this  country  (although  he 
mentions  in  his  letter  to  Lady  Barringtou  that  he  had  had  the  offer  of 
two  livings).  Probably  his  disappointment  in  love  was  one  of  the  causes 
of  his  emigration. 

There  is  no  doubt  he  proposed  to  a  niece  of  Lady  Barrington,  as  suggest- 
ed by  his  first  (undated)  letter,  and  the  refusal  brought  the  second,  which 
very  much  offended  Lady  Barrington. 

Trusting  this  information  is  what  you  require,  and  if  I  can  answer  any 
further  inquiries  you  may  make,  I  shall  be  very  pleased  to  do  so. 

Believe  me,  dear  sir, 

Yours  faithfully, 

J.  Ward  Bean,  Esq.  G.  Alan  Lowndes. 

I  think  the  readers  of  the  Register  will  agree  with  me  that  the  internal 
evidence  is  in  favor  of  the  letters  being  written  by  the  founder  of  Rhode  Island. 
This,  added  to  the  identity  of  the  hand-writing,  I  consider  conclusive.  The 
letters  did  not  reach  me  till  after  Mr.  Waters's  article  was  made  up,  but  for- 
tunately I  am  able  to  print  them  here.  They  will  be  welcomed  as  a  very 
important  discovery. 

These  letters  have  an  important  bearing  upon  the  question  of  the  parentage 
of  Rev.  Roger  Williams  discussed  in  Waters's  Gleanings.  As  the  writer  of  the 
letters  had  an  aged  mother  living  in  1629,  it  is  evident  he  was  not  the  Roger 
Williams  of  Roseworthy,  whose  mother  had  then  been  dead  twenty-three  years. 
The  writer's  expectation  of  property  to  be  received  at  the  death  of  his  mother 
does  not  come  far  from  the  sum,  ten  pounds  per  annum,  which  Roger,  sou  of 
James,  actually  received.  The  lowest  sum  named  in  the  letter  is  twenty  marks 
per  annum.     It  is  evident  that  the  writer  was  not  a  wealthy  man. 

The  letters  furnish  us  with  the  residence  of  Williams  in  1629.  It  was  at  High 
Laver  in  Essex,  not  more  than  a  dozen  miles  from  Chelmsford,  where  Rev. 
Thomas  Hooker  preached.  This  explains  why  Hooker  and  Williams  were 
together  in  their  ride  to  and  from  Semperingham,  as  related  by  the  latter  in  his 
"  Bloody  Tenent  yet  More  Bloody,"  as  follows  : 

' '  Possibly  Master  Cotton  may  call  to  minde  that  the  discusser  (riding  with 
himself  and  one  other  person  of  precious  memory  (Master  Hooker)  to  and  from 
Sempringham)  presented  his  Arguments  from  Scripture  why  he  durst  not  join 
with  them  in  their  use  of  Common  prayer." — (Pub.  Nar.  Club,  iv.  65.) 

Lady  Joan  Barrington,  to  whom  these  letters  were  addressed,  was  the  widow 
of  Sir  Francis  Barrington,  bart.,  who  died  in  1628.  They  were  the  parents  of 
Lady  Masham.  Lady  Barrington  was  a  daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Cromwell  and  an 
aunt  of  the  Protector  Cromwell.  Knowles,  in  his  Memoir  of  Roger  Williams, 
says,  "  It  has  been  supposed  that  he  [Williams]  was  a  relative  of  Oliver  Crom- 
well, one  of  whose  ancestors  was  named  Williams" ;  and  he  cites  Baylies's  New 
Plymouth  as  his  authority.  But  the  tradition  to  which  Baylies  refers  concerned 
Richard  Williams  of  Taunton,  not  Roger  of  Providence.  In  these  letters 
Williams  claims  no  relationship  to  Lady  Barrington. 

Written  as  the  letters  were  by  Williams  midway  between  his  leaving  Cam- 
bridge University  and  his  emigration  to  New  England,  they  throw  much  Ught 
on  a  portion  of  his  life  concerning  which  our  information  has  been  exceedingly 
meagre,  and  they  indicate  where  we  should  look  for  further  facts.  The  editor 
of  the  Register  has  asked  Mr.  Lowndes  to  communicate  any  facts  concerning 
Williams  which  he  may  find  among  the  manuscripts  at  Barrington  Hall.  Perhaps 
these  manuscripts  may  contain  information  about  the  New  England  emigration. 

As  both  John  Hampden,  the  patriot,  and  Oliver  Cromwell  were  own  cousins 
of  Lady  Masham,  in  whose  family  Roger  Williams  was  chaplain,  no  doubt  the 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  341 

latter,  during  his  residence  at  Otes,  saw  much  of  these  historic  personages.  It 
has  been  a  question  how  Williams  when  he  returned  to  England  in  1G43  obtained 
access  to  the  leaders  of  the  Parliamentary  cause.  But  in  the  case  of  Cromwell 
and  some  of  the  others  he  probably  became  acquainted  with  them  at  Otes  and 
Barrington  Hall  before  his  emigration  to  New  England. — Editor.] 

[Without  date,  written  before  next  letter  dated  May  2,  1629.] 

To  his  honorable 
good  ladie 
Ye  Lady 

Barrington  at 
Hatfield  Priorie 
these 
Madam 

Your  Laddiship  may  wonder  at  this  unwonted  absence !  &  also  aske 
what  meanes  this  Paper  deputie !  Give  me  leaue  (deare  Madame)  to  say 
with  David,  to  his  brothers  in  ye  field:  is  there  not  a  cause?  A  just 
happily  a  knowne  &  open  cause,  I  am  sure  to  yor  Ladysh  (who  as  an  Angell 
of  God  discerneth  wisely)  a  known  &  open  cause. 

Many  &  often  speeches  haue  long  fluttered  or  floune  abroad  concerning 
your  Ladiships  neere  kinswoman  &  my  unworthy  selfe.  What  little  care 
I  haue  given  that  way  (further  then  I  haue  harkened  after  your  Ladiships 
mind)  all  that  know  me  here  doe  know.  Yet  like  a  rowling  snow  ball  or 
some  flouing  streame  ye  report  extends  &  gathers  stronger  &  stronger 
which  causes  me  this  day  to  stand  behind  the  Hangings  &  will  not  be  seen 
any  way  countenancing  so  great  a  busines  wch  happily  may  want  strength 
to  bring  it  forth  to  see  the  light.  It  is  ye  command  of  ye  God  of  wisdome 
by  yl  wise  King  Salomon  Establish  thy  thoughts  by  councell.  I  presume 
therefore  to  consult  (as  most  of  right  I  acknowledge  I  ought)  with  ye 
soonest  with  yr  Ladiship,  especially  considering  her  loving  &  strong  affec- 
tion together  with  ye  report  as  story  abroad. 

Good  Madame  may  it  please  you  then  to  take  notice.  I  acknowledge 
my  selfe  altogeather  unworthy  &  unmeete  for  such  a  proposition.  The 
neereues  of  her  blood  to  yr  Ladiship  &  godly  flourishing  branches  hath 
forc't  me  to  confesse  her  Portion,  in  y*  regard,  to  be  beyond  compare  in- 
valuable. Yet  many  feares  have  much  possest  me  Longe  I  have  to  discover 
y*  sinceritie  &  Godlines  which  makes  ye  Lord  himselfe  to  like  his  Creature 
&  must  make  me  if  ever  I  have  receiued  some  good  Testimpnialls  from 
mine  own  experience  more  from  others  not  the  least  from  yor  good  Ladiships 
selfe.  Objections  have  come  in  about  her  spirit,  much  accused  for  passion- 
ate &  hastie,  rash  &  unconstant,  other  feares  about  her  present  condition  it 
being  some  Indecorum  for  her  to  condescend  to  my  low  Ebb  there  I  some 
what  stick :  but  were  all  this  cleared,  there  is  one  barr  not.likely  to  be  broken 
&  yl  is  the  present  Estate  of  us  both.  That  portion  it  hath  pleased  God 
to  allot  her  (as  I  heare)  is  not  for  present  &  happily  as  things  stand  now 
in  England  shall  never  be  by  us  enjoyed.  For  my  own  part  It  is  well 
kuoune  (though  I  would  gladly  conseale  my  selfe)  How  a  gracious  God  & 
tender  conscience  (as  Balak  said  to  Balaam)  hath  kept  me  back  from  honour 
and  preferment  Besides  many  former  offers  &  y*  late  New  England  call,  I 
have  since  had  2  several]  livings  proferred  to  me  each  of  them  100£  per 
annum;  but  as  things  yet  stand  among  us  I  see  not  how  any  meanes  &  I 
shall  meet  yl  way.  Nor  doe  I  seeke  nor  shall  I  be  draune  on  any  tearmes 
to  part  (even  to   my  last  parting)  from  Oates  so  long  as  any  competencie 


342  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

can  be  raised  or  libertie  affoorded.  I  shall  impart  the  utmost  to  your 
Ladiship  (more  punctually  than  ever  yet  to  any)  :  beside  this  meanes  I  now 
from  hence  enjoy  little  there  is  yet  I  can  call  mine.  After  the  death  of 
an  aged  loving  mother  amongst  some  other  Children  I  may  expect  (though 
for  the  present  she  be  close  &  will  not  promise)  some  20£  or  20  marks  per 
annum.  At  hand  undisposed  of  I  have  some  7  score  pieces  &  a  little  (yet 
costlie)  studie  of  bookes.  Thus  posessing  all  things  I  have  nothing,  yet 
more  than  God  owes  me,  or  then  my  blessed  Saviour  had  himselfe. 

Poore  yet  as  I  am  I  have  some  few  offers  at  present  one  put  into  my 
hand,  person  &  present  portion  worthy.  Yet  stand  they  still  at  dore  & 
shall  until  the  fairest  end  ye  Lord  shall  please  to  give  to  this  shall  come  to 
light.  I  have  been  told  to  open  to  your  Ladiship  the  whole  Anatomie  of 
this  busines.  To  wrong  your  precious  name  and  answer  her  kind  love  with 
want  would  be  like  gall  to  all  the  honey  of  my  life,  &  marr  my  marriage 
joys.  The  kind  affection  of  your  deare  Ladiship  &  worthy  niece  is  of 
better  merit  and  desert.  I  shall  add  for  the  present  I  know  none  in  the 
world  I  more  affect  &  (had  ye  Lord  been  pleased  to  say  amen  in  those 
other  regards)  should  doubtles  haue  fully  answered  (if  not  exceeded)  her 
affection. 

But  I  have  learned  another  Lesson  to  still  my  soule  as  a  weaned  childe 
&  give  offence  to  none.  I  have  learn'd  to  keepe  my  studie  and  pray  to  ye 
God  of  heaven  (as  oft  as  I  doe  pray)  for  the  everlasting  peace  and  well 
fare  of  your  kind  Ladiship,  whose  soule  &  comfort  is  in  ye  number  of  my 
greatest  cares.  The  Lord  that  hath  caried  you  from  the  wombe  to  gray 
haires  crown  those  gray  haires  by  making  your  last  dayes  (like  ye  close  of 
some  sweet  harmonie)  your  rest  fruitfull  (like  Sarah)  in  old  age  :  out 
shining  all  those  Starrs  y'  shine  about  you:  going  dowue  in  Peace,  rising 
in  Glory  in  the  armes  of  yor  dearest  Saviour.  To  wch  everlasting  armes  he 
often  commits  your  Soule  &  yours,  who  is 

ye  unworthiest  (though  faythfull)  of  all  y'  truely  serve  &  honour  you. 

Roger  Willaims. 


To  his  honorable  good 
Lady  ye  Lady  Barring- 
ton  at  Hatfield 

these 

Otes         May  2d  1629 
Madame 

I  am  forc't  (with  ye  Seaman)  for  want  of  a  full  gale  to  make  use  of  a 
side  wind  &  salute  your  Ladiship  by  another,  being  for  a  time  shut  out  my 
selfe  I  doubt  not  but  your  good  wisdome  &  loue  haue  fairely  interpreted 
my  carriage  in  ye  late  treatie,  &  I  allso  trust,  quieted  &  still'd  the  loving 
affections  of  your  worthy  niece.  We  hope  to  live  togeather  in  the  heavens 
though  ye  Lord  have  denied  that  union  on  Earth.  Dear  Madame,  Let  me 
beg  your  christian  Pardon  if  I  shall  acquaint  your  Ladiship  with  a  busines 
of  more  waight  &  consequence  &  much  neerer  concerning  your  selfe.  I 
beseech  you  to  reade  no  further  before  you  resolve  to  pardon  &  take  with 
the  right  hand  of  love,  from  the  Lord  himselfe,  a  message  sent  by  me, 
his  unworthy  Servant.  A  better  hand  might  better  pen  it,  A  better  heart 
more  tender  of  your  peace  &  everlasting  good,  none  y^uow  you  (if  I  can) 
shall  carrie  toward  you. 

What    I   shall    now    expresse    to    your    Ladiship    hath    long  lyen   like 


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fire  in  my  bones  Jer  20 :  9.  I  said  I  should  not  make  mention  of  his  name 
in  this  kind  to  you  but  his  word  was  in  my  heart  as  A  burning  fire  shut  up 
in  my  bones  &  I  was  weary  with  forbearing  &  I  could  not  stay. 

Good  Madame  it  is  not  for  nothing,  y'  ye  God  of  Heaven  hath  sent  such 
thunderclaps  of  late  and  made  such  great  offers  at  the  dore  of  your  Ladi- 
ships  heart.  Distractions  about  children  &  their  afflictions ;  deprivall  of  a 
deare  &  tender  yoake  fellow,  weaknesses  of  the  outward  &  troubles  in  the 
inward  man,  what  are  they  but  loud  alarums  to  awake  you  ? 

The  father  of  lights  be  pleased  himselfe  to  show  you  the  interpretation 
of  these  dreams,  certainly  (Madame)  ye  Lord  hath  a  quarrell  against  you. 
Woe  unto  me  if  I  hold  my  peace  &  hide  y'  from  you,  which  may  seeme 
bitter  at  present,  it  may  be  sweeter  than  houy  at  the  latter  end.  Incour- 
agement  to  be  naked  &  plaine  your  Ladiship  was  pleased  to  give  me  at 
Otes.  If  ever  (deare  Madame)  when  there  is  but  the  breadth  of  a  few  gray 
haires  betwene  you  &  your  everlasting  home  let  me  deale  uprightly  with  you. 

I  know  not  one  professor  amongst  all  I  know  whose  truth  and  faythfull- 
ness  to  Jesus  Christ  is  more  suspected,  doubted,  feared,  by  all  or  most  of 
those  y*  know  the  Lord. 

Woe  to  me  if  I  shall  conceale  what  great  thoughts  of  heart  the  Lord 
suffers  yet  to  be  &  breake  forth  in  his  dearest  Saincts  about  you.  And  yet 
no  hand  in  this  is  with  me,  The  God  of  Heaven  &  your  deare  Self  only 
know  these  secret  lines.  It  hath  almost  astonisht  me  (&  I  trust  will  deep- 
ly affect  your  Ladiship)  yl  not  only  inferiour  Christians  but  ministers, 
eagle  eyed,  faithfull  &  observant  to  your  Ladiship ;  after  so  many  yeares  of 
God's  patience  towards  you  so  long  profession,  such  helpes,  meanes  incom- 
parable should  yet  be  driuen  to  sigh,  to  say  little,  to  suspend  their  Judg- 
ments, to  hope  but  feare  &  doubt. 

I  know  (deare  Madame)  your  heart  is  full  at  these  relations,  I  beseech 
you  (as  David  said)  on  me  let  your  thoughts  &  the  burthen  fall,  but  what 
have  these  sheepe  done  ?  when  2  or  3  or  few  are  excepted :  y4  names  of 
so  great  a  number  may  well  be  spared. 

Three  things  especially  have  I  often  gathered  from  them.  First,  feares 
are  yl  the  world  hath  choakt  those  blessed  Seeds  y*  have  been  soune  &  keepes 
the  fruite  from  true  perfection.  2ndly  a  strangenes  from  the  faithfull  in 
spirituall  societie :  This  is  the  fayrest  evidence  of  Adoption.  If  this  Pin 
breakes  all  falls.  &  3d  a  stand  or  stay  in  the  wayes  of  holynes  young  plants 
of  yesterday  giving  fairer  testimonies  of  greater  fruitfulnes. 

Deare  Madame  I  beseech  you  by  all  those  multitudes  of  tender  motherly 
mercies  y*  are  in  God  &  exprest  to  you :  by  y'  inconceavable  patience  of 
the  Lord  toward  you :  by  ye  bowells  and  blood  of  ye  Lord  Jesus  by  all 
those  sweet  cords  of  love,  whereby  the  blessed  Spirit  of  God  hath  striven 
to  draw  you  make  a  stand  and  spread  my  letter  (as  Hezekiah)  before  ye 
Lord  in  secret. 

If  ever  (good  Madame)  cry  hard  &  ye  Lord  help  me  to  cry  for  you.  Let 
these  2  peticions  Psal.  51.  11  &  71.  9  be  cleare  to  you.  Rememb :  I  be- 
seech you  Revel  2.  2.  3  ye  Church  of  Ephesus  was  much  esteemed  by  God, 
for  her  works,  her  labour,  her  patience  her  not  bearing  with  those  y'  were 
Evill,  for  yl  she  had  borne,  &  for  his  sake  laboured,  aud  not  fainted  &  yet 
angry  was  he  &  he  had  something  against  her :  &  it  was  because  she  had 
left  her  first  love.  The  Lord  establish  my  hope  for  I  hope  it  may  be  but 
so  with  your  Ladiship  only  I  beseech  you  to  lay  to  heart  these  few  con- 
siderations. 

1.  First  Job  34.  9  [Qu.  19?].    He  with  whome  we  deale  excepteth  not  the 


344  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

persons  ol  princes  nor  regardeth  the  rich  more  than  the  poore  for  they 
are  all  the  worcke  of  his  hands. 

2.  When  birth  greater,  maintenance,  more  ample  time  longer  and  means 
of  grace  more  plentifull,  then  a  great  account  of  the  Lord  is  expected. 
Luc  12. 

3.  The  Lord  will  doe  what  he  will  with  his  owne.  He  owes  you  no 
mercy. 

Exod  33.  19.  I  will  be  gracious  to  whom  I  will  be  gracious  &  I  will 
shew  mercy  to  whome  I  will  shew  mercy. 

4.  Call  to  mind  what  a  cutt,  what  a  gnawing  worme  it  will  be  (ye  Lord, 
ye  Lord  forbid  it)  if  ever  you  cast  up  your  eye  toward  heaven,  &  see  so 
many  blessed  branches  in  the  bosome  of  Christ  &  yr  stock  rejected. 

5.  Slight  not  I  beseech  you  all  these  late  loud  alarums  &  sharp  files  with 
which  ye  lord  hath  striven  to  burnish  you  Ezech  24. 

6.  Remember  I  beseech  you  your  candle  is  twinkling  &  glasse  neare  run 
ye  Lord  only  knows  how  few  minutes  are  left  behind.  Psal  95.  10. 
Fourtie  yeares  was  I  grieved,  then  I  swore  in  my  wrath  they  should  never 
enter  into  my  rest.  No  heart  but  a  trembling  heart  can  get  assurance 
ye  Lord  hath  not  sworne  :  to  y*  heart  he  hath  sworne  to  be  gracious. 
In  yl  Petition  my  soule  follows  hard  after  him  &  still  will  I  wrastle  untill 
you  say,  a  blessing  is  come,  a  blessing  of  a  heart  softened  &  trembling  of 
a  Soule  gasping  after  Jesus  Christ.  A  blessing  of  Joye  refreshing  to  the 
faythfull  &  to  him  who  is  ever 

Your  Ladiships  most  faythfull  and 
truly  ob  servant 

Roger  Williams. 


Sampson  Cotton,  of  the  parish  of  S'.  Michael  Pater  Noster  in  the 
Royal,  London,  citizen  &  draper  of  London,  17  January  1634,  proved  23 
July  1635  by  Elizabeth  Cotton,  relict  and  executrix.  To  be  buried  in  the 
parish  church  of  St.  Michael  Pater  Noster,  aforesaid,  as  near  to  the  place 
where  my  loving  father  Mr.  Thomas  Juxon  was  buried  as  conveniently  may 
be.  All  debts  paid  and  funeralls  discharged,  all  my  personal  estate,  &c. 
according  to  the  laudable  custom  of  the  City  of  London,  shall  be  divided 
into  three  equal  parts  or  portions ;  one  third  to  wife  Elizabeth ;  one  other 
full  third  part  unto  &  amongst  Anne,  Elizabeth,  Johan,  Hester,  James, 
Sarah  and  Thomas  Cotton,  the  children  of  me,  the  said  Sampson  Cotton, 
equally  &c. ;  the  other  third  part  to  discharge  legacies  &  bequests  &c. 

To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Rosewardeu,  widow,  ten  pounds  per  annum  during 
her  natural  life ;  at  her  death,  to  my  said  ohildren.  To  my  sister  Anne 
Fuller,  widow,  two  hundred  &  fifty  pounds  at  the  end  of  six  months  after 
my  decease.  To  my  mother-in-law,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Juxon,  twenty  pounds. 
To  my  brother  Elias  Juxon  ten  pounds.  To  my  sister  Mary  Hobbey,  wid- 
ow, five  pounds.  To  John  Hobbey  five  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Michael 
Handcorne  five  pounds.  To  Thomas  Juxon  three  pounds.  To  Richard 
Juxon  three  pounds.  To  Philip  Bowles  three  pounds.  To  Mr.  Worme 
forty  shillings.  To  the  church  warden  of  S*.  Michael  Pater  Noster  in  the 
ioyal,  whereof  I  am  a  parishioner,  towards  the  repairs  of  the  said  parish 
church,  five  pounds.  To  Andrew  Vaughan  three  pounds.  To  Richard 
Sotherne  three  pounds.  To  Edward  Lowe  three  pounds.  To  William 
Outram  forty  shillings.  To  Sibill  Maybanke,  my  servant,  twenty  shillings. 
To  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Decon  twenty  nobles  currant  English  money.     All 


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these  said  several  legacies,  from  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Juxon  unto  my  cousin  Eliza- 
beth Deacon,  my  will  &  mind  is  shall  be  paid  at  the  end  of  six  months  after 
my  decease.  To  my  apprentice  Thomas  Lightfobte  twenty  nobles,  to  be  paid 
him  at  the  expiration  of  his  apprenticeship,  if  he  be  then  living  &  shall 
faithfully  and  diligently  dwell  with  me  and  serve  my  said  wife  during  the 
whole  term  of  his  apprenticeship.  To  seventy  poor  men  ten  shillings  apiece 
after  my  funeral.  My  wife  to  be  sole  executrix,  and  my  friends,  Philip 
Bowles  and  Michael  Handcorne,  overseers. 

Wit ;  Richard  Rochdale,  scr.  and  Samuel  Ball  servant  to  the  said  scr. 

A  codicil,  of  same  date,  contains  nothing  that  seems  of  importance  gene- 
alogically. Sadler,  82. 

[The  testator  of  the  above  will  was  the  father-in-law  of  Edmund  Sheefe  (see 
the  latter's  will) ,  and  grandfather  of  Sampson  Sheaf e  of  New  England.  That  he 
did  not  belong  to  the  same  family  as  the  Revd.  John  Cotton  of  Boston,  would 
seem  probable  from  a  tricking  of  the  arms  of  Sheaf e  impaling  Cotton  (1640), 
in  Harleian  MS.  1466,  fo.  5b,  to  which  my  friend  Mr.  Eedes  called  my  attention, 
in  the  British  Museum,  and  which  must  apply  to  this  match.  These  arms  are 
as  follows,  viz. : — Ermine,  on  a  chevron  gules,  between  three  pellets,  as  many  garbs 
or,  impaling,  per  f esse,  argent  &  azure,  a  lion  rampant  counterchanged. 

From  this  will  we  get  another  line  of  ancestry  for  Sampson  Sheaf e  and  his 
descendants,  viz.  :  the  "  famous  family  "  of  Juxon. 

I  have  numerous  wills  and  other  notes  relating  to  the  Sheafe  and  Juxon 
families  and  their  alliances. — h.  f.  w.] 

Thomas  Juxon,  citizen  and  merchant  taylor  of  London,  20  October  1620, 
with  codicil  dated  6  November  1620,  proved  5  December  1620,  by  Eliza- 
beth Juxon,  relict  &  executrix.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  S'. 
Michael  Pater  Noster  in  the  Royal,  where  I  am  a  parishioner,  at  the  upper 
end  of  the  aisle  on  the  right  hand  going  into  the  said  church,  as  near  the 
place  where  my  daughter  Katherine  was  buried  as  may  be.  My  personal 
estate  to  be  divided  into  three  equal  parts,  according  to  the  honorable  cus- 
tom of  the  City  of  London.  One  full  third  part  to  my  faithful  wife  Eliza- 
beth Juxon.  One  other  equally  just  third  part  unto  &  amongst  my  child- 
ren unadvanced — that  is  to  say — Albone  Juxon,  Elias  ats  Ellis  Juxon, 
Thomas  Juxon,  Richard  Juxon,  my  sons,  and  Sara  Juxon,  my  daughter,  the 
children  of  me  the  said  Thomas  Juxon  and  the  said  Elizabeth  Juxon  my  wife 
(equally).  The  other  third  part  I  reserve  for  myself  to  pay  legacies  &c.  Fifty 
pounds  to  the  church  wardens  of  the  church  of  S'.  Michael  Pater  Noster  in  the 
Royal,  towards  the  repairing  of  the  said  parish  church  and  of  the  windows 
belonging  to  the  same,  by  and  with  the  consent  and  direction  of  Mr.  Angell, 
Mr.  Archdale,  Mr.  Browne,  Mr  Jadwin,1  Mr.  Worsopp,  Mr.  Cotten  and  Mr. 
Rochdale,  or  any  four  of  them  (being  vestrymen  of  the  said  parish)  ;  the  said 
fifty  pounds  to  be  paid  within  one  year  after  my  decease  and  to  be  expended 
in  three  years.  To  Mr.  Woorme,  parson  of  the  said  church,  six  pounds 
thirteen  shillings  four  pence,  wherewith  to  buy  himself  a  mourning  gown, 
or  otherwise  to  be  by  him,  at  his  own  freewill,  disposed  of. 

I  do  give  and  bequeath  the  great  ladder  &  hook,  with  a  pole  in  it,  now 
remaining  in  the  said  church  and  made  and  paid  for  by  me,  unto  the  said 
parish  for  the  help  of  the  parishioners  and  other  neighbors  upon  occasion  of 
accident  of  fire  (from  which  need  Good  Lord  defend  us  and  this  famous 
city)  and,  to  the  end  the  same  may  be  safely  restored  if  it  shall  so  happen 
the  same  to  be  lent  out  of  the  parish,  my  will  is  that  the  church  wardens  of 
the  said  parish  do  cause  a  mark  to  be  sei  thereupon  whereby  it  may  appf:ir 
unto  what  parish  the  same  do  belong.     1  give  unto  u»e  Company  of  Mer- 


34(3  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

cbant  tailors  in  London,  whereof  I  am  a  member,  wherewith  to  make  them 
a  dinner  on  the  day  of  my  funeral,  twenty  &  five  poundo.  To  the  clerk 
of  the  same  Company  fifty  three  shillings  four  pence  &  to  the  Bedell  of  the 
same  Company  twenty  six  shillings  &  eight  pence.  Unto  Susan  Juxon,  the 
daughter  of  my  son  Albone,  fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  unto  her  at  her  full  age 
of  one  &  twenty  years,  or  her  day  of  marriage  &c.  &c. 

Item  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  in  law  Sampson  Cotton  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  pounds,  currant  English  money;  and  1  do  also  give  & 
bequeath  unto  my  son  Sampson  Cotton  to  and  for  the  use  of  Anne,  Eliza- 
beth, Mary,  Joane  and  Hester,  the  children  of  the  said  Sampson  and  Eliza- 
beth his  wife,  the  daughter  of  me  the  said  Thomas  Juxon,  fifty  pounds  apiece, 
currant  English  money  &c.  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  in  law 
Richard  Hobby  one  hundred  pounds,  and  also,  to  and  for  the  use  of  Robert, 
John,  Richard,  Anne,  Rachell  and  Mary  Hobby,  the  children  of  the  said 
Richard  Hobby  and  Mary  his  wife,  the  daughter  of  me  the  said  Thomas 
Juxon,  the  sum  of  three  score  pounds  &c.  To  my  son  in  law  William 
Pitt  and  Rebecca  his  wife  one  hundred  pounds ;  and  unto  such  child  as  my 
said  daughter  Rebecca  is  now  big  and  goeth  withall,  ten  pounds.  And  so 
God  bless  my  sons  in  law  Sampson  Cotton,  Richard  Hobby  and  William 
Pitt,  their  wives  and  children. 

To  my  son  Albone,  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  son  Elias  als  Ellis  one 
hundred  pounds.  To  Thomas,  Richard  and  Sara  Juxon,  my  children,  one 
hundred  pounds  apiece.  My  desire  and  request  unto  my  said  son  Sampson 
Cotton  is  that  he  be  aiding  and  assisting  unto  my  said  wife  in  the  discharge 
of  the  trust  which  by  this  my  last  will  I  have  reposed  in  her.  Provision 
made  to  buy  mourning  for  wife,  sons  &  daughters  &  their  children  and 
mourning  cloaks  for  all  such  as  shall  be  my  servants  at  the  time  of  my 
decease,  and  also  mourning  for  my  maid  servants.  And  for  William  Pitt 
the  elder  a  mourning  cloak  and  for  William  Marsh,  a  mourning  cloak,  or 
four  pounds  apiece  in  money  (the  two)  wherewith  to  provide  them  cloaks. 
Also  for  to  provide  forty  poor  mens  gowns  to  be  given  unto  forty  poor  men, 
to  wear  at  my  funeral,  and  no  more  mourning  to  be  given  at  my  charge 
either  unto  my  own  or  my  wife's  kindred.  To  Ss.  Bartholomew  Hospital, 
near  West  Smithfield,  ten  pounds.  To  Christ  Hospital,  near  Newgate 
Market,  London,  twenty  nobles.  To  my  apprentice  William  Waunderton 
ten  pounds,  to  be  paid  him  at  the  end  of  his  apprenticeship  if  he  shall  serve 
my  said  wife  or  my  son  Sampson  Cotton  the  full  term  of  his  apprenticehood, 
truly,  dutifully,  faithfully  and  diligently.  To  all  my  workmen  within  my 
house,  viz. :  Michael  Handcorne,  Andrew  Vaughan,  Richard  Southwood, 
Edward  Lowe  and  Richard  Weare,  forty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  said 
wife  ten  pounds  to  this  end  &  purpose,  that  she  shall  give  and  distribute 
the  same  unto  Mary  Hanckinson,  my  said  wife's  sister. 

To  my  wife  all  my  lands,  tenements  &c.  in  Newbury,  and  the  towns, 
parishes,  fields  &  hamlets  about  Newbury,  in  Berks,  &c.  My  messuage 
in  Colmau  Street,  on  the  West  side  of  the  street,  to  my  son  Thomas  and 
tenements  in  Newbury.  My  son  in  law  Sampson  Cotton  &  sou  Ellis  Juxon 
to  be  overseers. 

Wit:  Ellis  Crispe,  Robert  Angell,  Edward  Browne,  John  Worsopp,  John 
Saal  and  Richard  Rochdale  scr. 

In  the  codicil  he  revokes  the  bequest  of  a  hundred  pounds  to  Ridiard 
Hobby  and  gives  to  his  loving  friend  Ellis  Crispe,  citizen  &  salter  of  Lon- 
don, two  hundred  &  fifty  pounds  at  the  end  of  twelve  months  next  and 
immediately  ensuing  after   that  Elizabeth,   the   testator's   now   wife,   shall 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  347 

after  the  decease  of  him  the  said  Thomas  Juxon,  either  marry  or  otherwise 
depart  this  mortal  life,  which  of  these  two  shall  first  aud  next  happen  or 
come  after  the  decease  of  the  said  Thomas.  Soame.  1 16. 

[Thomas  Juxon  was  an  "adventurer"  or  member  of  the  Virginia  Company 
of  London. 

1  Thomas  Jadwin,  a  member  of  the  Virginia  Company  of  London. 

John  Jadwin  patented  650  acres  of  land  on  the  south  side  of  Rappahannock 
River,  at  the  head  of  Sharp's  Creek,  formerly  taken  up  by  John  Sharp,  Nov.  13, 
1658,  now  renewed  Feb.  12,  1662.  Va.  Land  Registry,  Book  No.  4,  p.  566.  It 
appears  that  a  son  of  John  Jadwin,  patentee,  went  into  Talbot  Co.,  Md.,  in  1672. 
C.  C.  Jadwin,  Honesdale,  Wayne  Co.,  Peun.,  has  in  preparation  a  Jadwin 
Genealogy. — R.  A.  Brock,  Bichmond,  Va.} 

John  Scot  of  Mattox,  Westmoreland  County,  Virginia,  merchant,  28 
May  1700,  now  bound  to  sea.  To  my  two  sisters  and  their  children  that  I 
believe  is  in  Ireland,  whose  maiden  names  are  Jane  aud  Rebecca  Scott,  one 
hundred  pounds  sterling,  to  be  paid  by  my  executor,  Gustavos  Scott  of 
Bristol.  To  my  brother  James's  son,  named  Gustavos,  thirty  pounds  ster- 
ling, to  be  paid  out  of  the  money  his  father  and  mother  "  is  due  "  to  me. 
To  my  brother  Gustavos  twenty  pounds  sterling,  out  of  the  said  money  due 
by  sister.  And  in  case  the  Ship  Potomack  Galley  that  I  have  shipt  most 
of  my  tobacco  on  board  should  miscarry  and  not  get  safe  home,  as  God  for- 
bid, then  my  will  is  the  above  legacies  to  be  paid  but  the  half  part  of  what 
I  have  above  named,  and  the  remainder  to  my  wife  and  children  &c.  To 
my  son  John  my  plantation  I  now  dwell  on,  that  I  bought  of  Capt.  Thomas 
Mountjoy.  If  he  dies  before  marriage,  or  before  he  cometh  of  age,  the 
said  plantation  to  go  to  my  daughter  Jane  and  her  heirs.  To  the  said  Jane 
the  tract  of  land,  five  hundred  acres  on  the  North  East  branch  of  the  Poto- 
mack River  in  Maryland,  called  in  the  "  Paton  "  Strabane,  with  remainder 
to  John  and  his  heirs.  The  plantation  of  mine  at  the  head  of  Pope's  Creek 
which  I  bought  from  Abraham  Field  to  my  wife  Sarah ; — also  the  benefit 
of  the  plantation  I  now  dwell  on  until  my  son  John  come  of  age.  The  rest 
of  my  estate  equally  between  my  children  John,  Jane  and  my  wife;  and 
if  she  be  with  child  then  such  child  shall  have  one  equal  share.  If  my 
children  all  die  without  heirs,  remainder  to  my  nephew  Gustavos  Scott, 
next  to  my  brother  Gustavos.  When  my  son  John  attains  to  the  age  of 
eight  or  nine  years  he  shall  be  sent  to  England  to  his  uncle  Gustavos,  to  be 
kept  at  school  there. 

My  wife  Sarah  to  be  the  executrix  in  trust  and  my  kinsman  Mr  Wil- 
liam Graham  and  Mr.  Andrew  Munroe2  the  executors  in  trust  to  my  child- 
ren until  they  come  of  age.  My  son  John  and  brother  Gustavos  Scott  of 
Bristol  to  be  executors.  A  mourning  ring  to  John  Hoare,  aud  to  his  son 
John,  my  godson,  a  thousand  pounds  of  tobacco.  To  my  kinsman  William 
Graham  ten  pounds  (in  money)  and  my  watch  which  I  carry  to  England  to 
be  repaired.  To  Mr.  Andrew  Munroe  my  silver  hilted  sword  and  belt,  a 
case  of  pistols  and  holsters.     To  Mr.  David  Wilson  a  gold  ring. 

AVit:  Nathaniel  Pope,  Charles  Tankersly,  James  Mason,  David  Wilson, 
Thomas  Wickers. 

Corke  7br  ye  29th.  1702  My  Deare  this  comes  to  advise  that  I  thanke 
God  I  am  safe  arrived  here  and  in  good  health  and  shall  be  cleere  to  Sale 
this  weeke  I  can  heare  of  noe  convoy  as  yet  if  there  be  any  hopes  of  Convoy 
in  any  short  time  I  will  stay  for  it.  if  not  I  will  sayle  as  soone  as  I  get  cleere. 
our  beef  stands  us  5s.  a  bar.  more  then  I  can  buy  for  now.  fouer  of  yours 
I  have  received  which  is  a  °Teat  satisfaccon  to  mee  to  heare  of  your  health 


348  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

&  wotel  doles  (sic)  I  pray  God  continue  it  to  you  and  send  you  a  safe 
delivery  in  his  own  goode  time,  I  have  receivd  a  Letter  from  Virginia  from 
Couzen  Wm.  Graham  and  the  Copy  of  my  Brothers  Will  which  I  have  sent 
you  &  brother  Galbraith  with  a  Letter  of  Attorney  by  a  Publ  Notary  for 
I  heare  the  little  John  is  gone  for  Bristol.  So  I  would  have  brother  and 
you  to  take  Councill  and  act  as  you  see  fit  in  for  I  am  whole  Executor  in 
the  Will  next  post  I  will  write  you  more  at  large  my  love  to  brother  and 
sister  I  hope  bathing  will  prove  effectual  wth  them.  I  thanke  Mrs.  Long 
for  her  and  give  mine  to  her  againe,  and  I  wish  her  a  good  husband,  my 
Deare  be  sure  not  to  be  forgettfull  of  what  I  formerly  write  you  from 
Waterford  that  is  to  be  kind  to  yourselfe  I  will  send  you  by  Mr.  ffowles 
some  Tongues  and  Salmon  I  sent  you  by  Mr  Becher  Sr.  John  Duddlestons 
sonn  abroad  peece  with  my  kind  love  to  yorselfe  I  am  yo™      Gust:  Scott. 

Loving  Brother.  Inclosed  is  a  Letter  to  you  from  Wm.  Graham  and  a 
power  of  Attorney  by  a  Not.  Publ.  from  me  and  a  copy  of  my  broth"  to 
Capt.  ffrencklen  tell  me  that  Mr.  Marten  is  gone  to  Bristoll  so  my  desire  is 
that  you  may  take  Councill  and  do  in  it  as  you  see  fitt  I  doe  suppose  that 
Coll11.  Lee  has  wret  to  me  wch  per  gues  wch  may  be  some  direction  to  you 
I  have  no  more  to  Ad,  but  have  dranke  yor  health  in  a  full  glass  of  good 
Clarrett  with  some  of  yor  ff  reinds,  Give  my  kind  Lo.  to  Betty  &  Dolay  & 
Gusay  &  Wotel  Dolay  when  they  comes  to  Towne  and  Margaret  and  the 
same  to  your  selfe.     I  rest  yor  Lo.  Brother  Gust.  Scott. 

Pray  sell  the  little  bagg  of  Indico  of  mine  y4  at  yor  house  and  you  will 
oblige  yor  bro :   G :  S : 

William  Galbraith  of  the  City  of  Bristol  Merchant  maketh  Oath  that 
on  or  about  the  Twentieth  day  of  August  last  past  Gustaves  Scott  of  the 
City  of  Bristol  Mariner,  brother  of  John  Scot  late  of  Mattox  of  Westmore- 
land County  in  Virginia  Merchant  deceased  set  sail  from  the  Port  of  Bristoll 
in  a  voyage  for  Cork  in  Ireland  and  Montserat  and  he  further  saith  that  on 
or  about  the  Seventeenth  day  of  October  last  past  this  Deponent  received 
by  the  Post  a  letter  from  the  said  Gustaves  Scott  from  Cork  aforesaid  with 
one  within  on  the  same  sheet  of  paper,  for  Elizabeth  the  wife  of  the  said 
Gustaves  Scott  which  letter  is  hereto  fixed  for  the  contents  thereof  this 
Deponent  referreth  himself  and  he  saith  that  enclosed  in  the  said  letter 
there  came  a  copy  of  the  last  Will  and  Testament  of  the  said  John  Scott 
attested  from  Virginia  which  copy  of  the  said  Will  this  Deponent  appre- 
hends by  the  said  letter  he  the  said  Gustaves  received  whilst  he  was  at 
Cork  aforesaid.  And  this  Deponent  saith  that  after  his  receipt  as  afore- 
said of  the  said  letter  from  the  said  Gustaves  Scott  this  Deponent  delivered 
the  copy  of  the  said  Will  to  the  said  Elizabeth  Scott  together  with  the  Let- 
ter aforesaid  which  Copy  of  the  said  Will  this  Deponent  received  again 
from  the  said  Elizabeth  Scott  and  the  same  was  lately  delivered  by  this 
Deponent  or  his  agent  unto  Mr.  John  Hill  one  of  the  Proctors  of  the  Pre- 
rogative Court  of  Canterbury.  And  this  Deponent  further  saith  that  these 
said  letters  are  all  the  proper  hand  writing  of  the  said  Gustaves  Scott  with 
whose  hand  writing  this  Deponent  is  well  acquainted.        Wm.  Galbraith. 

Jurat  apud  Civi?  Bristoll  xiiii°  die  Decembris  1702  Coram  me  Tho: 
Oldfield  uS  mro"""  Cur  Cant  Extr. 

Decimo  nono  die  mensis  Decembris  Anno  Domini  Millesimo  septin- 
gentesimo  secundo  Emanavit  Commissio  Elizabethae  Scott  ux  et  Attornatas 
Ifrmae  Gustavi  Scott  modo  in  partibus  transmarinis  fratris  nfalis  et  lEimi  et 
unius  Executorum  nominal  in  Testamento  Johanis  Scott  nup,  de  Mattox  in 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  349 

Com  Westmorlandiae  in  Virginia  def'  hen  etc.  Ad  Administrandum  bona 
jura  et  eredita  diet  defti  juxta  tenorem  et  effectual  Testmti  ipsius  defuncti 
in  usum  et  beneficium  et  durante  abnia  dci  Gustavi  Scott  de  bene  et  fideliter 
administrando  eadem  Ad  Seta  Dei  Evangelia  Jurat  vigore  comfiis. 

Heme,  206. 

[2  This  was  probably  Eev.  Andrew  Munroe,  who  appears  among  the  ministers 
of  the  Established  Church  in  1696.  Small  patents  of  land  were  granted  an 
AndreAv  Munroe  in  Northumberland  Co.,  Va.,  the  first  of  200  acres,  June  8,  1650, 
in  which  he  is  named  as  one  of  the  "Head  Rights."  Book  No.  1,  p.  225,  Va. 
Land  Registry. 

Rev.  John  Munroe  was  a  Rector  in  Northumberland  Co. ,  Va. ,  in  1692.  The 
tradition  in  Virginia  is  that  Andrew  Monroe,  the  ancestor  of  President  James 
Monroe,  was  a  Major  in  the  Royal  Army,  and  came  to  Virginia  after  its  defeat. 
Spencer  Monroe,  the  father  of  the  President,  and  John  Monroe,  appear  among 
the  signers  to  "  Westmoreland  Association,"  formed  in  opposition  to  the  Stamp 
Act,  Feb.  27,  1766.— R.  A.  Brock.] 

John  Page  of  Gloucester  County  in  Virginia,  designing  shortly  a 
voyage  for  England,  20  April  1709,  proved  2  January  1718.  To  my  dear 
and  loving  daughter  Elizebeth  Page  all  her  mother's  clothes,  rings  and 
Jewells  and  five  guineas  to  lay  out  on  such  jewell  or  ornament  as  she  shall 
think  proper,  at  the  age  of  twelve  years,  which  will  be  on  the  fourth  day  of 
November  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  four- 
teen, and  such  a  certain  sum  of  money  besides  as  with  what  is  due  from  the 
estate  of  Capt.  Francis  Page8  and  Mrs  Elizabeth  Page  (her  mother)  de- 
ceased, which  will  appear  by  my  account  of  the  said  estates  given  into  the 
General  Court,  will  make  the  full  sum  of  three  thousand  pounds  of  lawful 
English  money,  to  be  paid  her  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years.  To  my 
dear  and  loving  daughter  Mary  Page  the  full  sum  of  three  thousand  pounds  ; 
that  is  to  say  two  thousand  pounds  of  the  said  sum  to  be  paid  her  three 
months  after  the  day  of  her  marriage  or  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years, 
which  shall  first  happen,  and  the  other  thousand  pounds  to  be  paid  her  at 
the  age  of  twenty  one  years,  which  will  be  on  the  twenty  eighth  day  of 
January  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  twenty 
seven ;  also  a  pair  of  gold  ear-rings  set  with  rubies  and  rose  diamonds,  in  a 
shagreen  case,  and  one  large  gold  wedding  ring,  one  gold  ring  enamelled 
with  blue  and  another  with  black,  which  were  her  mother's,  and  the  half  of 
all  my  china  ware  in  my  now  dwelling  house  in  the  said  Gloucester  Countj\ 
To  my  loving  daughter  in  law  Martha  Page4  all  her  mother's  rings  and  jew  • 
ells  except  the  ear-rings  and  the  other  three  rings  already  bequeathed  to 
my  daughter  Mary,  and  the  other  half  of  my  china  ware  &c.,  and  one  large 
common  prayer  book,  with  a  shagreen  cover,  plated  with  silver  and  clasps, 
which  was  her  mothers.  To  my  loving  son  in  law  Mann  Page,6  upon  his 
arrival  in  Virginia,  a  saddle  horse  such  as  he  shall  choose  upon  any  of  my 
plantations,  and  a  large  folio  Bible  with  a  turkey  leather  cover,  plated  with 
silver  and  clasps,  a  silver  watch,  a  silver  hiked  sword,  a  "  Tortes  "  shell 
and  silver  hilted  hanger  and  belt,  and  one  "  Torter  "  shell  and  silver  handed 
horsewhip,  a  crimson  velvet  housen  and  holster  cape  trimed  with  silver  lace, 
and  a  silver  tobacco  box,  which  were  his  father's,  also  five  pictures  in  double 
lackered  frames,  now  hanging  in  the  parlor  of  my  said  dwelling  house  &c. 
(viz1)  of  his  father  Col.  Matthew  Page,  of  his  mother  Mrs  Mary  Page,  of 
himself  and  of  his  two  sisters  Alice  and  Martha. 

Reference  made  to  a  bond  to  pay  the  said  Mann  Page  (now  under  twen- 
ty one)  to  the  value  of  two  thousand  pounds  sterling  in  negroes,  cattle, 
horses,  mares,  sheep,  hogs,  housebould  necessaries,  working  tools  &c,  and 


350  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

forty  hogsheads  of  prized  tobacco  upon  the  plantation  of  the  said  Mann 
Page  in  New  Kent  County,  which  is  to  be  in  full  payment  of  what  is  due 
to  the  said  Mann  Page  out  of  his  said  father's  estate.  And  whereas  it  would 
he  a  very  great  hindrance  and  loss  to  my  said  son  in  law  Mann  Page  to 
have  his  plantation  in  Gloucester  County  unstockt  when  they  shall  come  in- 
to his  hands,  therefore  my  will  is  that  he  may  have  the  whole  stock  of 
negroes  except  George  and  Jemmy  two  of  my  carpenters  and  Doll  and 
Poll  two  housewenches  and  their  children  (together  with  other  stock  &c). 
To  my  godson  South  Napier,6  son  of  Robert  Napier  formerly  of  New  Kent 
County,  twenty  pounds  six  months  after  my  decease  to  buy  him  a  young 
negro.  To  my  god  son  Edward  Diggs,  son  of  Col.  Dudley  Diggs,  twenty 
pounds  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years.  To  my  godson  Matthew  "Walker, 
son  of  Mr  Joseph  Walker  of  York  County,  thirty  pounds  in  six  months 
after  my  decease,  to  be  laid  out  in  purchasing  two  negro  children,  which, 
with  their  increase,  to  go  to  him  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years. 

To  my  son  John  Page  all  the  residue,  both  real  and  personal  in  England 
and  Virginia  or  elsewhere,  and  he  to  be  executor,  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
years,  which  will  be  on  the  twenty  second  day  of  December  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  seventeen;  and  until  my  said  son 
John  Page  shall  attain  to  the  age  of  eighteen  years  I  appoint  my  loving  friends 
Mr.  Edward  Barkley,  of  Gloucester  County,  Mr.  Joseph  Walker,  of  York 
County,  Mr.  Robert  Anderson  junr.  of  New  Kent  County,  aud  Mr.  Richard 
Wiltshier  of  Gloucester  County,  Trustees  to  see  this  my  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment duly  executed,  and  my  son  in  law  Mann  Page  to  be  joined  in  this 
Trust  at  his  age  of  twenty  one. 

Wit:   Guy  Smith  cler.,  John  Pratt,  Hugh  Hughes. 

2  January  1718,  Deposition  of  Micajah  Perry  aud  Richard  Perry,  of  the 
parish  of  Sl.  Katherine  Cree  Church,  London,  merchants,  and  John  Page, 
of  York  County  in  Virginia,  gentleman,  that  they  were  well  acquainted 
with  John  Page  the  elder,  late  of  Glocester  County  in  Virginia,  but  at 
Bethnal  Green  in  the  parish  of  Stepney  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  mer- 
chant, deceased,  and  with  his  handwriting  for  several  years  next  before  and 
till  the  time  of  his  death,  which  happened  sometime  iu  the  year  one  thou- 
sand seven  hundred  and  ten  &c.  &c. 

The  above  will  was  proved  by  the  oath  of  John  Page  the  executor  &c. 

Browning,  14. 

[3  John  Page,  son  of  Matthew  the  emigrant,  married  first,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Capt.  Francis  Page  and  his  wife  Mary  daughter  of  Edward  Digges;  and 
secondly,  Martha,  widow  of  Matthew  Page. 

4  Wife  of  his  son  John. 

4  Son  of  his  second  wife. 

6  The  name  Napier  is  still  represented  in  Virginia.  The  will  of  Patrick 
Napier,  "  chirurgeon,"  was  probated  in  York  county,  Va.,  April  12,  1669.  He 
mentions  wife  Elizabeth,  son  Robert,  and  daughter  Prances. — R.  A.  Brock.] 

Joseph  Thokowgood  (ante,  page  313).  We  are  favored  by  Mr. 
Brock  with  the  following  extract  from  a  letter  to  him  by  Langdon  Cheves, 
Esq.,  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  relating  to  the  persons  and  places  mentioned  in 
Mr.  Thorowgood's  will. 

The  plantation  mentioned  in  that  will  is  situated  in  St.  James's  (Goose  Creek) 
parish  in  Berkeley  county,  about  20  miles  from  Charleston.  It  is  still  knowoi  as 
"  Thoroughgood."  It  Avas  granted  to  Joseph  Thorowgood  by  the  Lords  Pro- 
prietors, and  after  his  death  passed  to  William  Thorowgood,  from  whom  it 
passed  to  Andrew  Allen,  of  Charleston,  Esq.,  and  from  him  by  descent  to  the 
Deas  family.  Joseph  Thorowgood  wras,  I  believe,  a  son  of  Sir  Benjamin 
Thorowgood,  Knt. ,  Alderman  of  London. 


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The  John  Ashby  mentioned  was  second  son  of  George  Ashby,  Esq.,  of 
Qnenby  Ha!l,  co.  Leicester.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Benjamin 
Thorowgood,  Knt.  (above  mentioned).  (See  Burke's  Como.  Vol.  IV.,  "  Ashby." j 
He  was  active  in  the  settlement  of  Carolina  and  was  created  a  "  Cassique  "  under 
Locke's  Constitution. 

His  son  John  Ashby,  Esq.,  of  Quenby  (in  St.  James's  parish,  South  Carolina), 
second  Cassique,  was  Receiver  General  of  the  Province.  His  family  remained 
in  possession  of  Quenby  until  after  the  war,  1861-1865. 

Philobert  Cogan  of  Chard  in  the  County  of  Somerset,  gentleman,  10 
February  1640,  proved  12  April  1641.  To  the  parish  church  twenty  shil- 
lings. To  the  poor  of  the  town  of  Chard  twenty  shillings.  To  my  son 
Thomas  Cogan  one  gold  ring,  or  ten  shillings.  To  Mary  Ludloe,  my 
daughter,  one  gold  ring,  or  ten  shillings.  To  Elizabeth  Endecott,  my  daugh- 
ter, one  gold  ring,  or  ten  shillings.  To  Martha  Holway,  my  daughter,  oue 
gold  ring,  or  ten  shillings.  To  Margaret  Cogan,  my  daughter,  three  hun- 
dred pounds.  To  Ann  Robinson,  my  daughter,  one  gold  ring,  or  ten  shil- 
lings. To  Susan  Cogan,  my  daughter,  one  gold  ring,  or  ten  shillings.  The 
rest  to  Ann  my  now  wife  whom  I  do  make  and  ordain  sole  executrix  of 
this  my  last  will  and  testament.  To  my  son  Thomas  (sundry  moveables) 
after  the  decease  of  my  said  wife.  And  if  he  die  without  issue  my  daugh- 
ter Susan  shall  hold  and  enjoy  my  closes  of  land,  meadow  and  pasture  (de- 
scribed). If  William  Cogan,  my  cousin,  do  discharge  my  said  executrix  of 
all  such  bonds,  bills  and  obligations  as  I  do  stand  bound  with  and  for  him 
unto  Mr.  John  Barcroft  and  Margaret  Webb  widow  then  I  do  give  and  de- 
vise unto  him  my  said  Cousin  William  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds.  I  desire 
my  good  friends  Mr.  John  Hody  Gen*,  and  my  sou  in  law  Mr.  Peter  Hol- 
way to  be  my  overseers  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament. 

Evelyn,  40. 

[The  following  pedigree  of  this  family  is  copied  from  vol.  xi.  page  26  of  the 
Publications  of  the  Harleian  Society  containing  the  Visitation  of  Somerset,  in 
1623.     The  arms  are  :  Gules,  three  leaves  erect  argent. 

NICHOLAS  COGAN = 

of  Chard,  co.  Som. 


I  I 

Robert  Cogan.        Richard.        Thomas  Cogan=Eliz.  d.  of Fisher 


1  3  of  Chard.    2 


of  co.  Som. 


1  I 

Thomas  Cogan.  Philibert  Cogan  of  Chard=Ann,  d.  of  Thos.  Marshall 

1  act.  60,  1623.        2  of  Downton,  co.  Wilts. 


II  II  II  I 

Mary,  set.  19.  Martha,  at.  10.  Ann,  ret.  6.  Thomas,  ret.  13. 

Eliz.,  ret.  16.  Margaret,  ret.  8.  Susan,  ret.  3. 

[Signed]  Philobekt  Cogan. 

H.  F.  W. 

The  christian  name  of  the  last  wife  of  Gov.  John  Endicott  was  Elizabeth. 
Winthrop  m  his  History  of  New  England,,  under  date  of  August  18,  1630,  has 

this  entry:  "  Capt.  Endicott  and Gibson  were  married  by  the  governor 

and  Mr.  Wilson."  According  to  Hubbard's  New  England,  page  165,  Roger 
Ludlow,  deputy  governor  of  Massachusetts,  was  a  brother-in-law  of  Endicott. 
By  the  above  will  of  Philobert  Cogan,  we  find  that  Cogan  had  daughters,  Mary 
Ludlow  and  Elizabeth  Endicott.     1  infer  that  they  were  respectively  the  wives 


352  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

of  Eoger  Ludlow  and  John  Endicott.  The  christian  name  of  the  wife  of  Ludlow 
is  not  given  in  the  Ludlow  pedigree,  by  Messrs.  Ludlow-Bruges  and  Scull 
(Register,  vol.  42,  page  183 ;  ante,  page  276).  Mrs.  Endicott  may  have  been  a 
widow  in  1630,  when  she  was  married.  All  of  Gov.  Endicott's  children  were 
by  his  last  wife,  and  this  discovery  will  be  particularly  interesting  to  his  de- 
scendants. 

Whether  John  Cogan  of  Boston,  Mass.,  was  related  to  this  family  or  not,  I 
do  not  know.  He  appears  to  have  been  from  Devonshire,  as  in  1639- he  gave 
Isaac  Northcut.  of  Honiton,  a  power  of  attorney  to  receive  any  legacy  under  the 
will  of  his  mother,  widow  Eleanor  Cogan,  of  Tiverton  in  Devon. — (Lechford's 
Note  Book,  page  144.)  He  had  wives,  Ann  and  Mary,  the  latter  of  whom  died 
14  Jan.  (11  mo.)  1651-2  (Register,  x.  71).  His  last  wife  was  Mrs.  Martha 
"Winthrop,  widow  of  Gov.  John  Winthrop,  to  whom  he  was  married,  10th 
March  (1  mo.)  1651-2,  "  p'  Mr  John  Endicott  Governo1""  (Register,  x.  222; 
xx.  144).  She  was  a  daughter  of  Capt.  William  Rainsborough,  and  her  first 
husband  was  Thomas  Coytmore  (Register,  xxxiv.  254 ;  xl.  161 ;  ante,  page  161). 
See  letter  of  Rev.  John  Davenport,  where  her  death  is  noticed  in  Mass.  Hist. 
Coll.,  vol.  30,  page  45. — Editor. 

A  coincidence  worth  examining  is  the  fact  that  Peter  Holwey,  of  Taunton, 
England,  1623  (Visitation  of  Somersetshire,  page  57),  may  have  been  the  hus- 
band of  Martha  Cogan.  Possibly  her  brother  Thomas  Cogan  may  have  been 
the  Taunton  New  England  settler  of  1643,  who  died  1653  (Savage).  May  not 
John  Barcroft  of  Lynn,  1632-3,  mentioned  by  Savage  under  Bancroft,  have  been 
the  person  named  in  Philobert  Cogan's  will?— John  Coffin  Jones  Brown.] 


The  Ancestry  or  Washington. 

In  the  July  number  of  the  N.  E.  Historical  and  Genealogical  Reg- 
ister I  announced  some  discoveries  about  the  Washington  family  which 
I  then  expected  to  publish   among   my   Gleanings  for  that  number. 
Very  soon   after  that  announcement   I  discovered  some  additional 
facts  so  interesting  and  important,  and,  apparently,  so  clearly  pointing 
to  the  true  line  of  ancestry  of  our  first  President  that  I  thought  it  best, 
after  consulting  my  friends  in  England  and  America,  to  withhold  the 
matter  thus   promised  until   I  could   add   to   it   these  new  facts  and 
publish  them  together,  in  order  that  their  due  relations  to  each  other 
might  be   the  more  apparent.     I   do  not   claim   to   have  made  an 
exhaustive  study  of  the  Washington  Genealogy.     That  is  not  my  pro- 
vince, as  the  readers  of  my  Gleanings   must,   by  this  time,  be  well 
aware.      My  function  rather  is  similar  to  that  of  the  prospector  who 
finds  the  hidden  lode  of  rich   ore  and  makes  it  known  to  the  miners 
who  may  wish  to  follow  up  and  develop  the  vein  more  thoroughly. 
It  is  for  me  to  search  out  and  discover  the  clews  and  place  them  in 
the  hands  of  the  specialists  who  come  after,  that  they  may  be  guided 
in  the  right  direction  and  so  not  waste  their  efforts  in  random  labor 
on  unfruitful  ground.      If,   in    addition,  I  do  occasionally,  as  in  the 
present  case,  furnish  evidence  illustrating  a  pedigree  more  at  length, 
it  is  simply  because  in   my  extended  wanderings  over  a  wide  field  I 
have  naturally  gathered  such  facts  as  have  come  to  my  notice  and 
saved  them  for  the  general  good. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  353 

Before  entering  upon  the  story  of  these  discoveries  let  me  first  state 
the  problem  which  was  to  be  solved,  and  refer  to  one  or  two  attempts 
which  have  been  made  at  its  solution  in  the  past.  The  American 
line  of  ancestry  had  been  traced  back  clearly  to  a  John  Washington 
who,  with  his  brother  Lawrence,  crossed  the  ocean  to  Virginia 
about  1657.  The  problem  was  to  find  their  parentage  and  ancestry 
in  England.  It  was  known  that  both  of  them  made  wills  which 
were  proved  in  Virginia.  These  wills,  or  abstracts  of  them,  will  I 
doubt  not  accompany  this  paper.* 

Sir  Isaac  Heard,  then  Garter  King  of  Arms,  began  in  1791  the 
discussion  of  this  problem,  as  I  learn  from  an  essay  on  this  subject 
written  by  the  late  Col.  Joseph  L.  Chester,  LL.D.,  D.C.L.,  and 
published  in  the  "Herald  and  Genealogist"  (London),  September, 
1866,  and  republished  in  America  in  'The  Heraldic  Journal" 
(Boston),  October,  1866,  and  again  in  "The  N.  E.  Historical  and 
Genealogical  Register"  (Boston),  January,  1867.  From  this  paper 
I  quote  the  following  extract : 

Sir  Isaac  took  as  the  basis  of  his  pedigree  the  Heraldic  Visitations  of 
Northamptonshire,  iu  which  the  Washington  family  was  included.  Starting 
with  the  well-known  fact  that  the  first  emigrants  of  the  name  to  Virginia 
were  two  brothers  named  John  and  Lawrence  Washington,  who  left  Eng- 
land for  that  colony  about  the  vear  1657,  he  found  recorded  in  the  Visitation 
of  1618  the  names  of  John  and  Lawrence  described  as  sons  of  Lawrence 
Washington  of  Sulgrave  in  that  county,  who  had  died  in  the  year  1616. 
The  names  being  identical  with  those  of  the  Virginia  emigrants,  and  the 
period  at  which  they  lived  not  altogether  inappropriate,  Sir  Isaac  assumed 
their  personal  identity ;  and  on  this  assumption  constructed  his  pedigree, 
deducing  the  descent  of  the  American   President    through   this   heraldic 

*  Nothing  can  be  added  to  the  statement  of  Bishop  Meade,  in  regard  to  the  wills  of  the 
two  emigrants,  of  which  documents  he  gives  abstracts.  The  will  of  John  Washington  was 
then  recorded  at  Westmoreland  Court  House,  "  in  an  old  book  of  wills,  though  in  a  some- 
what mutilated  form."  Since  then  the  book  has  disappeared,  probably  during  the  time  of 
the  late  war.  The  will  of  "  John  Washington,  of  Washington  parish,  in  the  county  of 
Westmoreland,  in  Virginia,  gentleman,"  was  dated  February  26, 1675,  and  proved  January 
10,  1677.  He  directs  his  body  to  be  buried  on  the  plantation  upon  which  he  lived,  by  the 
side  of  his  wife  and  two  children.  He  divides  a  number  of  landed  estates  between  his 
second  and  surviving  wife  and  his  children,  John,  Lawrence  and  Anne,  and  also  his  proper- 
ty in  England.  He  leaves  £1000  to  his  brother-in-law,  Thomas  Pope;  and  £1000  and  foui 
thousand  weight  of  tobacco  to  his  sister,  who  had  come  or  was  coming  over  to  this  country. 
He  makes  his  wife  and  brother  Lawrence  his  executors. 

The  will  of  Lawrence  Washington,  of  Rappahannock  county,  dated  September  27, 
1675,  proved  January  6,  1677,  is  presumed  to  be  still  on  record.  Bishop  Meade's  abstract 
agrees  with  the  complete  copy  printed  in  Welles's  book,  which  latter  document  is  attested 
by  James  Roy  Micou,  Clerk  of  Essex  County,  Va.  It  gives  all  his  property  in  England 
to  his  daughter  Mary  and  the  heirs  of  her  body  ;  failing  them  to  children  John  and  Ann. 
He  then  mentions  his  loving  wife  Jane  and  her  two  children,  John  and  Aim,  both  under 
age,  and  the  land  which  came  to  him  in  the  right  of  his  wife,  on  the  south  side  of  the  river, 
formerly  belonging  to  Capt.  Alexander  Flemming.  Gives  two  hundred  acres  of  land  to 
Alexander  Barrow.  Appoints  wife  Jane,  executrix,  brother  Col.  John  Washington  and 
friend  Thomas  Hawkins,  overseers. 

We  now  know  that  John  Washington  was  born  prior  to  1634,  and  Lawrence  was  born  in 
1635.  Hence  they  were  aged  respectively  about  24  and  22  years  in  1657,  when  they  are 
said  to  have  emigrated  to  Virginia.  Nothing  in  the  wills  is  decisive  of  the  point  whether 
either  or  both  married  prior  to  their  leaving  England,  but  it  is  more  probable  than  not,  and 
our  English  friends  should  be  on  the  look-out  for  such  marriages.  In  Virginia  there  may 
yet  be  found  some  dates  of  grants  or  purchases  of  land  which  will  aid  in  showing  their 
progress  there. — William  H.  Whitmore. 


354  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

family  of  Northamptonshire  from  the  still  more  ancient  one  of  the  name  in 
Lancashire.  It  is  but  just  to  the  memory  of  Sir  Isaac  to  say  that  he  him- 
self only  regarded  the  pedigree  as  a  conjectural  one,  and  that  he  took  the 
precaution  to  leave  on  the  margin  of  his  own  copy  a  note  (which  was  seen 
and  copied  by  Mr.  Sparks)  to  the  effect  that  he  was  not  clearly  satisfied 
that  the  connection  of  the  President  with  the  Sulgrave  family  was  or  could 
be  substantiated." 

Mr.  Baker,  in  his  History  of  Northamptonshire,  followed  Sir 
Isaac's  example,  but  without  any  reservation.  He  confidently  assert- 
ed that  John,  son  of  Lawrence  Washington  of  Sulgrave,  was  of 
South  Cave,  co.  York,  and  emigrated  to  America  (from  whom, 
in  the  third  generation,  President  Washington  was  derived),  and  that 
Lawrence  (the  brother  of  this  John)  was  a  student  at  Oxford,  1622, 
and  emigrated  to  America  with  his  brother. 

The  above  pedigree  was  accepted  by  all  as  authoritative  until 
1863,  when  Isaac  J.  Greenwood,  Esq.,  of  New  York,  threw 
doubts  upon  it  in  a  paper  communicated  to  the  N.  E.  Historical  and 
Genealogical  Register  for  July  of  that  year,  by  suggesting  that 
John  and  Lawrence,  the  sons  of  Lawrence  Washington  of  Sulgrave, 
were  too  old  to  have  been  the  emigrants  to  Virginia.  He  also  sug- 
gested  that  the  Virginians  might  have  been  descended  from  Sir 
William  Washington  of  Packington,  Kn*.,  eldest  son  of  Lawrence 
of  Sulgrave. 

In  Col.  Chester's  Essay,  already  referred  to,  the  theory  advanced 
by  Sir  Isaac  Heard  and  so  confidently  asserted  by  Baker  in  his 
History,  was  thoroughly  disproved  by  the  array  of  evidence  brought 
forward  which  showed  that  John,  the  .son  of  Lawrence  Washington 
of  Sulgrave,  was  clearly  Sir  John  Washington  of  Thrapston,  both 
of  whose  wives  died  in  England,  the  latter  (Dame  Dorothy)  out- 
living her  husband  ;  while  it  is  well  known  that  John  Washington, 
the  emigrant,  buried  his  first  wife  (whose  name  is  unknown)  in 
Virginia,  and  married,  secondly,  Ann  (Pope)  whom  he  appointed 
executrix  of  his  will,  jointly  with  his  brother  Lawrence.  The  chil- 
dren of  Sir  John,  of  Thrapston,  were  Mordaunt,  John  and  Philip. 
The  children  of  John,  of  Virginia,  were  John,  Lawrence  and  Anne. 
Col.  Chester  also  showed  how  improbable  it  was  that  Lawrence,  the 
brother  of  Sir  John,  could  have  been  the  Lawrence  who  emigrated 
to  Virginia,  by  proving  that  he  was  a  clergyman  of  the  established 
church  ;  while  Lawrence,  of  Virginia,  simply  styled  himself  "  gentle- 
man," a  most  unlikely  thing  for  him  to  do,  if  he  were  in  holy  orders. 

Col.  Chester  contented  himself  with  thus  completely  demolishing 
the  former  theory,  without  setting  up  a  new  one  in  its  place ;  so  the 
original  problem  was  left  unchanged.  On  the  American  side  of  the 
water  we  had  a  complete  chain  running  back  from  the  President  to 
the  first  settler  of  the  name.  There  the  chain,  like  the  vast  majority 
of  American  pedigrees,  was  broken  short  off,  at  the  water's  edge. 
The  task  which  lay  before   me,   on   my  arrival  in  England  in  18S3, 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  355 

was  to  drag  the  depths  in  all  directions,  with  the  hope  of  picking 
up,  somewhere,  the  lost  end  of  the  English  line  to  which  the 
American  line  belonged.  Fortunately  I  did  not  come  over  to  hunt 
for  Washingtons  alone  ;  such  a  task  would  have  seemed  well  nigh 
appalling.  I  was  on  the  lookout  for  references  to  every  American 
family  of  English  origin,  whatever  the  name;  and  the  tedium  and 
monotony  of  my  toilsome  search  has  been  relieved  by  almost  daily 
discoveries,  some  of  exceptional  value  and  importance,  like  those 
relating  to  the  Harvard  family,  the  famous  Eogers  family  of  New- 
England,  the  family  of  Koger  Williams,  and  others  of  less  interest, 
perhaps,  to  the  general  reader,  but  full  of  interest,  doubtless,  to  those 
engaged  in  the  investigation  of  the  genealogies  of  the  special  families 
mentioned  in  my  notes. 

At  first  I  gleaned  over  the  whole  field  for  Washingtons  and  found 
them  in  various  counties,  (e.g.)  Yorkshire,  Westmoreland,  Lanca- 
shire, Leicestershire,  Worcestershire,  Warwickshire,  Northampton- 
shire, Oxfordshire,  Buckinghamshire,  Berkshire,  Hertfordshire, 
Middlesex,  Kent,  Surrey,  Wiltshire,  Devonshire,  Essex,  Suffolk  and 
Norfolk.  In  the  fall  of  1884  or  the  spring  of  1885  I  made  a  very 
important  discovery  which  led  me  to  limit  my  field  of  search,  by 
finding  a  point  on  the  soil  of  the  mother  country  to  which  I  could 
make  fast  the  end  of  the  American  line.  It  appears  that  upon  the 
death  of  Lawrence  Washington  of  Virginia,  although  his  will,  as  I 
have  said,  was  proved  in  Virginia,  letters  of  administration  on  his 
goods,  &c,  were  granted  in  England,  as  follows  : — 

"MenseMaij  1677  tricesinio  die  Em'  Com0  Edmundo  Jones  principal! 
creditori  Laurentii  Washington  nuper  de  Luton  in  Comitatu  Bedford  sed 
apud  Virginia  in  partibus  transmariuis  deceden  ad  adstrand  bona  jura  et 
credita  diet  deft  de  bene  etc  jurat."  Admon.  Act  Book  (P.  C.  C). 

This  was  a  great  step,  and  it  behoved  me  to  make  a  careful  search 
all  around  Luton  and  its  immediate  neighborhood  for  further  traces. 
This  parish  is  in  the  extreme  southern  part  of  Bedfordshire,  on  a  kind 
of  tongue  or  neck  jutting  into  the  neighboring  county  of  Herts. 
For  more  than  four  years  I  have  borne  this  discovery  in  mind,  and 
in  all  that  time  have  never  let  a  will  made  by  any  one  in  that  part 
of  Bedfordshire  or  of  Hertfordshire  pass  under  my  notice  without  the 
most  careful  scrutiny  ;  and  I  made  known  my  discovery  to  most  of 
my  English  friends,  that  they  might  keep  their  eyes  open  in  that 
quarter.  I  had  already,  to  be  sure,  found  an  Adam  Washington, 
gentleman,  seated  at  Brent  Pelham,  Herts,  whose  father,  Adam 
Washington,  citizen  and  mercer  of  London,  was  evidently  of  the 
Washington  family  of  Grayrigg  in  Kendal,  Westmoreland,  but  I 
had  examined  the  wills  relating  to  them  without  getting  any  light 
about  the  emigrants  to  Virginia. 

Good  fortune,  which  has  so  often  befriended  me  in  my  genealogical 
work,  once  more  rewarded  my  plodding  toil  with  bountiful  generosity  ; 
and  this  time  she  added  to  the   value  of  her  gift  by  bestowing  it 


356  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

through  the  hand  of  a  friend.  It  happened  in  this  way.  While  the 
official  work  of  indexing  certain  bonds,  once  belonging  to  the 
Hitchin  Registry  of  the  Archdeaconry  of  Huntingdon,  was  recently 
in  progress  in  the  Probate  Registry,  one  came  to  light  of  which  the 
following  is  an  abstract : 

A  Bond  of  John  Dagnall,  of  Grove  in  the  parish  of  Tring,  in  co.  Herts, 
Yeoman,  and  William  Roades  of  Middle  Claydon,  in  co.  Bucks.,  Gen., 
in  the  sum  of  one  thousand  pounds,  dated  29  January  1649  (50),  for  the 
administration  of  the  goods  &c.  of  Andrew  Knowling,  of  Tring  in  the 
counfcy  of  Herts.,  gen.,  lately  deceased,'  with  the  will  annexed,  during  the 
minority  of  Lawrence  Washington  the  younger,  at  that  time  of  the  age  of 
fourteen  years ;  also  for  their  faithful  conduct  as  guardians  or  curators  of 
the  said  Lawrence  Washington  &c. 

Tring  is  but  twelve  miles,  or  a  little  more,  from  Luton,*  and  the 
two  towns  are  connected  by  way  of  Dunstable,  and,  thence,  along 
the  old  Icknield  Way  which  runs  from  Dunstable  to  the  immediate 
neighborhood  of  Tring.  It  was  altogether  probable  then  that  here 
was  the  early  home  of  Lawrence  Washington  of  Luton  and  Virginia. 
As  I  was  absent  from  London  at  the  time  of  this  discovery,  my  friend 
took  the  pains  to  hunt  up  the  will  of  Mr.  Knowling  in  order  that  he 
might  make  an  abstract  of  it  so  as  to  gratify  me  with  the  sight  of  it 
upon  my  next  visit  at  Somerset  House.  Since  then,  however,  I  have 
made  a  full  copy  of  this  will,  which  is  here  given  : — 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  the  Thirteenth  day  of  January  in  the  yeare  of 
or  Lord  god  one  Thousand  Sixe  hundred  fforty  and  Nine  I  Andrew  Know- 
ling of  Tring  in  the  County  of  Hertf  geut'being  weake  of  body  but  of 
sound  and  pt'ect  memory  (thanks  be  giuen  to  Allmighty  God)  doe  make  & 
ordaine  this  to  he  my  last  will  &  testam1  in  mannr  &  forme  following  viz1  In- 
primis  I  bequeath  my  soulle  into  the  haudes  of  allmighty  God  my  most 
mercifull  Creator  assuredly  trusting  through  the  merrittes  death  &  passion 
of  my  Lord  &  only  Savior  Jesus  Christ  to  enioye  eternall  life  &  my  body 
to  thearth  from  whence  it  came  to  be  decently  buried.  Item  I  give  to  the 
poore  of  the  Towne  of  Tring  and  the  upp  Hamblettes  the  some  of  Twentie 
Shillings  to  be  paid  within  one  month  next  after  my  decease.  Item  I  give 
to  the  poore  of  Willsterne  within  the  said  pish  of  Tring  the  some  of 
Twenty  Shillings  to  be  paid  in  sorte  and  mannr  as  aforesaid.  Item  I  give 
to  the  poore  of  Wigginton  in  the  said  County  of  Herts  Tenn  Shillings  to  be 
paid  as  aforesaid :  Item  I  will  give  and  bequeath  unto  Lawrance  Washing- 

*  See  map.  Tring  is  described  in  the  Gazetteer  as  a  parish  and  market  town  in  Hertford- 
shire, 28  miles  west  of  Hertford.  Acres  7390,  houses  667,  population  3488  in  1831.  It  is 
perhaps  best  known  by  the  popular,  though  unfounded  rhyme,  applied  to  one  of  the  ances- 
torsof  John  Hampden,  who  was  said  to  have  forfeited  three  manors  for  striking  the  Black 
Prince  with  his  racket  when  they  quarrelled  at  tennis. 

"  Tring,  Wing  and  Ivanhoe, 
For  striking  of  a  blow, 
Hampden  did  forego, 
And  glad  he  could  escape  so." 
Unfortunately  neither  of  these  manors  ever  belonged  to  a  Hampden.    (See  Notes  and 
Querits,  3rd  S.,  v.  p.  176.) 

Luton  is  a  town  in  Bedfordshire,  with  15,600  acres  and  about  6000  population.  A  glance 
at  the  map  shows  however  that  Tring  and  Luton  are  but  a  few  miles  apart  and  a  resident  in 
one  town  might  easily  be  well  known  in  the  other. — William  H.  Whitmore. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  359 

ton  the  younger  (my  godson ne)  All  tny  freehould  Landes  and  Tenemte> 
whatsoeu1  lying  and  being  within  the  pish  of  Tring  aforesaid  or  else  where 
within  the  Realmeof  England.  To  haue  and  to  hould  the  same  to  him  and 
his  heires  for  euer.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Amphilis  Washington 
my  daughter  in  lawe  (&  mother  of  the  said  Lawrance)  the  some  of  Three- 
score poundes  of  Curr'  mony  of  England  to  be  paid  her  within  six  months 
after  my  decease.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Elizabeth  ffitzherbert 
one  other  of  my  daughters  in  Lawe  the  some  of  ffortye  pounds  of  Curr' 
mony  to  be  paid  in  sorte  and  maunr  as  is  last  above  menconed.  Item  I  give 
and  bequeath  unto  William  Roades  my  sonne  in  Lawe  the  some  of  Tenn 
poundes  of  Curr1  mony  to  be  paid  within  sixe  months  next  after  my  decease: 
Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  said  Elizabeth  ffitzherbert  all  my  corne 
&  graine  whatsoeu1  now  within  doores  or  without.  Item  I  give  and  be- 
queath unto  the  Two  daughters  of  my  late  daughter  in  Lawe  Susanu  Bil- 
ling deceased  begotten  of  her  body  by  her  late  husband  John  Billing  of 
Lillington  in  the  County  of  Buck,  Tallowe  Chauudler,  Tenn  poundes 
apeece  to  be  paid  within  sixe  monthes  after  my  decease  And  my  will  is  that 
if  either  of  the  said  Two  children  dye  before  her  Legacie  shalbecome  due 
and  payable  Then  I  will  that  the  Legacie  of  her  dying  shalbe  paid  to  the 
other  surviving.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  John  Washington,  William 
Washington,  Elizabeth  Washington,  Margarett  Washington  &  Martha  Wash- 
ington (children  of  the  said  Amphilis  Washington  my  daughter  in  Lawe) 
The  some  of  Eight  and  Twenty  poundes  a  peece  of  Curr'  mony  to  be  paid 
to  them  att  theire  seu'all  &  respective  Ages  of  One  and  Twenty  years,  To 
be  putt  out  in  the  meane  tyme  for  theire  best  beuefitt  &  advantage  And  my 
will  and  meaning  is  that  if  any  of  the  said  ffiue  children  viz'  John,  William, 
Elizabeth,  Margarett  and  Martha  Washington  shall  happen  to  die  before  his 
her  or  theire  Legacie  or  Legacies  shall  become  due  &  payable,  That 
then  the  Legacie  or  Legacies  of  him,  her  or  them  soe  dying  shalbe 
equally  divided  amongst  the  rest  of  them  the  said  five  children  surviving. 
Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Susan  Emmerton  of  Tring  aforesaid  widd 
the  some  of  ffifty  shillings  to  be  paid  to  her  within  sixe  monthes  after  my 
decease.  All  the  rest  of  my  goodes  Catties  and  chatties  &  grsonall  estate 
not  heerin  given  and  disposed  of,  my  debts  and  Legacies  heerin  giuen  paid 
and  my  funrall  chardges  defrayed  I  give  unto  the  said  Lawrance  Washing- 
ton the  youngr  my  Godsonne  whome  I  make  sole  and  wholle  executor  of 
this  my  last  Will  and  Testain'  And  I  earnestly  desire  John  Dagnall  of 
Groue  within  the  pish  of  Tring  aforesaid  yeoman  John  Lake  of  Willsfne 
aforesaid  Gent'  &  the  said  Wittm  Roades  and  Elizabeth  ffitzherbert  to  take 
upon  them  (for  the  sole  beuefitt  &  behoofe  of  the  said  Lawrance  Washing' 
myne  Executor)  The  admi'stracon  of  my  goodes  &  Chatties  during 
the  minoritie  of  the  said  Lawrance  Washing'  &  to  see  the  due  pformauce 
of  this  my  said  Will,  And  I  doe  giue  unto  them  Tenn  shillinges  a  peece  All 
former  Wills  by  me  made  I  doe  heerby  Revoake  &  repeale  and  declare 
this  to  be  my  last  VV  ill  and  Testament.  In  Wittnes  Whereof  I  the  said 
Andrew  Knowling  haue  heereunto  putt  my  hand  and  seale  the  day  and 
yeare  first  above  written. 

Andrew  Knowling. 
Sealed  subscribed  published  and  ©7^  his  mrke 

deliured  in  the  prnce  of 

John  ffitzherbert  William  Dagnalle 

Thomas  Norman  James  Benning,  his  mrke 

I  B 


360  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Itm  I  will  this  to  be  pt  of  my  Will  viz'  I  giue  and  bequeath  unto  Wm 
Knowling  beaur  maker  in  old  Bridewell  Lond'  the  some  of  fower  pounds 
to  buy  him  a  Ring 

William  Dagnalle  Thomas  Norman 

James  [I  B]  Benning  his  mrke  John  ffitzherbert  (testibus) 

Vicesimo  nono  die  Mensis  January  Anno  dni  stilo  Anglie  1649  apud 
WhethamDsted  p  mrm  Gulielmu  Dauis  in  Artibus  Magrm  surrogatu 
Venlis  viri  Johanis  Jackson  in  legibus  bacchalaurei  Offilis  etc.  Comissa  fuit 
Adnistraco  oiu  et  singloru  bonoru  iuriu  etc  hmoi  Andree  Knowlinge 
genrosi  nug  de  Tryng  defuncti  unacu  testamto  suo  hmoi  annexo  Johanni 
Dagnall  et  Guilielmo  Roades  in  testmo  prdco  nominatis  quos  dms  cousti- 
tuit  in  Curatores  seu  Gardianos  Laureutio  Washington  Juuiori  dci  testafnti 
executori  etatis  14  aoru  vel  circiter  ac  quibus  acceptan  officio  in  se  Gar- 
dianoiu  seu  Curatoru  prd  de  bene  et  fidelr  adm'strafid  etc.  Obligtur  dci 
Johes  Dagnall  de  Tryng  prd  Yeoman  et  Guilmus  Roades  de  Middle  Clay- 
don  Com  Bucks:  gefi  in  1000H 

Through  this  happy  discovery  we  are  at  last  introduced,  in  all 
probability,  to  the  immediate  family  of  the  two  emigrants  to  Virginia, 
their  mother,  brother,  three  sisters,  uncle,  aunts,  cousins  and  grand- 
father by  marriage ;  for  I  suppose  we  may  reasonably  infer  the 
marriage  of  Mr.  Andrew  Knowling  with  the  widowed  mother  of 
William  Roades,  Amphillis  Washington,  Elizabeth  Fitzherbert  and 
Susanna  Billing.  The  name  of  the  husband  of  Amphillis  is  not 
given,  but  from  the  fact  that  the  executor  and  residuary  legatee 
named  in  the  will  is  called  Lawrence  Washington  the  younger,  we 
may  also  conjecture  that  his  father's  name  was  Lawrence. 

A  visit  to  Tring  came  next  in  order.  There  I  was  most  cordially 
received  by  the  Vicar  of  that  parish,  the  Rev.  W.  Quennell,  who, 
having  a  taste  for  such  investigations  and  being  evidently  pleased 
that  I  had  traced  the  Washington  family  to  his  parish,  was  kind 
enough  to  assist  me.  The  Registers  previous  to  1634,  I  found, 
were  not  in  very  good  order,  and  I  made  a  rather  hasty  examination 
of  them.  That  beginning  1634  was  entitled  "  A  Regester  Booke 
conteaning  all  the  names  hereafter  Named  either  Baptized,  Married 
or  Buried.  Bought  by  Maister  Andreu  Knolinge,  Richard  Hunton  " 
(and  others,  whose  names  are  given  and  who  are  called  churchwar- 
dens).    In  it  I  found  the  following  : — 

Baptisms. 

Crisames  senc  our  Ladie  daye  Anno  Dom  1635  Layaranc  sonn  of 
Layarance  Washington  June  the  xxiiid 

Baptized  senc  our  Ladye  daye  Anno  dom  1636  Elizabeth  da  of  Mr 
Larranc  Washington  Aug  xvii 

Baptized  senc  Mickellmas  daye  Anno  Dom  i64i  William  sonn  of  Mr 
Larrance  Washenton  baptized  the  xiiij"1  daij 

Burials. 

Andrew  Knolling  was  burd  this  xxith  of  January  1649. 

Edward  Fitzherbert  bur.  the  iii  of  May  1654. 

Mrs  Washington  bur:  ye  xix  of  Jan:  1654. 

Mr  John  Dagnall  of  the  Grove  burd  17  Aug.  1691. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  361 

This  confirmed  my  conjecture  that  the  father's  name  was  Law- 
rence ;  and,  from  the  fact  that  the  son  was  called  "Lawrence 
Washington  the  younger"  in  Mr.  Knowling's  will,  it  is  plain  that 
the  father  was  alive  when  that  will  was  made,  in  January,  1649-50. 
I  did  not  find  the  baptisms  of  John,  Margaret  or  Martha  Washing- 
ton, and  could  not  therefore  determine  the  age  of  John  Washington 
at  the  date  of  his  immigration  to  Virginia.  Fortunately  this  was 
settled,  near  enough,  in  another  way.  My  next  discovery  was  the 
following  : — 

February  1655  The  Eighth  clay  Lres  of  adeem  yssued  forth  to  John 
Washington  the  nfall  and  lawful]  sone  of  Amphillis  Washington  late  of 
Tring  in  the  County  of  Hertford  deSd  to  adster  the  goodes  Chells  and 
debtes  of  the  said  deed     Hee  beeing  first  sworne  truly  to  adster  &c. 

Admon.  Act  Book  (P.  C.  C),  42. 

From  this  I  drew  two  inferences :  first,  that  Mr.  Lawrence 
Washington,  husband  of  Amphillis  and  father  of  John  and  Lawrence, 
had  predeceased  his  wife;  and,  secondly,  that  John  Washington,  to 
whom  the  letters  of  Admon.  issued,  was  the  eldest  son.  As  we 
have  seen,  Lawrence  was  baptized  in  the  summer  of  1635  and 
Elizabeth  in  1636.  John  could  not  have  been  born  later  than  1634, 
and  must  have  been  at  least  twenty-one  years  of  age  at  the  grant  of 
admon.,  and  twenty-three  in  1657,  the  date  of  emigx-ation. 

My  next  endeavor  was  to  find,  if  possible,  the  wills  of  William 
Roades,  Elizabeth  Fitzherbert  and  John  Dagnall.  The  first,  which 
I  soon  found,  was  as  follows  : — 

William  Roades  (resideuce  not  mentioned)  19  September  1657,  proved 
17  November  1658.  To  my  son  John  twelve  pence  and  to  his  wife  and 
two  children,  William  and  Anne  Roades,  twelve  pence  apiece.  To  my 
grand  child  William  Lee  twelve  pence,  and  my  best  bible  after  my  wife's 
decease.  The  residue  to  be  divided  into  four  parts,  of  which  one  part  to 
my  wife  and  the  other  three  parts  to  my  daughters  Hannah,  Hester  and 
Sarah  Roades.     My  wife  to  be  executrix. 

The  will  was  proved  by  Hannah  Roades,  the  widow. 

Wootton  (P.  C.  C),  608. 

As  his  place  of  abode  had  not  been  mentioned  I  called  for  the 
Probate  Act  Book  for  that  year,  and  found  that  the  testator  was  of 
Middle  Clay  don,  Bucks. 

The  will  of  Mr.  John  Dagnall,  of  Grove,  I  also  found  after  some- 
thing of  a  search,  but  got  no  help  from  it.  He  only  named  his 
immediate  family.  My  search  after  Mrs.  Fitzherbert  was  a  much 
longer  one.  At  last  I  came  upon  the  wills  of  a  family  of  that  name, 
settled  in  Oxfordshire,  which  seemed  to  me  worth  saving. 

Robert  Fitzherbert  of  Begbrooke,  Oxon.  Esq.,  2  August  1636,  proved 
22  November  1636.  Mentious  children  of  brother  William  Fitzherbert, 
sister  Dyonis  Fitzherbert,  children  of  sister  Morgan  (William,  James  and 
Mary),  John  Fitzherbert,  one  of  the  sons  of  brother  Humfrey  Fitzherbert 
deceased,  niece  Anne  Clement,  brother  Edward  Fitzherbert  and  his  children, 


362  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

John,  Edward  and  Mary,  sister  Ursula  and  her  children,  Thomas,  Solymie 
and  Mary,  and  her  grandchild  Robert  Kente.  Thomas  Leeke  (alias  Leake) 
son  of  my  half  brother  John  Leake  deceased.  Pile  (P.  C.  C),  107. 

Edward  Fitzharbert  of  Middleston  Stony,  Oxon.  Gen',  10  June  1639. 
My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  Church  of  Middleston  Stony,  near  son 
Nicholas,  deceased.  To  wife  Elizabeth  my  lease  of  house  and  two  yards 
&c.  in  same  parish.  Eldest  son  John,  son  Edward  and  daughter  Mary 
Fitzherbert.      Brother  John  Fitzharbert  of  Bagbrooke  Esq.  to  be  executor. 

The  executor  having  renounced  commission  issued  to  Elizabeth  Fitzhar- 
bert, the  widow,  5  May,  1G42.  Cambell  (P.  C.  C),  70. 

John  Fitzherbert  the  elder,  of  Begbrooke,  Oxon.  Esq.,  1  April  1649, 
proved  25  April  1649.  Mentions  nephew  John,  son  of  brother  Edward 
deceased,  also  nephew  John  evidently  regarded  as  heir,  nephew  Edward 
and  niece  Mary  Fitzherbert,  also  children  of  deceased  brother  Edward ; 
kinsman  Mr.  Thomas  Hinton  and  Mr.  John  Garrett,  both  of  Great  Tue, 
Oxon.  The  witnesses  were  John  Fitzherbert,  Elizabeth  Fitzherbert  and 
John  Goad,  cleric.  Fairfax  (P.  C.  C),  49. 

John  Fitzherbert,  of  Begbrooke,  Oxon.  Esq.,  26  May  1658,  proved  23 
March  1660.  Mentions  friends  Thomas  Hinton  of  Banbury,  Oxon.,  and 
John  Garrett,  of  Great  Tewe,  Oxon.,  Gen4;  my  manor  of  Begbrooke;  wife 
Anne ;  my  three  younger  sons,  William,  Thomas  and  John  (under  fourteen) ; 
eldest  son  Francis ;  daughters  Elizabeth  and  Mary  Fitzherbert;  father  in 
law  Edward  Atkins,  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Common  Bench. 

May  (P.  C.  C),  44. 

My  reason  for  saving  these  wills  was  that  I  guessed  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Fitzherbert  might  be  the  widow  of  Edward  Fitzherbert.  Her  son 
John  was  a  witness  of  Mr.  Knowlinofs  will.  Her  son  Edward  was 
buried  at  Tring.  (It  was  her  nephew  John,  however,  who  inherited 
the  manor  of  Begbrooke.)  This  was  for  a  long  time  only  a  guess, 
until,  at  last,  it  was  converted  into  a  certainty  by  the  following  will : 

Elizabeth  Fitzherbert,  of  Much  Walthara,  Essex,  widow,  23  February 
1684,  proved  29  November  1689.  She  devised  all  her  lands  and  tenements 
&c.  in  Tring,  Herts.,  and  the  houses  and  lands  called  Makins,  in  Middleton 
Stony,  Oxford,  and  all  her  estate  and  rights  &c.  in  them  to  John  Freeman, 
of  Luton,  Bedfordshire,  gentleman,  and  Samuel  Marshall  of  Norstend, 
Much  Waltham,  Esq.  (in  trust)  during  the  joint  lives  of  John  Rotheram, 
of  Much  Waltham,  Esq.,  and  Mary  his  wife,  her  daughter,  to  pay  the  rents, 
issues  and  profits  of  the  said  houses  in  Tring  &c.  to  the  said  Mary,  with 
other  provisions  in  case  of  their  deaths ;  and  the  said  John  Freeman,  of 
Luton,  was  to  be  executor  of  the  will.  Ent  (P.  C.  C),  154. 

Although  somewhat  disappointed  that  neither  of  these  wills  men- 
tioned the  Washingtons  and  so  I  was  not  yet  possessed  of  the 
positive  evidence  for  which  I  had  been  seeking  in  order  to  prove 
beyond  a  doubt  the  identity  of  the  Virginians  with  John  and  Law- 
rence of  Tring,  yet  I  was,  on  the  whole,  satisfied  with  that  of  Mrs. 
Fitzherbert,  which,  by  its  mention  of  Luton,  strengthened  the 
probabilities  of  the  case.  And  I  was  well  aware  that  the  family  of 
Rotheram  was  a  very  important  one  in  Luton  and  its  neighborhood 
(see  the  Visitations  of  Bedfordshire),  and  that  through  marriages 
they  were  connected  with  Tring  as  well. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  363 

A  pedigree  of  this  family  of  Fitzherbert  may  be  found  in  the 
Visitations  of  Oxford  (Harleian  So.  Pub.). 

All  this  time  I  was  seeking  to  find  an  answer  to  the  question,  who 
was  this  Mr.  Lawrence  Washington,  the  father  of  these  children? 
That  he  was  styled  "  Mr."  on  the  church  Register  meant  that  he  was 
either  a  clergyman  or  a  person  of  some  importance,  and  I  had  a  sus- 
picion, which  I  hardly  dared  to  breathe,  that  he  might  be  that 
parson  of  Purleigh,  about  whom  I  have  for  years  had  the  feeling 
that  if  he  could  only  be  hunted  down  we  might  possibly  be  able  to 
dispel  the  mystery  enveloping  the  lineage  of  Washington.  It  is 
perhaps  needless  to  say  that  I  determined  to  watch  most  carefully 
for  even  the  slightest  indication  of  a  clew  which  might  lead  to  the 
identification  of  this  Lawrence  Washington  of  Tring.  First  of  all, 
it  seemed  best  to  examine  with  the  greatest  care  all  the  papers 
connected  with  the  probate  of  Mr.  Knowling's  will,  partly  for  the 
purpose  of  making  the  full  copy  of  that  will  which  I  intended  to 
publish  in  extenso,  and  partly  in  the  hope  that  I  might  come  upon 
something  or  other,  not  yet  known,  which  would  help  me  a  stage 
further  in  my  research.  I  found  the  will,  as  1  have  already  given 
it.  I  found  also  an  inventory  of  the  personal  property  of  the  testator, 
appraised  23  January,  1649,  at  534£.  11s.  8d. 

Connected  with  these  papers  was  a  bond  of  guardianship  made 
by  John  Dagnall  of  Grove  in  the  parish  of  Tring,  co.  Herts, 
Yeoman,  in  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds,  dated  29  January,  1649  (50),  as 
guardian  and  curator  of  the  two  daughters  of  Susan  Billing  deceased. 

S->  OOF 

begotten  of  her  body  by  her  late  husband  John  Billing,  of  Lillington 
in  the  co.  of  Bucks,  tallow  chandler,  the  said  John  Dagnall  having 
been  appointed  their  guardian,  &c,  for  the  reason  that  he  was  the 
husband  of  Elizabeth  Dagnall,  sister*  by  the  mother  to  the  said  two 
daughters. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  this  bond  was  made  on  the  very  same  day 
that  the  will  of  Mr.  Knowling  was  produced  and  Admon.  granted, 
in  court  at  Whethampsted,  and  the  bond  was  undoubtedly  drawn  up 
and  signed  there. 

I  then  saw  a  little  bit  of  paper,  doubled  or  folded  upon  itself, 
which  upon  opening  seemed  about  three  inches  long  and  from  an 
inch  and  a  half  to  two  inches  wide,  and  covered  with  writing. 
Seeing,  at  a  glance,  that  it  was  evidently  an  official  memorandum  of 
the  issuing  of  the  letters  of  guardianship  and  of  the  oath  taken  by 
Mr.  Dagnall  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  trust,  I  did  not  read 
it  through  but  at  once  set  about  copying  it  in  full,  little  realizing  the 
start  of  surprise  and  gratification  I  should  experience  when  I  should 
come  to  the  end  of  what  proved  to  be  the  most  valuable  and  impor- 
tant bit  of  genealogical  evidence  that  I  ever  saw  or  ever  expect  to 

*  In  the  original  "  Aunte"  had  been  first  written,  and  then  a  line  drawn  through  it  and 
"  sister  "  written  above,  with  a  caret  beneath  the  line.— h.  f.  w. 


364  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

see  in  the  course  of  my  gleanings.     This  little  memorandum  was  as 
follows  : — 

Mdu  qd  29°  die  Januarij  Anno  dni  1649°  apud  Whethamsted  concessae 
fuerunt  lfoe  Curatorial  ad  lites  duabus  filiabus  Susannae  Benning  defe 
legatariis  in  testmo  humoi  Andreas  Knowlinge  g  recupacone  legatoru  eisdem 
in  dco  testmo  donat!  et  de  disposiSoe  eorunde  ad  usu  et  commodu  dcaru 
filiaru  duran  earu  respe  minori  aetate  et  fidelr  se  gerend  etc.  et  de  reddo 
Comptlo  etc  Johni  Dagnall  de  Grove  pochise  de  Tring  marito  Elizabethan 
materterae  dcaru  filiaru  iuraE  etc  cora 

pfite  me  Guil:  Rolfe  Laurentio  Washington 

nor io  pubco  in  Art :  magro  Surrog :  Offilia 

etc  hac  vice 
Obligtur  dcus  Johes  Dagnall  in  50n. 

It  will  be  noted  that  Susanna's  name  in  this  memorandum  is 
Benning,  instead  of  Billing,  a  confusion  of  the  two  liquid  sounds  1 
and  n  which  may  be  noticed  in  other  languages  as  well  as  English. 
Moreover  "  materterce"  (aunt  by  the  mother)  is  left  uncorrected. 
The  correction,  however,  was  made  in  the  bond,  which  is  in  the 
English  language.  Probably  Mr.  Dagnall  read  it  over  before  sign- 
ing and  noticed  the  error. 

Here  we  have  proof  of  identification,  and  of  the  most  positive  and 
conclusive  character.  There  cannot  be  the  least  doubt  that  this 
Lawrence  Washington,  M.A.,  was  the  husband  of  Amphillis  and 
the  father  of  her  children.  He  was  there  in  the  Archdeacon's  Court 
at  Whethampsted,  evidently  to  protect  the  interests  of  that  wife  and 
those  children,  who,  under  the  will  presented  and  allowed  in  court 
that  day,  were  to  receive  the  bulk  of  Mr.  Knowling's  personal  estate, 
while  the  second  son,  Lawrence,  as  the  acknowledged  heir  of  his 
godfather  and  the  executor  of  his  will,  was  to  inherit  the  real  estate 
of  the  deceased  and  all  the  residuum  of  the  personal  estate  after  the 
debts,  legacies  and  funeral  expenses  and  other  charges  should  have 
been  settled  and  paid.  There  can  be  but  little  doubt  that  this  same 
Lawrence  Washington,  M.A.,  who  was  acting  as  temporary  Surrogate 
in  the  Archdeacon's  Court  on  this  occasion,  was  a  clergyman  ;  for  that 
court  was  an  ecclesiastical  one,  and  the  office  of  Surrogate  in  Testa- 
mentary courts  was  usually,  if  not  invariably,  held  by  a  clergyman. 
The  father  of  these  children,  then,  was  a  clergyman  and  a  Master  of 
Arts.  We  have  record  of  only  one  Lawrence  Washington  to  whom 
that  would  apply,  namely  the  fifth  son  of  Lawrence  Washington 
of  Sulgrave,  brother  of  Sir  William  Washington  of  Packington,  and 
of  Sir  John  Washington  of  Thrapston.  He  was  student,  Lector  and 
Fellow  of  Brasenose,  and  in  1631  Proctor  of  the  Univei-sity  of 
Oxford,  and  afterwards  Rector  of  Purleigh.  The  long  search  after 
the  true  line  of  ancestry  of  our  Washington,  begun  in  1791,  was 
practically  brought  to  a  successful  close  when  that  little  paper  was 
discovered  on  Monday,  the  third  of  June,  1889. 

My  next  object  was  to  find  out,  if  possible,  how  it  was  that  Mr. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  365 

Lawrence  Washington  became  acquainted  with  people  in  Tring, 
what  influences  led  him  thither,  and  how  he  came  to  settle  there  or 
in  its  neighborhood  apparently  after  his  ejection  from  Purleigh  in 
1643.  With  that  end  in  view  I  went  to  the  British  Museum  and 
consulted  the  various  Histories  of  Herts,  by  Salmon,  Chauncy, 
Clutterbuck  and  Cussans,  reading  everything  they  had  to  say  about 
Tring  and  the  families  seated  in  its  neighborhood ;  and  I  made 
another  interesting  discovery,  and  one  very  much  to  the  point.  The 
manor  of  Pendley,  which  is  partly  within  the  parish  of  Tring  and 
partly  in  the  neighboring  parish  of  Aldbury,  but  with  its  caput 
manerii,  or  manor  house,  in  the  former  parish,  held,  10  Edward  I., 
by  John  d'Aygnel,  and  thence  descending  finally  to  the  family  of 
Verney,  was  sold  by  Sir  Francis  Verney  to  Richard  Anderson,  Esq., 
who  held  a  court  there,  Anno  5  Jac.  /.,  and  was  knighted  two  years 
afterwards.  Sir  Richard  Anderson's  wife,  Mary,  was  a  daughter  of 
Robert,  Lord  Spencer,  Baron  of  Wormleighton,  owner  of  the  manor 
of  Al thorp  in  Northampton,  the  great  friend  of  the  Washingtons  of 
Sulgrave  and  Brington ,  as  the  old  account  books  preserved  at  Althorp 
show*  (see  Col.  Chester's  paper  already  referred  to).  This  was 
strong  corroboration  of  the  other  evidence  identifying  this  Mr. 
Lawrence  Washington,  if  corroboration  were  needed,  and  it  was  also 
a  complete  answer  to  those  questions  which  had  been  raised  in  my 
mind  about  the  influences  which  brought  Mr.  Washington  to  Tring. 
This  Sir  Richard  Anderson  seems  to  have  been  by  far  the  most  im- 
portant parishioner  then  living  in  Tring,  where  he  died  3  August, 
1632,  and  was  buried  within  the  chancel  rail  of  the  parish  church. 
His  widow,  Dame  Mary-  Anderson,  afterwards  lived  in  Richmond, 
Surrey,  but  was  buried  at  Tring,  July,  1658.  I  examined  the  will 
of  Sir  Richard  Anderson,  and  was  gratified  to  find  further  evidence 
confirming  my  conjecture.     It  was  as  follows  : 

Sir  Richard  Anderson  of  Pendly  in  the  county  of  Hartford  knight, 
5  October  1630,  proved  27  August  1632.  To  the  poor  of  Bitterly  in 
Shropshire,  Norton  in  Glostershire,  Corringham  iu  Elssex,  Albury,  Tringe 
and  Wigginton  in  Hartfordshire,  to  each  parish  five  pounds.  To  the  town 
of  Tringe  ten  pounds  to  be  added  and  employed,  with  that  money  already 

*  It  seems  proper  to  state  that  these  extracts  from  the  Althorp  documents  were 
first  published  in  1860  by  Rev.  John  Nassau  Simpkinson,  then  rector  of  Brington, 
in  Northamptonshire,  now  rector  of  North  Creake,  in  Norfolk.  This  gentleman  being 
greatly  interested  in  the  supposed  identity  of  the  emigrants  to  Virginia  with  John  and 
Lawrence  of  his  parish,  wrote  a  very  pleasant  story  about  the  Washingtons,  and  appended 
many  extracts  from  the  household  books  of  Lord  Spencer.  When  Col.  Chester  utterly 
upset  this  theory,  Mr.  Simpkinson  wrote  a  manly  letter  to  the  New  York  Nation,  printed 
15th  April,  1880,  acknowledging  his  mistake.  Now,  however,  that  the  fact  seems  estab- 
lished that  all  the  facts  collected  related  to  the  father  and  the  uncles  of  our  Virginians,  it 
is  to  be  hoped  that  his  book  will  again  meet  public  favor.  Very  curiously  in  that  letter 
Mr.  Simpkinson  refers  to  Col.  Chester's  collections  which  had  been  shown  to  him  in  confi- 
dence, and  adds,  "  that  some  of  these  documents  seemed  to  me  to  supply  strong  presumptive 
proof  that  the  emigrants  would  be  found,  after  all,  to  have  sprung  from  the  Northampton- 
shire stock,  though  of  a  generation  below  that  which  was  erroneously  pointed  out."  This 
hint  makes  one  seriously  doubt  if  Col.  Chester  were  wise  in  declining  to  print  his  collections 
and  surmises  until  he  had  full  proof,  and  also  to  hope  that  these  collections  will  no 
longer  remain  secluded  from  our  knowledge  until  they  shall  have  lost  all  value  and  interest 
by  the  independent  researches  of  others.— W.  H.  Whitmore. 


366  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

there  in  stock,  to  set  the  poor  on  work,  which  money  of  my  own  and  some 
others  given  to  that  use  is  in  ffeoffee's  hands  at  this  time  thirty  pounds.  To 
my  uncle  Francis  Garaway  or,  if  dead,  amongst  his  children,  twenty  pounds; 
to  my  uncle  Mr.  John  Bowyer  and  my  two  cousins,  his  sons  John  and  Francis, 
either  of  them,  ten  pounds.  To  my  brother  in  law  Mr.  Thomas  Cowly, 
now  consul  at  Sante,  twenty  pounds. 

Item  I  bequeath  to  Mr.  Robinson's  two  sons,  one  of  Pembrooke  College, 
the  other  of  Albourne  Hall,  and  to  my  cousin  Larance  Washington  of 
Brasenose  and  to  Mr.  Dagnall  of  Pembrock  College,  to  each  of  them  forty 
shillings. 

To  my  wife  (over  and  above  her  jointure)  bedding  and  household  stuff, 
belonging  in  my  father's  time  to  a  house  he  had  in  Chiswick,  &c.  &c.  My 
bigger  diamond  ring  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth.  I  will  and  bequeath  to  my 
dear  and  only  surviving  sister  the  Lady  Spencer  of  Offiey  twenty  pounds. 
To  the  Right  Hon.  the  Lord  Spencer,  Robert  Needham  Esq.,  Richard 
Spencer  Esq.,  Sir  Edward  Spencer  knight  and  Sir  Thomas  Derham  knight, 
my  worthy  brothers-in-law,  ten  pounds  each.  Provision  made  for  second 
son  Robert  and  third  son  John,  and  two  younger  sons  William  and  Richard 
(under  one  and  twenty).  P^ldest  daughter  Elizabeth,  second  daughter  Mary 
and  third  daughter  Frances  (all  unmarried).  To  five  younger  daughters, 
Margaret,  Katherine,  Penelope,  Ann,  and  Bridgett.  Son  Henry.  My 
wife  Dame  Mary.  The  manor  of  Corringham  in  Essex.  Cousin  Henry 
Derham  gent.  Audley,  86  (P.  C.  C). 

Nothing  could  be  better  than  this.  Having  found  Mr.  Washing- 
ton  at  Tring,  or  in  its  neighborhood,  I  was  now  able  to  show  through 
what  influence  he  was  led  to  go  there. 

Similar  questions  arose  as  to  the  connection  of  William  Roades  of 
Middle  Claydon,  Bucks,  with  Tring  and  its  neighborhood,  and  the 
connection  of  the  Washington  family  of  Sulgrave  and  Brington  with 
Middle  Claydon  ;  important  questions  if  the  hypothesis  which  1  had 
assumed  was  correct,  viz.  that  William  Roades,  Amphillis  Washing- 
ton, Susanna  Billing  and  Elizabeth  Fitzherbert,  were  all  step-chil- 
dren of  Mr.  Knowling  and  children  of Roades  deceased,  either 

of  Tring  or  of  Middle  Claydon.  Looking  into  Lipscomb's  History  of 
Buckinghamshire  I  found  that  the  manor  of  Middle  Claydon  passed 
to  the  Verney  family  between  1434  and  1467,  in  which  latter  year 
it  belonged  to  Sir  Ralph  Verney,  knight  and  alderman  of  London. 
But  this  was  the  very  family  which  held  the  manor  of  Pendley,  in 
Tring  and  Aldbury,  as  their  chief  seat  for  so  many  generations  until, 
as  I  have  said,  Sir  Francis  Verney  sold  it  in  1607  to  Sir  Richard 
Anderson.  The  manor  of  Middle  Claydon  had  been  leased  in  1535 
for  one  hundred  years  to  the  Gifford  family,  and  from  them  to  Mr. 
Martin  Lister,  who,  in  1620,  when  the  lease  had  but  fifteen  years  to 
run,  surrendered  it  to  Sir  Edmund  Verney  a  brother  of  Sir  Francis. 

Here  then  was  a  promising  clew  to  follow  in  order  to  get  at  the 
connection  between  Tring  and  Middle  Claydon,  and  1  thought  it 
well  worth  the  while  to  hunt  for  Sir  Edmund  Verney 's  will,  which  I 
soon  found.      The  following  is  an  abstract : — 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  367 

Sir  Edmund  Verney  of  Middle  Cleydou,  in  the  co.  of  Bucks  knight,  26 
March,  14  Charles,  A.D.  1639,  proved  23  December,  1642.  My  body  I 
will  shall  be  interred  in  the  chancel  of  the  parish  church  of  Middle  Cleydon. 
To  the  poor  of  that  parish  twenty  pounds.  To  my  son  Thomas  Verney, 
for  and  during  his  natural  life,  one  annuity  or  yearly  sum  of  forty  pounds 
payable  quarterly.  To  my  son  Henry  a  similar  annuity  of  thirty  pounds. 
To  my  son  Edmund  and  every  of  my  daughters,  Susanna,  Penelope,  Mar- 
garet, Cory,  Mary  and  Elizabeth  respectively,  the  sum  of  five  pounds.  To 
my  cousin  Edmund  Verney,  son  of  my  uncle  Urian,  an  annuity  of  five 
pounds,  payable  quarterly.     To  my  niece  Dorothy  Leeke  twenty  pounds. 

Item  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  servant  John  Roades  of  Middle 
Cleydon  aforesaid  for  and  daring  his  natural  life  an  annuity  or  yearlie 
sume  often  pounds  of  lawfull  money  of  England  to  be  paid  unto  him  everie 
yeare  for  that  tyme  at  the  before  menconed  foure  fests  by  even  porcons, 
The  first  paiefilt  thereof  to  be  made  att  such  of  the  said  fests  as  shall  first 
come  and  be  next  after  my  decease.  To  my  servant  Thomas  Chauncy  an 
annuity  of  five  pounds.  To  my  daughter  in  law  Mary  Verney,  wife  of  my 
son  Ralph  Verney,  forty  pounds  for  the  buying  of  her  a  ring.  To  my 
dear  mother  Dame  Margaret  Varney  all  such  moneys  as  are,  at  the  day  of 
the  date  of  this  my  last  will,  in  her  custody  and  which  were  not  delivered 
by  me  or  by  my  appointment  unto  her  to  make  payment  thereof  for  me. 
Certain  other  bequests  to  wife  &c.  Son  Ralph  Verney  to  be  sole  executor. 
William  Roades  one  of  the  witnesses.  Campbell,  129  (P.  C.  C). 

Can  it  be  doubted  for  one  instant  that  the  William  Roades,  who 
witnessed  the  above  will,  was  the  very  same  person  mentioned  in 
Mr.  Andrew  Knowling's  will?  or  that  John  Roades,  to  whom  the 
annuity  of  ten  pounds  was  left,  was  one  of  this  family?  Was  it 
possible  to  learn  anything  more  about  them  ?  The  Camden  Society 
published  in  1853  some  "Letters  and  Papers  of  the  Verney  Family, 
down  to  the  end  of  the  year  1639"  (John  Bruce,  Esq.,  Editor). 
On  page  208  I  found  that  this  John  Roades  was  called  Sir  Edmund's 
bailiff  at  Claydon.  In  1639  (1st  April)  Sir  Edmund  wrote  from 
Yorke  to  his  son  Ralph,  then  at  the  family  residence  in  Covent 
Garden,  London,  as  follows  :  "I  thinck  my  man  Peeter  and  I  am 
parted ;  if  he  comes  to  Lundon  bee  not  deceaved  by  any  falce  mes- 
sage ;  wright  privately  as  much  to  Roades."  The  Christian  name 
is  not  given.  On  the  21st  of  June  (1639)  he  writes  from  camp  to 
his  son  :  "  I  pray  write  to  Will  Roads  presently  to  inquire  out  some 
grass  for  geldings,  for  I  have  bought  fifty  horses  and  geldings  out  of 
one  troope,  and  they  will  bee  at  Cleydon  about  tenn  dayes  hence. 
The  horses  I  will  keepe  att  howse  till  I  can  sell  them."  What  ever 
position  John  Roades  may  have  held,  it  seems  quite  evident  that  in 
June,  1639,  William  Roades  was  bailiff  at  Middle  Claydon.  On 
the  25th  of  May,  1636,  was  issued  a  Warrant  from  Spencer,  Earl 
of  Northampton,  Master  of  His  Majesty's  Leash,  addressed  "To  all 
justices  of  peace,  mayors,  sheriffs,  bayliffs,  constables,  and  all  other 
majesties  officers  and  ministers  to  whom  it  shall  or  may  appertayne," 
authorizing  William  Roads  of  Middle  Claidon  and  Ralph  Hill  of 
Wendover,    servants  of   Sir   Edmund   Verney,   knight   marshal   of 


368  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

His  Majesty's  household,  as  deputies  and  assignees,  for  the  space  of 
six  whole  and  entire  years  next  ensuing,  to  take  and  seize  to  his 
majesty's  use,  and  in  his  majesty's  name,  within  all  places  within  the 
county  of  Buckingham  such  and  so  many  greyhounds,  both  dogs 
and  bitches,  in  whose  custody  soever  they  may  be,  as  the  said 
William  Roads  and  Ralph  Hill  shall  think  meet  and  convenient  for 
his  majesty's  disport  and  recreation  &c,  and  also  to  seize  and  take 
away  all  such  greyhounds,  beagles  or  whippets  as  may  anywise  be 
offensive  to  his  majesty's  game  and  disport. 

Sir  Edmund  Verney  was  in  his  youth  one  of  the  household  of 
Prince  Henry.  On  the  7th  of  January,  1610-11,  he  was  knighted. 
In  1613  he  was  taken  into  the  household  of  Prince  Charles  as  one 
of  the  gentlemen  of  the  privy  chamber.  In  1622  he  was  appointed 
to  the  lieutenancy  of  Whaddon  Chase,  an  office  in  the  gift  of  George 
Villiers,  then  marquis  of  Buckingham  and  keeper  of  Whaddon,  and 
an  interesting  letter  to  Sir  Edmund  from  Sir  Richard  Graham,  one 
of  the  Marquis  of  Buckingham's  gentlemen,  relating  to  this  appoint- 
ment may  be  found  on  page  106  of  the  Verney  Papers.  In  1623 
he  visited  Madrid  with  other  officers  and  gentlemen  of  the  Prince's 
household,  Prince  Charles  and  Buckingham  having  already  preceded 
them  on  that  romantic  expedition,  undertaken  for  the  purpose  of 
seeing  the  Spanish  infanta.  In  the  service  of  the  prince,  as  a  page, 
was  a  Mr.  Thomas  Washington,  whom  Col.  Chester  satisfactorily 
identified  as  the  sixth  son  of  Lawrence  Washington  of  Sulgrave  and 
Brington,  Lawrence,  husband  of  Amphillis,  being  the  fifth.  The 
following  extract  from  "  Familiar  Letters  on  Important  Subjects, 
wrote  from  the  year  1628  to  1650  by  James  Howell-,  Esq.,  Clerk  of 
the  Privy  Council  to  King  Charles  I."  (tenth  edition,  Aberdeen, 
1713),  becomes  of  interest  to  us.  The  letter  was  dated  Madrid, 
August  15,  1623. 

"  Mr.  Washington  the  Prince's  Page  is  lately  dead  of  a  calenture, 
and  I  was  at  his  burial,  under  a  fig-tree  behind  my  Lord  of  Bristol 's 
house.  A  little  before  his  death  one  Ballard  an  English  Priest 
went  to  tamper  with  him  :  and  Sir  Edward  Vdrney  meeting  him 
coming  down  the  stairs  of  Washington's  chamber,  they  fell  from 
words  to  blows,  but  they  were  parted.  The  business  was  like  to 
gather  very  illblood  and  come  to  a  great  height,  had  not  Count 
Gondamar  quasht  it ;  which  I  believe  he  could  not  have  done, 
unless  the  times  had  been  favourable,  for  such  is  the  reverence  they 
bear  to  the  Church  here,  and  so  holy  a  conceit  they  have  of  all 
ecclesiastics,  that  the  greatest  Don  in  Spain  will  tremble  to  offer 
the  meanest  of  them  any  outrage  or  affront." 

Thus  we  see  that  Sir  Edmund  Verney  was  intimate  with  one,  at 
least,  of  the  Washingtons  and  probably  with  others  of  the  family, 
as  two  of  them  were  for  a  time  close  neighbors  to  him,  Sir  William 
Washington,  at  Leckhampstead,  and  Sir  Lawrence  Washington,  the 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  369 

Register  of  Chancery,  at  Westbury.  And  there  was  a  connection 
of  the  Verney,  Washington,  Spencer  and  Fitzherbert  families  with 
the  Leake*  family  which  is  yet  to  be  unravelled.  At  any  rate  I 
think  I  have  presented  evidence  enough  to  show  how  the  Roades 
family  may  have  been  connected  with  Tring  and  Tring  people,  and 
how  and  where  Lawrence  Washington  the  student  and  Fellow  of 
Brasenose  may  have  made  the  acquaintance  of  his  future  wife.  But 
the  same  evidence  seems  to  show  that  it  was  a  match  which  would 
not  be  likely  to  meet  with  the  approval  of  the  rest  of  the  family, 
allied  as  they  were  to  the  Villiers,  Sandys,  Pargiter,  Verney  and  other 
families  then  of  good  social  standing;  and,  in  connection  with  this, 
it  is  worth  noting  that  I  have  thus  far  seen  no  mention  of  Mr. 
Lawrence  Washington  in  any  of  the  wills  of  the  family  or  their 
connections  after  this  marriage,  which  must  have  been  soon  after  the 
resignation  of  the  fellowship  (March,  1632-3). 

I  now  went  to  the  Public  Record  office  and  examined  the  ex- 
chequer :  First  Fruits,  Bishop's  certificates,  Diocese  of  London 
(from  April,  1630,  to  April,  1635),  and  looked  over  the  "Names 
and  cognomens  of  all  and  singular  Clerks  collected,  admitted,  or 
instituted  to  any  Benefice,  &c,  in  the  Diocese  of  London,  and  of 
patrons,  &c,  from  12  Sept.  1632,  to  16  April,"  &c,  and  found  the 
following : 

Essex ;  Dengy,  Decimo  quarto  die  mensis  Martii  Anno  pred"  Laurentius 
Washington  clicus  in  Artibus  magr  admissus  fuit  ad  Rcoria  de  Purleigh 
Com  Essexie  per  pntaconem  Jana3  Horsmanden  patronissae  pro  hac  vice. 

I  also  found  in  the  book  of  compositions  for  First  Fruits  the 
following  : 

xxij0  die  martii  1632  Anno  Regni  dm"  nri  nunc  Caroli  Regis  &c.  octavo. 

Essex.  Purleigh.  R.  Laurentius  Washington  clic  comp  pro  prmittis 
Rcorie  pred  ext.  ad  xxv  decia  hide  Is.  Obliganf  dctus  Laurentius,  Thomas 
Beale  de  Yarkhill  in  Com  Hereff  gen  et  Willus  Smith  pochie  bt;e  Marie 
de  la  Savoy  Iuholder. 

This  living  he  held  until  1643,  when  he  was  ejected,  by  order  of 
Parliament,  as  a  Malignant  Royalist.  This  information  is  given  on 
page  4  of  "The  First  Century  of  Scandalous,  Malignant  Priests 
Made  and  admitted  into  Benefices  by  the  Prelates,  in  whose  hands 
the  ordination  of  Ministers  and  Government  of  the  church  hath 
been,"  published  by  John  White  and  printed  by  George  Miller,  by 
order  of  Parliament,  17  Nov.  1643.  The  case  of  Mr.  Washington 
is  No.  9  on  the  list,  and  is  as  follows  : 

The    Benefice   of    Lawrence    Washington,    Rector    of   Purleigh    in  the 

*  The  lather  of  Dorothy  Leake,  called  niece  in  §ir  Edmund  Verney 's  will  (often  referred 
to  in  the  family  letters  as  Doll  Leake),  was  Sir  John  Leake,  son  and  heir  of  Mr.  Jasper 
Leake  of  Edmonton.  Her  mother  was  Ann  Turvill,  daughter  of  Geoffrey  Turvill,  Esq.,  by 
Mary  (Blakeney).  As  the  widow  Turvill  afterwards  became  the  wife  of  Sir  Edmund 
Verney  (the  elder)  of  Pcndlcy  and  mother  of  Sir  Edmund  the  Knight  Marshal,  the  Lady 
Ann  Leake  was  the  tatter's  half  sister.  I  have  yet  to  learn  who  the  Penelope  Leake  was, 
whom  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Washington  of  Brington  called  cousin. 


370  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

County  of  Essex  is  sequestred,  for  that  he  is  a  common  frequenter  of 
Ale-houses,  not  onely  himselfe  sitting  dayly  tippling  there,  but  also  incourag- 
mg  others  in  that  beastly  vice,  and  hath  been  oft  drunk,  and  hath  said,  That 
the  Parliament  have  more  Papists  belonging  to  them  in  their  Armies  than  the 
King  had  about  him  or  in  his  Army,  and  that  the  Parliaments  Armie  did 
more  hurt  than  the  Cavaliers,  and  that  they  did  none  at  all;  and  hath  pub- 
lished them  to  be  Traitours,  that  lend  to  or  assist  the  Parliament. 

In  an  account  of  the  sufferings  of  the  clergy,  by  John  Walker 
(London,  1714),  I  found',  in  Part  II.  395b,  the  following  remarks 
upon  this  case  : 

Washington,  Lawrence,  A.M.,  Purleigh  R.,  one  of  the  best  Livings  in 
these  Parts:  To  which  he  had  been  Admitted  in  March  1632,  and  was 
Sequestred  from  in  the  year  1G43;  which  was  not  thought  Punishment 
enough  for  him;  and  therefore  he  was  also  put  into  the  Century,  to  be 
transmitted  to  Posterity,  as  far  as  that  Infamous  Pamphlet  could  contribute 
to  it,  for  a  Scandalous,  as  well  as  a  Malignant  Minister,  upon  these  weighty 
considerations ;  That  he  had  said  (then  follows  the  Extract  given  above  in 
italics,  beginning  "'The  Parliament,"  &c.) 

It  is  not  to  be  supposed  that  such  a  Malignant  could  be  less  than  a 
Drunkard  ;  and  accordingly  he  is  charged  with  frequent  Commissions  of 
that  Sin  ;  and  not  only  so,  but  with  encouraging  others  in  that  Beastly 
Vice.  Altho'  a  Gentleman  (a  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  this  County)  who 
Personally  knew  him,  assures  me,  that  he  took  him  to  be  a  very  Worthy, 
Pious  man,  that  as  often  as  he  was  in  his  Company  he  always  appeared  a 
very  Moderate,  Sober  Person  ;  and  that  he  was  Received  as  such,  by  several 
Gentlemen,  who  were  acquainted  with  him  before  he  himself  was:  Adding 
withal,  that  he  was  a  Loyal  Person,  and  had  one  of  the  best  Benefices  in 
these  Parts  ;  and  this  was  the  Only  cause  of  his  Expulsion,  as  I  verily  believe. 
After  he  subjoyns.  That  Another  Ancient  Gentleman  of  his  Neighborhood, 
agrees  with  him  in  this  Account.  Mr.  Washington  was  afterwards  per- 
mitted to  Have  and  Continue  upon  a  Living  in  these  Parts;  but  it  was 
such  a  Poor  aud  Miserable  one,  that  it  was  always  with  difficulty,  that  any 
one  was  persuaded  to  Accept  it.* 

We  have  here  the  two  sides  of  the  story.  Whatever  judgment 
we  may  form  as  to  the  charge  of  being  "oft  drunk"  (which  I  my- 
self am  inclined  to  reject,  or  at  least  view  with  leniency),  we  can 
have  no  doubt  as  to  his  having  been  a  plain  and  outspoken  Royalist. 
We  have  the  evidence  of  both  sides  as  to  that.      How  was  it,   now, 

*  I  would  here  offer  a  criticism  which  Mr.  Waters  may  have  felt  a  scruple  about  making. 
Col.  Chester,  in  his  essay,  after  quoting  this  last  paragraph,  adds,  "  It  is  to  he  hoped  that 
some  further  trace  of  him  [Rev.  Lawrence  Washington]  may  yet  be  discovered  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Purleigh,  where,  putting  the  usual  construction  upon  Walker's  language, 
he  continued  in  his  profession  of  a  clergyman  after  the  Restoration,  and  consequently 
some  years  after  the  date  of  his  namesake's  emigration  to  Virginia." 

It  seems  to  me,  that  unless  a  number  of  instances  can  be  shown  from  Walker's  book,  the 
usual  construction  would  not  at  all  imply  that  Washington  continued  to  live  and  serve  till 
after  the  Revolution  of  1661).  He  was  ejected  from  Purleigh  in  1643;  if  he  lived  till  1653 
or  1654,  this  would  be  such  a  "continuance"  as  would  fully  meet  Walker's  terms. 

In  fact,  Col.  Chester  was  so  strongly  convinced  that  Sir  John  and  Rev.  Lawrence  were 
not  the  emigrants  to  Virginia  (an  opinion  in  which  all  our  readers  will  now  concur),  that 
he  seems  to  have  over-stated  Walker's  language,  in  order  to  prove  that  Lawrence  was  in 
England  after  1657,  when  his  namesake  was  in  Virginia.  But  it  is  more  satisfactory  >till 
to  find,  as  Mr.  Waters  does,  that  Rev.  Lawrence  was  dead  before  1655;  for  in  a  pedigree, 
as  in  politics,  Stafford's  merciless  proverb  is  true,  "  stone-dead  hath  no  fellow." 

W.  II.  Whitmore. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  371 

with  his  kindred,  friends  and  connections  in  that  respect?  So  far  as 
we  can  learn  about  them  in  the  records,  most  of  them  were  on  the 
losing  side,  as  well.  To  instance  a  few  of  them,  we  have  seen  that 
two  of  his  elder  brothers,  William  and  John,  had  been  knighted, 
which  rather  points  that  way  ;  the  former  married  Anne  Villiers, 
half  sister  to  the  first  Duke  of  Buckingham  of  that  family,  the  Royal 
favorite.  His  eldest  son,  Henry  Washington,  nephew  of  the  per- 
secuted parson  of  Purleigh,  was  a  Colonel  in  the  Royalist  Army, 
and,  according  to  an  account  which  I  have  seen,  Governor  of  the 
ever  loyal  city  of  Worcester.  He  was  called  "  late  of  the  City  of 
Worcester  "  in  October,  1649,  when  he  was  obliged  to  "  compound  " 
for  having  been  in  arms  against  Parliament.  Col.  William  Legge, 
who  married  Elizabeth,  one  of  the  sisters  of  the  loyal  Colonel,  was 
a  notorious  Royalist,  and  endured  great  hardships  on  account  of  it. 
We  have  only  to  look  through  the  Docket  of  the  Signet  office  to 
learn  how  he  was  betrusted  and  rewarded  by  his  Royal  master. 
Upon  the  Restoration,  we  are  told,  he  was  offered  an  earldom,  but 
feeling  unable  to  support  that  dignity,  spoke  in  the  interest  of  his  son 
George,  who,  we  know,  was  created  Baron  Dartmouth.  Sir  Law- 
rence Washington,  the  Register  of  Chancery,  actually  died  in  Oxford, 
1643,  while  it  was  held  by  the  King's  forces,  having  gone  thither 
to  attend  the  Royal  Seal,  as  we  are  informed  by  Sir  John  Tirrell  of 
Springfield,  knight,  who  married  Martha  Washington,  his  daughter, 
and  who  was  himself  forced  to  pay  a  fine  of  eight  hundred  pounds 
in  compounding  for  his  own  loyalty.  Spencer,  Earl  of  North- 
ampton, whose  grandfather  had  taken,  for  a  second  wife,  one  of  the 
Spencer  family  of  Althorp,  and  whose  own  mother  was  also  a 
Spencer,  of  another  branch,  was  one  of  the  most  distinguished  of  the 
Royalists,  as  were  all  his  sons.  He  was  mulcted  most  heavily  for 
the  part  he  had  taken  against  Parliament,  although  an  attempt  seems 
to  have  been  made  to  relieve  his  estates  in  Bedfordshire,  by  putting 
forward  evidence*  to  show  that  his  agent  collected  the  rents  jof  these 
estates  not  for  him,  but  as  agent,  really,  of  Sir  John  Washing- 
ton, "by  vertue  of  an  extent  weh  the  said  Sr  John  Washington  had 
upon  the  estnte  of  the  said  Earle  in  the  said  County  of  Bedford." 
As  to  the  Anderson  family,  we  have  seen  that  the  kinsman  and 
friend  of  our  Parson  was  knighted.  His  son  and  heir,  Henry 
Anderson,  was  created  a  Baronet  by  Letters  Patent,  dated  3  July, 
1643  (see  Chauncy's  Herts),  and  we  find  that  he  also  was  obliged 
to  compound  for  his  loyalty  in  1646. 

I  might  extend  this  list,  but  I  think  I  have  given  enough  to  show 
what  the  surroundings  of  our  Washington  family  were  in  that 
respect ;  and  I  am  quite  sure  I  have  seen  enough  myself  to  lead  me 
to  form  the  opinion  that  there  was  quite  a  nest  of  Royalists  in  that 
part  of  Herts  and  Bedfordshire,  and  I  have  little  doubt  that  it  was 
largely  on  that  account  that  Lawrence  Washington,  the  royalist 
clergyman,  was  led  to  seek  that  neighborhood  and  stay  there.      He 


372  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

must  have  died,  as  we  have  seen,  before  1655.  His  wife  was  buried 
19  January,  1654—5,  and  their  children  were  thus  left  orphans. 
Their  eldest  son,  John,  was  about  twenty-three  or  twenty-four  in 
1657  ;  for  it  is  to  be  presumed  that  Mr.  Washington  did  not  marry 
until  he  had  resigned  his  Fellowship  in  March,  1632-3  (according 
to  Col.  Chester),  and  Lawrence,  we  know,  was  twenty-two  in 
1657.  Supposing  them  to  have  been  young  men  of  only  ordinary 
enterprise  and  ambition,  with  the  desire  to  get  on  in  the  world, 
what  chance  had  they  in  England  at  that  time,  known  as  belonging 
to  a  royalist  family,  with  all,  or  most,  of  their  friends,  to  whom,  in 
happier  conditions,  they  might  have  applied  for  influence,  royalists 
like  themselves,  and  Cromwell  then  most  firmly  seated  in  his  Pro- 
tectorate? The  chances  would  seem  to  be  utterly  against  them.  No 
wonder  their  thoughts  turned  to  Virginia,  that  transatlantic  haven 
and  place  of  refuge  for  defeated  royalists,  which  perhaps  then  first 
received  the  name  by  which  it  has,  since,  more  than  once  been  called, 
the  home  of  the  Cavaliers  in  America. 

And  though  without  influential  friends  to  help  them  in  old  Eng- 
land, had  they  no  good  friends  to  start  them  in  the  new  world?  To 
this  question  I  think  I  can  give  an  affirmative  answer.  Their  aunt 
Margaret,  after  the  death  of  her  first  husband,  Samuel  Thornton, 
married  again,  into  the  Sandys  family,  one  of  whom  is  thus  referred 
to  in  the  following  will : 

Nicholas  Farrar,  citizen  and  skinner  of  London,  23  March  1619, 
proved  4  April  1 620.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  place  where  it  shall  please 
God  to  appoint.  And  for  my  worldly  goods,  first,  whereas  there  is  lately 
given  a  beginning  to  the  erecting  and  founding  of  a  College  in  Virginia 
for  the  conversion  of  Infidels'  Children  unto  Christian  Religion,  my  will  is 
that  when  the  said  College  shall  be  erected  and  to  the  number  of  ten  of  the 
infidels'  children  therein  placed  to  be  educated  in  Christian  religion  and 
civility  that  then  my  executor  shall  give  and  pay  the  sum  of  three  hundred 
pounds  unto  the  Company  of  Virginia,  to  be  disposed  of  with  the  advice 
and  consents  of  Sir  Edwin  Sandys,  now  Treasurer  of  the  Company,  and 
my  son  John  Farrar,  so  as  may  most  tend  to  the  furtherance  of  that  godly 
work  of  the  College  and  thereby  to  the  advancement  of  God's  glory.  And 
in  the  mean  while  until  such  time  as  the  said  College  shall  be  erected  and 
at  least  ten  of  the  infidels'  children  therein  placed,  until  which  time  I  will 
not  that  the  said  three  hundred  pounds  shall  be  paid  or  delivered  by  my 
executor  unto  the  Company  of  Virginia,  my  will  is  that  my  executor  shall 
pay  and  deliver  yearly  the  sum  of  twenty  and  four  pounds  unto  the  hands 
of  Sir  Edwin  Sandys  and  John  Farrar,  which  said  sum  of  twenty  and  four 
pounds  my  will  and  desire  is  the  said  Sir  Edwin  Sandys  aud  John  Farrar 
shall  yearly  pay  by  eight  pounds  apiece  to  any  three  several  persons  in 
Virginia,  of  good  life,  and  fame,  that  will  undertake  therewith  to  procure 
and  bring  up  each  one  of  the  Infidels'  children  instructing  them  carefully 
in  the  grounds  of  Christian  Religion  and  intreatiug  them  in  all  things  so 
Christianly  as  by  the  gooil  usage  and  bringing  of  them  up  the  Infidels  may 
be  persuaded  that  it  is  not  (he  intent  of  our  nation  to  make  their  children 
slaves  but  to  bring  them  to  a  better  manner  of  living  in  this  world  and  to 
the  way  of  eternal  happiness  in  the  life  to  come. 

Soame,  32  (P.  C.  C). 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  373 

This  Sir  Edwin  Sandys,  of  Northborne  (Kent),  second  son  of 
Dr.  Edwin  Sandys,  Archbishop  of  York,  received  the  honor  of 
knighthood  from  King  James  I.  (says  Burke),  and  was  distinguished 
as  a  politician  in  that  king's  and  in  the  subsequent  reign.  "He  was 
(says  an  old  writer)  a  leading  man  in  all  parliamentary  affairs,  well 
versed  in  business,  and  an  excellent  patriot  to  his  country,  in  defence 
of  which,  by  speaking  too  boldly,  he,  with  Selden,  was  committed 
into  custody,  16  June,  1621,  and  not  delivered  thence  till  18  July 
following,  which  was  voted  by  the  House  of  Commons  a  great  breach 
of  their  privileges.  He  was  treasurer  to  the  undertakers  for  th« 
western  plantations,  which  he  effectually  advanced,  was  a  person 
of  great  judgment,  and,  as  my  author  saith,  ingenio  et  gravitate 
morum  insignis."     He  died  in  1629. 

Alice  Washington,  another  of  the  paternal  aunts  of  these  young 
men,  was  married  to  Robert  Sandys  of  Lundon,  eldest  son  of 
Thomas,  brother  of  this  Sir  Edwin.  The  widow  of  their  cousin, 
Col.  Henry  Washington,  was,  later,  married  to  Samuel  Sandys, 
Esq.,  another  nephew  of  Sir  Edwin.  And  Sir  Edmund  Verney 
had  long  before  sent  one  of  his  sons,  young  Tom  Verney,  over  to 
Virginia.  So  it  is  evident  that  there  was  plenty  of  influence  which 
could  be  exerted  in  their  favor  to  assist  them  in  their  Virginia  scheme. 


ADDITIONAL    NOTES. 

The  following  notes  and  abstracts,  gathered  during  the  past  six 
years,  all  relate,  more  or  less,  to  this  family  of  Washington  : 

Lawrence  Washington  of  Souldgrave  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton,  gentle- 
man, 18  October  1581,  proved  11  February  1584.  As  concerning  my 
body,  which,  as  it  was  made  of  earth,  so  must  it  return  to  dust  and  earth 
again,  I  desire  therefore  and  require  mine  "exequitor"  to  cause  the  same 
to  be  inhumate  and  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Souldgrave  aforesaid,  in 
the  South  Aisle  there  before  my  seat  where  I  usually  use  to  sit,  according 
to  his  discretion.  To  Mr.  Walter  Light  a  whole  sovereign  of  gold  and  to 
his  now  wife  a  "ducate"  of  gold.  Towards  the  amending  of  Stanbridge 
Lane  twenty  shillings.  And  I  ,vill  that  Roger  Litleford  shall  have  the 
oversight  in  amending  the  said  lane  and  bestowing  the  said  twenty  shillings. 
And  for  his  pains  in  that  behalf  to  be  sustained  I  will  him  two  shillings. 
And  I  will  to  every  one  of  my  sons'  and  daughters'  children  five  shillings 
apiece,  and  to  every  one  of  my  brother  Leonard  Washington's  children  six 
shillings  eight  pence  a  piece  willed  to  them  by  Parson  Washington.*  Also 
I  give  to  my  brother  Thomas  Washington's  children  by  his  last  wife  forty 
shillings.  Also  I  devise  to  my  son  Lawrence  Washington  one  goblet  parcel 
gilt,  with  the  cover  for  the  same,  and  four  pounds  of  currant  English 
money  to  buy  him  a  salt.  And  I  farther  will  to  him  one  featherbed  in  the 
gate-house,  one  feather  bed  over  the  day-house,  one  coverlet  with  a  blue 
lining,  one  coverlet  in  the  gate-house  chamber,  two  boulsters,  two  pairs  of 

*  This  may  have  been  Lawrence  Washington,  junior,  presented  to  the  living  of  Stotesbery 
(Northampton)  by  Lawrence  Washington,  senior,  16  May,  1559  (see  Bridge's  Hist,  of 
Northamptonshire,  I.  203). 


374  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

blankets,  four  home  made  coverlets  &  four  mattresses.  Also  I  give  to  Law- 
rence Washington,  son  to  Robert  Washington  my  son  and  heir  apparent,  the 
ring  which  I  usually  wear.  Also  I  forgive  and  acquit  my  brother  Thomas 
Washington  of  all  such  debts  and  duties  as  he  by  any  manner  of  means  oweth 
unto  me.  And  I  forgive  and  discharge  John  Lagoe,  sometime  my  servant, 
of  all  such  sums  of  money  as  he  oweth  unto  me  and  of  all  rents  and  arrear- 
ages of  rents  due  unto  me  for  such  lands,  tenements  or  hereditaments  as  he 
holdeth  of  mine,  by  lease  or  otherwise,  for  term  of  my  natural  life.  And  I 
will  to  every  one  of  my  servants  which  shall  be  in  service  with  me  at  the 
time  of  my  decease  twelve  pence.  Also  I  will  that  the  said  Robert  Wash- 
ington shall  yearly  give  to  my  servant  Symon  Wood  a  livery  coat  and  forty 
shillings  of  currant  English  money  for  his  wages  yearly  during  his  life. 
And  whereas  I  stand  charged  by  the  last  will  and  testament  of  William 
Bond,  gentleman,  for  the  amending  and  repairing  of  Preston  Lane  and  for 
the  repairing  of  the  way  between  Dalington  and  the  Westbridge  at  North- 
ampton called  Spangstone,  I  earnestly  require  my  executor  and  overseers  to 
call  upon  the  said  John  Balgoye  for  the  amending  of  the  said  places,  for 
that  I  have,  long  time  heretofore,  delivered  into  the  hands  of  the  said  John 
Balgaye  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  of  currant  English  money  for  the  repair- 
ing of  Preston  Lane  and  twenty  shillings  for  the  amending  of  Spangston,  for 
that  only  use  and  purpose.  Also  I  will  and  devise  that  widow  Compton 
shall  have,  hold,  possess  and  enjoy  for  term  of  her  life  so  much  of  one  cot- 
tage as  she  now  possesseth  in  Sulgrave,  so  as  she  well  and  honestly  behave 
herself  during  her  life,  without  making  or  doing  any  reparations  thereupon 
and  without  paying  auy  rent  therefor,  other  than  one  red  rose  at  the  feast 
of  Saint  John  Baptist  yearly,  if  the  same  be  demanded.  And  my  further 
meaning  and  intent  is  that  the  said  Robert  and  his  heirs  shall  from  time 
to  time  forever  appoint  some  honest  aged  or  impotent  person  to  inhabit  the 
same  cottage  for  term  of  life,  and  that  such  aged  or  impotent  person 
as  shall  not  pay  to  my  heirs  any  manner  of  rent  therefor  for  term  of  his 
life  other  than  a  red  rose  payable  as  aforesaid,  nor  shall  be  charged  to 
repair  the  same  cottage  during  his  or  their  lives.  And  my  mind,  intent 
and  meaning  is  that  if  any  doubt,  ambiguity  or  controversy  shall  appear  to 
arise  or  grow  in  respect  of  these  presents  then  I  will  the  same  shall  be  de- 
cided and  determined  by  my  overseers  or  any  one  of  them.  And  of  this 
my  last  will  and  testament  I  constitute,  ordain  and  appoint  the  said  Robert 
Washington  my  sole  executor,  and  of  the  same  I  make  and  ordain  my  well 
beloved  and  trusty  friends  the  said  William  Baldwyn  and  William  Pargiter 
my  overseers,  desiring  them  to  call  on  my  executor  if  any  default  or  slack- 
ness shall  evidently  in  him  appear,  for  or  towards  the  performance  of  this 
my  last  will  and  testament,  and  for  their  pains  I  will  to  either  of  them 
forty  shillings.  Witnesses,  William  Baldwin,  William  Pargiter,  Robert 
Calcott,  George  Woodward.  Brudenell,  5  (P.  C.  C). 

Northt.  Laurence  Washington. 

Inqn  taken  at  Rothewell  in  Co.  Northt  24th  day  of  August,  26  Eliz. 
[1584]  before  Arthur  Broke  Esq.  Escheator,  after  the  death  of  Laurence 
Washington  gent.,  by  the  oath  of  Henry  Moore,  William  Craddocke  &c.  &c. 
Jurors,  who  say  that  Laurence  Washington  was  seised  in  fee  of  the  M&nor 
of  Sulgrave  with  the  appurtenances  to  the  Monastery  of  St.  Andrew  in  the 
town  of  Northampton  [lately]  belonging;  also  of  all  the  messuages,  lauds 
&c.  in  Sulgrave  &  Woodford  to  the  same  Monastery  belonging;  also  of  one 
close  of  laud  &c.  [here  follows  a  long  list  of  lands  in  various  places]. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  375 

He  being  so  seised  by  an  Indenture  made  the  10th  day  of  Dec.  7  Eliz. 
[1564]  made  between  himself  of  the  one  part  and  Walter  Light  of  Radwey 
in  Co.  Warwick  gent,  of  the  other  part,  in  consideration  of  a  marriage 
afterwards  Solemnized  between  Robert  Washington  gent,  then  son  &  heir 
apparent  of  the  said  Laurence  and  Elizabeth  Light  then  daughter  &  sole 
heiress  of  the  said  Walter  Light,  agreed  for  himself  his  heirs  &  administra- 
tors with  the  said  Walter  Light,  his  heirs  &  administrators  that  before  the 
Feast  of  Easter  then  next  following  that  he  (Laurence)  would  make  with 
certain  persons  indifferently  chosen  a  firm  and  sufficient  estate  in  two 
messuages  in  the  parish  of  Pattishill  with  their  appurtenances :  to  hold  the 
same  to  the  use  of  the  said  Laurence  so  long  as  the  said  Robert  should  live; 
after  his  death,  to  the  use  of  Elizabeth  Light  for  life,  for  her  jointure;  after 
her  decease,  to  the  use  of  the  heirs  male  of  Robert  Washington  ;  for  default 
of  such  issue,  to  the  use  of  the  heirs  male  of  Laurence  Washington,  younger 
son  of  the  said  Laurence  named  in  the  writ ;  for  default  of  such  issue  then 
to  the  use  of  the  right  heirs  of  Laurence  Washington  (the  father)  for  ever. 

Robert  Washington  afterwards  took  to  wife  the  said  Elizabeth  who  is 
still  alive  at  Sulgrave. 

Laurence  Washington  (father)  died  on  the  19th  day  of  February  now 
last  past;  Robert  Washington  his  son  &  heir  was  aged  40  years  &  more  at 
the  time  of  taking  this  Inquisition. 

The  Manor  of  Sulgrave  and  other  the  premises  in  Sulgrave,  Woodford  & 
Cotton  are  held  of  the  King  Hen.  8,  his  heirs  &  successors  in  capite  by  the 
20th  part  of  a  knights  fee,  and  are  worth  per  ami.  (clear)  £  15.  12s. 
6d.  &c.  &c.  Chan.  Inq".  p.  m.  26  Eliz.  Part  1,  N°.  179. 

William  Pargyter  of  Grytworth  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton,  gentleman, 
18  January,  26th  year  of  the  Reign  of  Elizabeth  &c,  proved  30  October 
1584.  To  the  church  of  Grytworth  six  shillings  eight  pence.  To  my  son 
Christopher  ten  of  my  beasts,  forty  pounds  of  currant  English  money,  after 
the  expiration  of  one  whole  year,  forty  of  my  ewes  that  shall  be  going  in 
my  pasture  in  Stutesbury  and  forty  of  my  store  sheep  that  shall  be  going 
in  the  fields  of  Grytworth,  to  be  delivered  at  any  time,  upon  request,  run- 
ning'out  of  the  pen.  I  do  release  unto  Richard  Knight,  my  son  in  law,  all 
debts  whatsoever  which  he  oweth  me.  To  Ursula  Knight,  my  daughter, 
one  yearly  rent  of  three  pounds  six  shillings  eight  pence  of  currant  Eng- 
lish money,  to  be  paid  to  her  yearly  by  my  son  Robert,  his  heirs,  executors 
or  assigns,  during  the  joint  lives  of  the  Lady  Lawrence  and  of  my  said 
daughter  Ursula  Knight.  To  the  said  Christopher,  my  son,  one  dozen  of 
pewter  vessell. 

"  Item  I  doe  give  &  bequeath  unto  my  brother  Wasshington  his  children 
fourty  shillinges  to  be  equally  devided  amongest  them."  To  my  sister 
Pemerton  ten  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Robert  Mauley  his  wife  ten  shil- 
lings. To  my  cousin  Anne  Crossewell  ten  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Anne 
Manley  ten  shillings.  To  every  of  the  children  of  my  son  in  law  Crescent 
Buttery  and  Richard  Knight  the  sum  of  forty  shillings  a  piece,  to  be  paid 
or  delivered  to  them  on  the  day  of  their  marriages.  To  William,  sou  unto 
Robert  my  son,  my  ring  whereon  my  name  is  engraven.  To  Thomas  Han- 
cock ten  shillings.  To  John  Covvper  my  servant  some  of  my  apparell.  To 
the  poor  of  Grytworth,  Laurence  Marston  and  Sulgrave.  The  residue  tc 
son  Robert,  whom  I  make  my  sole  executor.  And  I  make  and  constitute 
my  well  beloved  and  trusty  friends  William  Baldwyn,  Walter  Light,  Robert 
Washington  and  Crescent  Butterye,  gent,  overseers. 

Watson,  31  (P.  C.  C). 


37  6  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAVD. 

Chkistofer  Lighte  of  Horley,  in  the  Co.  of  Oxon,  gentleman,  16  July 
1583,  proved  29  October  1584.  To  be  buried  in  parish  church  of  Horley 
under  the  gravestone  where  my  father  and  mother  were  buried.  My  manor 
of  Horley,  my  manor  of  Horneton,  in  Oxfordshire,  my  messuage  and  land 
in  Mollington,  Warwickshire,  &c.  &c.  to  my  executors  during  the  minority 
of  Richard  Lighte  my  son.  My  brother  Walter,  Johau  Halford,  my  sister, 
and  her  children,  vizt:  Elizabeth  Tyson  and  Ursula  Halford.  My  cousin 
Robert  Pargyter  and  Christopher  Pargytor,  and  Ursula  Knight  their  sister. 

'•'  And  whereas  I  stande  bounde  by  obligation  to  paye  to  my  Cosen  Robert 
Washington  of  Sowlgrave  in  the  Countie  of  Northamptown  gentleman,  the 
Some  of  one  hundred  poundes,  yf  I  doe  not  suffer  my  Mannors,  Landes  and 
Tenementes  to  discende  unto  him,  my  will  is  that  my  executors  shall  paye 
unto  my  saide  cosen  Washington  his  executors  or  administrators  the  saide 
some  of  one  hundred  poundes  wthin  one  yeare  nexte  after  my  deathe  in 
full  satisfaction  and  pfourmance  of  the  said  Obligacon,  And  in  discharge 
of  my  promyse  and  agreement  wth  him  made." 

Wife  Margaret.  Five  of  the  children  of  my  sister  Halford,  viz  :  Thomas 
Savage,  Elizabeth  Tyson,  Blanch  Halford,  Margaret  Nicholls  and  Ursula 
Halford.  I  will  and  do  desire  my  good  brotber-in-law  Mr.  William 
Pargytor  of  Grytworth,  Northampton,  and  my  well  beloved  brother  Mr. 
Walter  Lyght  of  Radwaye,  Warwick,  to  be  executors  &c.  My  father-in- 
law  Mr.  Thomas  Sheldon  and  my  friend  Mr.  Ancar  Brent  to  be  overseers. 

In  a  codicil  the  testator  says  "  Whereas  William  Pargetor  one  of  my 
exequitors  hathe  depted  from  this  worlde  longe  sithence  the  makinge  of  my 
will  I  doe  therefore  nowe  make  and  constitute  Robert  Pargitor,  my  kyns- 
man,  to  be  one  of  my  Exequitors  insteade  of  the  sayde  William  Pargytor 
nowe  deceased."  Watson,  32  (P.  C.  C). 

Sir  John  Spencer  of  Oldthroppe,  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton,  knight,  6 
December,  42d  Eliz :  proved  1 1  January  1599.  My  body  to  be  buried  in 
the  chancell  of  Bringhton  Church,  where  my  ancestors  lie  buried,  and  my 
funerall  to  be  done  in  decent  sort,  not  with  great  pomp  according  to  the 
order  of  the  world  in  these  days.  All  my  goods  &c.  to  Robert  Spenser  my 
loving  son  whom  I  do  ordain  and  make  sole  executor :  and  do  ordain  over- 
seers of  this  my  will  my  honorable  good  Lord  the  Lord"  Hunsden,  Lord 
Chamberlain  to  the  Queen's  Majesty,  and  my  loving  and  assured  good 
brothers  Sir  William  Spencer,  knight,  Thomas  Spencer  and  Richard 
Spencer,  Esquires,  and  do  devise  to  them  four  of  my  best  horses  or  geldings 
at  their  choice.  To  Lord  Hunsden,  further,  one  piece  of  plate,  double  gilt, 
of  the  value  of  twenty  marks  to  be  made  in  such  sort  as  it  shall  seem  best 
to  my  Executor.  To  my  very  loving  friend  Mr.  William  Baldwynne  of 
Bifield,  Northampton,  twenty  pounds  in  consideration  of  his  care  and  pains 
in  my  law  causes,  and  I  will  my  son  give  him  for  me  a  good  ambling 
gelding. 

Also  I  will  and  bequeath  unto  Elizabeth  Washington  the  wife  of  Robert 
Washington  of  Great  Brinton,  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton,  in  regard  of  her 
pains  about  me  in  my  sickness,  twenty  pounds.  To  Agnes  Fawkner  my 
servant,  over  and  above  her  wages,  forty  shillings.  To  Mr.  Procter,  parson 
of  Bodington,  five  pounds  or  an  ambling  nag  of  that  price,  at  his  choice. 
And  I  give  unto  Mr.  Thomas  Campion  my  minister  the  presentation  of  the 
next  Parsonage  that  shall  fall,  and  if  it  be  not  to  his  contentment  then  to 
take  that  until  a  better  do  fall,  and  then  to  resign  the  worst  and  to  take  the 
best,  the  which  I  will  and  command  my  son  to  perform.     I  give  to  Stephen 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  377 

French  and  John  Spencer,  two  of  my  servants  that  wait  upon  me  in  my 
chamber,  forty  pounds  to  each  of  them. 

Kidd,  95  (P.  C.  C). 

Robert  Washington  of  Souldgrave,  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton  Esq.,  7 
February  1619,  proved  3  January  1620.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the 
South  Aisle  of  the  church  before  my  seat  where  I  usually  sit  under  the  same 
stone  that  my  father  lieth  buried  under. 

I  give  to  my  three  sons  which  I  had  by  my  second  wife,  namely  to  my 
son  Albane  Washington,  to  my  son  Guy  Washington  and  to  my  son  Robert 
Washington,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  apiece  of  currant  English 
money,  to  be  paid  unto  them  and  to  each  of  them  at  their  ages  of  four  and 
twenty  years  apiece,  always  provided,  and  I  do  mean,  that  my  said  three 
sons  shall  have  the  said  sums  of  money  aforenamed  and  at  the  time  afore- 
said if  they  be  obedient  and  will  be  ruled  in  the  mean  space  by  their 
mother  my  executrix  and  do  carry  themselves  well  and  as  dutiful  children 
to  her,  but  if  they,  or  any  of  them,  be  undutiful  unto  her  and  will  not  be 
ruled  by  her  as  it  becometh  them  to  be  then  I  will  by  this  my  last  will  and 
testament  that  they,  or  so  many  of  them  as  shall  be  undutiful  or  that  will 
not  be  ruled  by  her,  shall  have  but  ten  pounds  apiece  at  their  ages  of  four 
and  twenty  years  apiece  aforesaid. 

Also  I  give  unto  three  other  sons  which  I  had  by  my  former  wife,  namely 
to  my  son  Christopher  Washington,  to  my  son  William  Washington  and  to 
my  son  Thomas  Washington,  the  sum  of  ten  shillings  apiece.  And  I  do 
further  give  unto  my  son  William  Washington  aforesaid  the  sum  of  fifty 
pounds  to  be  paid  unto  him  out  of  a  debt  of  four  hundred  and  odd  pounds 
due  unto  me  from  the  executors  or  administrators  of  my  son  Lawrence 
Washington  deceased,  and  the  said  fifty  pounds  to  be  paid  unto  my  son 
William  Washington  aforesaid  as  soon  as  it  is  recovered  from  the  executors 
or  administrators  of  my  son  Lawrence  Washington  as  is  aforesaid. 

The  rest  of  my  goods  and  chattells  unnamed  and  unbequeathed  I  give 
unto  my  wife  Ann  Washington  whom  I  make  sole  executrix  of  this  my 
last  will  and  testament  she  discharging  my  last  will  and  testament  and  dis- 
charging my  debts  and  funerals. 

Wit:  Thomas  Court,  scriptor,  Christopher  Pargiter,  John  Ireton. 

Dale,  5  (P.  C.  C). 

Of  the  sons  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  will,  Christopher  and 
William  entered  Oriel  College,  Oxford,  I  think,  in  1588,  the  for- 
mer fifteen,  the  latter  eleven,  years  old  (as  I  learn  from  a  memo- 
randum furnished  me  by  J.  H.  Lea,  Esq.).  The  will  or  admon. 
of  the  son  Lawrence,  referred  to,  may  be  at  Peterborough.  I  have 
not  found  it  in  London.     He  died  atBrington,  13  December,  1616. 

Elizabeth  Washington  of  Brighton  (Brington),  in  the  Co.  of  Northamp- 
ton widow,  17  March  1622,  proved  12  April  1623.  I  do  give  unto  John 
Washington  one  hundred  pounds  and  four  pairs  of  my  best  sheets,  two 
long  table  cloths,  two  pairs  of  pillowbeers  and  four  dozen  of  napkins,  four 
side  board  cloths,  four  cupboard  cloths  and  four  long  towels,  one  nut  to 
drink  in  trimmed  with  silver,  one  silver  beaker  to  drink  in,  one  silver  bowl 
to  drink  in,  half  a  dozen  of  the  best  silver  spoons  and  one  double  silver  salt 
cellar,  one  pewter  charger  and  a  plate  to  it,  six  of  the  best  platters  and  six 
dishes,  a  pair  of  andirons  and  tongs,  a  fire  shovel,  a  chafing  dish,  a  great 


378  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

brass  pot  which  came  from  Solgrave,  the  best  standing  bed  in  the  great 
chamber,  with  all  that  belongs  to  it,  and  half  a  dozen  of  Turkey  work 
''  quishions  "  and  two  long  velvet  "quishions"  and  a  leather  coffer.  Item 
I  do  give  unto  Sir  William  Washington  one  hundred  pounds.  Item  I  do  give 
unto  Mrs.  Mywse  twenty  pounds  and  one  silver  bowl  and  one  brass  pot. 
Item  I  do  give  unto  Mrs.  Alice  Washington  twenty  pounds.  Item  I  do 
give  unto  Mrs.  Frances  Washington  twenty  pounds.  Item  I  do  give  unto 
my  cousin  Pill  the  bed  wherein  I  do  now  lie,  with  all  that  appertains  unto  it. 
"  Item  I  doe  give  unto  my  Cosen  Lawrence  Washington  who  is  nowe  at 
Oxford  my  husband's  seal  ringe."*  Item  I  do  give  unto  A:me  Adcocke 
twenty  five  pounds,  a  pied  cow  and  a  pied  colt  and  a  yearling  bullock,  a 
great  brass  pott  and  two  great  deep  platters  and  two  pairs  of  fine  sheets, 
one  pair  of  pillowbeers  and  a  dozen  of  napkins,  a  kettel  and  a  dripping  pan. 
Item  I  do  give  unto  my  cousin  Penelope  Leake  who  is  now  with  me  ten 
pounds.  And  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  I  do  make  and  ordain  Mr. 
Francis  Mewse  my  whole  executor.  And  I  do  desire  that  all  those  dues 
and  debts  which  is  now  owing  by  my  late  husband  Mr.  Robert  Washington 
may  be  first  discharged  and  then  after  them  the  legacies  herein  set  down 
performed.  And  my  desire  is  that  my  honorable  good  Lord  Spencer 
would  be  pleased  to  be  my  supervisor  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament. 

Swann,  33  (P.  C.  C). 

The  following  monumental  inscription  at  Brington  is  copied  from 
Baker's  Northamptonshire,  Vol.  I.  p.  93  : 

Here  lies  interred  y'e  bodies  of  Elizab:  Washington  |  widdowe,  who 
changed  this  life  for  im'ortalitie  |  ye  19th  of  March  1622.  As  also  y'e 
body  of  Robert  |  Washington  Gent:  her  late  husband  second  |  sonne  of 
Robert  Washington  of  Solgrave  in  y'e  |  County  of  North.  Esq.  who 
dep'ted  this  life  y'e  |  10th  of  March  1622.  After  they  lived  lovingly 
together  |  many  yeares  in  this  Parish. f 

Sir  Edward  Villiers,  knight,  Lord  President  of  the  Province  of 
Munster  in  the  realm  of  Ireland,  31  August  1625,  proved  2  February  1626. 
I  give  and  devise  all  my  lands  unto  my  dear  and  loving  wife  the  Lady 
Barbara  Villiers  during  her  life,  she  to  maintain  and  provide  for  my  chil- 
dren. To  my  servant  Hamond  Francklyn  two  hundred  pounds  in  one 
year  after  my  decease.  If  both  my  self  and  my  wife  shall  die  without 
any  issue  begotten  of  our  two  bodies  that  shall  be  living  &c.  then  my 
brother  Sir  William  Villiers,  Baronet,  shall  have  all  my  lands  &c,  and  he 
shall  give  unto  my  sister  the  Lady  Elizabeth  Butler  one  hundred  pounds 
to  buy  her  a  Jewell  and  to  my  sister  the  Lady  Anne  Washington  the  sum 
of  five  hundred  pounds,  and  to  every  servant  in  my  service  at  the  time  of 
my  death  one  year's  wages  and  to  the  poor  people  of  St.  Margaret's  in 
Westminster  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds.  Skynner,  20  (P.  C.  C). 

Phillip  Curtis  of  Islip  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton,  gentleman,  delivered 
his  will  nun     ^ative  in  the  presence  of  Sir  John  Washington,  knight,  and 

*  Qu.  Did  the  sons  of  Lawrence  Washington  take  this  seal  ring  over  with  them  to 
Virginia  ?    If  so,  what  became  of  it  ?    Arc  there  to  be  found  any  early  impressions  of  it  ? 

t  This  is  one  of  the  two  "Memorial  Stones"  of  which  facsimiles  were,  in  1860,  pre- 
sented to  Hon.  Charles  Sumner  by  Earl  Spencer.  Mr.  Sumner  gave  these  facsimiles  to 
the  State  of  Massachusetts,  and  they  are  now  in  the  State  House  at  Boston.  The  other 
stone  is  that  of  Lawrence  Washington,  brother  of  Robert,  who  was  the  grandfather  of  the 
presumed  Virginia  emigrants.    He  died  Dec.  13,  1616. — Editor. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  379 

Michael  Westfield,  clerk,  19  May  1636,  proved  30  May  1636.  To  my 
daughter  Katherine  Curtis  one  thousand  pounds,  at  day  of  marriage  or  age 
of  twenty  one.  which  shall  first  happen.  Item  I  give  unto  my  nephew 
John  Washington  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  to  be  paid  unto  him  at  his  age  of 
twenty  and  one  years.  Item  I  give  unto  my  nephew  Phillip  Washington 
the  like  sum  of  fifty  pounds  to  be  paid  at  his  age  of  twenty  and  one  years. 
And  for  my  nephew  Mordant  Washington  I  leave  in  trust  to  my  wife. 
Item  I  give  unto  my  wife  Amy  Curtis  and  to  her  heirs  forever  all  my  free- 
hold land  to  be  sold  towards  the  raising  of  my  daughters  portion  &c.  And 
I  make  her  the  full  and  sole  executrix  &c.  Item  I  make  choice  of  Sir 
John  Washington  of  Thropston,  knight,  and  Michael  Westfield  of  Islipp, 
clerk,  to  be  guardians  for  my  daughter.  Pile,  55  (P.  C.  C). 

Amye  Curtis  of  Islipp,  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton  widow,  27  June 
1636,  proved  19  November  1636.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  chancel  of 
Islipp,  near  unto  the  grave  of  my  deceased  husband.  I  give  towards  the 
repair  of  the  church  of  Islipp  twenty  shillings;  to  the  poor  there  forty 
shillings:  to  the  poor  of  Denford  twenty  shillings. 

Item  whereas  there  was  given  unto  my  nephew  Mordauut  Washington,  the 
eldest  son  of  Sir  John  Washington,  knight,  by  the  last  will  and  testament 
of  his  grandmother  Curtis  deceased  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  to  be  employed 
as  [in]  the  said  will  is  further  expressed  my  will  is  aud  I  do  give  unto  the 
said  Mordauut  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  more  to  be  employed  for  his 
best  benefit  so  soon  as  my  debts  be  paid  and  the  said  money  can  conveniently 
be  raised,  and  to  be  paid  unto  him  at,  his  age  of  twenty  and  one  years  or  at 
the  day  of  his  marriage,  which  shall  first  happen.  Item,  whereas  my 
husband,  late  deceased,  gave  unto  John  Washington,  the  second  son  of 
Sir  John  Washington,  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  my  will  is,  and  I  do  give 
unto  the  said  John  my  nephew  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  more,  to  be  employed 
for  his  best  use  and  benefit,  my  debts  first  paid  and  the  money  conveniently 
raised,  and  to  be  paid  to  him  at  his  age  of  twenty  and  one  years,  or  at  the 
day  of  his  marriage. 

A  similar  bequest  to  Phillip  Washington,  the  third  son  of  Sir  John 
Washington. 

To  my  god  daughter  Amy  Hynde  twenty  pounds.  To  Michael  Westfield, 
clerk,  five  pounds  and  to  Mr.  Richard  Allen  of  Lovvick  five  pounds.  To 
my  neighbor  Mrs.  Margaret  Westfield  five  pounds.  The  freehold  land 
given  to  me  by  my  husband  Phillip  Curtis,  I  give  unto  my  daughter 
Katherine  Curtis.  My  mother  Margaret  Washington  and  my  brother  Sir 
John  Washington  to  be  guardians  for  my  daughter. 

Wit:  Michael  Westfield,  William  Washington  and  Phillip  Freeman. 

Pile,  108  (P.  C.  C). 

Samuel  Thornton,  of  St.  Giles  in  the  Fields,  Middlesex,  Esq.,  9  Jan- 
uary 1666,  proved  2  May  1G66.  To  my  dear  wife  the  sum  of  four  hundred 
pounds,  to  my  grandchild  John  Thornton  two  hundred  pounds,  to  Charles 
Thornton  my  grandchild,  one  hundred  pounds,  to  my  grandchild  Penelope 
Thornton  one  hundred  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Kirby  two  hundred  pounds, 
and  I  make  and  ordain  my  dear  wife  sole  executrix. 

Wit:  Jo:  Coell,  Eliza:  Mewce,  Margaret  Talbott. 

Proved  by  the  oath  of  Dame  Margaret  Sandis  als  Thornton  his  Relict 
&  executrix  named  in  the  will.  Carr,  41  (P.  C.  C). 


380  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Will  of  Dame  Margaret  Sandys. 

October  the  eleventh  1673.  Into  the  hands  of  God  the  father,  the  son 
and  the  Holy  Ghost,  three  persons  but  one  eternal  God,  I  do  commend  my 
soul,  and  I  desire  my  body  may  be  buried  in  a  private  plain  decent  manner. 
And  that  little  I  have  I  do  desire  should  be  thus  disposed  of.  I  do  give 
to  my  dear  sister  Mewce  twenty  pounds  and  the  hangings  in  our  chamber 
and  the  silk  blanket  and  my  pair  of  sheets  we  lie  in.  I  do  give  to  my 
sister  Washington,  my  sister  Sandys  and  my  sister  Gargrave  ten  pounds 
apiece,  which  in  all  is  thirty  pounds.  I  give  to  my  nephew  John  Wash- 
ington, my  dear  eldest  brother's  son,  twenty  pounds.  I  give  to  my  son 
Thornton  my  Indian  gown.  I  give  to  my  daughter  Thornton  twenty 
pounds  and  the  hair  trunk  in  my  chamber  and  the  linen  in  it.  I  give  to 
my  son  Kerkby  twenty  pounds  and  my  Turkey  work  chairs  and  the  tables 
and  carpets  in  the  Parlour  during  his  life  and  my  daughter's,  and  after  their 
deaths  I  give  them  to  Lucy  Kerk  [Kerkby?]  that  waiteth  on  me.  I  give 
to  my  daughter  Kerkby  twenty  pounds  and  my  blue  box  in  my  closet  and 
her  father's  picture  in  it  and  all  else  in  the  box.  I  give  to  my  uncle 
Robert  Washington  five  pounds.  I  give  to  young  Lucy  Kerkby  that  waits 
upon  me  ten  pounds  and  the  feather  bed,  bolster  and  pillows  and  blankets 
and  three  pairs  of  sheets  she  lies  in  and  the  wrought  sheet  and  the  chairs 
and  stools  in  my  closet  and  all  my  other  things  in  my  closet.  I  give  also 
to  her  and  her  sisters  my  wearing  linen  and  my  clothes.  I  give  to  little 
Peg  Kerkby  my  silver  cup  with  the  cover.  I  give  to  little  Sam.  Thorn- 
ton my  thirty  shilling  piece  of  gold.  I  give  to  little  Nan  Dornau  a  broad 
piece  of  gold.  I  give  Sam.  Kerby  a  broad  piece  of  gold.  I  give  to  the 
poor  of  Soham  five  pounds.  I  give  to  the  poor  of  Fordham  two  pounds. 
And  I  make  and  ordain  my  dear  son  Thornton  sole  executor  of  this  my 
last  will  and  testament,  desiring  him  to  perform  the  same  and  those  poor 
goods  I  have  given  that  they  may  have  them  when  I  die  and  the  money  I 
have  given  that  it  may  be  paid  to  every  one  at  the  end  of  six  months.  In 
witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  in  the  presence  of 
the  witnesses  whose  names  are  subscribed  the  day  and  year  above  written, 
and  what  money  I  have  either  here  or  at  Haxey  undisposed  I  give  two 
parts  of  it  to  John  Thornton  and  one  part  to  Charles  Thornton,  my  son 
Thornton's  sons.  And  I  desire  my  son  that  they  may  have  it  as  soon  aa 
it  is  gotten  but  the  charge  of  my  burying  must  be  taken  out  of  the  money 
I  leave.  Margarett  Sandys. 

Wit:    Do:  Washington,  Elizabeth  MeWce,  Lucy  Kirkby. 

Proved  16  November  1675  by  Roger  Thornton,  the  Executor. 

Dycer,  118  (P.  C.  C). 

Dorothy  Wassington,  relict  of  Sir  John  Wassington,  knight  deceased, 
6  October  1678,  proved  24  December  1678.  My  body  I  leave  to  my  execu- 
tor's discretion  to  be  laid  decently  in  the  grave  in  the  chancel  of  the  church 
of  Fordham,  near  the  place  where  the  body  of  my  dear  grand  child  Mrs. 
Penelope  Audley  lies  buried.  And  for  that  small  estate  which  the  lord 
hath  continued  to  me  I  bequeath  and  bestow  as  followeth.  Item  I  give 
and  bequeath  unto  my  son  Mr.  Thomas  Kirkbey  the  sum  of  five  pounds 
and  to  each  of  his  sous  and  daughters  twenty  shillings  a  piece,  to  be  paid 
them  six  months  after  my  decease.  Item  all  the  rest  of  my  goods  whatso- 
ever, as  household  stuff,  bills,  bonds,  debts  and  the  like,  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  my  daughter  Mrs.  Penelope  Thornton,  whom  I  do  make  my  sole 
executrix  &c. 

Wit :   Ezech  :    Pargiter,  Hugh  Floyde,  Sarah  Flecher. 

Reeve,  148  (P.  C.  G). 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  381 

The  three  preceding  wills  seem  to  show  a  confusion  or  mixing  up 
of  Sandys,  Thornton,  Kirkby  and  Washington.  Dame  Margaret 
Sandys  was  one  of  the  sisters  of  Sir  William,  Sir  John  and  the  Rev. 
Lawrence  Washington,  and  had  been  the  wife  of  Samuel  Thornton, 

Esq.,   before    her  marriage  with  Sandys.      Dame  Dorothy 

Washington  was  undoubtedly  a  daughter  of  William  Pargiter  of 
Gretworth,  Esq.,  by  Abigail,  daughter  of  Sir  Francis  Willough- 
by  of  Wollaton,  Nottinghamshire,  Bart.  Her  brother  Theodore 
Pargiter's  will  (1654—1656)  has  already  been  published  in  these 
Gleanings  {ante,  pp.  84-5).  I  suppose  the  "Cosen  John  Wash- 
ington "  referred  to  in  that  will,  apparently  in  Barbados,*  was  the 
second  son  of  Sir  John  Washington  of  Thrapston,  husband  of  Dame 
Dorothy.  The  following  will  of  another  brother  of  this  Dame 
Dorothy  Washington  seems  to  prove  the  connection  : 

Francis  Pargiter  of  London,  merchant,  10  January  1 685,  sworn  to  28th 
and  proved  29  October  1686.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Greetworth  in 
the  Co.  of  Northampton,  where  I  was  born,  the  poor  of  Westhorpe,  adjoin- 
ing to  the  said  parish,  the  poor  of  St.  Anne  lilack  Friars  (and  others). 
To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Smith,  widow,  my  sister  Abigail  Hickman,  widow, 
my  sister  Phillis  Pargiter,  my  niece  Eleanor  Pargiter,  my  nephew  Edward 
Stratford,  of  Overstone,  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton,  Esq.,"  my  nephew 
Robert  Stratford  of  Baltiuglass  in  the  kingdom  of  Ireland  Esq.  To  such 
children  of  my  niece  Thornton  as  living,  to  such  children  of  my  niece 
Friend  as  living.  To  my  niece  Dorothy  Marshall,  widow,  my  niece  Abigail 
Hickman. 

I  constitute  and  appoint  my  nephew  Thomas  Pargiter  Doctor  in  Divinity 
sole  executor  of  this  my  said  will. 

In  a  codicil,  of  same  date,  reference  is  made  to  a  provision  for  the  testa- 
tor's nephew  John  Pargiter.  Lloyd,  137  (P.  C.  C). 

The  mention  of  the  "  children  of  my  niece  Thornton  "  evidently 
refers  to  Mrs.   Penelope  Thornton  and  her  children   (see  wills  of 
Dame  Margaret  Sandys  and  Dame  Dorothy  Washington).     This  I 
found  confirmed  by  the  will  of  Mrs.  Mewce,  a  sister  of  Dame  Sandys, 
as  follows  : — 

Elizabeth  Mewce  in  the  Co.  of  Middlesex,  widow,  11  August  1676,  pro- 
ved 12  December  1676.  My  body  I  commit  to  the  earth  whence  it  came,  to 
be  decently  buried  according  to  the  discretion  of  my  executors.  I  give  and 
bequeath  to  my  niece  Mrs  Penelope  Thornton  fifty  pounds  and  my  black 
shelf  and  my  cabinet  with  all  things  that  I  shall  leave  therein.  I  give  aud 
bequeath  to  my  niece  Thornton's  five  children,  John,  Charles,  Samuel, 
Roger  and  Dorothy  Thornton,  forty  pounds.  I  give  aud  bequeath  to  my 
sister  the  Lady  Washington   twenty  pounds.     I  give  and  bequeath  to  my 

*  It  may  be  well  to  note  here  that  another  of  the  name  was  in  the  West  Indies.  In  Gov. 
Lefroy's  elaborate  book,  "  Memorials  of  the  Bermudas,"  vol.  1,  p.  384,  he  prints  a  document 
signed  by  eighteen  of  the  inhabitants  of  Smith's  Tribe,  dated  March  30,  1626.  The  four- 
teenth name  is  Laurence  Washington. 

Again,  vol.  i.  p.  650,  at  a  Council  meeting  June  20,  1649,  "  Mr.  Axson,  Washington  and 
Bethcll  bayled  to  answer  at  next  assizes  for  some  words  spoken  against  his  majestic."  Tins 
may  or  may  not  refer  to  the  first-named  Laurence.  But  clearlv  the  Bermuda  man  was  not 
our  Rev.  Lawrence,  who  was  at  this  date  at  Oxford.— W.  II.  Whitmore. 


382  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

sister  Mrs.  Alice  Sandys  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds.  I  give  and  bequeath 
to  my  sister  Mrs.  Frances  Gargrave  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds  and  my  clock 
and  bed  and  hangings  and  sheets  and  all  things  to  my  bed  belonging  what- 
soever. To  my  God-daughter  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Sandys  ten  pounds.  To  my 
niece  Mrs.  Margaret  Stevenage  ten  pouudo  and  to  her  two  children,  William 
and  Mercy  Stevenage,  five  pounds  apiece. 

"  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Uncle  Mr.  Robert  Washington  the 
Summe  of  five  pounds  :  "  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Rumball,  my  niece,  five  pounds : 
to  my  nephew  William  Pill  five  pounds:  to  my  niece  Mrs.  Frances  Collins 
five  pounds:  to  my  nephew  Mr.  Robert  Gargrave's  five  children,  Robert, 
John,  William,  Elizabeth  and  Cotton  Gargrave  twenty  pounds  apiece  and 
to  Elizabeth  Gargrave  my  silver  dish  and  silver  porringer  and  cup  and  two 
spoons  and  all  the  rest  of  my  small  silver  things  that  my  note  speaks  of. 
To  my  maid  Anne  Freestone  thirty  pounds  and  her  bed  that  she  lieth  on, 
with  all  things  belonging  to  it,  and  my  suit  of  purple  curtains  and  the  other 
things  in  my  rooms  not  mentioned. 

I  do  make  my  two  loving  nephews  Mr.  Robert  Gargrave  and  Mr.  Roger 
Thornton  executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  intreating  them  to 
take  the  care  and  trouble  upon  them,  and  I  further  desire  these  my  execu- 
tors, to  let  that  money  which  I  have  given  to  my  nephew  Thornton's 
children  be  put  into  the  hands  of  their  trusty  and  loving  uncle  Mr.  Francis 
Pargiter,  merchant,  to  be  improved  for  them  till  it  is  demanded,  either  to 
put  the  sons-apprentices  or  for  the  daughter's  preferment  in  marriage,  &c. 

Bence,  154  (P.  C  C). 

Mrs.  Mewce  was  another  sister  of  Sir  William,  Sir  John  and  the 
Rev.  Lawrence  Washington ,  daughter  of  Lawrence  Washington  of 
Sulgrave  and  Brington  and  widow  of  Mr.  Francis  Mewce  of  IIol- 
denby  in  Northampton,  to  whom  she  was  married,  at  St.  Mary  Le 
Strand,  Middlesex,  26  May,  1615.  I  have  not  had  time  to  ascertain 
in  what  way  Mrs.  Margaret  Stevenage,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Rumball  and 
Mrs.  Frances  Collins  could  be  her  nieces,  nor  have  I  succeeded  in 
finding  wills  of  her  two  surviving  sisters,  Mrs.  Alice  Sandys  and 
Mrs.  Frances  Gargrave,  who  were  also  daughters  of  Lawrence 
Washington  of  Brington  and  therefore  aunts  of  our  presumed  emi- 
grants to  Virginia.  The  uncle,  Mr.  Robert  Washington,  named  in 
this  will,  as  also  in  that  of  Dame  Margaret  Sandys,  was,  of  course, 
the  youngest  son  of  Robert  Washington  of  Sulgrave,  Esq.,  by  his 
second  wife  Anne  (Fisher),  and  consequently  a  grand-uncle  of  the 
emigrants. 

The  pedigree  of  Mewce  of  Holdenby  may  be  found  in  the  Visita- 
tion of  Northamptonshire,  1618-19  ;  by  which  it  appears  that  Mr. 
Francis  Mevvce  was  eldest  son  of  Nicholas  Mewce  by  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Edmund  Morant  of  London,  and  had  brothers  Edmund 
and  Christopher,  and  sisters  Alice,  wife  of  Richard  Ellis  of  London, 
Lucy,  Maline  and  Katherine  wife  of  (Humphrey)  Havvley  of  Lon- 
don.    The  following  brief  abstract  is  therefore  worth  preserving : 

Richard  Eli.ies,  citizen  and  haberdasher  of  London,  15  Aug.  1625, 
proved  26  Aug.  1625.     Property  in  Rippon  and  Beverly,  Yorkshire.     Son 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  383 

Francis.  Daughter  Elizabeth.  Reference  to  a  bequest  made  to  her  by  Mr. 
Nicholas  Mewce.  Daughters  Ann  and  Mary  and  the  child  wife  now  goeth 
with.  Sister  Washington  and  god  daughter  Anne  Washington.  Children 
of  sister  Hyde,  sister  Croft,  sister  Vessey  and  brother  Goderedge.  Revd. 
kinsman  Mr.  Jeremy  Leeche.  Aunt  Gymber.  Sister  Hallye.  Brother 
Humfrey  Hally.  Sister  Malin.  Brothers  Mr.  Francis  Mewce,  Mr.  Edmund 
Mewce  and  Christopher  Mewce.  Clarke,  86  (P.  C.  C. ). 

Who  the  sister  Washinoton  is,  who  is  mentioned  in  the  foresroino- 
will,  I  do  not  know. 

The  Lady  Ann  Washington,  named  in  Sir  Edward  Villiers'  will, 
was  the  wife  of  Sir  William  Washington,  eldest  son  of  Lawrence 
Washington  of  Sulgrave  and  Brington,  and  therefore  aunt  by  mar- 
riage to  the  presumed  emigrants.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Sir 
George  Villiers  of  Brooksby  and  half  sister  of  the  celebrated  royal 
favorite,  George,  Duke  of  Buckingham.  She  was  buried  at  Chelsea, 
25  May,  1643.  The  following  is  an  abstract  of  the  will  of  her 
husband  : 

Sir  William  Washington  of  Thistleworth  in  the  Co.  of  Middlesex, 
knight,  6  June  1643,  proved  1  March  1648.  Whereas  I  am  justly  indebted 
unto  Elizabeth  Washington,  my  daughter,  in  the  sum  of  twelve  hundred 
pounds  which  she  lent  me  in  ready  money  and  for  payment  whereof,  at  a 
time  shortly  to  come,  I  have  given  her  my  bond  of  the  penalty  of  two 
thousand  pounds,  my  said  daughter  shall  have  and  retain  to  her  own  use, 
towards  satisfaction  of  the  said  sum,  all  that  debt  of  eight  hundred  pounds, 
or  thereabouts,  due  unto  me  upon  two  Obligations  from  the  Right  Honble 
William,  Earl  of  Denbigh  deceased,  with  the  use  that  shall  grow  due  for 
the  same,  and  if  any  part  of  the  said  sum  of  twelve  hundred  pounds  be  paid 
and  satisfied  unto  my  said  daughter  in  my  life  time,  or  after  my  decease, 
out  of  the  overplus  of  moneys  which  shall  or  may  remain  due  or  payable 
unto  me  or  my  assigns  upon  the  sale  of  my  manor  of  Wicke  and  capital 
messuage  called  Wicke  farm  and  other  lands  thereunto  belonging  which  are 
now  in  mortgage  to  Henry  Winn  Esq.  and  John  Chappell  gent.,  redeema- 
ble upon  payment  of  the  sum  of  eleven  hundred  forty  four  pounds  at  a  time 
now  past  &c.  &c. 

And  my  will  and  meaning  is  that,  my  other  debts,  which  are  not  many 
nor  great,  being  satisfied  and  paid  in  the  next  place,  then  all  the  residue  of 
the  money  which  shall  remain  and  all  my  goods,  chatties  and  personal 
estate  whatsoever  shall  be  equally  divided  amongst  all  my  children  that 
shall  be  living.  And  I  make  and  ordain  my  said  daughter  Elizabeth  sole 
executrix. 

Wit :  Rob :  Woodford,  John  Pardo,  Thomas  Woodford,  John  Washington. 

The  will  was  proved  by  the  oath  of  Elizabeth  Washington  ah  Legg, 
daughter  of  the  deceased  and  executrix  named  in  the  will. 

Fairfax,  29  (P.  C.  C). 

Sir  William  did  not  outlive  his  wife  long,  for  the  following  entry 
may  be  found  among  the  Burials  in  the  Kegister  of  St.  Martin's  in 
the  Fields,  Middlesex  : — 

1643  June  22  Gulielmus  Washington  eques  auratus. 


384  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

From  CoL  Chester  we  learn  that  he  was  knighted  at  Theobalds 
on  the  17th  January,  1621—2,  and  that  two  of  his  children  were 
baptized  at  Leckhampstead,  in  the  County  of  Bucks.,  and  two  at 
St.  Martin's  in  the  Fields.  The  following  are  the  two  entries  in  the 
Baptismal  Register  of  the  last  named  parish  : — 

1618  November  Susanna  Washington. 

1619—20  January  13  Geo.  Washington  fil.  Gulielmi  Washington 
gen81  &  Annse  uxr  eius  unius  soror  prnobilis  Georgii  Marchion  & 
Comitis  Buckingham. 

One  of  the  witnesses  of  Sir  William's  will  was  John  Pardo  ;  and 
I  noticed,  in  the  same  parish,  the  marriage  of  Guy  Washington  and 
Katherine  Pardieu,  17  November,  1629.  The  bridegroom  was 
probably  Sir  William's  young  uncle.  I  noticed  too  that  a  Richard 
Washington,  gen.,  and  Frances  Browne  were  married,  27  April, 
1627,  and  had  children,  Amata,  bap.  21  October,  1628,  and  John, 
bap.  14  March,  1631-2.  Richard  Washington  was  buried  8  Janu- 
ary, 1641-2,  and  Ralph  Hall  and  Frances  Washington  were  married, 
17  January,  1642-3.  A  Philip  Washington  was  buried  26  Sep- 
tember, 1643. 

Sir  William's  eldest,  and,  I  think,  only  surviving  son  was  Col. 
Henry  Washington,  the  brave  and  resolute  Governor  of  Worcester, 
for  the  King.  He  was  buried  at  Richmond,  Surrey,  9  March, 
1663-4,  leaving  four  daughters  and  a  widow,  Elizabeth,  who  was 
afterwards  married  to  Samuel  Sandys  of  Ombersley,  Esq.  One  of 
the  daughters,  Mary  Washington,  of  St.  Martin's  in  the  Fields, 
spinster,  made  a  nuncupative  will,  13  January,  1680,  leaving  every- 
thing to  her  mother,  Mrs.  Sandys,  who  renounced,  with  consent  of 
her  busband,  and  admon.,  with  the  will  annexed,  was  granted  to 
Catherine  Forster,  a  sister  of  the  deceased,  5  May,  1681.  Abstracts 
of  her  will  and  that  of  her  sister  Penelope  are  given  below  : 

Mart  Washington,  spinster,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Martin  in  the  fields  in 
the  Co.  of  Middlesex,  13  January  1680,  being  in  her  last  sickness  whereof 
she  died,  with  an  intent  and  purpose  to  make  and  declare  her  last  will  and 
testament  nuncupative  and  to  settle  and  dispose  of  her  estate,  did  utter  and 
spake  these  words  following,  or  the  like  in  effect  viz':  I  desire  that  Hannah 
(meaning  her  maid-servant  Hannah  Lewis)  may  have  one  hundred  pounds 
out  of  the  money  of  the  King's  gift,  and  the  rest  I  leave  to  my  dear  Mother 
(meaning  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Sandyes),  which  words,  or  the  like  in  effect  she 
uttered  and  declared  as  and  for  her  last  will  aud  testameut  nuncupative  in 
the  presence  and  hearing  of  the  said  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Sandys  her  mother, 
whom  she  desired  to  remember  what  she  said  to  her,  and  of  Katharine 
Hodges,  Katharine  Forster  and  Mary  Hall  and  that  she  was  at  the  premises 
of  and  in  her  perfect  senses  and  understanding,  the  same  being  so  done  in 
the  house  of  Mrs.  Forster,  her  place  of  abode. 

Letters  issued  5  May  1681  to  Catherine  Forster,  sister  of  the  deceased, 
to  administer  the  goods  &c,  for  the  reason  that  she  had  named  no  executor 
in  the  will,  Elizabeth  Sandys  the  mother,  with  consent  of  her  husband 
Samuel  Sandys  Esq.,  expressly  renouncing.  North,  83  (P.  C.  C). 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  385 

Penelope  Washington  of  Wickhamford,  Co.  Wore,  spinster,  6  December 
1697,  with  codicil  5  January  1697,  proved  at  Worcester  9  March  1697. 
To  my  niece  Catherine  Foster,  spinster,  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  but 
my  mother  and  executrix,  Madam  Elizabeth  Sandys  of  Wickhamford,  to 
receive  the  interest  of  this  money  during  her  life.  The  said  Catherine  not 
to  intermarry  with  any  person  without  the  consent  of  my  executrix,  being 
her  grandmother.  To  my  other  niece  Elizabeth  Jollett  (Gellott)  the  same 
sum  on  similar  conditions.  To  my  faithful  servant  Sarah  Tovey  one 
hundred  pounds.     The  residue  to  my  said  executrix. 

By  the  codicil  all  the  lands  &c.  in  Bayton  and  elsewhere  in  Wore, 
conveyed  unto  me  by  Mr.  William  Swift  deceased  and  his  trustees,  to  "  my 
deare  mother  Elizabeth  Sandys"  her  heirs  and  assigns  forever. 

Seal — two  bars,  in  chief  three  mullets. 

The  above  will  of  Penelope  Washington  I  had  the  pleasure  of 
receiving  quite  recently  from  the  Rev.  T.  P.  Wadley,  Naunton 
Rectory,  Pershore. 

In  Add.  MSS.  5705  (Brit.  Mus.)  may  be  found  the  substance  of 
a  petition  from  the  four  daughters  of  Col.  -Henry  Washington, 
deceased  "  (transcribed  from  a  book  in  the  Surveyor  Gen1,  of  the  Crown 
Land's  Office,  marked  K.  1671-72  fol.  368  ad 372  inclu.)."  They 
request  a  grant  in  consideration  of  the  faithful  service  done  by  their 
father. 

Mrs.  Catharine  Foster,  sister  of  Mary  and  Penelope  Washington, 
who  administered  on  the  estate  of  the  former,  was  afterwards  mar- 
ried to  Barnabas  Tunstall  or  Tonstall,  of  the  Middle  Temple,  Esq., 
license  being  granted  9  March,  1686-7.  She  and  her  sisters  are 
mentioned  in  the  will  of  their  aunt,  Mrs.  Susanna  Graham,  which 
follows  : 

Susanna  Grahme  of  Blackheath  in  the  parish  of  Lewisham  in  the  Co. 
of  Kent  6  October,  1697,  proved  30  March  1699.  I  desire  my  body  may 
be  interred  in  the  parish  church  of  Lewisham.  To  the  Lady  Dartmouth 
twenty  broad  pieces  of  gold  which  are  sealed  up  in  a  paper  with  her  name 
upon  it.  To  my  niece  Mrs.  Bilson  ten  broad  pieces  (as  before)  and  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  payable  out  of  the  arrears  of  rent  which  shall 
be  due  to  me  at  the  day  of  my  death.  Besides  I  give  my  said  niece  all  the 
pictures  in  my  little  parlour  at  Blackheath,  except  my  Lady  Mordants. 
To  my  nephew  William  Leg  Esq.  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  niece  Mrs. 
Dorothy  Heron  one  hundred  pounds.  To  Mrs.  Penelope  Washington  five 
broad  pieces  of  gold.  To  Mrs.  Katheriue  Tonstall  five  guineas  and  to  Mrs. 
Gelet,  sister  to  Mrs.  Katherine  Tonstall  five  guineas.  To  my  niece  Mrs. 
Musgrave  all  my  plate  and  china  which  I  have  in  my  house  at  Blackheath. 
To  my  Lord  Preston  all  my  furniture  and  household  stuff  at  Nunnington, 
except  my  plate  and  china,  which  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  niece  Mrs. 
Susanna  Grahme,  his  Lordship's  sister.  To  the  said  Lord  Preston  his 
father's  picture  and  my  husband's  set  in  gold.  To  Deborah  Sanders  all  mv 
furniture  and  household  stuff  in  my  house  at  Blackheath  not  otherwise  dis- 
posed of.  To  my  Lord  Dartmouth  two  hundred  pounds,  out  of  the  arrears 
of  rent,  and  four  hundred  pounds  which  he  oweth  me,  provided  always  that 
his  Lordship  in  consideration  of  the  said  six  hundred  pounds  settle  upon 
the  minister  of  the  parish  of  Lewisham  for  the  time  being  and  to  all  future 


386  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

generations  such  a  salary  for  the  reading  of  prayers  once  a  day  at  Black- 
heath  as  is  agreed  between  us,  and  I  beg  and  desire  of  him  that  the  said 
salary  may  be  so  settled  according  to  law  that  it  may  be  firm  to  all  future 
ages.  To  the  said  Lord  Dartmouth  all  my  pictures  at  Blackheath  not 
otherwise  disposed  of,  with  my  coach  and  horses,  and  five  guineas  to  defray 
the  charges  of  my  funeral.  And  I  constitute  and  appoint  the  said  Lord 
Dartmouth  sole  executor  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament. 
Proved  by  the  oath  of  William,  Lord  Dartmouth. 

Pett,  40  (P.  C.  C). 

In  the  chancel  of  the  old  church  at  Lewisham,  on  a  grave-stone 
of  black  marble,  was  this  inscription  :  "  Here  lyeth  |  Mrs  Susanna 
Grahme  I  wife  of  |  Reginal  Grahme  Esqre  |  Lord  of  this  manor  and 
second  daughter  of  |  Sir  William  Washington  |  who  departed  this 
life  |  the  26th  day  of  February,  Anno  Domini  |  1698  aged  81  years." 
This  Reginald  Graham  was  a  citizen  and  draper  of  London,  and  be- 
longed, I  believe,  to  the  royalist  family  of  Graham  of  Esk  and 
Netherby,  in  Co.  Cumberland.  He  purchased,  23  May,  1640,  of 
John  Ramsay,  Esq.,  the  lordship  and  manor  of  Lewisham  for 
£1500,  and  by  deed  dated  30  May,  1673,  conveyed  it  to  George 
Legge,  afterwards  Baron  Dartmouth,  as  I  learn  from  the  new  His- 
tory of  Kent,  Hundred  of  Blackheath  (edited  by  Henry  H.  Drake). 
Lord  Dartmouth  was  eldest  son  and  heir  of  Col.  William  Leu^e,  a 
staunch  royalist,  who  received  license,  2  March,  1641—2,  to  marry 
Elizabeth  Washington,  of  Kensington,  Middlesex,  spinster,  about 
twenty-two,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Washington,  knight,  of  the  same 
parish — at  St.  Faith's.  Among  the  family  letters  is  one  of  Col. 
Ed.  Cooke  to  William  Legge,  Esq.,  Whitehall,  dated  Dublin, 
10  January,  1662-3.  He  sends  humble  service  to  Legge's  lady, 
his  brother  and  sister  Graham,  Harry  Washington,  Dick  Lane  and 
all  bedchamber  backstair  friends.  Another,  from  Barbara,  Lady 
Dartmouth,  to  Lord  Dartmouth,  15  December,  1688,  says  :  "it  hath 
pleased  God  to  take  away  your  mother  yesterday  after  a  lingering 
illness  ....  she  desired  to  be  carried  privatly  to  the  Minorits." 
One  from  Sir  Harry  Goodricke  to  Lord  Dartmouth,  dated  York,  5 
January,  1689-90,  expresses  the  greatest  affliction  of  his  wife  and 
himself  at  the  irreparable  loss  of  their  dearest  mother. 

Col.  William  Legge,  who  had  been  a  captain  in  Prince  Rupert's 
Regiment,  died  at  his  house  in  the  Minories,  13  October,  1670,  aged 
63,  and  was  buried  in  the  vault  in  the  Trinity  Chapel  there,  where 
also  his  widow  was  buried,  19  December,  1688,  aged  76.  Their 
grandson  William,  second  Baron  Dartmouth,  was  created  Viscount 
Lewisham  and  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  5  September,  1711. 


The  following  two  or  three  abstracts  refer  to  the  Warwickshire 
branch  of  this  family  : 

Walter  Washington  of  Radway,  in  the  parish  of  Bishop's  Itchington, 
in  the  Co.  of   Warwick,  gentleman,  being  asked  1  January,  1596—7,  by  his 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  387 

uncle  George  Warner  about  the  disposition  of  his  estate  replied  that  he 
would  leave  all  to  his  wife  and  children.  Commission  issued  23  April 
1597  to  his  widow  Alice  Washington  to  administer  &c. 

Cobham,  31  (P.  C.  C). 
Commission  issued  18  September  1646  to  Anne  Washington,  natural  and 
lawful  sister  of  Walter  Washington  late  of  Upton,  in  the  Co.  of  Warwick 
deceased,  to  administer  his  goods  &c.  Admon.  Act  Book  (P.  C.  C). 

Commission  issued,  18  September  1646,  to  Anne  Washington,  natural 
and  lawful  sister  of  Elizabeth  Washington,  lately  of  Tamworth,  in  the  Co. 
of  Warwick,  but  in  Stepney  in  the  Co.  of  Middlesex,  singlewomau,  deceased, 
to  administer  her  goods  &c.  Admon.  Act  Book  (P.  C   C). 

Alice  Woodward  of  Stratford  on  Avon,  20  Aug.  1642,  proved  22 
May  1647.  To  be  buried  in  the  church  of  Stratford  near  late  husband 
John  Woodward  gen'.  To  the  poor  of  Woodstreet  Ward.  To  my  son 
Johu  Washington  twenty  pounds  in  six  months.  Bequests  to  grandchildren 
George,  Elizabeth,  Ann,  Thomas  and  Katherine  Washington,  the  children 
of  the  said  John  Washington,  at  their  jages  of  one  and  twenty  or  days  of 
marriage ;  also  to  grandchildren  Thomas,  Walter  and  Alice  Stanton.  Friend 
Thomas  Nash  Esq.  Fines,  112  (P.  C  C). 

John  Danvers  of  Upton  in  the  parish  of  Ratley  in  the  Co.  of  Warwick 
Esq.,  5  April  1658,  proved  2  October  1658.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the 
parish  church  of  Ratley.  I  give  and  bequeath  my  manor  of  Upton  unto 
my  brother-in-law  Richard  Swan,  my  brother  George  Danvers,  my  nephew 
Peter  Yate  and  Ambrose  Holbech  the  younger  of  Mollington,  Warr.,  until 
my  nephew  John  Danvers  son  of  my  late  brother  William  Danvers  de- 
ceased, shall  attain  his  age  of  eighteen  years ;  after  that  to  my  said  nephew, 
with  remainder  to  John  Danvers,  son  of  my  brother  George,  then  to  my 
right  heirs.  To  my  brother  Henry  Danvers  the  income  of  five  hundred 
pounds  during  his  natural  life,  and  after  his  death  to  Damaras  Swanu 
and  Susanna  Swann,  daughters  of  my  said  brother  Swann  and  of  my  sister 
Dorothy  his  wife. 

Also  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  brother-in-law  John  Washington  the  sum 
of  one  hundred  pounds  &c,  and  unto  Anne  Pepys,  wife  of  John  Pepys,  of 
Littleton,  in  the  Co.  of  Worcester,  the  like  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  &c, 
and  unto  my  godson  John  Washington  of  Kingston  in  the  Co.  of  Warwick 
the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  &c.  (all  payable  within  one  year  after  the  decease 
of  the  testator).  Bequests  made  to  Mary  Yate,  daughter  of  Peter  Yate,  to 
nephew  Edward  Yate,  to  Elizabeth,  Hannah  and  Deborah,  daughters  of 
brother  George  Danvers,  to  Simon  and  Anna,  children  of  sister  Sibell 
Edulph,  to  Elizabeth  Danvers,  daughter  of  late  brother  William,  to  John 
and  Katherine,  the  two  children  of  late  niece  Katherine  Goodwyn  deceased, 
to  God  daughter  Anne  Tyler,  daughter  of  niece  Anne  Tyler,  to  cousin 
Samuel  Tyler  and  his  wife  and  to  brother  Henry  Browne  and  his  wife. 

Wootton,  449  (P.  C.  C). 

The  testator  of  the  above  will  was  the  eldest  son  of  George  Dan- 
vers of  Blisworth,  Co.  Northampton,  Esq.,  son  of  John  Danvers  of 
Cockthorpe,  by  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Verney  of 
Compton,  both  in  the  Co.  of  Oxford  (see  Visitation  of  Northamp- 


388  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

tonshire,  1618—19).  His  sister  Anne  (Danvers)  was  the  wife  of 
John  Washington  of  Radway,  son  of  Walter  Washington,  whose 
nuncupative  will  I  have  given.  The  latter's  wife  was  Alice  (not 
Catherine  as  in  some  of  the  pedigrees),  daughter  of  John  Morden 
alias  Murden  of  Morton  Morell,  Warwickshire,  by  Katherine, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Richard  Marston  of  Draughton,  Northamp- 
tonshire. After  Mr.  Washington's  death,  his  widow  Alice  seems  to 
have  been  married  to  John  Woodward,  who,  I  suppose,  was  the 
eldest  son  of  Thomas  Woodward  of  Butlers  Marston  (see  pedigrees 
of  Morden  and  Woodward  in  Visitation  of  Warwickshire,  1619). 
Katherine,  daughter  of  Walter  and  Alice  Washington,  was  married 
to  Thomas  Stanton,  son  and  heir  of  Thomas  Stanton  of  Woolverton 

( Woolverdington),  Warwickshire.     A  pedigree  of  this  family  is  also 

in  the  Visitation  of  Warwickshire. 


Commission  issued  4  May  1612  to  Anne  Bateman  ah  Washington  and 
Lucy  Cheesewright  als  "Washington,  natural  and  lawful  sisters  of  Richard 
Washington,  bachelor,  in  parts  beyond  the  seas  deceased,  to  administer  his 
goods  &c.  Admon.  Act  Book  (P.  C.  C). 

The  above  relates  to  a  rather  remote  branch  of  the  family,  the 
said  Richard,  Anne  and  Lucy  being  children  of  Capt.  Thomas 
Washington  of  Compton,  Sussex  (see  pedigree).  I  now  come  to 
a  nearer  and  better  known  line,  which  furnished  a  succession  of 
Registrars  of  the  High  Court  of  Chancery,  of  whom  the  first  was 
Lawrence,  son  of  Lawrence  and  brother  of  Robert  of  Sulgrave. 

License  granted  to  Lawrence  Washington  and  Johanna  Sorrell  spinster, 
of  High  Easter,  Essex,  to  marry  there,  16  July,  1576. 

License  granted  to  Lawrence  Washington  of  Gray's  Inn  and  Martha 
Newce,  spinster,  of  Great  Hadham,  Herts.,  to  marry  there,  31  January 
1577-8.  London  Marriage  Licenses. 

Lawrence  Washington  Esquire,  Register  of  His  Majesty's  High 
Court  of  Chancery,  10  August  1619,  proved  10  January  1619.  I  give, 
will  and  bequeath  all  my  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  to  my  well 
beloved  son  Lawrence  Washington,  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  and  all 
my  goods  and  chattells  other  than  such  legacies  as  I  shall  give  and  bequeath 
to  my  loving  daughter  Mary  Horspoole,  wife  to  William  Horspoole,  gent., 
and  to  any  of  her  children,  and  to  my  loving  brother  Robert  Washington 
and  to  my  very  good  loving  cousin  Sir  Justinian- Lewyn,  knight,  and  to  the 
poor  of  the  parish  of  Soulgrave  in  the  co.  of  Northampton  (and  other 
legacies).     I  do  constitute  and  make  my  said  son  Lawrence  sole  executor. 

Soame.3  (P.  C.  C). 

Funeral  Certificate  of  Lawrence  Washington,  1619. 

Lawrence  Washington  of  Maydeston  in  Kent  gent,  and  Registrar  of  his 
Maties  high  Court  of  Chauncerie  second  sonne  of  Lawrence  Washington  of 
Sowlegrave  in  the  County  of  Northampton  gent,  and  daughter  of  William 
Pargiter  of  Gritworth  in  the  County  of  Northampton  aforesaid  gent, 
deceased  the  21  day  of  December   1619   at  his  house  in  Chauncerie  Lane 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         389 

and  was  buried  in  the  parishe  Churche  of  ....  in  Maydeston  in  Kent  afore- 
sayd  his  body  being  thither  translated  on  the  24  of  the  same  raoneth.  He 
maried  two  wyves  the  first  was  Martha  daughter  of  Clement  Nuse  of 
Haddam  in  the  County  of  Hartf.  gent,  and  had  issue  by  her  six  sonnes  and 
two  daughters  viz.  Lawrence  his  eldest  sonne  and  heire  who  also  succeeded 
his  father  in  the  Office  of  Register  maried  to  Anne  Lewine  the  da.  of 
William  Lewine  Doctor  of  the  Civill  Lawe  and  Judge  of  the  prerogative 
Court,  Clement  his  second  sonne  and  Clement  his  3d  sonne  who  dyed  both 
without  issue,  Raphe  4  sonne,  William  5  sonne,  and  an  other  all  dyed 
before  their  father.  He  had  also  two  daughters  by  the  sayd  Martha  his 
first  wife  the  first  was  Mary  maried  to  William  Horsepoole  of  Buckland 
neere  Maydeston  in  Kent  gent.,  the  second  daughter  was  Martha  maried  to 
Arthur  Beswick  sonne  and  heire  apparant  of  William  Beswick  gent,  of 
Spilmandine  in  the  parishe  of  Horsemandine  in  the  Countie  of  Kent  afore- 
sayd.  The  second  wife  of  Lawrence  Washington  deceased  was  Mary  the 
daughter  of  Sr  Thomas  Scott  of  Scotts  Hall  iu  the  County  of  Kent  aforesayd 
Knight  and  by  her  had  no  issue.  This  certificate  was  taken  by  William 
Penson  Lancaster  Herald  the  14  of  January  1619  and  is  testified  to  be  true 
vnder  the  hand  of  Lawrence  Washington  the  heire  of  the  sayd  Lawrence 
deceased. 

Dr.  Howard's  Miscellanea  Genealogica  et  Heraldica,  2d  ser.  vol.  1,  p.  173. 

Pedigrees  of  the  Newce  family  may  be  found  in  Berry's  County 
Pedigrees  (Herts)  and  in  the  Visitation  of  Hertfordshire  (Harleian 
Society's  Publications).  William  Horspoole  and  Mary  Washington 
were  married  (by  License),  27  May,  1602,  at  St.  James  Clerken- 
well.  He  was  son  of  Symon  Horspoole,  citizen  and  draper  of  London- 
(See  Visitation  of  London,  1568.) 

Commission  issued  the  last  of  May  1647  to  Simon  Horsepoole,  natural 
and  lawful  son  of  William  Horsepoole  late  of  Great  Marlow,  Bucks.,  deceased, 
to  administer  his  goods  &c.  Admon.  Act  Book. 

Sir  Justinian  Lewyn,  knight,  8  July  1620,  proved  1 1  July  1620.  The 
laud  to  descend  to  his  daughter  Elizabeth  and  the  lady  Elizabeth,  his  wife, 
to  have  the  profits  thereof  during  the  minority  of  her  child,  towards  her 
maintenance.  The  said  Lady  Elizabeth  his  wife  to  be  his  sole  executrix. 
Ten  pounds  to  be  paid  to  the  poor  of  this  parish,  ten  pounds  to  the  poor 
of  Otterden.  A  hundred  pounds  to  his  sister  Washington,  fifty  pounds  to 
his  sister  Padgett,  a  hundred  pounds  to  his  sister  Isam  (Isham),  a  hundred 
pounds  to  his  god  daughter  Elizabeth  Huytt.  Soame,  71  (P.  C.  C). 

Simon  Heynes  of  Towerstone  (Turweston)  in  the  Co.  of  Bucks,  Esq. 
20  December  1626,  proved  17  May  1628.  My  little  nephew  and  god  son 
Symon  Heynes  now  in  the  house  with  me.  As  touching  my  freehold  lands 
called  Millfield.  lying  in  Stuttesbury,  Northampton,  which  I  heretofore 
purchased  of  my  cousin  Lawrence  Washington,  of  the  King's  Majesty's 
in  capite,  I  dispose  of  two  parts  thereof  in  manner  as  followeth,  leaving  a 
third  part  thereof  to  discend  to  my  son  Henry  Heynes  according  to  law: 
one  part  to  my  wife,  in  lieu  of  her  dower,  and  the  other  part  to  my  said 
son  for  life  &c.  I  make  and  appoint  my  wife  executrix  and  my  friends  and 
kinsmen  Lawrence  Washington,  Esq.,  and  Simon  Heynes,  Esq.,  son  of 
Joseph  Heines,  overseers. 

The  wife's  christian  name  is  omitted  in  the  Probate. 

Barrington,  40  (P.  C.  C). 


390  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

On  a  mural  tablet  on  the  south  side  of  the  chancel  (Turweston)  is  in- 
scribed the  name  of  Simon  Heynes,  Esq.,  who  died  April  10,  1628. 

Lipscomb's  Hist,  of  Buck.,  III.  129. 

Turweston  is  the  next  parish  West  of  Westbury,  some  time  the 
home  of  Sir  Lawrence  Washington. 

Sir  Laurence  Washington  of  Garsden,  in  the  Co.  of  Wilts,  knight, 
11  May  1643,  proved  23  May  1643.  To  be  buried  in  the  church  of  Gars- 
den. My  daughter  the  Lady  Tirrell.  My  nephew  Simon  Horsepoole.  My 
servants  Francis  Cliffe,  Allen  Moore,  Thomas  Benson  and  William  Freame. 
My  son  Lawrence  Washington  to  be  executor.  To  the  poor  of  Garsden 
twelve  pence  a  week  for  ever,  to  be  bestowed  in  bread  every  Sunday  morn- 
ing, chargeable  on  my  manor  of  Garsden. 

(From  the  original  will.) 

The  above  will  is  one  of  the  Oxford  Wills  (so  called)  which  re- 
main unregistered.  The  Calendars  for  1643  and  1644  show  many 
such.  The  Lady  Tirrell  mentioned  in  the  will  was  Martha  (Wash- 
ington), wife  of  Sir  John  Tirrell  or  Tyrrell  of  Springfield,  Essex,  to 
whom  she  was  married  June,  1630  (see  Visitations  of  Essex,  II. 
717).  She  died  17  Dec.  1670.  Her  husband  was  obliged  to  com- 
pound as  a  royalist  in  1645,  when  he  put  in  the  following  petition  : — 

"  May  it  please  this  honorable  Comittee  to  take  notice  that  I  was 
Sequestered  for  being  at  Oxford,  &  the  occations  of  my  goeing  thither  weare 
these — Sir  Lawrence  Washingto  my  wife's  father  (haueing  noe  more 
children  besides  my  wife  &  one  sone  then  under  age)  carried  my  wife  fro 
my  house  att  Springfield  in  Essex  to  his  house  at  Garsden  in  Wilts  that 
Midsofner  before  the  warrs  began,  &  she  being  with  child  sent  for  me 
about  Chrismas  after,  whereuppo  I  gcured  a  Passe  from  the  Lords  & 
Comons  of  ye  Close  Comittee  to  travell  to  her,  &  about  Shrouetide  after  I 
got  to  Garsden,  where  the  King  Comanded  by  his  Garison  in  Malmsbury ; 
soone  after  Sir  Lawrence  went  to  attend  the  Seale  at  Oxford  being  ill  before 
&  at  ye  tyme  of  his  goeing,  but  ye  disease  being  quicker  uppo  him  (for  it 
began  wth  a  gentle  flux)  &  his  sonne  lying  there  also  desperately  sick,  & 
his  man  sending  m[e]  word  he  spake  of  my  coming,  for  ye  settleing  his 
Estate  by  deed  (wch  accordingly  he  did)  uppo  his  sonne  &  after,  uppo  his 
daughter;  I  went  to  Oxford,  where  Sir  Lawr.  shortly  after  died  &  his 
sonne  hardly  escaped,  &  then  I  returned  to  Garsden.  Then  my  wife  being 
sick  at  ye  Bath  &  haueing  spent  or  monys,  I  went  shortly  after  to  Bracly 
to  my  Tenant;  &  then  gcureing  a  Passe  fro  my  L:  of  Essex  I  came  to 
Londo  last  January  was  twelue  months  &  found  my  estate  sequestered  & 
soone  after  my  goods  &  stock  weare  sold;  &  I  attended  the  L:  &  Comons 
of  ye  honorble  Coniittee  for  Sequestratios  till  I  was  heard,  &  after,  aboad 
in  Londo  till  Mich  :  last  when  haueing  no  means  longer  to  subsist  I  repaired 
to  Springfield  in  Essex  to  my  wife  &  childre,  where  I  aboad  till  about  3 
weeks  since. 

I  gaue  1 0£  to  the  first  Propositions.  I  have  payd  the  5th  &  20th  gt  to 
the  full,  as  appears  by  Certificate  of  ye  Comittee  at  Chelmisford.  I  haue 
taken  ye  National  Covenant.  I  have  payd  all  Rates  without  distresse, 
before  I  was  sequestred ;  &  [  ]  except  50£  to  Habberdashers  Hall  last 
Mich:  for  20th  gt  wch    I  hope  I  am  [     ]  that  my  Certeficate  saith  I  haue 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  391 

payd  to  tbe  Full.  My  goods  haue  been  sold  &  stock.  My  estate  in  North- 
amtosheire  lost  &  utterly  spoyled.  I  had  a  Passe  to  goe  into  ye  K:  Quar- 
ters, &  was  at  Ox :  before  or  when  the  Ordenance  for  Sequestratios  bears 
date;  the  occatio  was  a  greate  Concerne  unto  me,  to  wit  ye  setteling  Sir 
Lawr.  whole  estate  by  intaile;  And  my  owne  land  near  Bracley.  I  never 
boar  Arams;  nor  assisted  ye  K:  Nor  kissed  his  hand  wildest  I  was  there." 

"  Yr  humble  Servant  "  Jo :  Tirell  " 

"24°  April:  1G45." 

The  following  inscription  was  copied  att  Garsden  by  J.  Henry 
Lea,  Esq.  : 

"  To  the  Memory  of  Sr  Laurence  Washington  K'  lately  chiefe  Register 
of  the  Chauncery  of  known  Pyety  of  Charity  exemplarye  A  louinge  Husband 
A  tender  Father  A  bountifull  Master  A  Constant  Relieuer  of  the  Poore 
and  to  those  of  this  Parish  A  perpetuall  Benefactour  Whom  it  pleased  God 
to  take  unto  his  Peace  from  the  fury  of  the  insuing  Warrs  Oxon  Maii  14t0 
Here  interred  24t0  Afio  Dni  1643°  Aetat  Suae  64°  Where  also  lyeth 
Dame  Anne  his  wife  who  deceased  Junij  lot0  and  was  buried  16toAno 
Dili  1645." 

"  Hie  Patrios  cineres  curauit  filius  Urna 
Condere  qui  tumulo  nunc  jacet  Ille  pius. 

The  pious  Son  his  Parents  here  interred 

Who  hath  his  share  in  Urne  for  them  prepar'd." 

Dame  Anne  Washington,  his  wife,  was  a  daughter  of  William 
Lewin  of  Otterden,  Kent,  D.C.L.,  and  sister  of  Sir  Justinian 
Lewin,  an  abstract  of  whose  will  has  been  given. 

Lawrence  Washington  of  Garsdon  in  the  Co.  of  Wilts,  Esq.,  14 
January  1661,  proved  15  May -1662.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  chancel 
of  the  Parish  church  of  Garsdon.  To  the  poor  of  Garsdon  ten  pounds,  to 
be  distributed  to  householders  by  five  shillings  to  a  house,  and  to  the  poor 
of  Westamsbury  and  Bulford,  Wilts,  ten  pounds  &c. 

"  Alsoe  I  doe  giue  and  devise  unto  my  Cozen  John  Washington  soune  of 
Sir  John  Washington  of  Thrapston  in  the  Countie  of  Northampton  kn*  one 
Annuitie  or  yearely  Rent  of  ffortie  pounds  of  Currant  English  money  ffor 
And  dureinge  the  terme  of  his  naturall  life  To  be  issueing  and  goeing  forth 
out  of  all  my  messuages  Lands  Tenements  and  Hereditaments  and  ffarme 
in  Westamsbury  als  Littleamsbury  in  the  Countie  of  Wiltes  aforesaid  To 
be  paid  unto  him  at  the  ffeasts  of  Thanunciation  of  the  blessed  Virgin  St 
Mary  and  St  Michaell  Tharchangell  by  euen  and  equall  portions  the  ffirst 
payment  thereof  to  beginne  and  to  be  made  at  the  ffirst  of  the  said  ffeasts 
which  shall  happen  come  and  be  next  after  my  decease  and  if  and  as  often 
as  it  shall  happen  the  said  yearely  Rent  of  ffortie  pounds  to  be  behinde  and 
unpaid  by  the  space  of  Tenne  dayes  next  after  any  of  the  said  ffeasts  in 
the  wlii<  h  as  aforesaid  the  same  ought  to  be  paid  that  then  and  soe  often  it 
shall  be  lawfull  to  and  for  the  said  John  Washington  into  the  said  Mes- 
suages Lands  Tenements  and  hereditaments  to  enter  and  distreyne  and  the 
distresse  and  distresses  then  and  there  had  found  and  taken  to  lead  driue 
take  and  carry  away  and  the  same  to  impound  deteyne  and  keepe  untill  the 
said  Annuity  or  yearely  rent  of  fforty  pounds  and  all  the  arreares  thereof 
(if  any  be)  shall  be  unto  my  said  Cozen  John  Washington  fully  satisfied 
and  paid." 


392  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

To  Charles  Tyrrell,  youngest  son  of  Dame  Martha  Tyrrell  of  Heme 
House  in  the  Co.  of  Essex,  one  annuity  of  twenty  pounds  &c.  To  my 
cousin  Symon  Horsepoole  of  London,  gent.,  one  annuity  of  thirty  pounds 
&c.  To  my  beloved  sister  Dame  Martha  Tyrrell  twenty  pounds  to  buy  her 
a  ring,  and  to  my  nephews  John,  Thomas  and  Charles  Tyrrell  ten  pounds 
apiece  and  to  my  niece  Martha  Tyrrell  twenty  pounds,  to  buy  each  of  them 
a  ring.  To  John  Elton  of  Tedbury,  Glouc,  physician,  for  his  great  care 
and  pains  towards  me  and  my  family  for  several  years  past,  forty  pounds. 
To  servants  (not  named).  The  residue  unto  Elianor,  my  wife,  whom  I 
make  sole  executrix  &c.  Laud,  73  (P.  C.  C). 

Dame  Elianor  Pargiter,  the  relict  of  Sir  William  Pargiter  late  of 
Gretworth,  knight,  deceased,  17  July  1685,  proved  2  June  1687.  My  body 
I  desire  may  be  carried  ia  a  decent  and  private  way  to  Garsden  in  Wilt- 
shire and  interred  there  by  my  former  husband  Lawrence  Washington 
Esqr.  I  will  and  bequeath  to  my  dearly  beloved  daughter  Ferrars  my 
necklace  of  pearl,  being  two  strings  of  pearl,  which  her  father  gave  to  me, 
one  saphire  ring,  which  he  likewise  gave  to  me,  and  her  father's  picture  set 
in  gold.  To  the  parish  of  Garsdon  thirty  pounds,  to  be  bestowed  in  decent 
plate  for  the  Communion  Table  there,  to  be  kept  by  the  Minister  of  the 
place  for  the  time  being.  To  the  poor  of  that  parish  ten  pounds.  The 
residue  to  my  daughter  Elianor  Pargiter,  whom  I  make,  constitute  and 
ordain  sole  executrix. 

Proved  by  the  oath  of  Elianor  Dering  als  Pargiter. 

Foot,  82  (P.  C.  C). 

She  was  the  second  daughter  of  William  Guise  of  Elmore, 
Gloucestershire.  She  died  19  July,  1685,  according  to  the  monu- 
mental inscription  at  Garsden.  Her  first  husband,  Lawrence 
Washington,  Esq.,  died  17  January,  and  was  buried  11  February, 
1661-2. 

Thomas  Pope  of  the  parish  of  St  Philip  and  Jacob  in  Bristol,  merchant, 
3  September,  1684,  proved  20  October  1685.  Being  now  bound  on  a  voyage 
to  sea  &c.  To  my  wife  Joanna,  for  and  during  her  natural  life,  my  mes- 
suage and  tenement  called  Noble's  corner,  and  all  the  lands  and  appur- 
tenances thereunto  belonging,  situate  in  Barton  Regis  in  the  County  of 
Glouc.  The  reversion  and  inheritance  of  the  same  messuage  &c.  I  give 
and  devise  to  my  two  sons,  Charles  Pope  and  Nathaniel  Pope,  their  heirs 
and  assigns,  forever,  equally  between  them  as  tenants  in  common. 

Item  I  give  and  devise  to  my  son  Thomas  Pope  and  the  heirs  of  his  body 
lawfully  to  be  begotten  all  that  my  plantation,  with  the  lands,  servants, 
cattle,  stock  and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging,  situate  and  being  at 
or  neaT  Pope's  Creek  in  Westmoreland  in  Virginia,  with  remainder  to  sons 
Charles  and  Nathaniel  in  common  .  .  .  My  other  plantation,  commonly 
called  Clift's  Plantation,  in  Westmoreland,  on  the  Potomac  River,  in  Vir- 
ginia &c.  I  give  and  devise  to  my  two  sons  Richard  and  John  Pope,  their 
heirs  and  assigns  forever.  But  my  wife  Joanna  shall  hold  and  be  endowed 
of  one  third  part  of  both  my  said  plantations  &c.  for  the  term  of  her 
nutural  life. 

Item  I  make  my  loving  friends  and  kinsmen  Mr.  William  Hardridge, 
Mr.  Lawrence  Washington  and  Mr.  John  Washington,  all  of  Virginia 
aforesaid,  and  the  survivors  and  survivor  of  them,  guardians  and  guardian 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  393 

of  my  said  sons  Thomas,  Richard,  John,  Charles  and  Nathaniel  for  the 
mauaging  of  my  said  plantations  and  premises  in  Virginia.  They  shall  re- 
ceive and  take  the  rents,  issues  and  profits  thereof  until  my  said  sons  shall 
attain  their  respective  ages  of  one  and  twenty  years,  and  they  shall,'  from 
time  to  time,  ship  and  consign  the  proceeds  thereof  to  my  said  wife  in  Eng- 
land during  her  life,  and,  in  case  of  her  decease,  to  such  other  person  or 
persons  as  shall  be  guardian  or  guardians  of  all  or(any  my  children,  sons  or 
daughters,  to  be  by  her  or  them  from  time  to  time  disposed  and  laid  out 
for  and  towards  the  better  maintenance  and  education  of  all  and  every  my 
said  children. 

I  make,  ordain  and  appoint  Richard  Gotley  and  Charles  Jones  the 
younger,  merchants  of  the  city  aforesaid,  executors  in  trust  &c.  And  to 
each  of  my  executors  and  to  each  of  my  above  named  friends  and  trustees 
in  Virginia  I  give  twenty  shillings  apiece  as  tokens  of  my  love.  Provision 
made  for  three  daughters,  Mary,  Elizabeth  and  Margaret  out  of  the  per- 
sonal estate  (they  under  twenty-one). 

Wit:  John  Churchman,  Wm  Meredith,  Wm  Brayne  and  John  Selwood. 

Cann,  124  (P.  C.  C). 

The  Honorable  John  Custis  Esq.  of  the  City  of  Williamsburg  and 
County  of  James  City  in  the  Colony  of  Virginia,  14  November  1749, 
proved  at  Loudon  19  November  1753.  My  executor  to  lay  out  and  expend, 
as  soon  as  possible  after  my  decease,  out  of  my  estate,  the  sum  of  one  hun- 
dred pounds  sterling  to  buy  a  handsome  tombstone  of  the  best  durable 
white  marble,  large  and  built  up  of  the  most  durable  stone  that  can  be  pur- 
chased, for  pillars,  very  decent  and  handsome  to  lay  over  my  dead  body, 
engraved  on  the  tombstone  my  coat  of  arms,  which  are  three  parrots,  and 
my  will  is  that  the  following  inscription  may  be  also  handsomely  engraved 
on  the  said  stone  viz1. 

"  Under  this  Marble  Stone  lyes  the  Body  of  the  Honourable  John  Custis 
Esquire  of  the  City  of  Williamsburgh  and  parish  of  Bruton  formerly  of 
Hungars  Parish  on  the  Eastern  Shoar  of  Virginia  and  County  of  Northamp- 
ton the  place  of  his  Nativity  Aged  ....  years  and  yet  lived  but  seven  years 
which  was  the  space  of  time  he  kept  a,  Batchelors  House  at  Arlington  on 
the  Eastern  Shoar  of  Virginia  this  Inscription  put  on  this  Stone  by  his  own 
possitive  Orders." 

And  I  do  desire  and  my  will  is  and  I  strictly  require  it  that  as  soon  as 
possible  my  real  dead  body,  and  not  a  sham  coffin,  be  carried  to  my  planta- 
tion on  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Virginia,  called  Arlington,  and  there  my  real 
dead  body  be  buried  by  my  Grandfather  the  HonbIe  John  Custis  Esquire 
where  a  large  walnut  formerly  grew  and  is  now  encloaed  with  a  brick  wall, 
which  brick  wall  it  is  my  will  and  I  strictly  charge  and  require  it  that  the 
said  brick  wall  be  always  kept  up  in  good  repair  very  handsomely  by  my 
heir  that  shall  enjoy  my  estate;  and  if  my  heir  should  "  ingratefully  "  or 
obstinately  refuse  or  neglect  to  comply  with  what  relates  to  my  Burial  in 
every  particular  then  I  bar  and  cut  him  off  from  any  part  of  my  estate, 
either  real  or  personal,  and  only  give  him  one  shilling  sterling,  and  in  such 
case  I  give  my  whole  estate,  real  and  personal,  to  the  next  heir  male  of 
my  family  named  Custis  that  will  religiously  and  punctually  see  this  my 
will  performed,  but  more  especially  what  any  ways  relates  to  my  burial 
in  general,  and  if  by  any  accident  the  Tombstone  and  appurtenances 
should  be  lost,  broke  or  any  ways  miscarry  in  coming  in  from  England,  or 
any  other  ways  whatsoever,  in  that  case  my  positive  will  is  and  I  earnestly 


394  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

require  it  that  my  heirs  or  executors  immediately  send  to  England  for  such 
another  stone  exactly,  with  the  appurtenances,  of  the  same  price,  until  one 
shall  come  safe  to  hand  according  to  my  will  and  desire. 

I  give  to  my  dear  friend  Thomas  Lee  Esquire,  if  living  at  my  death,  two 
hundred  pounds  to  buy  him  any  one  thing  he  has  a  mind  to  remember  me. 
To  my  worthy  and  much  esteemed  friend  John  Blair  Esq.  one  hundred 
pounds,  and  to  Mrs.  Mary  Blair,  his  wife,  five  guineas  to  buy  her  a  mourning 
ring. 

Whereas  my  plantation  called  Arlington,  on  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Vir- 
ginia is  entailed  by  my  Grandfather,  the  Hon.  John  Custis  Esq.,  on  the 
heirs  male  of  my  body  lawfully  begotten  and  for  as  much  as  my  father,  the 
late  Hon.  John  Custis  Esq.,  had  a  patent  in  his  own  name  for  two  hundred 
and  fifty  acres  of  the  said  Arlington  plantation  which  my  said  father  has 
given  me  by  his  said  will  in  fee  simple,  I  do  entail  the  said  two  hundred  and 
fifty  acres  of  land,  so  given  to  me,  exactly  in  the  same  manner  as  the  other 
three  hundred  acres  contiguous  or  adjoining  to  it,  and  my  will  is  that  it 
always  descend  exactly  in  the  same  manner  as  Smith's  Island  and  Motton 
Island,  which  are  firmly  entailed  on  the  Heirs  male  of  my  body  lawfully 
begotten  by  the  will  of  my  grandfather  &c. 

And  whereas  by  my  deed  of  Manumission  recorded  in  the  County  Court 
of  York  I  have  freed  and  set  at  liberty  my  negro  boy  christened  John,  other- 
wise called  Jack,  born  of  the  body  of  my  slave  Alice,  now  I  do  hereby 
ratify  and  confirm  the  said  deed  of  Manumission  unto  the  said  John  other- 
wise called  Jack,  and  after  the  death  of  said  John,  otherwise  called  Jack,  I 
give  all  the  estate  by  me  heretofore  given  to  the  said  John,  otherwise 
called  Jack,  either  by  deed  or  otherwise,  to  my  son  Daniel  Park  Custis  to 
hold  to  him  my  said  son  from  and  after  the  death  of  the  said  John,  other- 
wise called  Jack  &c.  My  will  and  desire  is  that  as  soon  as  possible  after 
my  decease  my  executor  build  on  the  said  land  I  bought  of  James  Morris, 
situate  near  the  head  of  Queen's  Creek  in  the  co.  of  York,  for  the  use  of 
the  said  John,  otherwise  called  Jack,  a  handsome,  strong,  convenient  dwell- 
ing house  according  to  the  dimensions  I  shall  direct,  and  a  plan  thereof 
drawn  by  my  said  friend  John  Blair  Esq.,  and  that  it  be  completely  finished 
within  side  and  without,  and  when  the  house  is  completely  finished  it  is  my 
will  that  the  same  be  furnished  with  one  dozen  high  Russia  leather  chairs, 
one  dozen  low  Russia  chairs,  a  Russia  leather  couch,  good  and  strong,  three 
good  feather  beds,  bedsteads  and  furniture  and  two  good  black  walnut 
tables.  I  desire  that  the  houses,  fencing  and  other  appurtenances  belonging 
to  the  said  plantation  be  kept  in  good  repair  and  so  delivered  to  the  said 
John,  otherwise  called  Jack,  when  he  shall  arrive  to  the  age  of  twenty 
years.  I  also  give  him  when  he  shall  arrive  to  that  age  a  good  riding  horse 
and  two  young  able  working  horses.  I  give  to  Mrs.  Ann  Moody,  wife  of 
Matthew  Moody,  if  she  be  living  at  my  death,  twenty  pounds,  to  be  paid 
her  annually  during  her  natural  life.  I  also  give  her  the  picture  of  my 
said  Negro  boy  John.  It  is  my  will  and  desire  that  my  said  Negro  boy 
John,  otherwise  called  Jack,  live  with  my  son  until  he  be  twenty  years  of 
age,  and  that  he  be  handsomely  maintained  out  of  the  profits  of  my  estate 
given  him.  I  give  and  devise  unto  John  Cavendish,  for  the  many  services 
he  has  done  me,  the  house  and  lot  where  he  now  lives  to  hold  the  same 
rent  free  during  his  natural  life. 

All  the  rest,  residue  and  remainder  of  my  estate,  real  and  personal,  be  it 
of  what  nature  or  kind  soever,  or  wheresoever  lying  and  being  in  the  whole 
world,  I  give,  devise  aud  bequeath  unto  my  son  Daniel  Park  Custis  to  hold 


flSJasfjington  of  >c 

A  BMS.— A  rgent,  two  ban    ^i 
JOHN  WASHINGTON,  of  Whitfield,  co.  Uus  . 


John  Washington 
of  Whitfield. 


.  .dau.  of 
WesUeli 


John  Washlngton=Margaret,  dau.  of  Robert 
of  Warton,  Kitson  of  Warton,  and 

co.  Lane.  sister  of  Sir  Thomas  Kit- 

son,  Kt.,  and  Alderman 
of  London. 


Thomas. 


Elien=James  Mason 
of  Warton. 


I 


Elizabeth,  wid.  of=Lawrence  Washington  of  Northampton=Anne  (or  Amy),  dau  of  Nicholas 


William  Gough  of    &  Gray's  Inn,  Mayor  of  Northampton. 
Northampton.  Grantee  of  Sulgrave  30  H.  VIII.     Ob. 

Ob.  8.  p.  19  Feb.  26  Eliz.     (Will.) 


Rob't  Pargiter  of  Gret- 
worth.gent.  Ob.  7  Oct. 

1564. 


Leonard= ft 


Elizabeth,  daugh.=Rob 
and  h.  of  Walter 
Light  ot  Radway, 
co.  Warwlok. 


._jert  Washington  of=Anne, 
Sulgrave,  Esq.,  «et.  40, 
26  Eliz.    Jointly  with 
eon  Lawrence  sold  Sul- 
grave 8  Jac.    (Will.) 


dau.  of 
.  Fisher 
of  Hanslop,  co. 
Bucks. 


Lawrence   Washington   of=Martht 


Gray's   Inn,  Midd'x,  Esq 
Register  of  High  Court  of 
Chancery.  Ob.  1619.(WU1.) 


Newwi 


Alban  (Kt.  19  in  1618). 

Guy. 

Robert  (alive  1676). 


Mary=Martin  Edon  of  Banbury,  co.  Oxon. 
Margarct=Joliu  Gardiner  of  London. 
Catherine. 


Sir  Lawrence  Washington,  t 
Westbury,  Bucks.,  and  Giw. 
Wilts.,  Register  of  High  Oar 
Chancery.    Died  in  Oxfor: 
(Will.) 


I 


Lawrence  Washington  of  Garsdw 
Ob.  17  January,  1661-2.    (Will.) 


Lawrence  Washlngton=Margaret,  eldest  dau 


of  Sulgrave  and  Bring 
ton.  Ob.  13  Dec.  1616. 
Bur.  15  Dec.  1616,  at 
Brington. 


of  William  Butler  of 
Tighes,  Sussex,  Esq. 
Married  3  Aug.  1588. 
AUve  1636. 


Robert,  2d  son.=Elizabeth,  dau.  of 
Ob.  10  March,  John  Chishull  of 
1622-3.  Bur.  at  More  Hall,  Es'x. 
Brington.  Ob.     19     March, 

1622-3.       Bur.   at 
Brington.  (Will.) 


Walter  Washington=Alice,  dau.  of=< 


of  Radway,    Warr. 
Ob.  1597. 


John  Morden 
of  Morton 
Morell,  co. 
Warr.    (Will 
1647.) 


John  Washington  of  Radway,  co.  Warr.=Mary,  dau.  of  Geo.  Danvers  of  Blin  , 


George  Washington. 


Elizabeth. 


Ann.       Thomas.        Katherlne 


L 


Sir  William  Washington: 
of  Packington,  co.  Leic, 
kt.  Bur.  at  St.  Martin's 
in  the  Fields,  Midd.,  S2 
June,  1643.    (Will.) 


:Anne,  dau.  of  Sir  Geo. 
Villiers  of  Brooksby, 
kt.,  and  half  sister  of 
George,  Duke  of  Buck- 
ingham. 


Sir  John  Washington=Mary,  dau.  of  Philip 


of  Thrapston,  county 
Northampton,  kt. 

Dor6thy  (2d  wife)  dau. 
of  William  Pargiter  of 
Gretworth,  Esq.,  and 

wid.  of Kirkby. 

Ob.  1678.    (Will.) 


Curtis,  of  Islip,  co. 
Northampton,  gent. 
Ob.  1  Jan.  1624-25. 
Bur.  at  Islip. 


Robert. 
Richard, 
born  ab*t 
1600. 


Ii«« 

tor 
1«M- 


Mordaunt. 


John. 


Philip. 


Henry  Washington,  set.  3, 1618. 
Col.  In  the  royalist  army ;  gov. 
of  Worcester.  Buried  at  Rich- 
mond, Surrey,  9  Mar.  1663-4. 


Elizabeth,  dau.  of 
.  .  . .  Remarried 
Samuel  Sandys  of 
co.  Wore,  Esq. 
Living  1697-8. 


George,  bap. 
13  Jan.  1619- 
20. 

Christopher. 


Elizabeth=Willlam  Legge, 
Esq.  Ancestor 
of  the  Earls  of 
Dartmouth. 


Susanna,  bap.  15=S«  ■; 
Nov.  1618;  ob.  2t 
Feb.  1698-9;  bur.   Kn  ; 
at  Lewisham, 
Kent.    (Will.) 


Mary  Washington  (unmarried). 
Ob.  1680-81.    (Will.; 


Penelope  Washington  (unmarried). 
Bur.  at  Wickhamford,  co.  Wore,  2 
March,  1697-8  (will  pro.  at  Wore,  9 
March,  1697). 


Katherine,  m.  first  to  ...  , 
Forster,  and  secondly  to 
Barnabas  Tonstall  of  Mid. 
Temple,  Esq.        

I 


E]izabeth=Stephfl!'J 


John. 


Lawrence  Washing^ 


:' 


ohn= 


John=Catherlne  Whiting. 


Jane,  dau.  of  Caleb  Butler,  m.  20  April,  1715=Augustine  Washington=Mary  Ball, 
d.  24  Nov.  1728.  I  d.  April  12,  1743,  let.  49.  I 


I 


I 


Warner.      Henry.      3  daus. 


Butler, 
d.  young. 


Lawrence.       Augustine. 


Jane, 
d.  young. 


GEORGE  WASHINGTON=MarW 
b.  11  Keb.  1732;  ■ 

m    6  Jan    1759. 

First  President  of  the  U.  S. 

Died  8  p  14  December,  1799. 


it, 


Northampton  anfc  Uitainia. 

and  in  chie/)three  mullets  Gules. 


.  =  Robert  Washington  of  Warton= dau.  of  Miles 

I    co.  Lancaster,  gent.,  2d  son.    i  Whlttington  of  Bar- 
=  wick,  co.  Lane. 

—  Agnes,  dau.  of Bateman    2d  wife. 

ol  Haversham,  co.  Westmore- ) 

land,  3d  wife.  "  

T 


Roberta 


tli 


icmy. 


Matthew. 


Elizabeth 


ibt- 


Mile 


ter. 


Thomas. 

twice 

married. 


Jane=Humphrey  Gardiner 
of  Cockerham,  Lane. 


1'homas  Washington= dau.  of  . 

of  Compton,  Sussex,  |  Deering. 
Captain  in  Flanders. 


Richard  Washington, 
Ob.  s.  p.  1612. 


Lu(;y=-  •...  Chlselwright 
of  co.  Cambridge. 


dau.  of  Clement 
f  Hadham  Mag- 
lert. 


Two  other  sons 


I   I 
Anne=Rob't  Bateman. 
Katherine=Melchlor 
Reynolds. 


.  of=Anne,  dau.  of  William 
on,  Lewyn,  Esq.,  D.  C.  L., 
t  of  and  sister  of  Sir  Jus- 
513.   tinlan  Lewyn,  kt. 


Mary,  wife  of  William 
Horsepoole  of  Great 
Marlow,  Bucks.,  who 
died  1647. 


I   I   I   I   I   I   I 
*rances=John  Thompson  of  Sulgrave. 
A nne=  Kdmund  Foster  of  Hanslop,  Bucks. 
Elizabeth. 
Magdalen. 

Barbara,=Simon  Butler  of  Appletree,  co.  Northampton, 
bur.  Bap.  6  May,  1549;  bur.  16  June,  1628. 

1  April, 

16:15. 
Mary=Abel  Makepeace  of  Chipping  Warden,  co.  Northampton 
Margaret=  Gerard  Hawtayne  of  Eslngton,  Oxon. 


Wilts,  Esq.=r,leanor,  2d  dau.  of  Wm.  Gyse  of  Elmore,=Sir  William  Parglter, 
I  co.  Glou.,  Esq.  Ob.  19  July,  1685.  (Will.)    of  Gretworth,  kt? 


I 
Anne,  wife  of  Christopher  Gyse  (or  Gise). 
Bur.  at  Garsdon,  4  June,  1642,  set.  20. 


tin  Woodward  Christopher=  Margaret,  dau. 
Stratford-  of ...  .  Palmer 

jn-Avon.  of  Radway. 

William. 

Thomas. 


Anne  (Amy?)=Alban  Wakelyn. 

Ursula=Thomas  Adcook  of 
Swinford,  Leic. 
Elizabeths  Lewis  Richardson 
of  Turvey,  Beds. 


Elizabeth,  dau.=Robert  Shirley,  Baron 


and  h. 
Ob.  2  Oct 


1693. 


Kerrars  of  Chartley, 
afterwards  Earl  Fer- 
rars.   Ob.  25  Dec.  1717. 


vorth,  co.  North'n,  Esq.  Katherine=Thomas  Stanton  of  Woolverton,  oo.  Warr.  Esq. 


Thomas,  set.  3,  1619 


Walter. 


Alice. 


nee  Washington,: 
Fellow  of  Biase- 
toll.,  Oxford,  Rec 
Purleigh.  Essex 
1643).     Ob.  ante 


rinald  Graham 
--ewlsham,  co. 
it,  Esq. 


Amphillis,  dau.  of 

Roades(?). 

Bur.  at  Tring,  co. 
Herts.,  19  Jan'y, 
1654-5  Admon. 
gr.  to  son  John 
Washington. 


Thomas,  b.  about 
1605.  Died  at 
Madrid,  1623. 

Gregory,  bapt. 
at  Brington,  16 
Jan'y,  1606—7. 
Bur.  next  day. 

George,  bapt.  at 
Wormleighton, 
Warr.,  3  Aug. 
1608. 


eV  l 


I  II  I  I 

i=Francis  Mewce  of  Holdenby,  co.  Northampton. 
Married  26  May,  1615. 


Elizabeth: 

(Will 

1676). 
Joan=Francis  Pill. 
Margaret=(flrst)  Samuel  Thornton,  who  died  1666-7  (Will), 

and  (secondly)  Sir Sandys,  kt. 

AIice=Robert,  eldest  son  of  Thomas  Sandys  of  London,  gent. 

Frances= Gargrave. 

Amy=Phllip  Curtis  of  Islip,  co.  Northampton,  gent. 
Ob.  1636.  Ob.  May,  1636.    (Will.) 

(Will.) 

(Three  other 
dans,  of  whom 
one  probably 
named  Lucy.) 


1  w.=John  Washington=2  w.  Ann, 


iellett. 


born  in  England 
(probably  1633  or 
1634).  Emigrated 
to  Virginia. 


dau.  ofNath'l 
Pope,  and 
sister  of 
Thos.  Pope. 


=Lawrence  Washington =2  w.  Jane.  William,  3d  son, 

bap.  at  Tring,  co.  Herts.  bap.  at  Tring,  14 

23  June,   16:15.        Emi-  Oct.  1641. 

grated  to  Virginia. 

John  Washington. 
Left  issue. 


Elizabeth, 
bap.  at  Tring, 
17  Aug.   1636. 

Margaret. 

Martha. 


d.  1697.=Mildred,  dau.  of  Col.  Augustine  Warner.  Anne=Maj.  Francis  Wright. 


Gregory=Mildred=Col.  Henry  Willis. 


1    '..widow  of  Daniel  Parke  Custis, 
no  dau.  of  John  Dandridge. 


Elizabeth^  Fielding  Lewis. 


Samuel, 
b.  16  Nov. 
1734. 


John-Augustine, 
b.  13  Jan.  1735. 


Charles, 
b.  1  May, 
1738. 


Mildred, 
d.  young. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  397 

to  him,  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever.  And  I  do  constitute  aud  appoint  my 
said  son  whole  and  sole  executor.  Wit :  Thomas  Dawson,  George  Gilmer, 
John  Blair,  junr. 

The  above  will  was  proved  at  a  court  held  for  James  City  County  9 
April  1750,  Ben.  Waller  being  Clerk  of  the  Court. 

On  the  twenty  third  day  of  Sept.  1784  Admon.  (with  the  will  annexed) 
of  the  goods  &c  left  unadministered  by  Daniel  Parke  Custis  deceased  &c, 
was  granted  to  Wakelin  Welch,  the  lawful  attorney  of  Martha  Washington, 
formerly  Custis  (wife  of  his  Excellency  the  Honorable  George  Washington) 
the  relict  and  administratrix  of  the  rest  of  the  goods  of  the  said  Daniel 
Parke  Custis  deceased,  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  said  Martha  Washing- 
ton, formerly  Custis,  now  residing  at  Virginia  aforesaid,  the  said  Daniel 
Parke  Custis  dying  intestate.  Searle,  287  (P.  C.  C). 

Facing  this  page  will  be  found  a  folded  tabular  pedigree  which  I 
have  compiled  to  illustrate  this  article. 


[Others  of  the  name  "Washington  than  the  famed  brothers  John  and  Lawrence 
Washington  appear  in  the  annals  of  Virginia : 

"  Robert  Washington  of  Wapping  in  ye  p'sh  of  Stepney  and  Town  of  Middle- 
sex, Mariner,"  executed  power  of  attorney  to  "  Wm  Pearson,  Chirurgeon," 
"29th  July  1660." 

"  Edward  Washington,  convicted  of  manslaughter  and  ordered  to  be  burnt  in 
the  hand"  October  12,  1675.  Records  of  General  Court  of  Va. 

The  following  grants  are  of  record  in  the  State  Land  Kegistry  : 

Major  John  Washington,  Book  No.  5,  p.  38,  320  acres  in  Westmoreland  Co., 
M'ch  23,  1664.  Major  John  Washington  and  Thomas  Pope,  No.  5,  p.  49,  50 
acres  in  Westmoreland  Co. ,  Sept.  4, 1667.  Major  John  Washington,  No.  5,  p.  49, 
300  acres  in  Northumberland  Co.,  June  1,  1664;  p.  50,  1700  acres  in  Westmore- 
land Co.,  March  26.  1CG4.  Mrs.  Ann  Pope  alias  Washington,  No.  5,  p.  52,  700 
acres  in  Westmoreland  Co.,  June  13,  1661.  Major  John  Washington  and 
Thomas  Pope,  No.  5,  p.  54,  1200  acres  in  Westmoreland  Co.,  Sept.  4,  1661.  Lt. 
Col.  John  Washington,  No.  6,  p.  349,  450  acres  in  Northumberland  Co.,  Oct.  10, 
1670.  Lawrence  Washington  and  Robert  Richards,  No.  6,  p.  60,  700  acres  in 
Stafford  Co.,  Sept.  27,  1667.  Lt.  Col.  John  Washington,  No.  6,  p.  615,  5000 
acres  in  Stafford  Co.,  1677;  p.  183,  560  acres  in  Rappahannock  Parish,  Nov.  3, 
1673.  Richard  Washington,  No.  8,  p.  165,  330  acres  in  Surrey  Co.,  April  29, 
1682;  p.  464,  200  acres  in  Surrey  Co.,  April  20,  1685;  p.  88,  772  acres  in  Surrey 
Co.,  Oct.  23,  1690;  No.  9,  p.  326,  345  acres  in  Surrey  Co.,  April  25,  1701.  John 
and  Arthur  Washington,  No.  9,  p.  371,  742  acres  in  Surrey  Co.,  1701. 

Neither  Robert,  Edward,  Richard,  John  or  Arthur  Washington,  appear  to 
have  been  of  the  family  of  John  and  Lawrence  Washington,  from  the  records 
preserved  of  these  brothers. — R.  A.  Brock. 

The  Daily  Reporter,  Northampton,  Eng.,  August  24,  1889,  contains  a  descrip- 
tion of  the  Washington  Slab  in  Sulgrave  Church,  and  an  account  of  its  mutilation 
about  a  fortnight  before  that  date  by  two  strangers  in  gentlemanly  attire. 

The  Washington  slab  is  thus  described  in  the  Northampton  Reporter.  Six  differ- 
ent brass  plates  were  let  into  it.  The  first  contained  the  Washington  coat  of  arms, 
Argent,  two  bars  gules,  in  chief  three  mullets  of  the  second.  On  each  side,  in 
brass,  were  "  effigies  of  Washington  and  his  wife,  and  below  them  on  a  brass 
plate  of  oblong  form  was  the  following  inscription  in  three  lines : 

Here  lyeth  buried  ye  bodys  of  Laurence  Wasshingto  Gent  &  Amee  his  | 
wyf  by  whome  he  had  issue  iiij  sons  &  vij  daughts  wc  laurence  Dyed  ye 
day  of  |  an0   15  &  Amee   Deceassed    the  vi  day  of 

October  an0  Dni  15GJ.  | 


398  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Under  this  are  representations  of  the  four  sons  and  seven  daughters  in  two 
groups. 

The  costume  of  Lawrence  Washington  and  his  children  is  that  of  the  ordinary 
attire  of  civilians  of  the  middle  of  the  16th  century.  The  father  wears  a  close- 
fitting  doublet,  a  large  loose  gown,  with  demi-canon  sleeves  purfled  with  fur, 
and  large  broad-toed  shoes.  The  boys  wear  large  doublets,  knee  breeches,  long 
hose,  and  shoes  like  their  father;  and  each  has  his  gyficiere  at  his  girdle.  The 
girls  wear  close-fitting  caps,  with  gowns  reaching  to  the  ankles,  and  secured  round 
the  waist  with  a  band.  The  brass  representing  Amy  Washington  no  longer  re- 
mains. .  .  .  Time  has  told  somewhat  on  this  monument  of  Lawrence  and  Amy 
Washington ;  and  it  is  also  to  be  regretted,  the  hand  of  the  thief  as  well.  The  head 
of  Lawrence  Washington  has  been  knocked  off;  the  brass  effigy  of  his  wife  has 
been  stolen  and  taken  away  bodily ;  and  the  enamel  with  which  the  coat  of  arms 
was  colored  has  crumbled  nearly  all  away,  leaving  scarce  a  trace  behind.  The 
two  portions  recently  taken  away  are  those  representing  the  '  iiij  sons  and 
vij  daughters.'  Each  of  these  pieces  could  be  covered  by  a  sheet  of  note- 
paper." 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  perpetrators  of  this  dastardly  act  may  be  discovered. 
An  abstract  of  the  will  of  Lawrence  Washington  and  an  inquisition  post  mortem 
are  printed,  ante,  pp.  373-375. 

Lawrence  Washington  of  Sulgrave,  grandson  of  Lawrence  and  Amee  Wash- 
ington, died  Dec.  13,  1616,  and  was  buried  at  Brington.  In  1860,  as  has  been 
stated  in  the  foot-note  on  page  378,  Earl  Spencer  presented  to  Hon.  Charles 
Sumner  facsimiles  of  two  Washington  memorial  stones  in  the  church  at  Bring- 
ton, which  facsimiles  Mr.  Sumner  presented  to  the  State  of  Massachusetts. 
One  of  these  stones  was  that  of  this  Lawrence  Washington  and  the  other  that 
of  his  brother  Robert.  The  inscription  on  the  stone  of  Robert  Washington  and 
his  wife  Elizabeth  is  printed  on  page  378,  from  Baker's  Northamptonshire.  Mr. 
David  Pulsifer,  in  the  appendix  to  his  edition  of  Rev.  C.  H.  Wharton's  Poetical 
Epistle  to  George  Washington  (Boston,  1881),  gives  an  account  of  the  presen- 
tation of  the  facsimiles  to  the  State  by  Mr.  Sumner.  This  account  is  accom- 
panied by  engravings  of  the  two  stones.  Mr.  Pulsifer  has  loaned  us  the  cut  of 
Lawrence  Washington's  stone,  containing  besides  the  inscription  the  arms  of 
Washington  impaling  Butler ;  and  it  is  printed  on  the  opposite  page.  Lawrence 
and  Margaret  (Butler)  Washington  were  parents  of  Lawrence  Washington, 
M.A.,  rector  of  Purleigh,  who,  it  is  believed,  was  the  father  of  the  Virginia 
emigrants .  — Editor  . 


Conclusions. 

A  careful  examination  of  the  preceding  pages  will  doubtless  bring  the  reader 
to  the  conclusion  that  Mr.  Waters  has  made  out  a  pedigree  in  the  highest  degree 
probable,  and  lacking  absolute  certainty  only  on  the  two  following  points.  First, 
having  shown  that  Lawrence  Washington  of  Virginia  owned  land  in  Luton,  we 
lack  positive  proof  to  identify  him  with  the  Lawrence  baptized  at  Tring  in  1635. 

Second,  having  rendered  it  almost  absolutely  certain  that  the  father  of  the 
Washington  children  baptized  at  Tring,  was  a  clergyman  and  M.A.,  we  lack 
absolute  certainty  that  he  was  identical  with  the  Rector  of  Purleigh. 

On  both  these  points  we  may  hopefully  expect  assistance  from  our  English 
friends,  now  that  the  field  of  investigation  is  so  contracted.  It  may  be  fairly 
added,  that  whilst  legal  evidence  on  these  two  points  is  lacking,  the  industry  and 
acuteness  of  Mr.  Waters  are  signally  shown  in  the  great  amount  of  circumstan- 
tial evidence  by  him  collected,  which  indeed  affords  us  a  moral  certainty  of  the 
entire  correctness  of  the  pedigree. 

It  is  a  curious  fact  that  the  first  pedigree  as  drawn  up  by  Sir  Isaac  Heard,  should 
prove  to  be  correct,  probably,  with  the  insertion  of  one  more  generation.  Prob- 
ability, founded  on  the  persistence  of  the  christian  name  Lawrence,  would  lead 
every  genealogist  to  attempt  to  connect  the  Virginia  branch  with  the  main  line 
descended  from  John  Washington  of  Warton  and  Margaret  Kitson.  But,  in  a 
pedigree,  every  fact  must  be  susceptible  of  proof,  and  Col.  Chester  is  entitled 
to  the  highest  praise  for  his  successful  attempt  to  prove  that  the  Virginia  emi- 


HERE-LIETH  -THE-BODIOF-LAVRENCE 
WASHINGTON  •  SONNE  •  &  ■  HEIRE  ■  OF 
ROBERT- WASHINGTON  •  OF  ■  SOVLGRA£ 
IN  •  THE  •  COVNTIE  ■  OF  ■  NORTHAMPTON 
ESQVIER  •  WHO  •  MARIED  ■  MARGARET 
THE  •  ELDEST-DA  VGHTER-OF- WILLIAM 
BVTLER  •  OF  •  TEES  ■  IN  ■  THE  ■  COVNTIE 
OF  •  SVSSEXE  •  ESQVIER  -WHOHAD  ISSV 
BY  •  HER  •  8  •  SONNS  •  &  •  9  •  DAVGHTERS 
WHICH  •  LAVRENCE  •  DECESSED  ■  THE  •  13 
OFDECEMBERA  :  DNI :  1616 

Thovthatbychanceorchoyce 

of-thishast-sight 

knowlifetodeathresignes 

ASDAYETONIGHT 

BVT-AS-THESVNNS-RETORNE 

REVIVESTHE-DAYE 

SO-CHRISTSHALL-VS 

THOVGH-TVRNDE-TODVST-&CLAY 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  401 

grants  were  not  Sir  Johu  and  Rev.  Lawrence,  the  sons  of  Lawrence  of  Sulgrave 
and  Brington,  even  if  it  now  be  shown  that  they  were  grandsons. 

It  is  satisfactory,  however,  to  have  the  pedigree  confirmed  with  this  small  but 
vital  correction,  as  it  retains  the  value  of  all  investigations  which  have  been 
made  respecting  the  Washingtons  of  Sulgrave,  and  Avill  continue  the  interest 
of  all  Americans  in  what  had  been  accepted  as  the  birth-place  of  the  race.  Mr. 
Waters  has  interposed  one  more  ancestor  in  the  person  of  the  Rev.  Lawrence 
Washington,  and  we  shall  doubtless  soon  learn  much  more  about  him. 

As  Col.  Chester's  paper  of  1866  may  not  be  accessible  to  all  of  our  readers, 
we  reprint  such  parts  as  refer  to  Rev.  Lawrence  of  Purleigh,  especially  as  Mr. 
Waters  has  not  cited  all  of  them. 

Extract  from  Col.  Chester's  "  Preliminary  Investigation." 

"  We  proceed  now  to  the  history  of  Lawrence  Washington,  apparently  the 
fifth  son  of  Lawrence  and  Margaret,  and  certainly  the  younger  brother  of 
Sir  William  and  Sir  John  Washington. 

Baker  was  quite  correct  in  stating  that  he  was  a  student  at  Oxford  in  the 
year  1622.  He  was  of  Brasenose  College,  and  matriculated  on  the  2d  of  Novem- 
ber, 1621.  The  exact  record  in  the  Matriculation  Register  is  as  follows: 
•  Laurent :  Washington,  Northamp :  Gen.  fil.  au.  nat.  19 ;'  i.  e.  Lawrence 
Washington,  of  Northamptonshire,  whose  father's  rank  was  that  of  a  gentleman, 
and  whose  own  age  was  nineteen  years  at  his  last  birthday. 

It  was  not  until  little  more  than  a  year  later  that  the  officials  commenced 
entering  in  the  register  the  christian  names  and  particular  residences  of  the 
fathers  of  the  students,  but  in  the  present  instance  the  above  record  is  almost 
as  satisfactory  as  it  would  have  been  if  the  other  particulars  had  been  given. 
In  the  first  place,  the  Washington  family  of  Sulgrave,  or  Brington,  was  the 
only  one  of  the  name  in  Northamptonshire  whose  sons  could  be  recognized  and 
designated  as  the  sons  of  gentlemen,  unless,  indeed,  the  Heralds  of  that  time 
omitted  others,  which  is  not  probable.  Secondly,  there  was  no  other  Lawrence 
Washington  at  Oxford  for  considerable  periods  before  and  after  this  date; 
unless,  again,  all  the  officials  were  guilty  of  omissions  in  all  the  Registers  (for 
the  writer  has  carefully  examined  them  all),  which  is  even  more  improbable. 
And,  finally,  the  will  of  his  aunt  Elizabeth,  widow  of  his  uncle  Robert  Wash- 
ington, dated  on  the  17th  of  March,  1622-3,  among  other  legacies  to  his  brothers 
and  sisters,  leaves  him  her  husband's  seal  ring,  and  states  that  he  was  then  at 
Oxford. 

Lawrence  Washington  was  born,  therefore,  about  the  year  1602.  He  appears 
to  have  entered  at  Brasenose  College  as  early  as  1619,  but  he  did  not  sign  the 
Subscription  Book  until  the  2d  of  November,  1621,  under  which  date  his  name 
also  appears  in  the  general  matriculation  register,  in  connection  with  thirty-five 
others — an  extraordinary  number,  and  indicating  that  from  some  cause  this 
ceremony  had  hitherto  been  neglected.  He  took  his  B.A.  degree  in  1623,  and 
became  Fellow  of  Brasenose  about  1624.  He  is  recorded  as  serving  the  office 
of  lector,  then  the  principal  educational  office  in  the  college,  from  1627  to  1632 
inclusive.  On  the  20th  of  August,  1631,  he  became  one  of  the  proctors  of  the 
university,  filling  a  vacancy  that  had  occurred  by  the  deprivation  of  his  prede- 
cessor by  royal  warrant.  On  the  14th  of  March,  1632-3,  he  was  presented  to 
the  then  very  valuable  living  of  Purleigh,  in  Essex,  and  resigned  his  fellowship. 
The  records  of  a  suit  in  Chancery,  preserved  at  the  Rolls  Office,  perfectly 
identify  the  rector  of  Purleigh  with  the  fellow  of  Brasenose  and  the  proctor  of 
the  university.  He  continued  at  Purleigh  until  the  year  1643,  when,  according  to 
Newcourt,  he  was  '  ejected  by  sequestration  for  his  loyalty  in  the  late  rebellion 
of  1642,'  and  had  the  honor  of  being  pilloried  in  the  infamous  '  Century.' 
Walker  states  that  he  '  was  afterwards  permitted  to  have  and  continue  upon  a 
Living  in  these  parts ;  but  it  was  such  a  poor  and  miserable  one  that  it  was 
with  difficulty  that  any  one  Avas  persuaded  to  accept  it.'  The  writer  has  been 
unable  to  ascertain  the  living  mentioned ;  but  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  some  further 
trace  of  him  may  yet  be  discovered  in  the  neighborhood  of  Purleigh,  where, 
putting  the  usual  construction  upon  Walker's  fanguage,*  he  continued  in  his 
profession  of  a  clergyman  after  the  Restoration,  and  consequently  some  years 
after  the  date  of  his  namesake's  emigration  to  Virginia." 


'?■ 


*  See  foot-note  on  page  370,  ante. — w.  h.  w. 


402  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Lastly,  this  important  pubUcation  about  the  WasMngtons  would  be  imperfect 
if  no  notice  were  taken  of  tue  costly  and  widely-circulated  book,  published  in 
1879,  by  the  late  Albert  Welles.  Many  persons  have  been  and  will  be  misled  by 
this  utterly  false  and  absurd  publication.  I  will  therefore  reprint  the  essential 
portions  of  my  letter  to  the  New  York  Nation  of  July  18,  1889. 

The  English  portion  was  a  most  ridiculous  performance  in  every  point  of 
view,  and  it  is  only  fair  to  suppose  that  Mr.  Welles  was  not  in  a  sound  state  of 
mind  when  he  adopted  and  published  this  statement.  His  unnamed  English 
correspondent  claimed  to  have  derived  his  alleged  facts  from  the  Common  Pleas 
Kolls,  and  adds :  "  The  pedigree  I  now  send  I  can  establish  by  legal  evidence." 

The  object  of  this  pedigree  was  to  show  that  several  generations  of  Washing- 
tons  had  been  born  at  Warton,  County  Lancaster;  that  a  Lawrence  W.  was 
born  there  in  1569,  whose  eldest  son  was  Leonard  W.,  born  about  1595,  the 
father  of  four  sons  and  one  daughter  baptized  at  Warton  in  1616,  1619,  1622, 
1625,  and  1627.  The  two  younger  sons  were  said  to  be  Lawrence,  baptized 
1625,  and  John,  baptized  1627,  who  were  termed  the  emigrants  to  Virginia. 

I  will  not  waste  time  in  refuting  the  innumerable  blunders  of  the  rest  of  the 
pedigree,  but  deal  with  the  essential  point  here  raised.  Col.  Chester  printed  a 
letter  in  the  New  York  World  of  March  29,  1879,  when  he  had  seen  the  pros- 
pectus of  Welles's  book.    He  said : 

"  I  at  once  recognized  an  old  acquaintance,  hawked  about  London  some  years 
ago,  the  original  manuscript  of  which  is  in  my  own  possession,  and  now  lies  on 
my  table  before  me,  where  I  keep  it  for  the  amusement  of  my  friends.  .  .  . 
I  will  simply  select  the  crucial  point  of  it,  where  it  is  stated  that  the  two 
emigrant  brothers,  Lawrence  and  John  Washington,  were  sons  of  Leonard 
Washington  of  Warton,  and  that  they  were  respectively  born  and  baptized  in 
1625  and  1627.  The  only  possible  source  from  which  these  two  baptisms  could 
be  obtained  is  the  parish  register  of  Warton.  I  have  examined  the  register 
personally  and  very  carefully,  and  can  declare  that  no  such  entries  are  to  be 
found  in  it." 

At  this  point  I  wish  to  introduce  the  evidence  of  the  Rev.  T.  H.  Pain,  M.A., 
Vicar  of  Warton,  given  in  a  letter  now  before  me,  addressed  to  the  New  Eng- 
land Historical  and  Genealogical  liegister,  dated  January  25,  1889.     He  writes  : 

"  I  beg  to  say  that  I  have  not  been  able  to  And  any  entry  of  the  baptism  of 
Leonard  Washington,  said  to  have  been  born  in  Warton  about  1595.  As  to  the 
baptisms  of  Ms  children,  I  send  the  following  extracts  : 

Baptismata  Anno  Dom.  1616. 
RobertiM,  filius  Leonardi  Washington,  baptiz.  octavo  die  Septembris. 

Baptismat.  101'J. 

Jane,  daughter  of  Leonard  Washington,  bapd.  4th  day  of  September. 

B.ipt.  Anno  Dom.  1622. 

Francis,  ye  sonne  of  Leonard  Washington  of  Warton,  baptized  ye  4th  day  of  February. 

"  I  have  not  been  able  to  find  an  entry  of  the  baptism  of  Lawrence,  said  to  have 
been  baptised  at  Warton  in  1625,  or  of  John,  said  to  have  been  baptized  here  in  1627." 

In  the  light  of  these  two  statements,  no  one  can  doubt  that  the  pedigree  is  a 
rank  and  stupid  forgery,  made  by  the  simple  method  of  fastening  upon  Leonard 
Washington  two  sons  of  whom  he  had  no  knowledge,  and  without  a  word  of 
proof. 

It  seems  to  me  that  Col.  Chester's  statement  of  the  genesis  of  this  forgery 
may  be  amusing  and  instructive.     He  wrote  under  date  of  June  16,  1879  : 

"  If  you  could  see  the  original,  which  strangely  fell  in  my  hands,  you  would 
see  how  the  whole  thiog  was  concocted.  It  was  got  up  some  years  ago  by  this 
'  James  Phillippe '  for  John  Camden  Hotten,  who  died  before  publishing  it,  and 
his  successors  had  too  much  good  sense  to  carry  out  his  intentions.  It  is  evi- 
dent that  the  compiler,  after  Avorking  out  an  elaborate  pedigree,  much  of  which 
I  know  to  be  false,  looked  about  for  a  safe  place  where  to  put  the  two  emigrant 
brothers.  He  Anally  decided  to  make  them  sons  of  Leonard  Washington  of 
Warton.  Afterwards,  probably  thinking  that  he  might  be  detected,  he  crossed 
out  this  affiliation.  But,  finding  no  better  place  for  them,  he  finally  wrote  (as 
an  instruction  to  the  printer),  '  This  is  correct.' 

"  Of  course  you  would  not  find  any  proofs  of  his  statements.  This  dis- 
tinguished '  genealogist '  never  furnishes  any.  If  asked  for  his  authority  in  any 
instance,  he  draws  himself  up  to  his  full  height  (6  ft.  4)  and  says,  '7am  the 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  403 

authority ' ;  and  that  is  all  any  one  can  ever  get  out  of  him.     .     .     . 

"The  'Common  Pleas  Rolfs'  are  as  well  known  to  every  historical  student 
and  genealogist  as  the  Heralds'  Visitations.  Like  all  similar  records,  they  are 
more  or  less  valuable,  but  they  rank  no  higher,  if  so  high,  as  the  '  Chancery 
Proceedings.'  Unfortunately,  they  are  very  difficult  to  search,  from  being 
entirely  unindexed,  and  it  is  this  fact  of  which  '  Phillippe '  takes  advantage. 
He  may  almost  with  impunity  say  that  his  authority  for  a  particular  statement 
is  a  Common  Pleas  roll,  for  unless  he  also  gave  you,  which  he  never  does,  the 
precise  year,  term  of  court,  number  of  roll,  and  number  of  membrane,  it  would 
be  almost  impossible  to  test  his  statemeut.  I  spent  weeks  over  these  rolls  of 
the  period.  To  say  that  they  are  not  used  by  other  genealogists  is  as  ridiculous 
as  to  say  that  other  genealogists  do  not  look  at  wills  or  parish  registers  or  any 
other  common  source  of  information." 

Col.  Chester  proceeds  to  point  out  numerous  specific  errors,  and  adds : 
"I  have  all  the  Washington  entries  of  all  the  Registers  in  all  the  places  named 
in  the  pedigree,  and  can  say  without  hesitation  that  they  can  never  have  been 
consulted  by  the  compiler.  The  whole  affair  is  a  mere  catchpenny  concern,  and 
I  am  amazed  at  the  impudence  of  men  who  can  put  forth  such  a  concoction  and 
then  claim  that  every  statement  can  be  substantiated  by  legal  evidence." 

This  indignant  exposure  of  the  fraud,  from  the  most  competent  authority,  will 
be  sufficient.  Every  one  will  regret  that  Col.  Chester  did  not  have  the  good 
fortune  to  bring  to  a  successful  conclusion  the  investigation  which  he  pursued 
for  so  many  years.  But  every  one  will  equally  rejoice  that  the  work  has  been 
accomplished  by  an  American,  and  will  recognize  the  fact  that  Mr.  Waters  has 
entirely  filled  the  high  place  which  Col.  Chester  left  vacant. — W.  H.  Whitmoee.] 


[the  same  land.] 
[the  same  land.] 


The  following  items  received  since  the  article  was  printed  in  the 
Register  are  inserted  in  this  place  (see  ante,  pp.  366,  392)  : 

Nathaniel  Pope,  Book  No.  3,  p.  279,  1000  acres  on  the  south  side  of  Potomac 

river  in  Westmoreland  Co.,  Sept.  6,  1654. 
William  Pope,  Book  No.  4,  p.  31,  200  acres  in  Westmoreland  Co.,  March  11,  1655. 
[These  grantees  were  probably  brothers] . 
Nathaniel  Pope,  Book  No.  4,  p.  51,  1550  acres  in  Westmore-' 

land  Co.,  April  24,  1656. 
Thomas,  heir  to  Nathaniel  Pope,  Book  No.  4,  p.   51,  1550 

acres  in  Westmoreland  Co.,  April  24,  1656. 
Nathaniel  Pope,  Book  No.  4,  p.  63,  1050  acres  in  Westmore-: 

land  Co.,  Nov.  30,  1656. 
Nathaniel  Pope,  Jr.,  by  will,  Book  No.  4,  p.  63,  1050  acres  in 

Westmoreland  Co.,  Nov.  30,  1656. 
Lieut.  Col.  Nathaniel  Pope,  Book  No.  4,  p.  293,  1500  acres  in  Westmoreland  Co., 

Aug.  31,  1657. 
James  Pope,  Book  No.  4,  p.  376,  512  acres  in  Northumberland  Co.,  Sept.  24, 1659. 
James  Pope,  Book  No.  4,  p.  376,  700  acres  iu  Northumberland  Co.,  Sept.  24, 

1659. 
William  Pope,  Book  No.  4,  p.  406,  200  acres  in  Nansemond  Co.,  Oct.  30,  1662. 
James  Pope,  Book  No.  4,  p.  562,  700  acres  in  Northumberland  Co.,  Feb.  28, 1662. 
James  Pope,  Book  No.  4,  p.  563,  1000  acres  in  Northumberland  Co.,  Jan.  28,  1662. 
Thomas  Pope,  Book  No.  4,  p.  42,  2054  acres  in  Westmoreland  Co.,  March  23, 1664. 
Thomas  Pope  and  Major  John  Washington,  Book  No.  4,  p.  49,  50  acres  in  a 

parcel  of  islands,  number  ten,  in  Westmoreland  Co.,  in  the  mouth  of 

Cedar  Creek,  Sept.  4,  1661. 

The  above  abstract  of  the  grants  to  the  name  Pope,  in  our  State  Land  Registry, 
is  transcribed  from  my  Memorandum  book. — R.  A.  Brock. 


A  letter  has  been  received  from  Mr.  Waters,  dated  the  20th  of  September,  in 
which  he  states  that  he  had  visited  Middle  Claydon  the  day  previous.  He  found 
there  a  few  Roads  and  Verney  items.    The  most  important  was  the  marriage,  4 


404  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

April,  1668,  of  John  Freeman  and  Esther  Eoads  of  Luton,  in  the  Co.  of  Bed- 
ford. "Esther  Roads,"  he  writes,  "was  of  course  the  daughter  of  William 
Roads,  and  went  to  her  old  homestead  to  be  married.  John  Freeman  was  the 
one  nominated  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Fitzherbert  as  one  of  her  executors  and 
trustees,  and  we  now  see  the  reason.  He  was  her  nephew  by  marriage.  And 
it  strengthens  much  the  one  weak  link  in  our  pedigree — the  Tring  and  Luton 
connection. 

"William  Roads  of  Finemore  was  buried  28  Sept.,  1657.  This  must  have 
been  the  father  of  Esther  Freeman,  and  brother  of  Amphillis  Washington." 

Mr.  Waters  suggests  that  as  Fine  Moor  Hill,  about  2£  miles  south  of  Middle 
Claydon,  is  near  a  road  connecting  the  villages  of  Edgecote  and  Quainton,  the 
records  of  those  places  should  be  examined. 

Amphillis,  the  christian  name  of  Mrs.  Washington,  must  be  very  unusual. 
In  the  Visitation  of  Warwickshire  it  occurs  four  times,  and  once  in  that  of 
Leicestershire.  Three  of  these  instances  are  connected  with  the  Nevili  family, 
and  it  seems  to  be  persistent  in  that  family. — W.  H.  Whitmore. 


Thomas  Gray,  of  the  Borough  of  Harwich  in  the  County  of  Essex  and 
Diocese  of  London,  16  August  1606,  proved  29  June  1607.  To  wife  Kath- 
erine  all  my  moiety  of  the  messuages,  lands  &  tenements  &c  in  Sutton  in 
the  County  of  Suffolk,  late  of  Robert  Miles,  of  Sutton  aforesaid,  yeoman  de- 
ceased, father  of  the  said  Katherine;  the  other  moiety,  part  or  purpart 
whereof  one  Thomas  Wysemau  Esq.,  my  brother-in-law,  now  holdeth. 
The  said  property  to  my  wife  to  hold  during  her  natural  life,  then  to  Tho- 
mas Gray,  my  son,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten  ;  failing  such 
issue  then  to  Susan  Gray,  Parnell  Gray  and  Katherine  Gray,  my  daugh- 
ters, and  the  heirs  of  their  bodies  lawfully  begotten.  If  they  die  without 
heirs  &c.  then  to  the  said  Katherine,  my  wife,  &  her  heirs  forever.  I  give 
&  bequeath  to  daughters  Susan,  Parnell  &  Katherine,  each  one  hundred 
pounds  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years.  Wife  Katherine  to  be  executrix, 
Hugh  Branham,  clerk,  to  be  supervisor  and  a  bequest  to  him  of  three  pounds 
for  his  labor. 

Wit:  Anthony  Branham,  Richard  Reynoldes  and  John  Moore  (by  mark.) 

Huddleston,  49. 

Thomas  Graye  of  Wapping  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  mariner,  15 
November  1626,  proved  6  April  1627.  Commencing  with  A  Remem- 
brance of  what  I  have  in  the  Ship  called  the  Rain-bow,  Anno  1626.     Then 

follow  bequests to  the  poor  of  Wapping  forty  shillings,  to  my  Reverend 

friend  Mr.  Sedgweeke,  Preacher  to  the  same  Hamlet,  three  pounds,  to  my 
sister  Katherine  Graye  five  pounds,  to  my  brother  Thomas  Coytmore  fifty 
shillings,  to  my  sister  Elizabeth  Coytmor  fifty  shillings,  to  my  cousin  Mary 
Edglefielde  fifteen  pounds.  All  the  rest  of  my  goods  I  give  to  my  sister 
Parnell  Parker,  widow,  and  to  her  daughter,  to  be  divided  between  them, 
whom  I  make  my  executrixes.  To  my  loving  friend  Nathaniel  Case  thirty 
shillings,  whom  1  make  my  overseer. 

The  will  was  proved  by  Parnell  Parker,  sister  of  the  deceased  &  power 

reserved  for the  other  executrix  &c. 

Skyuner,  45. 

[See  Register,  vii.  32  (will  of  Thomas  Coytmor)  ;  xxxiv .  253-9  (Gray  and 
Coytmore)  ;  and  ante,  160-71  (Coytemore,  Rainborow  and  Winthrop).—  H.  F. 
Waters.] 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  405 

James  Russell  of  the  city  of  Hereford,  gentleman,  26  December  1611, 
proved  18  February  1611.  To  be  buried  as  near  my  father  as  may  be  at 
the  North  door  of  the  Cathedral  church  of  Hereford.  To  the  reparations 
of  the  church  of  All  Saints  ten  shillings.  To  my  wife  Elizabeth  my  now 
dwelling  house  which  I  purchased  of  Walter  Hurdeman,  gentleman,  &c, 
during  her  natural  life,  and  at  her  death  to  my  son  Paule  Russell  and  his 
heirs  forever.     To  my  said  wife  also  one  other  garden   which  1  purchased 

of  William  Whitlache,  gentleman,  during  her  natural  life ,  then  to  my 

son  Paule  Russell.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  son  Paule  Russell  one 
hundred  pounds,  within  one  year  after  my  decease.  To  my  daughter  in 
law  Katherine  Russell  my  best  double  bell  salt  with  the  cover.  I  give  and 
bequeath  to  James  Russell  the  son  of  my  son  Paule  Russell  one  house  with 
the  garden  which  I  purchased  of  my  uncle  Thomas  Mellyn,  merchant  of 
Bristol  late  deceased,  and  in  money  twenty  pounds  to  be  paid  into  the  hands 
of  his  father  Paule  Russell,  within  six  months  after  my  decease.  To  my 
son  Edward  Russell  twenty  pounds  (within  three  months  &c.)  and  to  every 
of  his  children  forty  shillings  apiece.  To  Anne  Russell  one  of  the  daugh- 
ters of  my  son  Henry  deceased  twenty  pounds  at  her  day  of  marriage  or 
full  age  of  one  &  twenty.  If  she  die  before  that,  then  to  as  many  of  the 
children  of  my  said  son  Henry  as  shall  then  be  living.  To  the  said  Anne 
ten  sheep  remainiug  in  the  hands  of  Thomas  Pascall.  To  Ellinor  Russell 
one  other  of  the  daughters  of  my  said  son  Henry  ten  pounds,  at  the  age  of 
twenty.  To  my  daughter  Katherine  Smythe  ten  pounds  and  to  her  son  Tho- 
mas Smythe  my  godson  ten  pounds,  which  sum  of  twenty  pounds  Thomas 
Smythe,  husband  to  my  said  daughter,  oweth  me  by  bill.  I  do  release 
James  Scryvenor  of  one  bond  of  four  and  twenty  pounds.  To  Margaret 
Shervington  of  Gloucester,  widow,  forty  shillings.  To  every  of  my  god 
children  twelve  pence.  To  Philip  Symonds  my  god  son  ten  sheep  remaining 
in  the  hands  of  Thomas  Pascall.  The  surplusage  more  of  sheep  remaining  in 
the  hands  of  Thomas  Pascall  I  give  unto  my  god  daughter  Anne  Smithe  the 
daughter  of  Barnabie  Smithe.  To  the  poor  of  the  city  of  Hereford  ten 
pounds.  To  twelve  poor  people  twelve  frize  gowns.  Towards  the  repara- 
tions of  Wybridge  twenty  shillings,  of  Mordifords  Bridge  five  shillings.  I 
give  to  my  cousin  Mr.  Philip  Symonds  my  second  black  gown.  To  my 
brother  Mr.  Richard  Russell  forty  shillings  to  make  him  a  ring.  To  Mr. 
James  Smythe  four  pounds.  The  residue  to  my  wife  Elizabeth  and  her  I 
make  executrix.  The  overseers  to  be  my  brother  Mr.  Richard  Russell 
and    Mr.   James  Smythe. 

Wit:  James  Smithe,  Richard  Russell,  Philip  Symondes. 

Fenner,  12. 

Paule  Russell,  of  the  parish  of  All  Saints  within  the  City  of  Here- 
ford, 3  April  1614,  proved  11  July  1614  by  Katherine,  his  widow  and  ex- 
ecutrix. My  body  to  be  buried  in  christian  burial  where  my  friends  shall 
think  fit.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  James  Russell,  mine  eldest  son,  in  money 
the  sum  of  ten  pounds,  to  be  paid  bin.  by  my  executrix  when  he  shall  ac- 
complish the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  Item,  my  will  is  that  all  the 
standards  and  implements  remaining  now  in  and  about  the  house  I  dwell  in 
shall  be  &  remain  unto  my  son  James  in  manner  and  form  as  my  father  by 
his  last  will  and  testament  b-queathed  them  unto  me.  Item,  I  give  and  be- 
queath unto  my  son  Paule  Russell  in  money  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  &c.  I 
give  &  bequeath  unto  my  son  Richard  Russell  in  money  the  sum  of  thirty 
pounds,  to  be  paid  likewise  by  mine  executrix  when  he  shall  accomplish  the 


406  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

age  of  one  &  twenty  years.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Russell  the  sum  of 
fit'teeu  pounds  &c.  at  the  day  of  her  marriage,  if  she  marry  with  the  consent 
of  her  mother  and  grandmother,  or  else,  when  she  shall  accomplish  the  age 
of  one  &  tweuty  years.     Katherine,  my  wife,  to  be  sole  executrix. 

Wit:  Richard  Russell,  Philip  Symonds,  John  Chyne,  James  Scrivenor, 
Thomas  Quarrell.  Law,  83. 

Robert  Clarke  of  Redriffe,  England,  mariner,  now  resident  in  Boston 
in  New  England,  10  September  1662.  Juxon,  33. 

John  Kebby  of  St.  Bennet  Fyncke,  citizen  and  Vintner  of  London,  21 
June  1641,  proved  18  May  1642,  by  Joane  Kebby  his  widow  and  executrix. 
To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Broumfleld  in  the  County  of  Somerset,  where 
I  was  born,  forty  shillings,  to  be  paid  unto  the  church  wardens  of  the  said 
parish  within  six  months  next  after  my  decease.  Thomas  Castle  and 
Walter  Morrish  of  the  said  parish,  or  their  survivors  shall  have  ten  shillings 
out  of  the  said  poor's  money.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  St  Bennett 
Fynck  forty  shillings  in  six  months  &c. 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  brother  Henry  Kebby,  now  living  in  New 
England,  ten  pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England,  to  be  paid  unto  him  with- 
in six  months  after  my  decease,  in  case  he  shall  be  then  living;  but  if  he 
shall  be  then  dead  I  do  then  give  and  bequeath  his  said  legacy  of  ten  pounds 
unto  his  daughter  Susan  Sellick,  if  she  shall  be  then  living.  To  my  sister 
Leave  thirty  shillings.  To  my  good  friend  Thomas  Harrison  of  St.  Bennet 
Fynck  fifty  shillings.  To  my  good  friend  William  Thomas,  servant  to  Mr. 
Marsham,  of  Milk  Street,  London,  thirty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Thomas 
Kebby,  dyer,  forty  shillings. — A  messuage  or  tenement  in  St.  Christophers, 
near  the  Royal  Exchange,  known  by  the  name  or  sign  of  the  Sun. — My 
loving  wife  Joane  to  be  executrix  &  residuary  legatee. 

Wit:    Rich.  Pepys,  Henry  Huchenson  Scrip.  Hen.  Hucheuson  junior. 

Cambell,  60. 

Williams  (ante,  pages  335  and  337). 

On  the  above  named  pages  the  Rev.  Roger  Williams's  "  George  Fox  dig'd 
out  of  his  Burrowes"  (Pub.  Nar.  Club,  vol.  v.  p.  146)  is  quoted  to  show  that 
Williams  had  a  brother  who  was  a  "  Turkey  Merchant."  On  page  335  Mr.  Henry 
F.  Waters  furnishes  reasons  for  thinking  that  this  Turkey  merchant  may 
have  been  Sidrack,  son  of  James  Williams  of  London ;  and  on  page  337,  Dr. 
Reuben  A.  Guild  argues  that  it  was  more  likely  to  be  one  of  the  sons  of  William 
Willyams  of  Roseworthy.  The  editor  of  the  Register  sent  a  copy  of  the 
July  number  containing  this  matter  to  the  clerk  of  the  Merchant  Taylors' 
Company  of  London,  asking  for  entries  in  the  Company's  books  about  Sidrack 
Williams  and  his  father  James  Williams,  both  freemen  of  that  Company,  and 
asking  also  if  there  was  any  evidence  on  the  books  that  Sidrack  Williams  was 
a  "  Turkey  Merchant."    He  received  the  following  reply  : — 

"  Merchant  Taylors'  Hall,  London,  E.  C. 

31  August,  1889. 
"  Dear  Sir  : 

In  reply  to  your  letter  of  the  2d  inst.  I  have  much  pleasure 
in  forwarding  to  you  the  enclosed  particulars  from  our  Records  regarding 
Sydrack  Williams  and  his  father. 

I  am,  dear  Sii, 

Yours  truly, 
J.  W.  Dean,  Esq.  F.  G.  Faithfull." 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  407 

Merchant  Taylors'  Company,  London, 
re     Sydrack  Williams. 

1620.  Feb7  20.  "Sydrack  Williams  the  son  of  James  Williams*  is  ad- 
mitted into  ye  Freedom  of  this  Company  by  Patrimony.  Witness  he  is  his 
Sonne  Thomas  Morse  In  holder  and  Edwd  Webster,  Merchant  Taylor." 
(Ordinary  Court  Book  1619-1630,  fol.  118.) 

*  N.  B.  James  Williams  was  admitted  to  the  Freedom  of  the  Company  by 
Servitude  to  Nicholas  Tresswell  on  7  April,  1587.  (Alphabetical  List  of  Free- 
men, 1530-1648.) 


Memo.  It  is  known  that  Sydrack  Williams  was  a  Merchant  to  Turkey, 
for  on  6th  March,  1626,  he  took  as  an  Apprentice  one  Robert  Williams! 
(son  of  Jacobi  Williams  Citizen  &  Merchant  Taylor),  and  he  is  described 
in  the  Apprentice  Book,  Vol.  IX.  p.  233,  as  a  Merchant  to  Turkey  and 
Italy. 

t  Admitted  to  the  Freedom  on  3  Nov.  1634. 

Francis  G.  Faithfull, 
Clerk  of  the  Merchant  Taylors'  Company. 

Merchant  Taylors'  Hall, 
London,  31  August,  1889. 

Stephen  Sedgwick  of  London,  Brewer  ( ante,  pp.  259  and  277). 

The  editor  of  the  Register  sent  copies  of  the  January  and  April  numbers  for 
1888  to  the  clerk  of  the  Brewers'  Company,  London,  and  asked  him  if  there 
was  more  that  one  Stephen  Sedgwick  a  member  of  the  Company  in  the  early 
part  of  the  seventeenth  century.     He  replied  as  follows  : 

Brewer's  Hall,  Addle  St.,  London,  E.  C. 
Dear  Sir,  4  May,  1888. 

I  find  there  were  two  persons  of  the  name  of  Stephen  Sedgwick 
members  of  this  Company  about  the  time  you  mention.  The  elder  was  a 
Liveryman,  the  younger  only  took  up  his  Freedom. 

Yrs.  faithfully, 
To  John  Ward  Dean,  Esq.  William  C.  Higgins,  Clerk. 

Rainsborow  (ante,  170): 

[It  is  suggested  in  the  Register  for  April,  1886,  but  not  directly  stated,  that 
William3  Rainsborow  may  have  been  the  son-in-law  of  Rowland  Coytmore.  It 
is  quite  evident,  however,  that  this  must  have  been  William2  Rainsborow.  The 
former  can  only  have  been  a  boy  of  about  sixteen  at  Coytmore's  death  in  1626, 
while  the  latter,  who  married  Judith  Hoxton,  may  previously  have  been  husband 
of  Sara  Coytmore,  named  in  the  will  of  her  grandmother  Dorothy  Lane,  1605, 
but  not  mentioned  in  the  will  of  her  father  Rowland  Coytmore.  I  can  think  of 
no  other  way  in  which  Wm.  Rainsborow  can  have  been  son-in-law  of  Coytmore, 
all  of  whose  children  and  step-children  are  accounted  for,  except  Sara,  Avho  may 
of  course  have  died  young  and  unmarried. — Wm.  S.  Appleton.] 

Arthur  Slade  (ante,  p.  319): 

[A  note  in  the  April  number  of  the  Register  asks  for  information  concerning 
Arthur  Slade.  His  death  is  recorded  on  the  famous  silver  waiter  of  Theodore 
Atkinson,  which  is  engraved  with  the  names,  times  of  death  and  ages  of  48 
persons,  who  were  acquaintances  and  particular  friends  of  the  elder  Atkinson. 

The  11th  name  on  this  list  is  "Arthur  Slade,  Jan.  12th  1746-64."  "  He  was 
from  New  Market.     Letters  of  administration  were  granted  to  Henry  Keese  and 


408  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

his  wife  Elizabeth.  This  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Keese  may  have  been  his  daughter, 
but  nothing  is  shown  by  the  Exeter  Records  of  his  having  a  wife  or  descendants." 
Brewster's  Rambles  about  Portsmouth,  second  series,  pp.  67-68.  The  only  other 
Slades  in  Portsmouth  within  a  half  century  of  1746,  so  far  as  known,  are  Benjamin 
Slade,  and  a  Slade  who  was  the  first  wife  of  William  Blunt  (sou  of  Rev.  John 
Blunt,  of  Newcastle.  Rev.  John  was  born  1706,  and  died  in  1748.  William 
seems  to  have  been  his  eldest  son).  Benjamin  Slade  Avas  taxed  in  Portsmouth 
for  a  small  estate,  1739-1743,  as  living  on  the  north  side  of  Crafford's  Lane  (not 
his  residence,  but  a  tax  limit).  As  the  tax  records  of  this  city  after  1744  for  a 
number  of  years  are  missing,  Benjamin  may  have  been  here,  or  at  least  been 
taxed  here  after  1743.  The  town  records  show  nothing  about  him  (Benjamin) 
or  about  Arthur.  I  mean  the  town  record  proper,  not  the  tax  lists.  I  should 
not  expect  to  find  Arthur  Slade's  name  here  if  Brewster's  "  from  Newmarket" 
means  "  of  Newmarket,"  and  does  not  mean  a  change  of  residence.  The  probate 
records  at  Exeter  will  show  his  residence  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

In  the  correspondence  of  Theodore  Atkinson  with  Capt.  John  Thomlinson, 
agent  of  the  Province  in  London  (IV.  N.  H.  Provincial  Papers,  page  840) ,  appears 
the  following  from  Atkinson,  under  date  of  Portsmouth,  Dec.  10th,  1734  : — 

"  I  am  now  to  acknowledge  yours  of  the  8th  of  Oct.  last  by  Eggleston  and 
observe  what  you  say  relating  to  Mr.  Joans's  answer  to  Col.  Dunbar's  letter 
about  Mr.  Slade,  that  affair  was  first  mentioned  to  me  by  the  Coll.  with  whom 
I  often  went  into  the  country,  he  being  obliged  often  to  ride  into  the  woods 
himself  &  he  found  he  could  by  no  means  trust  Mr.  Slade  he  having  been  bribed 
by  allmost  all  the  goverm*  many  towns  raisiug  a  general  contribution  among  the 
Logers  for  him  but  the  Coll.  did  not  dismiss  him  till  he  openly  Quarrell'd  with 
him  &,  without  the  least  reason  for  he  Lived  with  the  Coll  whenever  in  Town 
yet  he  reported  everywhere  that  he  was  Indepeud'  &  had  his  Commission  from 
home  &  hath  said  within  this  Ten  days  '  it  is  so.'  I  find  nothing  about  Inglefield 
in  the  town  records  near  1740." 

The  above  will  no  doubt  enable  you  to  find  out  something  further  concerning 
Arthur  Slade,  who  wyas  evidently  a  person  of  considerable  prominence  here. — 
Charles  E.  Batchelder,  of  Portsmouth,  iV.  H.~] 


The  Ancestry  „of  Washington. 

No.  II. 

Since  the  publication  of  the  pamphlet  on  the  Ancestry  of  Wash- 
ington,  contributions  of  interesting  additional  matter  have  been 
received  from  various  friends  and  correspondents. 

Mr.  Blaydes  sent  some  notes  which  appeared  so  important  that  it 
was  thought  well  to  send  them  to  the  N.  Y.  Nation,  in  order  that 
attention  might  generally  be  drawn  to  them.  The  following  is  a 
reprint  of  the  communication  to  the  Nation. 

To  the  Editor  of  the  Nation  : 

Sir  :  The  following  very  important  contribution  towards  the  history  of 
the  Washington  family  has  just  been  received  from  a  well-known  English 
antiquary,  in  friendly  response  to  the  suggestion  made  by  Mr.  Whitmore, 
that  the  aid  of  our  English  friends  might  confidently  be  looked  for. 

Mr.   F.  A.   Blaydes,  the  editor  of   the  Bedfordshire  Notes  and   Queries, 

writes  under  date  of  November  8 : 

"  Some  fifteen  years  ago,  when  I  was  first  bitten  with  the  mania  for  searching 
registers,  I  have  a  faint  recollection  of  finding  the  name  Washington  of  frequent 
occurrence  on  some  register  that  I  went  through.  It  was  somewhere  not  far 
from  Luton,  but  whether  Toddington,  Chalgrove,  or  Hocklifte,  I  cannot  now 
say  for  certain.  However,  I  forward  you  a  few  data,  bearing  on  your  work, 
one  being  a  Washington  marriage,  which  I  hope  will  be  of  use. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  409 

NOTES   FROM  LUTON,    CO.    BEDS.    REGISTER. 

1663  Dec.  22.  Washington,  Mary,  cl.  of  Mr.  Lawrence  and  Mary,  bapt. 
[Bishop's  Transcripts.] 

1668  Nov.  20.  Freeman,  Mrs.  Mary,  d.  of  Mr.  Thomas  [sic]  and  Mistress  Hester, 
bapt.  [Parish  Register.] 

1675  Jan.  14.  Freeman,  John,  son  of  Mr.  John  [sic]  and  Esther,  bapt.  [Bish- 
op's Transcripts.] 

J  660  Jan.  26.  Washington  —  Jones.  Lawrence,  gen.  and  Mrs.  Mary,  married. 
[Bishop's  Transcripts.] 

"  The  will  of  Edmund  Jones  of  Luton,  gent.,  dated  8  Mar.,  1682  (buried  in 
the  parish  church  of  Luton,  19  May,  1683),  mentions  grandchild  Mary  Wash- 
ington, to  whom  he  bequeaths  40  shillings.     Proved  at  Bedford  24  June,  1689." 

[It  will  be  noted  that  three  of  these  entries  are  from  the  Bishop's  Tran- 
scripts of  the  parish  records.  Mr.  Freeman  is  termed  Thomas  in  the  first — 
an  undoubted  error,  whether  made  in  the  "  Transcript "  or  by  Mr.  Blaydes 
in  copying.] 

Here  we  have  made  known  to  us  the  maiden  name  and  parentage  of  the 
first  wife  of  Lawrence  Washington  of  Virginia,  the  dates  of  their  marriage 
and  of  the  baptism  of  their  daughter  Mary,  to  whom,  it  will  be  remembered, 
her  father  gave  all  his  property  in  England  by  his  last  will  and  testament. 
And  it  should  not  be  forgotten  that  it  was  to  Edmund  Jones  that  letters  of 
administration  on  Lawrence  Washington's  goods  in  England  were  granted. 

Two  or  three  years  ago  I  myself  went  to  Luton  to  examine  the  parish 
registers,  but,  though  I  reached  the  place  early  in  the  forenoon,  it  was  not 
until  afternoon  that  I  was  able  to  get  access  to  them.  I  looked  rapidly 
over  the  entries  down  to  the  year  1658,  inclusive,  and,  finding  nothing, 
hurried  back  to  London.  At  that  time,  I  suppose,  everybody  believed  that 
Lawrence  Washington  was  married  and  in  Virginia  in  1658  and  onward. 
It  now  seems  doubtful  when  he  actually  settled  there.  I  have  made  no 
thorough  examination  of  the  Feet  of  Fines  later  than  those  of  the  year 
1657.  They  should  be  searched  for  ten  years  further  at  least.  Now  that 
we  know  the  Christian  name  of  his  wife,  any  conveyance  of  land  in  or  about 
Tring,  made  by  Lawrence  and  Mary  Washington,  would  be  good  evidence 
to  prove  that  Lawrence  of  Tring  and  Lawrence  of  Luton  and  Virginia 
were  one  and  the  same.  Knowing,  too,  the  place  and  date  of  the  marriage, 
it  might  be  worth  the  while  to  hunt  for  the  marriage  license,  with  the  hope 
to  learn  thence  his  place  of  nativity.  If  there  are  extant  in  Luton  any 
borough  or  guild  records,  we  might  get  help  from  them.  If  young  Law- 
rence Washington  was  apprenticed  to  any  tradesman  in  Luton,  the  book  of 
apprenticeships  in  which  his  indenture  was  enrolled  would  undoubtedly 
settle  the  question  of  his  parentage  and  place  of  nativity. 

I  would  call  attention  to  the  fact  that  Lawrence  Washington  of  Virginia 
is  now  shown  to  have  married  his  first  wife  in  16G0,  which  helps  us  to  form 
an  opinion  as  to  his  age.  Lawrence  of  Tring  must  then  have  been  twenty- 
five  years  old,  which  answers  very  well.  Let  me  also  call  renewed  attention 
to  the  interesting  and  important  part  played  in  my  story  by  Mr.  John 
Freeman  of  Luton,  whom  we  find  having  children  baptized,  borne  by  his 
wife  Hester.  It  was  this  John  Freeman  of  Luton  whom  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Fitzherbert,  aunt  of  Lawrence  Washington  of  Tring,  appointed  executor  of 
her  will  and  trustee  of  her  real  estate  in  Tring  and  Middleton  Stony.  His 
wife  Hester,  we  have  found,  was  a  daughter  of  William  Roades  of  Middle 
Claydon.  and  so  a  cousin  of  Lawrence  Washington  of  Tring.  Hither  to 
this  parish  of  Luton,  from  somewhere  in  England,  came  a  young  Lawrence 
Washington  to  marry  his  first  wife,  in  1660.      Can  any  one  doubt  that  it  was 


410  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

from  Tring  that  he  came  ?  If  this  is  granted,  my  whole  case  must  be 
allowed;  for  Lawrence  of  Luton  and  Lawrence  of  Virginia  were  surely 
one  and  the  same,  while  Lawrence  of  Tring  was  clearly  the  son  of  a 
clergyman  of  the  same  name,  and  that  clergyman  can  have  been  no  other 
than  the  Fellow  of  Brasenose,  whose  pedigree  was  known. 

Henry  F.  "Waters. 

[At  the  risk  of  seeming  superfluous,  I  venture  to  point  out  that  these 
extracts  prove  the  identity  of  Lawrence  Washington  of  Luton,  whose  first 
wife  was  Mary  Jones,  with  the  emigrant  to  Virginia.  (1.)  Because  Law- 
rence died  in  Virginia  and  his  will  was  proved  January  6,  1677.  Adminis- 
tration was  granted  in  May,  1677,  to  Edmund  Jones,  principal  creditor,  on 
estate  of  Lawrence  Washington  formerly  of  Luton,  County  Beds.,  deceased 
in  Virginia.  No  one  can  doubt  that  these  entries  refer  to  the  only  known 
emigrant. 

(2.)  Edmund  Jones  is  clearly  the  father-in-law  of  Lawrence,  and  men- 
tions his  grandchild  Mary  Washington.  Lawrence  Washington  of  Virginia, 
in  his  will,  gives  all  his  property  in  England  to  his  daughter  Mary  and  the 
heirs  of  her  body,  and,  failing  them,  to  her  half-brother  and  sister,  children 
of  his  second  wife.  This  devise,  moreover,  makes  it  a  moral  certainty  that 
Mary  was  an  only  child  by  the  first  wife,  agreeing  exactly  with  what  the 
Luton  records  show. 

(3.)  It  has  been  supposed  that  Lawrence  came  to  Virginia  with  his 
brother  John,  about  the  year  1657.  But  this  rests  solely  upon  Gen.  George 
Washington's  statement  that  such  was  the  family  tradition.  But  George 
was  descended  from  John,  the  brother  of  Lawrence,  and,  even  at  that  time, 
a  century  after  the  emigration,  the  two  families  seem  to  have  drifted  apart. 
There  are  many  Washingtons  in  Virginia  not  descended  from  John,  who 
were  not  clearly  traced  even  to  Lawrence. 

Now,  Mr.  Brock's  citations  from  the  Virginia  Land  Registry  show  grants 
to  John  Washington  as  early  as  1661,  in  connection  with  Thomas  Pope, 
but  the  earliest  entry  to  Lawrence  is  September  27,  1667,  jointly  with 
Robert  Richards.     Is  there  any  evidence  that  Lawrence  was  here  before  1 667  ? 

If  Lawrence  married  Mary  Jones  at  Luton  in  1 660,  and  had  a  daughter 
Mary  in  December,  1663,  and  no  other  child,  is  it  not  a  fair  inference  that 
the  mother  died  soon  after,  and  that  Lawrence  then  turned  his  steps 
towards  his  brother  John,  already  well  established  in  Virginia,  and  became 
resident  there  about  the  date  of  his  purchase  of  land  in  Stafford  county  as 
above  cited  ?  W.  H.  Whitmore.] 

George  E.  Cokayne,  M.A.,  F.S.A.,  Norroy  King  of  Arms, 
sent  notes  of  matriculation  at  Oxford  (1581  to  1714)  of  a  dozen 
individuals  bearing  the  family  name  of  Washington,  from  which  we 
extract  the  following  as  bearing  especially  on  this  Northamptonshire 
line. 

1588,  Dec.  6,  Christopher,  s.  of  "gent.,"  co.  Northam.,  15,  Oriel. 

"         "     "  William  "  "  "         "  "  11,       " 

1594,  Nov.  [ — ],  Lawrences,  of  "gent.,"  Herts.,  15,  Balliol. 
1621,  Nov.  2,  Lawrence,  s.  of  "gent.,"  co.  Nmpton.,  19,  Brasenose. 
1638,  May  4,  Lawrence,  s.  of  Lawrence,  Kn4.,  London,  aged  15, 

S*.  John's. 

Of  the  above  list  Christopher  and  William  were  undoubtedly  sons 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  411 

of  Robert  Washington  of  Sulgrave  (see  Pedigree),  and  Lawrence 
(1594)  was  the  son  of  Lawrence  Washington,  Esq.,  the  Register  of 
the  court  of  Chancery,  who  then  lived  in  Much  Hadham,  Herts. 
He  succeeded  to  the  office  of  Registrar  and  was  knighted.  The 
second  Lawrence  in  the  list  (who  was  matriculated  in  1621)  was 
the  Fellow  of  Brasenose  and  father  (probably)  of  the  Virginians. 
The  last  Lawrence  (1688)  was  the  father  of  Lady  Ferrars. 

I  visited  Much  Hadham,  and,  through  the  kindness  of  the  Revds. 
S.  S.  Pearce  and  E.  M.  W.  Templeman,  was  enabled  to  examine 
Parish  Registers,  whence  I  gleaned  the  following  : — 

Baptized. 

5  April  1579  Lawrence  the  sonn  of  Lawrence  Washington  gent. 
4  May  1580  Clement  sonn  of  Lawrence  Washington  gent. 

4  February  1581(2)  Mary  daughter  of  Lawrence  Washington  gent. 

22  January  1583(4)  (26th  Ehsc.)  Clement  sonn  of  Lawrence  Washington 
gent. 

Burials. 

28  Sept.  1579  Clement  Newce  Esquier. 

5  May  1580  Clement  sonn  of  Lawrence  Washington  gent. 
26  Aug.  1582  Mistresse  Mary  Newce  widdow. 

From  the  Much  Hadham  Church  Monthly  for  November,  1889, 
sent  me  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Templeman,  I  learn  that  Clement  Newce, 
Esq.,  his  father  (Thomas)  and  his  grandfather  all  lived  in  the  house 
which  originally  stood  on  the  site  of  the  present  mansion  in  the 
village  known  as  Much  Hadham  Hall.  I  examined  the  will  of  Mr. 
Newce,  which  was  proved  23  November,  1579,  but  as  it  was  17  July, 
1564  (before  the  marriage  of  his  daughter  to  Lawrence  Washington) , 
I  found  nothing  that  seemed  to  me  worth  preserving  here.  His 
wife '8  name  was  then  Mary,  and  he  provided  for  his  burial  within 
the  parish  church  and  willed  "  that  a  stone  be  layed  upon  my  grave 
and  that  thereon  be  fixed  in  plates  graved  with  the  pictures  of  my 
selfe  and  my  wife  and  all  my  children  and  the  armes  of  London,  the 
mercers'  armes,  the  armes  of  fflaunders  and  mine  owne  armes." 
These  brasses  still  remain  in  excellent  preservation,  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Pearce  was  kind  enough  to  give  me  a  rubbing  of  them  which  he  had 
recently  made.  The  Rev.  Alexander  No  well,  D.D.,  Dean  of  St. 
Paul's,  was  rector  of  Hadham,  1562-1589,  and  was  succeeded  by  the 
Rev.  Theophilus  Aylmer  or  Elmer,  D.D.,  second  son  of  John, 
Bishop  of  London. 

From  the  Rev.  Philip  Slaughter,  D.D.,  Mitchell's  Station,  Cul- 
peper  Co.,  Virginia,  some  notes  concerning  this  brancli  of  the 
Northamptonshire  family  have  been  received,  which  were  written  in 
1880  by  Mr.  Conway  Robinson,  the  learned  jurist  and  lustorian, 
and  printed  in  1881.      Mr.  Robinson  states  : 

It  appears  as  to  Lawrence  Wasshington  of  Sulgrave,  in  Northampton 
county,  that  this  second  son,  also  named  Lawrence,  was  entered  of  Gray's 
Inn  in  1571,  called  to  the  bar  in  1582,  had  a  country  residence  at  Jordon's 


412  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Hall,  Maidstone,  and  was  Registrar  of  the  Court  of  Chancery  from  March 
24,  1593,  until  the  end  of  that  reign ;  that  he  was  in  King  James' first 
parliament  (1603)  a  member  for  Maidstone,  and  assisted  by  deputies,  con- 
tinued personally  to  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office  of  Registrar  until  his 
death,  on  Dec.  21,  1(319,  at  his  house  in  Chancery  Lane;  that  he  was  then 
succeeded  in  the  office  of  Registrar  by  his  son  Laurence  Washington,  who 
was,  in  1627,  knighted  by  King  Charles  the  First,  and  held  the  office  of 
Registrar  until  1  643,  when  he  died  at  Oxford  and  was  buried  at  Garsdeu, 
his  residence  in  Wilt-hire. 

Lawrence  Washington  of  Maidstone  is  omitted  in  the  Genealogical 
Table  published  by  Jared  Sparks  in  his  writings  of  Washington,  Ecli. 
1837,  Vol.  I.  pp.  552,  553.* 

My  friend  Mr.  Philiimore  also  contributes  the  following  paper 
(sent  to  the  editor). 

Mr.  Waters's  long-looked-for  pamphlet  has  just  arrived.  None  can 
doubt  his  wisdom  in  printing  these  valuable  notes  at  once,  instead  of  waiting 
until  he  had  absolute  legal  proof  of  the  identity  of  the  father  of  the  Triug 
Washingtons  with  the  Rev.  Lawrence  Washington,  rector  of  Purleigh. 
One  need  not  be  very  sanguine  in  hoping  that  this  legal  proof  will  soon 
come.  Every  scrap  of  evidence  should  be  at  once  published,  whether 
dealing  directly  with  the  Virginian  Washingtons  or  their  collaterals,  and  this 
will  be  a  sufficient  excuse  for  sending  the  following  notes: — 

P.  31  of  Mr.  Waters's  pamphlet,  line  2  from  foot  (ante  p.  381,  8th  line 
from  top),  for  Northampton  read  Nottingham.^ 

P.  42  (ante  p.  392).  The  Pope  family.  John  Washington  the  emigrant 
married  Ann  Pope.  Evidently  from  the  will  of  Thomas  Pope  of  Bristol, 
1685,  quoted  by  Mr.  Waters,  she  was  of  a  Gloucestershire  family.  As  her 
father  was  Nathaniel,  and  her  brother  Thomas,  it  is  perhaps  worth  noting  that 
the  will,  dated  and  proved  in  1738,  of  Elizabeth  Philiimore  of  Cam,  Glouces- 
tershire, widow  of  Josiah  Philiimore,  names  Elizabeth  and  Mary,  daughters 
of  her  brother  Nathaniel  Pope,  and  her  nephew  and  niece  John  and  Eliza- 
beth, children  of  her  brother  Thomas  Pope.     These  Popes  were  of  Cam. 

Pages  52  and  53  (ante  p.  404).  Mr.  Waters  mentions  a  William  Roades 
of  Finemore,  1657,  and  suggests  that  as  Fine  More  hill  is  near  Edgecote 
and  Quainton,  the  records  of  those  places  should  be  searched.  But  it  is 
more  probable!  that  it  ought  to  be  identified  with  a  village  in  Oxfordshire 
on  the  borders  of  Buckinghamshire,  five  miles  from  Buckingham,  now 
called  Finmere  but  anciently  Finemore.  At  &i\y  rate  inquiry  about  the 
Roades  family  should  be  made  there. 

In  passing  the  "  Lichfield  Wills"  through  the  press  for  the  "  Index 
Library,"  a  solitary  Washington  will  has  just  come  to  light.  It  is  that  of 
an  Agnes  Washington,   1547;  residence  not  given  in  calendar.     As  far  as 

*  It  is  also  omitted  by  Baker  and  other  writers,  but  is  not  omitted  in  the  Visitation  of 
Northamptonshire.  As  it  is  not  in  the  president's  line  of  ancestry,  it  does  not  affect  his 
pedigree. — Editor 

t  I  am  obliged  to  my  friend  for  calling  ray  attention  to  this  error,  into  which  I  was  led 
by  following  copy.  The  error  appears  in  the  Visitation  of  Northampton,  published  by  the 
Harleian  Society. — h.  f.  w. 

X  I  disagree  with  my  friend  entirely.  In  my  first  investigations  among  the  maps  of  the 
region  about  Middle  Claydon,  1  noticed  both  Finemere,  Oxfordshire  and  Fine  More  Hill, 
just  south  of  Middle  Claydon  Park,  and  the  rector  of  Middle  Claydon,  with  whom  I 
talked  it  over,  spoke  of  the  latter  place  as  near  by,  through  the  woods.  Since  then  I  have 
noted  on  another  old  map  the  name  Finemore  Farm.  I  have  little  doubt  that  investigation 
will  show  that  this  Farm  was  among  the  estates  of  the  Verney  family.  Perhaps  those 
geldings  were  kept  there. — h.  f.  w. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  413 

the  work  has  at  present  gone  this  is  the  only  will  of  the  name  in  the  Lich- 
field Registry.     But  search  has  not  yet  extended  later  than  1562. 

W.  P.  W.  Phillimork,  124  Chancery  Lane,  London. 

And  my  young  friend  Mr.  Leland  L.  Duncan,  who  is  doing  ad- 
mirable work  among  the  records  for  his  own  county  (Kent),  has 
sent  me  the  following  note  from 

Christeninges  in  the  Parrish  of  Chisselherst  in  Kent.     1614. 
Lawrence  sonne  of  Lawrence  Washington  and  Anne  his  wife  was  chris- 
tened on  ye  24th  daie  of  July  in  the  place  at  Modingha,*  generosi. 

This  must  have  been  a  son  of  Sir  Lawrence  who  died  young,  the 
Lawrence  matriculated  in  1638  being  several  years  younger. 

Hknry  F.  Waters. 

[The  will  of  Lawrence  Washington,  son  of  the  emigrant  and  grandfather  of 
the  President,  and  the  annotations  on  it  by  Mr.  John  C.  J.  Brown,  are  printed  in 
these  Gleanings  (Register,  vol.  43,  pp.  81-3,  ante  pp.  299,  300).  Mr!  Brown's 
suspicions  in  regard  to  the  Washington  pedigree  in  Mr.  Albert  Welles's  book 
were  "well  founded,  as  the  researches  of  Col.  Chester  and  Mr.  Waters  prove. 

Mildred,  the  widow  of  the  above  Lawrence  Washington,  went  to  England, 
and  in  November,  1700,  applied  for  a  grant  of  probate  on  the  estate  of  her  late 
husband.  At  this  time  she  was  the  wife  of  George  Gale  of  Whitehaven,  Cum- 
berland. Two  months  later  she  died  and  was  buried  at  St.  Nicholas',  Whitehaven, 
Jan.  30,  1700-1.  The  discovery  of  her  will  and  other  records  in  relation  to  her 
by  Mr.  J.  C  C.  Smith  of  Somerset  House,  London,  led  to  the  publication  of  an 
interesting  article  by  that  gentleman  in  the  Genealogist  (London,  January,  1SS3) 
vol.  7,  pp.  1-3,  entitled,  "New  Notes  on  the  Ancestry  of  George  Washington," 
a  valuable  contribution  to  the  Washington  research. — Editor.] 

Rev.  John  Nassau  Simpkiuson,  the  rector  of  Brington,  by  the  publication  of 
his  historical  novel  of  "  The  Washingtons  "  in  1860,  and  by  his  speech  at  the 
dinner  in  London  on  Washington's  birth-day  in  18G2,  revived  the  interest  in  the 
pedigree  which  has  finally  been  satisfied  by  Mr.  Waters's  researches.  Mr. 
Simpkinson  was  in  full  and  confidential  communication  with  the  late  Col. 
Chester,  and  has  kindly  informed  us  that  the  following  facts  were  in  the 
possession  of  Mr.  Chester,  and  were  discussed  by  him  with  his  friends. 

1.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Amphilis  AVashington  to  her  son  John. 

2.  Adm.  of  Lawrence  W.,  late  of  Luton,  who  died  in  Virginia. 

3.  The  will  of  Theodore  Pargiter,  1656  (the  one  printed  by  Mr.  Waters, 

ante  pp.  84-5). 

"  Col.  Chester  was  thrown  off  the  scent  by  the  saying  of  the  great  President 
that  the  emigrants  came  from  a  northern  county,  and  latterly  he  thought  he 
had  found  the  man  he  was  looking  for  somewhere  in  the  north,  Durham,  I  think, 
or  Northumberland.  Of  this,  however,  he  would  not  tell  me,  reserving  himself 
for  an  irrefragable  proof  of  his  discovery." 

Mr.  George  E.  Cockayne,  who  was  Col.  Chester's  executor,  writes  that  he 
has  not  found  in  the  papers  left  to  him  the  deed  which  Col.  Chester  possessed, 
and  which  he  thought  was  made  by  one  of  the  emigrant  Washingtons.  Mr. 
Cockayne  has  also  as  yet  no  trace  to  the  law-suit  in  which  Rev.  Lawrence  W. 
was  concerned  when  rector  of  Purleigh;  but  he  has  kindly  promised  to  make 
search  therefor. 

These  facts  are  worth  mentioning  as  showing  how  much  Col.  Chester  had 
found;  and,  I  may  add,  as  a  proof  that  it  is  perhaps  wiser  to  print  facts  as  fast 
as  obtained,  even  when  not  exhaustive  of  any  subject,  as  thereby  the  attention 
of  other  antiquaries  is  directed  to  the  deficiencies  which  their  notes  may  make 
good. — W.  H.  Whitmore. 

Bishop  Meade's  "  Old  Churches,  Ministers  and  Families  of  Virginia."  vol.  2, 
pages  167-8.  contains  an  abstract  of  the  will  of  John  Washington,  the  emigrant. 
The  willis  dated  February  26,  1675  (that  is.  1G75-6),  and  was  proved  the  10th  of 
January,  1677  (that  is,  1677-8) .    Bishop  Meade  prefixes  this  statement : — ' '  I  have 

*  Mottingham. 


414         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

obtained,  by  the  help  of  a  friend,  the  will  of  John  Washington,  which  was 
recorded  at  Westmoreland  Court  House,  and  whose  original  is  still  there  in  an 
old  book  of  wills,  though  in  a  somewhat  mutilated  form."  Neither  the  record 
nor  the  original  will  can  now  be  found.  Mr.  Brock,  of  Richmond,  writes  me: 
"  Some  years  ago,  in  1877,  in  behalf  of  our  lamented  friend  Col.  Chester,  I  made 
numerous  inquiries  for  the  will  of  John  Washington,  of  friends  and  the  county 
court  clerks  of  Westmoreland,  Essex,  Richmond,  Northampton  and  Stafford 
counties,  without  avail  and  without  finding  a  document  with  the  signature  of 
John  Washington.  The  will  has  certainly  disappeared  from  the  records  of 
Westmoreland  county.  I  have  since  left  no  influence  untried,  but  have  learned 
of  no  trace  of  the  will."  Mr.  Greenwood,  who  furnishes  us  with  a  copy  of  the  will 
of  Lawrence  Washington,  obtained  in  1873,  tried  at  the  same  time  to  get  a  copy  of 
the  will  of  his  brother  John,  but  without  success.  Mr.  Moncure  D.  Conway,  in 
an  article  in  the  New  York  Nation,  Oct.  24  last,  says:  "The  Rev.  Dr.  E.  C. 
McGuire,  writing  in  1836,  says  that  the  will  in  question  was  then  at  Mount 
Vernon,  with  the  endorsement,  '  The  Will  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  Washington.' 
Dr.  McGuire  married  a  daughter  of  Robert  Lewis,  Washington's  nephew  and 
private  Secretary,  and  his  statement  is  of  sufficient  weight  to  cause  the  heirs  of 
Judge  Bushrod  Washington,  who  inherited  Mount  Vernon,  to  institute  a  general 
search.  For  even  if  the  document  ref  erred  to  was  a  copy  of  the  will,  it  would 
be  of  high  value  in  directing  rightly  the  researches  "  relating  to  the  Washingtons. 
Bishop  Meade's  abstract  follows. — Editor.] 

"  In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  I,  John  Washington,  of  Washington 
parish,  in  the  county  of  Westmoreland,  in  Virginia,  gentleman,  being  of 
good  and  perfect  memory,  thanks  be  unto  Almighty  God  for  it,  and  calling 
to  remembrance  the  uncertain  state  of  this  transitory  life,  that  all  flesh 
must  yield  unto  death,  do  make,  constitute,  and  ordain  this  my  last  will 
and  testament  and  none  other.  And  first,  being  heartily  sorry,  from  the 
bottom  of  my  heart,  for  my  sins  past,  most  humbly  desiring  forgiveness 
of  the  same  from  the  Almighty  God,  my  Saviour  and  Redeemer,  in  whom 
and  by  the  merits  of  Jesus  Christ  I  trust  and  believe  assuredly  to  be  saved. 
and  to  have  full  remission  and  forgiveness  of  all  my  sins,  and  that  my  soul 
with  my  body  at  the  general  resurrection  shall  rise  again  with  joy." 

Again  he  repeats  the  same  sentiment,  hoping  "  through  the  merits  of 
Jesus  Christ's  death  and  passion  to  possess  and  inherit  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  prepared  for  his  elect  and  chosen."  He  directs  his  body  to  be  buried 
on  the  plantation  upon  which  he  lived,  by  the  side  of  his  wife  and  two 
children.  He  then  proceeds  to  distribute  his  property,  which  he  says  it  has 
pleased  God  to  give  him  "  far  above  his  deserts."  After  dividing  a  number 
of  landed  estates  between  his  second  and  surviving  wife  and  his  children, — 
John,  Laurence  and  Anne, — and  also  his  property  in  England,  he  directs 
that  a  funeral  sermon  be  preached  and  no  other  funeral  kept,  and  that  a 
tablet  with  the  Ten  Commandments  be  sent  for  to  England  and  given  to 
the  church.  I  think,  also,  that  he  directs  four  thousand-weight  of  tobacco 
to  be  given  to  the  minister,  though  of  this  I  am  not  certain,  some  words 
being  lost.  He  leaves  one  thousand  pounds  to  his  brother-in-law,'  Thomas 
Pope,  and  one  thousand  pounds  and  four  thousand-weight  of  tobacco  to 
his  sister,  who  had  come  or  was  coming  over  to  this  country.  He  makes 
his  wife  and  brother  Laurence  his  executors. 

[The  Rev.  Edward  D.  Neill,  D.D.,  in  his  Address  on  Washington,  delivered  at 
St.  Paul,  Feb.  22,  1889,  says  that  the  above  John  Washington  "  married  after 
his  first  wife's  death,  the  widow  of  Walter  Brodhurst,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Anne  Pope."  Rev.  Dr.  Neill,  in  reply  to  an  inquiry  for  the  evidence,  under  date 
of  Nov.  23,  1889,  writes  me  as  follows  : 

"Until  I  receive  a  letter  from  Lilleshall,  Shi'opshire,  Eng. ,  I  cannot  prepare 
such  an  article  as  I  desire.  This  much  is  said  to  be  true.  John  Washington 
married  the  widow  Anne  Brodhurst,  whose  maiden  name  was  Pope.     Her  lirst 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         415 

husband's  name  was  Walter;  by  whom  she  had  several  children,  one  of  whom, 
Walter,  lived  during  his  last  years  at  Lilleshall  and  there  died.  Walter  was  the 
son  of  William  Brodhurst.  William  when  he  died  left  a  legacy  to  his  daughter- 
in-law.  If  these  facts  are  correct,  Walter  Brodhurst  and  Lawrence  T\  ashington 
son  of  John  were  half-brothers. 

"In  Neill's  '  Founders  of  Maryland,'  page  139,  John  Washington,  in  a  letter 
under  date  of  Sept.  30,  1659,*  writes  '  I  intend  to  get  my  young  sonne  baptized. 
All  ye  Company  and  Gossips  being  already  invited.' 

"  The  young  son  was  probably  Lawrence.  He  had  three  children  by  his  last 
wife, — John,  Lawrence,  Anne." 

Mr.  Brock  of  Richmond  writes  me  concerning  the  Broadhurst  connection, 
that  the  discovery  of  the  marriage  with  Broadhurst  was  made  by  Col.  Chester, 
in  1880,  and  Mr.  Brock  made  research  in  Virginia  in  relation  to  the  name.  He 
sends  the  following  items  : 

Walter  Broadhurst  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  from  Northum- 
berland Co.,  July,  1653.  He  died  in  1656,  leaving  bequests  to  his  wife  Ann 
Broadhurst  and  son  Walter.  He  was  a  son  of  William  Broadhurst  of  co.  Salop, 
Gent.,  England.  His  will  was  proved  in  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury, 
Nov.  19,  1658. 

Walter  Broadhurst  the  elder  came  to  Virginia  in  or  prior  to  the  year  1650. 
He  was  granted  Oct.  4,  1650,  500  acres  of  land  in  Northumberland  Co.  Va.  Land 
Registry,  Book  No.  2,  p.  249.  His  son  Walter  was  granted  300  acres,  Dec.  9, 
1662.  Book  No.  4,  p.  550.  Gerard  Broadhurst,  probably  another  son,  also 
received  the  same  date  500  acres  "  near  the  land  of  Nath'l  Pope."  Book  No.  4, 
p.  553. 

Mr.  Isaac  J.  Greenwood  of  New  York  writes  me  : 

"  Col.  John1  W.,  according  to  Meade,  desires  in  his  will  to  be  buried  on  the 
plantation  where  he  lives,  by  the  side  of  his  (first)  wife  and  two  children.  I 
understand  this  old  burial  ground  to  have  been  h.  mile  south  of  the  homestead, 
on  opposite  side  of  Bridge's  Creek,  Westm'd  Co.  Here  also  his  2d  son  Law- 
rence2 was  buried  in  1697,  though  he  had  settled  in  Gloucester  Co.,  on  the 
Pionkatank  River,  where  there  is  also  an  old  grave-yard.  The  latter's  son  John3 
Washington,  of  the  3d  generation,  was  a  vestryman  of  Petsworth  Parish, 
Gloucester  Co.,  and  a  letterf  of  his  to  Messrs.  Cary  &  Co.  of  London,  dated  July 
12,  1744,  is  extant,  containing  instructions  for  a  tombstone  with  the  arms.  In 
April,  1864,  there  was  exhibited  in  the  "  Dept.  of  Arms  &  Trophies "  of  the 
N.  Y.  Sanitary  Fair,  a  steel  rapier  (point  broken),  with  steel  hilt  apparently 
set  originally  with  stones,  said  to  have  been  brought  from  England  by  the 
Washington  family  and  to  have  been  presented  by  Gen.  George  Washington  to 
Gen.  Joim  Caldwell  of  Md.     (Query,— B.  Gen.  John  Cadwallader?)" 

The  following  copy  of  the  will  of  Lawrence  Washington  the  emigrant  and  the 
brother  of  John,  has  been  furnished  for  the  Register  by  Mr.  Greenwood. — 
Editor.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen  I  Lawrence  Washington  of  the  County  of 
Rappac  being  sick  &  weak  of  body  but  of  sound  and  perfect  memory  do 
make  &  ordain  this  my  last  will  &  Testament  hereby  revoaking  anulling  & 
making  void  all  former  wills  and  Coddicills  heretofore  by  me  made  either 
by  word  or  writing  &  this  only  to  be  taken  for  my  last  will  &  testament. 
Impes  I  give  and  bequeath  my  Soule  into  the  hands  of  Almighty  God  hop- 
ing and  trusting  through  the  mercy  of  Jesus  Christ  'my  one  Savior  and 
redeemer  to  receive  full  pardon  &  forgiveness  of  all  my  sins  and  my  body 
to  the  earth  to  be  buried  in  comely  &  decent  manner  by  my  Executrix 
hereafter  named  &  for  my  worldly  goods  I  thus  dispose  them — Item  I  give 
and  bequeath  unto  my  loveing  daughter  Mary  Washington  my  whole 
Estate  in   England  both  real  &  personal  to  her  and  the  heirs  of  her  body 

*  The  extract  from  the  Maryland  records  containing  this  letter  was  first  printed  in  the 
Historical  Magazine  for  January,  1867,  2d  series,  vol.  1,  pp.  29-30.— Editor. 

f  Mentioned  in  an  Autograph  sale  of  Messrs.  Southgate,  Grimston  &  Wells,  No.  22  Fleet 
St.,  London,  held  June  2  and  3,  1830. 


416  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

lawfully  begotten  forever  to  be  delivered  into  her  possession  imediately 
after  my  decease  by  my  Executrix  hereafter  named.  I  give  &  bequeaih 
unto  my  aforesd  daughter  Mary  Washington  my  smallest  Stone  ring  & 
one  silver  cup  now  in  my  possession  to  her  &  her  heirs  forever  to  be 
delivered  to  her  imediately  after  my  decease.  I  give  &  bequeath  unto  my 
loveino-  sou  John  Washington  all  my  books  to  him  &  his  heirs  forever,  to 
be  delivered  to  him  when  he  shall  come  to  the  age  of  Twenty  one  years. 
I  give  &  bequeath  unto  my  son  John  &  daughter  Anne  Washington  all 
the  rest  of  my  plate  but  what  is  before  exprest  to  be  equally  divided 
between  them  &  delivered  into  their  possession  when  they  come  of  age. 
Item  my  will  is  that  all  my  debts  which  of  right  &  justice  I  owe  to  any 
man  be  justly  &  truly  paid  as  also  my  funeral  I  expenses  after  which  my 
will  is,  that  all  my  whole  Estate  both  real  and  personal  be  equally  divided 
between  my  loving  wife  Jane  Washington  &  the  two  children  Gcd  hath 
given  me  by  her  viz. :  John  &  Ann  Washington.  I  give  &  bequeath  it  all 
to  them  &  their  heirs  of  their  bodies  lawfully  beggotten  forever,  my  sonn's 
part  to  be  delivered  to  him  when  he  comes  of  age  &  my  daughters  part 
when  she  comes  of  age  or  day  of  marriage  which  shall  first  happen. 

Item  my  will  is  that  that  land  which  became  due  to  me  in  right  of  my 
wife  lying  on  the  South  Side  of  the  river  formerly  belonging  to  Cap1 
Alexander  Flemming  &  commonly  known  by  the  name  of  West  Falco  be 
sold  by  my  Executrix  hereafter  named  for  the  payment  of  my  debts  im- 
mediately after  my  decease.  Item  my  will  is  that  the  laud  I  have  formaly 
entered  with  Capt.  Wm  Mosely  be  forthwith  after  my  decease  surveyed  & 
pattented  by  my  Execx  hereafter  named.  &  if  it  shall  amount  to  the  quantity 
of  one  thousand  acres,  then  I  give  &  bequeath  unto  Alexander  Barron  two 
hundred  acres  of  the  sd  land  to  him  &  his  heirs  forever  the  remainder  I 
give  &  bequeath  unto  my  loveing  wife  aforesd  &  two  children  to  them  & 
their  heirs  forever  to  be  equally  divided  between  them.  Item  my  will  is 
that  if  it  shall  please  God  to  take  my  daughter  Mary  out  of  this  world 
before  she  comes  of  age  or  have  heirs  of  her  body  lawfully  begotten  then  I 
give  &  bequeath  my  land  in  England  which  by  my  will  I  have  giveu  to  her, 
unto  my  son  John  Washington  &  his  heirs  &  the  psonall  estate  which  I 
have  given  to  her  I  give  &  bequeath  the  same  unto  my  sd  daughter  Ann 
Washington  &  her  heirs  forever.  Item  I  do  hereby  make  &  ordain  my 
loving  wife  Jane  Washington  Executrix  of  this  my  last  will  &  Testament 
to  see  it  performed  &  I  do  hereby  make  &  appoint  my  dear  and  loveing 
brother  Coll0.  John  Washington  &  my  loveing  friend  Thomas  Hawkins  in 
case  of  the  death  or  neglect  of  my  Executrix  to  be  the  overseers  &  guard- 
ians of  my  children  untill  they  come  of  age  to  the  truth  whereof  I  have 
hereunto  sett  my  hand  &  seal  this  27  of  September  1675. 

Lawrence  Washington    [Seal.] 

Signed  Sealed  &  declared  to  be  his  last  will  &  testament 
in  the  presence  of  us 

Cornelius  Wood 
John  B.  Barron 
Henry  Sandy  Junr. 

A  Codicill  of  the  last  will  &  Testament  of  Lawrence  Washington  annexed 
to  his  will  &  made  September  27th  1G75.  Item  my  will  is  that  my  part  of 
the  land  I  now  live  upon  which  became  due  to  me  by  marriage  of  my  wife 
I  leave  it  wholly  &  solely  to  her  disposal  after  my  decease  as  witness  my 
hand  the  day  &  year  above  written. 

Lawrence  Washington     [Seal.] 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  417 

Signed  Sealed  &  declared  to  be  a  codicil  of  my  last  will  &  testament 
in  the  presence  of  us 

Cornelius  Wood 
Henry  Sandy  Junr. 

The  above  named  Henry  Sandy  Junr  aged  17  years  or  thereab'9  sworn 
&  examined. saith  that  he  did  see  the  above  named  Lawrence  Washington 
sign  seale  &  publish  the  above  mentioned  to  be  his  last  will  &  testament  & 
that  he  was  in  perfect  sense  and  memory  at  the  signing  sealing  &  publish- 
ing thereof  to  the  best  of  your  deponents  judgement.         Henry  Sandy. 

Iuratus  est  Henricus  Sandy  in  Cur.  Com.  Rappac 
Sexto,  die  Janu'y  An0.  1677. 

g  Sacrm1  p1  probatd  et  recordaf* 

Test  Edmd  Crask  Clk.  Co. 
A  Copy  Teste  James  Roy  Micou  Clk. 

Oct.  25,  1873.     Essex  Co.,  Va. 

[Rapac  Co.  from  1653  to  '92  was  on  either  side  of  the  Rapac  River,  extending 
for  some  miles  up  to  the  falls  above  Fredericksburgh. 

Col.  John  Washington  settled  on  the  Potomac,  Westm'd  Co.  (Washington 
Parish)  ;  his  brother  Lawrence,  says  Meade,  may  have  settled  at  first  on  the 
same  river  and  afterwards  have  located  on  the  Rappahannock  river,  in  the 
county  of  the  same  name  (Littleburne  Parish), — not  so  very  far  off,  as  neither 
parish  was  over  five  miles  wide. 

1686,  Aug.  2. — John  Washington,  master  of  sloop  Two  Sisters,  having  import- 
ed some  brandy  which  had  not  been  landed  in  England,  had  iuformatn  lodged 
against  him  in  Co.  of  Adm.,  for  violatn  of  navigation  laws. — Col.  Doc.  of  N.  Y., 
xxxiv.  p.  40. 

Robert  Washington  writes  Congress,  from  Williamsburgh,  Va.,  29  July,  1775, 
offering  his  services  and  speaks  of  his  experience  obtained  on  the  Continent 
during  the  last  war. — Am.  Arch.  S.  iv. ;  vol.  ii.  1750. 

1  cannot  find  his  name  on  the  British  Army  Lists.  I.  J.  Greenwood. 

Mr.  William  John  Potts,  of  Camden,  N.  J.,  in  the  Nation,  Nov.  28,  1889, 
states  that  in  1874  he  discovered  in  the  index  of  the  Surrogate's  office  in  Charles- 
ton, S.  C,  an  entry  of  the  will  or  letters  of  administration  of  John  Wash- 
ington, the  date  of  which  he  and  one  of  the  officials  supposed  to  be  about 
1680.  The  early  wills  were  in  such  confusion  that  he  did  not  attempt  to  find  the 
original.  The  editor  of  the  Register  wrote  to  Mr.  Langdon  Cheves,  of 
Charleston,  on  this  subject,  and  he  replied  Dec.  12,  1889  : 

"  I  acknowledged  in  my  last  your  letter  in  regard  to  administration  on 
goods  of  John  Washington  mentioned  in  the  Nation  of  Nov.  28  (which  I  had 
not  seen)  as  in  the  Probate  Court  here.  I  wrent  at  once  to  the  Probate  Court 
and  found  the  entry  in  the  old  index.*  But  have  neither  then  nor  since  been 
able  to  find  anything  more  either  there  or  among  my  own  memoranda.  All  the 
early  original  papers  were  burnt  in  Columbia.  The  only  early  records  now  in 
the  Probate  Court  are  some  of  the  Record  Books ;  they  are  unindexed  (except  for 
a  table  of  contents) ,  but  my  mema  include  a  pretty  complete  index  of  names  up  to 
about  1700.  And  I  do  not  think  any  record  of  the  adm'n  now  exists  in  that 
office.  A  good  many  of  the  old  records  are  in  the  State  House  at  Columbia,  but 
they  are  almost  without  indices  &  not  very  accessible. 

There  are  two  of  the  old  Indices,  one  evidently  copied  from  the  other.  They 
are  bare  lists  of  names  with  the  letter  &  number  indicating  the  Box  or  bundle  in 
which  the  papers  relating  to  that  person's  estate  were  filed  and  their  position  in 
that. bundle.  The  letters  on  the  bundles  indicate  in  a  very  vague  and  uncertain 
way  their  dates ;  the  packages  were  evidently  put  up  not  very  long  ago,  and  with 
no  regard  to  date,  except  that  papers  that  had  been  together,  to  some  degree  were 
kept  so.  Frequently  the  will  and  inventory  are  widely  separated.  I  think  the 
date  1680  far  too  early  (though  there  is  uo  reason  why  a  1680  will  might  not  be 

*  "Washington,  John,  Inv'ty,  F.  43." 


418  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

in  any  one  of  the  earlier  "  single  letter  "  bundles.  After  entering  on  the  double 
letters,  '  2  A6'  '  2  B3'  &c.  the  papers  run  in  more  regular  order.)  I  judge  that 
the  administration  on  John  Washington's  estate  was  granted  between  1710  and 
1715,  probably  about  1711.     The  Record  Book  for  that  time  is  missing." 

Mr.  William  Francis  Cregar  of  Annapolis,  Md.,  has  sent  me  a  list  of  fourteen 
persons  by  the  name  of  Pope,  who  settled  in  Maryland  between  the  years  1634 
and  1683.  "Francis  Pope,"  he  writes,  "was  the  first  to  arrive  and  settled  in 
that  part  of  Maryland  which  afterwards  became  Charles  County.  Nathaniel 
Pope  and  wife  arrived  in  Maryland  prior  to  1648.  Settlers  on  both  the  Virginia 
and  Maryland  banks  of  the  Potomac  frequently  crossed  the  river. — Editor. 

Records  of  Charles  City  County  Court. — "  Robert  Washington  of  Wapping  in 
yc  parish  of  Stepney  and  Soin[?],  Middlesex,  Mariner,  appoints  Mr  Pearson  his 
attorney;  mentions  bonds,  bills,  tobaccos,  sugars,  houses,  chattels,  sums  of 
money.     29  July,  1660.     Proved  at  a  Court  held  3  Dec.  1660. 

Records  of  General  Court,  James  City  County. — At  a  court  held  12  Oct.  1675. 
1 '  Edward  Washington  indicted  for  murthering  Wm  Norcott  was  found  by  the 
petty  jury  to  be  guilty  of  manslaughter,  for  which  he  was  burnt  in  the  hand." — 
R.  A.  Brock.] 

Before  these  notes  are  closed  let  me  say  that  1  have  in  my  collections 
numerous  Washington  notes,  which  I  have  not  published  as  they  do  not 
6eem  to  relate  to  this  especial  Hue.  Henry  F.  Waters. 


John  Oxenbridge,  preacher  of  the  word  of  God  in  Coventry  and  late 
minister  of  Southam  iD  the  County  of  Warwick,  18  September  1617,  proved 
2  June  1618. 

Whereas  Mary  Oxenbridge  my  well  beloved  wife  is  stated  in  the  con- 
veyance of  my  house  and  garden  with  the  appertenances  in  Bishopsgate 
Street  in  Coventry  and  joined  purchaser  with  me  in  the  same  house  my  will 
and  desire  is  that  the  same  house  and  garden  with  the  appurtenances  may 
fully  and  lawfully  be  assured  and  confirmed  to  my  said  wife  so  that  she  may 
hold  and  peaceably  enjoy  the  same  as  her  fee  simple  for  term  of  her  life. — 
then  after  her  decease  the  inheritance  and  the  fee  simple  of  the  same  &c, 
according  to  the  last  will  and  testament  of  my  daughter  Gilbie  deceased, 
may  come  as  of  special  right  to  the  four  daughters  now  living  of  my  said 
daughter  Gilbie  &c.  To  my  said  wife  all  my  brass  and  all  my  plate  and 
pewter,  linen,  beddings,  and  all  things  thereunto  belonging  with  all  other 
implements  aud  utensils  whatsoever  belonging  to  the  household  except 
those  implements  which  are  named  and  set  down  in  an  Inventory  and  now 
remaining  in  the  said  house  in  Bishopsgate  Street,  all  which  were  bought 
with  the  house  and  so  not  to  be  removed  &c.  To  my  wife  also  such  and  so 
many  of  my  English  books  as  she  shall  make  choice  of.  All  the  rest  of  my 
said  books  I  do  give  to  my  son  Daniel  Oxenbridge.  Whereas  my  said  sou 
Daniel  by  an  accompt  under  his  hand  doth  now  stand  indebted  unto  me  in 
the  sum  of  six  score  pounds  and  upward  &c.  I  do  give  to  his  virtuous 
mother  my  beloved  wife  the  just  sum  of  six  score  pounds,  to  be  paid  unto 
her  by  my  said  son  within  four  years  after  my  decease,  i.  e.  thirty  pounds  a 
year.  All  other  debts  of  my  son  Daniel,  over  and  above  the  said  sum,  I 
do  give  to  my  said  son  and  absolutely  remit  and  free  him  from  being  charged 
with  the  same  forever  hereafter.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Southam  in 
the  County  of  Warwick  twenty  shillings  within  three  months  &c.  To  the 
poor  almsmen  of  Bablake  and  their  nurse  eleven  shillings  &c,  *'.  e.  to 
each  a  shilling  apiece.     To  Hope  Gellibrand  my  grand  child  a  piece  of  plate 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  419 

worth  in  value  four  nobles  or  thereabouts.  What  my  childrens'  children 
and  my  great  grand  children  shall  have  I  leave  it  to  the  discretion  of  my 
said  wife. 

All  the  rest  to  my  wife  Mary  Oxenbridge,  and  I  make  her  the  sole 
executrix.  The  overseers  to  be  my  son  Daniel  Oxenbridge  and  Oliver 
Bowls.     Wit:  James  Crauford,  John  Pole.  Meade,  65. 

Daniel  Oxenbridge  of  London,  Doctor  of  Physick,  21  December  1641, 
proved  12  September  1642.  To  my  son  Clement  Oxenbridge,  during  the 
term  of  his  natural  life,  the  annual  sum  of  twenty  pounds,  to  be  paid  at  four 
feasts  or  terms  in  the  year,  *.  e.  at  the  Feast  of  the  Annunciation  of  the 
Virgin  Mary,  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  St.  Michael  the  Arch- 
angel and  the  Birth  of  our  Saviour  Christ,  by  equal  portions  and  to  be 
issuing,  during  the  joint  lives  of  my  wife  and  my  said  son,  out  of  my  lands 
and  tenements  in  the  parishes  of  St.  Stephen,  Colman  Street,  London,  and 
Brodericke  in  the  County  of  Northumberland,  and  after  my  wife's  decease 
then  to  be  issuing  out  of  my  said  lands  and  tenements  only  in  the  parish  of 
St  Stephen,  Colman  Street.  These  (latter)  tenements  &c.  I  give  (charged 
with  the  said  annual  sum  &c)  unto  Katherine  my  well  beloved  wife,  during 
the  term  of  her  natural  life,  and  after  her  decease  to  my  son  John  Oxen- 
bridge and  his  heirs  for  ever.  All  my  lands  at  Brodericke  &c  (charged  as 
above)  I  give  to  my  wife  Katherine  &c,  then  to  my  son  Daniel  Oxen- 
bridge and  his  heirs  forever. 

I  give  and  devise  unto  my  said  son  John  and  his  heirs  for  ever  all  my 
lands  in  the  Sommer  Islands.  To  my  wife  the  messuage  or  tenement 
wherein  I  now  dwell,  with  the  appurtenances,  situate  in  St  Sythes  Lane  in 
London,  during  so  long  time  of  my  lease  and  term  therein  as  she  shall  hap- 
pen to  live.  After  her  decease  the  remainder  of  the  lease  to  my  son 
Daniel.  To  son  Daniel  all  my  part  and  share  in  the  Tynne  Farm,  he  to 
pay  and  discharge  the  sum  of  three  hundred  pounds  for  which  I  stand  bound 
unto  my  son-in-law  Mr  Edmond  Hunt  for  his  wife's  portion.  I  give  to  my 
daughter  Langhorne  ten  pounds  and  to  my  grand  child  Daniel  Langhorne 
forty  pounds,  and  to  all  the  rest  of  my  son  and  daughter  Langhorne's  chil- 
dren five  pounds  apiece.  To  my  daughter  Fowler  ten  pounds  and  to  her 
daughter  Katherine  ten  pounds.  Item  I  give  to  my  cousin  (sic)  Item  I 
give  to  my  daughter  Cockroft  ten  pounds  and  to  her  three  children  five 
pounds  apiece. 

My  wife  Katherine  and  son  Daniel  to  be  co-executors.  My  brother  Sir 
Job  Harby  and  my  three  sons-in-law  William  Langhorne,  John  Fowler 
and  Caleb  Cockroft  to  be  overseers  and  to  receive  five  pounds  apiece. 

To  Robert  Bincks  twenty  shillings.  To  my  late  old  servant  Thomas 
Shawe  twenty  shillings.  To  the  widow  Clarke  twenty  shillings,  To  my 
kinsman  Thomas  Clarke  twenty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Hoare's  wife 
twenty  shillings.  To  my  servants  Mary  Hart,  Mary  Hart  and  my  man 
William  twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  well  beloved  sister  the  lady  Harby 
my  best  book  in  my  study  which  she  shall  make  choice  of.  The  rest  to  my 
two  executors. 

Wit :  Isaac  Justin,  Ric :  Preice  Scr. 

The  above  will  was  proved  by  Katherine  Oxenbridge  the  widow  of  the 
deceased,  power  reserved  for  the  other  executor  to  take  out  letters. 

Campbell,  110. 

Katherine  Oxenbridge,  25  March  1651,  proved  5  November  1651. 


420  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

To  my  son  John  Oxenbridge  two  huudred  pounds  and  to  his  children  fifty 
pounds.  To  iny  daughter  Humes  children  two  hundred  pounds,  they  having 
most  need,  and  to  her  the  fifty  pounds  in  my  brother  Sir  Job's  (hands)  the 
interest  of  it  to  Sir  Job's  children  to  buy  them  rings  to  remember  me  by. 
To  ray  daughter  Phillips  daughter  BeUy  forty  pounds,  to  her  sou  Daniel 
forty  pounds,  neither  of  them  being  sure  of  any  portion.  To  ray  son  Clement 
two  hundred  pounds  when  all  is  discharged,  to  his  wife  the  money  that  her 
brother  has  recovered  for  me.  To  my  son  Thorn's  wife  my  suit  of  damask  ; 
it  is  marked  with  C.  O. 

I  give  to  the  Plantation  of  New  England  Ten  pounds  for  to  buy  books 
for  the  Indians  to  learn  to  read.  To  my  daughter  S'  John's  and  my  daugh- 
ter Langton  thirty  shillings  apiece  to  buy  them  rings  withall.  To  my 
daughter  Hunt  my  ring  that  is  set  with  pearls  and  all  my  own  wearing 
clothes.  I  give  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  my  cousins  Conyers,  William, 
Katherine,  Dorcas  and  Thomas. 

My  sons  John  and  Clement  to  be  executors  and  Daniel  Phillips  to  be 
overseer.     I  give  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  all  my  cousins  Emitt  Darell. 

John  Oxenbridge  renounced  executorship.  Grey,  220, 

[We  have  here  the  will  of  John  Oxenbridge,  "  a  graduate  of  Oxford  in  1572, 
and  a  famous  Puritan  preacher;"  that  of  his  son  Daniel,  "  a  graduate  of  Christ 
Church,  Oxford,  and  a  physician  of  high  standing  at  Daventry,"  and  London; 
and  that  of  Daniel's  wife  Katherine,  a  "daughter  of  Clement  Throgmorton 
of  Hasley,  third  son  of  Sir  George  Throgmorton  of  Loughton  (the  family 
being  patrons  of  Southam)  and  so  descended  from  Edward  III."  (Ellis's  His- 
tory of  First  Church  of  Boston,  page  125-G).  John  was  the  grandfather  and 
Daniel  and  Katherine  were  the  parents  of  Rev.  John  Oxenbridge,  pastor  of  the 
First  Church,  Boston,  Mass.,  from  April  10,  1670,  till  his  death  Dec.  28,  1674. 

Rev.  John  Oxenbridge  was  born  at  Daventry,  co.  Northampton;  "matricu- 
lated at  Lincoln  College,  Oxford,  20  June,  1623,  in  his  18th  year;  after  was  of 
Magdalen  Hall,  and  continued  there  a  tutor  some  time,  but  disquieted  with 
the  increased  stringency  of  church  ceremonies  he  went,  1634,  to  Bermuda  and 
preached,  in  a  few  years  went  home  again,  but  being  ejected  on  the  act  of 
uniformity,  1662,  took  departure  for  Surinam ;  thence  in  short  time  to  Barba- 
dos, and  in  1669  came  hither."  (Savage's  Gen.  Diet.  vol.  3,  p.  326.  See  also 
Mather's  Magnalia,  ed.  1853,  vol.  1,  p.  597;  Palmer's  Nonconformist's  Memorial, 
ed.  1802,  vol.  1,  p.  299;  Wood's  Athenae  Oxoniensis;  Emerson's  and  Ellis's 
histories  of  First  Church  Boston.)  Ellis  refers  to  W.  D.  Cooper's  sketch  of 
the  Oxenbridges  of  Sussex  and  Boston,  Mass.     London,  1860. — Editor. 

The  will  of  John  Oxenbridge,  proved  Jan.  9,  1674-5,  is  on  file  at  the  Suffolk 
Probate  office,  and  is  recorded  Lib.  vi.  fol.  75.  The  following  is  an  abstract 
made  from  the  original  Avill : 

"  Boston  in  New  Engl.  ye  12th  day  of  ye  first  month 
in  ye  year  1673-4. 
I  John  Oxenbridge  a  sorry  man,  lesse  then  ye  least  of  all  ye  mercies  and  ser- 
vants of  Christ  am  ye  most  weake  and  worthlesse  creature,  yet  have  I  bene  by  ye 
Lord's  hand  (even  a  strong  hand  upon  me)  separated  to  stand  before  his  face 
in  ye  ministry  of  ye  Gospel,  and  in  severall  places  as  Barmudas,  Great  Yarmouth, 
Beverly,  Barwick,  Bristol,  Eton,  and  Windsor  have  I  bene  led  forth  in  y*  work, 
and  in  some  measure  my  Lord  hath  owned  me  graciously  in  all  these  places. 
After  wch  having  had  my  portion  wth  others  of  more  weight  and  worth  (who 
had  prophecied  in  sackcloth)  to  be  layd  aside  from  this  honorable  work  in 
England.  Wherfore  I  went  forth  as  far  as  Serenam  in  desire  and  hope  of 
serving  Christ  there,  and  there  I  was  assaying  so  to  do  from  62  at  my  own  great 
charge  in  many  hazards  of  my  own  life,  and  wth  the  loss  of  very  dear  relations. 
After  those  parts  were  seized  by  y°  Dutch  and  for  a  while  reseized  for  ye  Eng- 
lish by  Sr  John  Harman  wth  him  I  went  th---.ee  to  Barbados,  and  after  fruitlesse 
essays  there  also  (as  to  publick  work)  I  went  in  69.  to  New  England,  where  now 
being  comfortably  fixed  by  Poynting  providences  in  ye  first  Church  of  Boston  as 
pastor  thereof,  and  so  in  present  appearance  a  period  being  put  to  my  wasting 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  421 

and  weary  waudrings  and  in  free  mercy  receiving  an  allowance  for  them  I 
Judge  it  reasonable  to  set  my  soul  and  house  in  order." 

Daughter  Bathshuah  Scot  for  my  Executrix.  And  this  I  doe  in  ye  sense  I  have 
of  her  naturall  affection  to  me  flourishing  now  at  ye  last  (she  showing  more 
Kindeness  in  ye  latter  end  then  in  ye  beginning)  and  likewise  in  confidence  of 
her  fidelity  to  her  Sister  Theodora,  and  in  all  other  betrustments.  For  my 
Overseers  the  Honored  John  Leverett  Esq.  ye  Reverend  James  Allein,  and  Mr 
Humphry  Davie. 

To  my  wife  Susanna  in  lieu  of  all  thirds  or  Dowry,  £50  in  New  England  coyn ; 
one  bed  and  bedstead  wth  curtains ;  what  plate  and  houshold  stuff  doth  remain 
of  what  she  had  in  her  former  widow  hood.  Also,  what  gold  rings  she  hath  of 
mine,  not  otherwise  disposed  of,  also  one  silver  porringer,  one  sugar  dish,  one 
silver  taster  wth  a  funnell,  one  sweet-meat  spoon.  Likewise  (besides  ye  bookes 
she  had  in  her  former  widow  hood)  Eogers  on  Judges  and  his  seaven  Treatises, 
also  Thorn.  Goodwin  his  child  of  light.  And  this  small  portion  of  my  ruined 
estate  I  desire  and  hope  she  will  accept  wth  love  and  satisfaction,  as  being  more 
then  she  had  from  her  former  husband,  mr  Abbot,  and  more  then  before  marriage 
wth  me  was  expected  or  promised,  for  then  she  did  say  she  had  enough  for  us 
both,  when  by  sore  losses  my  estate  was  much  impaired.  And  I  would  think  in 
equity  she  will  consider  y'  her  Annuity  of  one  hundred  a  yeer  will  be  more  then  I 
can  leave  to  my  children,  and  more  then  she  was  willing  to  leave  them  or  me  in 
case  of  my  surviving,  for  she  was  not  willing  to  follow  ye  advise  of  her  chiefest 
friend  Mr  Thomas  Parris  who  made  ye  match  between  her  and  me,  and  he  and 
others  did  advise  to  sell  her  Annuity  and  purchase  in  N.  E.  Which  if  she  had 
done  and  cast  her  estate  with  mine,  it  had  bene  a  reasonable  thing  for  her  to 
expect  and  have  ye  thirds  of  mine,  but  she  refusing  this,  I  had  not  in  case  of 
surviving  bene  one  penny  ye  better  for  her  estate  by  any  thing  left  to  me  or 
mine.  Howsoever  she  hath  in  ordinary  providence  (under  which  we  must  sett 
down)  she  hath  sufficient  and  abundant  provision  for  her,  if  it  be  better  managed 
then  in  her  former  widowhood,  and  yl  it  may  be  so  I  give  her  in  love  this  faithfull 
advise  till  my  son  Scot's  arrivall  to  make  Mr  Humphry  Davie  her  Atturney  for 
ye  procuring  her  Annuity,  and  receive  m™8  Kingesmill  to  her  friendly  and  faithfull 
care  as  being  more  experienced  and  prudent  to  order  affairs  and  write  letters 
and  accounts  for  her.  To  mris  Kingsmill  3  pound  out  of  my  charity  bag  ye  rest 
in  ye  bag  to  be  disposed  to  ye  most  necessitous  brethren  and  sisters  of  ye  church 
by  ye  Deacons  thereof.  To  my  daughter  Bathshuah  Scot  my  dwelling  house  in 
Boston  as  it  is  put  into  my  power  by  Will  to  doe  by  Deed  of  Aug.  22,  1673,  she 
allow  her  sister  Theodora  five  pound  yeerely  during  ye  life  of  Bathshuah ;  in  case 
Bathshuah  die  without  issue  surviving,  then  ye  reversion  to  Theodora,  she  pay- 
ing fifty  pound  as  a  Legacy  to  ye  first  Church  of  Boston ;  in  case  Theodora 
decease  without  issue,  the  fifty  pound  inheritance  of  the  house  to  be  to  ye  first 
church  in  Boston  for  ye  use  of  ye  pastor  or  teacher  for  ye  time  being.  To 
daughter  Bathshuah  my  seale  ring,  my  sugar  boxe  wth  my  armes,  a  fruit  dish 
marked  with  my  own  and  her  Mothers  name,  also  one  beaker  and  12  spoones  so 
marked,  one  dish  marked  D.  O.  one  large  tankard  marked  with  my  armes,  one 
small  tankard  marked  M.  0-,  one  silver  porringer,  one  large  salt  sellar,  1  wine 
cup,  1  child's  spoon  wch  was  mine  in  my  infancy,  1  silver  pensill  wth  seal  lyon, 
one  locket,  cornelian  ring,  one  ring  beset  wth  blew  specks. 

To  daughter  Theodora  all  my  Tenements  in  White's  ally  in  Coleman  street, 
London,  ye  writings  whereof  were  left  by  me  with  Mr  Kemp  of  Lombard  street, 
weh  houses  did  formerly  yield  £35,  but  ye  last  lease  since  ye  fire  doth  agree  to 
£18,  and  this  in  Mr  John  Loder's  hand  in  London,  and  I  desire  my  Executrix 
with  ye  help  of  my  brother  Loder  yl  Theodora  upon  ye  death  of  her  Grandfather 
may  have  her  right  of  ye  land  in  Kent  about  £10  ye  yeer,  ye  writing  whereof  was 
left  by  Mr  Joseph  Caryll  wth  my  brother  Loder,  as  also  her  right  in  a  debt  from 
Mr  Killingworth,  wch  was  originally  £400,  and  what  other  goods  or  estate  w 
fall  to  her  from  her  Grandfather. 

To  daughter  Theodora  what  goods  remain  of  them  she  brought  from  England, 
and  also  ye  value  of  a  fourth  part  of  my  estate  remaining  after  debts  and 
legacies  payd,  only  if  my  estate  in  Serenam  arise  to  anything  y'  she  have  a 
young  Nigro  or  two  as  my  Executrix  shall  think  fitt,  and  ye  4th  part  aforsayd  to 
be  Judg'd  by  my  Overseers. 

To  Theodora  my  gilt  watch,  my  gold  thimble  and  whistle,  my  gold  ring  wth 
her  name  in  it,  my  green  emerauld  ring  wth  diamond  sparks,  a  wraught  cup  w01 
its  covering  marked  wth  my  own  and  her  mother's  name,  one  locket,  one  silver 


422         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

inkhorn  marked  F.  W.  one  wraught  plate  w"1  my  own  and  her  mother's  armes, 
also  one  caudle  cup  and  cover,  one  large  tankard,  one  silver  porringer  all  marked 
w01  Ii°  spoon  marked  M.  H.  1  forked  spoon  1  p'  of  sizers  w"1  silver,  1  cornelian 
ring,  one  cornelian  bracelet,  1  cristall  piece. 

To  mr  Daniel  Hinchman  and  his  eldest  daughter,  each  of  them  a  ring. 

To  my  Son  Richard  Scot  a  diamond  ring,  one  of  them  in  Mr  Humphry  Davie 
his  hand. 

To  each  of  my  surviving  Sisters  twenty  shillings  in  gold  to  buy  a  ring  wth  my 
name  in  it,  and  to  my  sister  Ingoldesly  I  forgive  two  thirds  of  what  is  due  to 
me  by  bond ;  and  ye  like  I  doe  to  my  Brother  Clement  Oxenbridge  in  a  bond  of 
£50,  and  give  him  a  ring  as  to  my  Sisters. 

To  my  brother  Loder  and  his  wife  each  a  gold  ring,  and  to  him,  also,  Augustin's 
epitome,  and  ye  platts  were  left  wth  mr  Shirley  at  ye  Pellican  in  litle  Brittain.  To 
mr  George  Peryer  a  gold  ring.  To  each' of  my  Overseers  a  gold  ring;  to  John 
Leverett-my  French  history,  to  mr  James  Allein  Ravanell  in  2  volumes,  do.  mr 
Humphry  Davie  Purchas  pilgrim,  and  to  his  wife  my  white  amethyst  ring.  To 
ye  Elders  and  Deacons  of  ye  first  church  of  Boston  twenty  pound  for  ye  use  of 
y*  Church. 

To  my  Nigro  maid  servant  Mary  fifty  shillings  to  be  layd  out  as  my  Executrix 
shall  see  most  for  ye  good  of  ye  sayd  Mary ;  and  to  my  Nigro  boy  ten  shillings 
as  she  sees  meet. 

To  ye  publick  Library  in  Boston  or  elsewhere  as  my  Executrix  and  Overseers 
shall  judge  best  Augustins  workes  in  6  volumes,  ye  Centuries  in  8  volumes,  ye 
Catalogue  of  Oxford  library  Tritemius  catalogue  of  ecclesiastic  writers.  Also 
Parcus  workes  in  2  volumes,  Pineda  upon  Job  in  2  volumes,  Euclids  geometry, 
Willet  on  Leviticus,  Davenant  on  ye  Collosians,  Pembles  workes,  Osiander  epit 
of  Centurys  in  2  vol. 

I  leave  my  Manuscripts  to  be  disposed  of  by  my  executrix  wth  ye  advise  of  my 
overseers,  and  in  particular  ye  Plea  for  ye  Dumb  Indian,  and  Colonies  to  mr  Eliot 
or  any  other  they  shall  see  meet. 

In  presence  of  John  Oxenbridge. 

Julines  Hering 
Ita  attest  p' 
Robert  Howard  not.  publ.  Massachusitt  Colonie  novae  Angliae. 

Mr  Robert  Howard  appearing  before  Edward  Tyng  &  Major  Thomas  Clarke 
Esq™  9th  Jan.  74  made  oath  &c. 

Attests  Freegrace  Bendall  Record1". 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Mr  Jn°  Oxenbridge. 
Taken  Jan.  5.  1674,  by  Anthony  Stoddard,  Edward  Hutchinson,  senr.     Amt. 
£1715. 14.  8,  including  his  Dwelling  house,  orchard,  Garden,  &c.  £550.   Lib.  v.  223. 

Susanna  Oxenbridge,  of  Boston,  will  June  6,  1695.  To  Mr  James  Allen  Teach- 
ing officer  of  the  first  Church  of  Christ  in  Boston  (of  wch  I  am  a  Member)  Mr 
Mitchils  booke  on  1'  Peter  5.  10.  with  fowre  more  att  his  choice,  my  Diamond 
Ringe,  one  silver  forke,  two  silver  framed  Spectacles.  To  his  "Wife  Mrs  Sarah 
Allen,  my  blacke  Prunella  Gowne  and  petticoate,  Two  Agate  Knives,  best  Silke 
Stockins  and  gartrB,  Scarlett  Coloured  Hood,  long  Silke  Girdle,  Balsome  ball, 
golden  bodkin,  one  Gold  Ringe.  To  his  daughter  Hannah  and  his  Son  James, 
I  give  each  of  them  a  gold  Ringe,  of  them  I  used  to  weare.  To  Mr  Joshua 
Moodey,  a  ring,  a  paire  of  my  Silke  stockings  and  fowre  bookcs  such  as  my  Ex- 
ecut™  agree  upon.  To  the  wife  of  sd  Mr  Moodey,  my  gold  Chain  1  weare  about 
my  Necke,  my  Plush  gowne,  a  Ring  &  a  paire  of  Silk  Stockings,  if  any  left.  To 
Mr  Samuell  Parris  a  silver  pottinger,  and  ten  pounds,  and  to  his  two  Eldest 
children  five  pounds  apeice  in  money.  To  Mr  Peter  Thatcher,  the  piece  of  gold  I 
wear  about  my  Neck ;  to  him  and  his  wife  and  his  two  eldest  children,  five  pounds 
apiece  in  money.  To  Mrs  Sarah  Davie  of  Hartford,  my  Cloth  Gowne  lined  with 
Lutestring,  and  black  Cloth  petticoat  belonging  to  it,  my  little  Bible  with  Silver 
Clasps  and  Case,  finest  tufted  Holland  petticoat  and  Enameled  Ring.  To  M18 
Jerusha  Saltonstall  and  Mrs  Elizabeth  Davie,  I  give  each  of  them,  a  Ring.  To 
Mr»  Elizabeth  Taylor,  daughf  to  M1'  Humphiy  Davie,  my  Gold  Seale,  a  Silver 
forke  and  a  Ring.  To  Mr  John  Davie,  a  good  booke.  To  Mr8  Bellingham,  Bur- 
roughs of  Contentment.  To  Mr  James  Allen,  Mr  Joshua  Moodey,  Mr  Increase 
Mather,  Mr  Samuell  Willard,  Mr  Cotton  Mather,  or  those  of  them  that  shall  be 
alive  att  my  decease,  all  the  money  in  a  Round  painted  box,  when  filled,  to  bee 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  423 

equally  divided  among  them.  To  Mr  Henry  Deering,  five  pounds ;  Mr  Peter 
Butler  and  his  wife,  three  pounds  to  buy  them  Eings.  To  M™  Hodges,  I  give 
Mr  Mathew  Medes  booke,  and  five  pounds  money.  To  the  Widows,  Armitage, 
Cartr  and  Dinsdale,  forty  shillings  a  peice.  To  Mehetable  Hinkely,  formerly 
my  servant,  I  give  my  changeable  silke  petticoat,  morning  wastecoate,  white 
Dimity  wastecoate,  two  paire  of  my  stockins,  one  black  hood.  To  my  servant 
mayde,  twenty  shillings.  To  my  kinsman  Isaack  Taylor,  my  Geneva  Bible,  and 
my  Silver  box  wth  a  watch  in  it.  To  my  kinswoman  Mary  Taylour,  my  great 
Bible  and  greate  Wedding  Ringe.  To  my  kinswoman  Sarah  Gent,  my  plain  blew 
Bible,  and  all  my  Wearing  Cloths,  with  all  my  Linnen  Household  goods,  bedding, 
plate  not  disposed  of.  Appoint  Mr  James  Allen,  Mr  Peter  Thacher,  Mr  Pet 
Butler  joynt  Executors;  as  a  token  of  my  Love  I  give  to  Each,' Twenty  pound 
apeice.     June  6,  1695.     Ezekiel  Cheever,  Paul  Symons,  Kath.  Welsteed. 

[In  a  Codicil,  made  Dec.  30, 1695,  "finding  a  necessity  of  being  supported  by  my 
Executors  therein  named,  for  want  of  the  Incomes  of  my  Estate,"  she  provides, 
that  if  there  be  a  sufficient  portion  of  her  estate  left  at  her  decease,  the  legacies 
are  to  be  paid,  if  otherwise,  the  aforesaid  Legacies,  so  given,  to  be  utterly  null 
and  void.  ] 

Will  proved  March  25,  1696.  Abstract  made  from  the  original  on  file.  It 
is  recorded  Bk.  xi.  folio  145.  Inventory  rendered  March  24,  1695-6.  Joseph 
Bridgham,  Tho.  Clarke,  Apprizers.  Proved,  Boston,  April  9,  1696.  Jurat  Cor. 
Wm  Stoughton.—  William  B.  Trask.] 

William  Whittingham,  late  of  Boston  in  Massachusetts  Colony  in 
New  England,  gentleman,  25  March  1672,  proved  15  April  1672.  To  my 
eldest  son  Richard  Whittingham,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever, one  house,  barn, 
mill  house  and  appurtenances  thereto  belonging,  with  twenty  acres  of  arable 
land,  eighty  four  acres  and  a  quarter  of  an  acre  of  pasture,  in  the  tenure  and 
occupation  of  William  Pakey  &c.  in  the  town  of  Sutterton,  in  the  parts  of 
Holland  in  the  County  of  Lincoln.  To  my  son  William  one  dwelling  house, 
barn  and  appurtenances  &c.  with  two  and  twenty  acres  of  pasture,  two  acres 
and  a  quarter  of  arable  land,  eighteen  acres  of  marsh,  now  in  the  tenure  &c. 
of  John  Trigg  &c. ;  also  one  cottage  and  barn,  with  four  acres  and  a  half  of 
pasture  and  one  acre  of  arable  land,  in  the  tenure  &c.  of  Thomas  Bayly  &c., 
all  lying  and  being  in  Sutterton.  To  my  daughter  Marie  one  messuage,  or 
tenement,  &c.  with  nine  acres  of  pasture  and  six  acres  of  arable  land  in  the 
tenure  &c.  of  John  Wilson  &c.,  with  three  acres  of  arable  land  late  in  the 
tenure  of  Master  Baker  &c.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  one  messuage  &c, 
with  eight  acres  and  a  half  acre  of  pasture  and  five  acres  of  arable  land  in 
the  tenure  &c.  of  John  Gidney,  with  two  acres  of  pasture  in  the  tenure  of 
George  Ledman ;  also  one  cottage  and  one  acre  in  the  tenure  of  John  Baker, 
—  in  Sutterton.  To  my  daughter  Martha  six  acres  and  a  half  acre  of 
pasture  late  in  the  tenure  of  William  Walker,  one  cottage  and  two  acres  of 
pasture  late  in  the  tenure  of  Richard  Gunn,  in  Sutterton.  All  these  at 
their  ages  of  twenty  years  or  days  of  marriage. 

My  will  and  pleasure  is  that  that  one  hundred  and  sixty- three  pounds  due 
unto  my  uncle  Nathaniel  Hubbert,  of  London,  be  paid  out  of  the  rents  and 
products  of  the  wood  and  timber  standing  on  the  land  aforesaid.  Reference 
is  made  to  a  bond  bearing  date  25  March  1667  wherein  brother  Richard 
Whittingham,  gentleman,  stands  jointly  bound  with  my  said  uncle  unto 
Thomas  Harris,  of  the  Inner  Temple,  London,  Esq.,  in  the  sum  of  seven  hun- 
dred pounds  for  the  payment  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  pouuds.  My  debts  in 
London,  contracted  upon  my  particular  account,  or  on  account  of  my  brother- 
in-law  John  Clarke,  of  Boston  in  New  England,  gentleman,  to  be  paid  out 
of  the  rents  &c.  of  the  said  lands ;  together  with  the  annuity  due  unto  my 
mother,  Mistress  Martha  Eire,  for  her  natural  life  and  to  bring  up  my  afore- 
said children,  till  they  come  to  their  respective  ages  &c.     All  my  estate  iu 


424  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

company  with  Mr  James  Whetcombe,  of  Boston  in  New  England,  mer- 
chant, to  be  sold  for  ready  money  &c.  To  my  brother  John  Clarke  of 
Boston,  gentleman,  all  his  proportion  of  debts  contracted  by  us  in  company, 
by  me  already  paid  and  ordered  to  be  paid,  and  all  my  right,  title  and  interest 
of  and  in  the  goods  and  chattels  given  to  me  by  my  father's  will.  To  James 
Whetcombe  of  Boston  aforesaid,  gentleman,  twenty  pouuds.  To  my  cousins 
Mary  Hubbert  and  Anne  Hubbert,  daughters  of  my  said  uncle  Hubbert, 
five  pounds  each,  to  buy  them  rings.  My  father-in-law  John  Laurence  of 
New  York  in  America,  gentleman,  William  Hubbert,  of  Ipswich  in  New 
England,  my  said  uncle  Nathaniel  Hubbert,  of  London,  gentleman,  and 
John  Lewin  of  London,  Esq.,  to  be  executors. 

Wit:  Ben:  Downe,  Evan  Jones,  Elizabeth  Pogson. 

Proved  by  Nathaniel  Hubbert,  one  of  the  executors,  power  reserved  for 
the  others.  Proved  26  March  1678,  by  William  Hubbert,  another  of  the 
executors,  power  reserved  for  John  Laurence  &  John  Lewin. 

Eure,  146. 

Senteutia  pro  valore  Testamenti  Gulielmi  Whittingham  nuper  de  Mass- 
chutes  Colonii  in  Novo  Anglia  sed  infra  parochiam  Sauctae  Maria?  Le 
Savoy  in  Comitatu  Middlesexia  decedentis  habentis  dum  vixit  et  mortis  suae 
tempore  bona  jura  sive  credita  in  diversis  diocaesibus  sive  peculiaribus 
jurisdictionibus  sufficicentis  ad  fundend  jurisdictione  in  curiae  Prerogatives 
Cantuariensis  prasdicta. — Quod  coram  nobis  in  judicio  inter  Nathanielem 
Hubbert  unum  executorum  in  dicto  Testamento  sive  ultima  voluntate  ante 
dicti  defuncti  nominatum  partem  hujusmodi  negotium  promoventem  ex  una 
et  Martham  Eyre  matrem  naturalem  et  legitimum  et  Richardum  Whitting- 
ham Mariam  Whittingham  Elizabetham  Whittingham  et  Martham  Whitting- 
ham liberos  naturales  et  legitimos  in  specie  ac  omnes  et  singulos  alios 
quoscunq'  etc.  etc.,  partes  contra  quas  idem  negotium  promovetur  partibus 
ex  altera  etc.  etc.,  Lecta  lata  et  promulgata  fait  hsec  senteutia  diffiuitiva 
Secundo  die  juridico  post  ffestum  sive  diem  Sancti  Andreas  Apostoli  die 
Martis  tertio  die  Decembris  Auuo  Domini  Miltimo  sexcentesimo  septuage- 
simo  Secundo  etc.  etc.  Eure,  157. 

[See  wills  of  William  and  Richard  Whittingham,  and  Mr.  Brown's  annotations 
on  them,  in  the  Register,  vol.  39,  pp.  170-3  {ante  pp.  111-114). — Editor. 

As  to  this  William  Whittingham,  of  Boston,  this  will  gives  us  little  new  in- 
formation. Savage  has  already  said  that  he  was  the  son  of  John  W.  of  Ipswich, 
by  his  wife  Martha,  sister  of  Rev.  William  Hubbard ;  that  he  married  Mary,  dau. 
of  John  Laurence  of  Ipswich  and  New  York,  and  that  tradition  said  that  he  died 
in  London.  We  also  know  that  he  had  a  brother  Richard  who  was  thought  to 
have  settled  in  England,  and  sons  Richard  and  William,  daughters  Mary,  Martha 
and  Elizabeth. 

In  the  Register,  xi.  26,  is  an  obituary  notice  of  this  Mrs.  Mary  Clark,  who 
had  married  secondly,  Gov.  Gurdon  Saltonstall,  from  the  N.  E.  Weekly  Journal 
of  1730.  In  the  Register,  vol.  27,  pp.  135-139,  and  vol.  34,  p.  34,  Mrs.  Dall  has 
made  some  criticisms,  which  seem  to  be  in  part  well-founded.  But  I  cannot 
agree  with  all  her  surmises.  It  seems  to  be  accepted  that  Martha,  daughter  of 
John  Whittingham  and  sister  of  William,  the  testator,  married  Dr.  John  Clark 
of  Boston,  son  of  Dr.  John  and  Martha  (Saltonstall)  Clark.  This  second  Dr. 
John,  who  died  in  1690,  was  the  father  of  Hon.  John,  William  and  Samuel.  He 
is  of  course  the  brother-in-law  of  John  Clark  mentioned  in  William  Whittingham's 
will.  Mrs.  Dall  says  that  this  William  Clark,  brother  of  Hon.  John  C.,  married 
his  first  cousin,  Mary,  daughter  of  William  Whittingham;  but  she  gives  no 
authority.  Savage  says  that  William,  brother  of  Hon.  John  Clark,  was  born  in 
1670  and  was  a  representative  from  Boston  in  1720-21  and  1725.  But  at  all 
events  he  was  not  the  William  who  married  Mary  Whittingham,  for  the  will  of 
this  last  named  William  was  proved  in  1710,  and  Boston  records  show  that  he 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  425 

died  July  26,  1710,  aged  62.  It  is  merely  a  coincidence  of  names;  not  so  re- 
markable, when  we  consider  how  very  many  Clarks  there  were  in  Boston  at  that 
date,  all  of  different  families. 

As  to  the  remoter  pedigree  of  these  Whittinghams,  nothing  is  yet  certaiu. 
The  obituary  of  1730  says  John  was  the  posthumous  son  of  Baruch  W.,  who 
was  son  of  William  W.,  the  famous  Dean  of  Durham.  Mrs.  Dall  (Register, 
xxxiv.  35)  shows  that  the  family  tradition  is  probably  right,  in  so  far  that  John 
Whittingham  was  the  son  of  Baruch  W.  of  Southerton,  who  Avas  the  son  of 
a  William  W.  of  the  same,  but  that  this  William  was  not  the  Dean  of  Durham. 
The  lady  is  of  course  wrong  in  tracing  Richard  Clarke  (Copley's  father-in-law) 
to  a  Francis  Clark,  as  his  father  was  William,  nephew  of  another  William  C, 
from  the  west  of  England,  as  will  hereafter  be  shown. — W.  H.  Whitmore.] 

John  Snooke  of  the  parish  of  St.  Clements  Danes,  citizen  &  merchant 
taylor  of  London,  17  August  1665,  proved  1  September  1665.  My  friend 
Mr  William  Higginson,  in  Blackemore  Street,  in  the  parish  aforesaid,  to  be 
one  of  my  executors  and  my  friend  Mr  Ralph  Sedgwick,  living  in  Paul's 
parish,  in  Covet  Garden,  the  other.  What  legacies  I  do  give  away  in 
money  to  be  paid  out  of  Sir  John  PawlettV  one  hundred  and  fifty  nine 
pounds  that  he  owes  me,  for  the  which  and  for  my  better  security,  he  hath 
made  over  to  me  his  plantation  in  Virginia  called  Westover,  nigh  the 
James  River,  in  the  occupation  of  Captain  Otho  Southcott,  as  by  the  In- 
denture more  plainly  doth  appear.  To  my  daughter  in  law,  Mary  Norrice, 
widow,  in  Aldersgate  Street,  within  the  first  court  on  the  left  haud,  my 
biben  and  my  "  selde  "  ring  which  was  her  father's  which  her  mother  gave 
me,  and  my  book  the  which  the  leaves  are  guilt.  To  her  daughter  Betty 
ten  pounds.  To  my  unkind  dafter  Elinore  Hodgkins  twenty  shillings,  to 
buy  her  a  ring,  she  living  with  my  cousin  Mr  Robert  Jacob,  at  Bow.  To 
his  daughters,  each  of  them  &c.  Cousin  Robert  Snooke,  in  Salisbury,  shoe- 
maker. Hyde,  103. 

Richard  Snooke,  of  Southill,  in  the  county  of  Somerset,  in  his  will, 
bearing  date  14  July,  18th  Chailes,  proved  20  January  1642,  mentions 
cousin  Robert  Snooke,  brother  John  Snooke  and  others.  Crane,  2. 

['Capt.  Thomas  Pawlett  Avas  the  Burgess  for  "  Argal's  Guifte,"  Virginia,  in 
1619,  and  a  member  of  the  Colonial  Council  in  1621.  He  was  granted  2000  acres 
of  land  in  Charles  City  county,  near  that  of  Capt.  Perry,  and  Avest  of  Berkeley, 
January  15,  1637,  based  on  the  "  personal  adventure  "  of  himself,  his  brother 
Chidiock  Pawlett  and  other  "head  rights."  This  grant  included  the  noted  seat 
"  Westover."  Pawlett  died  in  1643,  and  bequeathed  the  land  to  his  brother,  Sir 
John  Pawlett,  who  sold  it  in  1666  to  Thcodrick  Bland  for  £175  sterling.  The 
latter  bequeathed  it  to  his  eldest  son  Theodrick,  avIio  admitted  into  joint  tenancy, 
his  brother  Richard.  They  sold  it  in  1688  to  Colonel  William  Byrd,  the  first 
of  the  name  and  family  in  Virginia,  for  the  consideration  of  £800  sterling  and 
10,000  pounds  of  tobacco  and  casks.  The  present  building  at  "  Westover  "  was 
erected  by  Col.  William  Byrd,  the  second  of  the  name  in  Virginia.  The  seat 
is  at  present  owned  and  occupied  by  Major  Augustus  H.  DreAvry.  A  church 
(of  which  a  grave-yard  Avith  tombs  indicates  the  site)  and  the  county  buildings 
near  the  banks  of  James  river,  remained  at  "  Westover  "  until  sometime  in  the 
18th  century.  Sir  John  Pawlett  Avas  the  grandson  of  Sir  Amias  PoAvlett,  of  the 
reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  a  zealous  Royalist.  He  became  Baron  PaAvlett, 
of  Hinton,  St.  George,  and  died  20th  March,  1649.  He  was  the  ancestor  of  the 
Lords  Powlett.  Another  of  the  name  of  PaAvlett  appears  in  the  early  annals  of 
Virginia.  Robert  Pawlett  Avas  a  minister  at  Martin's  Hundred.  He  Avas  also  a 
physician  and  surgeon.  He  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Council  in  1621, 
but  did  not  accept. — R.  A.  Brock,  Richmond,  Va.~\ 

John  Allsopp  of  Bonsall  in  the  County  of  Derby,  gentleman,  16  January, 
1643,  proved  10  February  1646.     To  be  buried  in  the  church  at  Allsopp 


426         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

in  the  Dale.  To  my  dear  mother  Temperance  Hopkines  fifty  pounds  which 
is  now  remaining  in  the  hands  of  Anthony  Allsopp  my  eldest  brother,  as  by 
bond  may  appear,  if  she  be  living:  if  in  case  she  be  dead  then  the  said  fifty 
pounds  to  go  to  my  two  brothers  and  sister  now  living  in  New  England, 
equally  to  be  divided  amongst  them  or  the  survivor  or  survivors  of  them. 
To  my  sister  Jane  Jackson  now  wife  to  Mr  Roger  Jackson  of  Ashburne  in 
the  said  County  of  Derby,  gentleman,  the  like  sum  of  fifty  pounds,  and  also 
five  pounds  to  be  paid  by  John  Gretrax  of  Bonsall  aforesaid  >the  first  day  of 
May  next  ensuing  the  date  hereof.  To  my  grandmother  M"  Jane  Allsopp 
twenty  shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring  withall ;  and  likewise  I  give  and  bequeath 
to  my  loving  aunt  Mrs  Dorothy  Hopkinson  of  Bonsall  aforesaid  widow  all 
my  M  lead  oare  "  which  I  have  now  lying  at  Bonsall.  To  my  brother  Mr 
Anthony  Allsopp  of  Allsopp  in  the  Dale  aforesaid  the  sum  of  ten  shillings. 
For  all  the  rest  of  my  goods  and  debts  now  owing  which  came  by  my  wife 
Mary  Allsopp  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  loving  wife,  after  my  funeral 
expenses,  debts  and  legacies  being  paid  and  discharged,  so  long  as  she  shall 
keep  herself  unmarried  or  else  she  do  marry  with  the  good  liking  and  consent 
of  my  executors  and  Jane  Allsopp  my  grandmother.  And  if  in  case  that  she 
do  marry  without  the  full  consent  and  good  liking  of  my  executors  and  grand- 
mother aforesaid  then  all  the  said  goods  and  debts  which  came  by  my  said 
wife  shall  be  and  remain  to  said  two  brothers  and  sister  now  living  in  New 
England  aforesaid. 

Mr  Roger  Jackson  of  Ashborne  aforesaid,  gentleman,  and  my  said  loving 
Aunt  M"  Dorothy  Hopkinson  to  be  full  executors. 

Wit.  Edward  Fowler,  William  Fletcher,  John  Allen's  mark,  Richard 
Bullock.  Fines,  34. 

Josias  Alsop,  clerk,  12  August  1666,  pro:  9  Oct  1666.     I  desire  to  be 
buried  in  St.  Clement's  Eastcheape  Church  if  I  die  in  London  or  near  it. 
Of  my  temporal  estate  I  give  two  hundred  pounds  to  Mr8  Elizabeth  Rosseter, 
my  sister  in  New  England,  or  to  her  children  if  she  be  dead.     I  give  to  my 
brother  Mr  Timothy  Alsop's  children  fifty  pounds.     I  give  to  Mr  Richard 
Vigures  of  Law  Litton  in  Cornwall  five  pounds,  to  be  bestowed  upon  a 
piece  of  plate  and  to  be  sent  to  him  or  to  any  of  his  children  or  grand- 
children if  alive.     I  give  to  the  poor  of  Norton   Fitz-warren  in  Somerset- 
shire twenty  pounds,  to  the  poor  of  St.  Clement's  Eastcheape,  London,  ten 
pounds,  to  be  distributed  by  my  very  good  friends  there.     I  give  to  Christ's 
College  Library  in  Cambridge  ten  pounds  to  be  sent  thither  privately.     I 
give  to  Mr  Thomas  Waplewicke,  merchant  tailor,  in  Warwick  Lane  Lon- 
don, or  to  his  wife,  all  my  clothes,  woollen,  linen,  silk,  leather.     And  I  com- 
mit to  his  trust  sixty  pounds,  to  be  delivered  to  such  poor  persons  as  are 
named  particularly  in  a  letter  which  will  be  brought  to  him  written  with 
mine  own  hand.     I  give  to  Doctor  Christopher  Shute  Walton's  Hebrew 
Bible.     And  I  commit  to  the  said  Doctor  Shute  and  to  mine  executor  Mr 
John  Prestwood  all  my  other  books  and  papers  whatsoever,  to  be  thus  dis- 
posed of: — first  1  will  that  all  my  papers  or  paper  books  marked  with  this 
like  sign  of  the  Cross  (*%*)  be  cast  unto  the  fire  and  consumed  to  ashes 
without  suffering  any  part  of  them  to  be  read ;  when  this  is  done  I  will  that 
the  rest  of  my  papers  and  paper  books,  and  all  my  other  books,  be  locked 
up  in  trunks  or  boxes  and   kept  for  that  child  of  my   brother  Timothy 
Alsop's  who  shall  become  a  minister.     And  if  neither  of  his  sons  become 
ministers  I  will  that  they  be  given  to  Doctor  Christopher  Shute  to  do  with 
them  what  he  pleaseth,  upon  this  condition  that  he  keep  to  himself  the 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  427 

printed  books  or  sell  them  if  he  list.  As  for  my  papers  and  written  books 
I  will  that  he  promise  faithfully  to  my  executor  that  he  will  have  them  all 
burned  at  his  death.  In  this  particular  I  expect  and  require  that  faithful- 
ness of  him  after  my  death  which  I  have  found  in  him  all  my  life  time.  I 
give  to  Mr  John  Prestwood,  merchant,  Loudon,  fifty  pounds,  whom  I  name 
and  make  my  sole  executor,  desiring  him  to  bury  me  cheaply  and  privately 
under  a  tomb  stone  with  my  name  engraven  on  it.  The  remainder  of  mine 
estate  I  give  to  children  born  of  poor  and  pious  parents  that  they  may  be 
bound  out  apprentices,  in  which  I  desire  that  the  children  of  Norton  Fitz- 
warren  in  Somersetshire,  if  there  be  any  poor  ones,  may  be  preferred  before 
any  other.  Mico,  139. 

[The  following  pedigree  of  this  family,  in  Dugdale's  Visitation  of  Derbyshire, 
1662-3,  is  re-printed  from  the  Genealogist,  edited  by  Dr.  Marshall,  vol.  3,  p.  63  : 

Anthoney  Alsop=Jane,  fil.  Ric.  Smith 


of  Alsop 
in  ye  Dale. 


of  Coombebridge 
in  Com.  Staff. 


John  Alsop=Temperance,  fil.  Will.  Gilbert 
of  Makhauer  in  Com.  Derby. 

Anthony  Alsop=Ellianor,  fil.  Sr  Jo.  Gell 

of  Hopton. 


John  Alsop=Katharin,  fil.  Cope 
of  Sens  Bentley. 

Arms.  Sable  three  doves  volant  argent,  beaks  and  legs  gules.  Crest,  A  clove 
close  argent,  beak  and  legs  gules. 

Joseph  Alsopp,  aged  14,  and  Thos.  Alsopp,  aged  20,  embarked  for  New  Eng- 
land in  the  spring  of  1635,  in  the  Elizabeth  and  Ann,  Roger  Cooper  master 
(Register,  vol.  xiv.  pp.  309  and  314).  Mr.  Savage  supposes  them  to  be  brothers 
(See  his  Gen.  Diet.,  vol.  i.  p.  46 ;  vol.  ii.  p.  528).  Joseph  settled  at  New  Haven 
and  Thomas  at  Stratford,  Ct.  There  was  also  a  Timothy  Alsop,  mariner,  at 
New  Haven,  1646.  Charles  J.  Hoadly,  A.M.,  of  Hartford,  Ct.,  to  whom  a  copy 
of  the  above  wills  was  sent,  writes  me,  "  We  may  probably  assume  that  Eliza- 
beth Rossiter  was  wife  of  Bray  (or  Bryan)  Rossiter  of  Windsor  and  Guilford." 
— Editor.] 

William  Fairewether,  3  July  1653,  proved  2  February  1654.  To 
be  buried  near  my  mother  and  my  wife  Charitie.  "  Whereas  my  wife  hath 
divers  times  freely  declared  her  minde  and  earnestlie  desired  and  advised 
me  to  preferr  my  children  sayinge  shee  would  haue  nothing  but  desired  my 
children  might  haue  it.  In  consideracon  whereofe  acoordinge  to  her  desire  I 
haue  alreadie  assured  unto  her  use  the  rentes  in  Leedes  wch  I  had  with 
her."  I  give  unto  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Northend  and  to  her  son  John 
Northend,  either  of  them,  ten  pounds.  To  my  son  Thomas  five  pounds  and 
to  his  wife  forty  shillings.  To  my  sou  William  Fairewether  my  lease  of 
Greenthwait  ats  Granthwait  within  the  parish  of  Sutton  and  the  forest  of 
Gawtrees  late  disforested,  and  all  my  estate  and  interest  therein  with  the 
appurtenances;  also  my  close  in  Wigginton  Lordship  &c.  To  Isabel 
Swainson  my  servant  fifty  shillings.  To  Marie  Wannop  ten  shillings.  To 
the  servant  of  my  son  Thomas  Howse  thirty  shillings.  To  the  poor  of  the 
city  twenty  shillings.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Martins  and  Gregories 
ten  pounds.  To  my  son  Thomas'  daughter  Elizabeth  Fairewether  if  she 
be  living  at  the  time  of  my  death  ten  pounds. 


428  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

The  residue  to  my  son  William  Fairewether,  all  my  houses  Toff's  Greene 
&c.  and  I  make  him  sole  executor. 

Wit :  Abrah  :  Askwith  &  Samuel  Saire.  Aylett,  3. 

Michael  Jobson  of  Brantingham,  in  the  co.  of  York,  gentleman,  23 
August  1  651,  pro  :  18  November  1651.  To  be  buried  in  the  chancel  of  the 
parish  church  of  Brantingham  near  to  my  uncle  Jobson.  To  William 
Swift  five  pounds  sixteen  shillings  which  he  is  indebted  to  me.  To  my 
sister  Swift  sixteen  shillings  a  year  during  her  natural  life. 

Item  I  give  to  John  Northend,  the  son  of  my  cousin  John  Northend,  ten 
pounds  which  his  father  oweth  me  when  he  shall  accomplish  the  a^e  of  one 
and  twenty  years.  To  the  poor  of  this  parish  ten  shillings  to  be  paid  on  St 
Thomas'  Day  before  Christmas  next,  that  is  to  say,  to  the  poor  of  Branting- 
ham six  shillings  eight  pence  and  to  the  poor  of  Ellerker  three  shillings 
four  pence.  To  my  cousin  Samuel  Jobson  five  pounds  to  be  paid  him  the 
three  and  twentieth  day  of  August  in  the  year  of  Our  Lord  1652.  To 
Richard  Thorpe  the  younger  five  shillings.  To  my  maid  Isabel  Aire  at 
Martinmas  five  shillings  more  than  her  wages.  To  Jonathan  and  William 
Newmarch  sons  of  William  Newmarch  ten  pounds  apiece  when  they  come 
to  the  ages  of  one  and  twenty  years.  Lastly  I  make  my  cousin  William 
Newmarch  and  Ann  Jobson  my  wife  sole  executors  &c.  Grey,  215. 

[The  wills  of  William  Fairewether  and  Michael  Jobson  mention  a  family  of 
Northend  in  Yorkshire.  Sutton  on  the  Forest  and  "Wigginton  are  both  parishes 
in  the  Wapentake  of  Buhner,  North  Riding  of  co.  York,  the  former  8h  miles  N. 
by  W.  from  York  and  the  latter  5  miles  N.  from  York.  The  celebrated  Law- 
rence Sterne  was  vicar  of  Sutton,  which  was  in  the  Forest  of  Galtrees  or 
Gawtrees. 

Brantingham  is  in  the  Hunsley-Beacon  division  of  the  Wapentake  of  Hart- 
hill,  East  Riding  of  Yorkshire.  Rowley,  from  which  came  Ezekiel  Northend  of 
Massachusetts,  is  also  in  the  Hunsley-Beacon  division  and  i  miles  E.  N.  E.  from 
South  Cave,  which  last  named  parish  is  twenty  seven  miles  S.  E.  from  York. 
There  is  a  chapelry  of  Ellesker  l\  mile  S.  by  West  from  South  Cave. 

It  is  fair  to  suppose  then  that  the  Northends  mentioned  in  these  two  wills 
were  of  the  same  family  as  the  New  England  emigrant.  For  an  account  of  the 
latter's  family  see  Gleanings  from  English  Records,  &c,  by  Emmerton  and 
Waters,  puplished  by  the  Essex  Institute  (Salem,  Mass.,  1880),  pp.  85-88. 

Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Henry  Isham  of  Henrico  County,  Virginia,  13  November  1678,  proved 
5  June  1680.  To  my  half  brother  Joseph  Ryall  forty  pounds  in  goods, 
within  twelve  months.  To  Richard  Perrin  his  wife,  John  Wilkinson  his 
wife,  William  Byrd  his  wife,  each  a  gold  ring  of  twelve  shillings  price. 
To  my  honored  mother  Mrs.  Katherine  Isham  one  third  part  of  my  per- 
sonal estate,  both  in  Virginia  and  England,  after  the  legacies  above  are 
satisfied,  and  to  my  sister  Mrs  Anne  Isham  one  third  part  &c.  I  give  my 
plantation  in  Charles  City  County  in  Virginia,  commonly  known  by  the 
name  of  Doggams  &c.  &c.  between  my  two  sisters,  Mrs  Mary  Ran- 
dolph and  Mrs  Anne  Isham.  I  bequeath  to  Mr  William  Randolph  all  the 
rest  of  my  estate  both  in  Virginia  and  England  and  appoint  him  full 
executor. 

Wit:  Ja:  Tubb,  John  Wyun,  Wilbert  Daniel,  Hugh  Davis.  Bath,  81. 

[The  family  of  Isham,  now  baronets,  is  one  of  antiquity  and  distinction  in 
Northamptonshire,  England.  Henry  Isham,  son  of  Gregory  Isham,  came  to 
Virginia  and  became  a  merchant  at  Bermuda  Hundred;  married  Katherine, 
widow  of  Joseph  Royall,  and  died  in  Virginia  about  167C,  leaving  issue :  i. 
Henry,  the  testator,  who  died,  unmarried,  in  Virginia,  his  will  having  been 


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proved  in  Henrico  county,  February  1st,  1678-9,  the  witnesses  thereto  being  also 
residents  of  Virginia;  ii.  Mary,  married  Colonel  William  Randolph.,  of  "  Turkey 
Island,"  the  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  distinguished  Virginia  family  of  the  name ; 
iii.  Anne,  married,  1685,  Colonel  Francis  Eppes,  whose  probable  ancestor, 
William  Eppes  or  Epes  came  to  Virginia  before  1019,  and  in  that  year  killed 
Captain  Slallinger  in  "a  private  quarrel."  Mrs.  Anne  (Isham)  Eppes  was  the 
ancestress  of  John  Wayles  Eppes,  member  of  Congress  from  Virginia,  1803-11, 
and  1813-15  ;  U.  S.  Senator,  1817-19 ;  died  near  Richmond,  Va.,  Sept.,  1823,  aged 
50  yrs.  His  wife  Maria,  daughter  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  died  April,  1804.  In 
the  records  of  Henrico  Co.,  Va.,  there  is  a  deed  of  date  Sept.  20,  1678,  from 
Samuel  Turke  of  Gaud  Church,  Co.  of  Kent,  England,  clothier,  administrator 
of  Henry  Richards,  late  of  London,  merchant,  deceased,  and  of  John  Richards, 
deceased,  "  brother  "  of  Henry  Richards,  conveying  to  Henry  Isham,  of  London, 
merchant,  in  consideration  of  £140,  paid,  all  goods,  monies  and  tobacco  debts 
in  Virginia  due  to  the  said  Richards,  which  were  left  by  Samuel  Swaan,  London, 
merchant,  deceased,  in  the  custody  of  Henry  Isham  the  elder,  merchant,  late  of 
Virginia,  deceased,  father  of  the  aforesaid  Henry  Isham.  Witnesses :  John 
Ruddes  [elsewhere  spelled  Ruds,  a  shipmaster],  John  Tubb,  Lewis  Conner, 
William  Eppes.  There  is  also  a  similar  deed  of  record  dated  Sept.  23,  1678. 
It  may  be  assumed  that  Henry  Isham  was  then  about  to  leave  London  for 
Virginia. 

May,  1717.  There  is  of  record  a  deed  from  Mary  Randolph,  widow,  and 
Francis  Epes  and  Anne,  his  wife,  conveying  to  Joseph  Royall,  Jr.,  74  acres  in 
Bermuda  Hundred,  which  was  granted  to  Henry  Isham  in  1661. 

Will  of  Mrs.  Katherine  Isham,  dated  October  10,  1686,  proved  at  December 
term  of  Henrico  County  Court  1686.  Bequeaths  to  grandson,  William  Ran- 
dolph, £20  sterling;  grandson  Henry  Randolph,  Jr.,  grand-daughters  Elizabeth 
and  Mary  Randolph  £5  each ;  residue  of  money  to  two  daughters  Mary  Randolph 
aud  Anne,  wife  of  Colonel  Francis  Eppes  of  Henrico  county,  and  two  silver 
salt-cellars  to  each ;  to  daughter  Mary  Randolph  her  wedding  ring,  a  feather  bed 
and  other  furniture,  and  her  best  silver  tankard  but  one;  to  her  grandson 
Joseph  Royall  one  servant  man  and  a  small  silver  tankai'd,  and  to  every  child  of 
her  son  Joseph  Royall  two  silver  spoons ;  to  her  son  Joseph  Royall  her  best 
silver  tankard ;  to  her  grandson  Richard  Dennis  a  cow  and  two  silver  spoons ;  to 
her  grandson  Isham  Eppes  a  negro  man  Dick ;  to  grandson  Francis  Eppes  her 
biggest  silver  tankard  but  one;  to  the  child  of  her  daughter  Anne  Epps,  "  v:eM 
withall"  her  large  silver  porringer  and  her  great  silver  cup;  to  her  daughter 
Anne  Eppes  her  seal  ring,  a  pair  of  silver  clasps  and  a  silver  bodkin ;  to  grandson 
Richard  Perrin,  one  feather  bed  and  other  furniture;  to  granddaughter  Sarah 
Royall  a  heifer;  to  granddaughters  Katherine  Farrar,  Mary,  Sarah  aud  Anne 
Perrin  each  two  silver  spoons;  to  daughter  Sarah  Wilkinson  and  Katherine 
Perrin  wearing  apparel;  to  her  loving  friend  Mary  Parker  dowlas  and  sergs 
[goods  for  wearing  apparel]  ;  to  grandson  Maiden  Maschall  a  heifer ;  to  son 
Joseph  Royall  all  of  her  land.  To  her  executors  son  Joseph  Royall  and  Francis 
Eppes  her  whole  crop  of  corn  except  to  buy  gravestones  for  herself  and  her 
deceased  husband. 

Richard  Perrin  and  John  Wilkinson  of  the  abstract  were  evidently  husbands 
of  the  half  sisters  (daughters  by  the  first  marriage  of  his  mother  with  Joseph 
Royall)  of  the  testator.  Hugh  Davis,  witness,  was  for  some  time  clerk  of 
Henrico  county. 

Rev.  Henry  Isham  Longden,  St.  Michael  and  All  Angels,  Northampton,  has 
been  making  investigations  into  the  connection  of  the  present  Ishams  of  North- 
ampton  and  the  early  Ishams  of  Virginia,  with  deductions  of  the  present 
descendants  in  America  of  the  latter. — R.  A.  Brock.] 

Thomas  Grendon  of  the  parish  of  Westover,  in  the  County  of  Charles 
City;  Virginia,  Gentleman,  23  February  1683-4,  proved  4  April  1685. 
To  my  wife  Mrs  Sarah  Grendon  fifteen  hundred  pounds  sterling  out  of  my 
personal  estate  in  Virginia;  if  that  be  wanting,  then  to  be  made  up  of 
money  due  to  me  in  England;  or  eighty  pounds  per  annum  out  of  the 
yearly  rent  of  my  Real  Estate  in  Furtherly  ats  Fartherly,  in  the  parish  of 
Shenton  in  the  County  of  Stafford  and  in  Hidefield  in   the   said   County. 


430  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

To  William  Byrd  junior,  son  of  William  Byrd  Senior,  of  Henrico  County, 
in  Virginia,  Esq.  To  my  godson  Nathaniel  Simons,  son  of  John  Symons 
of  London,  upholsterer.  To  my  Goddaughter  Susannah  Byrd,  daughter  of 
William  Byrd.  To  Thomas  and  Nathaniel  Simons  sons  of  John  Simons. 
To  my  cousin  Thomas  Jennings  of  London,  merchant,  son  of  Thomas  Jen- 
nings, late  of  London,  distiller,  he  paying  my  aunt,  his  mother,  Mrs  Han- 
nah Archer,  now  wife  of  Capt.  William  Archer  of  Charles  City,  Virginia, 
ten  pounds  per  annum.  Leases  granted,  2  March  1656,  by  William,  Lord 
Viscount  Stafford  and  Dame  Mary  his  wife,  Henry  Earle,  of  Kingston, 
John  Earle,  of  Thanett  Island  and  the  Hon.  William  Pierpoint  Esq.  to 
my  late  grandfather  Thomas  Grendon  deceased.  Friends  Mr  Robert  Coo 
of  London,  goldsmith,  Mr  Thomas  Gower  of  Edmington  and  Mr  Abell 
Gower  of  Virginia,  the  Hon.  William  Byrd  Esq.  William  Randolph  of 
Henrico  County,  Virginia,  Mr  Arthur  North  and  Mr  John  Hardingof  London. 
Wit:  Henry  Harman,  Richard  Williamson,  John  Roach  (his  sign)  Abel 
Gower.  Cann,  44. 

{Lieut.  Col.  Thomas  Grendon  was  a  legatee  and  probably  a  nephew  of 
Edward  Grendon  or  Grindon,  who  in  1623-24  was  a  member  of  the  Virginia 
House  of  Burgesses,  and  who  owned  land  across  the  river  from  Jamestown.  He 
was  a  son  of  Thomas  Grendon  of  London,  merchant,  a  burgess  for  "  Smyth's 
Mount  the  other  side  of  the  water,  and  Hog  Island"  in  1632-33,  and  died  at  sea 
in  1684-5.  It  is  a  coincidence  that  the  Grendons,  father  and  son,  should  have 
married  widows  respectively  of  a  father  and  son;  Thomas  Grendon,  the  elder, 
marrying  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Thomas  Stegge,  Senr.  of  London,  and  Thomas 
Grendon,  Jr.  of  Virginia,  Sarah,  the  widow  of  Capt.  or  Col.  Thomas  Stegge,  Jr. 
The  Virginia  Land  Registry  has  of  record  an  assignment  from  Captain  Wm. 
Brocas,  Thomas.  Harwood  and  Christopher  East,  Chirurgeou  of  the  Gleabe  of 
London,  Attorneys  for  Thomas  Grendon  of  London,  merchant,  of  land  sold  unto 
Captain  John  Browning,  lying  in  Mound's  Bay,  Va.,  and  held  by  John  Warham, 
for  3,000  pounds  of  tobacco,  dated  April  8,  1638.     (Book  No.  1,  p.  630.) 

Will  of  Thomas  Stegge,  Sr.,  dated  October  6,  1651,  proved  July  14,  1652,  left 
estate  to  his  wife  EUzabeth  and  daughter  Grace,  wife  of  John  Byrd,  goldsmith, 
of  London,  parents  of  William  Byrd  of  Virginia,  and  son  Thomas  Stegge,  Jr. 

Will  of  Thomas  Stegge,  Jr.,  dated  March  31,  1669-70,  proved  May  1,  1671, 
mentioned  wife  Sarah;  mother  Elizabeth,  then  the  wife  of  Thomas  Grendon, 
citizen  of  London.  Lieut.  Col.  Thomas  Grendon  went  to  England  in  1676, 
leaving  power  of  attorney  to  his  wife  Sarah,  William  Byrd  and  William  Randolph. 
Mrs.  Grendon  appears  to  have  been  a  woman  of  spirit. 

In  an  "  Act  of  Indemnitie  and  Pardon  "  passed  the  House  of  Burgesses  at  the 
February  term,  1676-7,  among  the  exceptions  to  its  clemency  were  "Sarah 
Grendon,  the  wife  (and  now  the  Attorney  of  Thomas  Grendon)  and  Edward 
Phelps  who  were  great  encouragers  and  assistors  in  the  late  horrid  rebellion, 
shall  have  no  other  benefltt  of  this  present  act,  but  are  and  shalbe  lyable  to 
suffer  and  pay  such  paines,  penalties  and  forfeitures  not  extending  to  life  as  by 
the  next  grand  assembly,  or  upon  a  legall  tryall  before  the  right  honourable 
the  governor  and  council  shalbe  thought  fitt  and  convenient." 

ii.  Heninrfs  Statute  at  Large,  p.  371.  She  married  thirdly  Edward  Braine  or 
Brayne  of  Charles  City  county,  Va. ,  whose  will  is  dated  August  26, 1691 ;  proved 
September,  1709.  Bequeaths  to  his  kinswoman, ElizabethJohnson,  eldest  daughter 
of  Frederick  Johnson  of  London,  mariner,  his  plantation  in  Charles  City  county, 
and  if  she  die  without  issue,  to  her  sister  Mary,  and  in  case  of  her  death  without 
issue  to  her  sister  Sarah ;  to  Elizabeth  Johnson  three  negroes  and  other  personal 
property;  £12  sterling  to  buy  twelve  gold  rings  to  be  given  to  Captain  Wil- 
liam Byrd,  Captain  William  Randolph,  Captain  William  Perry,  Captain  John 
Rudds,  to  brother  James  Braine  and  his  wife,  to  brother  Frederick  Johnson 
and  his  wife,  to  Mr.  John  Guy,  to  Mrs.  Hannah  Archer,  to  Mr.  William  Sutton, 
to  Henry  Harman;  gold  rings  of  18  shillings  value  each  to  Captain  Daniel 
Llewellyn,  Stephen  Hudson,  Thomas  Hughes,  Mr.  Bannister;  gives  Jack  Kent 
(doubtless  an  indentured  servant)  his  freedom  after  the  death  of  the  testator's 
wife.  Gives  Henry  Harman  certain  personal  property.  Gives  all  the  balance 
of  his  goods  and  chattels,  plate,  rings,  jewels,  etc.,  to  wife  Sarah. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  431 

There  is  of  record  in  Henrico  county  court,  February  10,  1680-1,  deposition 
of  Henry  Harman,  "  aged  about  33,"  that  he  "was living  at  Mr.  Thomas  Gren- 
don's  in  1676." 

Abel  Gower  was  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  Henrico  county  1677-1685,  and 
High  Sheriff  in  1681.     In  1679  he  was  listed  with  "  7  tithables  "  for  taxation. 

June  1,  1689,  will  of  Abel  Gower  proved,  dated  December  25,  1688.  Gives  wife 
Jane  his  plantation  for  life  and  then  to  daughter  Tabitha,  and  if  she  die  without 
issue  to  Priscilla  and  Obedience  Branch ;  his  personal  property  to  be  divided 
between  his  wife  and  daughters. 

March,  1710-11.  Petition  of  Eichard  Dennis  and  Mary  his  wife,  heirs  at  law 
of  Abel  Gower,  dec'd. 

Deed,  dated  December,  1696,  from  Jane  Gower  for  a  tract  of  land  given  her 
by  her  father-in-law  Christopher  Branch  of  "Kingsland,"  conveys  to  John 
Cocke  and  Obedience  his  wife,  who  was  Obedience  Branch,  daughter  of  John 
Branch,  dec'd,  who  was  the  son  of  Jane  Gower. 

October  20,  1700,  License  granted  Robert  Grigg  to  marry  Tabitha,  orphan  of 
Abel  Gower.— R.  A.  Brock.] 

Job  Tookie  the  elder  of  Mortlake  in  the  County  of  Surrey,  clerk,  14 
October  1637,  pro:  21  May  1638.  I  give  to  the  poorer  sort  of  inhabitants 
hi  S4  Ives  in  Huntingtonshire  forty  shillings.  To  the  free  school  in  Upping- 
ham twenty  shillings  to  buy  Scapula  his  Lexicon.  To  my  daughter  Rebecca 
Tookie,  being  my  first  born,  one  hundred  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Frances 
Tookie  four  score  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Bridget  Tookie  four  score  pounds, 
to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Tookie  four  score  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Sara 
Tookie  four  score  pounds.  Item,  my  will  is  that  all  the  aforesaid  recited 
legacies  bequeathed  shall  be  paid  unto  the  aforesaid  legatees  out  of  the 
profits  of  my  moietie  of  the  office  of  Registership  for  the  city  as  they  shall 
arise,  which  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son  Job  Tookie,  with  all  my  right, 
title  and  interest  unto  the  same.  To  my  daughters  Elizabeth  and  Sara 
seven  pounds  apiece  towards  their  education  and  bringing  up  yearly  to  be 
paid  at  the  four  usual  feasts,  that  is  to  say,  at  the  feast  of  the  Annunciation 
of  the  Virgin  Mary,  at  the  feast  of  St  John  Baptist,  at  the  feast  of  St 
Michael  the  Archangel  and  at  the  feast  of  St  Thomas  the  Apostle,  until 
they  shall  come  to  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  or  the  day  of  their  marriage, 
which  comes  first,  and  no  longer.  To  my  son  Thomas  fifty  pounds,  to  be 
paid  unto  him  within  six  months  after  he  shall  have  served  his  apprentice- 
ship. To  my  daughter  Rebecca  one  feather-bed.  To  my  son  Job  twenty 
pounds,  my  library  of  books  and  my  chest  of  viols  and  my  box  of  Recorders 
in  the  hands  of  my  nephew  Thomas  Tookie,  merchant  of  London.  The 
rest  of  my  goods  &c.  in  the  house,  unbequeathed,  shall  be  equally  divided 
amongst  my  four  younger  daughters,  viz  :  Frances,  Bridget,  Elizabeth  and 
Sarah.  After  the  former  recited  legacies  arising  out  from  the  office  afore- 
said shall  be  paid,  then  the  yearly  profits  arising  out  of  the  said  office  shall 
be  equally  divided  amongst  my  sons  and  daughters,  viz :  Job,  Thomas, 
Rebecca,  Mary,  Frances,  Bridget,  Elizabeth  and  Sarah.  The  residue  &c. 
I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son  Job  Tookie,  whom  I  ordain  and  make  the 
executor  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament. 

Wit:   Rich.  Lee,  Anna  Hassard,  Elizabeth  Bacon.  Lee,  57. 

[I  presume  that  the  testator  was  the  minister  of  St.  Ives  in  Huntingdonshire, 
whom  Palmer  in  his  Nonconformist's  Memorial,  vol.  3,  p.  20  (ed.  1802) ,  states 
was  "turned  out  of  his  living  for  not  reading  the  Book  of  Sports."  If  so  he 
was  the  grandfather  of  Job  Tookie  of  Marblehead,  Mass.,  whose  petition  is 
printed  below.  See  editorial  note,  Register,  vol.  38,  p.  81.  For  a  biography  of 
Rev.  Job  Tookie  of  Yarmouth,  England,  son  of  the  testator  and  father  of  Job 
of  Marblehead,  see  the  Nonconformist's  Memorial,  ubi  supra. — Editor.] 


432  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

At  a  County  Court  held  the  27  June  1682 

Richard  Knott,  pit :,  agst :  Job  Tookey,  deft :,  in  an  action  etc.  acco :  to 
atachm':  dated  24  March  168£:  withdrawne.  The  writ  was  issued  by 
Moses  Mavericke  Esq.  per  curiam  for  the  town  of  Marblehead  and  directed 
to  the  constable  of  Marblehead.  The  return  on  the  back  of  the  writ  was 
made  by  Elias  Henly,  constable  of  Marblehead,  who  declared  that  for  want 
of  security  he  had  delivered  the  body  of  Job  Tookie  to  Benjamin  Felton, 
Goale  keeper  of  Salem.  It  seems  that  an  agreement  had  been  made  be- 
tween Knott  and  Tookey  (the  latter  then  of  Boston)  21  February  1681, 
under  which  the  defendant  was  bound  to  go  in  the  service  of  the  said  Knott 
on  a  fishing  account  for  seven  months,  in  consideration  of  which  time  and 
service  was  to  be  paid  the  sum  of  forty  shillings  per  mouth  in  fish  as  money 
and  was  to  be  found  in  meat,  drink,  washing  and  other  necessaries  for  a 
fishing  voyage,  as  lines,  hooks,  lead  &c.  And  the  said  Knot  agreed  to  pay 
Samuel  Mattockes  of  Boston  the  sum  of  thirty-seven  shillings  and  Mr. 
Wintworth  of  Great  Island  iu  Pascataqua  river  seven  pounds  per  order  and 
agreement  with  said  Tookey. 

From  the  evidence  of  Nicholas  Pickett  it  would  appear  that  when  Tookie 
and  he  took  some  ballast  aboard  Dr.  Knott's  Ketch  the  hatches  being  open 
"Tookie"  ran  to  a  hogshead  of  rum  that  stood  in  the  Hold  and  tooke  out 
the  bounge,  took  the  steme  of  an  Indian  tobaco  pipe  which  was  like  a  read 
and  drank  out  of  the  bounge  of  the  Hoggh  soe  terrible  that  in  a  short  tyme 
hee  was  uucapeable  for  to  doe  any  bisines. 

June  the  23th:  82  Doctor  Knott  came  to  GoodfS :  Feltons  house  for  a 
Coppy  Of  ye  Attachment  I  hearing  his  Tongue  (may  it  please  ye  honored 
Court)  callid  unto  him  &  desired  him  to  send  me  my  shirt  &  Drawers 
Whereupon  he  came  to  Goodm :  ffeltons  back  Door  rayling  and  reuiling  at  me 
most  sadly  calling  of  Rogue  and  Sirrah  telling  of  me  he  had  better  at  home 
to  wipe  his  shoes  then  euer  my  father  was  for  he  said  he  was  an  Anny- 
baptisticall  Quakeing  Rogue  that  for  his  maintainence  went  up  &  down 
England  to  delude  soules  for  ye  Diuell  wch  is  no  small  Greife  to  me,  to 
Thinke  that  he  has  not  Onilye  abused  me  in  keeping  of  me  in  clos  Prison 
almost  this  fourteen  weekes  but  abuse  him  whom  he  neuer  knew  but  was 
well  knowne  to  be  a  religuous  Godly  man  by  seuerall  good  Godly  people 
here  in  New  England  ;  likewise  his  Library  wch  I  brought  ouer  to  This 
Country  Proues  him  (may  it  please  ye  honourd  Court)  not  to  be  neither 
Quaker  nor  Anny  baptist.  Weh  ye  Reuerend  Mr  Allen  &  Mr  Madder  of 
Boston  &  ye  Worshipf  Mr  Danford  of  Cambridge  are  Sensible  of  besides  a 
great  many  Scollers  of  Cambridge  wch  bought  seuerall  of  ye  Bookes  per- 
taining to  my  fathers  Library. 

May  it  please  The  Honour*  Court 
I  beseech  your  honou"  To  take  this  sad  miserable  and  deplorable  Condi- 
tion I  am  now  in  ;  into  your  honours  considerations  :  in  considering  in  the 
first  place  of  my  Education  &  bringing  up  wch  was  to  learning  (my  great 
grand  father  was  a  Doctor  of  Divinitye  in  London  in  Queen  Elizabeths 
Tyme  &  Deceased  there;  my  Grandfather  was  Minester  of  S4  Ines  (well 
known  by  ye  honoured  Gouernr  Broadstreet  as  his  honour  told  me  himselfe) 
And  likewise  by  Major  Pembleton  of  Winter  hauen*  now  Deceased)  My 
father  (may  it  please  ye  honoured  Court)  and  Mr  William  Bridge  Preached 
Twelve  yeares  together  in  ye  new  Church  of  Great  Yarmouth     I  being  his 

*  Evidently  Major  Bryan  Pendleton  of  Winter  Harbor. — Editor. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  433 

Eldest  son  he  did  Intend  I  should  have  been  a  minister  And  in  my  Thir- 
teenth yeare  of  Age  sent  me  to  Emanuel  Collidge  in  Cambridge  it  being 
ye  same  Colledge  he  himselfe  was  brought  up  in :  But  ye  prouidence  of 
God  ordered  it  so  The  Tymes  altering;  I  had  been  there  but  a  fortnight 
before  my  father  sent  for  me  home  and  asked  me  if  I  was  willing  to  goe  to 
London  to  be  an  Apprentice;  My  answer  was  That  I  was  willing  to  Sub- 
mitt  to  his  pleasure  whereupon  he  sent  me  to  London  &  I  was  Bound  an 
Apprentice  to  a  Whole  Sale  Grocer  in  Cheapside ;  But  I  had  nott  been  an 
Apprentice  much  aboue  a  yeare  before  ye  Chiefest  part  of  y°  Citty  was 
Burnt;  my  Master  sustaining  therby  so  great  a  Losse  as  he  did  by  reason 
his  Owne  house  he  liued  in  &  all  his  Goods  and  likewise  seuerall  other 
houses  he  had  rented  out  in  ye  Citty  Broke;  and  was  not  able  to  sett  up  his 
Trade  againe ;  Wherupon  I  being  uery  young  desired  my  father  if  he  pleased 
That  he  would  giue  his  Consent  that  I  might  goe  to  Sea;  Which  request  of 
myne  (may  it  please  ye  honourd  Court)  he  Consented  unto;  And  bound  me 
an  Apprentice  for  Three  yeares  to  Capt  Sam11  Scarlett  of  Boston  to  serue 
to  ye  Sea;  Which  Tyme  I  truly  served  as  is  well  knowne  by  seueral  of 
Boston;  Now  ye  Debt  (may  it  please  ye  honoured  Court)  wch  Doctor 
Knott  sayes  he  has  Engaged  to  pay  in  my  behalfe  I  did  not  owe  it  through 
any  Extrauegance  but  Through  ye  Prouidence  of  God  having  been  taken 
twice  and  cast  away  Once  since  I  came  out  of  England;  And  now  lately  I 
accidentally  cutt  all  ye  Sinews  of  my  right  hand;  through  wch  means  I  was 
forced  to  lye  lame  upwards  of  six  months  not  being  able  to  use  one  of  my 
fingers  in  six  months  Tyme;  That  what  ye  Doctor  had  for  ye  Cure  of  my 
hand  ye  Charges  I  was  att  for  Washing  Lodging  &  Diet  it  being  in  so 
deere  a  place  as  it  was  in  Piscataqua  River  besides  the  Losse  of  my  Tyme ; 
brought  me  thus  behinde  hand;  And  Therfore  I  humbly  desire  your 
honours  to  Commiserate  my  pour  &  Distressed  Condition  I  am  now  in ; 
being  a  Stranger  to  your  honours  and  likewise  to  this  Towne  hauing  layn 
here  almost  fourteen  Weekes  in  Close  prison  ;  The  Lord  knowing  that  there 
is  no  one  knowes  what  here  I  haue  suffered  since  I  came  in  here  hauing  not 
now  halfe  ye  strength  I  had  when  I  came  first  in  here ;  The  Lord  knows 
when  I  shall  recouer  my  strength  againe  (but  my  trust  I  hope  is  still  in 
him)  besides  ye  Losse  of  my  most  pretious  Tyme  wch  can  neuer  be  recalled 
againe  In  wch  Tyme  (may  it  please  ye  honoured  Court)  I  might  haue  paid 
Mr  Wentworth  of  Piscataqua  his  Debt  but  haue  maliciousley  been  Debarred 
from  it;  &  kept  here  by  a  Writched  malicious  man  falsely  wch  I  question 
not  but  your  Honours  plainlye  sees  it. 

Your  honours  Poor  and  humble  Declarant  and  Petionr  Who  prayes  for 
yor  honour8  health  happinesse  and  Prosperitye  in  this  Lyfe  and  in  ye  World 
to  come  lyfe  Euerlasting 

So  prays  Your  honours  humble  Petitioner  &  Seruaut 

Essex  Co.  Court  Papers,  vol.  37.  page  150.  Job  Tookif 

Edward  Bettris  of  Oxford,  chirurgeon,  29  April  36th  year  of  Charles 
II.  (1G84),  proved  12  February  168-4.  To  my  wife  Anne  all  my  two 
thousand  acres  of  land,  and  all  other  lands  and  tenements  whatsoever  within 
the  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  or  elsewhere,  till  my  daughter  Anna  shall 
attain  her  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  To  my  wife  the  use  of  my  silver 
tankard  and  my  three  silver  spoons.  Reference  to  an  Indentnre  of  Lease 
and  Release  with  Henry  Adams  of  Harwell  in  the  County  of  Berks, 
yeoman,  and  John  Adams  of  Kingston  Leisley  in  the  County  of  Berks, 
yeoman, — a  messuage  &c  in  the  parish  of  S*.  Peter  in  the  Bayly  in  the 
City  of  Oxford.     My  wife  to  be  executrix.  Cann,  15. 


434  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

Willi'm  Penne  of  Myntie  in  the  County  of  Gloucester,  Yeoman ;  1  May 
1590,  proved  21  April  1592.  My  body  to  be  buried  within  the  parish 
church,  chancel  or  churchyard  of  Minty  where  my  friends  shall  think  meet. 
To  the  poor  of  said  parish  twenty  shillings. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Giles,  William,  Mary,  Sara  and  Susanna 
Penn,  being  the  children  of  my  late  son  William  Penn,  deceased,  twenty 
pounds  apiece,  at  age  of  twenty  one  or  day  of  marriage  each.  To  Margaret 
Penn,  widow,  late  wife  to  William  Penn  my  son  deceased,  ten  pounds,  to  be 
paid  yearly  during  her  natural  life,  at  the  Feast  of  the  Annunciation  of  the 
Virgin  Mary  and  St.  Michael  the  Archangel,  by  equal  portions,  if  she  shall 
and  do  so  long  keep  herself  sole  and  chaste  and  unmarried.  The  said 
Margaret  Penn,  my  daughter  in  law,  and  my  overseers  shall  have  the  whole 
charge,  rule  and  government  of  my  heir  and  of  all  the  rest  of  the  children 
which  were  the  sons  and  daughters  of  William  Penn,  my  son  deceased,  and 
of  all  such  lands  and  tenements  and  hereditaments  and  of  all  such  goods 
and  chattels  as  I  shall  leave  at  my  death  till  such  time  as  my  heir  shall  ac- 
complish and  be  of  the  full  age  of  twenty  one  years.  The  rest  of  all  my 
goods  &c  I  give  and  bequeath  to  George  -Penn,  being  the  eldest  son  of 
William  Penn,  my  late  son  deceased,  whom  I  do  make  my  sole  executor  of 
this  my  last  will  and  testament.  The  overseers  to  be  Mr  Robert  George 
of  Cirencester  and  Richard  Lawrence  of  Withingetou  in  the  County  of 
Gloucester  Gen1,  and  Francis  Bradshawe  of  Wokesey  in  the  County  of 
Wiltshire  Gen'. 

I  further  give  to  Richard  Bidle  one  cow  and  to  his  daughter  Katherine 
Bidle  one  heifer  of  two  years  of  age.  Also  I  give  to  my  daughter  Ann 
Greene  one  heifer  and  to  Elizabeth  Greene  one  heifer,  each  of  them  to  be 
two  years  old.  I  give  to  William  Mallibrooke  one  yearling  heifer.  And 
likewise  I  lastly  give  to  Alice  Shermor  my  old  white  mare. 

Wit:  Francis  Bradshewe  gen1,  William  Tailer  and  Richard  Munden  with 
others.  Harrington,  31. 

Sir  William  Penn  of  London,  Knight,  20  January  1669,  proved  6 
October  1670  by  William  Penn.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of 
Redcliffe  iu  the  City  of  Bristol,  near  the  body  of  my  dear  mother  deceased 
as  conveniently  may  be.  And  my  will  is  that  there  shall  be  erected  in  the 
said  church,  as  near  unto  the  place  where  my  body  shall  be  buried  as  the 
same  can  be  contrived,  an  handsome  and  decent  tomb  to  remain  as  a  monu- 
ment, as  well  for  my  said  mother  as  for  myself,  the  charges  thereof  to  be 
defrayed  by  my  executor,  hereafter  named,  out  of  my  personal  estate.  To 
my  dear  wife  Dame  Margaret  Penn,  immediately  after  my  decease,  three 
hundred- pounds  sterling,  together  with  all  my  Jewells,  other  than  what  I 
shall  herein  after  particularly  devise,  and  the  use,  during  her  life, 'of  one 
full  moiety  of  all  my  plate  and  household  stuff  and  all  such  coaches  and 
coach  horses  or  coach  mares  and  all  such  cows  as  I  shall  happen  to  leave. 
To  my  younger  son  Richard  Penn  four  thousand  pounds  sterling,  together 
with  my  fawcett  dyamond  ring  and  all  my  swords,  guns  &  pistols;  the  said 
four  thousand  pounds  to  be  paid  him  at  his  age  of  one  &  twenty  and  not 
sooner.  And  until  he  shall  arrive  at  the  said  age  my  executor  shall  pay 
unto  my  said  son  Richard,  out  of  my  personal  estate,  the  yearly  sum  of  one 
hundred  twenty  pounds,  for  his  support  and  maintenance,  and  no  longer. 
To  my  dear  granddaughter  Margaret  Lowther  one  hundred  pounds  ster- 
ling. I  give  unto  my  two  nephews  James  Bradshaw  and  William  Marke- 
ham,  to  each  of  them  ten  pounds  sterling.     Unto  my  two  nephews  John 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  435 

Bradshaw  and  George  Markeham,  to  each  five  pounds  sterling.  Unto  my 
cousin  William  Penn,  son  of  George  Penn,  late  of  the  parish  of  Bray  den  in 
the  County  of  Wilts,  gentleman,  deceased,  ten  pounds  sterling.  To  my 
cousin  Eleanor  Keene  the  yearly  sum  of  six  pounds  during  her  Tife.  To 
my  late  servant  William  Bradshaw  forty  shillings,  to  buy  him  a  ring.  To 
my  servant  John  Wreun  five  pounds  sterling.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish 
of*  Redcliffe  twenty  pounds  sterling.  To  the  poor  of  S*  Thomas,  Bristol, 
twenty  pounds  sterling.  To  my  eldest  son  William  Penn  my  gold  chain 
and  medal  1,  with  the  rest  and  residue  of  all  and  singular  my  plate,  house- 
hold stuff,  goods,  chattels  &  personal  estate  not  herein  before  devised,  as 
also  the  said  goods  and  premisses  devised  to  be  used  by  my  said  dear  wife, 
during  her  life,  from  and  after  the  decease  of  my  said  wife.  My  son 
William  to  be  sole  executor,  and  I  appoint  him  at  my  funeral  to  give 
mourning  unto  my  said  dear  wife,  my  said  son  Richard,  my  daughter 
Margaret  Lowther  and  my  son  in  law  Anthony  Lowther,  the  husband  of 
my  said  daughter,  and  unto -Dr.  Whistler  and  his  wife  &c.  And  although 
I  cannot  aprehend  that  any  differences  can  fall  out  or  happen  between  my 
said  dear  wife  and  my  said  son  William,  after  my  decease,  in  relation  to  any 
thing  by  me  devised  or  limited  by  this  my  will,  or  in  relation  to  any  other 
matter  or  thing  whatsoever,  yet,  in  case  any  such  difference  should  arise,  I 
do  hereby  request  and  desire  and,  as  in  me  lyeth,  require,  conjure  and 
direct  my  said  dear  wife  and  my  said  son  William,  by  all  the  obligations  of 
duty,  affection  and  respect  which  they  have  and  ought  to  have  to  me  and 
my  "memory,  that  all  such  differences,  of  what  nature  or  kind  soever  they 
shall  be,  by  the  joynt  consents  and  submission  of  my  said  dear  wife  and  my 
said  son  William  be  at  all  times  and  from  time  to  time  referred  to  the  arbi- 
tration &  final  judgment  and  determination  of  my  worthy  friend  Sir  William 
Coventry  of  the  parish  of  S4  Martin  in  the  Fields,  in  the  County  of 
Middlesex  &c. 

Wit:   R.  Langhorue,  John  Radford,  William  Markham. 

On  the  margin  of  the  leaf  appears  the  following  : — Quinto  Aprilis  1671° 
Recepi  Testufn  orile  dni  Willimi  Penn  defti  e  Reg10  Curiae  Praerogativae 
Cantuar  B  me  Wm  Penn. 

Testibus  Car  Tuckyr  Ri:  Edes.  Penn,  130. 

I  William  Penn  Esq.  so  called  Chief  Proprietary  aud  Governor  of  the 
Province  of  Pensilvania  and  the  Territories  thereunto  belonging  being  of 
sound  mind  and  understanding  for  which  I  bless  God  doe  make  and  declare 
this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  My  eldest  son  being  well  provided  for 
by  a  Settlement  of  his  mothers  and  my  fathers  estate  I  give  and  dispose  of 
the  rest  of  my  estate  in  manner  following  The  Government  of  my 
Province  of  Pensilvania  and  Territories  thereunto  belonging  and  all  powers 
relating  thereunto  I  give  and  devise  to  the  most  Honorable  the  Earl  of 
Oxford  and  Earle  Mortimer  and  to  Will  Earle  Poulet  so  call'd  and  their 
heires  upon  trust  to  dispose  thereof  to  the  Queen  or  any  other  person  to 
the  best  advantage  and  profit  they  can  to  be  applied  in  such  manner  as  I 
shall  herein  after  direct.  I  give  and  devise  to  my  dear  wife  Hannah  Penn 
and  her  ffather  Thomas  Callowhill  and  to  my  good  ffriends  Margaret 
Lowther  my  dear  sister  and  to  Gilbert  Heathcote  Physiciau  Samuel  Wal- 
denfield  John  ffield  Henry  Goldney  all  living  in  England  and  to  ray 
ffriends  Samuel  Carpenter  Richard  Hill  Isaac  Norris  Samuel  Preston1  and 
James  Logan  living  in  or  near  Pensilvania  and  their  heirs  all  my  Lands 
tenements  and  hereditaments  whatever  rents  and  other  profitts  scituate  lying 


436  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

and  being  in  Pensilvania  and  the  Territories  thereunto  belonging  or  else- 
where in  America  upon  Trust  that  they  shall  sell  and  dispose  of  so  much 
thereof  as  shall  be  sufficient  to  pay  all  my  just  debts  and  from  and  after 
payment  thereof  shall  convey  unto  each  of  the  three  children  of  my  sou 
William  Penn  Gulielma  Maria  Springett  and  William  respectively  and  to 
their  respective  heirs  ten  thousand  acres  of  Land  in  some  proper  and 
beneficial  places  to  be  let  out  by  my  Trustees  aforesaid  all  the  rest  of  my 
lands  and  hereditaments  whatsoever  scituate  lying  and  being  in  America  I 
will  that  my  said  Trustees  shall  convey  to  and  amongst  my  children  which 
I  have  by  my  present  Wife  in  such  proportions  and  for  such  estates  as  my 
said  Wife  shall  think  fit  but  before  such  conveiance  shall  be  made  to  my 
said  children  I  will  that  my  said  Trustees  shall  convey  to  my  daughter 
Aubry  whom  I  omitted  to  name  before  ten  thousand  acres  of  my  said  lands 
in  such  places  as  my  Trustees  shall  think  fitt  all  my  personall  Estate  in 
Pensilvania  and  elsewhere  and  arreers  of  rent  due  there  1  giue  to  my  said 
dear  Wife  whom  I  make  my  sole  executrix  for  the  equall  benefit  of  her  and 
her  children.  In  Testimony  whereof  I  have  set  my  hand  and  seale  to  this 
my  Will  which  I  declare  to  be  my  last  Will  revoking  all  others  formerly 
made  by  me.  W™  Penn  [l.  s.] 

Signed  sealed  and  published  by  the  Testator  William  Penn  in  the  pres- 
ence of  us  who  set  our  names  as  Witnesses  thereof  in  the  presence  of  the 
said  Testator  after  the  interlineation  of  the  words  above  viz  (whom  I  make 
my  sole  Executrix)  Sarah  West  Susanna  Reading  Tho8  Pyle  Rob"  Lomax 
Rob1  West. 

This  Will  I  have  made  when  ill  of  a  ffeaver  at  London  with  a  clear  un- 
derstanding of  what  I  did  then  but  because  of  some  unworthy  expressions 
belying  Gods  goodness'to  me  as  if  I  knew  not  what  I  did  I  do  now  that  I 
am  recovered  through  Gods  goodness  hereby  declare  it  is  my  last  Will  and 
Testament  at  Ruscombe  in  Berkshire  this  27  of  ye  3m  called  May  1712. 

Wm  Penn  [l.  s.] 

Witnesses  present  Elizabeth  Penn  Tho8  Pyle  Thomas  Penn  Elizabeth 
Anderson  Mary  Chandler  Jonah  Dee  Mary  Dee. 

Postscript  in  my  own  hand  as  a  farther  Testimony  of  my  Love  to  my 
Dr  Wife  I  of  my  own  mind  give  unto  her  out  of  the  rents  in  America  viz : 
Pensilvania  &c  three  hundred  pounds  a  year  for  her  natural  life  and  for 
her  care  and  charge  over  my  children  in  their  education  of  which  she 
knows  my  mind  as  also  that  I  desire  they  may  settle  at  least  in  great  part 
in  America  where  I  leave  them  so  good  an  Interest  to  be  for  their  Inheri- 
tance from  generation  to  generation  wch  ye  Lord  preserve  and  prosper 
Amen.  Wm  Penn  [l.  s.] 

[»  Mr.  Richard  Preston,  who  in  the  letters  of  his  cotemporaries  is  styled  the 
"  Great  Quaker,"  immigrated  to  Maryland  in  1650  with  Margaret  his  wife  and 
Richard,  Samuel,  James,  Margaret  and  Noamy  his  children,  and  was  in  the 
same  year  appointed  "  commissioner  of  the  North  Side  of  Pautuxent."  (Provin- 
cial Land  Records,  Liber  A  B  &  H,  fol.  139-40.)— Wm.  Francis  Cregar  of  An- 
napolis, Md.] 

3  Nov  ris  1718° 
Appeared  personally  Simon  Clements  of  the  Parish  of  S4  Margaret 
Westminister  in  the  County  of  Middl*  Esqr.  and  Johu  Page  of  George 
yard  in  the  Parish  of  S'.  Edmund  the  King  London  Gent,  and  being  sever- 
ally sworn  upon  the  holy  Evangelists  to  depose  the  truth  did  depose  and  say 
as  followeth  Viz':  That  they  knew  and  were  well  acquainted  with  William 
Penn  late  of  Ruscombe  in  the  County  of  Berks  Esqr.  deceased  for  many 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  437 

years  before  his  death  and  in  that  time  have  very  often  seen  him  write,  and 
subscribe  his  name  to  Writeings  and  thereby  became  well  acquainted  with 
his  manner  and  character  of  handwriting  and  having  now  viewed  and  dili- 
gently perused  the  codicill  wrote  at  the  end  of  his  Will  or  republication  of 
his  Will  hereunto  annexed  beginning  thus  Postcript  in  my  own  hand  as  a 
farther  Testimony  of  my  Love  to  my  Dr.  wife  &c.  and  ending  thus,  where  I 
leave  them  so  good  an  Interest  to  be  for  their  Inheritance  from  Generation 
to  Generation  wch  ye  Lord  preserve  and  prosper  Amen,  and  thus  subscribed 
Wm  Penn,  do  verily  believe  the  same  to  be  all  wrote  and  subscribed  by 
and  with  the  proper  hand  of  the  said  William  Penn  deceased. 

S.  Clement     John  Pasje. 
Die  pr  d. — dicti   Simon   Clements  et  Johannes  Page  Jurat,  de  veritate 
prmissorum  coram  me.  W.  Phipps     Sur. 

Probatum  fuit  hujusmondi  Testamentum  apud  London  cum  codicillo 
annexo  coram  venerabili  viro  Gulielmo  Phipps  Legum  Doctore  Surrogate 
Venerabilis  ei  egregii  viri  Johannis  Bettesworth  Legum  etiam  Doctoris 
curia  praevogativa  Cantuar.  Magistri  Custodis  sive  Comissarii  legitime 
constituti  Quarto  die  mensis  Novembris  Anno  Domini  Millesimo  Septingenfno 
decimo  octavo  Per  Affirmaconem  sive  Declaraconem  solennem  Hanuae 
Penn  viduse  Relicta?  dicti  defuncti  et  Executricis  unicse  in  dicto  Testamt0 
nominatce  cui  commissa  fuit  Administratio  omnium  et  singulorum  bonorum 
jurium  et  creditorum  dicti  defuncti  Declaracone  praedicta  in  praesentia 
Dei  Omnipotentis  juxta  actum  Parliamenti  in  hac  parte  editum  provisum 
de  bene  et  fideliter  administrando  eadem  per  dictam  Executricem  prius 
facta  etc. 

Decimosexto  die  mensis  ffebruarii  Anno  Dili  1726  em',  cofno  Johanni 
Penn  Arm"  filio  et  adstratori  cum  Testo  annexo  bonor  etc  Hannae  Penn 
Viduae  deftae  sum  vixit  Relictse  extficis  unicae  et  Legatorise  Residuariae 
nominatae  in  Testo  dicti  Gulielmi  Penn  deft!  hen  ad  adstrandum  bona 
jura  et  credita  dicti  defti  juxta  tenorem  et  effectum  Testi  Ipsius  defti  per 
dictam  Extricem  modo  etiam  demortuam  inadstrata  de  bene  etc  jurat. 

Tenison,  221. 

Richard  Penn  the  younger  son  of  Sir  William  Penn,  late  of  Wansteed 
in  the  County  of  Essex,  knight,  deceased;  4  April  1673,  proved  11  April 
1673.  To  my  dear  mother  Dame  Margaret  Penn  forty  pounds  yearly 
during  her  natural  life.  To  my  dear  sister  Margaret  Lowther,  wife  of 
Anthony  Lowther  Esq.,  fifty  pounds  to  buy  a  ring  or  any  other  durable 
thing,  to  wear  and  keep  in  remembrance  of  me.  To  said  brother  Anthony 
Lowther  thirty  pounds  (for  the  same  purpose),  also  such  two  of  my  guns 
and  one  pair  of  pistols  as  my  dear  brother  William  Penn  shall  appoint. 
To  the  poor  of  Walthamstow  in  Essex,  where  I  desire  to  be  buried,  ten 
pounds.  To  George  Homond,  my  servant,  ten  pounds.  My  will  is  that 
my  mother,  my  brother  Anthony  and  sister  Margaret  Lowther  aforesaid, 
and  her  children,  my  said  servant  George  and  the  coachman  and  footmen 
of  my  said  mother  and  brother  and  sister  Lowther,  and  also  their  coaches 
shall  have  mourning  in  such  manner  as  my  dear  mother  shall  appoint.  Also 
I  do.  give  unto  my  loving  sister  Gulielma  Maria  Penn  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds 
in  testimony  of  my  love  and  affection  unto  her.  And  1  do  hereby  con- 
stitute and  appoint  my  said  dear  mother  the  sole  executrix  of  this  my  last 
Will  and  Testament. 

Wit :  Richard  Newman,  George  Hamau,  Michaell  Lee. 

Pye,  49. 


438  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Mense  Martii  1681. 
Decinio    tertio   die    Em'.    Commissio    Gulielmo    Penne   Armigero    filio 
naturali  et  legitimo  Margaret®   Penne  nug  de  Waltham  Stow  in   Com. 
Essex  vid.  defunctae  hentis  &c  Ad  Administrandum  bona  jura  et  cred.  dictaa 
defunctae  de  bene  &c  vigori  Commissionis  jurat. 

Admon.  Act  Book  (1682)  fob  31.     P.  C  C. 

Hanna  Penn,  widow,  tbe  Relict  of  William  Penn  late  of  Ruscombe  in 
tbe  County  of  Berks  Esqr. ;  11  September  1718.  Refers  to  husband's  will, 
bearing  date  27  May  1712,  and  to  the  Trust  created  under  said  will  as  to 
the  disposal  of  all  his  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  whatsoever,  rents 
and  other  profits,  situate,  lying  and  being  in  Pennsylvania  &c,  legacies  to 
his  daughter  Aubrey  aud  to  the  three  children  of  his  son  William  and  to 
their  respective  heirs,  and  the  conveyance  of  all  the  rest  of  his  said  lands 
and  hereditaments  in  America  to  and  amongst  his  children  by  the  now 
testatrix,  his  second  wife  &c. 

All  the  said  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  and  personal  estate  shall 
be  divided  into  six  (as  near  as  may  be)  equal  parts  and  portions,  whereof 
I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  eldest  son  John  Penn  and  his  heirs  three 
sixth  parts  or  one  full  half,  upon  condition,  and  always  subjecting  the  same 
to  that  purpose,  that  he  shall  pay  to  his  sister  Margaret  the  sum  of  two 
thousand  pounds  &c  at  her  day  of  marriage  or  attaining  the  age  of  twenty 
one  years,  which  shall  first  happen ;  and  the  remaining  half  or  three  sixth 
parts  thereof  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  three  other  sons,  Thomas,  Rich- 
ard and  Dennis  Penn  respectively  and  to  their  respective  heirs,  each  one 
sixth  part  of  the  whole  divided  as  aforesaid.  And  if  either  of  my  said 
children  die  before  attaining  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years  the  part  and 
portion  of  such  child  or  children  so  deceasing  shall  be  equally  divided 
among  the  survivors. 

Wit :  Susanna  Perrin,  Mary  Chandler,  Hannah  Hoskin,  Thomas  Grove, 
S:  Clement. 

On  the  16th  day  of  February  1726  there  issued  forth  a  commission  to 
John  Penn  Esq.,  natural  and  lawful  son  and  principal  legatee  named  in  the 
Will  of  Hanna  Penn  late  of  the  Parish  of  St.  Botolph  Aldersgate,  London, 
widow  deceased  &c  to  administer  the  goods  &c  according  to  the  tenor  of 
the  will.  Farrant,  49. 

John  Penn  of  Hitcham  in  the  County  of  Buckingham  Esquire;  24 
October  1746,  proved  13  November  1746.  Personal  estate  in  England  to 
William  Vigor  of  London  merchant,  Joseph  Freame,  citizen  and  banker  of 
London,  and  Lascelles  Metcalfe  of  Westminister  Esq.  as  executors  in  trust 
&c.  also  all  such  moneys,  goods  and  effects  as  shall  belong  to  me  in  Ameri- 
ca which,  before  such  time  as  my  death  shall  be  beard  of  in  the  City  of 
Philadelphia,  shall  have  been  collected  and  received  by  any  receivers,  col- 
lectors or  other  agents  there  and  shall  have  been  actually  sent  or  remitted 
to  any  part  of  Europe  or  shipped  on  board  any  ship  or  vessel  for  sending 
or  remitting  to  any  part  of  Europe  or  invested  in  goods,  effects  or  bills  of 
exchange  in  order  to  be  sent  or  remitted  to  any  part  of  Europe  on  my  own 
account  or  jointly  with  my  brothers,  all  the  which  matters  last  mentioned 
and  the  produce  of  the  same  I  will  shall  be  paid  to  my  English  executors 
and  be  considered  as  part  of  my  English  personal  estate.  To  the  same 
executors  all  my  messuages,  land  &c  in  and  near  to  the  City  of  Bristol  and 
in  or  near  to  the  County  of  Gloucester, — all  to  be  applied  to  the  payment  of 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         439 

the  necessary  costs  and  charges  in  the  execution  of  their  trust,  the  payment 
of  the  few  debts  that  I  shall  owe  at  my  decease,  the  charges  of  my  funeral 
and  legacies  &c. 

An  annuity  to  my  sister  Margaret  Freame.  One  hundred  pounds  to  my 
servant  John  Travers,  for  his  faithful  service.  One  hundred  guineas  to 
each  of  my  English  executors.  Legacies  to  old  servants  Thomas  Penn  and 
Hannah  Roberts;  to  Jane  Aldridge  wife  of  Henry  Aldridge  of  White 
Waltham,  Berks.  Provision  made  for  the  education  and  maintenance  of 
nephew  John  Penn.  Mention  of  other  nephews  and  nieces,  viz.  Hannah 
Penn,  Richard  Penn  and  Philadelphia  Hannah  Freame,  and  brother 
Thomas  Penn.  To  nephew  John  Penn  my  share  of  the  mannor  of  Per- 
kassie,  my  tract  of  Liberty  land  and  my  High  Street  Lot  (which  private 
and  particular  rights  respectively  I  claim  under  some  particular  grant  or 
deed  made  by  my  late  father  or  under  the  Will  of  my  late  grandfather 
Thomas  Callowhill).  To  brother  Richard  Penn  all  my  properties  &c 
in  the  Province  of  New  Jersey  in  America  (both  in  the  Eastern  and 
Western  Divisions  of  that  Province  which  I  claim  under  the  Will  of  my 
late  father)  and  my  said  brother  Richard  to  be  executor  for  such  parts  of 
my  personal  estate  as  shall  be  due,  owing  or  belonging  unto  me  in  any  part 
of  the  said  Province  of  New  Jersey.  My  moiety  half  part  of  the  ffee 
simple  and  inheritance  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania  and  the  three 
lower  Counties  of  Newcastle  Kent  and  Sussex  upon  Delaware  in  America 
&c.  &c.  to  my  brother  Thomas  Penn  for  life,  with  remainder  &c.  to  his 
lawfully  begotten  sons,  in  order  of  seniority ;  then  to  brother  Richard 
Penn,  with  remainder  to  his  sons  John  and  Richard,  with  remainder  to  the 
latter  and  his  male  issue,  remainder  to  my  niece  Hannah  Penn  only  daugh- 
ter of  said  brother  Richard,  and  to  her  male  issue  &c.  &c.  The  next  in 
the  line  of  entail  to  be  sister  Margaret  Freame  and  her  issue  and  niece 
Philadelphia  Hannah  Freame  &c.  The  next  to  be  a  nephew  (of  the  half 
blood)  William  Penn  of  Cork  in  the  Kingdom  of  Ireland  Esq.,  then  to 
Springett  Penn  his  eldest  son  and  his  male  issue,  with  remainder  to  Christiana 
Gulielma  Penn,  the  only  daughter  of  the  said  William  Penn.  The  next 
in  the  line  to  be  a  grand  nephew  (of  the  half  blood)  Robert  Edward  Fell, 
the  only  son  now  living  of  Gulielma  Maria  Fell  deceased  ;  then  a  great 
niece  Mary  Margaretta  Fell,  eldest  daughter  of  said  Gulielma  Maria,  then 
another  great  niece  Gulielma  Maria  Frances  Fell  the  only  other  daughter 
living  of  the  said  Gulielma  Maria  Fell  deceased,  &c.  &c. 

Brother  Thomas  Penn  to  be  the  executor  for  the  personal  estate  in  the 
Prov.  of  Pennsylvania  and  the  three  lower  Counties  of  Newcastle,  Kent 
and  Sussex  upon  Delaware.  Edmunds,  332. 

Thomas  Penn  of  Stokehouse  in  the  county  of  Bucks  Esq.  18  Nov. 
1771.  Appoints  wife  Lady  Juliana  Penn  and  son  in  law  William  Baker  of 
Bayford  Bury,  Herts,  Esq.  his  executors  for  the  personal  estate,  except  in 
America.  Refers  to  an  Indenture  tripartite  bearing  date  on  or  about  15 
August  1751  and  made  in  consideration  of  his  then  intended  marriage.  Be- 
quests to  James  Hamilton  Esq.  the  Revd.  Richard  Peters  and  Richard  Hock- 
ley Esq.  all  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  of  certain  lands  in  Pennsylvania  in 
trust  &c.  A  bequest  of  twenty  pounds  per  annum  to  Mr  Duffield  Williams 
of  Swansea,  Glamorgan,  mentions  sons  John  and  Granville  Penn,  daughters 
Sophia  and  Juliana.  Refers  to  a  Family  Agreement  entered  into  between 
the  Testator  and  his  late  brother  on  or  about  8  May  1732,  31  January  1750 
and  20  March  1750.     Appoints  his  nephew  Richard    Penn,  then  Lieut. 


440  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

Govr.  of  Pennsylvania  and  Richard  Hockley  Esq.  executors  for  that 
Province  &c.  The  will  is  dated  18  November  1771.  Then  follow  codicils 
dated  11  July  1772,  18  July  1772,  and  23  June  1774.  In  the  first  he 
speaks  of  having  advanced  his  daughter  Juliana  in  marriage.  In  the 
second  he  bequeaths  twenty  pounds  a  year  to  Mrs  Harriot  Gordon  of 
Silver  Street,  Golden  Square,  and  ten  pounds  a  year  to  Grace  Armagh  and 
Mary  Clarke.     The  will  was  proved  8  April  1775. 

Alexander,  166. 

[In  1871,  James  Coleman  of  London,  published  a  valuable  book  compiled  by 
him  entitled  a  "  Pedigree  and  Genealogical  Notes  from  Wills,  Registers  and  Deeds 
of  the  highly  distinguished  Family  of  Penn,  of  England  and  America,"  which 
should  be  consulted  by  the  reader  of  these  abstracts.  It  contains  a  tabular 
pedigree  from  William  Penn  of  Minety,  an  abstract  of  whose  will  is  given 
above  to  1871.  He  was  the  great-great-grandfather  of  William6  Penn  the  foun- 
der of  Pennsylvania,  through  William,2  Giles3  and  Sir  William4  Penn.  The 
volume  contains  the  wills  in  full  of  William  Penn  of  Minety  and  William  Penn 
the  founder ;  and  abstracts  of  Penn  wills  proved  at  the  Prerogative  Court  of 
Canterbury,  from  1450  to  1700,  besides  extracts  from  parish  registers  and  other 
interesting  matter. 

A  friend  writes  :  ' '  You  might  call  attention  to  a  pamphlet  printed  in  Phila- 
delphia, in  1870,  entitled,  'Articles,  Wills  and  Deeds  creating  the  Entail  of 
Pennsylvania  and  the  Three  Lower  Counties  upon  Delaware  in  the  Penn  Family.' 
Gilpin's  Pedigree  of  the  Penn  Family  and  Keith's  '  Provincial  Councillors '  give 
facts  relating  to  the  descendants  of  William  Penn." — Editor.] 

Richard  Watson  of  the  Parish  of  S*  Margaret's,  Westminister,  in  the 
County  of  Middlesex,  gentleman,  18  April  1685,  proved  18  January  1685. 
Brother  in  law  Theodore  Wilkins,  of  New  Rosse,  in  the  Kingdom  of  Ireland, 
gentleman,  and  Elizabeth,  Katherine  and  Michael  Wilkins,  his  children. 
I  give  &  bequeath  unto  my  late  wife's  son  Robert  Boodle,  of  Rapahanack 
River  in  Virginia,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  &c. ;  but  of  the  said 
hundred  pounds  he  shall  pay  unto  Mr.  John  Ward,  of  the  parish  S4  Andrew, 
Holbourne,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  taylor,  all  such  money  as  is  owing 
to  him  for  a  suit  of  clothes  made  for  him  before  he  went  to  Barbadoes.  To 
Cicely  Brandreth  (my  late  wife's  daughter)  now  the  wife  of  William 
Brandreth,  of  the  parish  of  Sl  Margaret's,  Westminister,  taylor,  &c.  Mr 
Thomas  Jones,  of  Westminister,  apothecary.  Mrs  Elizabeth  Plumpton,  of 
Westminister,  widow,  Mrs  Elizabeth  Arnold,  one  of  the  daughters  of  the  said 
Mrs  Plumpton,  Mrs  Sarah  Juxon,  another  daughter,  and  Alice  Willey,  niece  of 
Mr9  Plumpton,  Ellen  Poole,  Mrs  Plumpton's  servant.  My  godson  Hugh 
Greene,  son  of  Mr  Hugh  Greene  of  Westminister,  and  his  mother  Elizabeth 
Greene.  Corporal  Robert  Lloyd  in  Capt.  Littleton's  troop.  Brune  Clench, 
of  S'  Martins  in  the  Fields,  gentleman  and  Mrs.  Katherine  Clench,  his  wife. 
William  Webb,  of  Bell  Yard,  King  St.,  Westminister.  Madam  Rosse. 
Mrs.  Harrard,  of  King  Street,  sempstress.  Messuages  in  Bexley,  in 
County  of  Kent,  Willing,  East  Wickham,  Wooledge,  Plumsted  &c,  given 
and  bequeathed  to  me  by  the  last  will  &  testament  of  Sir  Edward  Brett, 
bearing  date  on  or  about  22  December  1682.  Sir  Edward  Brett,  Knight, 
late  Sergeant  Porter  to  his  Majesty  Charles  II. 

Administration,  with  the  will  annexed,  granted  16  January  1808  [.yeV]* 
to  George  Hancock,  of  Basing  hall  Street,  London,  gentleman,  as  a  person 
named  by  and  on  the  part  aud  behalf  of  John  Smith  Esq.,  limited  so  far 
only  as  concerns  all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  him  the  said  Richard 
Watson  deceased  in  and  to  a  certain  capital  messuage,  mansion  House  and 
Farm,  with  the  appertenances   situate,   lying  and   being  in   the  parish  of 

*  This  entry  is  on  the  margin. — h.  f.  w. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  441 

Bexley,  in  the  County  of  Kent,  comprised  in  a  certain  term  of  one  thousand 
years  and  assigned  to  the  said  Richard  Watson  by  a  certain  Indenture 
bearing  date  14  October  1673  &c.  Lloyd,  9. 

William  Fenninge  of  East  Smithfield  in  the  County  of  Middlesex, 
mariner,  bound  on  a  voyage  to  Virginia  in  the  Abigail  of  London,  17  Janu- 
ary 1620,  proved  7  July  1623.  To  my  wife  Margaret  Fenninge  all  my 
estate;  but  if  she  die  before  ray  return,  then  to  Timothy  Bugby,  of  Strat- 
ford-Bow, and  Susanna  his  wife.  Swaun,  70. 

Robert  Smith,  citizen  and  merchant  tailor  of  Loudon,  18  January  1622, 
proved  1  July  1623.     My  loving  wife  and  her  children,  my  daughter  Mary 
Peate  and  her  children,  the  children  of  my  late  daughter  Judith  Sowthacke, 
her  daughter's  children  and   the   children  of  my  former   wives   &c.     My 
daughter  Hannah,  my  only  child  unadvanced.     My  late  religious,  kind  and 
loving  wife  Alice  Smith,  moved  me  to  give   unto  her  grand  child  Edward 
Parbury  her  daughter's  son,  fifty  pounds  fit  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years. 
I  do  give  to  him  the  said  sum  of  fifty  pounds  and  fifty  pounds  more,  to  make 
up  one  hundred  pounds  &c.     My  said  late   wife  Alice  was  charged  by  the 
last  will  and  testament  of  her  former  husbaud,  Mr  Edward  Peirson,  to  pay 
unto  Joane   Dixon,    his   daughter,   ten    pounds    yearly.      To    my   cousins 
Elizabeth  Younge  and  Judith  Beale,  daughters  of  my  late  daughter  Judith 
Sowthack,   twenty    pounds,    to    be    equally    divided    between    them.      To 
Mary  Ofielde  forty  shillings.     To  my   daughter  Susan  Morse  forty   shil- 
lings.    To  my   cousin    John   Sowthacke   all   my  books  of    "  Presidents," 
Statute  Books  and  other  books  and  papers  whatsoever  which  shall  be  in 
the   room   now   used  for  my  office.      To   my   loving   father  Mr  William 
Palmer,  for  his  pains  as  overseer,  three  pounds.     To  my  daughter  Plannah 
Smith   and  to   the   heirs  of  her    body    lawfully   to   be   begotten,   forever, 
all  my  lands,  tenements,   rents,   revenues,   shares,  profits  and  all  other  my 
hereditaments  whatsoever,   with   their  appertenances,   which  I  have,  shall, 
may  or  of  right  or  in   conscience  ought  to  have   within  the  country  or 
countries,  lands,  islands,  places   or  territories  called  or  known  by  the  name 
of  Virginia,  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas  &c.  &c. ;  also  in  the  Barmuthes  or 
Sommer  Islands  &c,  my  wife  to  enjoy  the  rents  and  profits  during  her  life. 
The  residue  to  my  wife  Judith  Smith  and  my  daughter  Hannah  Smith,  one 
third  to  my  wife  and  two  thirds  to  my  daughter.     My  said  wife  to  be  the 
executrix.     My  father,   Mr.  William   Palmer  to  be  overseer;  and  I  desire 
my  daughter  Mary  Peate  and  her  husband,  my  former  wife's  daughters  and 
their  husbands  and  the  children  and  childrens'  children  of  all  my  said  daugh- 
ters Judith  Sowthack,  Mary  Peate,  Mary  Ofield  and  Susan  Morse  and  my 
late  wife's  grand  child  Edward  Parbury   and  all  other  friends  &c.  &c,  that 
they  will  hold  themselves  contented  &c.     "I  beseech  god  give  them  of  the 
deaue  of  heaven  and  make  them  lively  stones  in  the  building  of  the  churche 
of  Christ  and  true  members  of  that  bodie  whereof  the  heade  is  Jesus  Christ 
the  lord.     I  humblie  and  thankfullie  confesse" before  my  heavenly  father  as 
Jacobe  my  greate  grandfather  accordinge  to  promise  confessed  with  my 
staffe  came  I  ouer  many  Rivers  (thoughe  not  Jordans)  I  had  nothing  when 
I  caine  from  my  fathers  howse  my  cupp  was  emptie  and  now  God  hath 
filled  it  and  made  it  to  overflowe  he  of  his  grace   hath   made  me  able  and 
willinge  to  give  and  leave  somethinge  to  others." 

Letters  of  administration  issued  24  February  1629  to  James  Clarke, 
natural  and  lawful  brother,  on  the  mother's  side,  of  Hannah  Smith,  natural 
and  lawful  daughter  of  the  said  Robert  Smith  deceased  &c,  the  widow  and 
executrix  having  also  deceased.  Swann,  75. 


442  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Kebby  (ante,  page  406) : 

["Brother  Henry  Kebby"  was  of  Dorchester,  where  he  married  Grizel , 

8  October,  1G57,  of  course  a  second  wife,  by  whom  he  had  Sheberiah,  born  2 
December,  1659;  he  died  10  August,  1661.  Rachel  Kebbey  died  16  July,  1657. 
If  she  were  the  first  wife,  her  place  was  soon  filled.  Henry  Kebby's  "daughter 
Susan  Sellick"  was  wife  of  David  Sellick  of  Boston,  who  died  at  Accomack  in 
Virginia  in  1654.  There  were  also  Kebbys  of  Boston,  whose  names  are  in  the 
ninth  Report  of  the  Record  Commissioners. — Wm.  S.  Appleton.] 

Katharine  Oxenbridge  (ante,  page  419). 

[Peter  E.  Vose,  Esq.,  of  Dennysville,  Me.,  writes  to  the  editor  calling  atten- 
tion to  the  statement,  quoted  from  Ellis's  History  of  the  First  Church  of  Boston, 
that  Katherine  Oxenbridge,  whose  will  is  printed  on  the  page  above  referred  to, 
was  a  daughter  of  Clement  Throgmorton.  "  By  my  record,"  he  writes,  "  Daniel 
Oxenbridge  married  Katherine  Harby,  daughter  of  Thomas  Harby,  Esq. ,  and 
his  wife  Katherine  Throgmorton.  daughter  of  Clement  Throgmorton,  son  of  Sir 
George  and  his  wife  Katherine  Vaux,  daughter  of  Sir  Nicholas  "Vaux  and  his 
wife  the  widow  Elizabeth  Parr,  grandmother  of  Queen  Katherine  Parr,  which 
last  Christian  name  probably  suggested  the  name  of  the  daughters  of  the  several 
succeeding  generations."  It  will  be  noted  that  Daniel  Oxenbridge  mentions  in 
his  will  his  brother  Sir  Job  Harby.     His  wife  also  names  her  brother  Sir  Job. 

"We  find  that  Mr.  Vose  is  correct.  Mr.  Ellis,  in  transcribing  from  Cooper's 
Sketch  of  the  Oxenbridges,  has  omitted  several  words.  The  passage  quoted  by 
us  should  read,  "Katherine  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Harby  by  Katherine  daugh- 
ter of  Clement  Throgmorton." 

The  following  account  of  the  brothers  and  sisters  of  Rev.  John  Oxenbridge, 
children  of  Dr.  Daniel,  is  given  in  Mr.  Cooper's  sketch,  which  is  a  reprint  of  a 
contribution  by  him  to  the  twelfth  volume  of  the  Collections  of  the  Sussex 
Archaeological  Society : 

"  The  second  son,  Daniel,  was  alive  at  his  father's  death,  but  died  before  2d 
Nov. ,  1643 ;  he  was  probably  the  merchant  at  Leghorn  who  left  a  legacy  of 
£1000  to  the  Parliament,  on  which  an  order  was  made  7th  March,  1643--4,  that 
the  amount  should  be  paid  by  the  executor  to  Mr.  Spurstoe,  to  be  applied  to  the 
support  of  the  garrison  of  Wembe,  in  Shropshire,  and  that  a  monument  should 
be  raised  to  his  memory ;  and  an  ordinance  was  passed  and  carried  to  the  Lords 
on  August  7,  1644.  The  third  son,  Clement,  resided  at  Wimbledon,  Surrey;  and 
in  1652  was  a  commissioner  for  relief  upon  articles  of  war.  He  was  still  living 
as  a  married  man  with  children  when  his  sister  Mary  made  her  will  in  1686. 

Of  the  four  daughters,  Dorcas  became  the  wife  of  Edmund  Hunt;  Mary,  who 
was  baptized  at  Southern  16th  August,  1602,  married  William  Langhorne  of 
London,  and  of  Putney,  merchant ;  and  the  other  two  married  three  husbands 
each,  and  men  of  celebrity :  Elizabeth's  first  husband  was  Caleb  Cockcroft,  of 
London,  merchant,  buried  at  St.  Stephen's,  Coleman  Street,  7th  March,  1644-5; 
the  second  was  '  Cromwell's  dark  Lan thorn,'  Oliver  St.  John,  Sol. -General  to 
Charles  I.  and  Chief  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas  from  1648  to  1660,  who  died 
31st  Dec,  1673;  after  which  his  widow  took  for  her  third  husband  Sir  Hum- 
phrey Sydenham  of  Chilworthy,  near  Ilminster,  Somerset;  she  died  there  1st 
March,  1679-80,  and  was  buried  at  Combe,  St.  Nicholas;  Katharine  married  first 
George  Henley  of  London ;  secondly  Mr.  Phillips,  by  whom  she  had  one  daugh- 
ter, Katherine,  '  who  married  her  stepfather's  eldest  son,  the  match  being  there- 
by made  double.'*  This  is  the  lady, — the  famed  Orinda, — '  who  among  her  sex 
has  distinguished  herself  by  her  celebrated  poems  and  letters ;  she  was  bred  in 
the  school  at  Hackney,  and  it  must  be  owned  was  a  woman  of  the  times,  and 
loved  poetry  better  than  presbytery  ' ;  and  her  third  husband  was  the  parliamen- 
tary general,  Philip  Skippon,  whom  she  survived,  and  died  1678." 

A  pedigree  of  Harbie,  signed  by  Katherine  Oxenbridge's  brother  Job  Harbie, 
will  be  found  in  the  Visitation  of  London,  1634,  Harleian  Society's  Publications, 
vol.  15,  page  346. — Editor.] 

*  There  is  evidently  some  mistake  in  regard  to  the  husbands  of  Katharine  Oxenbridge. 
At  the  date  of  her  father's  will,  1641,  she  bore  the  name  of  Fowler,  and  all  accounts 
state  this  to  be  the  maiden  name  of  the  celebrated  writer,  Mrs.  Katherine  Phillips 
("Orinda"),  whose  husband  was  James,  son  of  Hector  Phillips, and  whose  father  was  John 
Fowler,  merchant  of  London. — See  Mcyrick's  History  of  the  County  of  Cardigan  (1810), 
pages  101-3;  Allibone's  Dictionary  of  Authors,  vol.  II.  p.  1378. — Editor. 


genealogical  gleanings  in  england.  443 

The  Ancestry  of  Washington. 

No.  III. 

A 

The  following  letter  appeared  in  The  Nation  for  Feb.  13,  1890 : 

To  the  Editor  of  the  Nation: — 

Sir  :  A  few  facts  as  to  Ann  Pope,  the  widow  6f  Walter  Brodhurst  and  the 
second  wife  of  John  Washington,  the  Virginia  immigrant,  may  interest  some 
of  your  readers. 

Her  first  husband,  Walter  Brodhurst,  was  in  Virginia  as  early  as  1650,  and  in 
1653  represented  Northumberland  County  in  the  Legislature.  There  is  a  depo- 
sition of  his,  dated  August  30.  1655,  in  which  he  mentions  that  he  was  about 
thirty-six  years  of  age,  and  it  is  known  that  he  was  the  sou  of  William  Brod- 
hurst of  Lilleshall,  Shropshire,  England.  Mr.  Cralle  of  Northumberland  Coun- 
ty, Va. ,  informs  the  writer  that  among  the  old  records  of  that  county  there  is  a 
judgment  dated  July,  1656,  in  favor  of  Walter  Brodhurst,  and  that  the  next 
reference  to  him  is  in  a  suit  brought  on  September  30,  1659,  by  Anne  Brodhurst, 
relict  and  administratrix  of  Walter  Brodhurst. 

In  a  note  on  p.  80  of  the  last  (January)  number  of  the  N.-England  Historical 
and  Genealogical  Register  [ante,  p.  415],  the  writer  alluded  to  the  baptism  in  Sept. 
1659,  of  a  young  son  of  John  Washington,  and  suggested  that  he  was  a  child 
by  the  second  wife — which  is  a  mistake,  as  at  this  time  she  had  not  married 
Washington.  When  the  widow  Brodhurst  became  his  wife,  she  had  a  son, 
Walter  Brodhurst,  who  went  to  England  and  lived  and  died  at  his  father's  birth- 
place. By  John  Washington  she  had  a  son  Lawrence  (the  ancestor  of  Gen. 
Washington),  who  was  buried  in  1697,  at  Bridges  Creek,  Westmoreland  County, 
Virginia.  Edward  D.  Neill. 


St.  Paul,  Minnesota. 


B 


In  the  Archives  of  Maryland,  vol.  ii.,  edited  by  W.  H.  Browne,  printed 
at  Baltimore  in  1884,  we  find  on  page  483  the  following  data: 

In  the  Maryland  House  Journal  under  date  of  May  20,  1676,  is  the 
evidence  of  Capt.  John  Allen  as  to  the  murder  of  some  Susquehauna  In- 
dians. He  testified  that  about  the  25th  or  26th  September  (1675  of  course), 
Major  Truman  commanded  the  Maryland  forces  in  front  of  the  Indian  fort. 
There  was  a  parley  about  damage  done  to  Mr.  Hanson  and  others,  which 
these  Indians  attributed  to  the  Senecas. 

Then  "  came  over  Col.  Washington,  Col.  Mason  and  Maj.  Alderton,  and 
they  likewise  taxed  them  with  the  murders  done  on  their  side,"  which  these 
Indians  also  denied.  On  Monday,  the  witness  "  saw  six  Indians  guarded 
with  the  Marylanders  and  Virginians,  and  the  M;ijor,  with  the  Virginia 
officers  sitting  upon  a  tree  some  distance  from  them ;  and  after  some  while 
they  all  rose  and  came  towards  the  Indians  and  caused  them  to  be  bound 
again,  and  the  Virginia  officers  would  have  knocked  them  on  the  head,  in 
the  place  presently:  and  particularly  Colonel  Washington  said,  'What 
should  we  keep  them  any  longer  ?  Let  us  knock  them  on  the  head ;  we 
shall  get  the  Fort  to-day  ! ' 

"  But  the  deponent  saith  that  the  Major  would  not  admit  of  it,  but  was 
over-swayed  by  the  Virginia  officers ;  and  after  further  discourse  the  said 
Indians  were  carryed  forth  from  the  place  where  they  were  bound,  and 
they  knocked  them  on  the  head." 

In  the  debates  about  punishing  Maj.  Truman  it  appeared  in  extenuation 
that  the  execution  had  "  the  unanimous  consent  of  the  Virginians  and  the 
general  impetuosity  of  the  whole  field,  as  well  Marylanders  as  Virginians, 


444  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

upon  the  sight  of  the  Christians  murdered  at  Mr.  Hinson's,  and  them 
very  Indians  that  were  there  killed  being  proved  to  be  murderers  both 
of  them  and  several  other  Christians."  Also  that  Truman's  crime  was 
"  not  maliciously  perpetrated,  or  out  of  any  design  to  prejudice  the  province, 
but  merely  out  of  ignorance,  and  to  prevent  a  mutiny  of  the  whole  army, 
as  well  Virginians  as  Marylanders." 

C 

Charles  P.  Greenough,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  has  kindly  allowed  us  to  make 
an  abstract  of  an  original  deed  in  his  possession. 

It  is  an  indenture  dated  May  2,  1674,  between  John  Shotter  of  Mid- 
hurst,  co.  Sussex,  mercer,  with  his  two  children  John,  jr.,  and  Elizabeth,  of 
the  one  part,  and  Robert  Washington  the  younger,  of  Petworth,  co. 
Sussex,  currier,  of  the  other  part.  For  £140  Shotter  sells  Washington  the 
messuage  called  the  Haws  (?)  in  Petworth,  now  occupied  by  one  Robert 
Washington  the  elder,  adjoining  the  beast-market  on  the  west  and  South 
street  on  the  south. 

We  know  that  Robert  Washington  of  Sulgrave  had  a  son  Robert  by  his 
first  wife,  and  that  he  also  named  a  son  by  his  second  wife,  Robert.  Also 
that  in  1676,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Mewce,  sister  of  Rev.  Lawrence  Washington 
of  Purleigh,  speaks  of  her  uncle,  in  her  will,  as  then  living.  Possibly  this 
(uncle  of  the  half-blood)  will  be  found  to  be  the  Petworth  man. 

D 

In  The  Nation  for  January  23,  1890,  a  letter  was  printed,  signed  *'  C," 
from  which  we  make  the  following  extracts : 

"  In  connection  with  this  matter,  the  Washington  pedigree,  Mr.  Frederick  D. 
Stone,  the  Librarian  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  has  called  my 
attention  to  the  following  foot-note  on  p.  31,  vol.  i.,  of  Lodge's  recently  pub- 
lished Life  of  Washington ;  it  is  as  follows  : 

"  The  well-known  account  of  the  Baconian  troubles,  written  by  Mrs.  Ann 
Cotton  in  1676  (Force's  Hist.  Tracts,  L),  is  addressed  'to  Mr.  C.  H.,  at  Yardly, 
in  Northamptonshire,'  probably  Yardly-Hastings,  about  eight  miles  from  North- 
ampton, and  consequently  very  near  Sulgrave  Manor.  At  the  beginning  (p.  1) 
the  writer  refers  to  the  commander  of  the  Virginians  in  the  first  campaign 
against  the  Indians  as  '  one  Col.  Washington,  him  whom  you  have  sometimes 
seen  at  your  house.'  This  suggests  very  strongly  that  John  Washington,  the 
first  Virginian  of  the  name,  was  of  Northamptonshire,  and  that  he  came  from 
or  lived  in  the  neighborhood  of  Sulgrave  Manor,  and  that  he  belonged  to  that 
family." 

Here  we  have  comtemporaneous  evidence  connecting  George  Washington's 
great-grandfather  with  Sulgrave,  or  at  least  its  immediate  vicinity,  which,  of 
course,  strengthens  Mr.  Waters's  pedigree. 

In  this  pedigree  he  states  the  mother  of  the  said  John  Washington  to  have 
been  a  Roades.  It  may  be  worth  while  mentioning  that  the  records  in  London 
of  the  families  of  this  name  throughout  England  were  examined  and  col- 
lected by  Col.  Chester  in  the  year  1867,  as  he  then  informed  me  by  letter. 
This  collection  must  be  still  among  his  papers;  if  searched,  it  might  throw 
some  light  upon  the  Washington  ancestry,  at  least  in  its  connection  with  the 
family  of  Roades. 

This  suggestion  proves  to  be  probably  unfounded.  A  farther  examination 
of  the  entire  letter  of  Mrs.  An.  Cotton,  shows  that  Mr.  C.  H.  had  probably 
lived  in  Virginia,  and  we  presume  that  he  met  Col.  Washington  there. 

This  tract,  as  printed  in  Force's  Collection,  vol.  1,  was  published,  "from 
the  original  manuscript,  in  the  Richmond  (Va.)  Enquirer,  of  12  Sept.  1804. 

The  writer  is   Mrs.  An.  Cotton  of  Q.  Creek.     The  abbreviation  is  pre- 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  445 

sumably  not  for  Ann  or  Anne.  It  is  addressed  to  Mr.  C.  H.  at  Yardley  in 
Northamptonshire.  Besides  the  reference  to  Col.  Washington,  "him  whom 
you  have  sometimes  seen  at  your  house,"  I  find  the  following  points. 

P.  4,  line  22,  the  people  "  settled  their  affections  and  expectations  upon 
one  Esqr.  Bacon,  newly  come  into  the  Countrey,  one  of  the  Counsell  and 
nearly  related  to  your  late  wife 's  father-in-law '." 

P.  7,  line  12.  "The  chiefe  men  that  subscribed  it  at  this  meeting  were 
Coll.  Swan,  Coll.  Beale,  Coll.  Ballard,  Esq.  Bray  (all  foure  of  the  Councell), 
Coll.  Jordan,  Coll.  Smith  of  Purton,  Coll.  Scarsbrook,  Coll.  Miller,  Coll. 
Lawrance,  and  Mr.  Drommond,  late  Governour  of  Carolina,  all  persons  with 
whom  you  have  been  formerly  acquainted." 

P.  9.  "Brought  the  Governour  a  shoare  at  Coll.  Bacon's,  where  he  was 
presented  with  Mr.  Drumond,  taken  the  day  before  in  Cheekahonimy 
swomp,  half  famished,  as  himself  related  to  my  Husband." 

P.  10.  There  was  "an  Assembb  convein'd  at  the  Greene  Spring;  where 
severall  were  condemned  to  be  executed,  prime  actors  in  ye  Rebellion ;  as 
Esqr.  Bland,  Coll.  Cruse  and  some  other  hanged  at  Bacon's  Trench;  Capt. 
Yong  at  Cheekahominy;  Mr.  Hall,  clarke  of  New-Kent  Court;  James 
Wilson  (once  your  servant),  and  one  Lieft-Collonell  Page  (one  that  my  hus- 
band bought  of  Mr.  Lee,  when  he  hep  store  at  your  howse),  all  four  executed 
at  Coll.  Read's  over  against  Tiudell's  point;  and  Anthony  Arnell  (the  same 
that  did  live  at  your  howse),  hanged  in  chains  at  West  point,  beside  severall 
others  executed  on  the  other  side  James  River." 

There  is  also  (p.  11)  a  letter,  unsigned,  "  to  his  wife  A.  C.  at  Q.  Creek  " 
dated  "  from  Towne,  June  9,  '76."  He  says  "  but  the  tother  day  that  I  did  see 
N.  B.  [Nathaniel  Bacon]  in  the  condition  of  a  Traitor,  to  be  tried  for  his 
life." 

In  the  next  succeeding  Tract  in  Force's  volume, — a  Narrative  of  these 
wars  in  1675  and  1676, — p.  38,  it  is  said  that  Bacon's  followers  were  scat- 
tered "around,  a  third  parcell  (of  about  30  or  40)  was  put  into  the  house  of 
Collonell  Nath.  Bacon's  (a  gentleman  related  to  him  deceased,  but  not  of  his 
principles)  under  the  command  of  one  Major  Whaly,  a  stout,  ignorant 
fellow." 

In  the  tract  preceding  Mrs.  Cotton's,  in  Force's  volume,  entitled  "  Bacon's 
Rebellion,"  we  find  a  few  items. 

On  p.  15  it  says,  "  this  young  Nathaniel  Bacon  (not  yet  arrived  to  30 
years)  had  a  nigh  relation,  namely  Col.  Nathaniel  Bacon,  of  long  standing 
in  the  Council!,  a  very  rich,  politick  man,  and  childless,  designing  this 
Kinsman  for  his  heir." 

Also  on  page  25,  it  seems  to  say,  that  young  Bacon  lived  at  Jamestown, 
having  "  married  a  wealthy  widow  who  kept  a  large  house  of  publick  enter- 
tainment, unto  which  resorted  those  of  the  best  quality."  I  regret  to  say 
that  Mrs.  Cotton  is  not  so  easily  placed.  Mr.  R.  A.  Brock  writes  from 
Richmond,  Feb.  17th: 

"  I  regret  that  I  have  no  notes  identifying  Mrs.  Ann  Cotton. 

There  are  partial  abstracts  in  our  State  Library  of  the  records  of  Henrico  and 
of  York  Counties. 

I  find  that  in  the  former,  at  a  Court  held  at  Varian,  Nov.  1,  1707,  it  was  de- 
termined that  the  Court  meet  for  settling  a  private  dispute  at  the  house  of 
Charles  Cotton  in  Charles  City  County. 

In  the  latter,  Oct.  27,  16G0,  will  of  "Elliam"  [Ellen?]  Wheeler,  widow,  be- 
quests to  her  cousins  Francis  Hall  and  Mary  Hall;  to  Elizabeth  Hooper;  to  her 
grandchild  Amy  Harrison,  daughter  of  Robert  Harrison;  to  her  son  Nicholas 
Comins  (including  a  gold  seal  ring)  ;  to  John  Cotton  a  gold  seal  ring. 


446 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 


I  find  the  following  grant  of  land : — John  Cotton,  350  acres  in  Northampton 
County  (formerly  granted  Oct.  8,  1656,  to  Nicholas  Maddilow  and  assigned  to 
John  Cotton  Jan.  28,  1662. — (Virginia  Land  Registry,  Book  No.  4,  p.  570.) 

So  in  regard  to  Yardley,  we  are  not  entirely  sure.  There  are  in  North- 
amptonshire Yardley-Hastings  aud  Yardley-Gobions,  and  either  may  be  the 
one  intended.  The  latter  is  a  hamlet  in  the  parish  of  Pottersbury  about  6 
miles  east  from  Sulgrave.  In  1831  it  had  123  houses  and  594  inhabitants; 
but  two  centuries  ago  it  was  of  less  importance,  and  was  probably  undistin- 
guished from  the  main  parish. 

Yardley-Hastings  is  a  parish  12  miles  north-east  from  Yardley-Gobions, 
and  7  miles  south-east  of  Northampton.  In  1831  it  had  193  houses  and 
1051  inhabitants.  It  is  close  to  the  border,  at  the  point  where  Bucking- 
hamshire and  Bedfordshire  meet,  but  is  separated  from  Luton,  co.  Beds., 
by  the  whole  width  of  that  county. 

Our  hope  now  must  be  that  the  Northamptonshire  antiquaries  will  en- 
deavor to  find  out  this  Mr.  C.  H.  of  Yardley,  and  see  if  any  Washington 
was  resident  in  that  neighborhood. 

I  do  not  find  in  the  Visitations  of  Northamptonshire,  for  1564  and  1619 
(London,  1887),  any  family  at  either  Yardley.  On  p.  185  mention  is 
made  of  Edward  Dome  of  Yardley-Hastings.  On  p.  98  is  the  pedigree  of 
the  Harrisons  of  Gobion's  Manor  in  the  town  of  Northampton.  The  later 
generations  in  1618  were 

ROBERT  HARRISON  =  Elizabeth  Fitz-Geffrey. 
of  Stow,  co.  North11. 


John. 


Thomas  =  Elizabeth,  dau.  of 


of 
North- 
ampton. 


Francis  Bernard 

of  Abington, 

co.  North11. 


Francis, 
d.  s.  p. 


I 
Thomas,  of 

Gobion's  Manor, 

in  the  town  of 

Northampton, 

1618. 


Jonathan.        Joseph.        William.        Benjamin. 


From  Bridges'  History  of  Northamptonshire  I  find  that  Gobion's  manor 
was  about  300  acres  "  without  the  east-gate  of  the  city."  It  was  long  held 
by  the  Turpins,  but  5  or  6  Queen  Mary,  Robert  Harrison  had  it  and  his 
son  Robert  (?)  succeeded.  In  1621  Thomas  Harrison  sold  it  to  the  corpora- 
tion of  Northampton.  Another  branch  of  this  family  of  Gobion  also  owned 
Yardley-Gobions,  but  in  1541  that  manor  was  annexed  to  the  honor  of 
Grafton  and  has  descended  with  that  dukedom.  It  is  possible  that  one  of 
these  Harrisons  may  have  settled  at  either  Yardley,  after  the  sale  of  Gobion's 
manor. 

I  believe  that  the  origin  of  the  Virginia  Harrisons  is  unknown.  Meade, 
i.  310,  traces  the  family  to  Benjamin  Harrison,  born  in  1645  in  Southwark 
parish,  Va.,  who  died  in  1712,  and  says  that  Mr.  Grigsby  thinks  he  may 
have  been  the  son  of  Herman  H.  or  of  John  Harrison  governor  in  1623. 
May  it  not  be  that  the  father  was  one  of  this  Northampton  family  ? 

At  all  events  Mr.  C.  H.  of  1676  had  been  evidently  a  prominent  man  in 
Virginia,  and  some  of  the  clues  given  by  Mrs.  Cotton  may  aid  us  in  identi- 
fying him. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  447 

I  have  already  noted  that  Amphilis  seems  to  be  a  family  name  in  the 
Neville  family  and  its  relations. 

In  the  Visitation  of  Bedfordshire,  article  Faldo,  p.  169,  I  jiote  that 
Thomas  Neville  of  Cotterstock,  co.  North11  (son  of  William  N.  of  Holt) 
had  Jane  married  to  John  Chamberlain,  and  their  daughter  Amphilis  m.  1, 
Richard  Faldo  (who  d.  1576),  and  2,  Thomas  Sheppard  of  Maiden,  co. 
Beds.     She  had  a  daughter  Amphilis  Sheppaud. 

In  the  Visitation  of  Northamptonshire  I  have  noted  but  one  instance,  viz., 
on  p.  130.  Richard  Ravenscroft  of  Maidford  in  the  county,  1619,  married 
Amphilis,  dau.  of  Thomas  Lawney  of  said  place.  The  name  is  evidently 
an  unusual  one,  and  most  probably  given  only  for  family  reasons. 

William  H.  Whitmore. 

E 

[Mr.  Faithfull,  clerk  of  the  Merchant  Taylors'  Company,  London,  England, 
has  sent  us  a  copy  of  a  privately  printed  pamphlet  of  48  pages  by  Major  W. 
Newsome,  R.  E.,  published  in  June,  1879,  ten  years  ago  last  summer,  entitled: 
"  Yorkshire  the  home  of  the  Washingtons."  The  author  gives  his  reasons  for 
believing  that  John  and  Lawrence  Washington  were  from  Yorkshire.  Though 
Mr.  Waters's  researches  lead  to  a  different  locality,  the  genealogical  information 
contained  in  this  pamphlet  will  be  found  interesting. — Editor.] 


Sir  Edward  Brett  of  Blendeuhall  in  Bexley  parish  in  the  County  of 
Kent  Knight  and  Sergeant  Porter  to  the  King's  Majesty,  22  December 
1682  with  codicil  of  7  November  1683,  proved  17  March  1683.  I  pur- 
chased of  Edward  Brewster  deceased  all  that  the  capital  messuage  or  man- 
sion House  as  called  Blendon  Hall,  situate  and  being  in  the  parish  of  Bex- 
ley  &c.  (and  other  lands  and  tenements).  To  the  children  of  Henry  Fisher 
of  Greeton,  Northampton,  gent.,  by  Elizabeth  his  wife.  To  the  heirs  of 
Stephen  Beckingham  of  Gray's  Inn,  London,  Esq.,  and  Richard  Watson 
of  St.  Margaret's  Westminster,  gent.  To  the  several  children  of  my  niece 
Anne  Isham,  the  daughter  of  my  sister  Mary  Isham,  viz. :  Richard  Wat- 
hew,  John  Wathew,  Henry  Wathew,  Alice  Wathew  and  Sarah  Wathew. 
To  the  two  daughters  of  my  nephew  Henry  Isham  late  of  Virginia  de- 
ceased, by  Katherine  his  wife,  two  hundred  pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid  unto 
them  within  twelve  months  after  my  decease.  To  John,  Nathaniel  and 
Edward  Fisher,  sons  of  the  said  Henry  Fisher.  To  Alice  Grove,  of  Lon- 
don widow,  and  my  god  daughter  Anne  Grove.  To  my  kinsman  Owen 
Norton  of  Sherrington,  Bucks,  Esq.  My  kinsman  Stephen  Beckingham 
of  Gray's  Inn,  Esq.,  and  my  kinsman  Richard  Watson.  I  give  my  carpen- 
tine  cup  to  my  cousin  Charles  Brett's  widow.  I  give  my  old  cup  with  the 
Brett's  arms  thereupon  engraven,  and  tipt  with  silver,  to  my  cousin 
Margaret  Duncumbe  widow.  Reference  to  a  former  will  bearing  date  19 
January  1681-2  in  which  was  a  bequest  to  my  cousin  Charles  Brett  Esq., 
lately  deceased.     My  said  cousin  Mary  Brett  his  widow.  Hare,  27. 

In  the  codicil,  bequests  are  made  to  Robert  Norton  and  others. 

[This  will  of  Sir  Edward  Brett  should  have  accompanied  the  will  of  his  kins- 
man, Richard  Watson,  published  in  the  April  number  of  these  gleanings  {ante, 
page  440) .  Whether  the  testator  was  related  to  the  other  Bretts  whose  wills 
are  given  in  this  number  I  cannot  say.  According  to  the  late  Rev.  Frederick 
Brown,  M.A.,  F.S.A.,  he  belonged  to  the  Brett  family  of  White  Staunton,  an 
early  pedigree  of  which  family  may  be  found  in  the  Visitation  of  London,  1568 
(Harleian  Soc.  Pub.,  i.  47).  Robert  Brett,  citizen  and  merchant  tailor  of  London, 
had  four  sons  (see  pedigree) ,  of  whom  William,  the  second,  was  of  Toddington, 
Beds.,  and  father  of  the  above  testator.  Edward  Brett,  born  1608,  married 
Barbara,  only  daughter  of  Sir  John  Fleming,  Kt.,  and  was  himself  knighted  by 


448  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Charles  I.,  31  Aug.  1644,  after  a  gallant  charge  upon  the  Parliamentary  forces  at 
Lostwithiel,  Cornwall,  where  he  "received  a  shott  in  his  left  arm,  and  having 
brought  his  men  off,  retreated  to  be  drest,  when  the  King  called  him  and  took 
his  sword  which  was  drawn  in  his  hand  and  knighted  him  on  his  horse's  back." 

"Sir  Edward  Brett  died,  s.  p.,  aged  75,  Feb.  12,  1682-3,  and  is  buried  in 
Bexley  Church,  Kent,  where  there  is  an  elaborate  monumental  inscription 
recording  his  military  services  in  behalf  of  King  Charles,  and  afterwards  in  the 
Netherlands,  under  William,  then  Prince  of  Orange." 

Henry  Isham,  whose  will  has  also  been  given  in  the  January  number  of  the 
Register  (ante,  page  428),  was  a  kinsman,  being  the  son  of  Henry  Isham 
deceased,  whom  Sir  Edward  calls  "my  nephew,"  by  Katherine  his  wife. — 
Henry  F.  Waters. 

The  two  daughters  of  Henry  Isham,  mentioned  in  this  will,  were  Mary,  wife 
of  William  Randolph  of  "  Turkey  Island,"  and  Anne,  wife  of  Francis  Eppes. 
Brett  Randolph,  grandson  of  William  and  Mary  (Isham)  Randolph,  and  son  of 
Richard  and  Jane  (Boiling)  Randolph,  married  (in  Gloucestershire,  England, 
where  he  lived  and  died),  Mary  Scott  of  London,  and  had  issue. — R.  A.  Brock 
of  Richmond,  Va.] 

Codicil.  I  William  Claiborne  of  Virginia  at  present  in  Loudon,  mer- 
chant &c,  do  declare  that  whereas  I  some  time  since  made  my  last  will  and 
testament  in  Virginia  aforesaid  and  appointed  executors  therein  who  reside 
there,  I  therefore  confirm  and  ratify  the  same  in  all  its  parts  and  do  hereby 
order,  direct  and  appoint,  by  way  of  addition  thereto,  Mr  John  Han  bury  of 
Loudon,  Merchant,  to  be  my  executor  here  in  England  in  order  for  him  to 
recover  and  get  in  my  outstanding  debts  and  effects,  and  after  my  decease 
to  remit  the  same  to  the  order  of  my  other  executors  in  the  said  will  named. 
16  May  1740. 

This  codicil  was  proved  at  London  17  July  1746.  Edmunds,  202. 

[This  William  Claiborne  was  presumably  the  son  of  Lt.  Col.  Thomas  Clai- 
borne, b.  Aug.  17,  1649;  m. Dandridge;   k.  by  Indians,  Oct.  7,  1683,  and 

grandson  of  Col.  Wm.  Claiborne,  "the  rebel." — R.  A.  Brock.] 

John  Dodge  of  Middlechinnock,  2  April  1635,  proved  15  October  1635. 
To  be  buried  in  the  church  yard  there.  To  the  church  ten  shillings.  The 
same  to  the  poor  of  the  parish.  To  the  minister,  for  preaching  funeral 
sermon,  ten  shillings.  Wife  Margery  shall  hold  and  enjoy  one  tenement 
in  the  parish  of  Halstocke,  co.  Dorset,  containing  by  estimation  ten  acres 
more  or  less,  during  her  life  natural,  if  my  sons  Michael  and  William  shall 
happen  so  long  to  live.  To  wife  Margery  forty  pounds  and  the  bed  that  I 
now  lie  in  and  the  bedstead  and  all  things  belonging  thereunto.  I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  her  so  much  of  my  other  household  stuff  as  shall  amount  to 
four  pounds,  of  such  kinds  as  she  shall  think  most  needful  and  useful  for 
her. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  William  forty  pounds  more  over 
and  above  that  portion  which  I  have  already  given  him.  To  my  son  Rich- 
ard one  sheep  and  to  take  his  choice  in  my  whole  flock ;  and  to  John  the 
son  of  the  said  Richard  forty  shillings.  To  Mary  my  daughter  twenty 
shillings  and  to  her  son  John  forty  shillings.  And  my  will  is  that  all  these 
goods  shall  be  delivered  half  a  year  after  my  decease. 

Item,  all  the  rest  of  my  goods  unmentioned  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my 
son  Michael  whom  I  make  and  ordain  the  executor  of  this  my  last  will  and 
testament. 

Witnesses  Geo.  Parsons,  clerk,  William  Dodge,  William  Templeman. 

Sadler,  101. 

[William  and  Richard  Dodge  came  over  to  Beverly.  Each  had  a  son  Wil- 
liam.    There  came  a  fourth  William  (son  of  Michael),  who,  to  distinguish  him 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         449 

from  his  uncle  William,  and  his  two  cousins  of  the  name,  was  called  William 
Dodge  of  Coker,  or  sometimes  Coker  William  Dodge.  Chinnock  and  Coker  are 
neighboring  parishes  in  the  extreme  south  or  southeast  part  of  Somersetshire. 
Halstock,  Dorset,  referred  to  in  the  will,  is  just  over  the  line,  south  of  these 
parishes. — H.  F.  Waters. 

William  Dodge  arrived  in  the  "Lyons  Whelpe"  in  1629,  made  free  in  1637. 
16th,  5  mo.  1638  Richard  Dodge  had  10  acres  granted  in  Salem.  26th,  9  mo. 
1638  Richard  and  William  had  four  score  acres  granted  in  Salem  between  them. 
Both  were  first  at  Salem,  then  in  Beverly. 

Richard's  first  sou  was  John,  b.  1631 ;  det.  by  record  of  death.  William's  first 
son  was  John,  b.  1636 ;  det.  by  record  of  death.  William  Dodge,  son  of  Michael, 
b.  1635 ;  m.  in  Beverly,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Roger  Haskell ;  had  two  sons  and 
seven  daughters,  among  them  a  Mighill  and  Margery. 

Richard's  will,  dated  14th,  9  mo.  1670,  pr.  4  mo.  1671,  says,  "  And  whereas  I 
haue  land  in  England  let  to  my  brother  Michael  Dodge  for  f oure  pound  p'  annum, 
I  doe  hereby  acquitt  my  brother  from  all  dues  and  demands  concerninge  the 
saide  rent  during  my  life,  but  after  my  decease  I  giue  and  bequathe  to  my  wife 
and  my  son  John  the  saide  rent  to  be  annually  paid  them  during  their  said  lif  es 
according  to  the  tenure  of  the  lease." 

In  1692,  Capt.  Jno.  Dodge,  Jr.,  of  Beverly,  deeds  to  his  cousin  William  Dodge, 
2d,  yeoman,  10  acres  because  of  his  father  William  Dodge's  [Farmer  William,  so 
called]  promise  so  to  do  providing  he  should  come  out  to  this  country. — Ira  J. 
Patch,  of  Salem,  Mass.] 

Mary  Sheppey  of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  in  the  Strand,  ah  Savoy,  iu 
the  County  of  Midd.,  widow,  4  June  1624,  proved  18  March  1624.  *  To 
my  friend  John  Brett,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Clement  Danes,  in  the  said 
County,  citizen  and  Merchant  Taylor  of  London,  twenty  pounds  of  currant 
English  money,  whom  I  make  and  ordain  full  and  sole  executor  of  this  my 
last  will  and  testament.  I  give  unto  the  four  children  of  my  son  Robert 
Chapman,  late  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  twenty  pounds,  to  be  equally  di- 
vided and  paid  unto  them,  or  the  survivors  of  them,  at  their  several  ages 
of  twenty  and  one  years  or  days  of  marriage,  which  shall  first  happen.  I 
give  to  my  daughter  Martha  Vaughau  ten  pounds.  I  give  to  my  grand- 
child Mary  Walford  twenty  shillings  to  make  her  a  ring.  I  give  to  Mr 
Nicholas  Paye  twenty  shillings  to  make  him  a  ring.  I  give  to  Captain 
Thomas  Brett  twenty  shillings  to  make  him  a  ring.  I  give  to  my  neigh- 
bors Mrs  Joan  Dannson,  ten  shillings,  Mr  Thomas  Bratt,  twenty  shillings, 
Mrs  Anne  Pastolow,  ten  shillings,  and  Margery  Tincombe,  twenty  shil- 
lings, to  make  each  of  them  a  ring.  To  my  god  daughter  Mary  Cunisbie 
twenty  shillings  to  make  her  a  ring.  To  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Bacon,  widow, 
ten  pounds,  to  be  paid  unto  her  within  six  months  next  after  my  decease, 
and  to  Henry,  George,  Mary  and  William  Bacon,  her  four  children,  each 
of  them  a  piece  of  gold  of  the  value  of  twenty  and  two  shillings.  To  my 
neighbor  Mr9  Elisabeth  Shaw  ten  shillings  to  make  her  a  ring.  To  my 
cousin  Mrs  Clare  Bucke  twenty  shillings  to  make  her  a  ring.  To  Symon 
Gomond  forty  shillings,  to  be  paid  him  at  his  full  age  of  twenty  and  one 
years.  Further  my  mind  and  will  is  that  after  my  debts,  funeral  charges 
and  bequests  be  paid,  or  so  much  deducted  out  of  my  estate  as  will  pay 
them  at  their  several  times  of  limitation,  that  then  all  the  remainder  of  my 
estate  shall  be  divided  into  six  just  and  equal  parts,  the  which,  being  so 
divided,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  six  children  of  my  son  in  law  Richard 
Waters,  late  of  London,  draper,  deceased,  as  namely,  I  give  one  part  of 
thereof  unto  George  Waters,  one  other  part  unto  Margaret  Waters,  one 
other  part  unto  Elizabeth  Waters  the  wife  of  my  said  executor,  one  other 
part  unto  Martha  Waters,  one  othei  part  unto  Lettice  Waters  and  the 
other  part  unto  Rebecca  Waters.  And  I  do  nominate  and  appoint  my 
good  friends  and  neighbors  Thomas  Bratte  and  Morris  Shawe  for  over- 


450         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

seers,  and  do  give  to  the  said  Morris   Shawe  twenty  shillings  to  make 
him  a  ring.  Clarke,  34. 

Percival  Brett  of  St.  Martin's  in  the  Fields,  London,  7  May  1638, 
proved  24  May  1638.  To  the  poor  of  the  town  and  parish  of  Tenterden. 
To  the  poor  soldiers  of  the  town  and  garrison  of  Portsmouth.  To  my  two 
god  children  born  and  christened  in  the  parish  of  Tenterden,  named  and 
known  by  the  names  of  Annis  Winchester  and  Mary  Nevill,  as  I  remember. 
To  John  Tounge,  the  son  of  Dorothy  Hodges,  born  at  Coventry  and  brought 
up  at  one  Mr  Younge's  at  the  Red  Cross  in  Queen's  Street.  To  my  cousin 
Robert  Brett  of  Fayerfield  in  Kent.  To  Richard  Brett  of  Portsmouth. 
To  Percival  Wivill  of  Portsmouth  and  to  Thomas  Wivill.  To  my  cousin 
Beane's  wife  of  Bidenden.  To  my  eldest  brother  John  Brett,  my  brother 
Thomas  Brett  and  my  youngest  brother  Richard  Brett.  To  my  cousin 
Anne  Wivill,  lately  married.  My  wife  shall  have  all  my  lands  &c.  in  the 
County  of  Kent  during  her  natural  life.  There  is  given  by  bond  to  me  by 
my  uncle  Capt  Thomas  Brett  fifteen  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  to  me  after 
his  decease.  If  he  be  living  at  the  time  of  my  decease  I  do  quit,  relinquish 
and  forgive  the  debt.     My  said  uncle  to  be  executor.  Lee,  61. 

Thomas  Brett  of  St.  Martin's  in  the  Fields,  Middlesex,  30  November 
1638,  proved  14  January  1638.  For  the  disposing  of  my  worldly  goods, 
as  I  was  never  covetous  in  seeking  them  so  I  will  leave  them  without  much 
curiosity  amongst  my  poor  kindred  and  some  few  friends.  To  my  loving 
sister  only  now  living  one  hundred  pounds.  To  John  Brett  the  son  of  my 
eldest  brother  John  five  pounds  to  buy  a  piece  of  plate,  and  to  my  loving 
cousin  his  wife  the  like  proportion,  and  to  all  their  children  twenty  shil- 
lings apiece  at  ten  years  of  age,  and  the  two  other  former  sous  to  the 
parents  to  be  paid  within  one  year  after  my  decease.  Having  given  by 
deed  unto  my  cousin  Robert  Wivill  two  hundred  pounds,  as  well  for  his 
own  advancement  in  marriage  as  for  the  better  enabling  him  to  relieve  his 
poor  brethren  and  sisters,  I  give  to  the  other  children  of  my  sister  Wivell, 
viz.  Elizabeth,  Alice,  Amye,  Mary  and  Percival  Wyvill,  fifty  pounds  to  be 
equally  divided  amongst  them.  To  Thomas  Wyvill,  who  hath  served  me 
faithfully  some  years,  two  hundred  pounds.  To  the  children  of  my  sister 
Nower,  viz.  John,  Joseph,  Thomas,  Elizabeth  and  Daniel  Nower,  three 
score  pounds,  to  be  equally  divided  &c.  To  my  cousin  John  Brett,  dwell- 
ing at  the  Golden  Ball  in  the  Strand,  five  pounds  and  to  my  cousin  his  wife 
forty  shillings,  and  to  every  one  of  their  children  twenty  shillings  apiece  at 
fifteen  years  of  age.  To  the  sister  of  John  Brett  now  married  to  Symon 
Porter  three  pounds,  and  ten  shillings  apiece  to  every  one  of  her  children. 
To  ten  of  the  poorest  and  most  impotent  persons  of  the  parish  of  Great 
Charte  in  Kent,  where  I  was  born  and  baptized.  To  my  godson  John 
Brett,  the  son  of  Henry  Brett  of  Great  Charte,  five  pounds.  To  my  cousin 
Robert  Brett  of  Fairefield  and  his  brother  Richard  Brett  of  Portsmouth 
twenty  pounds  between  them.  To  my  cousin  Robert  Brett  who  lodgeth 
in  my  house  forty  shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring.  The  perverseness  of  Tho- 
mas Goddyn  hath  been  the  true  cause  of  the  deferring  the  execution  of  my 
brother  Steven  his  will.  Refers  to  a  portion  due  to  M™  Thornhill,  being 
the  legacy  of  Sir  Richard  Smith.  Remainder  to  cousins  Thomas  and 
Richard  Brett,  sons  of  my  eldest  brother  John  Brett  and  they  two  to  be 
executors. 

Codicil  21  December  1638.  Cousin  Steven  Nower,  left  out  in  Will. 
A  legacy  of  twenty  pounds  to  him.  Harvey,  10. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  451 

Richard  Brett  of  London,  haberdasher,  18  September  1643,  proved 
12  May  1645.  I  have  ventured  the  sum  of  five  hundred  pounds  upon  the 
propositions  made  by  both  houses  of  Parliament  for  the  quelling  and  sup- 
pressing of  the  rebels  in  Ireland.  To  my  cousins  Mildred,  Sarah  and  Mary 
the  three  daughters  of  my  brother  Thomas.  To  the  eldest  son  of  my 
brother  Thomas.  To  my  Aunt  Nowell  the  wife  of  Daniel  Nowell.  To 
my  cousin  Panuell,  sister  of  my  brother  John's  wife.  To  my  cousin  Whit- 
ledge,  brother  to  my  brother  John's  wife  living  now  in  London.  To  my 
brother  Thomas  his  wife's  sister  M"  Wills.  To  my  cousins  Robert  and 
Thomas  Wivill  and  their  wives.  To  the  wives  of  my  brothers  John  and 
Thomas  Brett.  To  my  uncle  Celhurst  [or  Colhurst?]  and  his  daughter, 
my  cousin,  Mrs  Austen.  Sundry  people  living  in  Tenterden  mentioned. 
Brother  John's  three  daughters.  Brother  Thomas  his  three  children. 
Refers  to  will  of  uncle  Capt.  Thomas  Brett.  To  my  nephew  John  Brett, 
6on  of  my  eldest  brother  John.  Rivers,  69. 

Thomas  Brett  of  Tenterden,  Kent,  gentleman,  13  November  1646, 
proved  4  January  1648.  To  wife  Sarah  the  lease  and  term  of  years  yet 
to  come  and  unexpired  which  I  now  have  of  and  in  the  messuage  I  now 
dwell  in,  with  the  lands  thereunto  belonging.  My  seal  ring  of  gold  and  the 
great  cypress  chest  now  standing  in  the  Hall  to  my  son  John  Brett.  To 
my  servant  and  kinsman  Thomas  Brett  and  Mary  his  sister  five  pounds 
apiece. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  very  loving  brother  Mr.  John  Brett, 
citizen  and  merchant  taylor  of  London,  the  sum  of  ten  pounds.  And  I  do 
hereby  make,  constitute  and  ordain  the  said  John  Brett,  my  brother,  execu- 
tor of  this  my  last  will  and  testament.  My  friends  Shemaial  Selherst  and 
Mr,  Thomas  Taylor  and  my  loving  brother,  Thomas  Wills,  to  be  overseers. 
To  all  my  children.     My  sister  Finche,  now  wife  of  Mr.  John  Finch. 

Fairfax,  15. 

John  Brett,  citizen  &  merchant  taylor  of  London,  3  July  1684,  with 
memorandum  made  9  November  1685,  proved  13  January  1685.  To  my 
son  Matthew  Meriton  and  his  wife,  each  twenty-five  pounds  within  six 
months  after  my  decease.  To  my  son  John  Archer  and  his  wife,  each  (a 
similar  legacy).  To  my  son  John  Dauling  Esq.  and  his  wife  twenty -five 
pounds  each,  to  be  allowed  out  of  the  hundred  pouuds  that  he  is  indebted 
to  me  by  a  bond.  To  my  son  Matthew  Meriton  and  his  wife  each  ten 
pounds,  to  buy  them  mourning.  The  same  to  John  Archer  &  his  wife, 
and  John  Dauliug  &  his  wife.  To  my  son  John  Brett's  wife,  as  a  legacy, 
twenty  five  pounds.  To  my  servant  Susannah  Watts,  to  buy  her  mourn- 
ing, four  pounds,  besides  a  legacy  of  ten  pounds.  To  my  sister  Roulte  and 
my  sister  Tayler,  that  was  and  my  sister  Marsh,  and  my  sister  Sherbrooke, 
each  of  them  forty  shillings.  To  the  three  daughters  of  my  brother  Tho- 
mas Brett  Deceased  forty  shillings  each.  Unto  William  Stevens,  John 
Powell,  Francis  Brand,  Matthew  Gibbons,  each  of  them  forty  shillings. 
To  Mr  Loves  and  Mr.  Claxton  each  five  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  the 
church  ten  pounds,  to  be  distributed  by  the  two  teachers  and  the  deacons 
to  those  that  have  most  need.  To  my  cousin  Sick's  wife  and  to  my  cousin 
Noble,  each,  forty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Bix,  widow,  forty  shillings  and 
also  the  five  pounds  that  her  husband  was  indebted  to  me.  To  my  grand- 
son Backwell  and  his  wife  and  to  his  children  that  shall  be  living  at  the 
time  of  my  decease,  each  of  them  ten  pounds  apiece,  to  be   paid  to   my 


452  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

grandson  Baekwell  for  himself  and  all  the  rest  six  months  after  my  decease. 
To  my  son  John  Archer's  children  ten  pounds  apiece,  to  be  improved  for 
them  until  their  age  of  twenty  one  years.  To  my  grandson  Meriton  ten 
pounds  wheu  he  hath  served  his  apprenticeship.  To  my  grandson  Sher- 
brooke  the  elder  &  his  wife,  and  also  to  his  children  that  shall  be  living  at 
the  time  of  my  decease,  ten  pounds  apiece,  all  to  be  paid  to  their  father  six 
months  after  my  decease ;  and  more  to  my  grandson  Sherbrooke  and  his 
wife  ten  pounds  apiece,  in  six  months  &c. ;  and  also  the  like  in  case  he 
have  any  children  by  his  wife:  and  more  to  my  grandson  Dalling  when  he 
attains  the  age  of  twenty  one  years,  ten  pounds,  and  to  his  two  sisters,  each 
of  them  ten  pounds,  to  be  paid  six  months  after  my  decease.  Unto  the 
widow  Browne  twenty  shillings. 

I  do  give  unto  my  son  John  Brett  the  moiety  or  half  part  of  the  lands  & 
tenements  and  hereditaments  lying  &  being  iu  the  Parish  of  Tenterden, 
Smalhood,  Breucett  and  Warhorne,  being  known  by  the  same  names  or 
the  like,  being  in  the  County  of  Keut;  which  said  lands  are  in  the  hands 
of  Richard  Marsh,  during  his  wife's  life,  Kathern,  who  was  the  wife  of  my 
brother  Percival  Brett;  but,  in  case  my  son  John  Brett  have  no  son,  then 
after  his  decease  I  do  give  the  moiety  of  the  aforesaid  lands  unto  my  said 
two  daughters  Sarah  Archer  and  Elizabeth  Dauling.  and  after  their  de- 
cease  to  their  children. 

Item,  I  do  give  unto  my  son  John  Brett  my  land  that  is  settled  upon 
me  in  New  England,  as  appears  by  a  Deed  is  expressed.  As  to  the  land 
at  Eythorne  Court,  in  Kent,  the  house  in  Grace  Church  Parish  in  which 
my  sou  lives,  known  by  the  name  of  the  Star  &c,  my  will  is  that  the  same 
settlement  that  was  made  to  my  son,  upon  the  marriage  of  his  first  wife, 
shall  stand.     To  my  brother  Bermau  three  pounds.     Other  legacies.     My 

son  Brett  to  be  executor.     Son  John  Archer  and  friend  Blackborne 

to  be  overseers.  To  ray  sister  Archer,  in  remembrance  of  my  love,  forty 
shillings.  (Signed)  John  Bret. 

Wit :  Thomas  Browne,  Gabriel  Glover  and  Edward  Southby. 

Lloyd,  1. 

1612.  "Aug.  9,  William  Hutchinson,  of  Alford,  co.  Lincoln,  mercer,  and 
Anne,  daughter  of  Francis  Marbury,  Minister,  by  licence."  (St.  Mary 
Woolnoth  Marriages,  page  138.) 

1565.  Sep.  29,  Susanna,  wief  of  William  Shorte,  grocer,  and  daughter  to 
Mr.  Rogers,  late  burned  in  Smithfield.     (Ibid.  Burials,  page  188.) 

[The  above  entries  were  copied  by  Mr.  Waters  from  the  Registers  of  the 
United  Parishes  of  St.  Mary  Woolnoth  and  St.  Mary  Woolchurch  Haw,  edited  by 
J.  M.  S.  Brooke,  M.A.  and  A.  W.  C.  Hallen,  M.A.,  published  in  1886.  The  first 
entry  supplies  the  date  and  place  of  the  marriage  of  William  Hutchinson  and 
Anne,  daughter  of  Rev.  Francis  Marbury,  which  Col.  Chester  when  he  wrote  his 
valuable  account  of  the  Hutchinson  and  Marbury  families,  printed  in  the 
Register,  vol.  20,  pp.  355-67,  did  not  find. 

If  Col.  Chester  had  seen  the  second  entry  he  might  have  been  spared  much 
labor  in  proving  the  family  of  the  proto-martyr.  This  entry,  taken  with  the 
pedigree  found  in  the  British  Museum,  constitutes  proof  positive. — Editor.] 


Washington. 

A 

The  will  of  Alban  Wakeline  of  Henley-upon-Thames,  Oxfordshire,  Esq., 
21  August  1602,  proved  10  February  1602,  mentions  wife  Amye,  daughters 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


453 


Phillis,  Elizabeth,  Mary  and  Priscilla,  unmarried,  Hugh  Wakeline  and  his 
brother  George,  and  his  sisters,  children  of  uncle  John  Wakeline.  He 
appoints  his  wife  executrix,  and  his  friends  Robert  Washington  of  Stuttes- 
bury,  Esq.,  Alban  Cutler  of  Ashton  in  the  Wales,  gent.,  in  the  co.  of 
Northampton,  and  Guy  Foster  of  Hanslowe,  in  co.  Buck.,  gent.,  overseers. 

Among  the  witnesses  was  Lawrence  Washington. 

Admon.  de  bonis  non  was  granted  30  April  1624  to  Mary  Bentley  alias 
Washington,  a  daughter,  &c.  Boleyn,  9  (P.  C.  C.). 


John  (Bancroft)  Bishop  of  Oxford  in  his  will,  31  August  1839,  proved  5 
June  1641,  enjoins  that  his  body  shall  be  buried  in  Cuddesdon  chancel  aud 
desires  his  chaplains  Mr.  Fulham  or  Mr.  Washington  to  preach  in  Cuddesdon 
church,  and  "  to  make  such  mention  of  me  as  may  tend  to  God's  glory." 
To  nephew  Kinsman  and  my  niece  his  wife,  cousin-german  Elizabeth  Isard, 
widow,  and  my  two  brothers,  Christopher  and  Silvester  Bancroft. 

Evelyn,  80  (P.  C.  C). 


The  following  is  extracted  from  a  letter  received  from  Mr.  J.  C.  C.  Smith : — 
Mr.  Cave  Browne  gives  me  this  from  Maidstone  Register  (about  to  be 

printed). 

Married  January  15,  1609-10,  Mr.  Arthur  Beeszicke,  gent.,  and  Mistris 

Martha  Washington,  gentlewoman. 


Laurentius  Washington  —  Mense  Januarii  1616.  Decimo  nono  die 
emanavit  Cofriissio  Margarete  Washington  relce  Laurentii  Washington 
nuper  de  Wickamon  in  Com.  Northampton  def  heiitis,  etc. 


The  will  of  Abel  Makepeace  of  Chipping  Warden,  Northampton,  yeoman, 
was  made  16  June  1601  and  proved  14  October  1602.  He  mentions  wife 
Mary,  daughters  Dorothy  and  Bridgett,  unmarried,  three  daughters  already 
married,  viz.  Lucy,  Jane  and  Amye,  son  Lawrence,  and  good  friends  and 
"cosen"  Symon  Haynes,  gent.,  Basil  Trymnell,  gent.,  Thomas  Hollowaye, 
clerk,  George  Makepeace  and  Richard  Blason  ; — also  daughter  Butler's  two 
daughters.  Northamptonshire  Wills. 


In  my  notes  on  the  Ancestry  of  Washington,  an  abstract  of  the  will  of 
Symon  Heynes  of  Turweston,  Bucks.,  was  given  (Register,  vol.  43,  p.  414, 
ante,  p.  389),  because  in  it  he  mentioned  his  kinsman  Lawrence  Washing- 
ton, meaning,  probably,  the  Register  of  Chancery.  No  explanation  of  that 
kinship  was  given.  The  following  pedigree,  taken  from  Harleian  MS. 
1533  (140  in  pencil),  shows  the  connection: 

SIMON  HAYNES  = ,  who  after  married 

Dean  of  Dr.  May  and  lastly 

Exeter  and  Windsor.  Dr.  Yale. 


Simon,  of  Turweston: 
dU.  Tars  ton,  Bucks. 


Amye,  dau.  and  one 
of  3  con.  of 
Henry  Marshall 
of  Com.  North'11 
and  of  Elizabeth, 
Aunt  to  Sir  Law- 
rence Washington. 


Joseph  Haynes=Jane,  d.  and  h.  of 


of  Barking, 
Essex. 


Margaret. 


Joane. 


Yale  of 
Wales. 


Elizabeth. 


454         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

The  will  of  Thomas  Yale,  Dr.  of  Laws  (1577-1578),  calls  Jane  wife  of 
Joseph  Haynes  "  niece,"  and  mentions  wife  Joaue.  That  of  Joane  Yale, 
his  widow  (1585-1587),  mentions  sons  Simon  and  Joseph  Heynes,  or 
Haynes,  aud  William  Maye.  So  we  are  enabled  to  fill  the  blank  in  the 
above  pedigree,  so  far  as  the  baptismal  name  of  the  wife  of  the  first  Simon 
Heynes  is  concerned.  Henry  F.  Waters. 


B 

I  might  supplement  Mr.  Conway  Robinson's  remarks  (ante,  page  411)  as  to 
Lawrence  Washington,  Registrar  of  the  High  Court  of  Chancery,  by  stating 
that  in  1583  he  is  styled  of  "Gray's  Inn,  co.  Middlesex,  gent.,"  during  which 
year  he  purchased  the  Manor  of  Whitacre  inferior,  co.  Warwick,  selling  it  six 
years  later  to  George  Villiers,  Esq.,  of  Brokesby,  co.  Leic.  Villiers's  dau.  Ann 
afterwards  married  Washington's  grand-nephew.  Towards  the  close  of  Eliza- 
beth's reign  he  purchased  the  Jordan's  Hall  of  Maidstone,  Kent,  and  alienated 
it  later  to  the  Godwins. 

From  the  Privy  Council  Register,  16  Jan.  1599,  it  appears  that  among  the 
lawyers  of  Chancery,  assessed  for  suppression  of  the  Irish  rebellion,  was 
Lawrence  Washington,  10  I.  ster. ;  and  in  a  Certificate  about  Privy  Seals,  co. 
Middlesex,  1610,  among  those  not  having  paid  are  Lawrence  Washington  of 
Finchley,  near  London,  and  John  Washington  of  Westdreate  (Drayton-West) . 

In  a  list  of  monies  raised  1626  on  Privy  Seals  in  co.  Bucks,  occurs  name  of 
Lawrence  Washington  ar.  of  Westbury,  10  I. 

On  a  small  black  marble  tomb-stone,  on  the  north  side  of  the  east  window  of 
the  chancel  of  All  Saints,  Maidstone,  is  the  following  inscription : 

Mortalis  Morte 
Immortalis. 

Here  resteth  the  body  of  Lawrence 
Washington  Esq;  of  the  Family  of  the 
Washington  s,  antientlie  of  Washington 
in  the  Countie  Palatine  of  Durham: 
Register  of  the  Highe  Court  of  Chancery 
xxvn  Yeares :  He  had  two  Wy vfs,  Martha 
Daughter  of  Clement  Newce  of  Hartford- 
shire  Esq:  and  Mary  Daughter  of  Sir  Raynold 
Scott  of  this  Countie  Knight :  By  his  First 
He  had  5  Sons  and  2  Daughters ;  Lawrence 
and  Mary,  The  Eldest  only  ly  ving.  Lawrence 
succeeded  him  in  his  Office,  married  Ann 
Daughter  of  William  Lewyn  Judge  of  the 
Prerogative  Court.  Mary  married  William 
Horsepooleof  this  Parish  Gentlem.  His  other 
Daughter  Martha  married  to  Arthur 
Beswick  Gentlem.  Son  of  William  Beswick 
of  this  County  Esq. ;  He  having  lived  A 
Vertuous  &  Xtian  Life  of  singular  Intiecrity 
in  his  place.  Being  of  the  age  of  lxxiii  Yeares 
Died  the  xxi  of  December  An0.  Dni.  1619.  A 
Faithfull  Believer  in  the  Merritts  & 
Mercies  of  his  Saviour.  To  whose  Memorie 
His    Sonne   hath    erected   this    Monument. 

Though  after  my  Skinne 
Worms  destroy  this  Body, 
Yet  shall  I  see  God  in  my  Flesh. 


Church  at  Garsden 


Washington  Tablet. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  455 

As  is  stated  his  daughter  Mary  married  "William  Horspoole  gent,  of  Buckland, 
parish  of  Maidstone,  co.  Kent;  had  children  in  1619  :  Syrnon,  ae.  15;  John,  se. 
12;  Lawrence,  83.  6;  "William,  ae.  3;  Mary;  Martha;  Elizabeth  and  Catharine. 
The  other  daughter  Martha  married  Arthur,  son  and  heir  of  Wm.  Beswick  of 
Spilmander,  co.  Kent  and  Sheriff  of  the  County  1616;  she  died  1616,  leaving 
daughter  Mary. 

Lawrence  Washington  (Jun.),  born  about  1579,  purchased  the  Manor  of  Gars- 
den,  co.  Wilts  (3  miles  from  Malmesbury)  of  the  Moody  family.  He  obtained 
the  grant  in  reversion  of  the  Registrarship  in  the  Co.  of  Chancery  16  Apr.  1604, 
and  succeeded  his  father  in  that  office  towards  the  close  of  1619  ;  subsequently 
he  was  knighted.  Berry,  in  his  Genealogies  of  Kent,  styles  him  "of  Boliug- 
ford,  co.  Wilts."  He  married  Ann,  dau.  of  "Wm.  Lewyn  (or  Lovin),  LL.D.  of 
Ottringden  (Otterden),  co.  Kent,  made  Master  of  Chancery  about  1595  :  Judge 
of  the  Prerog.  Co.  of  Canterbury;  Chancellor  of  Eochester,  &c,  who  died  in 
Ap.  1598,  and  was  interred  in  St.  Leonard  in  Shoreditch,  co.  Middlesex.  Sir 
Lawrence  died  1643,  aged  64,  &  was  buried  in  Garsden  Church;  when  the  church 
was  restored  about  1860  the  mural  monument  which,  surmounted  by  the  family 
arms,  had  stood  in  the  chancel,  to  left  of  the  altar,  was  removed  to  the  Rectory  ^ 
and  was  exhibited  in  August,  1862,  at  the  Malmesbury  meeting  of  the  Wiltshire*^- 
Arch.  Society.  His  widow  Ann  died  Jan'y  13,  1645,  and  was  interred  in  the 
same  ground  three  days  later. 

The  mansion  at  Garsden  is  handsome,  old  fashioned,  built  of  stone,  with 
walls  five  feet  thick — its  timbers  chiefly  of  oak :  the  family  arms  carved  over 
the  mantel-pieces ;  and  around  the  building  a  beautiful  garden  and  orchard. 

He  had  children,  among  them  Lawrence  and  Martha.  The  following  extract, 
from  Eecords  of  St.  Dunstan's  in  the  "West,*  London,  evidently  refers  to  others 
of  his  issue : 

Lawrence,  son  of  Lawrence  Washington  jr.,  buried  29  Dec.  1617.f 
Anne,  dau.  of  Lawrence  &  Anne  Washington,  bapt.  29  Aug.  1621. 
Lawrence  Washington,  bapt.  30  Sept.  1622. 

Lawrence  "Washington,  Esq.,  of  Garsden,  co.  "Wilts  (son  of  Sir  Lawrence 
Washington,  Knt.),  was  probably  the  child  bapt.  at  St.  Dunstan's  in  the  "West, 
London,  30  Sept.  1622.  He  was  app'cl  by  H.  of  Com.,  7  Nov.  1650,  as  Sheriff  of 
Co.  Wilts,  and  Inigo  Jones's  Hist,  of  Stonehenge,  1655,  mentions  him  as  pro- 
prietor of  that  place.  He  married  Eleanor,  dau.  of  "Wm.  Guise,  Esq.,  of  El- 
more, Sheriff  of  co.  Glouc.  in  1647.  His  will  of  14  Jan.  1661-2  is  on  record. 
The  widow  married  Sir  Wm.  Pargiter,  Knt.  of  Gretworth,  co.  Northants,  who 
died  11  Aug.  1678,  aged  48,  leaving  dau.  Eleanor.  She  was  buried  beside  her 
first  husband  at  Garsden,  to  which  church,  as  Lady  Pargiter,  she  presented  a 
silver  flagon,  two  chalices  and  a  salver.  Mr.  Washington  left  an  only  dau.  and 
heiress  Elizabeth,  who,  in  1671,  became  the  first  wife  of  Sir  Robert  Shirley, 
Bart.,  afterwards  Earl  Eerrers,  and  died  2  Oct.  1693;  the  Earl  died  25  Dec. 
1717,  aged  67,  leaving  issue. 

Martha  Washington,  dau.  of  Sir  Lawrence  W.,  Knt.,  married  in  June,  1630, 
as  his  2d  wife,  Sir  John  Tyrell,  Knt.,  of  Springfield  and  Heron,  co.  Essex,  born 
14  Dec.  1597,  ancestor  of  the  Baronets  Tyrell.  She  died  17  Dec.  1670,  and  was 
buried  at  East  Hornden ;  Sir  John  died  3  Apr.  1675.  He  had  suffered  severely 
for  his  loyalty,  as  is  quaintly  shown  in  the  Latin  inscription  on  his  grave-stone 
in  the  south  chapel  of  the  church. — Isaac  J.  Greenwood,  of  New  York  city. 


It  happens  rather  strangely,  that  on  April  26,  1890,  there  was  sold  at  Libbie's 
auction  rooms,  in  Boston,  a  deed  of  Lawrence  Washington,  the  elder,  and  Law- 
rence W.  the  younger,  of  Maidstone,  co.  Kent.  It  was  dated  June  27,  1614,  and 
related  to  land  in  Oxfordshire.  The  signatures  were  good,  but  the  seals  had 
disappeared. — Editor. 

*  Richard  Washington,  who  had  died  in  Fetter  Lane,  London,  16-51,  was  buried  in  this 
church.  He  was  a  Fellow  of  Univ.  Coll.,  Oxf.,  where  he  had  taken  his  B.D.  1633,  and  was 
afterwards  Provost  of  Trinity  Coll.,  Dublin. 

t  This  was  probably  the  child  baptized  at  Mottinsrham  Julv  24,  1614  {ante,  page  413). — 
Editor. 


456  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 


The  natural  interest  which  all  Americans  must  feel  in  every  detail  of  the 
family  and  connections  of  our  great  first  President  has  been  powerfully  stimu- 
lated by  the  able  paper  of  Mr.  Henry  F.  Waters,  in  the  October  number  of  the 
Register  (ante,  pp.  352-403),  which  has  finally,  let  us  hope,  settled  the  vexed 
question  of  the  origin  of  John  and  Lawrence  Washington,  the  Emigrants  of 
Virginia,  and  it  now  seems  in  order  to  adduce  every  scrap  of  evidence  bearing  on 
the  descendants  of  John  Washington  of  Whitfield,  the  founder  of  the  line,  for 
preservation  for  the  use  of  the  future  writer  of  the  Genealogy  of  the  Family. 

As  is  well  known,  Sir  Lawrence  Washington,  Knt.,  the  second  Register  of  the 
High  Court  of  Chancery  of  that  name,  and  the  nephew  of  Robert  Washington 
of  Sulgrave,  the  Ancestor  of  the  Virginia  line,  acquired  by  purchase  the  estate 
of  Garsdon  in  Wiltshire  from  the  Moodys  to  whom  it  had  been  granted  by  King 
Henry  VIII.  as  a  reward  to  one  William  Moody,  his  footman,  for  saving  his 
life  on  the  occasion  of  an  accident  which  befel  him  in  the  hunting  field.*  The 
family  seem  in  fact,  as  "will  be  shown,  to  have  been  in  this  neighborhood  for 
upward  of  a  hundred  years  (1570-1685)  and  perhaps  still  earlier  than  the  former 
date. 

In  the  year  1887  the  writer  spent  some  weeks  in  Malmesbury  and  vicinity 
engaged  in  genealogical  researches,  and  twice  visited  the  Church  at  Garsdon 
where  the  Rev.  Dr.  Gray,  the  Rector,  afforded  him  every  facility  for  the  investi- 
gation of  the  monuments  existing  there. f  The  principal  of  these  is  the  mural 
monument  of  Sir  Lawrence  Washington,  Knt.,  the  first  owner  of  Garsdon 
Manor  of  the  name,  who  died  in  1643,  and  which  was  cited  by  Mr.  Waters  in  his 
paper.  This  once  splendid  memorial  of  gilt  and  painted  freestone,  surmounted 
by  an  oval  shield  of  the  Arms  of  Washington  and  Lewyn  and  with  an  inscrip- 
tion cut  on  a  black  marble  slab  surrounded  by  a  wreath,  was  taken  down  during 
the  destructive  "restoration"  of  the  edifice  in  1855  and  has  never  been  replaced. 
The  marble  slab  was  used  as  a  barrow*  plank  by  the  masons  and  broken  in  two, 
and  the  fragments  of  the  whole  lay  neglected  for  years  in  a  corner  of  the 
building  until  at  length,  in  1877,  some  enterprising  disciple  of  Artemus  Ward 
literally  carried  off  the  whole  bodily  with  the  intention  of  exhibiting  it  in 
America,  and  had  actually  reached  Southampton  with  his  plunder,  when  Dr. 
Gray,  who  had  then  just  been  inducted  to  the  living,  discovered  the  desecration, 
pursued  him  and  compelled  its  return.  The  broken  parts  of  the  slab  are  now 
united  and  protected  by  a  strong  oaken  frame,  pending  the  proper  restoration 
of  the  monument  to  its  place  on  the  chancel  wall.  J 

The  other  four  are  floor  tombs  in  the  Chancel  covered  with  large  inscribed 
slabs  of  black  marble,  without  armorial  bearings,  but  each  has  a  similar  pattern 
of  an  urn  engraved  beneath  the  inscription.  .  The  first  three  of  these  are  very 
distinct,  but  the  last  is  so  heel  worn  that  it  was  only  with  the  greatest  difficulty 
that  the  writer  was  able  to  clearly  indentify  the  fragments  given.  All  are  now 
well  protect  ed  by  strips  of  husk  matting. 

To  the  |  Memory  of  Sr  |  Laurence  Washington  |  Kt  lately  chiefe  Register 
of  the  |  Chauncery  of  known  Pyety  of  |  Charity e  exemplarye  A  louinge  | 
Husband  A  tender  Father  A  boun-  |  tifull  Master  A  constant  Relieuer  of 
|  the  Poore  and  to  those  of  this  Parish  A  |  perpetual  1  Benefactour  Whom 
it  pleased  |  God  to  take  unto  his  Peace  from  the  fury  |  of  the  insuing 
WarrsOxon  Mai]  14to  Here  |  interred  24'°  Ano.  Dni.  1643°  iEtat  Suae 
64°  |  Where  allso  lyeth  Dame  Anne  his  wife  who  |  deceased  Junij  13t0  and 
was  buried  16t0  Aho  |  Dni.  1645. 

Hie  Patrios  cineres  curauit  Alius  Urna 
Condere  qui  tumulo  nunc  jacet  Ille  pius. 

*  Aubrey's  Collections  for  Wilts,  p.  25. — Garesden. 

t  It  is  greatly  to  be  regretted  that  the  Parish  Registers  have  perished  previous  to  1737, 
and  that  the  fragmentary  Bishop's  Transcripts  at  Salisbury  yield  absolutely  no  entries  of 
the  name. 

X  The  Arms  in  the  shield,  shown  in  the  accompanying  illustration,  are  as  follows : — Quar- 
terly, 1  &  4,  argent,  two  bars  and  in  chief  three  mullets  gules  (  Washington) ;  2  &  3, ?  a 

cross  patonce  between  four  cinquefoils  or  ( ?) ;  surcharged  with  a  crescent  or.    Impaling 

per  pale  gules  and  azure  three  bucks'  heads  couped  or  (Leioyn). 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  457 

The  pious  Son  his  Parents  here  inter'd 

Who  hath  his  shar^,  in  Urne  for  them  prepar'd. 

Here  Lyeth  ye  Body  of  Lavrence  |  Washington  Esqr  the  only  Son  |  of 
Sr  Lavrence  Washington  who  |  Departed  this  life  Jan  17  was  |  Bvried 
Feb  11  Ano.  Dni.  1G61  and  |  Inclosed  By  Elinor  his  Wife  |  April  18  Ano. 
Dni.  1663  |  JEtat  Sua?  39. 

En  mercede  virum  Pensatum  muner[a     cPjigna 
Prospicit  ille  suis  diua  supersta  sibi 

Behold  how  duty  well  perform'd  is  paide 
His  Sire  he  him  here  his  deerst  hath  laide. 

[Sacrum  Jfefjmoriae  Annse  Filiae  |  Lavrentij  Washington  Eqvitis  |  Et 
vxoris  Christopheri  Gise  |  Hie  Sepvltae  Jvnij  4t0  An:  Do:  |  1642  iEtat 
Sva?  20. 

Here  lyes  ye  body  of  Dame  |  Elienor  Pargiter  2nd  Daughter  |  of  Wm. 
Guise  of  Elmore  in  ye  |  County  of  Gloucester  Esqr  |  First  married  to 
Lawrence  |  Washington  Esq.  afterwards  |  to  Sr  Wm.  Pargiter  of  Gritt  | 
worth  in  ye  Couuty  of  North  |  Hampton  Kt.  Who  departing  |  this  life  the 
19th  Day  of  July  in  |  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1685  |  ordered  her  remains  to 
be  |  deposited  here  in  hopes  of  |  a  blessed  Resurrection.  J 


| ce  the  Bod of  Lawrence  | &D-  me 

Jone     wife  I r-e     ingtou  I  -  - 


ha     ing 


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e     You  S--a 

W Wan  -  -  a  -     -  cil     ilot  - 

ma     --m     .  § 

Mahnesbury  Abbey  Parish  Registers. 

Searched  from  1590  to  1650. 

1 601.   July — George  Washington  &  Johann  Hatt  were  maryed  the  2001  daye. 

1625.    May  2 — George  Washington  buried. 

1 640.    Buried  the  same  daye  (»".  e.  April  28)  (blank)   servant  to  Sir 

Lawrence  Washington  of   Garsden  whose  legg  was  taken  off  by 

Mr.  Phillips,  Chirugeion. 

Will  of   Henrye  Washington  of  Malmesburie,  dated   2  Julij   1570;  no 
Probate  act  or  date  of  probate  given;   To  be  buried  in  parish  Churchyard 

*  Obliterated. 

t  Covered  by  the  corner  of  a  pew. 

X  A  splendid  set  of  Communion  Silver,  which  was  presented  to  the  Chnrch  by  Lady 
Pargiter  in  1684,  is  still  preserved  and  in  perfect  condition.  It  consists  of  four  pieces, 
engraved  with  the  monogram  I  H  S  in  a  halo  with  emblems  of  the  Crucifixion  and  with 
the  following  inscription : 

"  This  was  given  by  the  Lady  Pargiter  to  Garsdon  Church,  shee  was  formally  Wife 
to  Lawrence  Washington,  Esq.,  who  both  lye  buried  here." 

It  is  said  that  this  plate  owes  its  escape  from  the  almost  universal  spoliation  of  the  time 
of  the  Commonwealth  to  the  superstition  of  the  peasants  of  the  neighborhood,  who  believed 
that  a  Demon,  or  other  "  unco' "  being  was  confined  in  the  box  which  contained  it,  and 
their  fears  being,  fortunately,  greater  than  their  curiosity,  it  remained  untouched  and 
forgotten  in  a  garret  until  the  latter  part  of  the  last  century,  when  it  was  restored  to  its 
former  use. 

§  Comparison  with  the  Malmesbury  Registers,  hereafter  cited,  will  enable  us  to  construct 
this  last  mutilated  inscription  with  certainty  as  follows.  {Beneath  this  Pla)cc  the  Bod(ies) 
of  Lawrence  (the  son)  &  D(o)rae  Jone  (the)  wife  of  (Geo)\(g)e  ( lVash)\ngton  (are  buried.) 
The  same  authority  shows  us  that  its  period  (there  is  no  trace  of  a  date  on  the  slab)  must 
be  placed  between  1601  and  1625,  probably  within  a  year  or  two  of  the  former  date,  thus 
carrying  back  the  connection  of  the  Washingtons  with  Garsdon  to  the  first  decade  of  tho 
17th  century. 


458         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

of  St.  Pouls  of  Malmesburie ;  To  daughter  Elyn  Washington  "  my  presse, 
a  fether  bede  &  a  flocke  hede  &  payer  of  fine  sheyts  &  payer  canvas  shetes, 
a  fine  diaper  metclothe,  2  coffers,  8  platters,  4  sawsers  &  3  Candelstickes, 
the  beste  Chaffeyn  dyshe,  a  latin  Bassen,  a  Cistren  &  a  Querne,  mi  beste 
Crocke,  2  Salt  Sellers,  my  beste  Couerlet  &  Bolster  "  ;  To  cosin  Alls  Halle 
2  Pottingers,  a  sawser  &  a  candelsticke ;  Wiffe  Agnis  to  be  Residuary 
Legatee  and  Executrix ;  Supervisers  Willia  Shellard  &  Rauffee  meale. 

Consistory  Court  Sarum,  Vol.  I.  fo.  32. 

It  seems  to  the  writer  highly  probable  that  the  above  Henry  and  George 
Washington  were  the  uunamed  sons  of  Lawrence  Washington,  the  Mayor  of 
Northampton,  younger  brothers  of  Robert  of  Sulgrave  and  Lawrence  (the 
father  of  Sir  Lawrence  of  Garsdon)  and  therefore  the  uncles  of  the  latter; 
their  presence  in  the  neighborhood  (Garsdon  is  on  the  outskirts  of  Malmesbury 
and  only  about  two  miles  distant)  having  no  doubt  caused  their  nephew  to 
settle  here.  An  examination  of  the  Feet  of  Fines  in  the  Public  Record  Office 
would  perhaps  give  the  exact  date  at  which  Garsdon  was  purchased  from  the 
Moodys,  which  is  said  to  be  1640,  but  the  last  entry  found  in  the  Malmesbury 
Registers  shows  the  Washingtons  in  full  possession  of  the  estate  in  the  first 
month  of  that  year,  and  it  is  likely  that  it  was  acquired  earlier  than  has  been 
supposed. 

The  Manor  House  of  Garsdon,  the  former  residence  of  the  Washingtons,  is 
not  far  from  the  Church  ou  the  Malmesbury  road.  The  greater  part  of  the  man- 
sion has  perished,  and  what  remains  is  now  occupied  as  a  farm  house — it  is  the 
property  of  the  Earl  ©f  Suffolk,  whose  residence,  Charlton  Park,  is  near  Malmes- 
bury. "The  Coat  of  Arms  of  the  Washingtons  which  was  above  the  door  was 
"  appropriated"  by  a  former  tenant  on  his  removal  some  35  years  since,  and  is 
now  built  into  a  farm  house  a  few  miles  distant. 

The  Rector,  Dr.  Thomas  S.  Gray,  is  most  anxious  to  restore  the  mural  monu- 
ment to  its  former  condition  and  location,  and  is  likewise  planning  the  erection 
of  a  "  Washington  Memorial  School"  in  the  parish.  It  is  greatly  to  be  hoped 
that  the  interest  excited  by  Mr.  Waters's  brilliant  discovery  may  enable  him  to 
carry  out  this  long  cherished  design,  and  our  wealthy  and  patriotic  Americans 
should  be  among  the  first  to  lend  a  helping  hand  to  the  good  work. — J.  Henry 
Lea  of  Cedarhurst,  Fairhaven,  Mass. 


D 

I  venture  to  contribute  the  following  information,  which  seems  to  indicate 
that  two  John  Washingtons  emigrated  to  Virginia  about  the  same  time,  and,  as 
is  so  often  the  case  in  genealogies,  there  might  be  some  danger  of  confusing 
one  with  the  other. 

In  the  records  of  Surry  County,  Virginia,  we  find  that  John  Washington 
was  betrothed  in  1658  to  Mary  Flood,  widow,  whom  he  afterwards  married. 
She  had  previously  married  a  Mr.  Blunt,  and  after  Mr.  Washington's  death  she 
married  Charles  Ford,  so  she  must  have  been  a  very  attractive  woman.  By 
Mrs.  Flood  he  had  one  child,  Richard  Washington,  who  sold  land  in  1678  and 
died  in  1725.  He  married  Elizabeth  Jordan,  who  died  in  1735.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Arthur  Jordan,  who  died  in  1698.  The  children  of  this  marriage  were : 
George,  Richard,  John,  William,  Thomas  (died  in  1749) ,  James,  Arthur,  Elizabeth 
(married  Samson  and  Robert  Lanier) ,  Priscilla,  Faith  and  Mary.  The  estate 
of  Mr.  John  Washington  was  about  three  miles  below  the  present  toAvn  of  Clare- 
mont,  on  the  banks  of  the  James  River,  and  about  nine  miles  above  Jamestown. 

We  also  find  in  the  records  that  a  Thomas  Wrenn,  who  died  in  1775,  speaks 
of  his  daughter  Rebecca  Washington.  The  gentlemanly  Clerk  of  the  Court  tells 
me  that  a  Mr.  Washington  still  lives  in  Isle  of  Wight  County,  just  over  the 
border  from  Surry,  who  is  no  doubt  descended  from  the  first  John  Washington. 

Some  of  the  papers  on  which  I  base  this  communication  are  as  follows : — 

"  Be  it  known  unto  all  men  by  these  presents  that  whereas  a  contract  of 
matrimony  is  agreed  upon  between  me  John  Washington  and  Mary  Flood, 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  459 

widow,  and  the  said  Washington  from  divers  good  causes  and  considerations 
me  thereunto  moving,  doe  before  the  celebration  and  solemnization  thereof, 
by  these  presents  engage  and  oblige  myself,  my  heirs,  executors,  adminis- 
trators or  assigns,  to  give  and  deliver,  or  cause  to  be  given  and  delivered 
unto  Robert  Stanton,  Clerke,  feoffe  in  trust,  one  mare  filly  of  one  year  old, 
to  and  for  the  sole  use  and  behoof  of  Thomas  Blunt,  son  of  the  said  Mary. 
his  heirs,  executors,  administrators  and  assigns,  with  male  and  female 
increase  forever,  which  said  mare  filly  is  to  be  delivered  as  abovesaid  the 
day  that  the  said  Thomas  Blunt  shall  attain  to  ten  years  of  age,  in  Surry 
County,  and  further  I  the  said  John  Washington  do  hereby  oblige  myself  to 
acknowledge  this  my  real  and  voluntary  act  and  deed  in  the  next  court  to 
be  holden  for  the  county  of  Surry,  and  to  have  it  recorded  accordingly  in 
the  said  County  records.  Witness  my  hand  and  seal.  Dated  the  15th  day 
of  9ber  stile  Anglia,  anno  Domini  1658.  John  Washington 

Signed,  sealed  and  delivered  in  the  [sealed  with  red  wax.] 

presence  of  us  John  Flood 

Ben.  Sidway  Edmund  Shipham 

Jno.  Allann  Thos.  Flood." 

Charles  Ford  had  a  patent,  19  May,  1638,  bounded  north  by  James  River, 
southerly  by  the  woods,  easterly  by  laud  of  John  Flood,  westerly  by  Sunken 
Marsh.  He  died  intestate,  the  land  escheated  to  the  King  and  was  granted  by 
the  Governor  to  Thos.  Bluut  aud  Richard  Washington,  orphans  and  sons  in  law 
unto  the  said  Charles  Ford. 

Blunt  and  Washington  sold  140  acres  to  John  Gorriug  on  1  March,  29th  year 
of  Charles  II.  (1678). 

Thomas  M.  Cleemann,  2135  Spruce  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Mr.  Cleemann  referred  us  to  A.  S.  Edwards,  Esq.,  Clerk  of  Courts,  Surry  Court 
House,  Va.,  for  confirmation  of  the  statements.  A  proof  of  the  foregoing  note 
was  sent  to  Mr.  Edwards,  who  has  most  kindly  read  and  revised  it.  He  adds 
that  "  Benjamin  Sidway,  one  of  the  witnesses,  seems  to  have  married  the  widow 
of  Benjamin  Harrison,  the  first  of  that  name  in  Virginia.  January  16,  1652, 
Benj.  Sidway,  by  order  of  the  Court,  conveyed  certain  land  belonging  to  Peeter 
Harrison,  orphan  of  Benjamin  Harrison.  Then  Benj.  Sidway  and  Mary  his 
wife  convey  certain  lands  in  their  own  right ;  and  in  1687-8  Mary  Sidway  by 
will  disposes  of  certain  property  to  her  two  sons  Benjamin  Harrison  and  Thomas 
Sidway.  Thomas  Flood  was  guardian  of  Benjamin  Harrison,  who  died  in  1712." 
Mr.  Edwards  also  adds  that  Mary  Sidway  in  her  will  also  devised  a  horse  to  her 
granddaughter  Hannah  Harrison.  Benjamin  Harrison,  the  Speaker,  &c,  who 
died  in  1712,  by  his  will  devised  £400  to  his  daughter  Hannah,  which  helps  to 
identify  those  persons. 

We  have  already  {ante,  p.  446)  quoted  Meade  on  the  origin  of  the  Harrisons. 
The  first  Benjamin  (Speaker,  &c.)  was  born  in  1650.  Mr.  Edwards  seems  to 
make  it  certain  that  his  father  was  a  Benjamin  also. — Wm.  H.  Whitmore. 


E 

In  preparing  the  Institutions  of  the  Archdeaconry  of  Bedford  for  the  press,  I 
came  across  the  following  re  Washington,  which  may  be  of  interest. 

1642,  Aug.  12,  Wm.  Pargiter,  elk.,  inst.  to  Rectory  of  Carlton,  Patrons, 
Sr.  John  Washington,  Knt.,  and  Robert  Pargiter,  pro  hac  vice. 

According  to  the  pedigree  in  Mr.  Waters's  pamphlet,  Sr.  John  Washington 
ra.  for  his  2nd  wife  Dorothy,  d.  of  Wm.  Pargiter  of  Gretworth. 

What  became  of  this  Wm.  Pargiter  I  have  not  yet  ascertained,  as  the  next 
institution  in  point  of  time  is  wanting. — F.  A.  Blaydes  of  Bedford,  England. 


460  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

George  Popham. — 

In  the  name  of  the  Allmighty,  being  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost  three 
parsonnes  and  one  God  eternal!  I  make  my  Will  and  Testament  and  is 
that  my  soule  I  betake  into  the  hanoles  of  my  saide  God  and  Saviour 
twenty  poundes  to  my  Nephew  Edwarde  Pophara  wth  me  in  voyage  ffyve 
poundes  to  Thomas  Oxnan  my  servaunt  all  the  rest  unto  the  above  Lettice 
Maior  whome  I  make  my  sole  executrix.  In  witnes  whereof  I  hereunto 
have  subscribed  the  laste  of  Maie  one  thousande  six  hundred  and  seaven. 

George  Popham. 

The  halfe  lyne  blotted  was  myne  owne  doing. 

George  Popham.  Windebancke,  112. 

Proved  2  December  1608. 

[Capt.  George  Popham,  the  testator,  was  president  of  what  is  called  the  Pop- 
ham Colony,  and  died  there  Feb.  5,  1607-8.  His  nephew,  Edward  Popham, 
whom  he  names,  was  a  son  of  his  brother  Alexander  Popham.  See  Visitation 
of  Somersetshire,  vol.  11,  of  the  Harleian  Society's  Publications,  pp.  87-8.— Ed.] 

Sir  John  Popham  cf  Wellington,  Somerset,  Knight,  chief  justice  of  all 
Pleas,  21  September  1604,  proved  17  June  1608.  Wife  Amye.  Son  and 
heir  Sir  Francis  Popham,  knight,  and  his  daughters.  Sara  Pophara  one  of 
the  daughters  of  Ferdinando  Popham,  my  nephew,  deceased.  Amye  Mal- 
lett  the  child  of  my  daughter.  My  five  daughters  Penelope  Hannam, 
Elinor  Warre,  Elizabeth  Champernowne,  Katherine  Rogers  and  Mary 
Mallett.  John  Horner,  my  daughter  Horner's  son.  George  Rogers  my 
godson.  My  trusty  friends  and  cousins  Edward  Popham  of  Huntworth 
and  James  Clarke  Esq.  Grandchild  Amye  Pyne  (separated  from  her 
husband).  Sons  in  law  John  Mallett,  Sir  Richard  Champernowne  knight, 
Thomas  Horner,  Edward  Rogers  and  Roger  Warre  Esq." 

Then  follows  Sententia,  in  which  the  executrix  and  relict  is  called  Anna. 

Windebancke,  58. 

[Sir  John  Popham,  Knt.,  the  testator,  was  a  son  of  Alexander  Popham.  He 
was  born  in  Huntworth,  Somersetshire,  1531,  and  died  June  10,  1607.  A 
biographical  sketch  of  him,  by  James  P.  Baxter,  will  be  found  in  "  Sir  Ferdi- 
nando Gorges  and  his  Province  of  Maine,"  edited  by  Mr.  Baxter,  and  published 
by  the  Prince  Society,  vol.  i.  pp.  72-3.  His  elder  brother,  Edward,  was  the 
father  of  the  preceding  Capt.  George  Popham,  and  of  Ferdinando  Popham, 
who  is  named  in  the  will.  See  Burke's  History  of  the  Commoners,  vol.  ii.  pp. 
196-201,  and  Visitation  of  Somersetshire,  ubi  supra. — Editor.] 

Sir  George  Somers  of  Barne,  in  the  county  of  Dorset,  knight,  intending 
to  pass  the  seas  in  a  voyage  towards  the  land  called  Virginia,  makes  his 
will  23  April  1609,  proved  16  August  1611.  He  makes  bequests  to  the 
poor  of  Whitechurch  and  of  Lyme  Regis,  Dorset,  to  John  and  William 
Somers,  sons  of  his  brother  John,  Toby  Somers,  another  son  and  Mary 
Somers,  a  daughter  of  said  brother  John.  Nicholas  Somers,  eldest  son  of 
Nicholas  Somers  deceased,  and  his  brother  Matthew  Somers,  to  release 
their  rights  in  all  the  testators  lands  and  tenements  in  Whitechurch,  Marsh- 
wood  and  Upway  and  to  have,  after  the  death  of  wife  Dame  Joan,  certain 
tenements  &c.  in  Lyme  Regis,  to  the  said  Matthew  Somers  the  capital  mes- 
suage and  farm  called  or  known  by  the  name  of  Waybay  House,  situate 
and  being  in  the  parish  of  Upway,  and  other  lands.  Brother  John  Somers, 
of  Lyme  Regis,  to  be  sole  executor,  and  Richard  Hodie,  gentleman,  James 
Heywood,  gentleman,  and  Baldwin  Sanford  to  be  overseers.  The  wit- 
nesses were  Thomas  Moleins,  John  Boylden  and  Henry  Corbinne. 

Then  follows  an  inventory  of  household  goods.  Wood,  71. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  461 

[Sir  George  Somers,  the  testator,  an  experienced  naval  officer,  who  was  one 
of  the  original  patentees  for  colonizing  Virginia,  was  born  at  Lyme  Regis  in 
1554,  and  died  in  the  Bermudas,  Nov.  9,  1G10.  He  was  shipwrecked  on  these 
islands  in  July,  1609.  The  vessel  was  lost,  but  all  lives  were  saved.  He  built 
two  small  barks,  in  which  he  and  his  company  reached  Virginia  in  the  following 
spring.  There  being  a  famine  in  Virginia,  he  returned  to  the  Bermudas  for 
provisions,  but  died  there.  The  islands  were  named  the  Somers  Islands  for 
him.  See  a  biographical  sketch  by  R.  A.  Brock,  in  the  Virginia  Company  of 
London,  vol.  i.  p.  114,  in  the  Collections  of  the  Virginia  Historical  Society. — 
Editor.] 

Jacomyn  Stermyn  of  Wisbeche,  within  the  Isle  of  Ely,  in  the  County 
of  Cambridge,  widow,  23  April  1613,  proved  11  December  1613. 

I  give  to  Mr.  Blackston  vicar  of  Wisbeche  twenty  shillings  "  soe  as  he 
doeth  att  my  ffunerall  expouud  some  portion  of  Holy  Scripture  to  the  in- 
struction of  the  people." 

To  my  brother  William  Lynde  my  messuage  iu  King's  Lynn,  Norfolk, 
with  free  ingress  and  egress,  in,  by  and  through  a  certain  entry  there  unto 
a  street  there  called  the  Checker.  My  kinsman  William  Lynde  of  Lever- 
ington.  My  kinsman  William  Vaughan  and  Anne  now  his  wife.  My 
kinsman  Robert  Lynde.  My  brother  in  law  Richard  Blancke.  Thomas 
Byrde  the  younger  of  Wisbeche  and  Stermyn  Byrde,  his  son.  Thomas 
Deysborough  of  Elme  and  every  one  of  his  children.  My  kinswoman 
Margaret  Taylor,  the  wife  of  Robert  Taylor.  Robert  Attlebridge  the  son 
of  the  said  Margaret.  Alice  the  wife  of  James  Pemberton  and  Hellen 
Abott.     My  kinsman  William  Lynde  of  Leveringtou  to  be  executor. 

Capell,  118. 

Mary  Mayplett  of  London,  widow,  7  December  1646,  proved  10 
April  1647.  Imprimis  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  daughter  Mary  Gor- 
ton, wife  of  Samuel  Gorton  living  in  New  England,  all  the  money  which 
her  said  husband  Samuel  Gorton  doth  owe  me,  and  a  breed  of  cattle  which 
he  hath  of  mine.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  daughter  Mary 
the  sum  often  pounds  of  wful  money  of  England  to  buy  her  mourning; 
to  be  paid  by  my  executor  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease.  To  my 
daughter  Elizabeth  Ham  and  to  her  husband  William  Ham  the  like  sum 
of  ten  pounds,  between  them,  to  buy  them  mourning.  To  my  sister  Eliza- 
beth Freeman,  widow,  six  pounds  to  buy  her  mourning.  To  my  grand- 
child Samuel  Chapleine,  son  of  my  said  daughter  Elizabeth  Ham  by  her 
former  husband,  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds,  which  I  have  lent  to  the  Parlia- 
ment upon  the  public  faith,  and  all  the  interest,  profit  and  increase  that 
shall  accrue  and  arise  thereof.  To  Mrs.  Joane  Joyner  twenty  shillings. 
To  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Warrington  ten  shillings.  To  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Swann, 
widow,  ten  shillings.  The  residue  to  my  son  John  Mayplett,  whom  I 
make  and  ordain  sole  executor.  Fines,  69. 

[We  have  here  the  Christian,  and  probably  the  family  name  of  the  wife  of  the 
famous  Samuel  Gorton  of  Warwick,  R.  I.,  author  of  Simplicity's  Defence 
against  Seven  Headed  Policy. — Editor.] 

Edward  Hanbury  of  old  Brentford  in  the  parish  of  Ealing  alias  Zeal- 

ing,  Middlesex, 1646,  proved  26  April  1647.     To  be  buried  near  the 

body  of  my  late  wife.  To  the  poor  of  new  and  old  Brentford.  To  wife 
Mary  my  two  acres  and  a  half  of  arable  land  (freehold)  in  new  Brentford 
field,  which  I  purchased  of  Mr.  Illingworth.  My  two  youngest  sons,  Luke 
and   Peter,   which   said   Peter  is   now   in    America  beyond  the  seas.     My 


462         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

eldest  son  Thomas.  My  daughter  Elizabeth  Ivory,  wife  of  Luke  Ivory  of 
old  Brentford.  William  Moore,  one  of  the  sons  of  John  Moore  of  new 
Brentford,  coalseller.  A  cottage  and  land,  which  land  I  purchased  of  my 
kinsman  Thomas  Nuball  deceased  and  now  have  builded  upon  the  same. 
Peter  Hanbury  the  youngest  son  of  me  the  said  Edward  now  inhabiting 
beyond  the  seas  in  New  England.  My  kinsman  John  Moore  of  New 
Brentford.  Fines,  66  (P.  C.  C). 

An  Inventory  of  what  Adventure  and  necessaries  I  carry  to  the  East 
Indies  with  me  in  the  Rebecca  Mr.  Buckam  Master,  primo  ffebruarii  Anno 
1644.  Then  follows  a  list  of  books,  clothing,  bedding  and  other  miscella- 
neous goods,  as  well  as  money  &c.     The  following  appears : 

In  my  uncle's  hands  at  New  England  11.00.00.  Mr.  Fra.  Cooke's  Bill 
for  2.00.00. 

Things  sent  to  and  left  at  my  father's  house. 

I  owe  unto  my  father  100.00.00.  What  money  I  shall  receive  of  Mr. 
Maurice  Thompson  or  leave  in  his  hands  in  case  I  die  at  sea. 

(signed)  Nathaniel  Brading. 

Then  follows  his  will,  in  which  he  mentions  his  father  Mr.  William 
Brading  of  the  Isle  of  Wight  in  the  parish  of  Godsall. 

Whereas  my  uncle  Mr.  Richard  Kent  of  the  parish  of  Newbury  in  the 
Colony  of  New  England  hath  by  his  letters  being  in  the  custody  of  my 
abovesaid  father  made  me  an  assurance  of  the  inheritance  of  his  estate 
after  his  decease  I  do  therefore  in  case  of  his  decease  bequeath  that  portion 
of  estate  whatsoever  it  shall  be  unto  my  brothers  James  and  Joseph  Brad- 
ing and  my  sister  Ruth  Brading.  To  my  sister  Ruth  a  diamond  ring 
which  I  left  with  her  at  parting  and  also  my  picture  which  I  have  at  present 
with  me.  To  Capt.  John  Smart,  Gov.  of  the  plantation  of  Madagascar  and 
Mr.  Robert  Willet  minister  of  the  said  plantation.  To  brothers  James  and 
Joseph  my  library  and  to  my  mother  Mrs.  Helen  Brading  my  large  picture 
that  I  left  at  home,  as  also  five  pounds  to  buy  a  ring. 

Dated  in  Augustin  Bay  in  the  Isle  of  Madagascar  this  sixteenth  of 
November  Anno  Dni  1645.     Proved   1  July  1648.  Essex,   115. 

[Two  persons  by  the  name  of  Richard  Kent  embarked  for  New  England  in 
the  Mary  and  John  of  London,  March  20,  1634  (Register,  vol.  9,  p.  207). 
Both  settled  at  Newbury,  Mass.     Richard  Kent,  sen.,  malster,  who  died  in  1054, 

left  a  family.     Richard  Kent,  Jr. ,  m.  1st,  Jane -,  and  2d,  Mrs.  Joanna  Davison, 

but  Coffin  records  no  children.  I  presume  that  it  was  the  latter  who  was  uncle 
to  Nathaniel  Brading,  as  a  person  with  children  would  not  be  likely  to  promise 
to  make  a  nephew  his  heir.  A  James  Brading,  perhaps  the  brother  of 
Nathaniel,  was  at  Newbury  in  1059,  whence  he  removed  to  Boston.  His  daugh- 
ter Elizabeth  was  the  first  wife  of  Edward  Bromtield. — Editor.] 

Thomas  Alderne  of  London,  merchant,  21  April  1656,  proved  20 
June  1657.  To  be  buried  in  the  church  of  Hackney  as  near  my  late 
mother  in  law,  Mistress  Rowe  deceased,  as  may  be.  Two  hundred  pounds 
and  no  more  to  be  expended  in  and  about  my  funeral.  My  estate  to  be 
divided  into  three  parts,  one  third  to  my  wife  (Dorothy),  one  third  to  my 
children  and  the  other  third  to  be  disposed  of  by  myself.  My  manor  of 
Monnington  Stradle.  My  farms  called  Old  Hill  and  Hunderton  in  the 
parishes  of  Vowchurch,  Mad  ley  and  Clehunger.  My  houses  in  the  city  of 
Hereford.  Alice  Greene,  widow,  hath  a  moiety  of  the  said  manor  of 
Monnington  Stradle  during  her  life.     My  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Orgars- 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  463 

wick  &c,  in  the  County  of  Kent  purchased  by  me  and  Col.  Beale  of  Robert 
Hammond.  My  brother  Edward  Alderne,  Doctor  of  Laws.  My  kinsman 
Francis  Griffith.  My  sons  Thomas,  Owen  and  Edward.  My  nephew 
John  Greene.     My  daughter  Dorothy. 

To  son  Owen  my  part  of  the  Saw  mill  with  the  land  and  appurtenances 
thereunto  belonging  in  New  England  beyond  the  seas  purchased  by  me 
aud  Col.  Beale  of  Richard  Leather  and  John  Becks.  My  two  messuages 
in  Capell  Court  in  Bartholomewe  Lane  near  the  Royal  Exchange,  London. 
My  brother  Daniel  Alderne.  My  kinsman  Jonathan  Dryden.  My 
sister  Greene  and  her  two  daughters  Frances  and  Elenor.  My  sister 
Clarke  and  my  brother  Clarke  and  his  three  children.  Mary,  Frances, 
Constance,  Robert  and  Henry,  children  of  my  cousin  Martha  Dryden.  My 
brother  Charles.  The  poor  of  Master  John  Goodwin's  church.  My 
father  and  mother  Rowe.  My  sister  Sarah  Rowe.  My  brothers  Samuel 
and  Joseph  and  my  sister  Hannah  Rowe.  My  brother  Carleton  and  his 
wife.  My  brother  Ellis  Crispe  and  his  wife.  My  brother  George  Brett 
and  his  wife.  My  brothers  Tobias,  Samuel,  Edward  and  Rowland  Crispe. 
My  aunts  Salmon  and  Hodges.  My  kinsman  and  servant  Edmond  Alderne. 
My  friends  Major  Cor11  Disborowe  and  his  lady.  My  servants  in  the 
Victualling  Office.  The  four  children  of  my  late  master,  James  Russell 
deceased.  My  said  father  in  law  Col.  Owen  Rowe.  Mistress  Russell  the 
executor  of  my  said  late  master.  Ruthen,  218  (P.  C.  C). 

[The  following  extracts  from  the  Hackney  Register  of  Burials  have  been 
furnished  me  by  my  friend  Mr.  Eedes  : 

1657.  April  9,  Capt.  Tho8  Alderne  of  Darleston. 

1658.  Sept.  7,  Mrs.  Dorothy  Alderne  from  Darleston. 

The  Richard  Leather,  named  in  this  will,  must  be  Richard  Leader.  His 
name  and  that  of  John  Becx  will  be  quite  familiar  to  those  acquainted  with  the 
history  of  the  Ironworks  at  Saugus. — H.  F.  Waters. 

Richard  Leader  white  in  England  Oct.  5,  1653,  sold  one  quarter  of  his  saw- 
mill at  Pascataqua  to  John  Becx  of  London,  another  quarter  to  Richard  Hutch- 
inson of  that  city,  and  another  quarter  to  Col.  William  Beale  and  Capt.  Thomas 
Allderne.  On  the  14th  of  Feb.  1655,  Leader  pledged  the  remaining  quarter  to 
Edward  Hutchinson,  Jr.,  attorney  for  the  said  Becx,  Hutchinson  and  Allderne. 
See  the  York  Deeds,  Bk.  I.  fol.  74-5.  See  also  sketch  of  Richard  Leader  by  Dr. 
C.  E.  Banks  in  Turtle's  Capt.  John  Mason,  pp.  (J2-4. — Editor.] 

Richard  Whitehead  of  Windsor  upon  Connecticut  River  in  New 
England  in  the  parts  of  America,  26  April  1645,  proved  26  June  1645. 
AVhereas  there  is  or  was  lately  due  and  owing  unto  my  daughter  in  law 
Mary  Lewes  the  sura  of  one  hundred  pounds,  being  a  portion  given  unto 
her  by  my  wife,  hereafter  named,  whilst  she  was  sole  and  unmarried,  which 
money  was  entrusted  with  my  brother  in  law  Hugh  Hopkins  and  by  him, 
by  and  with  the  consent  of  my  said  wife  and  daughter,  delivered  unto  me 
for  the  use  of  my  said  daughter  etc.  I  do  therefore  hereby  give  and  be- 
queath unto  the  said  Mary  Lewes  the  sum  of  thirty  pounds,  in  ready  money 
or  goods  to  be  transported  over  to  her,  to  her  liking,  towards  the  satisfac- 
tion of  her  said  portion;  and  I  do  give  and  confirm  the  gift  and  delivery  of 
several  goods  and  chattels  unto  her  towards  further  satisfaction  thereof, 
which  my  wife  hath  already  delivered  unto  her,  which  goods  etc.  were  of 
the  value  of  thirty  pounds  more.  And  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  said 
Mary  Lewes,  and  her  heirs  forever,  my  messuage  or  tenement,  with  the 
backside,  orchard  and  garden  and  all  edifices  and  buildings  upon  the  same 
built  and  standing,  lying  in  Knoll  in  the  county  of  Warwick  in  the  kingdom 


464  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

of  England,  and  now  or  late  in  the  tenure,  use  or  occupation  of  Thomas 
Miles  and  John  Shakespeare  or  one  of  them,  which  said  messuage  is 
known  by  the  sign  of  the  Crown;  which  said  premises  I  conceive  are  of  the 
value  of  forty  pounds  more,  which  I  give  towards  further  satisfaction  of 
her  said  portion. 

To  wife  Mary  Whitehead  and  her  heirs  and  assigns  forever  all  my  lands, 
tenements  and  hereditaments  lying  in  New  England,  also  my  goods,  cattle 
and  chattels  upon  condition  that  she  shall  pay  and  satisfy  unto  my  said 
daughter  in  law  Mary  Lewes  so  much  more  money  as  will  satisfy  unto  her 
and  fully  make  up  her  said  portion  of  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  brother 
John  Andrewes  of  Clifton  thirty  pounds  to  secure  him  for  the  five  pounds 
a  year  lying  upon  his  lands  due  to  my  brother  Edward  Whitehead  for  his 
life.  To  John  and  Edward  Whitehead,  sons  of  my  said  brother  Edward, 
twenty  pounds  to  be  equally  divided  between  them  when  they  shall  attain 
their  several  ages  of  one  and  twenty  years.  To  Joane  Whitehead,  daugh- 
ter of  my  brother  Matthew  Whitehead,  twenty  shillings.  To  John 
Andrewes,  son  of  my  brother  John  Andrewes  of  Clifton  twenty  shillings. 
To  my  sister  Joyce  Fisher  forty  shillings  and  to  her  son  Richard  Fisher 
forty  shillings  and  to  her  daughter  Mary  Fisher  forty  shillings.  There  is 
a  demand  made  by  my  kinswomen  Hannah,  Sarah,  Rebecca  and  Abigail 
Higgins  of  some  part  of  their  mother's  portion  unpaid  to  their  father,  which 
I  am  confident  was  fully  satisfied  and  paid:  yet  that  there  shall  be  no 
clamor  about  the  same  and  upon  condition  that  they  shall  acquite  all  de- 
mands concerning  the  same  I  do  hereby  give  them  twenty  shillings  apiece. 
To  my  friend  Mr.  Thomas  Fish  of  Wedgeneckt  Park  five  pounds  in  part 
of  recompence  for  my  diet  and  great  charge  and  trouble  that  I  have  put 
him  to.  To  my  maidservant  Dorothy  Underwood  ten  shillings.  I  hereby 
constitute  and  ordain  the  said  Mr.  Thomas  Fish  and  my  said  brother  John 
Andrewes  executors  and  John  Rogers,  Edward  Rogers,  Matthew  Edwards 
and  William  Smith  of  Langley  to  be  overseers. 

Wit:  Fran:  Eede,  Hester  Fishe,  Cr:  Fishe,  Michael  Perkins. 

Proved  by  John  Andrews,  power  reserved  for  Thomas  Fish. 

Rivers,  87. 

[Savage,  under  Whitehead,  says  that  Richard  of  Windsor  "  served  on  the  jury  at 
July  Court,  1640,  married  Mary,  widow  of  William  Hopkins,  and  no  more  is 
known  of  him;  but  his  wife  was  living  in  1670  with  her  dau.  Lewis."  Under 
Hopkins  he  says,  "  William,  Stratford,  1640,  an  assistant  1641  and  2,  but  it  is 
unknown  whence  he  came,  -when  he  died,  or  what  wife  or  children  he  had. 
Perhaps  it  was  his  daughter  Mary  who  after  his  death,  in  virtue  of  a  contract 
of  marriage  made  by  her  mother  Mary,  wife  of  Richard  Whitehead  of  Windsor 
(who  was  living  1670),  with  William  Lewis  of  Farmington,  1644,  became  wife  of 
William  Lewis,  son  of  the  bargainer.  If  so  we  might  infer  that  our  Connecti- 
cut magistrate  was  then  dead,  and  his  widow  who  married  Richard  Whitehead 
was  named  Mary."  It  is  shown  in  the  above  will  that  Richard  Whitehead  had 
a  wife  Mary,  a  brother-in-law  Hugh  Hopkins,  and  a  daughter-in-law  Mary 
Lewis,  and  this  no  doubt  was  the  wife  of  William  Lewis,  Jr.,  of  Farm- 
ington. Lewis  married  for  a  second  wife  Mary,  daughter  of  the  famous 
schoolmaster  Ezekiel  Cheever  (Register,  vol.  33,  page  192).  His  son  by  the 
2d  marriage,  Ezekiel  Lewis,  gr.  H.  C.  1695,  was  a  teacher  in  Westfield  and 
Boston,  and  afterwards  a  successful  merchant  in  Boston.  (Register,  vol.  8, 
pp.  47-8 ;  Hill's  Old  South  Church  Catalogue,  pages  324-5.)— Editor. 

Windsor  records  show  but  little  trace  of  "  Goodman"  Whitehead  : — he  had, 
in  1640,  a  lot  10  rods  wide  on  what  was  known  as  "  The  Island,"  directly  oppo- 
site the  lot  of  Henry  Wolcott,  and  about  15  rods  soutli  of  the  road  to  the 
Island,  on  west  side  of  street;  died  early — and  his  wid.  sold  the  place  to  Thos. 
Orton,  who,  in  1665,  sold  (with  dwelling)  to  Simon  Wolcott.     This  location 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  465 

was  among  the  "  best  families  "  of  Windsor — the  Wolcotts,  Phelps,  Loomises, 
etc. — inferentially,  then,  his  social  status  was  high. — Henry  R.  Stiles,  M.D., 
of  Hill  View,  N.  Y. 

On  page  55,  vol.  i.  of  the  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  the  name  of 
Richard  Whitehead  appears  in  the  list  of  "  The  Jury,"  July  2,  1640.  He  prob- 
ably failed  to  bring  in  to  the  recorder  his  laud  for  record,  as  none  is  entered  in 
the  Land  Record  under  his  name ;  but  Henry  Wolcott  the  younger  has  a  lot 
bounded  north  by  Goodman  Whitehead,  and  Christopher  Wolcott  has  a  lot 
bounded  south  by  Richard  Whitehead,  under  date  of  1640.  The  same  lot,  with- 
out date,  is  sold  to  Thomas  Orton  by  Mary  Whitehead,  widow.  On  the  map  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Windsor,  in  volume  2  of  the  Memorial  History  of  Hartford 
County,  the  lot  of  Whitehead  appears  between  the  lots  of  George  Phelps  and  H. 
Wolcott,  Jr. 

Mr.  Whitehead's  name  does  not  appear  in  Matthew  Grant's  record  of  births, 
marriages  and  deaths. — Jabez  H.  Hayden,  of  Windsor  Locks,  Ct.] 

Margaret  Harrison  of  Battersea,  Surrey,  widow,  10  December  1641, 
proved  4  March  1641.  Kinswoman  Johan  Wiggins,  wife  of  Thomas  Wig- 
gins the  elder.  To  her  children,  that  is  to  say,  Mary,  Samuel,  Sarah, 
Francis,  Martha  and  Edmund,  at  one  and  twenty  or  day  of  marriage.  To 
Anne  Husband  at  one  and  twenty.  To  Anne  White  and  her  daughter 
Elizabeth  Cox  both  of  Martin,  John  Hester  of  Shiplack,  Goodwife 
Husbands,  and  to  Alice  Andrewes  in  New  England  five  pounds.  To 
Thomas  Andrewes  his  five  children,  Thomas,  John,  Samuel,  Nathaniel  and 
Elinor  ten  pounds  apiece.  My  son  in  law  Robert  Heyborne  and  Katherine 
his  wife.  Son  Richard  Floyd's  two  daughters  Sarah  and  Martha  and  the 
child  my  daughter  goeth  with.  Twenty  poor  widows  of  Henly  upon  Thames. 
Son  Thomas  Andrewes  to  be  executor. 

Richard  Andrewes  one  of  the  witnesses.  Cambell,  34. 

Margerie  Vernon  of  St.  Martin's,  Ludgate,  London,  widow,  4  May 
1654,  proved  3  May  1656.  My  body  to  be  buried  as  near  unto  my  late 
husband  Edward  Vernon  as  may  be.  To  my  son  in  law,  Francis  Vernon 
now  or  late  in  New  England  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas  the  sum  of  five 
pounds  sterling.  To  my  daughter  in  law,  the  wife  of  William  Methald  my 
Turky  grogerom  gown,  my  mohair  petticoat  and  my  best  hat.  Of  the 
money  due  unto  me  from  the  Commonwealth  upon  the  public  faith  the  sum 
of  forty  shillings  to  my  said  daughter  Elizabeth,  to  her  husband  the  said 
William  Methwald  twenty  shillings,  to  his  daughter  Bridget  Methwald 
twenty  shillings.  To  my  son  Robert  Potter  five  pounds.  To  my  daughter 
Mary  Vernon  a  seal  ring,  &c.  My  son  Robert  Potter  and  my  daughter 
Mary  Vernon  to  be  executors.  Berkley,  149. 

Mathewe  Whipple  the  elder  of  Booking,  Essex,  clothier,  19  Decem- 
ber 1616,  proved  28  January  1618. 

My  capital  messuage  or  tenement,  with  the  yards,  gardens,  orchards, 
members  and  appurtenances,  situate  in  Bradford  Street  in  Bocking,  now  in 
the  occupation  of  me  the  said  Mathewe,  from  and  after  my  decease  shall 
remain  to  Mathewe  Whippell,  mine  eldest  son,  upon  condition  that  he  shall 
pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  to  my  son  John  Whippell  fourscore  pounds  within 
three,  months  next  after  my  decease,  and  to  my  daughter  Jane  thirty  pounds 
within  six  months,  and  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  thirty  pounds  within  twelve 
months,  and  to  my  daughter  Mary  thirty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty  or  day 
of  her  marriage,  and  to  my  daughter  Amie  thirty  pounds  at  one  and 
twenty  or  day  of  marriage,  upon  reasonable  demand  made  by  the  said  Jane, 
Elizabeth,  Mary  and  Amye.     To  my  daughter  Amce  (?)  six  silver  spoons 


466  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

of  the  better  sort,  two  high  latten  candlesticks,  my  biggest  brass  pot  and 
three  pounds  six  shillings  and  eight  pence.  To  nay  daughter  Johaue  forty 
shillings.  To  my  daughter  Jane  two  silver  spoons,  two  pewter  platters  of 
the  greater  sort,  one  pewter  candlestick,  one  half  headed  bedstedle,  my  best 
flock  bed,  a  flock  bolster,  a  coverlet  and  a  pair  of  blankets.  To  my  daugh- 
ter Elizabeth  two  silver  spoons,  one  pewter  candlestick,  two  pewter  plat- 
ters of  the  greater  sort,  a  half  headed  bedstedle,  next  the  best,  a  flock  bed,  a 
flock  bolster,  a  coverlet,  a  pair  of  blankets  and  the  little  chest  which  was 
her  mothers.  To  my  daughter  Mary  two  silver  spoons,  two  pewter  platters 
and  a  pewter  salt,  a  trundle  bedsteadle,  a  flock  bed,  a  flock  bolster,  a  cover- 
let, a  pair  of  blankets.  To  my  daughter  Amye  two  silver  spoons,  two 
pewter  platters,  a  pewter  salt,  a  trundle  bedsteadle,  a  flock  bed,  a  flock 
bolster  and  a  pair  of  blankets.  To  my  son  John  a  joyned  table  and  frame 
standing  in  my  old  parlor  (and  other  movables).  To  my  sister,  wife  of 
Richard  Rathbone  twenty  shillings.  To  Hercules  Stephens  ten  shillings. 
To  my  grandchildren  Hercules  Arthur,  Margaret  Arthur,  Henry  Caldham 
and  Anne  Caldham  six  shilling  eight  pence  apiece.  To  the  poor  of  Book- 
ing twenty  shillings.     All  the  rest  to  my  son  Matthew,  sole  executor. 

Parker,  2. 

John  Amies  of  Bockin  7  April  1647,  proved  16  April  1647.  To  wife 
Mary  Amies  four  hundred  pounds  and  that  dwelling  house  wherein  we  now 
dwell,  being  situate  in  Booking  aforesaid,  paying  to  my  mother  yearly  and 
every  year  during  her  natural  life  six  pounds;  and  after  the  death  of  my 
mother  I  give  it  to  her  wholly  during  her  natural  life ;  and  after  her  decease 
and  my  mother's  I  give  it  to  my  son  John  Amies  and  his  heirs  forever.  To 
wife  Mary  my  house  now  in  the  occupation  of  Richard  Everd  and  Richard 
Jobson,  during  her  life,  and  then  to  my  son  John.  To  my  son  John  three 
hundred  pounds  at  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  day  of  marriage. 
To  daughter  Mary  Amies  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  at  eighteen  years  or 
day  of  marriage.  To  daughter  Elizabeth  Amies  (the  same).  To  my  dear 
mother  as  a  token  of  my  last  love  ten  pounds.  To  my  brother  William,  as 
soon  as  it  shall  please  God  he  take  a  dwelling  house,  my  clock  and  case. 
To  my  son  John  Amies  all  my  books  and  manuscripts  to  be  carefully  kept 
for  him.  To  my  wife  all  the  furniture  in  best  chamber  except  that  which 
is  my  mother's. 

Item  I  give  the  piece  of  cloth  at  home  unto  Mr.  Rogers,  John  Whiple 
and  a  jerkin  cloth  of  it  to  Mr.  Norton  of  Ipswich,  N.  E.  I  desire  that  my 
wife  would  buy  for  my  uncle  Skynner  and  my  brother  Samuel  Hasell,  each 
of  them,  a  gold  ring  with  a  death's  head  on  it,  at  her  pleasure,  as  the  last 
token  of  my  love.  My  wife  Mary  to  be  sole  executor  and  my  uncle 
Skynner  and  brother  Samuel  Hasell  to  be  supervisors.  Houses  and  lands 
in  ChurchStreet  in  Booking.  Fines,  75. 

John  Hawkings  of  Brayntree,  Essex,  Gen'.  3  September  1633,  proved 
18  October  1633.  To  wife  Sara  messuages  lands  and  tenements  in  Tolles- 
hunt,  Bushes,  Salcott,  Wigborough  and  Verley  which  I  late  had  and  pur- 
chased of  Sir  Edward  Bullocke,  knight,  Francis  Steele  and   Elizabeth  his 

wife,  John  Hewes  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  formerly  the  wife  of Steele, 

John  Osborne  (and  others),  for  and  dining  her  natural  life;  and  the  mes- 
suage wherein  I  dwell  in  Brayntree  and  the  two  little  tenements  adjoining 
unto  the  churchyard  of  Brayntree  so  long  as  she  shall  keep  herself  a  widow 
and  unmarried  after  my  decease.     To  eldest  son  John  messuages  and  lauds 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  467 

in  Barking  (and  other  parishes).  To  son  Robert  messuages  and  tenements 
in  Old  Newton,  Suffolk.  To  son  Abraham  the  messuage  wherein  I  dwell 
(and  other  lauds  and  tenements).  To  my  daughter  Sara  six  hundred 
pounds  at  her  age  of  eighteen  and  again  at  the  age  of  one  and  twenty.  To 
my  daughter  Margaret  five  hundred  pounds  at  eighteen  and  again  at  one 
and  twenty.  To  my  daughter  Mary  messuages,  etc.  in  Bradwell  next  the 
sea.  To  my  daughter  Judith  messuages,  etc.,  in  Finchefield,  Essex.  To 
my  brother  in  law  John  Kent  one  hundred  marks  for 'his  care  and  pains  to 
be  taken  as  one  of  the  executors.  To  my  loving  friend  Mr.  Collins  of 
Brayntree  forty  shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring,  and  also  four  pounds  per 
annum  during  his  ministry  there.  To  my  mother  Mary  Hawkins,  widow, 
sixteen  pounds  a  year,  etc.  To  my  friend  William  Lingwood  twenty  pounds. 
To  my  sister  Kent  and  my  sister  Edes  thirty  shillings  apiece  to  make  them 
rings.  To  my  brother  Francis  Hawkins,  my  sister  Archer  and  my  sister 
Whipple  forty  shillings  apiece  as  remembrances  from  me.  To  my  cousin 
Tomsou,  my  aunt  Woodward  and  my  aunt  Goodaye  ten  shillings  apiece. 
Loving  friends  and  neighbors  Adrian  Mott  and  Joseph  Loomys  also  men- 
tioned.    Joseph  Loomys  one  of  the  witnesses.  Russell,  87. 

[The  three  preceding  wills  relate  undoubtedly  to  the  family  of  Whipple  in 
Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  descended  from  two  brothers  Matthew  and  John.  A 
very  brief  extract  of  the  will  of  Matthew  Whipple  the  elder  was  given  in  Em- 
merton  and  Waters's  Gleanings  (Essex  Institute,  1880). — Henry  F.  Waters.] 

The  last  will  and  testament  of  Mr.  Thomas  Spenser  22  June  1648, 
proved  23  August  1648.  To  my  eldest  son  John  Spenser  all  my  means  in 
New  England,  paying  to  his  eldest  sister  Penelope  Spenser,  or  to  her  hus- 
band John  Treworthy,  or  to  her  heirs  and  his.  twenty  pounds  a  year  for 
five  years,  etc.,  and  paying  his  mother  Penelope  Spenser  five  pounds  a  year 
during  her  life.  For  my  means  here  in  England  I  do  bequeath  my  lease 
of  Waddaru  called  Russells  alias  Bamsters,  in  the  parish  of  Chertsey, 
equally  divided  between  Thomas  and  Rachel,  paying  their  mother  during 
her  life  fifteen  pounds  a  year  and  at  her  decease  ten  pounds  a  year  falling 
unto  her  son  Thomas  Spenser  and  the  other  five  pounds  a  year  unto  her 
daughter  Rachel  Spenser.  I  bequeath  my  wages  and  liveries  due  to  me 
for  my  ordinary  place  of  the  Guard  and  Service  unto  the  King's  Majesty 
unto  my  wife  and  four  children,  divided  equally  amongst  them.  My  brother 
Nicholas  Kidwell  to  be  my  executor.     My  daughter  in  law  Anna  Fylliall. 

Essex,  124. 

Marriage  License  granted  to  Thomas  Spencer,  gen1,  of  the  City  of  West- 
minster, bachelor,  30,  and  Penelope  Filliall,  of  the  City  of  London,  30, 
widow  of  Westerne  Filliall,  draper,  deceased, — at  St.  Peter's,  Paul's 
Wharf,— 24  Sept.  1623.     B.  (Col.  Chester's  Mar.  Lie.) 

[This  Thomas  Spenser  must  have  been  a  brother  of  John  Spencer  whose  will, 
bearing  date  1  August  1637  and  proved  more  than  eleven  years  afterwards  at 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  mentioned  a  nephew  John  Spencer,  whom  he  constituted 
his  heir,  a  brother  Thomas  Spencer,  a  cousin  Ann  Knight,  a  cousin  Gardner,  a 
brother  Nicholas  Kidwell  and  a  sister  Rachel  Kidwell.  This  will  gives  us  the 
baptismal  name  of  the  wife  of  John  Treworthy,  who  (says  Savage)  was 
married  at  Newbury  15  January,  1646.  I  note  a  connection  between  the  Chad- 
bournes  and  both  the  Treworthy  family  and  the  Spencer  family  of  Piscataqua. 
Some  of  our  friends  in  Maine  may  assist  us  here. — Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Nicholas  Kydwell  of  Kingston  upon  Thames  in  the  County  of  Surrey, 
gen'.,  25  July  1676,  proved  16   September  1679.     To  my  only  daughter 


468  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

and  child  Rachel  the  wife  of  John  Gatton  my  messuages,  etc.  in  the  said 
parish.  And  forasmuch  as  my  said  son  in  law  hath  heen  very  unnatural 
and  unkind  to  my  said  daughter  his  wife  wherefrom  differences  have  arose 
between  them  so  that  for  several  years  last  past  they  have  not  lived  to- 
gether as  man  aud  wife  should  have  done,  my  will  etc.  is  that  James  Davi- 
son the  elder  of  Berwell  Court  in  the  said  parish  gen1.,  Thomas  Spencer  of 
the  town  of  Plymouth  in  the  County  of  Devon  Dr.  in  Physick,  John  Hayes  of 
Kingston  upon  Thames  gen1,  and  Thomas  Mellersh  of  Monersh  Surrey  gen'., 
or  auy  two  of  them,  shall  have  full  power  during  the  life  time  of  the  said 
John  Gatton  aud  with  the  consent  and  approbation  of  my  said  daughter  to 
sel  and  let  all  or  any  of  the  messuages,  etc.,  and  the  rents  etc.  thereof  to 
receive  and  take  up  without  the  consent,  knowledge  or  any  power  of  or 
from  the  said  John  Gatton,  in  trust  (then  follows  the  disposition  of  the 
trust).     My  sister  Rachel  wife  of  John  Hayes.  King,  117. 

William  Kinge  of  Ipswich,  shipcarpenter,  30  March  1655  and  sealed 
9  April  1655  (no  probate  act  noticed).  He  calls  himself  aged  and  full  of 
days,  and  yet  is  "  bound  on  a  voyage  to  sea."  He  mentions  grandchildren 
William,  Thomas,  Mary,  John,  Joseph,  and  Jeremy  Sandwell,  sons  and 
daughters  of  his  son  in  law  Sandwell  and  his  wife  deceased,  niece  Elizabeth 
Hichman,  widow,  and  grandchildren,  the  children  of  son  in  law  Thrumble 
and  his  wife  now  living  in  New  England.  He  appoints  his  son  in  law 
John  Thrumble,  now  resident  in  New  England,  supervisor,  etc. 

Wills  of  Arch,  of  Suff.  (Ipswich),  1650-60. 

Isaac  Lee  late  of  Rappahanock  River  in  America,  mariner,  but  now  of 
Stepney,  Middlesex,  18  November  1726,  proved  3  November  1727.  To 
my  honored  mother  Sarah  Lee  of  America,  widow,  one  of  my  best  negroes, 
such  as  she  shall  choose.  To  my  brother  Richard  Lee  of  America  the  next 
best  negro,  such  as  he  shall  choose.  To  my  brothers  John  Lee  and  Han- 
cock Lee  all  my  estate,  such  as  land  and  houses  in  America,  to  hold  to 
them  and  the  survivor  of  them  when  they  shall  attain  the  several  ages  of 
twenty  one  years,  and  to  the  male  heirs  of  their  bodies.  If  they  die  with- 
out issue  male  then  to  my  brother  Richard  Lee  and  the  issue  male  of  his 
body.  Failing  such  then  to  the  daughter  or  daughters  of  my  said  brothers 
John  and  Hancock  Lee  during  their  natural  lives,  and  after  their  decease 
to  my  sisters  Anne  Eustace  and  Elizabeth  Lee.  If  they  die  without  issue 
then  to  the  daughters  or  daughter  of  my  brother  Richard  Lee.  Other  pro- 
visions. I  hereby  nominate  aud  appoint  Coll.  Robert  Carter  and  my  brother 
Richard  Lee  of  America  executors  &c.  relating  to  all  my  estate  and  effects 
in  America,  and  William  Dawkins  of  London,  gen4,  relating  to  my  effects 
in  England.  Farrant,  267. 

[The  testator  of  the  above  will  was  a  descendant,  doubtless,  of  Col.  Richard 
Lee  of  Virginia,  whose  own  will  was  entered  for  probate  in  the  Prerogative 
Court,  as  shown  by  the  following  extract,  but  not  registered.] 

Mense  January  1664  juxta  etc.  Decimo  die  probatum  f uit  Testamentum 
Richardi  Lee  nug  de  Stratford  Langtou  in  Com.  Essexiae  sed  apud  Vir- 
ginia in  gtibus  transmarinis  ar.  defunct  heiitis  etc.  Jurament  Thomas 
Griffith  et  Johis  Lockey  duor  execuf  etc.  Reservata  potestate  similem 
cofiinem  faciend  Johi  et  Richo  Lee  all  Execu?. 

Admon.  Act  Book,  P.  C.  C. 

[The  published  Lee  genealogy  gives  the  descendants  only  of  Richard  and  Han- 
cock Lee,  second  and  fifth  sons  of  Col.  Richard  the  emigrant.     The  testator,  Isaac 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  469 

Lee,  may  have  been  the  son  of  Francis,  "William  or  Charles,  the  remaining  sons. 
I  know  not  of  another  instance  of  the  Christian  name  Isaac  among  the  do. 
scendants  of  Col.  Richard  Lee.  Hancock  Lee  married  twice;  first,  Mary, 
daughter  of  William  Kendell  of  Northampton  County,  Va.,  and  second,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Col.  Isaac  Allerton  of  Virginia,  who  was  a  grandson  of  Isaac 
Allerton  the  Mayflower  emigrant.  Isaac  Lee,  the  testator,  may  have  been 
named  for  Isaac  Allerton. — R.  A.  Brock,  of  Richmond,  Va.] 

William  Pindar,  clerk,  parson  of  Mottisfount  in  the  County  of  South- 
hampton, and  parson  of  Horneford  Stocke,  Essex,  15  September  1625. 
The  poor  of  Mottisfount,  Lockarleigh  and  East  Deane.  The  poorest 
among  my  parishioners  of  Harneford  Stock.  Kinsman  Mr.  Thomas  Pratt, 
clerk.  My  nephew  John  Shingleton  als  Lea  of  London,  carpenter,  and 
his  two  sons  John  and  Michael. 

Item  I  give  unto  Thomas  Shingleton  als  Lea  now  at  Virginia,  the 
brother  of  John  Lea,  carpenter,  ten  pounds  currant  moneys  of  England,  to 
be  paid  unto  him  within  two  years  after  my  decease.  The  children  of 
George  Shingleton  ah  Lea,  my  nephew,  late  of  Plymouth  deceased,  namely 
Robert  and  John  Lea,  at  twenty-one,  and  their  mother.  My  wife  Cicely 
shall,  during  her  natural  life  have  my  house  in  Southampton,  in  English 
Street  in  the  parish  of  All  Saints,  called  corner  tenement,  wherein  Richard 
Tirrill  now  dwelleth,  for  her  dwelliug  house;  she  to  pay  yearly  unto 
Elizabeth  Davis  the  sum  of  three  pounds  at  two  payments,  according  to  the 
will  of  Mr.  John  Cornish  deceased,  and  keep  the  said  messuage  in  good 
and  sufficient  reparations  tenant  like.  Her  children  &c.  To  Edmond 
Freke  forty  pounds,  John  Emerye  ten  pounds  and  to  Sara  and  Mary  Emery 
five  pounds  apiece  at  twenty-one.  Samuel  Pindar  my  grandchild,  son  of 
my  natural  son  Michael  Pindar  late  of  Winchester  deceased  Esq.  and  his 
sister,  my  other  grandchild,  Elizabeth  Pindar.  My  wife's  children  Ed- 
mond, William  Freke,  Mrs.  Sara  Slatire,  Alice  Emery  and  Martha  Freke. 
My  godson  William  Slatire. 

On  the  16th  of  February  1626  Commission  issued  to  Sara  Pindar  mother 
and  guardian  of  Samuel  Pindar,  grandson  of  the  deceased,  to  administer 
the  goods  and  effects  during  his  minority  for  the  reason  that  the  deceased 
had  not  named  any  executor  at  all.  Skynner,  13. 

Lawrence  Ley  of  St.  Martin,  Ironmonger  Lane,  London,  merchant, 
28  December  1624,  proved  29  April  1625.  My  brother  Humphry 
Richards ;  my  brother  John  Ley ;  my  friends  Thomas  Matthew,  Nathaniel 
Wright,  Rowland  Trulove  and  Richard  Somersall.  My  wife  Efiie  to  be 
executrix.     Eldest  son  Isaack  and  youngest  son  Jacob. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  all  my  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments 
whatsoever  within  the  kingdom  or  continent  of  Virginia,  in  the  parts  be- 
yond the  seas,  unto  my  said  son  Isaack  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  law- 
fully begotten,  with  remainder  to  son  Jacob  and  his  heirs  and  next  to 
brother  John  Ley  and  his  heirs  and  finally  to  my  right  heirs  forever, 

Clarke,  37. 

Jone  Maplisden,  wife  of  Peter  Maplisden  of  Westminster,  gentleman, 
6  December  1656,  proved  20  December  1656.  To  Mrs.  Mary  Van  Win- 
terbecke  wife  of  Michael  Van  Winterbeck,  of  Fleet  Street,  jeweller,  fifty 
pounds  to  be  raised  and  paid  out  of  and  by  the  sale  of  all  my  lauds,  tenements 
and  hereditaments  in  or  near  Romford  in  Essex.  To  Jane  Bird,  sister  of  the 
said  Mary,  fifty  pounds  (as  before).  To  Laurance  Gibson,  now  servant  to 
the  said  Michael  Van  Winterbeck,  one  hundred  pounds.     To  sister  Ann 


470  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

Gibson  fifty  pounds.  To  Michael,  Mary  and  Susan,  children  of  the  said 
Michael  Van  Winterbeck,  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  Anne  and  Frances, 
daughters  of  Anne  Clarke,  widow,  ten  pounds  apiece.  My  husband,  Peter 
Maplisden,  to  be  executor.  To  my  brother  John  Smith  of  Chichester  ten 
pounds  per  annum,  half  yearly  during  his  life.  To  Ellen,  the  daughter  of 
my  sister  Gardiner,  ten  pounds  and  to  my  kinsman,  John  Lee  of  Virginia, 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  within  three  months  after  he  shall  come  in 
person  and  demand  the  same,  and  not  before.    To  my  niece  Magdalen,  wife  of 

Dudley  of  Darkiug  in  Surrey,  a  little  plain  silver  cup,  a  gold  hoop  ring 

and  fifty  pounds  in  money,  and  to  all  her  children  that  shall  be  living  at  my 
decease  ten  pounds  apiece  as  they  shall  accomplish  their  several  ages  of  one 
and  twenty  years.  To  Tobias  Markham  of  St.  Giles  Cripplegate  five 
pounds  and  to  my  nephew  William  Smith  ten  pounds.  To  my  husband's 
three  children,  Elizabeth,  Dorothy  and  Susan  Maplisden,  ten  pounds 
apiece. 

Mem.  these  words  "  in  the  tenure  or  occupation  of  Nathaniel  Beadle  or 
his  assigns  "  being  interlined  in  the  twelvth  line  of  the  first  sheet. 

Berkley,  439. 

Richard  Lee  of  St.  Michael  Bassishaw,  London,  merchant  taylor,  22 
December  1666,  proved  4  January  1666.  My  worldly  goods  either  in  this 
land  and  elsewhere  in  any  foreign  nation,  as  Barbados,  Virginia,  or  any 
other  place,  all  to  and  for  the  use  of  my  two  youngest  children,  Richard 
Lee  and  Grace  Lee,  only  my  son  Richard  to  have  my  bible  in  quarto  over 
and  above  his  half  share  of  my  goods  and  estate,  and  also  my  ring  with  a 
carnelian  stone  engraven  with  this  figure,  a  boy  blowing  a  buhble.  To  my 
kinsman  Mr.  Thomas  Roelate  of  St.  Bride's,  London,  forty  shillings  to  buy 
two  rings  for  him  and  his  wife.  To  my  kinswoman  Elizabeth  Sims  twenty 
shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  my  maid  Elizabeth  Wright  five  pounds. 
To  my  son  in  law  John  Guy  one  shilling.  And  to  the  rest  of  my  children 
beyond  the  seas  twelve  pence  apiece  if  the  same  be  demanded.  To  my 
loving  friends  Samuel  Stone,  Richard  Cocke  and  William  Rudd  twenty 
shillings  apiece ;  the  said  Samuel  Stone  and  Richard  Cocke  to  be  joint 
executors  and  William  Rudd  to  be  overseer.  Carr,  7. 

Samuel  Lee  at  this  present  time  inhabitant  of  Abbots  Langly  in  the 
County  of  Hartford,  gen1.  3  December  1685,  proved  13  April  1692.  All 
my  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  whatsoever,  be  the  same  freehold 
or  copyhold,  unto  Nathaniel  Hulton  of  Hornsey,  geu'.,  and  Edward 
Horsman  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  gent.,  in  trust  to  raise  four  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds  to  be  given  and  paid  to  my  wife  Martha  if  surviving  and  also,  out 
of  the  rents  and  profits  to  pay  the  usual  interest  of  that  sum  yearly  during 
her  life,  in  lieu  of  dower,  otherwise  the  said  Martha  shall  not  take  or  have 
any  benefit  of  or  by  this  my  will.  As  for  the  overplus  of  the  money  raised 
and  such  of  the  estate  as  shall  not  be  sold  the  same  shall  be  paid,  conveyed 
and  divided  unto  and  amongst  my  four  daughters,  now  at  this  present 
through  God's  mercy  alive  and  in  health,  Rebekah  Lee,  Anna  Lee,  Lydia 
Lee  and  Elizabeth  Lee,  to  be  paid  and  conveyed  unto  them  respectively  at 
their  respective  ages  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  days  of  marriage. 

To  my  daughter  Rebekah  my  manuscripts  in  Divinity  if  she  be  not  dis- 
posed in  marriage  before  this  will  take  effect.  To  Anna,  Lydie  and  Eliza- 
beth all  my  manuscripts  in  Natural  Philosophy,  Chimistry  or  Physick,  or  of 
any  the  Liberal  Arts  and  Sciences,  and  all  the  printed  books  in    Chymical 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  471 

Physick,  to  be  divided  equally,  share  and  share  alike,  the  eldest  choosing 
first,  excepting  one  manuscript  book  in  Octavo,  large,  with  black  covers,  in 
the  first  leaf  thereof  is  found  written  "  (Experimentoru  Liber  III)  "  which 
I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth. 

The  said  Nathaniel  Hulton  and  Edward  Horsman  to  be  executors. 

In  the  Probate  Act  Book  the  testator  is  called  "  nug  de  Abbotts  Lang- 
ley  in  Com.  Hertford  sed  in  regno  Gallia?  Gen..defti."  Fane,  70. 

[There  can  be  no  doubt  that  I  have  found  here  the  will  of  Mr.  Samuel  Lee 
of  Bristol,  New  England,  written  just  before  he  set  sail  from  England  and 
proved  after  his  death  in  a  French  prison,  he  having  been  captured  and  carried 
into  St.  Maloes  while  on  his  voyage  home  in  1691. — Henry  F.  Waters. 

In  the  notes  to  Sewall's  Diary,  vol.  i.  pp.  148-150,  I  collected  some  facts  rela- 
tive to  the  daughters  of  Rev.  Samuel  Lee.     It  seems  certain  that 

Rebecca  married  John  Saffln  of      Boston. 

Tvt>ta  "     /John  George 

i,ydia  \  Rev.  Cotton  Mather   « 

Anne  "        Henry  Wyrley  "      New  Bristol. 

Elizabeth. 

I  noted  a  letter  dated  in  1728,  from  Dr.  Isaac  Watts  to  Mrs.  Katherine  Sewall, 
daughter  of  John  George  and  Lydia  Lee.  Therein  he  says,  "Mr.  Peacock, 
who  married  your  eldest  Aunt,  was  my  intimate  friend.  Mrs.  Bishop  and 
Mrs.  Wirley  were  both  my  acquaintance."  It  seems  probable  that  Elizabeth, 
the  fourth  daughter,  married  a  Bishop.  Rebecca  seems  to  have  been  the  oldest 
daughter,  and  as  she  was  the  third  wife  of  John  Saffin  and  quarrelled  with  him, 
it  seems  very  probable  that  after  his  death  in  1710,  she  married  Mr.  Peacock. 
I  do  not  see  the  reason  why  Samuel  Lee  is  termed  "  gentleman  "  in  his  will — as 
he  was  a  clergyman,  Oxford-bred,  and  a  tutor  and  proctor  there. — W.  H.  Whit- 
more.] 

George  Plummer  of  St.  Michael,  Crooked  Lane,  citizen  and  barber 
surgeon  of  London,  6  March  1646,  proved  29  April  1647.  To  daughter 
Emme  Plummer  fifty  pounds  and  also  ten  pounds  out  of  money  due  unto 
me  by  and  from  James  Gooday,  captain  and  commander  of  the  ship  Ara- 
bella now  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas.  Son  in  law  William  Watts  and 
my  daughter  Mary,  his  wife.  Granddaughter  Anne  Allen.  Grandchild 
Thomas  Plummer.  Grandchild  Raphael  Shemmonds  whom  I  have  brought 
up  ever  since  he  was  born.  My  brother  Richard  Plummer.  My  wife  Em 
Plummer  to  be  sole  executrix.  Fines,  72. 

Richard  James  of  Romford,  Essex,  innholder,  20  July  1639,  proved 
12  April  1647.  I  do  will  and  give  unto  my  brother  Edmund  James,  now 
beyond  the  seas,  the  sum  of  forty  shillings  to  be  paid  unto  him  by  my  exe- 
cutrix. To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  James  two  hundred  pounds  at  her  age 
of  twenty  and  one  years.  The  other  daughters  of  my  wife  Rebecca  Jeffer- 
son and  Beatrice  Jefferson.  My  wife  Mary  to  be  sple  executrix.  The 
overseers  to  be  Mr.  John  Feuninge  of  Romford,  woolen  draper  and  Mr. 
Robert  Grafton,  butcher,  my  brother  in  law. 

A  codicil  added  7  October  1 642.  To  my  cousin  and  godson  Richard 
James  now  or  late  of  Glensford  ten  pounds. 

Another  codicil  17  July  1644.  Ten  pounds  more  to  my  said  cousin  and 
godson.  Fines,  74. 

[Edward  James  was  granted  350  acres  of  land  in  Rappahannock  river,  Va. ,  30 
miles  up  on  the  North  side,  May  22,  1650.     Book  No.  2,  p.  219.— R.  A.  Brock.] 


472  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

Richard   Seymor   of  St.  Mary  Savoy  als  Strand,  Middlesex,  gen.  13 
April  1641. 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving  wife  Mr18.  Jane  Seymor,  for  and 
during  the  term  of  her  life,  the  interest,  benefit  and  profit  which  shall  be 
made,  raised  and  received  of  and  for  the  sum  of  six  hundred  pounds  which 
is  owing  to  me  by  the  persons  hereafter  named,  viz',  the  right  Honoble  the 
Earl  of  North'0"  four  hundred  pounds,  the  Earl  of  Peterborough  one 
hundred  pounds,  Mr'8.  Margaret  Washington  my  wife's  mother  fifty  pounds 
and  my  wife's  brother  in  law  Mr.  Francis  Muce  fifty  pounds.  All  the 
securities  for  the  said  moneys  shall  be  made  in  the  name  of  my  loving 
nephew  Lawrence  Swetnam  gen'.,  whom  I  do  desire  to  pay  the  said  interest 
money  to  my  said  wife  from  time  to  time  as  he  shall  receive  the  same  dur- 
ing the  term,  etc.  To  my  son  Spencer  Seymer  all  my  goods,  chattels, 
moneys,  leases,  bonds,  bills,  debts  and  other  things  whereof  lam  possessed, 
he  to  be  executor  of  this  my  will  and  my  said  nephew  Mr.  Lawrence 
Swetnam  to  be  guardian  to  my  said  son  during  his  minority.  Richard, 
Arthur,  Robert  and  Stephen  Squibb  my  nephews,  sons  of  my  brother  iu  law 
Mr.  Arthur  Squibb.  I  humbly  beseech  and  desire  the  right  Honble.  the 
Earl  of  Northampton,  my  noble  lord  and  master,  and  my  brother  in  law 
Arthur  Squibb  Esq.,  one  of  the  four  tellers  of  the  Receipt  of  H.  M. 
Exchequer  at  Westminister,  to  be  supervisors  of  this  my  last  will,  etc. 

On  the  last  day  of  May  1641  commission  issued  to  Lawrence  Swetnam, 
guardian  named  in  the  will,  to  administer  the  goods  etc.  of  the  deceased 
according  to  the  tenor  of  the  will  during  the  minority  of  Spencer  Seymor 
the  executor  named,  etc.  Evelyn,  62. 

[This  will  makes  known  to  us  a  sister  of  Lawrence  Washington,  M.A.,  Rector 
of  Purleigh,  of  whom  hitherto  we  have  been  entirely  ignorant.  And  it  shows 
that  his  mother,  Mrs.  Margaret  (Butler)  Washington,  was  still  alive  in  1641. — 
Henry  F.  Waters.] 

John  Lane. — In  the  name  of  God  Amen:  the  seaventh  day  of  August 
in  the  Thirteenth  yeare  of  the  Raigne  of  our  Soveraigne  Lord  King 
Charles  the  Second  over  England  etc.  AnnoCjj  Dni  one  Thousand  Six 
hundred  Sixty  one  I  John  Lane  of  Rickmersworth  in  the  County  of  Hert- 
ford yeoman  being  of  a  good  and  perfect  memory  (praysed  be  God)  know- 
ing death  certaine  but  the  tyme  and  hower  very  vncertaine  being  weake 
and  sick  in  body  doe  make  this  my  last  will  and  Testament  in  manner 
following.  And  ffirst  of  all  I  give  to  the  poore  people  of  Rickmersworth 
aforesaid  ffifty  shillings  of  good  and  lawfull  money  of  England  To  be  dis- 
tributed amongst  them  where  most  need  is  within  one  Moneth  next  after  my 
death  At  the  discretion  of  myne  Executor  hereafter  herein  named  Item  I 
give  and  bequeath  to  Rebecca  Baker  my  daughter  ffive  pounds  of  like  good 
money  And  to  my  kinsman  Job  Lane  sonne  of  my  brother  James  Lane 
deceased  I  give  and  bequeath  the  sume  of  Thirty  pounds  of  like  good 
money  And  to  my  kinsman  Thomas  Lane  sonne  of  my  brother  Symon 
Lane  deceased  I  give  and  bequeath  ffifteene  pounds  of  like  good  money 
And  to  Jahasell  Lane  sonne  of  my  brother  Jeremiah  Lane  deceased  I  give 
and  bequeath  the  sume  of  Tenn  pounds  of  like  good  money  And  to  Mary 
Lane  my  kinswoman  daughter  of  the  said  Jeremiah  I  give  and  bequeath 
the  like  sume  of  Tenn  pounds  of  like  good  money  All  which  said  Legacies 
And  severall  sumes  of  money  soe  bequeathed  I  will  shall  be  paid  to  them 
and  every  of  them  within  Six  Moneths  after  my  death  by  myne  Executor 
hereafter   herein  named     Item   I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  my  kinswoman 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  473 

ffrances  the  now  wife  of  Richard  Lovett  Term  pounds  of  like  good  money 
to  be  paid  vnto  her  Twenty  shillings  a  yeare  dureing  Tenn  yeares  next 
ensueing  after  my  death.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Judith  Lovett  ye 
wife  of  Henry  Lovett  ye  like  sufne  of  Tenn  pounds  of  like  good  money  to 
be  paid  vnto  her  Twenty  Shillings  a  yeare  dureing  Tenn  yeares  next  en- 
sueing after  my  death.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  kinsman 
Jahasell  Lane  The  bedstedd  in  my  Parlour  whereon  I  now  lye  with  all 
bedding  and  furniture  of  Bedding  thervpon  or  therwithall  now  vsed  And 
if  mysaid  daughter  Rebecca  or  the  Bayliffe  of  the  Lord  of  the  Mannor  of 
Rickmersworth  shall  take  away  the  said  Bedstedd  or  any  other  bedding 
thervnto  belonging  for  the  Herriotts  to  be  due  att  my  death  Then  my  will 
is  that  my  Executor  shall  give  the  full  price  or  valew  sett  upon  them  for 
Redemption  therof  or  if  not  to  be  redeemed  shall  give  him  the  full  price  as 
they  shall  be  valued  att  in  ready  money  Item  I  give  unto  the  said  Jahasell 
Two  paire  of  sheete  And  one  Brasse  Porrage  pott  with  a  Notch  in  it. 
Item  I  give  vnto  my  sd  kinswoman  Mary  Lane  Two  paire  of  sheets  and 
one  Dozen  of  Table  napkins  And  my  long  Table  cloth  with  a  fringe  att  end 
of  it  and  one  short  table  cloth  Item  I  give  will  and  bequeath  Three 
Hundred  of  Spray  ffaggotts  to  the  poore  people  of  Millend  to  be  delivered 
to  them  thensueing  winter  next  after  my  death  att  the  discretion  of  myne 
Executor  herein  hereafter  named  The  said  poore  people  that  live  betweene 
James  Edlins  and  Eves  house  to  have  the  said  ffaggotts  and  none  else  And 
if  any  new  erected  Cottage  be  made  or  sett  up  within  the  liberty  aforesaid 
hereafter  and  any  more  poore  shalbe  therby  added  and  increased  such 
poore  shall  have  noe  share  in  the  said  ffaggotts  And  my  will  is  that  Three 
Hundred  of  such  like  ffaggotts  shall  be  given  to  such  poore  and  continued 
for  one  and  twenty  years  next  after  my  death  and  not  longer  And  concern- 
ing Mary  Hall  which  is  now  with  me  I  doe  will  that  my  Executor  herein 
named  shall  take  fatherly  care  of  her  And  shall  provide  and  manttayneher 
with  meate  drink  and  apparell  in  decent  manner  for  and  during  the  terme 
of  three  years  next  ensueing  after  my  death  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto 
James  Lane  brother  to  the  said  Job,  Tenn  pounds  of  like  good  money  to  be 
paid  to  him  within  Six  Moneths  next  after  my  death  by  myne  Executor 
Item  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  my  kinswoman  Martha  Lane  daughter  of 
Jeremiah  the  like  sume  of  Tenn  pounds  of  like  good  money  to  be  paid  to 
her  within  six  moneths  next  after  my  death  by  myne  Executor.  Yf  it 
happen  that  my  kinsman  Thomas  Lane  shall  dye  before  his  Legacie  be- 
come due  then  The  ffifteene  pounde  Legacie  shalbe  paid  to  his  wife,  yf  shee 
dye  then  to  his  children  And  if  my  kinsman  Job  dye  before  his  Legacie 
shall  become  due  then  the  thirty  pounds  Legacie  shalbe  paid  to  his  wife  if 
shee  dye  Then  to  his  children  And  if  any  of  the  other  Legato™  That  are 
single  persons  and  unmarried  happen  to  dye  before  their  Legacie  or 
Legacies  shall  become  due  Then  my  Executor  shall  pay  such  Legacie  of 
him  or  her  soe  dying  to  the  next  brother  or  sister  att  his  owne  discretion 
Item  all  the  rest  and  residue  of  my  goods  and  chattells  whatsoever  vnbe- 
queathed  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  kinsman  John  Lane  whome  I  name 
and  appoint  Executor  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament  In  witnes  wherof 
I  the  said  John  Lane  the  Testator  have  hereunto  sett  my  hand  and  seale 
the  day  and  yeare  ffirst  above  written.  John  Lane.  Read  published  and 
declared  subscribed  and  sealed  by  the  Testato'  In  the  prsence  of  Paul  Ives 
Alice  Shrimpton  her  marke  John  Hobs  his  marke.  Laud,  7. 

[Proved  January  13,  1661.] 


474  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

[This  will  adds  somewhat  to  our  knowledge  of  the  family  of  Job  Lane  of 
Maiden,  concerning  whom  we  printed  much  in  the  Register,  XL,  April  and 
July,  and  also  in  Vol.  XVII.,  266.  At  these  citations  will  be  found  evidence  that 
Job  Lane  had  an  older  brother  John,  brothers  James  and  Edward,  and  uncles 
Henry,  George  and  John.  The  will  of  this  uncle  John  is  herein-before  given, 
and  we  can  sum  up  the  record  of  that  generation  as  follows  : — 

i.        Henry,  prob.  d.  s.  p. 

ii.       John  ;  dau.  Rebecca  Baker. 

iii.      James  ;  sons  John,  Job,  James,  and  Edward. 

iv.      Simon  ;  son  Thomas. 

v.       Jeremiah ;  son  Jahasel,  daus.  Mary  and  Martha. 

vi.      George. 
It  seems  reasonable  to  suppose  that  John  Lane,   "kinsman"  of  the  testator 
and  executor  of  his  will,  is  John,  brother  of  Job,  although  not  specifically 
termed  a  son  of  James,  Sen. 

In  the  Register  for  April,  1888,  the  late  Rev.  James  P.  Lane  writes  about 
the  descendants  of  James  Lane,  brother  of  Job. — W.  H.  Whitmore.  ] 

John  Hooker  of  Marefield  in  the  county  of  Leicester  gentleman,  1  January 
1654,  proved  26  November  1655.  To  my  cousin  William  Junnings  his  five 
children  now  living  one  hundred  pounds,  and  to  his  wife  fifty  pounds  and 
to  himself  fifty  pounds.  Item  I  do  give  unto  my  cousin  Samuel  Hooker, 
student  in  New  England,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  cousin 
Elizabeth  Erricke  one  hundred  pounds  and  also  to  her  daughter  Abigail 
five  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Alice  Burton  ten  pounds.  To  my  cousin 
Rebecca  Webster  five  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Catherine  Coge  (  ?)  ten 
pounds.  To  William  and  John  Iunings  (  ?)  the  two  sons  of  John  Iunings  (?) 
of  Chilcott  in  Denbighshire  twenty  pounds  betwixt  them,  and  to  Elizabeth 
and  Dorothy  the  two  daughters  of  the  said  John  Jufiings  ten  pounds.  To 
my  cousin  John  Hooker,  student  in  Oxford  twenty  pounds.  The  children 
of  my  sister  Frances  Tarlton  of  London  ten  pounds  amongst  them  all.  To 
the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Tylton  and  Halstead  two  pounds.  All  the  house- 
hold goods  and  commodities  appertaining  to  the  house  shall  continue  in  it 
and  go  along  with  the  house  unremoved.  Item  I  do  nominate  and  appoint 
my  said  cousin  William  Junnings  of  Marefield  the  executor  of  this  my  last 
will  and  testament. 

(In  the  Probate  Act  the  name  of  the  executor  is  given  as  Jennings.) 

Aylett,  403. 

[This  is  the  will  of  a  brother  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker,  the  first  minister 
of  Hartford,  Ct.  Mather  in  his  Magnalia  (Book  iii.  Part  1,  Appendix;  edition 
of  1853,  vol.  i.  p.  333),  says  of  Thomas  Hooker  that  he  "  was  born  at  Marfield 
in  Leicestershire,  about  1586,  of  parents  that  were  neither  unable  nor  unwill- 
ing to  bestow  on  him  a  liberal  education."  Rev.  Edward  W.  Hooker  in  his  life 
of  Thomas  Hooker,  Boston,  1850,  p.  9,  gives  the  date  of  his  birth  July  7,  1586. 
Savage  in  his  Genealogical  Dictionary  changes  Mather's  Marfield  to  Markfield, 
which  is  the  name  of  a  parish  a  short  distance  northwest  of  Leicester.  He 
finds  that  the  parish  register  of  Markfield  "  for  a  few  years  before  and  after 
is  totally  deficient,"  and  that  "the  family  name  does  not  appear  at  all  in  the 
register."  He  therefore  doubts  Mather's  statement.  But  Marefield,  which  is  a 
short  distance  to  the  northeast  of  Leicester,  was  the  birthplace  of  Thomas 
Hooker.  The  Rev.  George  Leon  Walker,  D.D.,  in  a  contribution  to  the 
Memorial  History  of  Hartford  County,  vol.  i.  p.  277,  retains  Mather's  spelling 
of  Hooker's  birthplace,  but  locates  it  correctly."  "  The  little  hamlet  of  Marfield," 
he  says,  "  is  one  of  four  tithings  or  towns  which  make  up  the  parish  of  Tilton 
and  contains  but  five  houses,  having  had  six  at  the  time  of  Hooker's  birth." 
Miss  Mary  K.  Talcott,  in  a  contribution  to  the  same  work  (vol.  i.  page  245), 
says  that,  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker  was  a  "son  of  Thomas  Hooker  or  Hoker  of 
Marfield  in  the  parish  of  Tilton,  grandson  of  Kenelm  Hooker  of  Blaston,  who 
was  the  only  son  of  Thomas  Hoker  or  Hoker  of  Blaston,  co.  Leicester,  whose  will, 
dated  Sept.  2,  155'.),  was  proved  Jan.  27,  1561-2,  by  Cecilia  Hooker  his  relict  and 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  475 

executrix.  It  is  supposed  that  this  Thomas  Hooker  held  some  stewardship  or 
like  office  under  the  Digby  family  who  possessed  estates  in  that  part  of  Leices- 
tershire. Kenellime  Digby,  Esq.,  is  a  witness,  and  is  named  as  supervisor  of  the 
will.  Kenelm  or  Kenellyme  Hooker  undoubtedly  received  his  name  from 
Kenelra  Digby."  Miss  Talcott  adds  :  "  Thomas  Hooker,  father  of  Rev.  Thomas 
Hooker,  occupied  in  1586  land  in  Frisbye  and  Gaddesby,  co.  Leicester.  The 
parish  register  of  Tiltou  records  the  burial  of  '  Thomas  Hooker  of  Marfield,  July 
24,  1(335,' and  administration  of  his  estate  was  granted  to  his  eldest  son,  Johu 
Hooker,- in  the  Archdeacon's  Court  at  Leicester,  Jan.  11,  1636-7;  and  he  is  there 
described  as  '  Thomas  Hooker  of  Marefield,  in  the  parish  of  Tilton,  gentleman.' 
The  Tilton  register,  under  date  of  April,  1631,  gives  the  burial  of  Mrs.  Hooker, 
wife  of  Mr.  Hooker  of  Marfield ;  probably  the  wife  of  Thomas." 

Samuel  Hooker,  named  in  the  will  as  a  "  student  in  New  Eugland,"  and  John 
Hooker,  as  a  "  student  in  Oxford,"  were  sons  of  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker.  Samuel 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1653.  At  the  date  of  the  will  he  was  a  Fellow 
of  the  College.  He  was  settled  in  1661  as  the  minister  at  Farmington,  Conn., 
where  he  died  Nov.  5  or  6,  1697,  aged  62.  See  sketch  of  his  life  in  Sibley's 
Harvard  Graduates,  vol.  i.  pp.  348-52.  John  Hooker,  brother  of  Samuel  "  in 
16B0,"  according  to  Miss  Talcott,  "  became  vicar  of  Marsworth  in  Buckingham- 
shire, and  in  1669  was  presented  by  Sir  Edward  Pye,  bart.,  to  be  rector  of 
Leckhampstead  in  the  same  county.  He  died  in  1684  and  was  buried  at  Mars- 
worth." — Editor. 

"Washington. — 

[The  followiug  extracts  from  the  Warton  Parish  Register  were  kindly 
furnished  me  by  Miss  Fanny  Bland,  Orton,  Westmoreland,  England,  a  lady  of 
antiquarian  and  genealogic  tastes  : 

Married,  1573, Washington  and  Jennet  Jackson. 

Baptized,  1584,  Elizabeth  Washington. 
Married,  1583,  Lawrence  Washington  and  Alice  Godsalf. 
Baptized,  1586,  Ann  Washington. 
"  "      John  Washington. 

"  "     John  Washington. 

"•        1593,  Mary,  daughter  of  Lawrence  Washington  of  Waiton. 

1597,  Ann,  "  "  "  "  " 

"         1600,  Robert,  sonne     "  " 

Buried,  1613,  the  wife  of  John  Washington  in  the  Church. 
Baptized,  1619,  Jane,  daughter  of  Leonard  Washington. 

Miss  Bland  also  sends  me  the  following  from  The  Sedbergh  and  District 
Parish  Magazine  fur  the  parishes  of  Sedbergh,  Cantley,  Cowgill,  Dent,  Garsdale 
and  Howgill.     No.  26.     Feb.  1890. 

"The  Parish  Register. "  Symond  Washington,  yonger.  "D"  is  not  an 
original  part  of  Simon's  name,  but  after  "n"  it  crops  up  occasionally  as  an 
excrescence.  Compare  the  "d"  in  the  word  "expound,"  in  the  surname 
"  Simmonds,"  in  the  Sedberghian  "  he  fell  i'  soond  "  =  "  he  fell  into  a  swoon." 

On  the  first  occurrence  of  a  male  Washington  it  may  be  appropriate  to  note 
that  a  century  of  Washingtons  (15G4  to  1665)  are  commemorated  by  initials  and 
dates  on  a  flat  stone  at  the  East  end  of  the  Church.  Judging  from  the  three- 
fold occurrence  of  "  S.  W."  among  them,  it  may  be  supposed  that  Simon  was  a 
favorite  name  in  the  family.  An  adjoining  stone,  now  (alas  !)  almost  illegible 
from  scaling,  records  that  it  is  "  erected  in  further  Memory  of  the  an[tie]nt 
Fam[ily)  of  the  Washiug[ton]s  of  [Gatejside  in  Howgill."  What  gives  its 
interest  to  these  Washingtons  is  the  probability  that  they  belong  to  the  family 
from  which  the  famous  George  Washington,  the  first  President  of  the  United 
States,  sprang." — R.  A.  Brock.] 


HOLLIS. 

I  have  long  felt  it  a  pious  duty  to  look  up  the  Hollis  and 
Hoi  worthy  families,  and  ever  since  I  first  came  here  I  have  been 
gradually  picking  up  items  about  them  in  Wills.      It  has  occurred 


476  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

to  me  that  one  or  two  numbers  of  my  Gleanings  especially  devoted 
to  these  and  other  benefactors  of  my  old  college*  would  be  proper. 
I  now  send  some  Hollis  matter.  The  Hollis  family  were  cutlers  by 
trade  though  Drapers  by  company.  A  pedigree  and  notice  of  the 
family  may  be  found  in  Morant's  Essex,  Vol.  II.  p.  167.  A  letter  of 
Thomas  Hollis  the  great  benefactor  is  printed  in  the  Register, 
Vol.  II.  p.  265.  See  also  Memoir  of  Thomas  Hollis,  London, 
1780.— H.  F.  Waters. 

[The  following  is  a  brief  genealogy  of  the  Hollis  family  : 
'  Thomas  Hollis,  of  Rotherham  in  Yorkshire,  a  cutler,  came  to 
London  during  the  civil  wars.  His  wife's  maiden  name  was  Ann 
Whiting.  They  had  sons,  Thomas,  Nathaniel  and  John,  and  a 
daughter  Mary.  Thomas  died  without  issue.  Nathaniel  had  several 
children,  of  whom  only  one,  by  name  Thomas,  survived  him. 
This  Thomas  was  the  second  benefactor  of  that  name,  and  was  the 
father  of  another  benefactor,  mentioned  in  the  Harvard  College 
Records  as  Thomas  Hollis,  Esq.,  of  Lincoln's  Inn.  John  Hollis 
had  a  considerable  family  of  children,  of  whom  the  most  important 
were  Timothy  and  Isaac.  All  these  men,  with  the  exception  of 
Thomas  Hollis  of  Rotherham,  appear  in  the  College  Records  as 
benefactors.  In  these  notes,  the  three  benefactors  who  bore  the 
name  of  Thomas  Hollis  will  be  distinguished  as  1st,  2d  and  3d. 
Robert  Thorner  was  an  uncle  of  Thomas  Hollis  1st. — (See  Morant's 
Essex,  2  :  16,  and  Memoirs  of  Thomas  Hollis  (3d),  I.  pp.  1  and  2.)" 
— Evarts  B.  Greene,  of  Harvard  University,  Cambridge,  Mass.f] 

Thomas  Smith,  citizen  and  cutler  of  London  (aged)  21  November  1674, 
proved  6  May  1 67o.  To  wife  Anna  for  term  of  her  natural  life  my  capital 
messuage  or  tenement  &c  in  the  parish  of  Walthamstow  in  Essex,  except 
the  little  tenement  wherein  John  Tompkins  now  liveth.  And  afterwards 
the  reversion  &c  of  the  same  to  my  son  John  Smith  and  the  heirs  of  his 
body  lawfully  begotten.  To  my  said  son  John  my  messuages  &c  in  Dun- 
mowe,  Essex,  with  condition  that  my  said  son  John,  his  heirs  or  assigns,  or 
some  of  them,  shall  and  do  within  the  space  of  three  months  next  after  my 
decease  pay,  or  satisfy,  or  cause  to  be  paid  or  satisfied,  unto  my  foresaid 
wife  Anna  the  full  sum  of  four  hundred  pounds  in  performance  of  a  contract 
made  between  us  at  and  before  marriage.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my 
eldest  son  Thomas  fifty  pounds,  to  my  youngest  son  William  fifty  pounds, 
to  my  grandsonn  Thomas  Smith,  son  of  my  second  son  John,  one  hundred 
pounds,  and  to  my  brother  Thomas  Thorowgood  twenty  shillings  (to  buy 
him  a  ring).  I  give  to  my  sister  Frances  Tompkins  her  dwelling  free  in 
the  house  wherein  she  now  liveth  during  her  natural  life,  and  to  her  now 
husband  after  her  decease,  so  long  as  he  shall  live  a  widower.  To  my 
brother  Valentine  twenty  shillings  (for  a  ring),  to  my  kinswoman  Frances 
Burrough  five  pounds.  Twenty  shillings  each  to  my  sister  Margaret  Ellis, 
to  my  sister  Elizabeth,  to  my  brother  Thomas  Hollis,  to  my  sister  Frances 

*  Few  of  our  readers  need  to  be  told  that  the  alma  mater  of  Mr.  Waters  is  Harvard  Col- 
lege.  He  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  185-5.    See  Ukgisteu,  vol.  39,  page  325.— Editor. 

t  This  and  other  annotations  to  which  Mr.  Greene's  name  is  affixed,  have  been 
kindly  contributed  by  Evarts  B.  Greene  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  a  member  of  the  Harvard 
Seminary  in  American  History. — Editor. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  477 

Tompkins  and  to  my  sister  Susan.  To  my  sister  Katherine  twenty  shil- 
lings a  year,  to  be  paid  out  of  my  lands  in  Walthanistowe.  The  residue  to 
my  executrix  and  executor  equally.  Wife  Anna  to  be  the  executrix  and 
son  John  the  executor.  Dycer,  52. 

Robert  Thorner  of  Baddesley,  in  the  co.  of  Southampton,  gen1, 31  May 
1690.  To  my  wife  Rachel  Thorner  five  hundred  pounds  absolutely  &c  in 
case  she  have  no  child  by  me ;  but  if  she  have  any  child  by  me  then  I  give 
the  said  five  hundred  pounds  only  for  the  term  of  her  natural  life  ;  and  after 
her  decease  I  give  the  same  to  such  child.  To  said  wife  my  tenement  and 
lands  at  Pitton  in  the  co.  of  Wilts,  during  her  natural  life ;  and  after  her 
decease  I  give  the  same  to  Ellis  Langford,  son  of  Harry  Langford,  now  in 
Jamaica,  if  he  be  then  surviving ;  and  if  not,  then  to  Edward  Langford  of 
London,  goldsmith.  To  my  sister  Katherine  Begon  the  interest  or  use 
arising  upon  one  hundred  pounds  for  the  term  of  her  natural  life,  to  be  paid 
to  Mr.  John  Filer  of  Litton,  in  Dorset,  to  be  by  him  paid  and  given  towards 
my  said  sister's  subsistence.  And  after  her  decease  I  give  the  said  sum  of 
one  hundred  pounds  to  the  grandchildren  of  my  said  sister  (equally).  To 
my  niece  Mary  Thorner  of  Blackfriars,  London,  three  shillings  per  week 
for  the  term  of  her  natural  life.  To  Thomas  Durman,  my  wife's  brother, 
two  shillings  and  four  pence  per  week ;  to  Margery  Durman,  my  wife's 
sister,  ten  pounds.  To  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Legay,  daughter  of  Mr. 
Isaac  and  Katherine  Legay,  of  Weststoake,  near  Chichester,  Sussex, 
one  hundred  pounds,  if  living  and  unmarried  two  years  after  my 
decease,  or  if  then  married  with  her  parents'  consent  and  good  liking. 
To  my  reverend  pastor  Mr.  Nathaniel  Robinson  of  Southampton  twenty 
pounds ;  to  his  daughters  Mrs.  Elizabeth  and  Mrs.  Anne  Robinson  ten 
pounds  each  to  buy  a  piece  of  plate  in  remembrance  of  me.  To  Isaac 
Watts,*  son  of  Isaac  Watts  of  Southampton,  clothier,  ten  pounds  to  be  paid 
to  his  father  for  his  use.  To  the  eldest  son  of  Robert  Beare  of  Southampton, 
five  pounds.  To  Robert  Hawkins,  son  of  Richard  Hawkins  of  Blackfriars, 
London,  ten  pounds.  To  Mr.  John  Filer,  minister,  and  Mr.  Richard 
Meadway  of  Litton,  Dorset,  twenty  shillings  each  to  buy  rings.  To  Wil- 
liam Sprackett,  now  of  Taunton,  twenty  pounds.  To  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Belchamber,  of  Twickenham  near  London,  ten  pounds.  To  Hester  Davis, 
wife  of  John  Davis  of  Titchfield,  five  pounds.  To, Mrs.  Cuell  of  Winches- 
ter ten  pounds.  To  Mrs.  Margaret  Noyes  and  Mrs.  Cooper,  widows,  and 
Jonathan  Batchelor  and  Jonathan  Tremaine,  all  of  Southampton,  five 
pounds  each.  To  the  Congregational  church  in  Southampton  to  which  I 
belong  two  hundred  pounds,  for  and  towards  the  maintenance  of  a  minister 
or  pastor  among  them,  to  be  improved  at  interest  or  else  laid  out  in  the 
purchase  of  lands.  To  the  officers  of  the  said  church  all  my  interest  in  the 
house  above  the  Bar  in  Southampton  built  for  a  meeting  place  for  the 
congregation  there  attending,  so  long  as  it  shall  continue  to  be  used  as  a 
meeting  place.  And  in  case  the  same  be  not  used  as  a  meeting  place  then 
immediately  from  and  after  such  disuse  I  give  and  bequeath  the  same  house 
and  appurtenances  unto  Mr.  Nathaniel  Robinson,  if  living,  or  in  case  of  his 
decease  before  the  expiration  of  the  lease,  to  his  daughter  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Robinson,  and  in  case  of  her  decease  &c.  to  the  second  son  of  Isaac  Watts 
aforenamed  for  the  remainder  thereof. 

*  Was  not  this  the  famous  Dr.  Watts,  who  was  born  in  Southampton  July  17,  1674,  and 
who  was  therefore  in  his  sixteenth  year  at  the  date  of  this  will  ?  His  father.  Isaac  Wntts 
of  Southampton,  at  one  time  kept  a  boarding  school  there. — h.  v.  w 


478  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

"  Item  I  devise  give  and  bequeath  unto  Harvard  College  in  New  England 
whereof  Mr.  Increase  Mather  is  now  President,  the  same  of  ffive  hundred 
pounds  to  be  paid  unto  the  President  of  the  said  Colledge  and  imployed  for 
the  propogateing  of  learning  and  piety  which  suiTie  I  appoint  my  Executors 
or  Trustees  or  their  Successors  to  pay  out  of  the  Revenues  of  my  Lands 
in  London  soe  soone  as  it  shall  be  raised  out  of  the  neate  proceedes  thereof 
after  the  expiracon  of  Sr  Peter  Vandeputts  Lease  according  to  the  limita- 
cons  and  directions  and  in  manner  and  forme  hereafter  expressed.  Item  I 
devise  give  and  bequeath  all  my  reall  estate  in  Messuages  Lands  Tenements 
and  appurtenances  scituate  and  being  in  the  city  of  London  being  at  pres- 
ent of  the  value  of  eighty  pounds  per  Annum  and  after  the  Lease  of  the 
same  to  Sr  Peter  Vandeput  be  expired  may  be  of  the  value  of  ffoure  hun- 
dred pounds  per  Annum  (be  it  more  or  lesse)  unto  Mr.  Bennett  Swaine 
citizen  and  ffishmonger  of  London,  Isaac  Watts  of  the  Towne  and  County 
of  Southampton  clothier  Thomas  Hollis  jrnr  of  London  cutler  and  John 
Brackstone  of  the  Towne  and  County  of  Southampton  clothier  To  hold  the 
said  Messuages  Lands  Tenemts  and  appurtenances  unto  them  the  said  Bennett 
Swayne  Isaac  Watts  Thomas  Hollis  junr  and  John  Brackstone  and  to  their 
Successors  and  Assignes  to  be  appointed  as  is  hereafter  declared  for  ever. 
In  Trust  nevertheless  for  the  use  and  uses  hereafter  menconed  &  expressed 
That  is  to  say  Tenue  pounds  per  Annum  forever  out  of  the  neat  proceeds 
issues  and  profitts  of  the  said  Lands  to  be  equally  divided  betweene  my 
said  Trustees  yearly  and  soe  from  time  to  time  to  continue  to  their  succes- 
sors in  the  said  Trust  for  their  own  proper  use  and  uses  cleare  of  all  charges 
and  .disbursements  as  a  recompence  for  their  dischargeing  the  Trust  in  them 
reposed  in  receiveing  the  rents  issues  and  profitts  of  my  said  Lands  and 
disposeing  of  the  residue  thereof  according  to  this  my  Will  which  said 
Tenne  pounds  per  Annum  being  allowed  and  my  other  Legacies  aforemen- 
coned  paid  alsoe  my  debts  and  ffunerall  expences  and  other  charges  first 
paid  and  discharged  I  appoint  the  first  five  hundred  pounds  which  shall 
arise  out  of  the  residue  of  the  neate  proceeds  rents  issues  and  profitts  of 
the  said  Lands  to  be  for  the  discharsreinw  of  the  Lesfacie  aforemenconed 
given  to  my  child  in  case  my  Wife  hath  any  such  child  by  me  then  the  same 
to  be  imployed  and  disposed  of  for  the  maintenance  education  and  portion 
of  such  child  in  manner  as  aforesaid.  And  after  payment  of  the  said  ffive 
hundred  pounds  for  my  child  (if  any  such  be)  Then  I  appoint  Twenty 
pounds  per  Annum  of  the  remaiueing  neate  and  cleare  proceeds  issues  and 
profitts  of  the  said  Lands  during  the  continuance  of  the  Lease  now  in  being 
by  which  the  said  Lands  are  demised  to  be  paid  and  imployed  towards  the 
maintenance  of  a  ffree  Schoole  in  the  parish  of  Litton  in  the  County  of 
Dorsett  to  teach  the  Male  children  of  the  said  parish  to  read  write  cast 
accompt  and  grammar  from  the  age  of  six  yeares  to  fifteene  The  Schoole- 
master  to  be  nominated  by  my  Trustees  and  tho  remainder  of  the  neate 
issues  and  profitts  of  the  said  Lands  the  foregoing  legacies  menconed  being 
first  allowed  I  give  to  the  binding  out  apprentices  to  Mechanicall  labouring 
trades  such  poor  children  and  youth  as  are  of  pious  and  sober  persons  of 
the  said  Parish  of  Litton  the  Towne  of  Dorchester  towne  of  Southampton 
and  City  of  Sarum  to  every  child  five  pounds  for  placeing  out  apprentice 
and  five  pounds  more  for  a  stock  to  sett  up  at  the  end  of  their  apprentice- 
shipp  which  I  will  only  to  such  persons  of  the  said  places  as  are  sober  and 
industriously  inclined  in  the  judgment  of  my  Trustees.  And  for  the  more 
exact  direction  of  my  Trustees  in  this  affaire  I  appoint  that  if  the  said 
Lands  determined  to  this  use  as  aforesaid  shall  amount  to  ffive  hundred 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  479 

pounds  received  in  Land  by  my  said  Trustees  Then  the  same  to  be  disposed 
the  one  fourth  parte  thereof  to  the  children  of  Litton  &  the  other  three  fourth 
partes  thereof  to  the  children  of  Dorchester  and  the  second  five  hundred 
pounds  soe  to  be  raised  and  received  as  aforesaid  to  be  disposed  to  and  for 
the  children  of  Southampton  And  the  third  ffive  hundred  pounds  in  like 
manner  to  and  for  the  children  and  youth  of  Sarum  and  soe  successively  as 
money  shall  be  raised  and  received  in  such  severall  suines  of  ffive  hundred 
pounds  to  be  disposed  in  manner  and  for  the  uses  aforesaid  for  the  placeing 
and  setting  up  of  the  children  of  sober  persons  of  the  places  aforenamed. 
The  said  children  and  youth  being  accordingly  qualifyed  as  farre  as  may  be 
discerned  by  my  Trustees  during  the  continuance  of  the  said  Lease  by 
which  the  said  Lauds  are  now  granted  And  after  the  expiracon  of  the  said 
Lease  then  I  devise  and  appoint  one  hundred  pounds  certaine  per  annum 
out  of  the  rents  issues  and  profitts  of  the  said  Lands  (the  tenne  pounds  per 
annum  to  my  Trustees  and  my  other  Legacies  aforemenconed  first  being 
paid)  to  be  imployed  to  the  uses  aforesaid  that  is  to  say  One  fourth  parte  of  the 
said  one  hundred  pounds  per  Annum  towards  the  ffreeschoole  at  Litton  and 
the  other  three  fourth  parts  thereof  to  the  placeing  and  setting  up  of  children 
of  the  places  aforenamed  to  be  raised  received  and  disposed  of  in  like  manner 
as  aforesaid  and  soe  to  continue  forever  to  the  end  of  time  And  the  overplus 
of  the  rents  and  profitts  of  the  said  Lands  above  the  said  tenne  pounds  per 
annum  to  my  Trustees  and  their  Successors  (my  other  Legacies  aforesaid 
and  the  said  one  hundred  pounds  per  Annum  above  menconed  I  devise  the 
first  five  hundred  pounds  that  can  be  raised  thereof  after  the  aforesaid  Lease 
be  expired  to  be  for  the  discharging  the  Legacie  aforemenconed  to  Harvard 
Colledge  in  New  England  to  be  paid  to  the  then  President  thereof  for  the 
uses  aforesaid  And  after  payment  of  the  said  ffive  hundred  pounds  Then  I 
devise  the  remaining  overplus  which  shall  arise  as  aforesaid  out  of  my  said 
Lands  to  be  imployed  for  the  building  of  Almeshouses  within  the  Towne 
and  County  of  Southampton  for  the  maintenance  of  poore  widowes  each 
widow  to  be  allowed  two  shillings  per  weeke  and  her  house  room  the  same  to 
be  purchased  built  and  maintained  when  a  convenient  sume  of  money  is  raised 
by  the  revenues  aforesaid  for  performing  the  same  and  soe  to  be  maintained 
and  increased  in  number  from  time  to  time  forever  according  as  moneys 
shall  arise  as  aforesaid  out  of  the  said  Lands  And  I  doe  nominate  appoint  and 
ordaine  them  the  said  Bennett  Swayne  Isaac  Watts  Thomas  Hollis  junr.  and 
John  Brackston  to  be  equall  joynt  and  sole  executors  of  this  my  last  Will 
and  Testament." 

Proved  by  Thomas  Hollis  and  Bennett  Swayne  8  December  1690  and  by 
Isaac  Watts  and  John  Brackstone  4  June  1691.  Dyke,  211. 

[Under  the  record  of  a  meeting  of  the  Corporation  held  Dec.  24th,  1691,  the 
provisions  of  Thomas's  will,  having  reference  to  the  College,  are  cited  as  above. 
On  this  page  is  entered  a  memorandum  made  at  a  later,  period,  giving  parts  of 
a  letter  from  Henry  Newman,  as  follows.     The  letter  is  dated  June  10th,  1710. 

"  I  have  enquired  after  Mr.  Robert  Thorner's  legacy  of  £500 I  com- 
pared the  abstract  you  sent  me  out  of  the  College  register,  &  found  them  agree- 
ing with  the  will."  He  gives  the  names  of  the  trustees  at  that  time,  among 
them,  John  Hollis,  who  succeeded  Bennet  Swaine,  deceased  (see  College  Book, 
IV.  and  V.  p.  3,  beginning  at  the  back).  On  the  same  page  is  the  following 
memorandum  :  "  Mr.  Thorner's  lease  will  expire  A.D.  1769,  says  Mr.  T.  Hollis 
(nephew),  in  his  letter,  Aug.  5,  1734." 

In  1728,  a  copy  of  the  will  was  received  from  Thomas  Hollis  1st.  A  memo- 
randum by  Wadsworth  at  this  time  suggests  doubts  as  to  the  value  of  the  leases 
mentioned  (College  Book,  "  ^Tills,  Gifts  and  Grants,"  p.  18).  The  full  amount 
of  this  legacy  was  not  paid  until  1775.     In  1774,  Timothy  Hollis,  then  one  of 


480  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

the  trustees,  announced  that  he  was  ready  to  pay  £100  at  once  and  the  remainder 
of  the  legacy  before  the  new  year.  In  the  winter  of  1774-5,  an  order  was  drawn 
on  Hollis  for  the  remainder,  which  he  had  already  declared  himself  ready  to 
pay.  — (See  Hollis  Letters,  p.  83,  and  Harvard  College  Papers,  2  :  p.  31.)— Evarts 
B.  Greene.] 

Thomas  Hollis  the  elder,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  in  White  Chapel, 
Middlesex,  and  citizen  and  draper  of  London,  27  January  1713,  proved  23 
September  1718.  To  wife  Ann  Hollis  one  hundred  pounds  and  the  furni- 
ture of  the  chamber  wherein  we  usually  lodge.  My  annuity  of  twenty- 
five  pounds  payable  out  of  Her  Majesty's  Treasury  for  the  term  of  ninety 
nine  years  (by  virtue  of  Tally  or  order  bearing  date  16  Oct.  1708)  to  my 
son  Thomas  Hollis  in  Trust  for  my  said  wife  so  long  as  she  shall  happen  to 
live,  and  then  to  my  son  Thomas.  To  said  son  Thomas  one  hundred 
pounds.  To  my  granddaughter  Mary  Winnock  fifty  pounds.  To  the  seven 
children  of  my  son  John  Hollis,  namely  Isaac,  Samuel,  Jacob,  Timothy, 
Hannah,  Ann  and  Elizabeth,  seven  hundred  pounds,  to  be  equally  divided 
and  paid  to  them  at  their  respective  ages  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  days 
of  marriage.  To  my  grandson  Thomas  Hollis  two  hundred  pounds.  My 
annuity  of  fifty  pounds  payable  out  of  Her  Majesty's  Treasury  (by  virtue 
of  Tally  and  order  dated  26  Oct.  1706)  to  my  said  grandson  Thomas 
Hollis,  in  trust  for  Nathaniel  Hollis  son  of  me  the  said  Testator  and  father 
of  my  said  grandson  so  long  as  he  shall  happen  to  live,  and  after  that  in 
trust  for  my  grandson  William  Ladds  for  the  whole  remainder  of  the  term 
(ninety  nine  years).  Another  annuity  of  forty  five  pounds  to  my  said 
grandson  in  trust  for  my  said  son  Nathaniel  and  next  to  the  said  Thomas. 
Another  annuity  of  fifty  pounds  to  my  said  son  John  in  trust  for  my 
daughter  Mary  Ladds,  for  her  own  separate  and  peculiar  use  and  mainten- 
ance exclusive  of  her  husband  who  shall  not  intermeddle  with  the  same,  and 
after  her  decease  in  trust  for  my  granddaughter  Mary  Rennalls,  daughter 
of  the  said  Mary  Ladds.  A  bequest  to  a  cousin  Hannah  Hutton  and  her 
children  (except  James  and  Elizabeth  her  two  eldest  children).  To  the  chil- 
dren of  a  late  sister  Hannah  Brunt,  to  the  children  of  a  late  sister  Mary  Gold 
of  Derbyshire,  to  a  cousin  Daniel  Sheldon,  a  cousin  Ann  Ramskar,  to  AVil- 
liam  Creswick  and  his  sister  Elizabeth  Creswick,  to  friends  Mr  William 
Woolaston  and  Mr.  Robert  Rennalls. 

Sons  Thomas  and  John  Hollis  to  be  the  executors.  A  codicil  made  11 
January  1716-17,  in  which  he  calls  himself  Thomas  Hollis  the  aged  and 
refers  to  a  decay  in  the  sight  of  his  wife  Anne,  provides  for  a  trust  for  the 
use  of  a  cousin  Dorothy  Malin,  widow,  aud  her  two  daughters  &c. 

Tenison,  178. 

[For  an  account  of  Thomas  Hollis,  the  elder,  see  "  Memoirs  of  Thomas 
Hollis  (3d),  pp.  112."  Iu  the  Register,  Vol.  2  (1848),  p.  265,  is  printed  a 
letter  from  Thomas  Hollis  1st,  dated  Aug.  25th,  1719,  in  which  he  alludes  to  the 
death  of  his  father.     He  was  a  generous  benefactor  of  numerous  charitable  and 

religious  institutions.     He  died  in  Loudon  in  1718,  aged  84  years Evarts  B. 

Greene.] 

Thomas  Hollis,  senior  of  St.  Mary,  Whitechapel,  Middlesex,  and 
citizen  and  draper  of  London  6  January  1723,  proved  26  January  1730. 
Five  hundred  pounds  or  more  to  be  laid  out  and  expended  for  mourning 
and  other  such  purposes.  All  my  freehold  messuages  &c  in  Ash  and 
Winoxverge  near  Sandwich,  Kent,  now  in  occupation  of  Thomas  Minter  or 
his  undertenants,  unto  Richard  Solly  (second  son  of  my  nephew  Richard  Solly 
deceased)  aud  his  heirs  forever.     And  my  mind  and  Will  is  that  his  uncle 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  481 

John  Solly  of  Feversham,  grocer,  do  manage  and  take  care  of  the  same  in 
trust  for  him  until  he  shall  arrive  at  his  age  of  twenty-one  years.  My 
messuage  or  tenement  in  the  parish  of  St.  Laurence  Pountney  to  my  nephew 
Thomas  Hollis  (son  of  my  brother  Nathaniel  Hollis)  also  my  freehold  lands 
&c.  in  Pollox  Hill,  Bedford.  I  give  to  Thomas  Hollis  (son  of  ray  nephew 
Thomas  Hollis)  three  thousand  pounds  to  be  paid  to  his  father  in  trust  for 
him  until  he  arrive  a,t  the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  To  my  brother 
Nathaniel  Hollis  one  thousand  pounds  and  also  two  hundred  pounds  per 
annum  for  life.  To  my  brother  John  Hollis  two  thousand  pounds  and  I 
hereby  ratify  and  confirm  the  settlement  or  provision  which  I  have  formerly 
made  for  the  benefit  of  the  children  of  my  said  brother  John  Hollis 
(five,  named,  Isaac  Hollis,  Timothy  Hollis,  Mary  Winnock,  Hannah 
Edwards  and  Elizabeth  Ashurst).  To  nephew  William  Ladds,  merchant, 
one  thousand  pounds.  To  niece  Mary  Reynolds,  wife  of  John  Reynolds, 
one  thousand  pounds,  and  to  her  daughter  my  cousin  Mary  Reynolds  one 
thousand  pounds.  To  my  said  cousin  the  furniture  of  my  chamber  at 
Tottenham  and  her  mother  Ladd's  picture.  To  Elizabeth  Williams,  wife 
of  John  Williams,  daughter  of  my  late  uncle  John  Hollis  of  St.  Alban's 
deceased,  one  hundred  pounds.  One  hundred  pounds  apiece  to  each  of 
the  children  of  my  said  cousin  Elizabeth  Williams,  over  and  above  what  I 
have  already  advanced  and  given.  One  hundred  pounds  apiece  to  the  two 
children  of  my  late  cousin  Dorothy  Moor  deceased,  viz.  Hannah  Malyn 
and  Elizabeth  Malyn,  over  and  above  what  I  have  already  advanced  and 
given.  To  Joshua  Hollis,  covenant  servant  to  John  and  Thomas  Hollis 
cutlers,  three  hundred  pounds.  To  Elizabeth  and  Ann  Hollis,  children  of 
my  cousin  Thomas  Hollis  of  St.  Alban's,  cutler  deceased,  three  hundred 
pounds,  to  be  paid  into  the  hands  of  their  brother,  the  said  Joshua  Hollis. 
To  my  said  brother  John  Hollis  one  hundred  and  thirty-four  pounds  four 
shillings  and  ten  pence  in  the  stock  commonly  called  the  Orphan's  stock  in 
the  Chamber  of  London,  in  trust  to  pay  the  dividends  &c  unto  my  cousin 
Hannah  Hutton  Senior  during  her  life  and  next  among  her  children.  And 
I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  proper  use  of  my  cousin  Hannah  Hutton,  wife 
of  James  Hutton  senior,  two  hundred  pounds,  and  to  her  son  George  Hut- 
ton one  hundred  pounds.  To  Elizabeth  Edmonds,  daughter  of  my  said 
cousin  Hannah  Hutton,  fifty  pounds.  To  my  brother  John  and  my  nephews 
Thomas  and  Timothy  Hollis  one  thousand  pounds  in  trust  for  such  pur- 
poses as  I  have  or  shall  direct  them.  To  my  brother  John  and  his  son 
xsaac  Hollis  fifteen  hundred  pounds  in  trust  for  such  purposes  as  I  have 
already  or  hereafter  shall  direct  them  by  writing  under  my  hand.  To  the 
President  and  Governors  of  Christ  Church  Hospital  London  five  hundred 
pounds  for  the  placing  of  poor  boys  out  unto  masters  in  apprenticeship,  they 
permitting  my  executor  to  nominate  two  boys  to  be  taken  in  qualified 
according  to  the  rules  of  the  House.  To  the  President  and  Governors 
of  St.  Thomas's  Hospital,  Southwark,  five  hundred  pounds  for  the  use 
of  the  poor  of  the  same.  To  the  President  and  Governors  of  the 
Corporation  for  the  poor  of  the  City  of  London,  or  the  New  Workhouse  in 
Bishopsgate  Street,  five  hundred  pounds.  To  John  Noble  and  Edward 
Wallin,  gentlemen,  five  hundred  pounds  on  trust  to  distribute  the  same  for 
and  upon  such  trusts  &c.  as  I  have  or  shall  direct.  To  the  Deacons  of  the 
French  Church  in  Threadneedle  Street  one  hundred  pounds,  to  be  distri- 
buted amongst  the  poor  of  the  said  church.  To  the  Deacons  of  the  Dutch 
Church  in  Austin  Friars  one  hundred  pounds  for  the  poor  in  like  manner. 
To  the  Church  Wardens  of  the  parish  of  Trinity  Minories,  where  I  lately 


482  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

lived,  twenty  pounds  to  be  distributed  amongst  the  poor  housekeepers  therein, 
and  thirty  pounds  more  &c.  To  John  Browne  and  John  Wadsworth  of 
Sheffield  in  Yorkshire  one  hundred  pounds  upon  trusts  to  give  the  same 
unto  such  of  the  poor  laboring  workmen  of  Sheffield  as  I  have  formerly 
dealt  with  and  other  poor  people  in  Sheffield  and  its  neighborhood.  To 
Thomas  Halford  and  John  Henn  of  Birmingham  in  Warwickshire  fifty 
pounds  upon  trust  to  distribute  the  same  amongst  such  of  the  poor  cutlers, 
both  short  and  long,  and  other  workmen  of  Birmingham  as  I  used  to  deal 
withall.  To  Charles  Osborne  of  Wolverhampton  in  Staffordshire  the  like 
sum  of  fifty  pounds  to  distribute  amongst  such  poor  workmen  there  as  I  have 
usually  dealt  with.  To  Mr.  John  Towers  near  Aldgate  one  hundred 
pounds  for  the  use  of  the  Society  for  Reformation  of  Manners  in  London 
for  the  encouragement  of  so  useful  a  work.  To  Mr.  Jeremiah  Hunt  one 
hundred  pounds  for  his  own  use,  and  the  further  sum  of  one  hundred 
pounds  for  the  use  of  his  son  Benjamin  Hunt. 

I  do  hereby  name  and  appoint  my  aforesaid  nephew  Thomas  Holis,  son 
of  my  said  brother  Nathaniel  Hollis,  to  be  my  successor  in  the  Trusts  com- 
mitted to  me  as  executor  to  and  Trustee  of  my  late  uncle  Robert  Thorner  &c. 

"  And  Whereas  I  have  at  Sundry  times  remitted  diverse  sums  of  money 
to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Corporation  of  Harvard  Colledge  in  New  England 
for  service  I  have  appointed  or  shall  hereafter  appoint  in  that  Colledge  and 
the  Corporation  are  become  Obliged  to  me  and  to  my  Executors  under  their 
seal  for  the  true  performances  of  my  orders  and  paying  and  distributing  of 
the  Annual  Increase  or  Interest  that  shall  arise  therefrom  Now  I  do  hereby 
appoint  my  Executor  Thomas  Hollis  my  Trustee  concerning  the  same,  and 
I  order  that  he  have  the  same  powers  in  nominating  and  confirming  the 
Professors  and  the  Students  that  are  on  my  ffoundation  which  I  might 
claime  in  all  things  according  to  the  Power  I  have  reserved  or  shall  reserve 
to  my  self  And  I  give  him  Power  to  appoint  his  successor  in  the  same 
Trusts  after  him  in  like  manner  to  Supervise  as  much  as  may  be  and  to  call 
for  Accounts  and  in  case  of  Imbezlement  contrary  to  my  orders  to  put  the 
Obligations  in  suit  and  to  Inforce  them  in  all  times  coming." 

All  the  residue  of  personal  estate  to  said  nephew  Thomas  Hollis  (son  of 
my  said  brother  Nathaniel  Hollis)  and  I  make  and  ordain  him  full  and  sole 
executor.     Wit :  Josiah  Maber,  Wm  Limbery,  Humf  rey  Buck. 

A  codicil,  dated  6  July  1730,  provides  for  bequests  of  "  fifty  pounds  to 
Mr.  J.  Maber  who  now  lives  with  me  "  and  fifty  pounds  apiece  to  your  ser- 
vants. Isham,  10. 

[The  clause  of  the  will  relating  to  Harvard  College  is  given  as  above  in  the 
Hollis  Book,  p.  24. 

In  Newman's  letter  of  June,  1710,  already  quoted,  to  the  college  authorities,  is 
the  following  very  interesting  clause  :  "  Mr.  Thomas  Hollis,  one  of  the  Trustees 
at  the  Cross  baggers  in  Little  Minories,  desires  his  will  may  be  inquired  for  after 
his  death.  About  the  year  1718,  an  effort  was  made  to  divert  Hollis's  gifts  to  the 
College  at  New  Haven.  In  this  design,  Cotton  Mather,  then  on  bad  terms  with 
the  college  authorities,  took  a  prominent  part.  The  gist  of  this  episode  is  given 
in  letters  quoted  by  Quincy  in  his  history  of  Harvard  College,  1 :  p.  527,  528.  In 
his  letter  to  Increase  Mather,  Aug.  25th,  1719,  already  referred  to,  Hollis  speaks 
of  having  sent  over  pi  xluce  to  the  amount  of  £300  for  the  benefit  of  the  college, 
and  adds  :  "  I  have  thots  living  or  by  will  to  order  over  to  you  a  large  parsel 
[of]  goods,  the  produce  to  be  added  for  same  uses  to  the  sum  you  now  have  in 
hand." 

The  "  diverse  sums  of  money"  remitted  at  "  Sundry  times  to  the  Treasurer 
of  Harvard  Colledge  "  may  be  found  noted  from  time  to  time  in  the  records  of 
the  Corporation  for  this  period.     His  first  gift  was  that  just  meutioned.     On 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  483 

May  24th,  1720  (Coll.  Book,  IV.  and  V.  p.  66),  the  following  vote  was  recorded  : 
"  Voted  that  the  thanks  of  the  Corporation  be  rendered  by  Mr.  Pr's'd't  &  Mr. 
Coleman  to  the  worthy  Mr.  Thomas  Hollis  of  London,  for  the  further  valuable 
donation  he  has  been  pleased  to  make  to  the  College,  and  is  already  in  part  ar- 
rived." The  gifts  made  by  Hollis  up  to  1775  are  summarized  in  the  following 
extract,  from  the  formal  acknowledgment  given  by  the  Corporation  in  response 
to  the  request  of  Hollis.— (See  Coll.  Book,  IV.  and  V.  pp.  105,  106)  : 

"Whereas  it  hath  pleased  Almighty  God  to  inspire  Mr.  Thomas  Hollis,  mer- 
chant in  London,  with  most  pious  and  generous  designs  for  ye  honour  of  our 
great  and  glorious  Lord  &  Saviour  &  for  ye  good  of  mankind  &  hath  in  particular 
disposed  him  to  execute  some  of  those  designs  in'  ample  &  most  beneficial 
donations  to  Harvard  College  aforesaid,  Insomuch  y4  there  hath  already  flowed 
into  ye  Treasury  from  ye  bountiful  hand  of  ye  said  Mr.  Thomas  Hollis  to  ye  value 
of  three  thousand  six  hundred  &  seventy  .pounds,  thirteen  shillings  &  an  half 
penny  ....  he  hath  transmitted  statutes  date  January  ye  tenth  1722  which  are 
lately  come  to  ye  hands  of  ye  said  Pres'd't  &  Fellows  of  Harvard  College,  wherein 

he  directs  y* ye  Increase  or  produce  of  ye  same  be  applied  to  ye  ends 

following,  y4  is  to  say,  eighty  pounds  per  Annum,  part  thereof  for  a  Salary  & 
support  for  his  Professor  of  Divinity,  ten  pounds  apiece  per  annum  to  ten 
scholars,  more  or  fewer  according  to  ye  produce  ye  money  shall  make  per 
Annum."  It  is  interesting  to  note  in  this  connection  that  oue  of  the  first  scholars 
on  the  Hollis  foundation  was  Samuel  Mather,  a  grandson  of  Increase  Mather.— 
(See  Letter  of  Hollis  in  "  Hollis  Letters,  9.")  The  Divinity  Professorship  was 
founded  in  1721.  Various  letters  on  this  subject,  which  passed  between  Hollis 
on  one  side,  and  the  President  and  Mr.  Colman,  a  Fellow,  on  the  other,  are  re- 
printed in  Quincy's  History,  1 :  529-540.  The  first  reference  in  the  collega 
records  to  this  subject  is  in  the  College  Book,  Nos.  IV.  and  V.,  under  date  of 
April  25th,  1721.  There  was  a  prolonged  discussion  on  the  subject  of  the  new 
Professorship  (q.  v.  Quincy,  1 :  529-540,  where  a  large  number  of  these 
letters  are  reprinted  from  the  College  archives),  of  which  we  find  frequent 
record  in  the  College  books.  Hollis  showed  throughout  this  discussion  a  liber- 
ality of  spirit  remarkable  in  those  times.  Hollis,  it  must  be  remembered,  be- 
longed to  the  Baptist  denomination,  though  affiliating  to  some  extent  with  the 
Independents  in  London  f see  his  letter  to  Iucrease  Mather,  Register,  2:  265). 
In  his  regulations  for  the  Divinity  Professor,  the  only  theological  test  required 
was  "  that  he  declare  it  as  his  belief  that  the  Bible  is  the  only  and  most  perfect 
rule  of  faith  and  manners."  The  Overseers  amended  by  striking  out  the  words 
"  and  most,"  and  substituting  for  "  Bible"  the  "  Scriptures  of  the  Old  and  New 
Testament."— (See  Hollis's  Book,  pp.  3  and  4;  Records  of  Overseers,  1 :  21,  22.) 
In  January,  1721-2,  Edward  Wigglesworth  was  elected  the  first  "  Hollissian 
Professor  in  Harvard  College."— (Coll.  Book  IV.  and  V.  p.  74.)  In  the  winter 
of  1726-7,  Hollis  transmitted  .£1127  to  found  a  Professorship  of  Mathematics 
and  Natural  Philosophy,  and  in  the  following  year  presented  the  college  with  a 
valuable  set  of  philosophical  apparatus.  Aside  from  these  larger  gifts,  he 
proved  his  constant  interest  in  the  College  by  sending,  from  time  to  time,  valu- 
able collections  of  books  for  the  library. 

On  learning  of  the  death  of  Hollis,  the  Corporation,  at  a  meeting  held  April 
21,  1731,  passed  the  following  vote  (see  Hollis  Book,  p.  23)  : 

"  Having  lately  received  ye  tidings  of  ye  death  of  our  worthy  and  generous 
benefactor,  Thomas  Hollis,  Esq.,  of  London,  who  departed  this  life  ye  21st  of 
January  last*— Voted  y*  a  copy  of  ye  sermon  preached  in  ye  College  Hall  on  yl 
sorrowful  occasion  by  ye  Revnd  Doctor  Wigglesworth  (his  Divinity  Professor) 
be  desired  in  order  to  its  being  printed." 

The  clause  in  the  will  reserving  to  his  successors  the  same  right  of  approving 
the  nomination  of  scholars  and  professors  on  his  foundation,  which  he  had 
reserved  for  himself,  created  some  difficulty.  The  Corporation  called  the  atten- 
tion of  his  nephew  and  executor  to  the  clause  in  the  original  orders  which  in 
the  case  of  the  scholars  and  the  divinity  professor  limited  the  right  of  appoint- 
ment to  the  founder  himself,  and  in  the  case  of  the  mathematics  professor  con- 
tinued it  only  for  his  immediate  successor.  Hollis  averted  any  possible 
friction  by  generously  waiving  all  claims  to  exercise  such  rights  (Hollis  Book, 
pp.  23-25). — Evarts  B.  Greene.] 

*  This  I  presume  gives  us  the  precise  date  of  death  of  Thomas  Hollis,  namely,  January 
21,  1730-1.    I  have  not  found  it  correctly  given  elsewhere. — Editor. 


484  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Thomas  Hollis,  citizen  and  draper  of  London  8  February  1732,  proved 
17  June  1735.  To  be  buried  near  the  body  of  late  dear  wife.  To  honored 
father  Nathaniel  Hollis  five  hundred  pounds.  Reference  to  Trusts  "  I  have 
for  him  from  my  graudfather  "  and  to  will  of  late  honored  uucle  Thomas 
Hollis.  Bequests  to  the  Revd  Jeremiah  Hunt,  cousins  Elizabeth  Creswick 
and  William  Creswick  of  St  Albans,  to  the  eldest  child  of  cousin  Sarah 
Taylor  late  of  Sheffield  deceased,  to  Mr  John  Browne  of  Sheffield,  to  cousin 
John  Hammersley  of  Deptford,  to  cousin  Margaret  Hall  of  Staffordshire,  to 
cousin  Sarah  Harrison  of  Nottingham,  to  Mr.  Charles  Osborne  of  Woolver- 
hampton,  to  John  Barnesley  of  Birmingham,  Thomas  Holford  of  Birming- 
ham and  Thomas  Trulock,  to  cousin  Timothy  Hollis,  cousin  Daniel  Parker 
of  Enfield,  Middlesex,  and  cousin  Hannah  Malin,  to  the  congregation  at 
Pinners  Hall  whereof  the  Revd.  Mr.  Jeremiah  Hunt  is  pastor,  to  John, 
Thomas  and  Ann  Williams  children  of  cousin  Elizabeth  Williams,  to  Eliza- 
beth Hollis  daughter  of  late  cousin  Thomas  Thomas  Hollis  of  St.  Albans, 
to  poor  workmen  or  their  widows  of  Birmingham,  and  of  Woolverhampton 
and  Bilson,  to  the  French  Church  in  Threadneedle  Street  and  the  Dutch 
church  in  Austin  Friars,  to  Mr.  John  Hollister  the  lease  of  the  house 
wherein  I  now  dwell  in  Mansell  Street  in  Goodmansfields  during  the  re- 
mainder of  the  term.  All  the  real  estate  and  the  residue  of  the  personal 
estate  to  son  Thomas  when  he  should  attain  the  age  of  twenty-one  years ; 
but  if  he  should  die  before  attaining  the  said  age  then  to  cousin  Isaac  Hollis 
for  and  during  his  natural  life,  next  to  his  heirs  male,  next  to  cousin 
Timothy  Hollis  and  to  his  heirs  forever.  Mr.  John  Hollister,  of  Charter- 
house Street,  and  my  friend  Thomas  Trulock  to  be  executors. 

"  And  I  do  hereby  nominate  and  appoint  the  3aid  John  Hollister  to  be 
my  successor  in  the  Trusts  mentioned  in  the  Will  of  Mr.  Robert  Thorner, 
in  which  I  was  appointed  to  succeed  in  the  Room  and  Stead  of  my  said  late 
uncle  Thomas  Hollis  deceased,  and  do  desire  the  other  Trustees  who  shall  be 
living  at  my  decease  with  all  convenient  expedition  to  Invest  Instate  Convey 
and  Transfer  the  legal  estate  and  Interest  in  the  Lands  and  Tenements 
devised  in  Trust  by  the  Will  of  the  said  Robert  Thorner  to  the  said  John 
Hollister  joyntly  with  themselves  upon  the  Trusts  in  the  said  Will  in  such 
manner  as  Council  shall  direct,  That  so  the  said  John  Hollister  may  be 
capable  and  fully  impowered  to  act  in  and  perform  the  said  Trusts  in  con- 
junction with  the  other  Trustees  according  to  the  Directions  of  the  said 
Will."     Wit :  Wm.  Limbery,  Wm.  Wright,  James  Spence.       Ducie,  124. 

[Thomas  Hollis  2nd  in  a  letter  of  February  3rd,  1731-2,  enclosed  two  bills  for 
£350  each,  the  income  of  which  was  to  be  applied  in  adding  £20  each  to  the 
salary  of  each  of  the  Hollis  professors.  At  the  same  time  he  enclosed  a  letter 
from  his  father,  Nathaniel  Hollis,  announcing  a  gift  of  £350  for  the  support  of 
two  students,  preferably  Indians  (Hollis  Book,  pp.  26,  27).  Iu  1732,  he  pre- 
sented the  college  with  several  philosophical  instruments,  including  a  "new- 
invented  machine  called  an  orrery,  showing  ye  daily  and  diurnal  motion  of  ye 
sun,  earth  aud  moon."     (Hollis  Book,  p.  29.)— Evarts  B.  Greene.] 

John  Hollis  of  St.  Mary  Matfellon  alias  White  Chapel,  Middlesex,  and 
citizen  and  draper  of  London  21  March  1733,  with  codicil  dated  12  Decem- 
ber 1735,  proved  13  January  1735,  Messuages,  lands  &c.  in  Boreham  and 
Hatfield  Peverell,  Essex,  and  all  my  part,  share  and  dividend  of  the  mes- 
suages, lands,  &c  in  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen,.  Bermondsey,  Surry, 
late  of  my  father  in  law  Edward  Sandford  deceased,  after  the  death  of  my 
mother  in  law,  to  wife  Hannah  Hollis  for  and  during  the  term  of  her  natural 
life,  next  to  son  Isaac  Hollis  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten, 


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next  to  son  Timothy  Hollis  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten,  next 
to  my  grandson  Hollis  Edwards  forever.  Messuage  in  Old  Street,  St. 
Giles  without  Cripplegate,  now  in  the  possession  of  my  cousin  Cover  (sic) 
widow,  to  son  Isaac,  upon  condition  that  he  permits  and  suffers  my  said  cousin 
Cover  to  dwell  in  said  messuage  rent  free  duriug  the  term  of  her  natural  life. 
To  said  son  Isaac  my  freehold  messuage  in  Pettycoat  Lane,  St.  Buttolph 
without  Aldgate.  Other  bequests  ;  among  them  to  the  five  sons  of  daughter 
Ann  Solly,  to  the  children  of  daughter  Hannah  Edwards,  to  the  children  of 
daughter  Elizabeth  Ashurst,  to  cousin  Hannah  Hutton,  wife  of  James  Hut- 
ton  senior,  to  cousin  Ann  Loyd,  the  sawyer's  wife,  to  cousin  Elizabeth 
Williams,  widow,  to  cousin  Robert  Ruslin,  etc. 

Son  Timothy  Hollis  to  be  successor  in  the  Trusts  mentioned  in  the  Will  of 
Mr.  Robert  Thorner,  in  which  I  was  appointed  to  succeed  in  the  room  and 
stead  of  Bennet  Swaine  deceased.  To  the  French  Church  in  Threadneedle 
Street,  the  parishes  of  White  Chapel,  Trinity  Minories,  Sheffield,  Birming- 
ham, Woolverhampton  and  Wallsall,  to  the  Scotch  Society  at  Edinburgh  for 
Propagation  of  Christian  Knowledge.     Wife  Hannah  to  be  executrix. 

Derby,  9. 

[At  a  meeting  of  the  Corporation  held  Oct.  21,  1724,  "  Professor  Wiggles- 
worth  laid  before  them  a  letter  from  the  worthy  Mr.  Thomas  Hollis,  merchant 
of  London,  informing  them  of  a  very  valuable  gift  of  books  from  his  brother, 
Mr.  John  Hollis,  merchant  of  London."    Coll.  Book  IV.  and  V.  p.  99. 

Two  of  the  sons  of  John  Hollis,  Isaac  and  Timothy,  were  also  benefactors. 
On  p.  81  of  College  Book,  "Hollis  Letters,"'  is  a  letter  from  Isaac  Hollis, 
apparently  to  some  one  of  the  college  authorities,  referring  to  a  sum  of  £500 
which  he  had  sent  over  for  the  education  of  Indian  boys,  and  expressing  his 
intention  of  sending  an  additional  amount.     The  letter  is  dated  1746-7. 

Timothy's  name  appears  in  the  Donation  Book  for  a  subscription  of  £20  to 
the  College.  He  succeeded  his  father  as  trustee  of  the  Thorner  will,  and  it  was 
by  him  that  the  final  payments  were  made.  The  records  of  the  Corporation 
(Coll.  Book  VII.  p.  32)  state  that  in  Feb.  1732,  Timothy  was  appointed  an 
agent  for  the  College  in  London. — Evarts  B.  Greene.] 

Nathamiel  Hollis  of  Peckham,  Surrey,  gen*.  10  July  1735,  proved  3 
February  1738.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  burying  ground  in  Bunhill 
Fields  and  no  more  than  forty  pounds  laid  out  about  my  funeral.  To  my 
grandson  Thomas  Hollis  and  his  heirs  forever  all  my  freehold  estate  in 
Guilford,  Surry,  now  or  late  in  the  occupation  of  ...  .  Luff  and  Anne 
Standish.  To  my  wife  Frances  Hollis  my  leasehold  estate  in  Deptford, 
Kent,  for  life,  then  to  said  grandson  Thomas  Hollis.  Reference  to  a  Trust 
in  hands  of  John  Reynolds  and  William  Ladds  and  another  in  hands  of 
Josiah  Maker*  of  London.  To  my  brother  John  Hollis  and  his  wife  ten 
pounds  apiece  for  mourning.  To  my  kinsman  John  Hamersly  of  Deptford, 
shipwright,  ten  pounds.  To  my  kinsman  William  Creswick  of  St.  Albans, 
cutler,  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Creswick,  my  kinsman  John  Edmunds,  my 
nephews  Isaac  Hollis  and  Timothy  Hollis,  and  others.     Henchman,  33. 

Frances  Hollis  of  Peckham,  Surry,  widow,  8  February  1738,  proved 
9  May  1739.  To  my  sister  (not  named)  twenty  shillings.  All  the  rest  to 
my  grandson  Thomas  Hollis.     Mr.  Josiah  Maber  to  be  sole  executor. 

Henchman,  104. 

Hannah  Hollis  of  St.  Mary  Matfellon  alias  White  Chapel,  Middlesex, 
widow,  12  October  1738,  with  a  codicil  dated  8  March  1739,  proved  19 
May  1740.     To  my  daughter  Mary  Wiunock,  widow,  five  hundred  pounds. 

*  Qu.  ?     This  perhaps  should  be  Josiah  Maber. — h.  f.  W. 


486  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

To  such  child  or  children  of  my  son  Isaac  Hollis  as  shall  be  living  at  my 
decease  One  hundred  pouuds  apiece.  To  the  children  of  my  daughter 
Hannah  Edwards  living  at  my  decease  one  hundred  pounds  apiece.  To 
such  of  the  five  sons  of  my  daughter  Ann.  Solly  as  shall  be  living  at  my 
decease  one  hundred  pounds  apiece.  To  the  daughter  of  my  daughter 
Elizabeth  Ashurst  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Hannah  Hutton  one 
hundred  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Robert  Ruslin  one  hundred  pounds  and 
one  hundred  pounds  in  trust  for  the  separate  use  and  benefit  of  his  sister 
Susanna  Row  and  her  children,  without  the  intermeddling  of  her  husband. 
To  Mrs.  Grantham,  another  sister  of  Robert  Ruslin,  one  hundred  pounds. 
To  another  sister  of  his  named  Cover  fifty  pounds.  To  my  brother 
Nathaniel  Hollis  and  his  wife  ten  pounds  apiece  for  mourning.  To  my 
cousin  William  Ladds  and  his  wife  ten  pounds  apiece  for  mourning.  To 
my  cousin  John  Reynolds  and  his  wife,  to  my  brother  Samuel  Sandford,  to 
my  sister  Mary  Leader,  my  sister  Ruth  Collyer,  my  cousin  .  .  .  Turner 
and  his  wife,  my  cousin  Benjamin  Woodhouse,  to  the  Revd  Mr.  Needham 
of  Hitchin,  Mr.  Gill,  Mr.  Samuel  Wilson,  Mr.  Samuel  Price,  Mr.  Denham 
and  Mr.  Jolley,  ministers,  ten  pounds  apiece.  The  residue  of  my  estate  I 
give  and  bequeath  unto  and  among  my  children,  Isaac  Hollis,  Timothy 
Hollis,  Mary  Winnock,  Hannah  Edwards,  Anne  Solly  and  Elizabeth 
Ashurst.     My  sons   Isaac  and  Timothy  to  be  executors.     Browne,  144. 

[Will  of  Thomas  Hollis  3d,  clause  relating  to  Harvard  College  taken  from 
Harvard  College  Papers,  2  :  31. 

"  I  give  to  the  College  instituted  for  promoting  Learning  at  Cambridge  in  New 
England,  Five  hundred  pounds  to  be  laid  out  in  books  for  the  use  and  benelit  of 
that  College"  (cited  in  a  letter  from  Thomas  Braud  Hollis  to  John  Hancock 
giving  notice  of  the  death  of  Hollis.     Dated  Pall  Mall,  May  28th,  1774.) 

Thomas  Hollis  3d  was,  with  the  exception  of  the  first  Thomas  Hollis,  the 
most  liberal  benefactor  of  the  family.  His  gifts  are  well  summed  up  in  the 
following  passage  taken  from  the  College  Donation  Book,  p.  79. 

"  This'gentleman  began  to  honor  the  College  with  his  notice  a  short  time  be- 
fore the  destruction  of  Harvard  Hall.  As  soon  as  he  was  made  acquainted  with 
this  event,  he  subscribed  £200  sterling  to  the  apparatus  and  the  same  sum  to 
the  library.  ...  He  hath  at  different  times  enriched  the  Library  with  a  very 
large  number  of  curious,  valuable  and  costly  books.  The  whole  amount  of  his 
benefactions  amounts,  it  is  supposed,  to  more  than  fourteen  hundred  pounds 
sterling." 

Note. — Hollis  Hall  was  named  January  13th,  1764,  with  elaborate  ceremonies, 
by  Francis  Barnard,  then  Governor  of  Massachusetts-(Coll.  Book  VIII.  p.  112). 

Specially  useful  sources  of  information  relating  to  the  Hollis  family  and  their 
gifts,  are  the  Hollis  Book  (No.  VI.  of  the  College  series) ;  the  Hollis  letters 
bound  in  volumes  entitled  "  Hollis  Letters  "  and  "  Hollis  Letters  to  Leverett"; 
the  Donation  Book;  the  "  Memoirs  of  Thomas  Hollis"  (in  three  folio  volumes). 
Quincy's  History  of  Harvard  College  gives  much  interesting  matter  on  this  sub- 
ject gathered  from  the  College  Papers. — Evarts  B.  Greene.] 


Washington  : 

Robert  Pargiter  of  Grytworth  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton,  4  Feb- 
ruary 1557,  proved  31  January  1558. 

To  be  buried  within  the  Church  of  Gritworth  in  St.  Katherine's 
aisle  there.  To  the  mother  Church  of  Peterborough  four  pence.  Towards 
the  reparation  of  the  church  of  Gritworth  six  shillings  eight  pence.  To  my 
son  William  Pargiter  twenty  pounds  in  money  and  my  best  gown.  To 
my  son  George  Pargiter  ten  pounds  in  money  and  my  second  gown.  To 
the  same  George  one  shod  cart,  one  plough,  with  all   "  Irne  "  ware  belong- 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  487 

iug  to  the  same  plough,  and  two  harrows  ready  pointed.  To  the  same 
George  five  horses  or  mares  to  the  number  of  five  towards  a  team  and  all 
harness  belonging  to  the  same,  sixty  sheep  out  of  all  my  sheep  as  they  shall 
happen  to  run  out  of  the  pen,  three  kyne,  three  breeders,  whereof  two 
breeders  to  be  of  one  year  old  and  the  other  of  two  years  old,  and  two 
hogs ;  all  which  goods  to  be  delivered  to  the  same  George  at  the  discretion 
of  my  executors.  To  Edmunde  my  son  five  pounds  in  money.  To  every  one 
of  my  "  childers  "  children  three  shillings  four  pence.  To  every  one  of  my 
godchildren  if  they  will  demand  it  twelve  pence.  To  every  one  of  my  ser- 
vants that  shall  happen  to  be  in  my  service  at  my  departure  one  quarter's 
wages  over  and  above  their  covenant  wages.  I  will  that  Anne  my  wife 
shall  have  and  enjoy  all  my  lands  and  tenements  and  all  other  my  posses- 
sions, with  all  profits  and  commodities  thereto  belonging,  whatsoever  they 
be,  lying  and  being  within  the  towns  and  fields  of  Gritworth  and  Laurence 
Marson,  during  her  natural  life,  and  that  she  shall  have  and  enjoy  my  lease 
of  my  farm  in  Grytworth  which  I  do  now  hold  of  the  Right  Honorable 
mylord  Windsor  by  indenture,  during  her  natural  life,  paying  the  annual 
rent  therefor.  My  son  William  and  Anne  my  wife  shall  have  my  farm  in 
Shattiswell  in  the  Co.  of  Warwick,  which  I  hold  by  indenture  of  Sir 
Thomas  Pope,  knight,  during  my  years  therein,  to  be  equally  divided  and 
severed  betwixt  them.  After  my  decease  my  son  William  shall  pay  yearly 
out  of  my  lands  in  Stuttisbery  to  Anne  my  wife  forty  shillings,  that  is  to  say 
every  half  year  twenty  shillings  by  even  portions.  I  give  and  bequeath  to 
my  daughter  Mary  Molle  four  marks  of  good  and  lawful  money,  to  be  paid 
to  her  every  year  a  mark  during  four  years.  Other  bequests  of  household 
goods  to  son  George.  The  residue  to  Anne  my  wife  and  my  son  William 
Pargiter,  whom  I  do  ordain  and  make  mine  executors. 

Item.  I  ordain  and  make  Lawrence  Wasshington  my  son  in  law  to  be 
the  supervisor  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  and  he  to  have  for  his 
labor  and  pains  to  be  taken  therein  forty  shillings.  In  witness  hereof  I 
the  said  Robert  Pargiter  to  this  my  last  will  have  subscribed  my  name  in 
the  presence  of  Lawrence  Wasshington,  John  Tymes,  Richarde  Duglys, 
John  Bethome  and  Richarde  Kenche  wth  other.  Welles,  26. 

[The  pedigree  of  Pargiter  of  Greatworth  in  the  Heralds'  Visitation  of 
Northamptonshire,  1564,  shows  that  this  Robert  Pargiter  was  son  of  Richard 
Pargiter  by  Anne,  dau.  of  Richard  Coles  of  Preston  in  the  same  County.  His 
own  wife  Anne  was  a  daughter  of  John  Knight  of  Carlton.  The  will  of  his  son 
William  (A.D.  1584)  has  already  been  given  in  my  notes  on  the  Ancestry  of 
Washington.  The  will  of  his  father  I  found  at  Northampton,  among  the  wills 
proved  there  1510-1520.  My  notes  of  it  are  very  meagre,  chiefly  owing  to  the 
sad  state  it  was  in.] 

Ric.  pgytr  of  Grytworth  7  Nov. — ,  proved .     The  children  of 

Robert  Pynkerd.     My  daughter  Jone  Pynkerd.     Edmund  Pargyter  the 

son  of .     My  wife  Annes.     My  sons  Edmund  and  Robert  Pargyter. 

Wills  of  the  Archd.  of  Northampton. 

[The  following  items  have  recently  been  given  me  by  a  friend  who  had  an 
opportunity  to  take  a  look  into  the  Churchwardens'  accounts  of  the  Parish  of 
Tring,] 

Lawrence  Washington  rated  in  the  year  1665  for  £  1 
a  u  h  u  1666    u  £  2 

[This  new  information  tallies  admirably  with  our  recently  formed  hypothesis 
that  Lawrence  Washington  of  Luton  and  Virginia  did  not  remove  from  his  old 
home  until  1667  or  a  little  before  that  year.] 


488 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


An  Elegie  upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Tho :  Washington  the  Princes  page  who  dyed 

in  Spayne  1623. 

Ill  ihameyT?  }  **-  ^  *>erly  °f  death. 

Doe  not  inuent  so  new  a  cruelty 

Not  to  giue  leaue  to  what  thou  killst  to  dye. 


Hast  thou  beene  lost  a  moneth  ?  and  can  I 

bee 
Compos'd  of  anything  but  Elegie  ? 

Or  hath  i  *J"S  I  Country  taught  my  soule  to 

feele 

Noe  greife,  where  hearts  are  made  of  Span- 
ish Steele  ? 

Or  am  I  hyred  not  to  magnifie 

Ought  that  my  Countrey  breedes  ?  els  how 
could  I 

Bee  silent  of  thy  J  l™yj?  J  who  Hue  to  see 

Now  nothing  but  thy  goodnes  left  of  thee. 
If  I  forget  thee  thus,  let  my  scorn'd  herse 
Want  a  true  mourner  and  my  tombe  a  verse. 
May  I  unpittied  fall,  unwisht  againe 
And  (to  sume  uppe  all  curse)  fall  sicke  in 

Spayne. 
A  Curse  wch  had'st  thou  scap't,  noe  aire  had 

bin 
So  cruel  to  haue  strucke  thee  at  eighteene. 
But  as  some  purer  ayres,  they  say,  endure 
Noe  poisonou  s  breath ,  but  either  kill  or  cure 
What  ere  infects  it,  so  againe  'tis  true 
Unles  you  poyson  this  it  poysons  you. 
You  must  breath  falshood  heere  and  trech- 

For  undisguised  fayre  simplicity 

Agrees  not  wth  j  ,,  *s  >  soyle,    noe    more 

then  thou 

f  wch  to  that  basenes  could'st 

t      u         ..1.   !      not  bowe 

Lou  d  youth,  i  who    couicl<st   not   to  this 

[     basenes  bow. 
Therefore  infection  when  it  could  not  seize 

Thy  soule  or  manners,  {  jj™ wes  J  into 

disease 
Thy  body,  to  see  if  distemp'red  bloud 
Could  make  thy  troubled  soule  lesse  pure, 

lesse  good. 

But  noe  rude  Feauer,  ruder  {  £f|^&f  \ 

No  Jesuit,  noe  Deuil  could  make  thee  feele 
Distemper  in  thy  soule,  though  Hell  com- 

bin'de 
To  strike  at  once  thy  body  and  thy  minde. 

Tby-stj^S;^}  thoughts  and 

wildest  blood 

Haue  sence,  yet  to  discerne  their  ill  from 
good, 

And  hate  that  Barbarisme  that  durst  in- 
crease 

Thv  5  dolour  by  distemp'ringe  )  th    ,     t 

Iny  j  dolours  with  disturbing  \  ^  last 
peace. 

Now  if  there  be  a  curse,  which  thou  hast  not 

Madrith  j  already,  may  it  fall  as  hott 

As  are  thy  noone  tides  on  thee,  w  I  ,     .  > 

nurse 
Those  Moores  which  are  thy  scandall  and 
our  curse. 

Though  thy  infectious  ayre  j  ^^es  }  him 

breath 


But 


ftln 
J  he< 


hpp    [  faire  soule  is  fled  now  farre 

aboue 

or 
anc 

lone, 


The  reach  of  all  their  malice 


U( 


our 


Where  J  ^  J  shall  J  \™d   \  noe  sPaniards 
to  molest 

<*    J  IS£«S?i  hS'  { everlasting  rest. 


Only  the  Case  j  Jjj. 


couered 


his 
that 


rich 


mind, 

His  body,  he  hath  left  with  us  behind. 
And  that  is  challenged  (as  Patroclus  bones 
By  two  armies)  soe)  two  religions 
Lay  clayme  to  this :  so  once  the  Deuil  did 

striue 

For  Moses  dead<^ch  £  was  not  his  aliue, 

And  though  his  soule  could  not  be  touch't 
by  him 

He   ) 

Yet  \  would  haue  thank't  the  Angel  for  a 

limbe. 
But  this  hath  found  a  graue,  though  still 

must 
Greiue  that  such  choice  unvaluable  dust 
Should  dwell   so  long,  so  ill   imprison'd, 

there 
Till  he  be  wak'd  with  summons  to  appeare 

When  that  last  \  j^"^"^  \  shall  call  at  his 

doores. 
How  white  shall  he  appeare  amongst  those 

Moores, 
Those  sullied  sunburnt  soules,  of 

i  the  selfe  f   „        , 

}      that     ^ame  dye 

And  tincture  of  the  place  where  they  shall 

frye. 
Yet  heere  we  leaue  the  treasure  which  they 

keepe 
Whil'st  we  haue   nothing  left  us   but  to 

weepe 

The  losse  whereof  the  \  f"e°d  I  that  hath 

/       II  Kill.       j 

true  sence 
Knowes  both  their  Indies  cannot  recom- 

pence. 
O  you  who  henceforth  shall  desire  to  seethe 

Or  stew  yourselues  in  Julie  at  <  jy^drith  S 
Hope  not  your  temperance  or  your  youth 

can  cure 
Or  guard  your  goodnes  fr6  a  Calenture. 
T'was  his  disease,  the  purest  and  the  best 
Is  made  a  sacrifice  for  all  the  rest. 
Resigne  your  innocence  before  you  part 
From  your  own  Countrey,  leaue  behind 

your  heart 
If  it  be  English,  bring  noe  vertues  hither 
But  patience,  heere  other  vertues  wither, 
And  you  shall  find  it  treason  at  the  shore 
For  any  man  to  bring  such  trafflck  o're. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


489 


henceforth  counted  a 
counted  as  henceforth  for 


mis- 


Let  it  be 

hap 

To  see  Spayne  anywhere  but  in  a  Mapp. 
Let   Shipwrack't  men   like  rockes  auoyd 

JtheSishore 
And  rather  chuse  to  perish  then  come  o're 
To  sane    themselues  upon  this  cost,   the 

wombe 
Of  fraud   and   mischeife   and  of  good  the 

tombe. 
Yet  now  it  holds  a  guest  which  euery  age 

Will  inuite  strangers  j  "J^0  i  pilgrimage. 

Thy    reliques     Washington     may     bring 
againe 

Me  and  my  curses  once  more   j    a-c  *e  °  i 

Spayne. 
Who  had  forsworne  it :  but  if  ere  I  come 
I'le  come  a  Pilgrim  to   weepe   o're  thy 

tombe. 


His  Epitaph. 
Knew'st  ( tnou  whose  these  ashes  were. 
Reader  thou  would'st  weeping  sweare 
The  rash  fates  err'd  heere  as  appeares 
Counting  his  vertues  for  his  yeares. 
His  goodnes  made  them  ouerseene 
Wch  shew'd  him  threescore  at  eighteene. 
Inquire  not  his  disease  or  paine 

He  dyed  of  nothing  els  but  Spaine 
Where  the  worst  Calentures  he  feeles 

Are  Jesuits  and  }**££ ,j 

Where  he  is  not  allow'd  to  haue 

He  needs  noe  <  oilier  (  epitaph  or  stone 
But  this — heere  lies  loued  Washington 
>  teares  in  that  loose  dust 


Unlesse 


Writes  this  j"ith{ 

And  euery  greiued  beholder  must 

When  he  weighs  him  and  knowes  his 

yeares 
Renew  the  letters  with  his  teares. 

[The  foregoing  verses  I  found  in  two  separate  manuscripts  in  the  British 
Museum,  viz.  Add.  MSS.  12496  and  15227.  The  former  was  purchased  at  the 
Strawberry  Hill  sale,  30  Apr.  1842  (Lot  84).  It  has  the  bookplate  of  Mr. 
Horatio  Walpole  and  contains  an  inscription  showing  that  it  was  bought  at 
the  sale  of  Sir  J.  Caesar's  MSS.  Dec.  1757  (Lot  54)  for  1.  8.  6.  It  was  evidently 
a  collection  of  MSS.  (with  a  few  printed  proclamations,  &c.)  made  by  Sir  Julius 
Caesar,  knl. ,  Master  of  the  Rolls.  At  least  many  of  the  documents  had  cer- 
tainly belonged  to  him.  The  last  half  dozen  seem  to  refer  entirely  to  Virginia. 
One  (f .  433)  appears  to  be  a  form  of  policy  for  settling  and  governing  Virginia 
and  is  entitled  "  Mr.  Capt.  Bargraves  project  touching  Va.  8  Dec.  1623."  An- 
other (f .  435)  by  Jo.  Martin,  is  styled  The  manner  how  to  make  a  Royal  Planta- 
tion. Another  (f.  439)  by  the  same,  The  manner  how  to  bring  the  Indians  in 
Subjection.  A  letter  (f.  449)  from  John  Martin  to  Sir  Julius  Caesar,  written 
8  March  1626,  at  Martin  Brandon,  refers  to  the  arrival  of  cousin  Richard  Mar- 
tin, and  names  Capt.  Prinne.  It  is  signed  "Your  Honnors  ever  faithfull  brother 
inlaw  at  Command — Jno.  Martin."  Another  (f.  452)  is  the  King's  Com.  for 
settling  a  Government  in  Virginia,  15  July,  1624.  The  Verses  upon  Thomas 
Washington  begin  fo.  364  and  are  endorsed  "  Epitaphiall  Verses  uppon  the 
death  of  young  Mr.  Washington  Prince  Charles  his  page  in  Spaine  in  anno  1623." 

The  second  MS.  (Add.  15227)  is  a  little  duodecimo  volume  of  miscellaneous 
poems  and  metrical  translations  in  manuscript,  many  of  them  epitaphs,  some 
humorous.  The  two  copies  differed  somewhat.  I  have  given  the  two  readings 
where  these  differences  seemed  worth  noting.  The  upper  reading  is  from  MS. 
12496,  and  the  lower  from  MS.  15227. 

The  connection  between  Sir  Julius  Caesar  and  his  '  'Bro.  Martin"  as  he  calls  him» 
is  explained  by  the  marriage,  26  Feb.  1581  (2)  of  Julias  Caesar,  doctor  of  laws 
and  one  of  the  advocates  of  the  Arches,  and  Dorcas  Lusher,  widow.  Gen. 
license  granted  23  Feb.  1581-2  (Diocese  of  London).  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Sir  Richard  Martin,  kn1.,  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  and  widow  of  Richard  Lusher, 
gen1.  She  died  Monday,  16  June  1595,  and  was  buried  in  the  Temple  Church. 
This  I  learn  from  my  friend  R.  G.  Rice,  Esq. — Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Elizabeth  Sandys  of  Wickamford  in  the  Co.  of  "Worcester  widow,  21 
December  1 698,  with  codicil  bearing  date  24  December  1698,  proved  20 
February  1698.  I  nominate  and  appoint  my  cousin  John  Sandys,  now  or 
late  of  Loveline,  executor,  and  give  him  all  my  messuages,  lands,  tenements, 
etc.,  at  Bayton  or  elsewhere  in  the  Co.  of  Worcester  purchased  of  Mr. 
Swift  or  his  trustees  in  the  name  of  my  late  daughter  Penelope  Washing- 
ton, but  in  trust  to  sell  and  dispose  thereof  to  the  best  value  and  to  raise 


490  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

money  for  a  portion  for  my  granddaughter  Elizabeth  Jarlett,  now  with  me, 
and  to  educate  her  in  such  a  manner  as  to  my  said  executor  shall  seem  meet 
and  convenient  and  at  her  age  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  marriage,  to  pay 
to  her  her  said  portion.  And  I  appoint  him  guardian  desiring  him  to 
breed  her  up  in  the  Protestant  Religion.  And  if  he  depart  this  life  before 
her  said  age  or  marriage  then  I  appoint  Mr.  Francis  Bromley  trustee  and 
guardian  to  her.  I  give  to  my  executor  fifty  pounds  as  a  legacy.  To  my 
daughter  Tunstall  ten  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Jarlatt  ten  pounds.  To 
my  granddaughter  Katherine  Forster  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  besides 
the  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  her  aunt  Washington  gave  her  if  she 
should  please  me.  To  Mr.  Francis  Bromley  my  great  silver  cup  and  cover. 
To  my  faithful  and  kind  servant  Mrs.  Mary  Hall  one  hundred  pounds  (and 
other  personal  property).  Twenty  pounds  for  a  communion  carpet  and 
pulpit  cloth  for  the  Church  of  Wickamford.  Remainder  of  personal 
estate  to  my  said  granddaughter  Jarlatt.  If  she  refuses  to  be  educated  or 
become  a  Papist  1  give  her  only  a  fourth  part  of  what  I  hereby  before 
have  given  or  intended  for  her,  &c. 

In  the  codicil  is  a  bequest  to  "  my  "  son  in  law  Capt.  Sandys,  of  a  sealed 
ring  which  my  dear  brother  Packington  constantly  wore.  To  my  daughter 
in  law  Mrs.  Sandys  a  large  table  diamond  ring.  To  Mr.  Martin  Sandys, 
their  son,  a  gold  watch  and  gold  case  to  it.  To  my  god  daughter  Mrs. 
Devorax  her  grandmother,  my  lady  Sandys'  picture  set  in  gold.  To  my 
niece  Mrs.  Bradshaw  her  grandfather,  Sir  John  Packington's  picture  set  in 
gold.  To  Mrs.  Tomkins  her  grandmother's  picture  set  in  an  enamel  ring. 
To  my  god  daughter  Mrs  Tomkins  a  pair  of  gold  sleeve  buttons.  To  my 
granddaughter  Mrs.  Forster  a  pair  of  diamond  earrings  and  a  fine  gold 
watch  that  was  her  aunt's  &c.  To  my  granddaughter  Mrs.  Jollott  all  my 
plate  which  I  have  not  disposed  of.  Pett,  32. 

[Elizabeth  Sandys  was  first  wife  of  Col.  Henry  Washington,  the  trusty  defen- 
der of  the  ever  faithful  city  of  Worcester,  who  was  a  nephew  of  the  Rev. 
Lawrence  Washington,  and  a  cousin  of  John  and  Lawrence.  She  afterwards 
became  the  wife  of  Samuel  Sandys  Esq.,  of  Ombersley,  co.  Worcester. — h.  f.  w.] 

Nicholas  Spencer  of  Cople,  Bedfordshire,  Esqre  10  January  1625, 
proved  17  February  1625.  My  body  to  be  buried  with  mine  ancestors  in 
the  parish  church  of  Cople.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  ten  pounds. 
Reference  to  indentures  bearing  date  6th  of  this  instant  January  and  made 
between  the  said  Nicholas  Spencer  of  the  one  part  and  Sir  Oliver  Luke  of 
Hawnes,  Beds.,  kn*.,  Sir  Myles  Fleetwood  of  London  kn\,  Thomas  Ellmes 
of  Norton  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton  Esqre  and  William  Ellmes  Esqre  son 
and  heir  apparent  of  the  said  Thomas  Ellmes,  of  the  other  part.  Certain 
manors  demised  to  them  and  they  to  pay  unto  Mary  Spencer,  my  wife,  two 
hundred  pounds  per  annum,  and  to  pay  such  debts  as  I  do  now  owe.  To 
my  four  daughters,  Alice,  Mary,  Christian  and  Rose  Spencer,  two  thousand 
pounds,  i.e.  five  hundred  pounds  each.  And.  after  debts  paid  and  the  said 
two  thousand  pounds  raised  they  are  to  assign  and  set  over  to  my  youngest 
son  Robert  such  of  the  lands  &c,  as  are  situate  in  Eaton  Socon,  Moger- 
hanger  and  Blanham,  and  the  residue  of  said  manors,  lands  and  premises 
unto  Nicholas  Spencer  my  eldest  son,  upon  whom  part  of  the  said  manors 
are  already  entailed,  etc.  To  my  brother  Arnold  Spencer  fifteen  pounds. 
To  my  brother  Edward  Spencer  ten  pounds.  To  my  sister  Margaret 
Spencer  ten  pounds.  To  my  sister  Cicely  Spencer  twenty  pounds.  To  my 
sister  Rose  Spencer  twenty  pounds.     To  my  godson  John  Spencer,  second 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  491 

son  of  my  brother  George,  twenty  shillings.  To  my  niece  Mary  Gibbins, 
daughter  of  my  sister  Gibbins,  fifty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  John  Cokaine 
of  Cople  twenty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Dorothy,  his  daughter,  my  god- 
daughter, ten  shillings.  To  my  cousin  John  Cokaine  of  Hollowaie  twenty 
shillings.  To  Mr.  Greenough  forty  shillings.  To  Mr.  Thomas  Watson 
of  Cardington,  clerk,  ten  shillings  to  buy  him  a  book.  (Other  small  be- 
quests.) To  my  mother  Mrs.  Spencer  three  pounds.  To  my  said  father 
in  law  Thomas  Ellmes  Esqre  and  my  brother  in  law  William  Ellmes  Esqre 
(and  others)  twenty  shillings  apiece. 

In  a  codicil  he  refers  to  his  brother  John,  as  John  Spencer  of  Woodend 
in  the  parish  of  Cojne,  gen*.,  and  to  Elizabeth  Wynne  (evidently  the  wife 
of  the  said  John).     A  legacy  to  John  the  son  of  the  said  John. 

Hele,  24. 

Christian  Elmes  of  Green's  Norton,  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton, 
widow,  late  wife  of  Thomas  Elmes  of  Green's  Norton  Esqre  lately  deceased, 
12  October  1632,  proved  5  May  1635.  Eldest  son  William  Elmes  of  Lile- 
f  ord,  Northampton  Pwsqre.  Second  son  Thomas  Elmes  of  Warmington.  Third 
son  Anthony  Elmes  of  Fawsely.  My  goods  at  Casswell  Dairy  house  and 
my  house  at  Norton.  Grace  Elmes  the  wife  of  Anthony  and  daughter  of 
Sir  Robert  Bevill  of  Chesterton,  Hunts.,  kn*.  of  the  Bath.  The  lands 
descending  to  my  son  Anthony  cannot  feed  or  depasture  any  more  but  2500 
(sheep)  at  five  score  to  the  hundred,  nor  in  my  father  Hickling's  time  nor 
in  my  late  dear  husband's  time  there  were  at  any  time  more  kept  or  could 
possibly  be  kept,  &c. 

To  my  eldest  and  well  beloved  daughter  Mary  Spencer  of  Cople,  Bed- 
fordshire, widow,  one  hundred  pounds.  My  daughter  the  Lady  Martha 
Dacres,  the  wife  of  Sir  Thomas  Dacres  of  Chesthnut,  Herts.,  kn*.  My  third 
daughter  Elizabeth  Hawford,  wife  of  William  Hawford  of  Wellam,  Leic, 
Esqre.  My  fourth  daughter  Alice  Fountaine,  wife  of  Thomas  Fountaine  of 
Hampton,  Northampton,  Esqre.  My  youngest  daughter  the  Lady  Frances 
Hesilxigge,  wife  of  Sir  Arthur  Hesilrigge  of  Nosely,  Leic,  Bar*. 

Sadler,  53. 

Nicholas  Spencer  of  Cople,  Bedford,  Esq.,  10  April  19th  Charles, 
proved  13  March  1644.  To  eldest  son  William  Spencer  my  mansion 
houses  etc.,  in  the  Counties  of  Bedford  and  Huntington.  To  my  other 
sons,  Michael,  Robert  and  Edward  Spencer  five  hundred  pounds  each.  To 
my  daughter  Mary  Spencer  eight  hundred  pounds,  upon  consideration 
nevertheless  that  if  Mary  my  now  wife  shall  survive  me  and  be  living  one 
whole  year  next  after  my  decease  then  my  said  daughter  Mary  shall  have 
seven  hundred  pounds  and  no  more  ;  and  if  my  wife  shall  be  living  two 
whole  years  my  daughter  Mary  shall  have  six  hundred  pounds  and  no 
more  (and  so  on).  And  if  my  wife  shall  be  living  seven  whole  years  my 
said  daughter  shall  have  one  hundred  pounds  and  no  more.  I  do  nominate 
Sr  William  Botler  of  Bidnam,  Beds.,  kn1.,  Walter  Rolt  of  Clifton,  Beds., 
Esq.,  Gaius  Squire  of  Eaton  Socon,  Beds.,  Esq.,  and  Rob1  Howgall  of  Wil- 
lington,  Beds.,  Clerk,  executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  to  each 
of  whom  I  bequeath  twenty  shillings  to  buy  him  a  mourning  ring.  To 
each  of  my  brothers  and  sisters  ten  shillings,  to  buy  them  rings,  and  also  to 
each  of  my  brothers  and  sisters  in  law.  My  son  William  shall  have  his 
education  at  the  Grammar  School  until  he  is  fit  for  the  University,  and 
then  to  remain  there  until  he  shall  go  to  the  Bins  of  Court.    My  son 


492  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Nicholas  to  be  likewise  educated  at  the  Grammar  School  until  he  be  fit  for 
the  University  and  then  there  to  remain.  My  other  two  sons  Robert  and 
Edward  to  be  educated  in  a  fitting  way  to  be  tradesmen  and  bound  appren- 
tices. Rivers,  52. 

"William  Spencer  of  Cople,  Beds.,  Esq.,  18  January  1683,  proved  2  June 
1686.  I  do  confirm  unto  my  dear  mother,  the  Lady  Mary  Armiger,  late 
wife  of  my  father  Nicholas  Spencer  Esq.  all  such  joynture  which  was  set- 
tled upon  her  for  her  life  by  my  said  father.  Brothers  in  law  Oliver  Luke 
of  Cople  Woodend  and  John  Luke  of  Cople  Woodend,  in  the  parish  of 
Cople.  Wife  Elizabeth  Spencer  shall  receive  two  hundred  pounds  yearly 
out  of  my  messuages,  lands  &c.  for  and  during  her  life.  After  her  death 
the  said  messuages  to  descend  to  my  eldest  son  by  her  and  his  lawfully 
begotten  heirs  males,  remainder  to  next  son  &c.  Failing  such  I  give  the 
reversion  and  remainder  unto  my  loving  brother  Nicholas  Spencer  Esq.  now 
in  the  County  (sic)  of  Virginia  for  life  and  then  to  his  eldest  son  William 
Spencer,  my  beloved  nephew.  Legacies  to  niece  Judith  Luke,  to  John 
Ventris  of  Campton,  Beds.,  and  others.  Household  goods  at  Codham  Hall. 
My  Essex  lands.  Matrum  Spencer,  second  son  of  my  said  brother  Nicholas 
Spencer. 

A  codicil  bearing  date  19  March  1685.  JAojd,  88. 

Nicholas  Spencer  of  Nominy  in  Westmoreland  Co.  in  Virginia  25 
April  1688,  proved  15  January  1699.  To  my  son  "William  Spencer,  now 
in  England,  all  the  lands,  houses  and  tenements  unto  me  in  England 
appertaining  or  belonging,  either  as  I  am  now  the  only  surviving  son  of  my 
father  Nicholas  Spencer  Esqr.  deceased  and  also  as  heir  to- my  brother  "Wil- 
liam Spencer  Esqr.  dec'd,  or  by  the  last  will  and  testament  of  my  said  brother 
"William  Spencer,  the  lands  &c  lying  in  the  town  of  Cople  in  Bedfordshire. 
I  also  give  to  him  my  lands  in  Barford  and  in  Blunham  and  in  St.  Neets 
in  Huntingdonshire  and  at  Codham  Hall,  Essex.  To  my  -wife,  Mrs. 
Frances  Spencer,  during  her  natural  life,  all  my  lands,  houses  and  tene- 
ments in  the  Neck  of  land  called  Kingcopsco  (sic),  i.e.  all  the  lands  I 
bought  of  Mr.  Richard  Wright  and  of  Mr.  James  Hardige  and  the  lands  I 
bought  of  Richard  Awburne,  formerly  William  Newberrie's  lands ;  then  to 
my  son  Motrom  Spencer  and  his  heirs  forever.  To  my  son  Nicholas  all  my 
lands  lying  at  the  head  of  Nominy,  being  the  lands  I  bought  of  Mr.  Foster 
and  Mr.  Hawkins  and  the  lands  I  bought  of  Mr.  Manley,  as  also  the  lands 
I  took  up,  relapsed,  from  Tho.  Dies.  To  my  son  John  all  the  right  and 
title  I  have  or  may  have  unto  the  land  lying  near  Pope's  Creek,  escheated 
in  the  name  and  to  the  use  and  benefit  of  my  son  John  ;  also  all  the  lands  I 
bought  of  Mr.  William  Horton  and  Capt.  John  Lord  and  the  land  I  bought 
of  Jacob  Reny  and  the  lands  I  bought  of  Mr.  John  Froadsham,  the  Survey 
of  all  the  last  aforesaid  lands  lying  near  unto  Coll0  W1U  Peirce's  lands  and 
dwelling  seat. 

"  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  Francis  Spencer  and  his  heirs  for  ever 
that  moiety  of  five  thousand  acres  which  upon  a  division  shall  fall  to  my 
lott,  being  a  tract  of  land  lying  and  being  in  joint  tenancy  between  Cap1. 
Lawrence  Washington  and  myself,  with  condition  that  noe  advantage  of 
Survivorship  shall  be  taken  of  either  side." 

To  my  dear  and  beloved  wife  all  her  jewels  and  wearing  apparell.  To 
my  son  Motrom  Spencer  five  hundred  pounds  sterling,  to  be  paid  him  at 
his  age  of  one  and  twenty  by  my  son  William  out  of  the  rents  of  my  lands 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  493 

and  houses  in  England.  As  to  my  personal  estate  in  Virginia,  be  it  plate, 
household  goods,  cattle,  horses  and  sheep,  as  also  my  English  servants, 
Negro  slaves,  tobacco  and  grains  of  all  sorts,  as  also  my  tobacco  debts  and 
money  debts  due  to  me  in  Virginia,  my  debts  and  legacies  being  first  paid, 
I  do  will  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  wife,  Mrs.  Frances  Spencer,  my 
son  Nicholas  Spencer,  my  son  John  Spencer  and  my  son  Francis  Spencer 
to  be  equally  divided  between  them,  but  to  remain  entirely  together,  and  no 
division  made  thereof  until  all  my  debts  and  legacies  be  fully  satisfied  and 
paid  with  the  present  year's  crop,  &c. 

I  nominate  and  appoint  my  son  William  Spencer  executor  of  my  last  will 
and  testament  of  all  my  estate  in  England,  and  my  wife  Mrs.  Frances 
Spencer,  my  son  Nicholas  and  my  son  John  Spencer  executors  as  to  my 
estate  in  Virginia :  and  I  nominate  and  appoint  my  singular  good  friends 
Coll.  Isaac  Allerton  of  Matchotick.  Cap1.  George  Brent  of  Stafford  Co.  and 
Cap1.  Lawrence  Washington,  Feoffees  in  trust  &c.  giving  forty  shillings 
to  each  of  them,  to  buy  mourning  rings,  and  to  Coll.  Isaac  Allerton  my 
riding  horse  called  Hector. 

Wit:  George  Luke,  Thomas  Hobson  junior  and  Natha  Webster. 

Letters  issued  15  January  1699  to  John  Rust  of  All  Hallows  Lombard 
St.,  silkman,  to  administer  the  goods  &c  according  to  the  tenor  and  effect  of 
the  above  will.  Noel,  14. 

Mottrom  Spencer  of  Nomini  in  Westmoreland  Co.  in  Virginia  24 
October  1691,  proved  15  May  1703.  To  my  dearly  beloved  wife  Mrs.  Jane 
Spencer  all  the  right  and  title  I  have  to  five  hundred  pounds  sterling  left 
me  by  my  father's  will  payable  out  of  the  estate  of  my  well  beloved  brother 
William  Spencer  of  Cople  in  the  Co.  of  Bedford  Esqr.,  and  also  three  hun- 
dred pounds  sterling  with  the  interest  thereof  now  due  and  what  shall 
become  due  unto  me  to  the  time  of  my  decease,  which  said  three  hundred 
pounds  I  require  my  mother,  Mrs.  Frances  Spencer,  to  pay  unto  my  wife. 
If  my  said  wife  should  depart  this  life  before  me  then  I  will,  give  and 
bequeath  unto  my  beloved  brother  William  Spencer  Esqr  whatever  I  had 
willed,  given  or  bequeathed  unto  my  wife.  I  also  give  and  bequeath  a 
mourning  ring  of  one  pound  price  to  my  sister  Mrs.  Lettice  Barnard, 
another  of  the  same  value  to  my  brother  William  and  another  to  my  Aunt 
Anne  Armiger.     My  wife  Mrs.  Jane  Spencer  to  be  executrix. 

Wit :  Richard  Kitchiner,  Lettice  Barnard,  Will :  Saueige. 

Decimo  quinto  die  mensis  Maii  Anno  Dni  millimo  septingentesimo  tertio 
emanavit  commissio  Capitaneo  Williuio  Spencer  ffratri  et  Legatario  nomi- 
nato  in  Testament©  Mottrom  Spencer  nuper  Vexillarii  in  Legione  Domini 
Comitis  Essexiae  in  poa  Sancti  .ZEgidii  in  Campis  in  Comitatu  Midd.  def?i 
hentis  &c.  ad  adstrand.  bona  jura  et  creel  dci  def  juxta  tenorem  et  efftum 
Testamenti  ipsius  def?i  (eo  quod  Jana  Spencer  Relicta  et  Execut  in  diet 
testament  nominal  oneri  Executionis  dicti  Testamenti  expresse  renun- 
ciaverit)  &c.  Degg>  135. 

Christofer  Washington  of  Soulgrave  in  the  co.  of  Northampton,  gentle- 
man, gave  bond  7  June  1619,  as  one  of  the  creditors  of  William  Mole,  late 
of  Mixbery,  co.  Oxon.,  gentleman,  deceased,  to  administer  the  goods  and 
chattels  &c  of  the  deceased,  with  Edward  Mole  of  Fulwell,  in  the  parish 
of  Mixbery,  gentleman,  as  his  fellow  bondsman.     Admon.  Bonds,  Oxon. 

[This  I  suppose  was  the  son  of  Robert  Washington  of  Sulgrave  and  brother 
of  Lawrence  Washington  of  Sulgrave  and  Brington.  Mixbery  is  next  to  West- 
bury,  the  home  for  a  time  of  Sir  Lawrence  Washington. — h.  f.  w.] 


494 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 


[In  April,  1890, 1  received  from  Rev.  R.  M.  Samson,  Head  Master  of  Hawkshead 
Grammar  School,  Lancaster,  England  (which  School  was  founded  by  Edwin 
Sandys,  Archbishop  of  York  in  Elizabeth's  time),  a  copy  of  the  record  in  the 
Archbishop's  Bible  which  is  kept  at  the  School  house,  and  I  herewith  enclose  a 
copy  from  the  lower  part  of  the  page  (the  upper  part  being  a  record  of  the 
births  of  the  Archbishop's  children),  and  you  will  notice  the  frequency  of  the 
names  Washington,  Spencer,  Meuce,  Anderson,  etc.,  as  godparents  of  these 
Sandes  children.  Now  as  Rob'  Sandys,  the  eldest  son  of  Thomas  Sandys,  4th 
son  of  the  Archbishop,  was  married  to  Alice  Washington,  sister  of  Sir  William, 
Sir  John  and  Lawrence  Washington,  I  am  inclined  to  think  most  of  the  children 
mentioned  in  the  record  were  the  children  of  this  Robert  Sandys  (the  name  is 
variously  spelt  Sandys,  Sandis,  Sandes,  Sands).  The  deep  interest  the  Sandys 
family  in  England  took  in  the  settlement  of  America — both  Virginia  and  New 
England,  and  also  later  on  in  Connecticut  and  New  Jersey,  coupled  with  the 
marriages  of  the  Sandes  and  Washington  family — may  make  the  record  of 
some  use  to  you,  particularly  if  read  in  connection  with  Mr.  Waters's  note  in  the 
Register  for'October,  1889. 

The  names  marked  ?  Mr.  Samson  had  much  difficulty  in  making  out  and  may 
not  be  correct ;  they  are  Doheres,  Wem,  Paraster — which  latter  may  be  Pargiter. 

James  T.  Sands  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.] 


Penelope  Sandes  was  borne 
ye  9th  April  1629  beinge 
Thursday  about  7  at  night 

Thomas  Sandes  was  borne 
yel4th  of  Mch  1629  beinge 
Sunday  about  5  in  the  morning 

Richard  Sandes  was  borne 
ye  29th  April  1631  beinge 
Friday  about  noone 

Francis  Sandes  was 
borne  ye  20th  of  Aprile 
1636  being  Friday  about 
Eleven  at  night 


Elizabeth  Sandes  was  borne 
y«  23  of  July  1633  beinge 
Tnesday  about  6  in  the  morning 


Susannah  Sandes  was  borne 
ye  14th  of  August  being  Thursday 
about  midnight  (the  date  of 
year  is  not  given) 


Robert  Sandes  was  borne 
ye  24th  of  May  1636  beinge 
Wednesday  about  6  at  night 

Edwin  Sandes  May  6th 
between  4  &  5  at  night 
Gemelli  borne  1637 
Myles  Sandes  May  ye 
7th  between  8  &  9  at  night 


God  Father  Sir  John  Washington 
God  Mothers  Ye  Lady  Penelope  Spencer 
Mrs  Margaret  Washington 


God  Fathers  Thomas  Sandes  Esquire 
Francis  Meuce  Esquire 
God  Mother  Ye  Ladye  Washington 


God  Fathers  Richard  Spencer  Esquire 

Francis  Meuce  Esquire 
God  Mother  Mrs  Elizabeth  Spencer 


God  Father  Francis  Meuce  Esquire 
God  Mothers  Mrs  Margaret  Washington 
Mrs  Elizabeth  Washington  deputy 
for  the  Ladye  Washington 


God  Father  Arthur  Samuel  Esquire 
God  Mothers  Mrs  Elizabeth  Spencer 
Mrs  Elizabeth  Meuce 


God  Father  Simon  Adams,  Clarke 
God  Mothers  Mrs  Margaret  Washington 
Mrs  Anne  Doheres? 
deputy  for  Mrs  Susan  Wem? 


God  Fathers  Rob4  Spencer  Esquire 

Rob1  Paraster  ?  Esquire 
God  Mother  Mrs  Margaret  Anderson 


God  Fathers  John  Bulins  deputy  for 
Sir  Myles  Sandes 

Richard  Seymer  Esquire 
God  Mother  Mrs  Elizabeth  Meuce 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  495 

Roger  Williams  {ante,  pp.  327-344 ;  406,  407.) 

[Readers  of  the  letters  of  Roger  Williams  printed  in  the  Register  for  July, 
1889  {ante,  pp.  341-344),  have  doubtless  felt  a  curiosity  to  know  the  name  of  the 
lady  whose  hand  the  future  founder  of  Rhode  Island  sought  in  vain  about  1G29. 
Having  found  what  I  thought  to  be  a  clew  to  the  mystery,  I  sent  a  query  to  the 
editor  of  the  London  "  Notes  and  Queries."  It  appeared  in  the  issue  of  that 
periodical  July  5,  1890,  as  follows  : 

"  Whalley. — A  list  of  the  manuscripts  of  George  Alan  Lowndes,  Esq.,  of 
Barrington  Hall,  co.  Essex,  in  the  '  Seventh  Report  of  the  Historical  Manu- 
scripts Commission,'  Appendix,  contains  this  entry  : — 

"  '  (No.  156)  1628,  July  28  [22],  Screaveton.— Rye.  Whalley  to  Lady  Joaue 
Barrington,  baronettess,  at  her  house  Hatfield  in  Essex. — On  a  report  of  the 
death  of  her  husband,  Sir  Francis,  he  condoles  with  her.  Asks  that  his  daughter 
(her  niece)  may  still  remain  with  her.  Sends  the  third  and  last  volume  of  Mr. 
Parkins's  works.' 

"  Can  any  reader  of  '  N.  &  Q.'  tell  which  of  Mr.  Whalley's  daughters  this  was? 
The  pedigree  of  Whalley,  in  the  '  Visitations  of  Nottingham,'  1569  and  1614, 
Harleian  Society's  Publications,  vol.  iv.  p.  118,  shows  that  he  had  two  daughters, 
Elizabeth  and  Jane,  the  former  of  whom  married  William  Tiffin,  of  London, 
mercer.  The  famous  Roger  Williams,  the  founder  of  Rhode  Island,  then  chap- 
lain to  Lady  Barrington's  son-in-law,  Sir  William  Masham,  of  Otes,  solicited 
of  her,  about  the  year  1629,  the  hand  of  her  niece;  but  the  niece's  name  is  not 
mentioned  in  the  correspondence  on  the  subject,  which  is  printed  in  the  New- 
England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Begister,  xoX.xWW.  (1889),  pp.  315-20,  from 
a  copy  furnished  by  Mr.  Lowndes,  the  owner  of  the  original  letters.  I  have 
queried  whether  it  was  not  the  niece  mentioned  in  Mr.  Whalley's  letter  whose 
hand  Williams  aspired  to.  A  brother  of  Miss  Whalley,  Major-General  Edward 
Whalley,  one  of  the  king's  judges,  came  to  New  England  and  died  here.  Jane, 
the  youngest  daughter  of  Richard  Whalley,  named  in  the  pedigree,  married  Rev. 
William  Hooke,  a  graduate  of  Oxford  University,  who  was  vicar  of  Axmouth, 
in  Devonshire,  but  as  early  as  1639  came  to  New  Englaud.  He  preached  a  few 
years  at  Taunton,  in  Plymouth  colony,  and  from  1644  to  1656  at  New  Haven, 
Conn.  He  then  returned  to  England,  and  was  private  chaplain  to  Oliver  Crom- 
well. Some  letters  of  Mrs.  Jane  Hooke  to  friends  in  New  England  are  printed 
in  the  '  Massachusetts  Historical  Collections,'  vol.  xxxviii.  pp.  260-68.  If  this 
was  the  niece  of  Lady  Barrington  whom  Roger  Williams  wished  to  marry — and 
I  think  it  not  unlikely  that  it  was — though  one  clergyman  failed  to  obtain  her 
hand  she  became  the  wife  of  another." 

Soon  after  the  article  appeared,  I  received  the  following  letter  from  Samuel 
Rawson  Gardiner,  Esq.,  LL.D. : 

"  South  View,  Wedinore  Road,  Bromley,  Kent,  July  8,  1890. 

"  Dear  Sir: 

It  will  hasten  matters  if  I  reply  directly  to  your  inquiry  headed  '  Whal- 
ley '  in  '  Notes  and  Queries.'  The  Barrington  correspondence  is  now  in 
the  possession  of  the  British  Museum,  and  Whalley's  letters  are  in  Eger- 
ton  MSS.  2,644. 

"  The  letter  which  you  quote  is  of  July  22,  not  July  28,  and  is  at  folio 
275.  It  affords  no  indication  of  the  name  of  the  daughter,  but  from  another 
letter  I  gather  that  it  was  Jane.  In  a  letter  dated  Nov.  15,  1623  (folio 
204),  Whalley  writes  to  Lady  Joan  : 

"  '  And  for  my  daughter  Jane  for  whom  I  ought  ye  at  Bartholomew  tide 

20V- 

"  From  a  letter  of  July  4,  1622  (folio  202),  I  gather  that  Elizabeth  was 
already  married.  Whalley  says  he  has  been  arrested  by  Tyffyn,  k  who  was 
a  dogge  to  my  daughter  and  hath  performed  neither  to  her  or  her  daughter 
whatt  he  was  bound  unto.'  Believe  me,  yours  sincerely, 

Samuel  R.  Gardiner. 

John  Ward  Dean,  Esq.,  Boston,  Mass.,  U.  S.  A." 


496         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

It  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  Lady  Barrington's  niece,  whose  hand  Williams 
sought,  was  in  some  way  under  the  care  of  that  lady.  We  find  that  Jane 
Whalley,  in  all  probability,  resided  in  her  family  about  the  time  that  Williams 
made  his  proposal ;  and  we  know  of  no  other,  niece  of  hers  who  did.  From  the 
facts  stated,  there  is  little  reason  to  doubt  that  Jane  Whalley  was  the  lady 
in  question.  She  and  her  husband,  the  Rev.  William  Hooke,  came  to  New  Eng- 
land, and  for  some  years  lived  at  Taunton,  not  many  miles  from  Providence, 
the  home,  if  my  theory  be  correct,  of  her  former  lover. 

The  mother  of  Jane  Whalley  was  Frances  Cromwell,  a  sister  of  Lady  Bar- 
rington ;  of  Elizabeth,  mother  of  John  Hampden ;  and  of  Robert  Cromwell,  the 
father  of  Oliver  Cromwell,  Protector  of  England. — Editor.] 


The  present  instalment  of  Gleanings  is  a  continuation  of  the 
wills  of  benefactors  of  Harvard  College  and  their  families. 

Henry  F.  Waters. 

HOLWORTHY. 

John  Man  of  the  town  and  county  of  Pool,  merchant,  8  July  1577, 
proved  13  June  1578.  Son  William  and  his  ohildren.  Sons  John,  Edward, 
Thomas  and  Bartlemewe.  Late  wife  Amy  Man.  Daughter  Amy  Pitt. 
Daughter  Cicely  Havilonde.  Daughter  Edith  Lewen.  Daughter  Agnes 
Wickes.  Stephen  and  Richard  Whetacre,  sons  of  my  daughter  Edith 
Lewin.  My  three  sons  in  law  John  Crooke,  Christopher  Wickes  and 
Christopher  Havilonde.  John  Crooke  of  Southampton,  merchant.  One  of 
the  witnesses  was  a  Christopher  Wickes.  Langley,  28. 

Robert  Kechtn,  merchant,  one  of  the  aldermen  of  the  City  of  Bristol, 
19  June  1594,  proved  10  January  1594.  (The  name  also  appears  as 
Kitchin  and  Kitchen.)  Body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  of  St.  Stephen's  in 
Bristol  near  the  place  where  first  wife  Johane  was  buried.  To  Robert 
Havyland,  son  of  Matthew  Havyland,  of  Bristol,  merchant,  three  tenements 
and  a  garden  in  Hallyes  Lane,  with  remainder  to  William  Havyland,  then  to 
John  Havyland,  sons  of  the  said  Matthew.  My  capital  messuage  or  man- 
sion house  wherein  I  now  dwell,  situate  in  Snale  Street  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Warborough,  Bristol,  to  be  sold  at  best  price  and  the  money  received  there- 
for to  be  employed  for  the  best  benefit  relief  and  "  sustentacon  "  of  the 
poor;  but  my  wife  Justyne  shall  have  and  enjoy  the  use  of  the  said  house 
and  of  the  furniture  in  it  during  her  natural  life.  Other  bequests  to  the 
sons  of  Matthew  Haviland,  to  brother  Matthew  Ketchin,  to  sister  Agnes,  to 
Robert  Ketchin  of  Loudon,  merchant,  being  the  son  of  brother  Richard,  to 
brother  Thomas,  to  nephew  Thomas  Ketchin  son  of  brother  Matthew,  to 
Niece  Agnes  daughter  of  Matthew,  to  niece  Elizabeth  wife  of  John  Friend 
of  Bristol,  hooper,  to  niece  Margaret  Ketchin  daughter  of  brother  Matthew, 
to  niece  Elizabeth  Ketchin  daughter  of  brother  John,  deceased,  to  Jane 
Ketchin  his  other  daughter,  to  niece  Marrian  Nottingham  wife  of  John 
Nottingham  of  Bristol,  to  Robert  Nottingham  sou  of  John  Nottingham  of 
Bristol  "bullion"  and  of  Marryan  his  wife,  and  to  William  their  younger 
son,  to  Abel  Kitchen.  John  Barker,  Matthew  Haviland,  John  Rovvberoe 
and  Abel  Kitchen  to  be  executors  and  trustees.  The  residue  to  the  relief 
of  the  poor  in  Bristol  and  in  Kendal,  Westmoreland.  Scott,  2. 

Anne  Colston  of  Bristol,  widow,  13  July  1603,  proved  28  February 
1603.  Body  to  be  interred  in  St.  Nicholas  Crowd  in  the  City  of  Bristol  in 
the  place  where  the  <k  corps  "  of  my  mother  or  my  good  husband  Mr.  Richard 
Hentley  lieth,  if  I  decease  in  Bristow  or  within  twenty  miles  thereof.  My 
brother  Mr.  Robert  Dowe  in  London.     Mrs  Bridget  Dowe  late  the  wife  of 


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497 


my  late  deceased  nephew  Thomas  Dowe.  My  nephew  Sir  William  Smith 
of  Essex,  knight,  and  the  lady  his  good  wife,  John,  Clement  and  Edward 
Smith  brethren  of  Sir  William.  My  cousin  Mrs.  Rose  White  wife  unto 
Mr.  Francis  White,  preacher  in  Rochester,  and  her  son  John  Peck.  My 
cousin  Henry  Reynoldes,  minister.  Elizabeth  Buttry  sometime  the  wife 
of  William  Buttrie,  my  sister's  son.  My  cousin  Mrs.  Mary  Awstell  wife 
unto  Mr.  Awstell  of  Grey's  Inn,  gen1.  My  nephews  Bush  Welles  and 
John  Welles.  My  cousin  John  Mothe's  children  that  he  had  by  my  cousin 
Elizabeth  his  first  wife,  being  daughters  to  my  brother  Welles,  long  since 
deceased.  Grace  Robinson  wife  to  a  preacher  of  that  name  and  her  sister 
Martha  Smith  daughter  unto  Robert  Smith,  which  he  had  by  my  cousin 
Susan,  my  sister's  daughter.  My  cousin  Alice  Threder's  daughter,  I  know 
not  her  name.  Philip  Poyntell  son  unto  William  Poyntell  deceased,  who 
dwelt  sometimes  in  Presteyne.  Raphe  Pointell's  children,  being  fatherless, 
who  was  a  tailor  sometimes  in  London.  Mr.  Matthew  Haviland's  three 
eldest  sons,  Robert,  William  and  John.  Matthew  Haviland  and  his  sisters 
Anne  and  Mary  Haviland.  Brynt  Gulliford^  son  unto  Mr.  Robert  Gully- 
ford  preacher  of  God's  word  and  one  of  the  prebends  in  the  College. 
Samuel  Gulliford,  my  godson,  brother  to  the  said  Brint.  Ellen  Atkins  of 
Bristol  widow  (one  dozen  silver  spoons,  six  of  them  Apostle  spoons  and  six 
with  maiden  heads).  Her  daughter  Anne  Atkins  my  god  daughter.  Alice 
Bull  daughter  of  Robert  Bull  deceased,  being  my  kinswoman.  Charity 
Longe  wife  of  Edmond  Longe  of  Bristow,  comfit  maker.  Anne  Aldworth, 
daughter  unto  Simon  Aldworth  of  Reading,  Berks.,  whom  he  had  by  his 
first  wife  Mary  Aish.  Mr.  Matthew  Haviland  to  be  executor.  My  loving 
daughter  in  law  Mrs.  Joice  (sic)  Haviland  his  wife.  Cousin  Mrs.  Mary 
Awstell,  sister  of  Bush  and  John  Welles.  Cousin  Mr.  John  Mothe,  gold- 
smith in  cheapside  London.  Thomas  Wilcox  son  unto  Thomas  Wilcox  and 
Rebecca  his  wife  both  deceased.  His  sisters  Anne,  Margery  and  Rebecca 
Wilcox.  Andrew  Patch,  clerk  of  Alhollon.  Edward  Colston  son  unto 
Richard  Colston.  My  Cousin  Mr.  Crescent  Buttry  dwelling  at  Lawrence 
Marson,  gentleman  (a  ring  with  a  death's  head   and  two  letters  under  the 

same — A:  R:).      Cousin  Dewberry  wife  unto Dewberry  dwelling  in 

Reading.  To  "  Alice  Thredder's  daughter  I  know  not  her  name  she  is  to 
be  harde  of  aboute  Straford  Bowe,  her  mother's  brother  dwelleth  in  Strat- 
ford aforesaid,  one  William  Poyntill  an  old  man  if  he  be  livinge,  the  said 
Pointill  was  verye  young  when  he  came  firste  to  Stratford,  his  ffather  and 
mother  contynued  to  their  old  age  in  that  place  and  had  manie  children.  I 
saie  to  the  saide  Thredder's  daughter  I  giue  a  gowne  and  a  peticoate  of 
mine  such  as  may  serue  for  a  pooi  e  woemau's  wearinge,  a  fustian  wast  coate, 
two  good  smockes,  thre  good  kercheifes,  if  she  live ;  I  hope  she  shall  be 
harde  of."  Mr.  Robert  Redwood  of  this  city.  Mrs.  Redwood  for  her 
brother  Robert  Farrar's  wife.  Mrs.  Langley  widow,  with  whom  I  kneeled 
in  the  church  about  twenty  three  years.  Anne  Colston  wife  of  Richard 
Colston.  Vincent  Colston's  wife.  Elizabeth  Colston  the  wife  of  Robert 
Colston.     Others.  Harte,  28. 

Thomas  Pitt  of  Bristol,  merchant,  1  May  1613,  proved  5  August  1613. 
To  my  son  William  Pitt  one  lease  for  the  term  of  his  natural  life,  of  my 
tenement  without  Temple  Gate  within  the  Liberty  of  the  city  of  Bristol, 
which  is  now  in  the  possession  of  George  Tyce,  innholder,  called  the  Sara- 
cen's Head,  and  one  lease  of  a  tenement  which  I  lately  built  without 
Temple  Gate,  now  in  the  occupation  of  Thomas  Arthur  Esq.,  he  to  pay  to 


498  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Robert  Pitt,  the  son  of  my  said  son  "William,  ten  pounds  yearly,  after  the 
said  Robert  shall  accomplish  the  age  of  twenty  two  years.  After  the  death 
of  the  said  William  these  two  tenements  to  the  said  Robert.  My  son  Wil- 
liam shall  give  his  sons  William  and  Robert  ten  pounds  apiece  at  the  age 
of  sixteen  years.  To  my  daughter  Alice  Northen  one  silver-gilt  ale  cup 
and  the  sum  of  forty  pounds  within  two  years  after  my  decease  to  bestow 
upon  her  children  at  her  will  and  pleasure,  and  in  the  meantime  four  pounds 
every  year  for  the  use  thereof.  To  my  daughter  Anne  Merrick  one  silver- 
gilt  ale  cup  and  to  my  son  in  law  John  Merrick  twenty  pounds  within  eight 
months  to  be  equally  divided  between  my  daughter  Ann  Merrick's  three 
children,  viz'.  Ann  Waters,  Mary  Waters  and  Robert  Merrick.  To  my 
daughter  Mary  Owen  a  silver  gilt  ale  cup  and  to  my  son  in  law  Robert  Owen 
twenty  pounds  within  eight  months  to  be  divided  between  my  daughter 
Mary's  three  children :  Robert,  Mary  and  Joane  Owen.  To  my  cousin  Mr. 
Matthew  Havyland,  alderman,  a  ring  of  gold  to  the  value  of  twenty  shil- 
lings. To  my  kinsman  William  Pitt,  draper,  another.  My  kinsman  Edward 
Batten.  My  friend  Mr.  Samuel  Davies  to  preach  my  funeral  sermon.  My 
daughters  in  law  Mary  Marlowe,  Cicely  Gunning  and  Elizabeth  Batterton. 
My  kinswoman  Mary  Robinson.  Son  William  Pitt  to  be  executor  and 
trusty  friend  and  neighbor,  Thomas  Callowhill  to  be  overseer. 

Capell,  75. 

Matthew  HavYlande  of  Bristol,  merchant  and  one  of  the  aldermen  of 
the  City,  2  March  1619,  proved  22  May  1620.  Body  to  be  buried  in 
Warborrowes  churchyard,  even  in  the  grave  in  which  my  wife  Joyce  was 
laid  in,  and  to  be  buried  without  a  coffin  if  I  may.  To  grandchild  Matthew 
Havylande,  son  of  Robert,  my  son,  the  farm  and  buildings  in  Hawkesbury, 
Glouc,  which  I  bought  of  Mr.  John  Vizar  and  his  father  (and  other  lands). 
Provision  for  the  maintenance  of  son  William  during  his  natural  life.  Grand- 
child Bartholomew  Havyland,  son  of  the  said  William.  Son  John  to  have 
certain  estates  in  Somerset.  To  my  son  Matthew  my  eighth  part  of  the 
Prisage  wines  coming  to  the  Port  or  Creeks  of  Bristol,  during  the  lease 
thereof  granted,  on  condition  that  he  shall  pay  unto  Tacie  my  wife  fifty 
pounds  yearly  during  her  life.  To  my  said  son  Matthew  my  house  and 
tenement  in  Smale  street  (sic)  wherein  Mr.  Thomas  Colston  now  dwelleth 
(and  other  property).  Son  Robert's  children,  Matthew,  Mary,  Florence, 
Jane  and  Elizabeth.  Daughter  Anne  Lorte's  children,  Sampson  and  Joyce. 
Reference  to  bond  of  their  father,  Sampson  Lortt. 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  daughter  Mary  Hoi  worthies  children,  Mat- 
thew, Mary,  Richard,  Anne  and  John,  one  hundred  nobles,  to  be  paid  unto 
them  as  they  shall  accomplish  the  full  age  of  twenty  years  or  days  of  mar- 
riage. To  my  son  in  law  Mr.  Richard  Holworthie  the  like  sum  of  one 
hundred  nobles,  to  be  paid  within  one  year  after  my  decease,  praying  him 
to  be  one  of  the  overseers  of  this  my  last  will.  To  my  sister  Elionor  Helye 
five  pounds  in  money  and  a  gown.  To  Mr.  Farmer  minister  of  Warbor- 
rowe's  church  five  pounds  to  make  him  a  gown.  To  Mr.  William  Yeaman 
preacher  (the  same)  so  as  he  will  preach  at  my  funeral  and  his  text  to  be 
on  the  twelfth  chapter  of  Ecclesiastes  and  seaventh  verse.  Son  Robert  and 
his  heirs  shall  pay  yearly  forever  out  of  my  lands  called  the  Grauge,  in  or 
by  Kingswood,  Wilts,  four  pounds  unto  the.  Mayor  and  Commonalty  of  the 
city  of  Bristol  to  the  end  and  purpose  that  in  the  common  gaol  of  the  said 
city  called  Newgate  shall  be  preached  yearly  for  ever  twelve  sermons.  My 
kinsmen  Mr.  William  Pitt  draper  and  Mr.  William  Pitt  merchant  and 
Edward  Batten  gen',  to  be  overseers.  Soame,  43. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  499 

Matthew  Haviland  of  Bristol,  merchant,  16  May  1623,  proved  29 
April  1624.  To  Mr.  John  Farmer  minister  of  God's  word  in  the  parish  of 
St.  Warburge  five  pounds.  To  my  niece  Joyce  Lorte,  daughter  of  Sampsou 
Lorte,  late  of  Bristol  merchant,  one  hundred  pounds  and  my  estate  in  the 
messuage  wherein  Charles  Hammond,  mercer,  lately  dwelled,  situate  near 
the  "  Crowde"  door  of  St.  Nicholas  church,  with  my  lease  and  writings  con- 
cerning the  same,  and  also  ten  pounds  which  Richard  Fownes,  the  son  of 
Mr.  Thomas  Fownes  of  Plymouth,  merchant,  is  to  pay  me  at  the  day  of  his 
marriage.  To  the  said  Joyce  Lorte  and  to  my  niece  Mary  Holworthy,  one 
of  the  daughters  of  Mr.  Richard  Holworthy,  merchant,  all  my  household 
stuff  &c.  now  remaining  in  the  now  dwelling  house  of  the  said  Richard 
Holworthy.  To  my  nephew  Matthew  Haviland,  son  of  brother  Robert,  my 
household  stuff  &c.  in  the  now  dwelling  house  of  the  said  Robert  at  Haukes- 
berry,  Glouc.  To  my  kinsman  Peter  Helye  of  Bristoll,  whitetawer,  five 
pounds.  To  William  Brimsdon,  soapmaker,  twenty  marks.  To  John. 
Vizer  of  Owlepenn,  Glouc,  gen4,  twenty  nobles.  To  my  brother  in  law  Mr. 
Richard  Holworthy,  of  Bristol,  merchant,  twenty  pounds  in  token  of  my 
hearty  love  and  affection. 

Whereas  my  dear  father  Matthew  Haviland,  late  of  the  city  of  Bristol, 
alderman,  deceased,  did  give  and  bequeath  unto  me  five  hundred  pounds 
and  appointed  that  I  should  yearly  pay  unto  Mrs.  Thasia  Haviland,  his  then 
wife,  fifty  pounds  per  annum  during  her  natural  life,  for  her  better  security 
I  do  deposite  and  leave  in  the  hands  of  the  said  Richard  Holworthy  four 
hundred  pounds  and  authorize  and  appoint  my  brother  Robert  to  pay  unto 
him  one  hundred  pounds  more  to  make  up  the  five  hundred  in  regard  that 
my  said  brother  oweth  me  a  more  sum.  And  the  said  Richard  Holworthy 
shall  keep  the  said  five  hundred  and  in  consideration  of  the  forbearance  and 
benefit  thereof  shall  yearly  pay  unto  the  said  Thasia  during  her  natural  life 
the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  per  annum.  And  after  her  decease  lie  shall  distri- 
bute and  dispose  of  the  said  five  hundred  pounds  in  manner  and  form 
following:  that  is  to  say,  to  Matthew  Holworthy,  Mary  Holworthy, 
Ann  Holworthy.  Richard  Holworthy  and  John  Holworthy,  children  of 
the  said  Richard  and  Mary  his  late  wife,  my  sister  deceased,  the  sum  of 
two  hundred  pounds  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them,  viz1,  to  each  one 
of  them  the  sum  of  forty  pounds  apiece.  To  Prudence  Holworthy  and 
Thomas  Holworthy,  two  other  children  of  the  said  Richard,  twenty  pounds 
to  be  divided  between  them.  To  each  of  the  children  of  brother  Robert, 
namely  Matthew,  Mary,  Florence,  Jane  and  Elizabeth  Haviland,  forty 
pounds  apiece.  The  residue  to  my  brother  in  law  Mr.  Richard  Holworthy 
whom  I  do  constitute,  make  and  ordain  my  sole  and  only  executor. 

Byrde,  29. 

Thomas  Fownes  of  Plymouth,  Devon,  Esquire,  15  June  1637,  proved 
13  June  1638.  To  the  Mayor  and  commonalty  of  Plymouth  one  hundred 
pounds,  to  set  poor  people  on  work  and  keep  them  from  idleness.  Refer- 
ence to  a  like  gift  made  by  Mr.  John  Gayre.  A  gift  to  the  new  Hosp.  of 
Orphans  Aid  near  Plymouth  church.  To  the  poor  of  Bristol.  Elizabeth 
wife  of  William  Stephens  of  Bristol,  merchant,  and  Mary  Longe, 
daughter  of  Mary  Longe  my  sister  deceased.  Every  of  the  daughters 
of  Judith  Amades  my  kinswoman  (Francis  Amadas  their  father).  The 
daughters  of  Humpry  Fownes  deceased.  Warwick  Fownes  my  kinsman 
(elsewhere  spoken  of  as  of  London,  merchant),  kinswoman  Johan  the 
wife  of  John  Rogers  and  her  children.     Diones  Cotten's  son  which  she 


500  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

had  by  John  Cotten  deceased.  Susan  "Walker  (sic)  and  Johane  Walter, 
daughters  of  my  sister  Susan  Walter,  and  Thomas  Walter  her  son.  My 
farm  and  barton  at  Whitley.  Richard  Hawkins  and  his  wife  in  my 
service.  My  kinsman  Richard  Longe  of  Bristol,  merchant,  and  his  chil- 
dren. My  daughter  Prudence,  now  the  wife  of  John  Waddon,  and  her 
children.  To  my  daughter  Mary,  the  wife  of  Richard  Hal  worthy  six  hun- 
dred pounds,  which  shall  be  for  her  and  the  children  that  she  hath  by 
Richard  Halworthy.  To  my  daughter  Johan  the  wife  of  Hugh  Gayer 
deceased,  six  hundred  pounds,  two  hundred  for  herself  and  a  hundred  apiece 
for  her  children.  James  Yard,  my  godson,  son  of  my  aunt  Yard  lately 
deceased,  and  John  Yard,  her  son.  To  Richard  Fownes  the  son  of  Richard 
Fownes  deceased  my  tenement  in  Tavistock.  To  my  son  John  the  tenths, 
tithe  and  sheafe  of  the  parish  of  St.  Budiox  during  my  term  and  estate  therein 
to  come.  To  son  Thomas  messuages  &c.  in  Plymouth  called  the  Pump 
Close,  by  the  pump  near  the  new  "key."  To  my  two  daughters  Elizabeth 
Yard  and  Susan  Kellond  all  the  apparel  and  rings  which  were  their 
mother's,  my  late  wife  deceased.  Certain  Jewels  and  rings  that  were 
Julian  Fownes  deceased  (wife  of  Richard  Fownes  deceased)  I  give  unto 
her  two  sons  Thomas  and  Richard  Fownes.  To  my  son  John  all  the  barton 
of  East  Whitleigh  and  the  manor  of  Honiknowle.  Provision  against  his 
proving  a  wasteful  young  man  keeping  riotous  company  and  spending  and 
consuming  his  estate  in  drunkenness  and  idle  courses.  Son  Thomas 
Fownes.  Thomas  and  Richard  sons  of  Richard  Fownes  deceased  (called 
grandchildren).  The  two  daughters  of  Francis  Fownes  deceased.  The  poor 
of  Milbrooke  in  Cornwall.  Abraham  Sherwill  now  preacher  at  St.  Budiox. 
My  messuages  &c.  purchased  by  me  and  my  heirs  from  my  cousin  Warwick 
Fownes  lying  in  the  parishes  of  Ilsington  and  High  Week,  Devon,  and  two 
pieces  lying  near  the  Lady  Well.  To  Thomas  Fownes  my  grandchild,  son 
of  Richard  Fownes  deceased,  my  manor  of  Lipson.  I  lately  built  and 
erected  a  Messuage,  Hospital  and  Alms  House  near  the  great  Hill  in  Ply- 
mouth, containing  thirteen  rooms.  John,  Thomas  and  Susan  Kellond  the 
sons  and  daughter  of  John  Kellond.  Edward  Deacon,  merchant,  son  of 
Edward  Deacon  deceased,  and  all  his  children.  Prudence  Martyn  the 
daughter  of  Edward  Deacon  deceased  and  wife  of  Francis  Martyn  and  all 
her  children. 

Sons  John  and  Thomas  to  be  joint  executors.  Lee,  84. 

Richard  Holworthie,  merchant,  one  of  the  aldermen  of  the  city  of 
Bristol,  10  October  1643,  proved  9  December  1645.  I  have  conveyed  my 
dwelling  house  in  Small  street  to  my  wife  for  her  life.  My  eight  children. 
To  the  mayor  and  commonalty  of  Bridge  water,  Somerset,  where  I  was 
born,  fifty  two  pounds.  My  daughter  Launce  and  her  son.  To  William 
Launce.  My  daughter  Cam.  My  daughter  Croft.  All  my  grandchildren. 
My  brother  Nicholas  Holworthie  and  his  children.  My  sister  Mallet  and 
her  children.  My  cousin  Robert  Kitchen.  To  my  son  Matthew  Hol- 
worthie my  rich  scabbard  which  I  had  when  I  was  mayor.  My  son  Thomas 
Holworthie.  Wife  Mary  to  be  executrix  and  my  friend  Mr.  Richard  Long, 
alderman,  and  my  son  in  law  Mr.  James  Crofte  and  my  loving  friend  Mr. 
William  Yeomans  gen',  to  be  overseers.  The  residue  to  be  divided  into 
ten  equal  parts  whereof  my  wife  shall  have  two  and  my  eight  children, 
Matthew,  Richard,  John,  Thomas,  Joseph,  Nathaniel,  Samuel  and  Sarah,  to 
have  each  one.  Reference  to  a  gift  made  by  father  in  law  Mr.  Fownes  to 
his  grandchildren  my  four  younger  sons  and  my  daughter  Sarah.  To  brother 
Robert  Haviland  five  pounds.  Rivers,  147. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  501 

Thomas  Hol  worthy  of  Bristol,  gen.,  3  April  1654,  proved  5  June  1654. 
Copyhold  tenements  in  Rowberow,  Somerset.  Son  Thomas,  brother-in- 
law  James  Crofte,  merchant,  and  three  of  his  children,  Richard,  Anne  and 
Mary  Crofte.     Wife  (not  named).  Alchin,  491. 

William  Launce,  clerk,  Rector  of  the  parish  church  of  St.  Edmund 
the  King  and  Martyr  in  Lombard  Street,  London,  13  January  1664,  proved 
21  January  1665.  To  be  buried  in  the  chanpel  of  that  church.  Sister 
Elizabeth  Forsithe,  widow,  and  her  daughter  Elizabeth  Forsithe.  William 
Launce,  Matthew  Launce,  Prudence  Launce,  Mary  Lang  and  Ann  Parker, 
the  sons  and  daughters  of  my  brother  James  Launce.  My  said  brother 
James  and  Anne  his  wife.  Zurishaddai  Lang,  Doctor  in  Physick,  the  hus- 
band of  the  said  Mary  Lang.  Mico,  11. 

The  28th  of  August  1665. 

Brother  Mathew  Holworthy  for  the  moneys  of  mine  you  have  in  yor 
hands  That  is  Two  hundred  ffour  scoar  nine  pounds  five  shillings  and 
Eleauen  pence  I  would  desire  you  to^  pay  my  daughter  Mary  Lang  the 
sume  of  ffowerteene  pounds  of  the  interest  moneys  first  due  and  the  next 
interest  moneys  due  to  make  up  those  moneys  in  yor  hands  3  hundred 
pounds.  (Then  follow  gifts  and  bequests.)  Son  William  Launce.  Son 
Matthew  Launce.  Daughter  Ann  wife  of  William  Parker  living  at  Suri- 
nam.    Son  John.     Daughter  Prudence  Launce. 

This  was  signed  "Your  loveing  Sister  Anne  Launce."  Mico,  130. 

Nathaniel  Hol  worthy,  gentleman,  29  January  1667,  proved  20 
February  1667.  I  do  appoint  my  brother  Mr.  James  Croft  senior  to  be 
my  sole  executor  and  Mr.  John  Speed  to  be  his  overseer.  My  body  to  be 
buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Wasbrowes  (sic),  near  to  my  father  Mr 
Richard  Holworthy,  and  I  do  appoint  forty  pounds  to  bury  me  and  for 
funeral  charges,  at  my  brother  Crofte's  discretion.  To  my  sister  Mrs. 
Prudence  Croft  ten  pounds  "  to  morne."  To  my  brother  James  Croft,  ten 
pounds  to  mourn.  To  my  sister  Sarah  Holworthy  fifty  shillings.  To  my 
sister  Holworthy  in  the  College  Green  fifty  shillings.  To  my  cousin 
Thomas  Holworthy  fifty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  James  Croft  junior  five 
pounds.  To  my  cousin  Mary  Croft  five  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Ann  Croft 
five  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Hoppen  forty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Thomas 
Cam  forty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Arthur  Cam  forty  shillings.  A  piece 
of  gold  of  twenty  shillings  to  Mr.  Jones,  the  minister,  to  preach  my  funeral 
sermon.  To  Mr.  Palmer  the  minister  a  piece  of  gold  of  twenty  shillings. 
To  Mr.  Yeamons  forty  shillings.  To  Mrs.  Sarah  Yeamons  twenty  shil- 
lings. The  best  watch  I  give  to  my  cousin  James  Croft  junior  and  my 
other  watch  to  my  cousin  Mary  Croft.  To  Mr.  Yeomans'  son,  William 
Yeomans  ten  shillings.  To  be  paid  to  Mr.  Cox  in  the  Hurstreet  twelve 
pounds  for  a  debt.  All  what  I  have  at  sea,  God  sending  it  well  home,  I 
give  to  my  cousins  James,  Mary  and  Anne  Croft.  To  Anne  Smith  ten 
shillings.  To  Rachel  Lewis  ten  shillings.  To  Mr.  John  Speed  forty 
shillings.  Hene,  19. 

In  the  Probate  Act  Book  for  1668  the  testator  above  named  is  called 
lately  of  the  city  of  Bristol. 

Mense  Januarii  1677.  Vicesirao  nonO  die  em'  Com0  Dno  Matheo  Hol- 
worthy mifr  marito  ltirno  Maria?  Holworthy  nup  goae  stae  Margaretae 
Lothbury  London  deftae  hentis  etc.  Admon.  Act  Book,  1678. 


502  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Mathew  Holworthy  of  Hackney,  Middlesex,  knight,  9  May  1677, 
proved  28  November  1678.  To  my  wife  Susanna  Holworthy,  over  and 
above  her  jointure  and  other  settlements  made  unto  her  and  for  her  use, 
three  hundred  pounds  and  all  her  Jewells  and  ornaments  of  her  body  for 
ever,  and  the  use  of  all  my  plate  and  furniture  and  goods  of  my  house 
during  her  natural  life.  And  after  her  decease  I  do  give  the  same  unto 
my  son  Matthew  forever.  I  do  further  give  unto  my  said  dear  wife  full 
power  to  sell  the  fee  of  my  now  dwelling  house  in  Hackney,  with  all  the 
ground  and  appurtenances  thereto  belonging,  and  to  retain  unto  herself,  to 
her  proper  use,  one  third  part  of  the  moneys  that  shall  be  made  thereof. 
The  other  two  third  parts  thereof  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son 
Matthew  ami  to  his  heirs  forever. 

"Item  I  doe  giue  and  bequeath  unto  the  Colledge  or  university  in  or  of 
Cambridge  in  New  England  the  summe  of  one  Thousand  pounds  to' be  paid 
and  made  over  to  the  Governors  and  directors  thereof  to  be  disposed  of  by 
them  as  they  shall  judge  best  for  promoteing  of  learning  and  promulgation 
of  the  Gospell  in  those  parts.  The  same  to  be  paid  within  Two  yeares 
next  comeing  after  my  decease.'' 

There  shall  be  land  bought  to  the  value  of  six  hundred  pounds  near  my 
manor  of  Sporle  in  Norfolk  and  the  yearly  rents  and  profits  thereof  shall  be 
given  and  paid  unto  such  ministers  as  shall  be  fitly  qualified  for  the  ministry 
and  known  to  be  of  a  good  life  and  conversation  and  shall,  every  Lord's 
day,  preach  two  sermons  in  the  Church  of  that  parish  at  the  usual  hours. 
The  sum  of  two  thousand  pounds  shall  be  given  and  disposed  of  in  and  to 
such  charitable  uses  as  shall  be  directed  in  and  by  a  Schedule  hereunto 
annexed  or  by  any  other  writing  under  my  hand  writing.  To  the  poor  of 
the  town  of  Sporle  twenty  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Hackney 
twenty  pounds.  To  Edmond  Channell  nineteen  pounds  thirteen  shillings, 
to  Cisly  Binner  thirty  six  pounds,  six  pence  (reference  made  to  a  book  of 
accounts),  to  John  Burrow  the  debt  he  oweth  unto  me  and  all  my  house 
goods  that  are  in  the  keeping  of  his  brother  Robert  Burrow  and  all  those 
sums  of  money  owing  unto  me  by  several  bonds  of  his  brother  Thomas 
Burrow.  To  all  and  every  of  my  nephews  and  nieces  ten  pounds,  I  say 
ten  pounds  to  each  of  them.  To  my  sister  Mary  Madocke  eight  pounds 
per  annum  during  her  natural  life,  to  commence  from  the  next  day  after 
my  death.  To  my  sister  Croft  six  pounds  per  annum.  I  do  order  and 
will  that  six  pounds  shall  be  paid  every  year  unto  Mr.  Thomas  Gouge  to 
promote  his  labour  in  instructing  the  Welsh  as  long  as  he  shall  continue  in 
that  pious  work.  Three  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  unto  such  ministers  as 
my  executors  shall  judge  deserving  and  to  need  supply,  not  exceeding  ten 
pounds  unto  any  of  them  singly.  To  my  son  Matthew  all  the  remainder  of 
my  estate,  both  real  and  personal,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever,  he  paying 
to  every  other  child  begotten  me  the  sum  of  three  thousand  pounds  to  each 
of  them,  as  soon  as  any  of  them  shall  have  attained  unto  the  age  of  twenty 
one  years,  and  shall  also  pay  unto  every  and  each  of  them  forty  pounds  per 
annum  during  the  life  of  my  dear  wife,  for  their  maintenance  and  breeding 
up,  and  after  her  decease  shall  allow  and  pay  unto  every  and  each  of  them 
one  hundred  pounds  per  annum  for  their  maintenance  and  greatening  of 
their  portions,  until  they  shall  have  attained  their  respective  ages  of  twenty 
one  years  and  the  receipt  of  their  respective  portions  of  three  thousand 
pounds  hereby  given  and  bequeathed.  My  manor  of  Sporle  shall  stand 
engaged  for  the  payment  thereof.  Provision  made  in  case  of  death  of 
issue.     To  my  nephew  George  Holworthy,  to  enjoy  during  his  natural  life, 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  503 

my  manor  of  Sporle,  with  Great  Palgrave,  Norfolk,  and  after  his  decease 
to  his  next  heir  male  (lawful)  &c.,  remainder  to  his  brother  Johu  Hol- 
worthy,  remainder  to  my  nephew  John,  son  of  my  brother  John  Holworthy. 

If  my  said  son  and  every  other  child  of  mine  shall  all  depart  this  life 
without  issue,  then  the  remainder  of  my  personal  estate  to  the  children,  then 
living,  of  my  brother  Richard  Holworthy  deceased,  of  my  brother  John 
Holworthy,  of  my  sister  Mary  Madocke  and  of  my  sister  Anne  Lauuce,  in 
equal  parts  &c.  My  father  Henry  Henly  Esq*,  and  my  wife  Susanna  to 
be  my  executors  and  guardians  of  my  son. 

Administration  was  granted  17  August  1704  to  Matthew  Holworthy 
Esq.,  the  son,  on  the  goods  &c.  left  unadministered  by  Henry  Heuly  Esq., 
and  Dame  Susanna  Holworthy,  now  also  dead.  Reeve,  41. 

John  Holworthy  of  London,  merchant,  23  February  1683,  proved  1 
December  1687.  Mentions  wife  Anne,  refers  to  agreement  made  with  her 
father  deceased,  before  marriage,  mentions  also  son  John  Holworthy, 
friend  Sir  Thomas  Jeuner,  Recorder  of  London,  daughter  Ann  Holworthy, 
Provision  in  case  she  marries  Luke  Robinson  of  Gray's  Inn,  Middlesex, 
Esq.  Mrs.  Anne  Horsnell,  her  son  and  daughter.  Cousin  Sarah  Ramsden 
wife  of  Michael  Ramsden.  Sister  Madox.  Mr.  John  Foche  in  Cannon 
Street,  scrivener.     Christ  church  Hospital.  Foote,  151. 

Samuel  Penoter  of  London,  merchant,  29  June  1652,  proved  12  May 
1654.  To  my  brother  William  Penoyer  and  to  his  wife  Martha  ten  pounds 
apiece,  to  buy  them  mourning.  Twenty  pounds  to  poor  godly  families 
which  shall  be  in  want,  to  be  disposed  of  by  my  said  sister  Martha  Penoyer. 
To  the  children  of  Johu  Butler  and  David  Butler,  dwelling  in  Hereford- 
shire, twenty  pounds,  to  be  paid  to  my  brother  William  Penoyer  for  the 
use  of  the  said  children.  To  Master  Brookes  the  minister  six  pounds  and 
to  Master  Fraiser  the  minister  five  pounds  to  buy  them  mourning.  The 
residue  of  my  goods,  chattels  and  personal  estate  to  my  wife  Rose  Penoyer, 
whom  I  make  and  ordain  full  and  sole  executrix;  and  for  overseers  I 
nominate  and  appoint  my  loving  friends  Master  Richard  Hill,  Master 
William  Hobson,  Esquires,  and  Master  William  Penoyer  Esquire,  and  I 
give  and  bequeath  to  them  ten  pounds  apiece.  Touching  my  lauds,  tene- 
ments and  hereditaments,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  wife  Rose,  for  and 
during  her  natural  life,  my  manor  of  Tharfield,  Herts.,  and  all  my  lauds 
&c.  in  Acton,  Middlesex,  and  all  my  adventures  for  lands  in  Ireland;  and 
after  her  decease  I  give  and  bequeath  the  said  manor,  and  lands  &c  unto 
Thomas  Adams  Esq.,  Thomas  Cullam  Esq.,  and  Alderman  of  London, 
Christopher  Pack  Esq.  and  Alderman  of  London,  Andrew  Rickards  Esq. 
and  Alderman  of  Loudon,  Robert  Lowther  and  Samuel  Vassall  Esquires, 
John  Rogers,  Robert  Winch,  John  Taylor  and  James  Russell,  members  of 
the  Company  of  Drapers  of  the  City  of  London,  upon  this  trust  and 
confidence  and  to  this  intent  and  purpose,  that  they  shall  pay  and  dispose 
of  the  first  three  years'  rents  &c  after  the  decease  of  my  said  wife  to  such 
uses  and  in  such  manner  as  my  said  wife  by  her  last  will,  or  by  any  other 
writing  under  her  hand  and  seal,  shall  direct  and  appoint.  And  if  after  the 
first  three  years  next  after  my  wife's  decease  my  brother  William  and 
Martha  his  wife,  or  the  survivor  of  them,  shall  happen  to  be  in  want  and 
poverty  and  shall  make  such  his,  her  or  their  want  and  poverty  known  to 
the  said  Company  at  any  Court  of  Assistants,  then  the  said  trustees  shall, 
after  the  first  three  years'  rents  &c  paid  and  disposed  of  as  aforesaid,  pay 


504  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

or  cause  to  be  paid  unto  my  said  brother  William,  during  the  natural  lives 
of  him  and  his  wife  Martha,  one  hundred  pounds  per  annum,  and  to  the 
survivor  of  them  fifty  pounds  per  annum  during  the  life  of  such  survivor. 
If  any  of  my  collateral  cousins  on  my  father's  side  or  mother's  side  (not 
exceeding  the  second  degree  from  any  of  the  brethren  or  sisters  of  my 
father  or  mother)  shall  stand  iu  need  of  money  to  place  them  forth  appren- 
tices the  said  trustees  shall  out  of  the  said  rents  pay  or  disburse  the  sum  of 
fifty  pounds  for  the  putting  forth  apprentice  of  every  such  collateral  cousin 
of  mine  to  some  godly  man  to  be  brought  up  in  some  honest  and  lawful 
trade,  and  shall  pay  such  cousin  one  hundred  pounds  for  and  as  a  stock  if 
he  or  she  shall  live  till  the  expiration  of  his  or  her  apprenticeship  and  shall 
be  of  honest  life  and  conversation.  Provision  made  for  the  putting  forth 
of  other,  fatherless,  children  of  fourteen  years  of  age  &c.  There  shall  be 
paid  to  Richard  Butler,  student  in  the  University  of  Cambridge,  out  of  the 
rents  &c.  of  my  lands  in  Acton  an  annuity  of  six  pounds  per  annum  for  ten 
years  next  after  my  decease.  Twelve  pounds  per  annum  for  a  lecture  to  be 
yearly  preached  on  Thursday  or  Friday  for  ever  in  the  meeting-place  or 
church  called  St.  Stephens  within  the  city  of  Bristol.  Provision  made  in 
case  wife  bring  forth  a  son  or  daughter  before  or  after  my  decease. 

Alchin,  388. 

William  Pennoyer  Esq.,  citizen  and  cloth-worker  of  London,  25  May 
1670,  proved  13  February  1670.  Having  attained  to  a  competent  worldly 
estate  and  having  no  children,  being  desirous  to  make  provision  for  Martha, 
my  dear  and  loving  wife,  daughter  of  John  Joycelyn,  late  of  Hyde  Hall  in 
Sabridgeworth  in  the  county  of  Hertford,  Esquire  deceased,  and  others  of 
my  kindred  &c  &c.  Then  follow  sundry  bequests  for  the  poor  &c.  To 
Mr.  William  Bridge  the  elder  at  Great  Yarmouth  ten  pounds,  to  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Greenhill  of  Stepney  twenty  pounds,  to  Mr.  William  Hooke  twenty 
pounds  and  to  his  two  sons,  John  and  Walter,  ten  pounds  apiece.  Others 
named,  including  Sir  William  Thompson,  Maurice  Thompson  Esq.  and 
John  Jolliffe  Elsq.  To  my  brother  Joscelyne  Esq.  ten  pounds.  To  Sam- 
uel Desborowe  Esq.  twenty  pounds  and  to  Rose  his  wife  (the  late  wife  of 
my  brother  Samuel  Pennoyer  deceased)  twenty  pounds.  To  Elizabeth 
Cheese,  my  near  kinswoman,  now  wife  of  John  Cheese  of  Ashford  near 
Ludlow,  three  hundred  pounds,  to  be  wholly  at  her  own  dispose,  and  to 
John  Cheese  her  husband  fifty  pounds.  To  my  kinsman  Pennoyer  Cheese, 
son  of  the  said  Elizaheth,  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  to  his  brother 
Samuel  Cheese  two  hundred  pounds  and  to  Elizabeth  Cheese  their  sister 
two  hundred  pounds,  the  sons  at  two  and  twenty  and  the  daughter  at  like 
age  or  marriage.  To  Thomas  Edes  (eldest  son  of  my  kinswoman  Isabel 
Edes)  fourscore  pounds  and  to  each  other  of  the  children  of  the  said  Isabel, 
one  hundred  pounds  apiece.  Samuel  and  Richard,  two  of  her  sons,  to  be 
placed  apprentices.  To  David  Butler  of  Dorson,  Hereford,  yeoman,  four- 
score pounds  and  to  his  two  daughters  fourscore  pounds  apiece.  To  Evan 
Butler  of  Cusopp,  Hereford,  seventy  pounds  and  to  his  son  Walter,  now  at 
New  England,  and  to  each  other  of  his  children  threescore  pounds  apiece. 
To  Thomas  Butler,  son  of  Thomas  Butler  late  of  Cusopp  deceased,  sixty 
pounds  and  to  his  own  sister  Elizabeth  twenty  pounds,  and  to  their  sisters, 
Mary,  sixty  pounds,  and  Jane,  seventy  pounds.  To  William  Butler,  late 
of  the  city  of  Hereford,  twenty  shillings.  To  Toby  Butler,  one  of  the 
children  of  John  Butler,  late  of  Dorson  deceased,  sixty  pounds,  to  William, 
another  of  the  children,  fifty  pounds  and  to  their  brother  Thomas  Butler, 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND  505 

apprentice  to  one  Williams  a  taylor,  seventy  pounds.  To  their  sister  Mary 
one  hundred  pounds.  To  Katherine  Butler  alias  Roberts,  sister  of  the 
aforesaid  Evan  Butler,  five  pounds  to  be  paid  to  her  own  hands.  All  and 
every  of  the  said  several  persons  of  the  sirname  of  Butler  being  of  my 
kindred.  And  to  all  of  them  and  to  all  other  of  my  own  kindred  and  my 
wife's  kindred,  except  John  Hyat,  stiller,  T  forgive  all  such  sums  of  money 
as  any  of  them  shall  owe  unto  me  at  my  decease. 

Item.  I  will  and  order  that  the  sum  of  eight  hundred  pounds,  ster.  shall 
be  laid  out  in  the  best  goods  and  merchandizes  fit  for  New  England,  which 
I  suppose  to  be  woollen  cloth  and  other  woollen  commodities  and  linen,  all 
which  I  desire  may  be  bought  and  provided  by  Mr.  Henry  Ashurst,  draper, 
Mr.  John  Langley,  Mr.  John  Jolliffe  and  Mr.  Benjamin  Albyn,  or  any  two 
of  them,  and  my  executors  to  allow  them  two  p  cent  for  their  pains  and 
no  more ;  and  I  order  the  same  to  be  sent  over  to  the  Corporation  for  the 
Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  New  England  and  the  parts  adjacent  in 
America,  to  be  secured  for  the  purposes  hereinafter  mentioned ; — to  the  intent 
and  purpose  that  the  value  of  eight  hundred  pounds  ster.,  in  goods  and 
commodities  of  that  country,  may  upon  sale  thereof  be  delivered  to  Robert 
Pennoyer  of  Stamford  in  New  England  for  the  equal  use  and  benefit  of 
himself  and  each  of  his  children;  and  further  to  the  intent  and  purpose 
that  what  shall  be  made  thereof  above  the  said  eight  hundred  pounds  value 
in  the  commodities  of  that  country  shall  be  and  remain  to  his  sister  Elianor 
Reading  and  her  husband  Thomas  Reading  and  all  their  children  equally 
and  indifferently.  To  my  kinswoman  Anne  Cruse,  the  wife  of  Richard 
Cruse,  near  Dorson,  seventy  pounds  and  to  her  son  one  hundred  pounds. 
To  William  Pennoyer,  late  servant  to  Mr.  Michael  Davison,  one  hundred 
pounds,  if  living  at  my  decease.  To  the  poor  of  Great  St.  Hellens,  Lon- 
don, one  hundred  pounds.     Sundry  other  bequests  and  provisions. 

And  for  and  concerning  my  other  messuages,  lands  tenements  and 
hereditaments  in  the  said  County  of  Norfolk,*  let  to  Robert  Moore  at  the 
yearly  rent  of  forty  and  four  pounds  per  annum.  My  will  is  that  out  of 
the  rents  and  profits  thereof  ten  pounds  per  annum  shall  be  paid  for  ever 
to  the  Corporation  for  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  New  England  and  that 
with  the  residue  thereof  two  Eellows  and  two  scholars  forever  shall  be 
educated,  maintained  and  brought  up  in  the  college  called  Cambridge  Col- 
lege in  New  England,  of  which  I  desire  one  of  them,  so  often  as  occasion 
shall  present,  may  be  of  the  line  or  posterity  of  the  said  Robert  Pennoyer, 
if  they  be  capable  of  it,  and  the  other  of  the  colony  now  or  late  called 
"Newhaven"  Colony,  if  conveniently  may  be.  And  I  delare  my  mind  to 
be  that  eight  years  or  thereabouts  is  a  convenient  time  for  education  of 
each  scholar  respectively,  and  about  that  standing  others  to  be  taken  in 
their  places,  which  nevertheless  as  to  time  I  leave  to  the  Master  and  Gover- 
nors of  the  said  College.  Provision  for  the  continuance  of  the  trusteeship. 
A  bequest  to  Mrs.  Row,  mother  of  Mr.  Samuel  Crispe.  Duke,  25. 

[Walter  Butler,  son  of  Evan  Butler  of  Ousop,  Herefordshire,  named  above  as 
being  in  New  England,  was  probably  the  Walter  Butler  who  in  1672  was  one  of 
the  27  purchasers  of  Horseneck  in  Greenwich,  Ct.  He  was  a  legal  voter  of 
Greenwich  in  1688,  but  his  name  does  not  appear  in  the  town  lists  for  1694-5; 
though  a  Thomas  Butler  is  found  in  that  list.  (See  Mead's  History  of  Green- 
wich, Ct.,  pages  67,  71  and  79.)  The  christian  name  Walter  occurs  in  the  Butler 
family  of  New  London,  Ct.,  at  a  later  date.  (See  Caulkins's  History  of  New 
London,  page  342.) 

*  In  or  near  Pulham  St.  Mary,  according  to  a  description  in  a  previous  clause  of  the  will. 


506  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

Robert  Pennoyer  of  Stamford  in  New  England,  named  above,  was  an  early 
settler  of  Stamford,  Ct.  He  had  a  son  Thomas  born  there  in  1658.  Several 
parcels  of  land  were  assigned  him  soon  after  the  settlement  of  the  town.  (See 
Rev.  E.  B.  Huntington's  History  of  Stamford,  page  59.)  It  is  supposed  that 
he  was  the  Robert  Pennaire  aged  21  years  who  with  Thomas  Pennaire  aged  10 
embarked  at  London  for  New  England,  Sept.  8,  1635.  (See  Register,  vol.  2, 
page  399.)— Editor.] 

Martha  Pennoyer  of  London,  widow,  relict  of  William  Pennoyer 
late  of  London  Esq.  deceased,  16  July  1672,  proved  2  July  1674.  To 
brother  Edward  Jostlin  one  hundred  pounds  and  to  his  daughter  Anne 
Jostlin  seventy  pounds.  To  my  niece  Susan  Gwin  twenty  pounds  and  to 
her  three  children  now  living  twenty  pounds  apiece  (they  minors).  To 
John  Jostlin  son  of  Mr.  Thomas  Jostlin  minister  twenty  pounds.  To  my 
cousin  Susanna  Lansdell  seventy  pounds.  Five  shilliugs  weekly,  for  ten 
years,  to  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Davies,  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Davies,  to  be 
paid  into  her  own  hands.  Her  two  children  (not  named).  To  my  cousin 
Andrew  Cater,  minister  at  Hide  Hall,  twenty  pounds  and  to  his  brother 
Henry  Cater  twenty  pounds.  To  their  sister  Cater  ten  pounds  and  to  the 
daughter  of  the  said  Henry  Cater  ten  pounds.  Bequests  to  poor  and  dis- 
tressed people  and  families.  My  cousin  Jane  Courtmau  of  Colchester  and 
her  four  children  (sons  and  daughters).  John  Davies,  merchant,  and  his 
son  John.  Isabel  Edes  of  Ullinghall,  Warwickshire.  Anne  Cruse  wife  of 
Richard  Cruse,  of  Clifford  in  the  Co.  of  Hereford      Others.       Bunce,  3. 

Rose  Disbrowe  of  Elsworth,  Co.  of  Cambridge,  widow,  late  wife  of  Sam- 
uel Disbrowe  Esq.  (aged  and  indisposed  &c).  To  brother  Joseph  Hobson 
Esq.  ten  pounds  to  buy  him  mourning — other  property — and  my  great 
bible  for  the  term  of  his  life,  and,  after  his  decease,  to  sister  M"  Sarah 
White.  To  sister  Mrs  Elizabeth  Hobson  five  pounds  and  to  her  grand- 
daughter five  pounds.  To  sister  the  Lady  Bolton  ten  pounds  to  buy  her 
mourning.  To  sister  Sarah  White  the  first  year's  rent  of  my  estate  in  Ire- 
land after  my  decease,  which  said  estate  was  given  unto  me  by  my  late 
dear  husband  Mr  Samuel  Pennoyer,  merchant  and  citizen  of  London — and 
certain  Jewells  &c,  which  are  to  go  to  her  daughter  Mr8  Rebecca  Lloyd 
and  her  other  two  daughters.  To  sister  M"  Ann  Hudson  and  each  of  her 
own  sons  and  daughter.  To  my  brother  Mr.  George  Robbins  a  ring.  To 
nephew  Mr.  William  White  the  elder  the  second  year's  Irish  rents.  To 
Mr  William  White  the  younger  and  to  Mrs  White  his  wife.  To  my  nephew 
Mr  Samuel  Browne  and  my  niece  M™  Elizabeth  Browne.  To  Dr  Fryer 
and  my  niece  his  wife  and  her  children.  I  further  give  unto  my  said  niece 
Fryer  her  grandfather  Bolton's  locket  for  life,  and  after  her  decease  unto 
Anna  Maria  her  daughter;  also  six  napkins  marked  R:  L:  To  John 
Fryer.  To  my  niece  Mr8  Elizabeth  Pomfret.  To  my  niece  Mrs  Hannah 
Aldrich  the  elder.  To  my  niece  M"  Sarah  Pastor.  To  my  niece  Mrs 
Rebecca  Lloyd  and  her  daughter  Rose  Lloyd.  To  Hannah  Aldrich  the 
younger,  now  dwelling  with  me.  The  third  year's  rent  of  my  estate  in 
Ireland,  after  my  decease  to  be  equally  divided  between  the  children  of  my 
nieces  Aldrich,  Pouter,  Pomfret,  Fryer  and  Lloyde.  To  M™  Mary  Sher- 
wood the  elder  and  her  daughter  Fryer.  To  Mr  George  Sherwood  her 
husband.  To  M™  Dudgein  and  M"  Sarah  Baker.  To  my  son  Christo- 
pher Mills  Esq.  and  to  his  lady.  To  my  grandson  Samuel  Mills  Esq.  and 
to  his  lady.  To  said  grandson  his  grandfather's  ring  with  his  coat  of  arms 
upon  it.     To   Matthew   Hallworthy  Esq.  my  grandson  and  to  his  lady  my 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         507 

granddaughter.  To  said  granddaughter  her  grandfather's  picture  set  in 
gold  and  if  she  die  without  heirs  of  her  body  my  grandchild  Samuel  Mills 
Esq.  shall  have  the  same  after  her  decease.  To  Mrs  Hannah  Aldridge  the 
younger.  To  Mrs  Dye  the  elder  and  her  daughter  Mrs  Ann  Dye.  To 
brother  Joseph  Hobson  Esq.  my  own  father's  picture  and  my  husband 
Lacey's  picture.  To  my  sister  Mrs  Sarah  White  my  Lady  Arman's 
picture,  and  my  father  Lacey's  picture.  To  the  Reverend  Mr  James  Dis- 
browe  my  nephew.     To  my  cousin  Si.rah  Kinistou. 

Dated  28  June  1698.  Codicil  dated  4  March  1698.  Sworn  to  25 
March  1699.     Proved  21  April  1699.  Pett,  56. 

[Mrs.  Rose  Disbrowe  died  March  4,  1698,  in  her  83d  year,  and  her  husband 
Samuel  Disbrowe  died  Dec.  10,  1690,  aged  75.  See  inscriptions  at  Elsworth  in 
the  Register,  vol.  41,  pages  360-61  (ante,  p.  251).  The  will  of  Samuel  Dis- 
browe is  printed  on  page  355  of  that  volume  (ante,  p.  245). — Editor.] 

William  Hobson  of  Hackney,  Middlesex,  Esq.,  13  November  1661, 
proved  13  March  1661.  Aged  and  very  infirm.  Personal  estate  very 
small  and  inconsiderable.  Daughter  Anne.  Son  Joseph.  Christ's  Hos- 
pital. The  poor  of  St  Martin  Ludgate.  The  poor  of  Great  Glen  where  I 
was  born.     The  poor  of  Hackney.     The  Company  of  Haberdashers. 

"  Also  I  give  to  my  daughter  Desborow  Tenne  Pounds  to  buy  her  a 
peece  of  Plate."  To  my  daughter  Bolton  the  like  sum.  My  daughter 
Sarah  White  the  wife  of  Jesper  White.  My  daughter  Ward.  The  two 
children  of  my  daughter  Bannister  at  eighteen  or  days  of  marriage.  My 
daughter  Sarah  White's  four  children  at  eighteen  or  days  of  marriage. 
The  six  children  of  my  daughter  Rebecca  White,  late  deceased  wife  of 
William  White,  the  sons  at  twenty-three  and  the  daughters  at  one  and 
twenty  years  or  days  of  marriage.  My  sister  Alice  Wickes.  My  daughter 
Mary  Sherwood.  Farm  in  Hendon,  Middlesex.  My  manor  of  St.  John  in 
Jerusalem  in  Hackney.  My  sons  in  law  William  White  and  Patience 
Warde.  Son  Nathaniel-  Grandson  William  White.  My  son  in  law 
George  Robins.  My  son  in  law  Thomas  Moore.  My  son  in  law  Alder- 
man William  Bolton.  My  loving  friend  Robert  Yarway.  Nathaniel  and 
Anne  to  be  under  guardianship.  Laud,  38. 

"  Laus  Deo  in  London  the  fower  &  twentith  August  one  thousand 
six  hundred  thirty  six." 

Edward  Foord  citizen  and  leather :  of  London  and  merchant  adventurer 
of  England.  To  be  buried  in  the  choir  of  the  Church  of  Aldermanbury,  it 
being  the  parish  where  my  house  standeth  and  my  residence  most  is. 
According  to  the  laudable  custom  of  the  city  of  London  I  divide  my  estate 
into  three  parts,  one  third  to  my  dear  and  loving  wife,  one  third  to  my 
child,  and  the  other  third  I  dispose  of  in  legacies,  being  in  my  own  power 
so  to  do.  I  conceive  that  my  mausion  house  in  Aldermanbury,  with  my 
two  tenements  adjoining,  may  amount  to  as  much  within  500£  as  my  third 
part.  I  give  the  inheritance  of  all  three  houses  to  my  son  Dauiel  Foord, 
he  to  pay  to  his  sister  Rebecca  Foord,  my  second  daughter,  one  hundred 
fifty  pounds,  and  to  his  three  younger  sisters,  Hannah,  Elizabeth  and  Hes- 
ter Foord,  each  fifty  pounds  and  to  his  brother  Edward,  which  was  born 
before  I  ended  this  my  last  will,  one  hundred  pounds  more,  than  his  child's 
part.  These  are  to  be  paid  them  at  their  several  days  of  marriage  or 
twenty  one  years  of  age.  To  wife  Hannah  her  free  dwelling  in  my  mansion 
house  in  Aldermanbury,  only  allowing  twenty  pounds  per  annum  to  my 
son   Daniel  towards  his  breeding  at  schools  abroad.     Other  provisions  for 


508  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

wife  and  son  Edward.  My  wife  to  pay  six  pounds  yearly  to  Doctor 
Staughton,  ray  minister,  during  his  life  or  abode  in  Aldermanbury,  and 
after  him  the  next  minister  that  shall  succeed  him  if  the  said  minister  be 
chosen  by  the  parish  and  comes  in  with  their  good  liking.  To  my  brother 
William  Foord  of  Kynver  a  lease  which  I  hold  of  Mr.  John  Whorwood, 
known  by  the  name  of  Wilkinson's  lands,  at  Compton.  To  my  brother 
Humfrey  Foord  ten  pounds  and  to  my  brother  and  sister  Eaton  five  pounds 
to  buy  them  rings,  and  to  my  godson  William  ten  pounds  when  he  shall  be 
put  to  apprentice.  To  my  brother  Daniel  Gouer  fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid 
him  when  he  hath  done  with  his  creditors,  to  help  him  in  the  world.  To 
the  parish  of  Kynver  where  I  was  born.  To  sundry  ministers,  companies 
and  charities. 

"  Also  I  give  towards  the  erectinge  a  free  schoole  in  New  England,  if 
anie  such  worke  be  done,  that  the  Companie  doth  owe  me,  wch  is  in  true 
right  fiftie  poundes;  and  yet  I  gave  fifty  poundes  towards  the  worke,  which 
I  value  at  nothing;  and  yet  I  am  content  to  give  tenn  poundes  more 
towardes  a  free  schoole,  there  to  educate  youth,  yf  anie  such  thing  bee  done." 

I  forgive  Henry  Moseley  a  debt  of  seven  pounds  which  he  oweth  me. 
To  Mrs.  Susanna  Bland  forty  shillings,  being  doubtful  I  borrowed  a  bill 
of  store  of  her  husband,  John  Bland,  and  do  not  remember  I  paid  him. 
The  rest  of  my  estate,  debts  and  funeral  charges  paid,  I  desire  may 
be  divided,  one  half  to  my  wife  and  the  other  half  to  my  son  Edward. 
I  entreat  my  brother  Humfrey  Foord  and  my  dear  friend  Mr.  Daniel  Hod- 
son  to  assist  my  wife  whom  I  make  sole  executrix.  To  my  said  friend 
Daniel  Hodson  ten  pounds. 

Three  lines  added  13  September  1639  to  explain  that  daughter  Mary 
Foord,  being  advanced  in  marriage  11  July  last  to  Mr.  Tho:  Bunch,  with 
whom  testator  gave  a  thousand  pounds  present  and  promised  two  hundred 
pounds  more  the  11  July  1641,  is  to  have  no  more  than  that  till  all  her 
sisters  and  younger  brother  have  as  much  as  she,  and  then  to  divide  equally. 

Acknowledged  by  the  testator  as  his  will  13  September  1639.  Proved 
by  the  widow  6  January  1641.  Cambell,  2. 

Francis  Bridges  of  Clapham,  Surrey,  citizen  and  Salter  of  London, 
28  May  1642,  proved  23  June  1642.  To  loving  sister  Elizabeth  Benson 
twenty  pounds  and  to  her  four  children,  William  Risby,  Elizabeth  Pen- 
nington, Sara  Thorne  and  Judith  Risby,  fifty  pounds  apiece.  Bequests  to 
cousin  german  Oliver  Huntley,  and  to  Humfrey  Huntley,  son  of  cousin 
William.  Cousins  John  Barton,  Constance  Clayton,  and  Susan  Wheeler. 
Wife's  mother  Susan  Carpenter  and  brother  in  law  Gabriel  Carpenter. 
Sister  in  law  Mary  Bicke.  Cousin  Mr.  Charles  Offspring,  minister.  Mr. 
Francis  Taylor  parson  (at  present)  of  Clapham  and  Mr.  John  Arthur  our 
now  lecturer.  Mr.  Pemberton,  minister.  Mrs.  Mary  Washborne,  widow 
(the  elder).  Wife's  kinsman  Samuel  Bonner.  Wife's  cousin  Elizabeth 
Harris.  Samuel  and  Sarah  Remnant,  the  two  children  of  William  Rem- 
nant. 

"  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Mr.  Wells,  Mr.  Hooker,  Mr.  Peters 
and  Mr.  Syms  (Ministers  of  New  England)  the  some  of  ffiftie  poundes 
towards  the  enlargement  of  a  colledge  in  New  England  for  students  there. 
Alsoe  I  give  unto  the  said  ffower  New  England  Ministers  Twenty  Poundes 
to  bee  disposed  towardes  the  clothinge  of  the  poore  in  New  England  accord- 
ing as  they  in  their  discretions  shall  thinke  fitt." 

Bequests  to   the  poor,   to  the  city   of  London,  to  Christ's  Hospital  &c. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  509 

Four  messuages  in  St.  Sythes  Lane,  London,  now  or  late  in  tenures  or 
occupations  of  Mr.  Remnant,  Mr.  Simpson,  Mr.  Mosse  and  Mr.  Heath. 
The  manor  and  Lordship  of  Lachington  Barnes  ah  Purleigh  Barnes  in  Essex. 
Mr.  Daniel  Pennington  living  in  Bow  Churchyard.  My  brothers  in  law 
Gabriel  Carpenter,  William  Beeke,  Thomas  Walker  and  Henry  Bonner. 
My  mother  Carpenter.  Sister  Bicke  and  her  husband.  Wife  Sara  to  be 
executrix.  Cambell,  80. 

Nathaniel  Hulton,  citizen  and  sadler  of  London,  29  July  1692, 
proved  13  March  1693.  Bequests  to  James  Greene  the  younger,  son  of 
James  Green  my  son  in  law,  Richard  Green  another  son,  John  Greene, 
another  son,  Margery  Greene,  a  daughter  and  Elizabeth,  their  sister.  To 
Joseph  Scriven.  To  the  poor  of  Newington  Green,  where  I  now  live.  To 
wife  Elizabeth,  for  life,  my  copyhold  messuage,  at  Newington  Green,  newly 
erected  and  built  with  brick,  where  lately  was  standing  an  old  messuage 
commonly  called  or  known  by  the  name  of  the  Green  Dragon,  and  after 
her  decease  I  give  the  said  tenement  to  William  Hulton,  son  of  my  late 
kinsman  William  Hulton  deceased  and  his  lawful  male  issue  (entailed), 
then  to  Joseph  Hulton,  son  of  my  late  kinsman  Adam  Hulton  deceased  and 
his  lawful  male  issue,  next  to  my  right  heirs.  To  the  widow  and  the  daughter 
of  said  kinsman  Adam  Hulton,  these  two  legacies  to  be  paid  into  the  hands 
of  my  kiusman  Samuel  Haward.  Thomas  Crompton  son  of  my  late  kins- 
man Adam  Crompton  deceased,  and  to  his  two  daughters.  The  daughter 
of  my  kinsman  George  Crompton.  My  kinsman  John  Hill.  Nathaniel 
Hill  son  of  Edmund  Hill  deceased.  My  kinswoman  Elizabeth  Hill.  My 
sister  Elizabeth  Dickins  widow  of  John  Dickins  deceased.  My  kinswoman 
Ann  Pimlott. .  Mary  Pickford  wife  of  Mr.  Pickford  and  her  seven 
children.     My  kinsman  Robert  Dickings. 

A  codicil  bearing  date  23  March  1692,  mentions  son  in  law  Thomas 
Horrocks,  and  his  wife,  daughter  in  law  Jane  Perry  and  others. 

Another  codicil  dated  1  January  1693  contains  the  following  bequest: — 

"  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mr.  Encrease  Mather  Minister  of  the  Gospell 
in  New  England  the  Summe  of  One  Hundred  pounds  of  Lawfull  money  of 
England  for  the  use  of  the  Colledge  there  of  which  hee  is  president." 

Bequests  to  Bridewell  Hospital,  to  Christ  Church  Hospital  and  to  daugh- 
ter Jane  Perry.  My  body  to  be  interred  at  Bolton  in  Lancashire  near 
father  and  mother.  Box  54. 

Samuel  Holden  of  London,  merchant,  29  December  1733,  with  codicil 
bearing  date  16  November  1738,  proved  18  June  1740.  My  body  to  be 
buried  in  my  vault  in  St.  Bridget's  churchyard  with  all  that  privacy  that  is 
consistent  with  decency,  without  bearers  or  more  to  attend  my  corpse 
than  are  necessary.  I  give  aud  bequeath  to  poor  congregations  what  I 
have  remaining  of  Mr.  Baxter's  Works  in  the  same  manner  as  those  dis- 
posed of  in  my  life.  To  the  Society  for  Propagating  Christian  Knowledge 
in  the  Highlands  of  Scotland  one  hundred  pounds.  To  each  of  the  direc- 
tors of  the  Bank  of  England  and  each  of  the  Assistants  of  the  Russia  Com- 
pany a  gold  ring.  To  the  Revd  Doctors  Harris,  Grosvenor  and  Watts, 
each  a  gold  ring.  To  my  good  friend  Matthew  Shiffner  fifty  pounds  for 
mourning  for  himself  and  wife.  To  Joseph  Fawthrop  twenty  pounds  for 
mourning,  and  rings  to  such  other  of  my  friends  as  my  wife  shall  see  fitting. 
The  rest  and  residue  of  my  personal  estate  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  dear 
wife  Jane   Holden,  to  my  daughters   Priscilla,   Jane  and  Mary  Holden, 


510  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

share  and  share  alike.  To  Jane  my  wife,  during  her  natural  life  or  widow- 
hood, all  the  rents,  profits  and  emoluments  of  my  estate  in  the  co.  of  Derby 
for  her  sole  use  and  benefit;  and  after  her  decease  or  marriage,  which  may 
first  happen,  to  my  daughters  Priscilla,  Jane  and  Mary  Holden,  each  one 
third  part;  and  at  the  decease  of  any  of  them  the  same  to  be  divided  by 
the  survivors;  and  after  the  decease  of  all  to  the  children  of  Priscilla,  or  in 
default  thereof  to  those  of  Jane,  or  in  default  thereof  to  those  of  Mary 
Holden.  If  all  should  die  without  children  and  my  wife  Jane  Holden 
should  survive  them  then  the  residue  to  be  at  her  disposal.  My  said  wife 
to  be  sole  executrix  and  my  friend  Joseph  Fawthrop,  merchant,  trustee  for 
the  fulfilling  of  the  same,  willing  the  legacies  of  my  children  to  be  paid 
them  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years  or  at  marriage. 

(Codicil)  My  will  further  is  that  what  my  estate  may  exceed  sixty 
thousand  pounds  (exclusive  of  land)  be  distributed  in  charitable  uses  at  the 
discretion  of  my  wife  and  children,  such  as  promoting  true  Religion,  I 
mean  Sobriety,  Righteousness  and  Godliness,  without  regard  to  any  party 
or  denomination,  either  here  or  in  New  England,  the  relief  of  industrious 
poor  and  of  those  who  are  aged  and  friendless  or  in  such  other  ways  as 
have  the  greatest  tendency  to  the  promoting  the  honor  of  God  and  the  good 
of  Mankind. 

18th  June  1740,  personally  appeared  John  Lewis  Hansen  of  St.  Peter  le 
Poor,  London,  merchant,  and  Henry  Shiffner,  of  the  same,  gentleman,  &c. 
and  deposed  that  they  were  well  acquainted  with  Samuel  Holden  late  of 
Roehainpton,  in  the  Parish  of  Putney,  in  the  co.  Surrey,  deceased,  for  sev- 
eral years  next  before  and  until  the  time  of  his  death,  which  happened  on 
or  about  the  twelfth  day  of  this  instant  June,  as  these  deponents  are  in- 
formed and  believe,  &c.  &c.  Browne,  172. 


Washington  Notes. 

It  was  announced  on  the  cover  of  the  January  Register  that  the  will  of  Col. 
John  Washington,  the  emigrant  ancestor  of  President  Washington,  had  been 
recently  found.  Both  the  original  will  and  tne  original  record  of  it  were  found 
at  about  the  same  time  in  different  places.  Mr.  M  _><ioure  D.  Conway  of  New  York 
city,  in  a  communication  to  the  New  York  Nation,  Oct.  24,  1889,  says:  "The 
Rev.  E.  C.  McGuire  writing  in  1836  says  that  the  will  was  then  at  Mount  Vernon  " 
(see  Register,  vol.  44,  p.  79,  ante,  p.  414),  and  he  suggested  that  search  be  made 
among  them.  It  was  among  these  Mount  Vernon  papers  preserved  by  Mr.  Law- 
rence Washington  of  Alexandria,  which  last  winter  were  temporarily  deposited 
in  the  National  Museum  at  Washington,  1).  C,  that  the  curator  of  the  Museum, 
Mr.  A.  Howard  Clark,  discovered  the  original  will.  The  papers  were  withdrawn 
from  the  Museum  in  February  last,  to  be  sold  at  auction.  Joseph  M.  Toner, 
M.D.,  of  Washington,  has  made  an  exact  copy  of  this  will  from  the  original. 
The  wills  of  Lawrence  Washington  the  emigrant,  brother  of  Col.  John; 
of  Lawrence  Washington,  son  of  John  the  emigrant;  of  Augustine  Washing- 
ton, son  of  the  preceding  and  father  of  the  general;  and  of  Lawrence 
Washington,  the  general's  half  brother,  are  also  extant  and  Dr.  Toner 
has  copies  of  them.  The  five  wills  are  promised  to  us  by  him  for  the 
next  number  of  the  Register.  The  will  of  Augustine  has  never  been  printed. 
There  is,  as  part  of  the  same  record,  a  copy  of  the  Deed  of  Roger  Gregory  and 
his  wife  Mildred  (Washington)  Gregory — aunt  and  god-mother  of  George, — to 
Augustine  Washington,  her  brother,  of  the  Little  Hunting  Creeke,  now  Mount 
Vernon,  Estate  which  she  inherited  from  her  father  Lawrence  Washington,  son 
of  John  the  emigrant.  The  recitals  in  this  deed  to  Mildred's  brother  Augustine 
the  father  of  George,  makes  clear  the  kinship  of  the  Washingtons  and  also  the 
claim  of  title  to  the  Mount  Vernon  estate. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  511 

The  record  of  the  will  was  discovered,  about  the  same  time  as  the  will  itself,  by 
Mr.  J.  Warren  Hutt,  clerk  of  the  county  court  of  Westmoreland,  Va. ,  in  his  office. 
Mr.  Isaac  J.  Greenwood  caused  searches  to  be  made  iu  this  office  in  1873  and  in 

1889,  and  Mr.  Conway  made  a  search  there  personally  in  the  latter  year.  They 
were  all  unsuccessful.     But  the  search  was  not  abandoned,  and  in  December, 

1890,  the  old  original  record  book  of  Westmoreland  county,  embracing  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  courts,  patents,  assignments  of  patents,  deeds,  fiduciary  acts, 
depositions,  etc.,  after  having  been  thrown  aside,  was  accidentally  discovered. 
In  this  volume  the  will  of  Col.  John  Washington  was  entered.  Mr.  Hutt 
promptly  notified  Messrs.  Conway  and  Greenwood  of  the  discovery,  and  sent 
them  copies  of  the  will.  Mr.  Conway  had  the  will  printed  in  the  Nation  for 
Dec.  18,  1890,  and  Mr.  Greenwood  sent  his  copy  to  the  editor  of  the  Register. 
The  record  is  much  mutilated,  and  there  are  many  breaks  in  the  copies  furnished 
by  the  clerk.  It  was  no  doubt  from  this  record  that  Bishop  Meade  got  his  brief 
notes  of  the  will,  which  he  says  was  much  mutilated.  The  original  will,  for- 
tunately, can  all  be  made  out. 

Mr.  Conway  has  written  an  article  on  the  Washington  family  for  Harper's 
Magazine,  which  will  appear  in  the  May  number.  It  will  be  richly  illustrated. 
The  author  visited  England  last  year  and  collected  much  interesting  material. 
His  personal  researches  have  resulted  in  finding  important  evidence  in  favor  of 
Mr.  Waters's  theory,  which  will  appear  in  his  article.  We  shall  lay  it  before  our 
readers  in  our  July  number.  Mr.  Conway's  article  cannot  fail  to  be  interesting 
and  trustworthy. 

Mr.  James  Greenstreet  has  contributed  to  ' '  The  Genealogist "  for  January, 

1891,  page  145-7,  an  article  entitled  "  The  Ancestry  of  General  Washington," 
in  which  he  makes  known  to  us  some  of  the  unpublished  discoveries  of  Col. 
Chester,  relating  to  the  ancestry  of  Washington.  Mr.  Waters  will  print  this 
article  in  the  next  number  of  his  Gleanings.  Mr.  Whitmore  expressed  the  feel- 
ings of  Col.  Chester's  American  friends,  when  he  wrote  in  the  Register  for 
October,  1889  (vol.  43,  page  424,  ante  p.  403) ,  in  his  annotations  of  Mr.  Waters's 
article  :  "Every  one  will  regret  that  Col.  Chester  did  not  have  the  good  fortune 
to  bring  to  a  successful  conclusion  the  investigation  which  he  pursued  for  so 
many  years." — Editor. 


Rich*  Russell  of  the  city  of  Hereford  the  elder,  gen1, 16  August,  1627, 
proved  13  June  1628.     My  body  to  be  buried  at  the  West  door  in  the 
parish  of  St.  Jones  in  the  city  of  Hereford  as  near  to  the  grave  as  may  be 
of  Jane  Russell  my  late  wife  deceased.     To  my  cousin  Bridget  Parry  wife 
of  Charles  Parie,  gen'.     To  Elizabeth  Russell  daughter  of  Paul  Russell 
deceased.      To    Katherine   Scroope   the   daughter  of  my   sister   Winifred 
Scroope.     To  my  said  sister  Winifred  Scroope.     To  the  four  sons  of  my 
cousin  Robert  Russell  of  Whitefilde  in  the  Co.  of  Hereford,  deceased,  viz* 
Hugh  (his  eldest  son),  William,  Robert  and  Richard  Russell.     To  the  four 
daughters  of  the  aforesaid  Robert  Russell,  viz4  Alles,  Mary,  Winifride  and 
Bridget  Russell.     To  Frances  Bridges  the  grandchild  of  Jane,  my  late  wife 
deceased.     To  my  maid  servant  Anne  Jeffres  and  Jane  Jeffres,  my  late 
servant.     To  my  cousin   William  Russell  senior.     To  my  cousin  Richard 
Ravenhill  junior  and  to   my   sister   Ellenor   Ravenhill.     To   Mr.  Charles 
Parrie,  to  Mary,  wife  of  James  Scrivenor,  to  Mr.  James  Lane  and  his  wife 
Katherine  Lane.     To  Francis  Lyde.    My  cousin  James  Scrivenor.     Edward 
Russell  of  London.     Ann  Holland  wife  of  Richard  Holland,  tanner.     James 
Russell  of  London,  girdler.     Richard   and   James   Ravenhill   the   sons   of 
Richard  Ravenhill  junior.     Thomas  Quarrell  of  the  City  of  Hereford  mer- 
cer.    Richard  Russell  of  Caldicote.     Elizabeth  Griffitts  wife  of  William 
Griffitts  sadler.     Katherine  Roath  wife  of  William   Wroath.     Katherine 
Smith  wife  of  Thomas  Smith  of  Wesson   gen*.       Anne   wife   of   Hopkin 
Protheroath.     The  three  sons  of  Paul   Russell  deceased,  viz*  James,  Paul 
and  Richard  Russell.     My  four  godchildren,  viz*  Richard  Smith  of  Wesson, 


512  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Roger  Simons,  Bartholomew  Taylor  and  Elinor  Quarrell.  The  poor  of 
every  ward  in  the  City  of  Hereford.  The  five  children  of  my  cousin  Hugh 
Russell  deceased.  Residue  of  personal  estate  to  Frances  Bridges  and 
Anne  Jeffres  equally.  My  executors  to  be  my  loving  kinsman  William 
Russell  the  elder,  gen1,  and  Francis  Lyde,  goldsmith. 

Barrington,  63. 

Mary  Eyton  of  St.  Stephens,  within  the  city  of  Bristol,  widow  30  April 
1645,  proved  20  April  1646.  To  be  buried  in  St.  Stephen's  Church 
near  my  late  husband  William  Eyton  deceased.  To  my  dear  and  loving 
mother  fifty  pounds  (and  certain  silver  &c).    My  brother  Richard  Robinson. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  kinsman  Mr.  James  Russell  the  other  of  those 
two  cups  which  were  my  grandmother's  and  which  my  said  mother  shall  re- 
fuse, and  also  twenty  pounds  in  money  to  make  him  and  his  wife  rings.  I 
give  and  bequeath  to  my  cousin  Mr.  Paul  Russell  twenty  pounds  of  lawful 
money  of  England  as  a  token  of  my  love.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  god 
daughter,  my  cousin  Mr.  Richard  Russell's  daughter,  twenty  pounds  &c.  as 
a  token  and  six  silver  "  Postell  spoons,"  which  were  her  great-grand- 
mother's. To  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Derricke  twenty  pounds,  my  cypress 
chest  (and  other  things).  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  cousin  Mr.  James 
Russell's  daughter  my  best  suite  of  Holland  of  laid  work  and  fringed.  I 
give  and  bequeath  to  my  cousin  Richard  Russell's  daughter  Catherine  my 
best  suite  of  diaper,  two  pair  of  sheets  and  a  pair  of  pillowbeeres  and  a  side 
board  cloth  laced  round  and  wrought  round.  To  my  cousin  Elizabeth 
Bampton  ten  pounds,  and  her  husband  shall  not  have  anything  to  do  there- 
with, but  it  shall  wholly  be  at  her  disposing.  To  my  god  daughter  Elizabeth 
Fox  forty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Hiscocks,  his  daughter,  my  god  daughter, 
forty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Millen's  two  daughters,  my  late  husband's 
god  daughter  and  mine,  Catherine  and  Mary,  fifty  pounds  equally  to  be 
divided  between  them,  so  that  they  do  not  molest,  trouble,  sue  or  vex  in  the 
law  mine  executrix  for  either  of  their  legacies  given  them  by  my  said  husband 
William  Eyton  deceased.  To  my  godson  Hugh  Kelly  five  pounds.  To 
Mary  Reade  dau.  of  William  Reade.  To  Dorothy  Eyton  my  cousin  John 
Eyton's  daughter.  My  cousin  Elizabeth  Dearges  living  in  London,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  Russell,  and  her  two  children.  My  kinswoman  Mary 
Hathway,  daughter  of  Thomas  Hathway  and  Margaret  his  wife,  to  be 
residuary  legatee  and  executrix.  None  of  her  kindred  by  her  father's  side 
shall  have  anything  to  do  with  my  gifts  to  her.  Twisse,  45. 

[In  Oct.,  1889  (See  Register,  Vol.  43,  pp.  425-6,  ante  p.  405),  I  gave  abstracts 
of  the  wills  of  the  father  and  grandfather  of  Richard  Russell  of  Charlestowu. 
The  two  preceding  wills  also  refer  to  him.  According  to  Wyman's  Genealogies 
and  Estates  of  Charlestown,  Richard  Russell,  son  of  Paul,  of  Hereford,  born 
1611,  apprenticed  at  Bristol,  England,  4  Oct.  1628,  arrived  1640  with  wife ;  both 
admitted  to  the  church  23.3.1641.  He  was  a  merchant,  representative,  Coun- 
cillor, Speaker,  Treasurer  and  Assistant.  He  married,  first,  Maud  Pitt,  who 
died  1652,  and,  secondly,  Mary  Chester,  who  died  30  Nov.  1688,  aged  about  80. 
He  died  14.3.1676,  in  the  65th  year  of  his  age.  In  his  will,  made  29.5.1674,  he 
mentioned  wife  Mary,  her  three  daughters  and  seven  grandchildren,  Whiting, 
son  James  and  his  family,  daughter  Roswell  and  her  son,  daughter  Graves  and 
her  children,  sister  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Corbet  of  Bristol,  sister  Sarah  Russell  of 
Bristol,  sister  in  law  Mary  Newell  and  her  sons  Joseph  and  John,  James  Cary 
and  others.  He  bequeathed  one  hundred  pounds  to  Harvard  College  and  made 
large  bequests  to  the  town  and  church.  The  "sister-in-law  Mary  Newell" 
mentioned  by  him  is  recorded  as  "  relict  of  Andrew  Newell  of  ye  City  of  Bris- 
tol, merchant,"  and  "  daughter  of  William  Pitt,  Sheriff  of  the  City  of  Bristol." 
For  notes  on  the  family  of  Pitt  of  Bristol  see  previous  number  of  Gleanings, 
relating  to  the  Holworthy  family. — Henry  F.  Waters.] 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  513 

Joseph  Mate  of  the  Strand,  in  the  county  of  Middlesex,  gentleman, 
5  (?)  March  1631,  proved  15  February  1635.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish 
of  Savoy  forty  shillings.  To  my  sister  Susan  ten  pounds.  To  my  sister 
Ellen  a  ring  of  twenty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Benjamin  Cheland  (sic) 
five  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Thomas  Moyne  thirty  pounds,  my  brother 
Nathaniel's  son,  to  be  given  him  at  the  discretion  of  my  executor,  or  if  he 
die  in  the  wars  four  years  after  to  his  "dafter"  thirty  pounds. 

"Item  I  give  to  my  cozen  Cornelius  Maye  fyv,e  pounds,  to  be  paid  him  as 
his  Uncle  Phinees  Maye  doth  thinke  fitt.  But  if  he  dye  at  sea  I  only  give  his 
sonne  that  was  borne  in  Virginea."  Item  I  give  to  my  cousin  Mathyas 
children  to  be  ordered  by  my  executor.  To  my  cousin  Thomas  Collynes 
five  pounds  and  to  all  his  sisters  a  ring  of  twenty  shillings  apiece, 
and  a  ring  to  his  wife  of  like  price.  To  my  cousin  William  Collyns  and 
his  wife  a  ring  of  twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  Jane  Primrose  five 
pounds  and  to  her  sister  Elizabeth  Maye  forty  shillings.  To  the  young 
man  that  dwelleth  at  Tavistock*  called  Joseph  Maye.  To  a  goldsmith 
wife  called  Mary  Ratcliffe  in  Exon.  Others.  My  brother  Phynies  Maye 
to  be  executor,  &c.  In  witness  whereto  I  set  my  name  and  seal  1 0  July 
1632.  Item  to  Manuell  Maye  my  kinsman,  Joseph  Maye.  Let  my 
brother  Phinees  remember  better  Mathias  children  and  my  cousin  Thomas 
Maye.  A  ring  to  my  brother  Collyns.  A  ring  to  my  cousin  John  Beare 
and  to  my  cousin  John  Sherman.     20  November  1635. 

A  codicil  (made  on  death  bed  about  20  Nov.  1635).  His  cousin  Benja- 
min Cleveland"}*  should  have  but  forty  shillings,  whereas  is  expressed  in  the 
said  will  xlb  (?  vlb).  His  cousin  John  Sherman  should  have  nothing.  His 
cousin  Joseph  May  of  Tavistock  should  have  nothing.  Pile,  9. 

Peter  Randolph  of  Chatsworth  in  the  county  of  Henrico  Esq.  4  May 
1767,  proved  21  Oct.  1768.  To  my  dear  wife  Lucy  the  land  and  plantation 
known  by  the  name  of  Chatsworth,  with  all  the  slaves,  horses  and  stocks  of 
all  kinds  thereon  at  the  time  of  my  death,  and  all  my  household  furniture, 
plate,  linen  and  china,  likewise  my  chariot  and  horses  for  and  during  her 
natural  life,  to  be  in  lieu  and  satisfaction  of  her  dower.  And  that  she  may 
be  the  better  enabled  to  support  herself  and  entertain  my  children  1  like- 
wise give  unto  my  said  wife  fifty  pounds  sterling  during  her  natural  life  in 
case  she  thinks  fit  to  demand  it  of  my  executors;  and  also  that  the  house 
may  be  supplied  with  provisions  from  my  plantations  in  as  plentiful  a 
manner  as  was  in  my  lifetime  &c.  To  son  William  all  the  estate  bequeathed 
unto  his  mother,  after  her  death,  and  my  tract  of  land  in  Chesterfield 
County  called  Skin  Quarter,  with  all  the  slaves,  stocks  and  horses  thereon, 
and  the  tract  of  land  I  purchased  of  Robert  Munford  lying  on  Stanton 
River,  with  all  the  slaves  &c.  To  my  son  Beverley  my  tract  of  land  in 
Cumberland  County  known  by  the  name  of  the  Fork,  and  two  tracts  of 
land  on  Roanoke  River  which  I  purchased  of  Thomas  Nash,  containing 
about  thirteen  hundred  acres  &c.  To  my  son  Robert  three  tracts  of  land 
on  Roanoke  River,  that  is  to  say,  the  land  which  I  purchased  of  Col0 
Bannister,  that  which  I  purchased  of  Thomas  Douglas,  lying  on  Dan  River 
and  the  land  I  purchased  of  Hampton  Wade,  lying  on  Stanton  River,  the 
whole  being  about  three  thousand  acres  &c.  To  daughter  Ann  Fitzhugh 
three  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  My  two  acres  of  land  in  Chesterfield 
opposite  to  Chatsworth  to  my  three  sous,  in  common,  for  the  accommodation 

*  A  line  run  through  "  dwelleth  at  Tavistock."— h.  f.  w. 
t  See  Cheland  above. — h.  f.  w. 


514         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 


of  their  servants,  slaves  and  horses,  to  bring  down  tobacco  to  the  ware- 
house. Residue  to  son  William.  Col.  Archibald  Cary,  Col.  Richard  Ran- 
dolph, John  Wayles  and  Seth  Ware  Sen  :to  be  executors. 

Wit. :  Carter  Braxton,  John  Hylton  and  Anthony  Hay. 

In  the  Probate  Act  he  is  called  the  Hon.  Peter  Randolph,  late  Surveyor 

Gen1  of  H.  M.  Customs  for  the  Middle  Western  District  of  North  America. 

Seeker,  393. 

[See  Bishop  Meade's  Old  Churches,  Ministers  and  Families  of  Virginia,  vol.  I. 
pp.  138-40.— Editor.] 

Sibell  Fryer  of  New  Sarum,  widow  of  John  Fryer  of  the  same  city, 
iunholder,  29  December  1635,  proved  23  February  1635.  To  my  grand- 
child Margaret  Brook  who  now  lives  in  house  with  me  twenty  pounds  at 
her  age  of  eighteen.     My  late  husband's  son  George  Fryer. 

Item  I  give  unto  John  Bennett,  now  iu  New  England,  five  pounds  if  he 
be  living,  and  unto  Mary  Sharpe  daughter  of  my  husband's  eldest  daughter 
I  give  five  pounds.  To  the  two  eldest  daughters  of  my  daughter  in  law 
Mary  Owen  five  pounds  apiece,  at  fourteen.  To  my  two  daughters  in  law 
Julyan  Sharpe  and  Mary  Owen  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  my  daughter  Ann 
Jempson  ten  pounds  in  regard  of  a  promise  made  unto  her  of  satisfaction 
for  putting  her  life  out  of  a  leasehold  which  is  settled  on  my  daughter 
Margaret.  All  the  rest  to  my  two  daughters  Margaret  Good  and  Anne 
Jempson  whom  I  ordain  &c.  sole  executrixes. 

Wit:  Ambrose   Hewes,  Mary   Godfrey,  William  Jemson,  Robert  Good, 

William  Derbie.  Pile,  19. 

[There  was  a  John  Bennett  in  that  part  of  Salem  afterwards  set  off  as  Marble- 
head,  who  had  a  grant,  in  1G38,  of  four  acres  "upon  John  Peaches  Necke." 
William  Keene  and  Nicholas  Liston  had  grants  of  land  on  the  same  neck,  which 
now  goes  by  the  name  of  Peach's  Point,  and  is  the  summer  home  of  Messrs. 
George  W.  Benson,  Benjamin  W.  Crowninshield,  and  others. — Henry  F. 
Waters.] 

Richard  Spencer  of  London,  gen*,  17  March  1645,  with  a  codicil 
bearing  date  29  May  1646,  proved  8  June  1646.  To  Thomas  Spencer, 
son  of  my  brother  Thomas  Spencer,  all  my  copyhold  lands  and  tene- 
ments by  me  purchased  of  the  creditors  of  Walter  Marston,  situate  in 
Kingsbury  Street  near  St.  Albans,  iu  the  co.  of  Hertford,  in  the  parish 
of  St.  Michael.  To  Daniel  Spencer  of  London,  grocer,  son  of  my 
brother  John  Spencer  deceased,  all  those  eight  messuages  or  tenements 
&c.  lately  by  me  purchased  of  John  Gearing,  grocer,  from  and  after  the 
decease  of  Margaret  Greene  of  London,  widow,  situate  in  the  parish 
of  St.  Margaret  Lothbury  in  London.  To  Sarah  Bland  and  Hannah 
Bland,  daughters  of  my  sister  Katherine  Bland  deceased,  and  to  Elizabeth 
Tomlyns,  widow,  daughter  of  my  brother  Jarrard  Spencer  deceased,  my 
messuage  or  tenement  situate  in  Grace  Church  Street,  near  the  great  Inn 
called  the  Crosse.  Keys,  late  in  the  tenure  of  William  Toone  or  his  assigns, 
to  be  equally  divided  between  them,  by  the  rents,  issues  and  profits  thereof 
during  their  natural  lives.  And  after  the  decease  of  the  said  Elizabeth 
Tomlyns  and  Hanna  then  I  give  and  devise  the  said  messuage  and  tene- 
ment unto  the  said  Sarah  Bland  and  her  heirs  forever.  To  the  said  Daniel 
Spencer  all  my  lands  and  tenements  in  the  counties  of  Kent  and  Essex,  he 
to  pay  unto  Anthony  Spencer  and  Jarrard  Spencer,  sons  of  my  brother 
Thomas  Spencer  deceased,  and  unto  the  two  children  of  Margaret  Spencer 
deceased,  now  iu  or  near  London  and  at  the  disposing  of  Elizabeth  Carter 
their  aunt,  the  sum  of  thirty  pounds  yearly  during  their  natural  lives,  i.  e. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  515 

ten  pounds  per  annum  to  the  said  two  children  or  their  guardians  in  their 
minorities,  or  the  survivor  of  them,  aud  ten  pounds  apiece  to  the  said 
Anthony  Spencer  and  Jarrard  Spencer,  to  be  paid  unto  them  and  their 
guardians  by  half  yearly  payments  as  the  rents  of  the  said  lands  and  tene- 
ments shall  grow  due  after  my  decease. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Jarrard  Spencer,  Thomas  Spencer, 
Michaell  Spencer,  sons  of  my  brother  Jarrard  Spencer  deceased,  the  sum 
of  fifty  pounds  apiece,  and  unto  the  children  of  William  Spencer,  son  of  my 
said  brother  Jarrard  Spencer  deceased,  to  be  divided  between  them  equally, 
the  sum  of  fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  unto  their  guardians,  aud  within  two 
years  next  after  my  decease. 

To  Thomas  Martyn  and  Mary  his  wife,  now  dwelling  with  me,  the  re- 
maining term  to  come  in  my  dwelling  house  and  the  hangings  and  pictures 
in  the  two  rooms  thereof,  with  all  partitions  in  the  upper  rooms  of  it  or 
elsewhere.  To  Edward  Terrey  vintner,  my  kinsman,  one  hundred  and 
tliirty  pounds  which  he  oweth  me  by  bond.  And  I  bequeath  unto  him  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife,  my  sister's  daughter,  thirty  pounds,  within  three  years 
&c.     The  rest  to  Daniel  Spencer  whom  I  make  aud  ordain  sole  executor. 

Wit:  John  Norburie,  William  Norburie.  Twisse,  79. 

[In  the  June  Term  of  Essex  Co.  Court  (Salem),  1671.  in  a  trial  of  the  case  of 
John  Ruck,  Administrator,  versus  Joseph  Armitage,  the  following  paper  was 
put  in: 

"  Boston  :  in  New  England  ye  19  Jan'y,  1648. 

Att  thirty  dayes  sight  of  this  my  seacond  bill  of  exchange  (my  first  &  third  of 
the  same  tenour  &  date  not  being  payed)  pay  unto  Mr.  Thomas  Ruck,  haber- 
dasher, att  the  Seauen  Starres  on  London  Bridge,  or  to  his  assignes,  the  some 
of  thirty  pounds  sterly  &  is  part  of  the  Legacy  gyuen  mee  by  my  Unckle  Richard 
Spencer  &  the  payement  hereof  shalbee  your  discharge  for  soe  much  at  day,  pray 
you  make  good  payement  &  place  it  to  acco.  :     I  say  pay  £30  :  00  :  00." 

(Signed)  "  Michaell  Spenser." 

"  The  dyrection  is— To  my  Louinge  Cousen  Mr.  Danyell  Spenser  Grocer  in 

Friday  Streete  in  London." 

This  bill  was  protested  by  Joshua  Mainett,  Notary  and  Tabellion  publick  of 
London,  who  reported  that  "  the  said  Danyell  Spencer  answered  that  hee  will 
pay  noe  monneyes  nor  haue  to  doe  with  the  sayd  bill  of  exchange." 

The  above  case  was  referred  to  the  arbitration  of  Capt.  Roger  Spenser  and 
Christopher  Lawson. 

I  find  that  Michael  and  Jarrard  Spencer  were  both  at  Lynn,  for  a  while,  and 
that  Timothy  Toinlin  owned  land  next  to  the  latter.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

John  Style  of  Stebonheath  als  Stepney,  Middlesex  26  October  1685, 
with  a  codicil  referring  to  a  former  will  bearing  date  25  March  1680; 
proved  30  July  1686  and  again  31  August  1686.  To  Elizabeth  Nurse 
thirty  pounds  and  to  Frances  Walshall  seventy  pounds,  to  be  abated  to 
them  upon  their  paying  the  sum  of  six  hundred  pounds,  remainder  of  mort- 
gage chargeable  on  Glassenbury  house  in  Smithfield.  To  Mr.  Matthew 
Meade,  sometime  minister  of  Stepney,  twenty  pounds,  to  Dr.  Ainslow  of 
Spittlesfields  ten  pounds,  to  Seth  Powell  of  Barnard's  Inn,  London,  gent, 
ten  pounds.  To  my  sister  in  law  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Short  twenty  shillings  to 
buy  her  a  ring.  To  her  son  Peter  Short  five  pounds.  To  Mrs.  Lisle 
forty  shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  Mrs.  Mildmay,  daughter  to  Mrs. 
Brewster  four  pounds.  To  Mrs.  Taylor,  wife  of  Mr.  Taylor  of  Barking, 
ten  pounds.     To  Mr.  Graves,  sometime  minister  of  Stepney,  five  pounds. 

To Henderson,  my  god  daughter,  five  pounds.    To  William  Burrough 

of  Staple  Inn,  London,  gen1.,  whom  I  do  make  whole  and  sole  executor, 
forty  pounds;  and  he  shall,  from  time  to  time,  when  required,  give  a  true 


51G  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

account  of  the  management  to  the  above  named  Seth  Powell,  whom  I  make 
overseer.     To  my  servant  Elizabeth  Vere  all  the  household  goods. 

Lastly  I  give  to  my  nephew  George  Burrough  of  New  England,  clerk, 
all  my  books  and  all  other  my  estate  whatsoever  or  wheresoever  not  before 
devised,  which  shall,  from  time  to  time  and  in  such  manner  as  he  and  the 
said  Mr.  Powell  shall  desire,  be  consigned  or  remitted  to  him  by  my  said 
executor,  or  else  the  said  legacy  of  forty  pounds  to  him  given  shall  he  void. 

In  the  codicil  he  confirms  the  devise  made  in  the  earlier  will  to  Richard 
Hoare,  citizen  and  goldsmith,  of  the  capital  messuage  in  West  Smithfield 
known  as  the  Glassenbury  house,  together  with  four  messuages  in  Cock 
Lane,  St.  Sepulchre's,  and  gives  to  Mr.  Austin  Brewster  forty  shillings  to 
buy  him  a  ring.  Lloyd,  101. 

[George  Burrough,  named  as  a  nephew  in  the  above  will  of  John  Style,  was 
<l  the  most  prominent  victim  of  the  witchcraft  fanaticism  of  1692."  Accounts 
of  him  will  be  found  in  Sibley's  Harvard  Graduates,  vol.  2,  pp.  323-34;  and 
Upham's  Salem  Witchcraft,  vol.  1,  pp.  255-68,  vol.  2,  140-63,  296-304,  480,  482, 
514 ;  besides  in  various  other  books.  Sibley  says  that  he  wrote  his  name  Burrough 
"  in  Sewall's  receipt  book  for  a  bill  of  exchange  drawn  on  his  '  cousin-german 
Wm  Burrough  of  London.'"  This  William  Burrough  is  probably  the  person 
whom  Mr.  Style  appoints  his  executor.  The  Rev.  George  Burrough  wrote  his 
surname,  Burroughs  in  the  latter  part  of  his  life,  as  is  shown  in  the  facsimile 
of  his  autograph  in  Upham's  Witchcraft,  vol.  1,  p.  280.  In  the  Roxbury  church 
record  it  is  spelled  Burrows.  He  was  admitted  to  full  communion  in  the  church 
at  Roxbury,  April  12,  1674,  and  had  a  daughter  Rebecca  baptized  there  the- 
same  day,  and  a  son  George  baptized  Nov.  25,  1675.  It  is  probable  that  he 
was  a  son  of  "  Mrs  Rebecca  Burrows  who,"  according  to  the  Roxbury  church 
records,  "  came  fro  Virginia  yl  she  might  enjoy  God  in  his  Ordin.  in  N.  E."  and 
who,  Nov.  29,  1674,  was  "  recommended  &  dismissed,  she  going  for  England." 
(Register,  vol.  33,  p.  239.) 

George  Burrough  was  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1670,  and  was  a  preacher 
at  Casco,  now  Portland,  Maine,  as  early  as  1674.  Here  he  resided  when  the 
place  was  destroyed  by  the  Indians,  Aug.  11,  1676.  He  preached  at  Salem 
Village,  now  Danvers,  from  November,  1680,  to  March,  1683.  As  early  as  June, 
1685,  he  returned  to  Casco,  which  settlement  was  again  destroyed  by  the  French 
and  Indians,  May  20,  1690.  He  then  went  to  Wells,  where  he  was  preaching 
when  the  witchcraft  excitement  broke  out.  He  was  apprahended  at  Wells,  May 
4,  1692,  and  carried  to  Salem,  where  he  was  tried  for  witchcraft  and  condemned. 
He  was  executed  on  Gallows  Hill,  August  19,  1692. — Editor.] 

Edward  Sammes  of  London,  grocer,  proved  26  February  1635.  To 
wife  Bennett  one  third  of  my  whole  estate  according  to  the  laudable  custom 
of  the  city  of  London.  One  other  third  to  my  children  unprovided,  viz' 
Martha,  Elizabeth,  Edward,  John  and  William.  To  daughter  Margaret, 
already  preferred  in  marriage,  forty  shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring,  and  to  her 
husband  Edward  Parker  forty  shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring.  Copyhold  lands 
in  Barking,  Essex,  and  lands  in  Mark's  Teye,  Feering  and  Aldum  which  I 
bought  of  my  cousin  Doctor  Sammes  to  my  wife  for  life;  afterwards  the 
lands  in  Barking  to  son  Edward,  remainder  to  son  William.  To  Edward 
the  houses  and  lands  at  Maldon,  Essex,  given  me  by  Mrs.  Anastace  Went- 
worth.  To  son  John  the  lands  bought  of  Dr.  Sammes,  with  remainder  to 
William  and  then  to  Edward.  To  6on  Edward  the  reversion  of  a  copyhold 
lying  in  Royden  near  Dysse  in  Norfolk.  To  my  loving  cousins  Dr. 
Sammes  and  his  wife  forty  shillings  apiece,  to  buy  them  rings ;  to  my 
brother  in  law  Dr.  Wright  and  his  wife,  each  forty  shillings  &c. ;  to  my 
brother  in  law  Nathaniel  Wright  and  his  wife,  each  forty  shillings  &c. ;  to 

Mr Browne  preacher  of  St.   Ellen's  four  pounds  and  to  my  cousin 

Stone  preacher  in  New  England  five  pounds.  To  Mr.  Thomas  Stock  and 
his  wife  forty  shillings.  Pile,  21. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  517 

[Edward  Sammes,  the  testator,  was  a  son  of  Henry  Sammes  of  Tothara  in 
Essex,  and  his  pedigree  is  found  in  the  Visitation  of  London  of  1633  (Harleian 
Society's  Publications,  vol.  17,  p.  224).  He  married  Bennet,  daughter  of  John 
Wright  of  Rumford  in  Essex.  His  eldest  son  Edward  was  12  years  old  in  1633. 
There  are  pedigrees  of  Sammes,  evidently  the  same  family,  in  the  Visitation  of 
Essex,  1634,  Harleian  Soc.  Pub.,  vol.  13,  pp.  482-3.  The  cousin  Stone  named 
was,  I  presume,  Rev.  Samuel  Stone  of  Hartford,  Ct. — Editor.] 

Anne  Towers  of  Maydstone,  Kent,  widow,  29  October  1653,  proved 
21  March  1654  (English  style).  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Maidstone 
five  pounds,  to  be  distributed  at  the  discretion  of  My  brother  Mr  Thomas 
Taylor  of  Maidstone.  To  my  daughter  Mrs.  Dorothy  Hathway  of  Maid- 
stone, widow,  that  house  &c.  wherein  John  Chantler  liveth,  the  which  I 
lately  bought  of  Mr.  Matthew  Morse.  To  my  said  daughter  Hathway 
my  house  and  lands,  together  with  my  parsonage  tythes  in  Barsted,  Kent, 
all  which  are  in  the  tenure  and  occupation  of  William  Wells  of  Barsted. 
But  my  daughter  Hathway  shall  pay  to  my  dear  mother  Mrs.  Dorothy 
Taylor  of  Maidstone,  during  her  natural  life  an  annuity  of  ten  pounds  per 
annum.  Provision  made  for  John  Taylor,  eldest  son  of  brother  Mr. 
Taylor,  and  for  his  brothers.  Provides  also  for  the  payment  of  one  hun- 
dred pounds  to  my  daughter  Mrs.  Anne  Sams,  wife  of  Mr.  John  Sams  of 
Coggeshall  in  Essex,  clerk.  Also  for  the  supplying  of  my  sister  Mary 
Chambers  with  necessaries  and  for  the  better  education  and  putting  out  of 
her  children. 

My  daughter  Dorothy  Hathway  to  be  executrix  and  brother  Mr.  Thomas 
Taylor  and  kinsman  Mr  John  Turner  of  Maidstone  to  be  overseers. 

Christopher  Gorham  and  Thomas  Meriam  witnesses.  Aylett,  342. 

[Mr.  John  Sams,  mentioned  in  the  will  of  Anne  Towers,  came  to  New-England 
in  1640,  according  to  Savage,  and  settled  in  Roxbury.  He  held  land  in  that 
town  which,  in  1642,  after  his  removal,  was  taken  by  execution  to  satisfy  a 
debt  of  £50.  18s.  due  Gov.  Thomas  Dudley  (Suffolk  Deeds,  Lib.  I.  fol.  37-8,  81). 
Calamy  says  that  he  had  his  education  in  New-England.  He  was  appointed 
Vicar  of  Kelvedon  in  Essex,  Sept.  9,  1647,  by  the  Committee  for  Plundered 
Ministers.  He  was  still  at  Kelvedon  in  1650,  as  appears  by  the  Parliamentary 
return  of  that  year.  He  succeeded  Dr.  Johu  Owen  as  Vicar  of  Coggeshall  in  the 
same  county  as  early  as  1653.  On  the  11th  July,  1654,  Deborah,  daughter  of 
Jo.  and  Anne  Sames,  "  vicar,"  was  baptized  there.  He  was  ejected  from 
Coggeshall  under  the  Bartholomew  act.  Afterwards  he  set  up  a  separate  meeting 
in  that  place,  of  which  he  died  pastor.  He  was  buried  at  Coggeshall,  Dec.  16, 
1672.  His  funeral  sermon  was  preached  by  Thomas  Lowry  frorn  Isaiah  lxiii.  1,  2. 
(See  Beaumont's  History  of  Coggeshall,  pp.  62  and  141 ;  Davids's  Annals  of 
Evangelical  Non-conformity  in  Essex,  pp.  363-5;  Calamy's  Ejected  Ministers, 
vol.  II.  p.  305;  Palmer's  Non-conformists'  Memorial,  ed.  1778,  vol.  I.  p.  498.)  — 
Editor.] 

Francis  Benskin  of  St.  Martin  in  the  fields,  Middlesex,  Esqre  26  Sep- 
tember 1691,  proved  2  January  1691.  To  loving  friends  Edmund  Wyatt 
of  Maidstoue,  Kent,  Serg'  at  Law  Richard  Bings  the  elder  Esqre,  Edmund 
Ogar  Esqre  and  Thomas  Whitfield,  Scrivener,  &c.  all  that  my  messuage  &c. 
in  Oxendon  Street,  St.  Martin's,  wherein  I  now  dwell,  for  the  term  of  years 
I  have  to  come  in  the  same  by  virtue  of  a  Lease  &c.  in  trust,  to  suffer  1113* 
dear  wife,  Frances  Benskin,  to  take  and  receive  to  her  own  use  the  rents 
thereof  during  her  natural  life,  if  she  keep  herself  a  widow,  except  one 
room  up  one  pair  of  stairs  forward  and  the  furniture  thereof,  which  I  give 
and  dispose  to  the  use  of  my  daughter  Frances  Benskin  &c.  And  after 
the  decease  or  marriage  of  my  said  wife  then  they  shall  permit  and  suffer 
my  said  daughter  and  the  heirs  of  her  body  and,  for  want  of  such  issue,  my 


518  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

son  Thomas  Benskin  and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  and,  for  want  of  such  issue, 
my  son  Henry  Benskin  and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  and,  for  want  of  such 
issue,  my  cousin  Edward  Benskin,  his  executors,  administrators  and  assigns, 
to  take  and  receive  the  rents  &c.  of  my  said  messuage  to  her,  his  and  their 
use  successively.  All  my  plate  to  my  wife.  Eight  hundred  pounds  to  my 
daughter  at  her  age  of  twenty  years.  Five  hundred  pounds  to  my  son 
Thomas,  payable  out  of  a  certain  mortgage  or  estate  in  Leicestershire 
granted  unto  me  and  my  son  Thomas  by  John  Platts  and  Theophilus  Ber- 
nard. To  my  son  Henry  Benskin  of  Virginia  two  hundred  pounds  within 
one  year.     To  my  kinsman  Edward  Benskin  twenty  pounds. 

Fane,  3. 
[For  will  of  Henry  Benskin  see  ante  p.  106,   Register,  Vol.  39,  p.   165. — 

H.  F.  W.] 

William  Spencer  of  Cheriton  14  August  1596,  proved  20  September 
1596.  To  my  daughter  Joanna  fifty  pounds,  to  be  put  out  for  her  use  (by 
the  advice  of  my  wife,  Mr  Richard  Burden,  parson  of  Tysted,  Mr.  Stephen 
Bacheler,  minister  of  Whenoell  [Wherwell  ?  ],  my  brother  John  Spencer, 
and  John  Osgood,  my  wife's  brother),  until  her  age  of  eighteen  years  or  day 
of  marriage.  To  my  second  daughter  Alice  Spencer  two  and  forty  pounds, 
to  be  put  out  according  to  the  order  aforesaid.  To  my  daughter  Anna 
Spencer  forty  pounds  to  be  put  forth  accordingly.  To  my  mother  my 
sealing  ring.  To  my  eldest  son  John  Spencer  fifty  pounds,  whom  I  commit 
to  the  tuition  of  my  mother  during  her  life,  and  after  her  to  my  wife  again, 
and  his  portion  to  be  put  out  for  his  use  according  to  a  godly  course  until  he 
be  of  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  To  my  son  William  forty  pounds, 
to  be  employed  as  the  rest  before  until  he  come  to  one  and  twenty  years  of 
age.  To  Mary  Peto  six  pence.  To  my  brother  John  Osgood  my  best  suit 
of  apparell  with  my  rapier  and  dagger.  To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Osgood 
forty  shillings.  To  my  brother  Robert  Osgood  and  to  Richard  Osgood  and 
to  Peter  Osgood  twelve  pence  apiece.  I  give  a  certain  little  gold  ring  to 
my  brother  John  Spencer.  To  my  mother  in  law  ten  shillings  in  gould. 
To  my  brother  Thomas  Spencer  two  shillings.  To  all  my  brothers  and 
brothers  in  law  their  children  four  pence  apiece..  .  The  rest  of  my  goods  to 
wife  Margaret  whom  I  ordain  and  constitute  sole  executrix;  and  do  appoint 
Mr  Richard  Burden,  Mr  Stephen  Bacheler,  John  Osgood  and  John  Spencer 
my  overseers.  To  my  cousin  Carpenter  ten  pounds.  My  cousin  Edw : 
Spicer  and  William  Lydall  owe  me  &c.  Others.  Stephen  Bachiler  one  of 
the  witnesses.  Drake,  67. 

[Margaret,  wife  of  William  Spencer  the  testator,  was  probably  a  daughter  of 
Peter  Osgood,  either  of  Upper  or  of  Nether  Wallop,  Hants,  whose  will,  dated 
January  26,  1585-6,  Avas  proved  Feb.  21  (see  Register,  vol.  20,  page  23).  Peter 
left  a  daughter  Margaret,  and  also  sons  Robert,  Richard,  Peter  and  John  and  a 
daughter  Elizabeth.  Spencer  makes  bequests  to  persons  of  these  names  as  his 
brothers  and  sister.  "  Robert  Osgood,  son  of  Peter  and  named  in  his  will,  was 
that  Robert  of  Wherwell  (a  parish  adjoining  the  Wallops)  whose  will  dated 
Aug.  25,  1630,  was  proved  Nov.  17  of  the  same  year."  Osgood  Field,  F.S.A., 
who  contributed  to  the  Register  the  article  above  referred  to,  supposes  the  John 
Osgood,  who  settled  at  Andover,  Mass.  (and  who  according  to  his  will  was  born 
July  23,  1595),  was  a  son  of  Robert  and  grandson  of  Peter  Osgood. — Editor.] 

Edmund  Alleyn  of  Hatfield  Peverell,  Essex,  Esq""1  19  February  1615, 
proved  27  September  1616.  To  be  buried  within  the  chancel  of  the  parish 
church  of  Hatfield  Peverell  under  the  gravestone  of  my  great  grandfather 
Gyles  Leigh.     To  wife  Alice  all  the  plate,  implements  of  household  and 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  519 

other  moveables  she  brought  unto  me  at  our  intermarriage,  and  one  carpet 
of  needlework  which  I  bought  of  my  cousin  Alabaster  Wentworth  &c. 
The  rest  of  my  goods  &c.  to  my  wife  during  her  natural  life,  and  after  her 
death  to  be  divided  into  three  equal  parts,  one  to  be  at  the  free  disposition 
of  my  said  wife  another  to  my  son  Edward  Aleyne,  my  daughter  Elizabeth 
Castell  and  my  daughter  Mary  Hall  and  the  last  third  to  remain  to  such 
charitable  uses  as  hereafter  shall  follow.  To  sou  Robert  Castell,  gen1,  my 
manor  or  farm  called  Bowers,  in  Woodham  Walter,  Essex,  he  to  pay  unto 
my  six  grand  daughters,  Martha  Alleyne,  Constance,  Martha  and  Eliza- 
beth Castell  and  Margaret  and  Martha  Hall,  one  hundred  marks  apiece  at 
their  days  of  marriage  or  ages  of  one  and  twenty,  and  to  my  sou  Kdward's 
three  sons,  Edmund,  George  and  Robert,  towards  their  education  &c.  twenty 
pounds  a  year,  and  to  his  own  sons,  Robert  and  Edmund  Castell  twenty 
marks  a  year  &c,  and  to  Susan  the  wife  of  Josias  Franke  one  hundred 
pounds  within  one  year  after  the  death  of  her  said  husband  Franke.  To  son 
Edward,  my  manor  and  farm  of  Plomborough  in  Hockly  Essex.  Provision 
made  for  the  stipend"  and  allowance  of  the  Vicar  of  Hatfield,  and  my  cousin 
John  Stable  (or  Stuble)  now  incumbent,  to  hold  his  lauds  free  of  tythe 
during  his  abode  there  in  the  ministry.  To  Mr.  Buckley  ten  pounds  and 
to  Mr.  Bachelour  five  pounds.  Other  clergymen  named.  A  bequest  to 
Edmund  Franke,  son  of  Josias. 

Stephen  Bacheler  was  one  of  the  witnesses.  Cope,  87. 

[Edmund  Alleyne  of  Hatfield  Peverell,  the  testator,  was  a  grandson  of  John1 
Alleyne  of  Thaxted  in  Essex,  and  his  wife  Margaret,  daughter  of  Giles  Leigh 
of  Walton,  in  Surrey.  His  father  John2  married  Margaret  Alabaster.  Edmund 
married  Martha,  dau.  and  co-heiress  of  John  Glascock  of  Powers  Hall,  Witham 
in  Essex.  She  died  June  5,  1593.  He  died  Sept.  12,  1616.  His  eldest  son 
Edward  was  created  a  baronet,  June  24,  1629  (See  Wotton's  English  Baronetage, 
London,  1741,  vol.  2,  pp.  150-1,  and  Harleian  Society's  Publications,  vol.  13,  pp. 
133-4  and  333-4).  His  other  children  were  John,  Henry,  Elizabeth  who  married 
Robert  Castell,  Mary  who  married Hall,  Ann  and  Agnes. 

John  Stable  was  presented  to  the  living  of  Hatfield  Peverell,  Aug.  8,  1605. 
"  Edm.  Alleyne,  Gen."  was  the  patron.  (See  Newcourt's  Repertorium,  vol.  2,  p. 
313.)— Editor.] 

Matthew  Wynge  of  Banbury,  Oxon,  taylor,  9  August  1614,  proved  15 
November  1614.  To  be  buried  in  the  church  yard  there.  To  the  poor  of 
Banbury  ten  shillings.  To  eldest  son  Fulk  the  lease  of  the  house  in  which 
I  now  dwell  and  twenty  pounds  in  money.  To  second  son  Thomas  thir- 
teen pounds.  To  third  sou  John  forty  shillings.  To  son  in  law  Robert 
Chamberlain  ten  pounds.  To  daughter  Johanne  twenty  shillings.  To  the 
children  of  eldest  son  Fulk,  viz1  Anne,  Dorcas,  Mary,  Matthew.  To  John 
the  son  of  my  second  son  Thomas.  To  Debora  Wynge  the  daughter  of 
my  third  son  John,  and  to  John,  his  son.  To  John  Nicholls  son  of  John 
Nicholls  my  son  in  law.  To  William  Wynge  the  son  of  my  fourth  son 
James.  To  Thomas  Chaumberlayne  son  of  Robert  Chaumberlayne  my  son  in 
law.  To  the  children  of  Richard  Gullins,  John,  Thomas  and  Phebe.  Sons 
Fulk  and  Thomas  to  be  executors.  Lawe,  111. 

John  Winge  late  of  the  Hague  in  Holland,  clerk,  now  living  in  St- 
Mary  Aldermary,  London,  2  November  1629,  proved  4  August  1630- 
Certain  lauds  (freehold)  in  Cuckston  and  Stroud,  Kent,  shall  be  sold  as 
soon  as  conveniently  may  be  and  the  money  thereof  arising  shall  be,  with 
all  my  other  goods  &c.  divided  iuto  two  equal  parts,  the  one  to  be  had,  re- 
ceived and  enjoyed  unto  and  by  my  loving  wife  Debora  and  the  other  part 


520  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

or  moiety  to  be  equally  and  indifferently  had,  parted,  divided  and  enjoyed 
unto  and  amongst  all  my  children,  share  and  share  alike,  except  unto  and 
by  my  daughter  Deborah  whom  I  have  already  advanced  in  marriage. 
Wife  Deborah  to  be  executrix  and  Edward  Foord  of  London,  merchant, 
and  Andrew  Blake  of  Stroud  in  Kent,  yeoman,  overseers. 

Scroope,  73. 

[The  following  extracts  from  Q.  R.  Miscell,  560  (Licenses  to  pass  beyond  the 
Sea,  Eliz.  to  Car.  I.),  were  made  in  the  Public  Record  Office  two  or  three  years 
ago:] 

xxii0  Junii  1624,  Debora  Wynge  xxxii  years  old,  wife  of  Mr.  Jn°  Winge 
preacher  resident  in  Vlishing  wth  her  two  children,  viz1  Steephen  iii  yeares 
old  and  Debora  Winge  xiii  yeares  old  vrs.  iVm. 

(Q.  R.  Miscell,  560-2.) 

[This  will,  taken  in  connection  with  what  I  printed  in  the  Register  in  October, 
1884,  and  January,  1885,  seems  to  give  the  Wing  Pedigree  as  follows : 

Matthew1  Wing,  of  Banbury,  died  1614,  had  sons : 
Fulk,2  had  son  Matthew. 
Thomas,2  had  son  John. 
John,2  had  son  John. 
James,2  had  son  William. 

Rev.  John2  Wing,  "  pastor  of  the  English  Puritan  Church  at  Middleborough 
in  Zeeland,"  married  Deborah,  daughter  of  Rev.  Stephen  Bacheler,  and  died  at 
London  in  1630.     He  had : 

Deborah,3  b.  1611. 

John,3  b.  1613  or  thereabouts,  of  Yarmouth. 

Stephen,3  b.  1621,  of  Sandwich. 

Daniel,3  of  Sandwich. 

Matthew,3  had  a  son  John,  who  died  young. 
The  will  of  Rev.  John,  here  given,  enables  us  to  expunge  entirely  Savage's 
reference  to  a  first  John  W.  of  Sandwich.  He  did  not  come,  but  his  widow 
Deborah  (Bachiler)  did,  with  her  children.  As  she  was  born  in  1592,  it  is  certain 
that  she  was  not  the  "old  goody  Wing"  buried  at  Yarmouth  in  1692,  as  we 
must  not  create  a  centenarian.  —  W.  H.  Whitmore.] 

23  Junii  1631,  Steephen  Bachiller  aged  70  yeres,  resident  at  South 
Stonham  in  Com.  Southampton  et  uxor-  Hellen  of  age  xlviii  yeeres,  vrs 
Slushing  to  visite  their  sonns  and  daughters,  and  so  to  returne  within  two 
moneths.  xxv°  Junii  1631,  Ann  Sandburn  of  age  30  yeres,  widowe 
resident  in  ye  strand,  vrss.  Vlishing.  (Q.  R.  Miscell,  560-22.) 

[This  reference  to  Rev.  Stephen  Bachiler  is  very  interesting,  as  it  proves  the 
correctness  of  the  reports  as  to  his  great  age.  This  wife  Helen,  aged  48  years 
in  1631,  is  of  course  the  one  who  came  here  with  him,  and  who  is  termed  by 
Winthrop  in  1641  "a  lusty,  comely  woman."  As  Bachiler's  daughter,  Deborah 
Wing,  was  a  mother  in  1611,  she  was  born  in  1590  to  1595.  Mrs.  Helen  Bacheler, 
born  in  1583,  could  not  be  her  mother,  and  was  therefore  a  second  wife.  In  the 
article  printed  in  the  Register  for  October,  1873,  on  the  Daltons  and  Batchellers, 
I  copied  a  letter  from  Stephen  B.  son  of  Rev.  S.  in  1685,  speaking  of  his  uncle 
Francis  Mercer's  will,  his  cousin  Thomas  M.  (who  was  son  of  Peter  M.)  and 
cousin  Pryaulx.  Perhaps  Mr.  Waters  will  hereafter  find  these  Mercers. — W.  H. 
Whitmore. 

See  also  the  preceding  wills  of  William  Spencer  and  Edmund  Alleyn. — Ed.] 

Washington  : — 

The  following  article  by  Mr.  James  Greenstreet  on  "  The  Ancestry  of 
General  Washington"  appeared  in  "The  Genealogist"  for  Jauuary,  1891 : 

It  is  due,  I  think,  to  the  memory  of  Colonel  Chester  that  it  should  be  known 
he  long  ago  travelled  over  much  the  same  ground  as  that  which  Mr.  H.  F. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  521 

Waters  has  made  public  in  his  recent  pamphlet;  and  which  he  speaks  of  (p.  8),* 
unwittingly,  as  though  it  had  been  hitherto  an  untrodden  track.  As  far  back 
as  1864,  Colonel  Chester  was  aware  of  the  connection  with  Luton ;  and  on  p. 
74  of  his  Washington  notebook,  in  the  College  of  Arms,  the  Admon.  of  30  May, 
1677,  [re-]  "  discovered  "f  by  Mr.  Waters,  in  1884  or  1885,  will  be  found  duly 
set  out. 

Following  the  same  chain  of  facts  as  Mr.  Waters  has  since  clone,  Colonel 
Chester  likewise  went  to  the  Tring  Registers,  but  unfortunately  only  by  proxy; 
and,  still  more  unfortunately,  he  rested  contented  with  the  information  sent  to 
him  by  that  proxy.  Had  Colonel  Chester  gone  to  Tring  and  examined  the 
books  "himself,  in  all  probability  Mr.  Waters  would  have  been  entirely  fore- 
stalled twenty  years  back.  J  On  page  35  of  his  notebook,  the  Colonel  has  copied 
a  letter  he  received  from  Tring,  from  which  it  will  be  seen  that  he  never  knew 
the  Registers  there  actually  chronicled  the  baptism  of  a  Lawrence,  son  of  the 
Rev.  Lawrence  Washington. 

"  From  same  [Rev.  C.  J.  Robinson,  curate  of  Great  Berkhampstead,  Herts], 
May  16,  1864. 

'"I  have  searched  carefully  the  Par.  Reg"  of  Tring,  co.  Herts,  from  1580  to 
1710.  The  only  entries  of  the  name  of  Washington  which  I  could  find  are 
these : 

1 1641.     Oct.  14,  William,  soun  of  Mr.  Larrance  Washentou.' — 
Baptized. 
'  1654-5.     Jan.  19,  Mrs.  Washington.' — Buried. 
•  No  occurrence  of  the  name  is  to  be  found  among  the  Marriages ;  but  I  should 
add  that  the  Registers  have  been  ill  kept,  and  there  are  many  gaps  in  them.' ' 

Since  the  publication  of  Mr.  Waters's  pamphlet,  I  have  been  able  to  identify 
the  Chancery  suit  referred  to  by  Colonel  Chester  in  1866— see  -Mr.  Whitmore's 
additions  to  the  pamphlet,  at  p.  50.  § 

Chancery  Proceedings,  Charles  I.,  Bills  and  Answers,  Bundle  WW  35,  No.  43, 

Washington  versus  Browne. 

Bill  of  complaint  [exhibited  "  20  Oct.  1640"]  of  "  your  daylie  oratour  Law- 
rence Washington,  of  Purleyn  [sic'],  in  the  Countie  of  Essex,  cl[erk,  That] 
whereas  your  said  oratour,  in  or  about  the  moneth  of  July  in  the  eight  yeare  of 
his  Mafo  raigne  that  now  is,  was  indebted  vnto  John  Browne,  of  the  Citty  of 
Oxford,  in  the  summe  of  sixtie  &  nyne  pounds  &  eighteeue  shillings,  or 
thereabouts,  And  for  security  of  payment  thereof,  at  a  day  betweene  him  & 
your  oratour  agreed  upon,  your  oratour  did  enter  into  an  Obligacion  to  the  said 
John  Browne,  of  the  penaltie  of  one  hundred  &  ffortie  powndes,  or  thereabouts, 
condicioned  for  the  payment  of  the  said  summe  of  sixtie  nyne  pownds,  eighteene 
shillings,  or  thereabouts,  at  a  day  now  past,  Wch  said  Bond  the  said  John 
Brown[e]  left  in  the  hands  of  one  M>  Haruey,  of  London,  And  appointed  your 
oratour  to  pay  the  moneyes  as  they  grewe  due  &  payable  ...  to  the  said  Mr 
Haruey  .     .     .  And  your  oratour  did  .     .     .  pay  unto  the  sd  Mr  Haruey,  to  his 

*  Register  vol.  43,  p.  382,  ante  p.  355. — Editor  of  Register. 

t  Surely  Mr.  Greenstreet  does  not  mean  that  Mr.  Waters  ought  to  have  called  his  find- 
ing this  admon.  a  "  re-discovery  "  when  neither  he  nor  the  public  had  any  knowledge  of 
a  previous  discovery.  Mr.  Waters  had  no  opportunity,  as  far  as  he  knew,  of  seeing  Col. 
Chester's  collections  and  learning  what  he  had  found. — Editor  of  Register. 

J  We  think  that  Mr.  Greenstreet  is  hardly  warranted  in  saying  that,  "Had  Colonel 
Chester  gone  to  Tring  and  examined  the  books  himself,  in  all  probability  Mr.  Waters 
would  have  been  entirely  forestalled  twenty  years  back."  Mr.  Greenstreet  seems  to  ignore 
one  of  the  most  important  discoveries  made  by  Mr.  Waters,  namely,  that  memorandum 
written'on  the  day  of  the  probate  of  Andrew  Knowling's  will,  showing  the  presence  in 
Court  of  Lawrence'Washington,  M.A.,  acting  as  surrogate  and  therefore  a  clergyman.  If 
that  paper  or  some  other  equally  conclusive  evidence  had  not  been  discovered,  the  pedigree 
of  George  Washington  would  have  been  left  still  shooting  in  the  air.  We  appreciate  as 
highly  as  anyone  the  rare  skill  of  Col.  Chester  in  genealogical  research  and  the  success 
with  which  his  labors  were  so  often  crowned.  His  editorial  work  on  the  Harleian  Society's 
volumes,  particularly  that  on  the  Registers  on  Westminster  Abbey,  which  shows  a  wealth  of 
antiquarian  learning;  his  Life  of  John  Rogers;  his  contributions  to  the  Register  and  other 
periodicals;  and  his  vast  genealogical  collections  in  manuscript,  now  in  the  College  of 
Arms,  are  a  lasting  monument  to  his  memory.  The  Washington  collections  are  very  ex- 
tensive. To  Col.  Chester  is  due  the  credit  of  having  solved  problems  that  had  baffled  the 
ablest  antiquaries. — Editor  of  Register. 

$  Register  vol.  43,  p.  423,  ante  p.  401. — Editor  of  Register. 


522  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

the  said  Browne's  use,  severall  summes  of  money,  at  severall  tymes,  in  part  of 
satisfaction  of  the  said]  bond  .  .  .  And  your  oratour  further  sheweth,  that, 
about  seaven  yeares  since,  one  Mr  Parr,  now  Bi[shop  of  the  Isl]e  of  Man,  and 
one  Mr  Atherton  Burch,  having  a  Chamber  ioyntly  betweent  them  in  Braz  Nose 
Colledge,  in  Oxford  aforesaid,  they  the  said  [Mr  Parr  and]  Mr  Burch  did,  at 
their  ioynt  charges,  furnish  the  same  Chamber  .  .  .  And  in  &  about  such 
furnishing  thereof  did  ioyntly  expend  about  ffortie  pownds,  that  is  to  say,  each 
of  them  twentie  pownds  a  peece  .  .  .  And  afterwards  the  said  Mr  Parr  being 
to  leaue  the  said  Chamber  and  Colledge,  And  your  oratour  being  to  succeed  lum 
in  the  same  Chamber,  hee  the  said  Mr  Parr  did  contract  &  agree  wth  your  oratour, 
and  therevpon  your  oratour  .  .  .  did  buy  of  the  said  Mr  Parr  all  his  interest, 
part  &  share  of  all  &  every  the  said  goods  and  furniture  .  .  .  but  tooke  no 
particular  Inventory  thereof  .  .  .  And,  after  that,  your  orator  finding  other 
particular  goods  &  furniture  to  bee  more  fitting  &  convenyent  for  his  particular 
use,  did  bring  into  the  said  Chamber  severall  other  goods  and  chattells  .  .  . 
of  the  value  of  ffifteene  pownds,  or  thereabouts  .  .  .  Now  so  it  is,  may  it 
please  your  good  lordshipp,  that  your  oratour  having  some  occasion  to  take  a 
long  journey  from  Oxford  &  and  [sic~\  to  be  absent  from  thence  some  tyme,  and 
and  the  said  Mr  Burch  then  dying  in  the  said  Chamber,  wherein  all  the  said  goods 
furniture  were,  whilst  your  oratour  was  absent,  The  said  John  Browne,  pre- 
tending that  the  said  Mr  Burch  was  somthing  indebted  to  him,  the  said  Browne, 
and  hee  takeing,  or  pretending  to  take  or  have  Administracion  of  the  goods  of 
the  said  Mr  Bnrch,  did  not  onely  enter  upon,  and  take  and  carry  away  all  the 
said  goods  and  furniture  wherein  the  said  Mr  Burch  and  your  oratour  had  ioynt 
interests,  but  also  all  the  goods  and  chattels  whatsoever  wch  were  the  particular 
and  sole  estate  and  goods  of  your  said  oratour,  and  wherein  neither  the  said  Mr 
Burch  nor  the  said  John  Browne  had  any  colour  of  interest,  and  whereto  they, 
nor  either  of  them  could  lay  any  clayme  or  title,"  &c. 

Answer  of  John  Browne  the  defendant,  sworn  20  Oct.  1640 — Sets  out  that 
the  complainant,  being  indebted  to  him  69Z.  16s.,  entered  into  an  obligation 
dated  20  July  1632,  subsequently  buying  goods  of  him  to  the  amount  of  61.  0s. 
2d.,*  "and  shortly  after  left  his  fellowship  and  aboade  in  the  Vniuersity  of 
Oxon."  The  complainant  has  paid  to  the  said  Mr.  John  Harvey  several  sums 
on  account,  namely,  about  May  1633,  40Z.,  and,  about  May  1636,  101.,  but  never 
paid  any  more  either  to  Mr.  Harvey  or  the  defendant. 

I  have  to  express  my  obligation  to  Mr.  G.  E.  Cokayne,  F.S.A.,  Norroy  King 
of  Arms,  for  kind  permission  to  make  use  of  Colonel  Chester's  MS. 


Mr.  Moncure  D.  Conway  contributed  to  the  New  York  Nation  for  March  19, 
1891,  an  elaborate  article,  entitled,  "  The  Earliest  Washingtons  in  Virginia,"  in 
which  he  shows  that  a  branch  of  the  Washington  family  was  settled  in  Virginia 
as  early  as  1636,  a  patent  for  land  having  been  taken  out  by  Arthur  Washing- 
ton in  that  year.  He  may  have  been  the  ancestor  of  the  Surrey  County  Wash- 
ingtons noticed  in  the  Register  for  July,  1890  (vol.  44,  pages  307-8,  ante  pp. 
458-9) ,  among  whom  Arthur  was  a  favorite  name.  No  connection  has  been 
traced  between  this  family  and  the  Westmoreland  County  Washingtons.  Much 
interesting  matter  about  the  various  families  of  Washington  is  found  in  the 
article. 

The  illustrated  article  by  Mr.  Conway  on  "  The  English  Ancestry  of  Wash- 
ington," announced  by  us  in  our  last  number  {ante,  p.  511)  as  to  be  published  in 
Harper's  Magazine,  appeared  in  the  number  for  May,  1891.  Since  the  publication 
of  Mr.  Waters's  discoveries  in  the  Register  for  October,  1889,  ante  pp.  352-403, 
Mr.  Conway  has  visited  England  and  gathered  material  bearing  on  the  subject 

•  The  items  of  this  later  bill  are : — "  Sixe  elnes  nnd  a  hal[f  of]  .  .  .  for  two  shirts, 
and  the  making  of  them.  One  paire  of  worsted  hose.  Strapps  for  boofes.  One  paire  of 
graye  hose.  One  cloake  bagge.  Seaven  yards  of  phillissety.  ffive  yar[ds  and  a  ha]lfe  of 
homes.  One  elne  and  a  quarterne  of  canvas.  One  yard  and  an  (sic)  half  of  thick  cotton. 
Two  yards  of  bayes  cotton.  Half  an  ounce  of  silke.  ffotire  d[ozen]  .  .  ns.  One 
dozen  of  ribband  points,  buckram,  pastbord  &  claspes.  Three  quarternes  of  large  ffringe. 
One  skinne  for  pocketts.  One  half  elne  of  loopelace.  .  .  .  of  belliepeeces.  Haifa 
quarterne  of  taffaty.  Two  yards  of  tape.  One  paire  of  worsted  hose,  and  one  yard  and  a 
halfe  of  eightpennye  ribband.    One  paire  of  roses.    Six  clnes  and  an  (sic)  halfe  of  holland, 

and  making  two Two  fine  holland  bands,  and  three  paire  of  cuffes  and 

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of  his  article.  He  was  also  allowed  by  George  E.  Cokayne,  M.A.,  F.S.A.,  the 
friend  and  executor  of  Col.  Joseph  L.  Chester,  LL.D.,  D.C.L.,  the  use  of  the 
"Washington  collectanea  of  that  distinguished  antiquary  contained  in  a  thick 
folio  volume.  Mr.  Conway  is  now  a  believer  in  the  theory  of  Mr.  Waters.  In 
the  Harper  article  are  given  the  main  points  of  the  evidence  in  relation  to  the 
Ancestry  of  Washington.  One  new  fact  of  great  importance  is  that  Lawrence 
Washington,  rector  of  Purleigh,  had  a  wife  living  in  1649,  as  shown  by  the 
order  of  the  "  Committee  on  Plundered  Ministers,"  August  15  in  that  year,  that 
"Mr.  John  Rogers,  minister  of  the  sequestered  rectory  of  Purleigh  in  Dingey 
Hundreds  do  pay  the  fifth  part  of  the  tithes  and  profits  of  said  Rectory  unto 
Mrs.  Washington,  according  to  a  formal  order  of  ye  Com.  of  Plundered  minis- 
ters." On  September  20th  the  Committee  "  Ordered  that  Mr.  John  Rogers  aud 
Mrs.  Washington  be  heard  on  Wednesday  in  the  sessions."  On  the  last  page 
of  the  book  this  decision  of  the  Committee  is  recorded  :  "  ffifth  part  of  Purleigh 
ordered  to  the  plundered  Rector's  wife."  Mr.  Conway  was  also  discoverer  of 
the  fact  found  in  the  original  will,  that  Ccl.  John  Washington  the  emigrant  had 
a  sister  Martha,  as  already  announced  in  the  Register.  Both  of  these  new 
facts  strengthen  the  position  taken  by  Mr.  Y/aters. 

Mr.  Conway's  contribution  to  Harper's  Magazine  is  very  interesting,  particu- 
larly to  those  who  have  a  curiosity  to  know  all  they  can  about  the  homes  of  the 
emigrant  ancestor  of  President  Washington,  and  of  his  kindred.  Very  graphic 
descriptions  of  the  localities  are  given.  The  illustrations  like  all  those  in  Har- 
per are  of  a  high  order  of  merit.  They  consist  of  views  of  the  churches  of 
Tring  and  Luton,  and  the  baptistry  of  the  latter ;  brasses  in  St.  James  Church, 
Sulgrave ;  Gen.  Washington's  seals ;  and  f  ac-similes  of  the  autograph  of  Col. 
John  Washington,  and  of  entries  in  the  Tring  parish  registers.  As  Harper's 
Magazine  has  a  large  circulation  in  England,  we  hope  this  article  will  meet  the 
eyes  of  antiquaries  in  the  localities  with  which  Lawrence  Washington  and  his 
wife  Amphillis  were  connected,  and  that  they  will  try  to  discover  the  records  of 
Mr.  Washington's  marriage  and  death ;  the  record  of  the  baptism  of  his  son  John ; 
the  name  of  the  living  which  the  rector  of  Purleigh  held  after  that  living  was 
sequestered,  and  other  evidence  bearing  on  the  Washington  pedigree. — Editor.] 


I  hope  that  Mr.  Conway's  article  will  inspire  the  clergymen  near  Tring  and 
Luton  to  examine  their  records  for  mention  of  Lawrence  Washington's  mar- 
riage. The  circumstantial  evidence  of  the  marriage  of  Rev.  Lawrence  Wash- 
ington to  Amphillis  Rhodes  is  very,  very  strong,  but  not  conclusive.  The  proof  is 
still  to  be  found.  The  fact  is  that  a  Lawrence  Washington,  M.  A. ,  was  in  January, 
1649-50,  acting  in  the  court  at  which  a  guardian  was  appointed  for  one  of  the 
children  of  Amphillis  Washington.  Until  some  evidence  is  produced  we  must 
hold  that  this  Lawrence  Washington,  M.A.,  is  identical  with  the  rector  of  Pur- 
leigh. We  cannot,  however,  yet  say  that  Lawrence  Washington,  husband  of 
Amphillis,  was  a  clergyman,  though  the  baptisms  at  Tring  call  him  "Mr." 
It  is  not  impossible  that  some  cousin  and  namesake  of  the  Rev.  Lawrence  of 
Purleigh,  was  the  husband,  and  persuaded  him  to  be  present  at  the  court  and  act 
as  surrogate.  This  is  highly  improbable ;  but  coincidence  and  circumstantial 
evidence  are  not  clear  proofs.  Therefore  until  new  evidence  is  obtained,  the 
Washington  pedigree  is  not  to  be  taken  as  wholly  proved. — W.  H.  Whitmore. 


[The  following  may  be  relied  upon  as  authentic  transcripts  of  the  wills  of  the 
American  ancestors  of  George  Washington.  They  possess  interest  to  the  gene- 
alogist and  historical  student,  and  are  presented  in  the  following  order :  First, 
the  emigrant  John  Washington — the  great-grandfather  of  the  General.  Second, 
Lawrence  Washington,  also  an  emigrant,  and  brother  of  John.  Third,  Lawrence 
Washington,  son  of  John  and  nephew  of  Lawrence  the  emigrant.  Fourth, 
Deed  of  release  from  Roger  and  Mildred  (Washington)  Gregory  to  Augustine 
Washington.  This  Mildred  Gregory  was  daughter  of  Lawrence  Washington 
and  sister  of  Augustine  Washington,  and  the  aunt  and  god-mother  of  George 
Washington.  Mildred  inherited  from  her  father  Hunting  Creek  plantation  now 
"  Mount  Vernon,"  which  she  and  her  husband  by  this  deed  conveyed  to  her 
brother  Augustine.  Fifth,  Augustine  Washington,  son  of  Lawrence  and  grand- 
son of  John.  Sixth,  Lawrence  Washington,  son  of  Augustine  Washington, 
half-brother  of  George  and  great-grandson  of  John  the  emigrant  and  patentee 
of  the  Hunting  Creek  plantation. 


524  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

The  will  of  John  Washington  has  been  copied  from  the  original  when  it  was 
i:i  a  better  condition  than  it  is  at  present,  and  every  word  I  believe  is  correctly 
interpreted.  The  other  wills  are  from  certified  copies  of  probated  wills  on 
record.  The  deed  of  Roger  and  Mildred  Gregory  is  copied  from  the  original 
document,  They  are  submitted  as  sources  of  history  without  further  explana- 
iton  or  comment. — J.  M.  Toneh,  M.D.,  of  "Washington,  D.  C] 

Will  op  John  Washington  the  Emigrant. 

Iu  the  name  god  amen,  I  John  Washington  of  Washington  parish  in  ye 
Countie  of  westmerland  in  Virginia,  gen1,  being  of  good  &  perfect  memory, 
thankes  be  unto  Almighty  god  (for  it)  &  Calleing  to  remembrance  the  uncer- 
taine  estate  of  this  trans[itory]  life,  &  that  all  flesh  must  yeild  unto  death, 
when  it  shall  plea[se]  god  for  to  Call,  doe  make  Constitute  ordaine  &  de- 
clare this  my  last  will  &  testament  in  maner  &  forme  following,  re- 
voaki[ng]  &  anulling  by  thes  presents  all  &  every  testament  &  testam[euts] 
will  or  wills  heirtofore  by  me  made  &  declared  ei[ther]  by  [oath]  or  by 
writing  &  this  to  be  taken  only  for  my  last  will  &  testament  &  noe  other, 
&  first  being  hartily  &  sorry  from  the  bottome  of  my  hart  for  my  sins  past, 
most  humbly  desireing  forgivenes  of  the  same  from  the  Almighty  god  (my 
saviour)  &  redeimer  in  whome  &  by  the  meritts  of  Jesus  Christ,  I  trust 
&  beleive  assuredly  to  be  saved  &  to  have  full  remission  &  forgiveness  of 
all  my  sins  &  yl  my  soule  wth  my  body  at  the  generall  day  of  ressurriction 
shall  arise  againe  wth  Joy  &  through  the  merrits  of  Christ  death  &  pas- 
sion, posses  &  inherit  the  Kingdom  of  heaven,  prepared  for  his  ellect  & 
Chosseu  &  my  body  to  be  buried  on  ye  plantation  wheirr  I  now  Live,  by 
the  side  of  my  wife  yl  is  already  buried  &  two  Children  of  mine  &  now 
for  the  setling  of  my  temporall  estate  &  such  goods  Chatles  &  debts  as  it 
hath  pleased  god  far  above  my  deserts  to  bestow  uppon  me,  I  doe  order 
give  &  dispose  the  same  in  maner  &  forme  followeing — 

first  I  will  y'  all  those  debts  &  duties  yl  I  owe  in  right  or  Consience  to  any 
maner  of  person  or  persons  w'soever  shall  be  well  &  truly  Contented  & 
payd  or  ordained  to  be  payd  by  my  executors — herein  after  named — 

Imprimis  I  give  &  [be]quea[th]  unto  my  eldest  [son  Lawrence  Wash-] 
ingtou  y'  seat  of  land  wheiron  Henery  flagg  liveih  [weh  I  bought  of  John] 
watts  &  Robert  Fledges,  being  by  patten  seven  hundre[d]  ac[res]  it  being  by 
my  father  pope  made  over  to  me  &  my  heirs  Lawfully  begotten  of  my  body — 

Item  I  give  unto  my  son  Lawrence  Washington  my  waiter  mill  wtU  all 
appertinances  &  Land  belonging  to  it  a'  the  head  of  Rosiers  Creik  to  him 
&  his  heirs  for  ever,  reserveing  to  my  wife  her  thirds  dureiug  her  Life — 

Item  I  give  unto  my  son  Lawrence  Washington  y4  seate  of  Land  wch  I 
bought  of  Mr  Lewis  marcum  being  about  two  hundred  &  fifty  acres,  at  the 
mouth  of  rosiers  Creik  on  ye  northwest  side,  wtb  all  the  houseing  their  unto 
belonging  to  him  &  his  heirs  for  ever  reserveing  to  my  wife  her  thirds 
dtireing  her  Life — 

Item  I  give  unto  my  son  Lawrence  Washington  yl  seate  of  Land  at  upper 
machotick  wch  I  bought  of  Mr  Anthony  Bridges  &  Mr  John  Rosier,  being 
about  nine  hundred  acres  to  him  &  his  heirs  for  ever,  reserveing' to  my 
wife  her  thirds  dureing  her  life — 

Item  I  give  unto  my  son  Lawrence  Washington  my  halfe  &  share  of  five 
thousand  acres  of  Land  in  Stafford  County  wch  is  betwixt  Coll  Nicolas 
spencer  &  myselfe  wch  we  [are  engaged]  y'  their  shall  be  no  benifit  taken 
by  survivour  ship  to  him  &  his  [heirs]  for  [ever]. 

Item  I  doe  give  unto  my  son  John  Washington  y'  plantation  wheiron  I 
now  Live  wch  I  bought  of  David  Anderson  &  yl  plantation  next  to  Mr  John 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  525 

Foxhall  y*  I  bought  (wch  was  Ricd  Hills)  to  him  &  his  heirs  for  ever  &  y* 
seate  of  Land  of  about  four  hundred  acres  wch  lyeth  uppon  ye  head  of 
Rappahaneck  Creik  &  adJoyning  uppon  David  norways  orphantg  Land  the 
Land  being  formerly  John  whetstons  &  sold  to  me  to  him  &  his  heirs  f[o]r 
ever  reserveing  to  my  wife  her  thirds  of  the  afoare  sayd  Land  dureing  her 
life- 
Item  I  give  unto  my  son  John  Washington  y*  seate  of  Land  wch  Robert 
foster  now  Liveth  on  being  about  three  hundred  acres  to  him  &  his  heirs 
forever,  Likewise  I  give  unto  my  sayd  son  John  Washington  yt  seat  of  Land 
wch  Robert  Richards  Liveth  on  wch  I  had  of  my  bro:  Lawrence  Washington 
being  about  three  hundred  &  fifty  acres  to  him  &  his  heirs  for  ever  reserve- 
ing to  my  wife  her  thirds  of  the  two  sayd  tracts  of  La[n]d  dureing  her  life — 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  unto  my  daughter  An  Washington  yl  seate  of 
Land  yf  tract  of  Landy'Tho:  Jordan  now  liveth  on  being  about  twelve 
hundred  acres  to  her  &  her  heirs  for  ever,  Likewise  I  give  &  bequeath 
unto  my  sayd  daughter  that  tract  of  Land  wheiron  John  frier  now  Liveth 
being  about  fourtein  hundred  acres  after  Mr  fricke  hath  his  quantity  out  of 
it  to  her  &  her  heirs  for  ever  reserving  to  my  wife  her  thirds  of  the  two 
above  seates  dureing  her  Life. 

Item  I  give  unto  my  sayd  daughter,  wch  was  her  mothers  desire  &  my 
promise,  yl  Cash  in  ye  new  parlour  &  the  Diamond  ring  &  her  mothers 
rings  &  the  white  quilt  &  the  white  Curtains  &  Vallians — 

And  as  for  the  rest  of  my  personall  estate  after  my  debts  &  dues  are 
sattisfied  Justly,  wch  I  desire  should  be  sattisfied  out  of  my  Cropps,  which  I 
doe  not  question  but  will  be  far  more  than  I  doe  owe  (thanks  be  unto  god 
for  it)  theirfore  it  is  my  desire  yl  my  estate  should  not  Come  to  any  ap- 
praisement, but  I  order  &  bequeath  a  folio  weth  y*  is  to  say  that  their  shall 
be  a  Just  Inventory  &  List  taken  of  my  personall  estate  y*  I  am  possessed 
of  &  for  to  be  devided  in  quantitie  &  quallitie  by  three  men  of  Judgement 
wch  I  request  the  Court  to  nominate,  into  foure  [par]ts  to  be  equall  &  pro- 
portionable devided  in  quantitie  &  qualitie  the  one  fourth  part  I  give  to  my 
Loveing  wife  in  Kind  in  Lew  of  her  dower  or  Claime,  &  one  fourth  part 
to  my  son  Lawrence  Washington  in  Kind,  &  one  fourth  part  to  my 
son  John  Washington  in  Kind,  &  one  fourth  part  to  my  daughter 
An  Washington  in  Kind  to  them  &  either  of  them  severally  &  their  heirs 
for  ever  &  it  is  my  will  yl  if  either  of  my  above  sayd  Children  should 
happen  to  dy,  before  they  obtaine  the  age  of  one  &  twenty  years  or  day  of 
marriadge  then  the  Land  of  y4  Child  yl  Dyeth  to  be  the  eldest  son  then 
Liveing,  &  if  both  my  sons  should  dy  then  the  Land  to  be  my  daughter 
An,  &  as  for  the  personall  estate  if  any  of  my  three  Children  should  hap- 
pen to  dy,  before  they  Come  of  age  or  day  of  marriadge,  then  it  is  my  will 
that  the  two  surviveing  Children  should  equally  devide  the  personall  estate 
of  y'  Child  yl  is  dead  betwixt  them  &  theirs  for  ever 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  after  all  my  legacies  payd  out  w4  mony  I  shall 
have  in  P^ngland  to  my  son  Lawrence  Washington 

[Ite]m  my  desire  is  y4  their  may  be  a  funeral  1  sermon  preached  [at  ye 
Ch]urch  &  that  their  be  no  other  funerall  Lest  ye  [fun]erall  exceid  four 
thousand  pounds  of  [Tobb]co. 

Item  I  give  unto  the  Lower  Church  of  washing[ton]  parish  [y]e  ten 
Comandements  &  the  Kings  armes  wch  is  my  desire  should  be  sent  for  out 
of  w4  mony  I  have  in  Eugland 

Item  it  is  my  desire  y4  w4  estate  I  shall  dy  possessed  should  be  Kept 
Intire  wth  out  deviding  untill  all  debts  &  dues  be  payd  &  sattisfied 


526  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Item  I  give  unto  my  bro:  Lawrence  Washington  four  thousand  pounds 
of  tobbco  &  Caske— 

Item  I  give  unto  my  nephew  John  Washington  my  godson  eldest  son  to 
my  bro:  Lawrence  w[as]hington  one  young  mare  of  two  years  old — 

Item  it  is  my  desire  yl  when  my  estate  is  devided  in  quantitie  &  qualitie 
into  four  equall  parts,  &  y'  my  wife  hath  taken  her  fourth  part,  y'  then 
every  Childs  part  should  be  put  out  uppon  their  owne  plantation  or  planta- 
tions theire  for  to  [be]  manadged  to  the  best  advantage,  for  the  bringing  up 
&  educating  o[f  each  Chil]d  acc[ordi]ng  to  the  proffit  of  each  Childrens 
share — 

Item  it  is  my  desire  y*  my  wife  should  have  the  bringing  up  of  my 
daughter  An  Washington  untill  my  son  Lawrence  Comes  of  age  or  her  day 
of  marriadge  &  my  wife  for  to  have  the  manadgement  of  her  part  to  my 
daughters  best  advantadge 

Item  I  doe  give  to  my  bro:  Thomas  Pope  ten  pounds  out  of  yl  mony  I 
have  in  Englaud 

Item  I  doe  give  unto  my  sister  marthaw  Washington  ten  pounds  out  of 
y*  mony  I  have  in  England  &  wl  soever  else  she  shall  be  oweing  to  me  for 
transporteing  her  self  into  this  Country  &  a  years  accomodation  after  her 
Coming  in  &  four  thousand  pounds  of  Tobbco  &  Caske — 

Item  it  is  my  desire  y'  my  bro:  Thomas  Pope  have  the  bringing  up  of 
my  son  John  Washington  &  for  to  have  the  manadgement  of  his  estate  to 
my  sons  best  advantadge  untill  be  of  age  of  one  &  twenty  years  or  day 
of  marriadge — 

finally  I  doe  ordaine  &  appoint  my  bro:  mr  Lawrence  Washington  &  my 
son  Lawrence  Washington  &  my  Loveing  wile  mrs  An  Washington  my 
whole  &  scale  executors  of  this  my  last  will  &  testament  as  witness  my 
hand  &  seale  this  21th  of  7ber  1675.  John  Washington. 

signed  &  sealed  in  ye  proued  by  ye  Oath  of 

presence  of  us —  Capa  Jn°  Lord  Cap* 

Johu  Lord  Jn°  Appleton  Being  decesd 

John  Appleton 

[The  following  endorsement  is  on  the  back  of  this  will  in  the  hand-writing 
of  General  Washington : 

Will— L' Col0 

John  Washington 

11th  Sep1  1675. 


This  further  endorsement  but  in  a  different  hand  is  also  on  the  back: — "Re- 
corded in  ye  County  records  of  Westmoreland  Co  ye  10  Jan'y  1677." — j.  m.  t. 

The  original  of  the  above  will  of  John  Washington,  the  emigrant  ancestor 
of  President  Washington,  was  preserved  among  the  General's  papers  at  Mount 
Vernon.  After  the  sale  of  the  estate  in  1858  to  the  Ladies'  Mount  Vernon 
Association  of  the  Union,  the  papers  and  other  relics  were  removed  by  the 
owner.  Some  of  them  were  exhibitd  at  the  United  States  National  Museum  at 
Washington,  for  a  few  weeks,  last  winter,  but  were  removed  in  February  last 
to  be  sold.  A  catalogue  was  prepared  and  printed,  and  on  Tuesday,  Wednesday 
and  Thursday,  April  21st,  22d  and  23d,  1891,  the  collection  was  sold  at  auction 
in  Philadelphia  by  Thomas  Birch's  Sons.  The  relics  brought  very  high  prices. 
This  will  was  sold  to  Mr.  Collins  for  $700.  The  original  of  the  release  of  Roger 
and  Mildred  Gregory  here  printed  was  in  the  same  collection.  The  relics  sold 
were  owned  by  Messrs.  Lawrence  Washington,  Bushrod  C.  Washington,  Thomas 
B.  Washington  and  J.  R.  C.  Lewis. 

Much  search  has  been  made  for  about  a  dozen  years  for  this  original  Avill 
of  the  Virginia  emigrant,  John  Washington.  In  1878  Mr.  James  Coleman,  the 
well  known  genealogical  bookseller  in  London,  advertised  for  sale  a  deed  of 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  527 

certain  real  estate  in  London,  from  John  Washington  of  London,  citizen  and 
draper,  and  Margaret  his  wife  one  of  the  daughters  of  Henry  Harwood,  gent.,  to 
Robert  Abbott,  citizen  and  scrivener.  The  deed  was  dated  June  5,  1657.  A 
deed  of  a  John  Washington,  dated  1G57,  probably  this  one,  came  about  1S78 
into  the  possession  of  the  late  Col.  Joseph  L.  Chester,  who  conjectured  that  tins 
John  Washington  might  be  the  Virginia  emigrant,  selling  his  property  before 
leaving  England,  and  as  he  knew  his  ancestry,  he  wished  to  procure  an  auto- 
graph of  the  emigrant,  or  a  tracing  of  one,  to  compare  with  the  signature  to 
the  deed.  He  wrote  to  Mr.  Robert  A.  Brock  of  Richmond,  Virginia,  to  the 
editor  of  the  Register,  and  to  others  in  this  country,  asking  them  to  assist 
him  in  procuring  one.  Mr.  Brock  had  search  made  in  the  Westmoreland 
County  Court  House  for  the  will,  but  neither  the  original  nor  the  record  was 
to  be  found  there.  Bishop  Meade  in  his  Old  Churches,  Ministers  and  Families 
in  Virginia,  published  in  1857  (vol.  2,  page  167) ,  had  printed  an  abstract  of  the 
will  which  was  obtained  from  the  papers  at  that  Court  House.  This  abstract 
must  have  been  made  from  the  record,  as  we  now  know  that  the  original  will 
was  then  in  the  possession  of  the  family.  But  even  the  record  book  could  not 
then  be  found  in  the  office ;  and  it  Avas  not  discovered  till  last  December,  when 
Mr.  J.  Warren  Hutt,  the  clerk,  found  it.  He  at  once  sent  a  copy  to  Mr.  Mon- 
cure  D.  Conway  and  another  to  Mr.  Isaac  J.  Greenwood.  (See  Register,  vol. 
45,  pp.  164-5,  ante,  pp.  510-511.)  Mr.  Conway  communicated  his  copy  to  the 
New  York  Nation  in  which  paper  it  was  printed  December  18,  1890.  Mr. 
Greenwood  sent  his  copy  to  the  editor  of  the  Register.  The  record  was  much 
mutilated,  portions  of  it  being  missing.  Before  Mr.  Greenwood's  copy  of  the 
record  could  be  printed,  the  editor  was  informed  of  'Dr.  Toner's  copy  from 
the  original,  in  which  the  missing  portions  are  all  found ;  and  he  has  now  the 
pleasure  of  laying  it  before  his  readers  with  other  interesting  Washington 
documents.  The  date  on  the  original  will  looks  like  21th,  and  the  recorder  read 
the  figures  21 ;  but  Gen.  Washington's  minute  is  "  11th  Sep1  1675."  The  record 
gives  the  date  of  probate  "  10th  Jana:  1677." 

This  is  the  first  time  a  perfect  copy  of  the  will  has  appeared  in  print.  A  fac- 
simile of  the  original  was  taken  by  the  National  Museum  in  Washington,  and  an- 
other is  given  in  Messrs.  Thomas  Birch's  Sons'  sale  catalogue,  from  which  Ave 
have  had  photo-engravings  made  of  a  few  lines  of  the  closing  portion  Avith  all 
the  signatures ;  of  the  minute  of  the  probate  of  the  Avill ;  and  of  the  endorsement 
by  President  Washington.  The  fac-similes  are  given  in  the  engraving  facing 
page  523. — Editor.] 

The  Will  of  Lawrence  Washington,  Emigrant. 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen. 

I,  Lawrence  Washington,  of  the  county  of  Rappak,  being  sick  &  weak 
in  body,  but  of  sound  and  perfect  memory,  do  make  &  ordain  this,  my  last 
will  &  testament,  hereby  revoking,  annulling,  &  making  void  all  former 
wills  and  Coddicills,  heretofore  by  me  made,  either  by  word  or  writing,  & 
this  only  to  be  taken  for  my  last  will  &  testament.  Imp"  I  give  and  be- 
queath my  soul  into  the  hands  of  Almighty  God,  hoping  and  trusting 
through  the  mercy  of  Jesus  Christ,  my  one  Savior  and  redeemer,  to  receive 
full  pardon  &  forgiveness  of  all  my  sinus,  and  my  body  to  the  earth,  to  be 
buried  in  comely  &  decent  manner,  by  my  Executrix  hereafter  named,  & 
for  my  worclly  goods  I  thus  dispose  them.     Item, 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving  daughter,  Mary  Washington,  my 
whole  estate  in  England,  both  reall  and  personall,  to  her  &  the  heirs  of 
her  body,  lawfully  begotten,  forever,  to  be  delivered  into  her  possession 
imediately  after  my  decease,  by  my  Executrix  hereafter  named.  I  give 
and  bequeath  unto  my  aforesd  daughter,  Mary  Washington,  my  smallest 
stone  ring  &  one  silver  cup,  now  in  my  possession,  to  her  &  her  heirs, 
forever,  to  be  delivered  to  her  imediately  after  my  decease.  I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  my  loveing  son,  John  Washington,  all  my  bookes  to  him  & 
his  heirs,  forever,  to  be  delivered  to  him  when  he  shall  come  to  tlie  age  of 


528  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Twenty-one  yeares.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son,  John,  &  daughter, 
Ann  Washington,  all  the  rest  of  my  plate,  but  what  is  before  exprest  to 
be  equally  divided  between  them,  &  delivered  into  their  possession  when 
they  come  of  age. 

Item,  my  will  is,  that  all  my  debts  which  of  right  &  Justice  I  owe  to 
any  man  be  Justly  &  truly  paid,  as  allso  my  funerall  expenses,  after  which 
my  will  is,  that  all  my  whole  estate,  both  reall  &  personall,  be  equally 
devided  between  my  loving  wife,  Jane  Washington,  &  the  two  children 
God  hath  given  me  by  her  Viz*  John  &  Ann  Washington.  I  give  &  be- 
queath it  all  to  them,  &  the  heires  of  their  bodies,  lawfully  begotten,  forever, 
my  sonn's  part  to  be  delivered  to  him  when  he  comes  of  age,  &  my  daughter's 
part  when  she  comes  of  age  or  day  of  marriage,  which  shall  first  happen. 

Item,  my  will  is,  that  that  land  which  became  due  to  me  in  right  of  my 
wife,  lying  on  the  south  side  of  the  river,  formerly  belonging  to  Capt. 
Alexander  Flemming,  &  commotdy  known  by  the  name  of  West  Falco,  be 
sold  by  my  Executrix  hereafter  named,  for  the  payment  of  my  debts, 
immediately  after  my  decease. 

Item,  my  will  is,  that  the  land  I  have  formerly  entred  with  Capt.  Wm 
Mosely,  be  forthwith  after  my  decease,  surveyed  &  pattented  by  my  Exec* 
hereafter  named,  &  if  it  shall  amount  to  the  quantity  of  one  thousand  acres, 
then  I  give  &  bequeath  unto  Alexander  Barrow,  two  hundred  acres  of  the 
sd  land,  to  him  &  his  heires,  forever,  the  remainder  I  give  &  bequeath 
unto  my  loving  wife  aforesd,  and  two  children,  to  them  &  their  heires,  for- 
ever, to  be  equally  devided  between  them. 

Item,  my  will  is,  that  if  it  shall  please  God  to  take  my  daughter  Mary 
out  of  this  world  before  she  come  of  age,  or  have  heirs  of  her  body,  law- 
fully begotten,  then  I  give  &  bequeath  my  land  in  England,  which  by  my 
will  I  have  given  to  her,  unto  my  son,  John  Washington  &  his  heirs,  & 
the  personall  estate  which  I  have  given  to  her,  I  give  &  bequeath  the  same 
unto  my  daughter,  Ann  Washington  &  her  heires,  forever. 

Item,  I  do  hereby  make  &  ordain  my  loveing  wife,  Jane  Washington, 
Executrix  of  this  my  last  will  &  testament,  to  see  it  performed,  and  I  do 
hereby  make  &  appoint  my  dear  and  loveing  Brother  Coll1  John  Washing- 
ton, &  my  loveing  friend  Thomas  Hawkins  (in  case  of  the  death  or  neglect 
of  my  executrix),  to  be  the  overseers  and  guardians  of  my  Children  untill 
they  come  of  age  to  the  truth  whereof  1  have  hereunto  sett  my  hand  & 
seale,  this  27th  of  September,  1675. 

Lawrence  Washington     [Seale]. 

Signed,  sealed  &  declared  to  be  his  last  will  &  testament, 
in  the  prsence  of  us, 

Cornelius  Wood. 

Signed, 
John  B.  Barrow 
Henry  Tandy,  Junr. 

A  codicill  of  the  last  will  &  testament  of  Lawrence  Washington,  annex* 
to  his  will,  &  made  September  27th  1675. 

Item,  my  will  is,  that  my  part  of  the  land  I  now  live  upon,  which  became 
due  to  me  by  marriage  of  my  wife,  I  leave  it  wholly  &  solely  to  her  dis- 
posall  after  my  decease,  as  witness  my  hand,  the  day  &  year  above  written. 

Lawrence  Washington       [Seale]. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  529 

Signed,  sealed  &  declared  to  be  a  Codicil  of  my 
last  will  &  tastint  in  the  prsence  of  us. 
Cornelius  Wood, 
Henry  Tandy,  Junr. 

The  above  Henry  Tandy,  Junr,  aged  17  yeares,  or  thereab'8,  sworn  & 
examined,  saith,  that  he  did  see  the  above  named  Lawrence  Washington, 
sign,  seale  &  publish  the  above  mentioned,  to  be  his  last  will  &  testament, 
&  that  he  was  in  perfect  sence  and  memory  at  the  signing,  sealing  &  pub- 
lishing thereof,  to  the  best  of  your  deponents  Judgment. 

Henhy  Tandy. 

Juratus  est  Henricus  Tandy,  in  Cur  Com)  Rapp*k  Sexto  die,  Jany,  An0 
1677,  p  Sacrarn)  prd     proba*  et  rec-dabr. 

Test 
A  Copy         Teste  Edm*  Crask,  CI  Cur 

James  Roy  Micou, 

Clerk,  Essex  County  Court,  State  of  Virginia. 

Will  of  Lawrence  Washington,  Son  to  John  Washington. 

In  The  Name  of  God  amen  I  Lawrence  Washington  of  Washington 
Parish  in  the  County  of  Westmoreland  in  Virginia  Gentleman,  being  of 
Good  and  perfect  memory  thanks  be  unto  almighty  God  for  it  &  calling 
to  mind  the  uncertain  Estate  of  this  Transitory  life  &  that  all  Flesh  must 
yield  unto  death  when  it  shall  please  God  to  call  me,  doe  make  constitute, 
ordain  &  Declare  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  in  manner  and  form 
following,  revoking  and  annuling  by  these  presents  all  and  every  Testa- 
ment &  Testaments,  will  or  wills  heretofore  by  me  made  and  declared 
either  by  word  or  writing  &  this  to  be  taken  only  for  my  last  will  and 
Testament  and  none  other,  and  first  being  heartily  sorry  from  the  bottom 
of  my  heart  for  my  sins,  most  humbly  desireing  forgiveness  of  the  same 
from  the  Almighty  God  my  saviour  &  Redeemer  in  whome  by  the  merits 
of  Jesus  Christ,  I  Trust  and  believe  assuredly  to  be  saved  and  to  have  full 
remission  &  forgiveness  of  all  my  sins  and  that  my  soul  with  my  body  at 
the  General  day  of  Resurrection  shall  rise  again  with  joy,  and  through  the 
Merits  of  Christs  Death  and  passion,  possess  &  Inherit  the  kingdom  of 
Heaven  prepared  for  his  Elect  &  Chosen  and  my  body  to  be  buried  if 
please  God  I  depart  in  this  County  of  Westmoreland  by  the  side  of  my 
Father  and  Mother  &  neare  my  Brothers  &  Sisters  &  my  Children,  and 
now  for  the  setling  of  my  Temporal  Estate  and  such  goods  Chatties  & 
Debts  as  it  hath  pleased  God  far  above  my  desarts  to  bestow  upon  me  I 
doe  ordain  give  and  bequeath  the  same  in  manner  and  form  following: 

Imprimis  I  will  that  all  those  Debts  and  dues  that  I  owe  in  right  or 
Concience  to  any  manner  of  Person  or  Persons  whatsoever  shall  be  well 
contented  &  paid  or  ordained  or  demanded  to  be  paid  by  my  Executors  or 
Extx  hereafter  named. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  friends  Mr  William  Thomp- 
son elk  &  Mr  Samuel  Thompson,  each  of  them  a  mourning  Ring  of  Thirty 
shillings  Value  each  ring;  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Godson  Law- 
rence Butler  one  young  mare  &  two  Cows:  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to 
my  Sister  Anne  Wirfts  children,  one  man  servant  a  piece  of  four  or  five 
years  to  serve  or  Three  Thousand  pounds  of  Tobacco  to  purchase  the 
same,  to  be  delivered  or   paid   to   them  when   they  arrive   to  the  age   of 


530  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Twenty  years  old.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Sister  Lewis  a  morn- 
ing wring  of  forty  shillings  price.  Item  I  give  my  Cuz:  John  Washington 
Sen  :■  of  Stafford  County  all  my  wearing  apparel :  Item  I  give  unto  my 
Cozen  John  Washingtons  Eldest  Son  Lawrence  Washington  my  Godson 
one  man  servant  of  four  or  five  years  to  serve  or  Three  Thousand  pounds 
of  Tobacco  to  purchase  the  same;  to  be  paid  him  when  he  comes  to  the 
age  of  Twenty  one  years  old:  Item  I  give  to  my  godsons  Lawrence  Butler 
&  Lewis  Nicholas  that  tract  of  Land  adjoining  upon  Meridah  Edward's  and 
Daniel  White,  being  Two  hundred  and  seventy  five  acres  of  Land  to  be 
equally  divided  between  them  and  their  heirs  forever :  Item  I  give  to  the 
upper  and  Lower  Churches  of  Washington  parish,  each  of  them  a  Pulpett 
Cloth  &  Cushion :  Item  it  is  my  will  to  have  a  Funeral  sermon  at  the 
Church,  and  to  have  none  other  Funerall  to  exceed  Three  Thousand 
pounds  of  Tobacco.  Item  it  is  my  will  after  my  Debts  &  Legacies  paid, 
that  my  personal  Estate  be  equally  divided  into  four  parts:  my  loving  wife 
Mildred  Washington  to  have  one  part,  my  Son  John  Washington  to  have 
another  part,  my  Son  Augustin  Washington  to  have  another  Part  and  ray 
Daughter  Mildred  to  have  the  other  part:  to  be  delivered  to  them  in  specie 
when  they  shall  come  to  the  age  of  Twenty  one  years  old :  Item  I  give  to 
my  son  John  Washington,  this  seat  of  Land  where  I  now  live,  and  that 
whole  tract  of  Land  lying  from  the  mouth  of  Machodock,  extending  to  a 
place  called  the  round  hills,  with  the  addition  I  have'  thereunto  made  of 
William  Webb  and  William  Rush  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever.  Item  I 
give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Son  Augustine  Washington  all  the  Dividend 
of  Land  that  I  bought  of  Mr  Robert  Lesson's  Children  in  England  Lying 
in  Mattox,  between  my  Brother  &  Mr  Baldridge's  Land  where  Mr  Daniel 
Lesson  formerly  lived,  by  Estimation  400  acres  to  him  and  his  heirs  for- 
ever, as  Likewise  that  Land  that  was  Mr  Richard  Hilts;  Item  I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  my  said  Son  Augustine  Washington,  all  that  Tract  of  Land, 
where  Mr  Lewis  Markham,  now  lives  after  the  said  Markham's  &  his  now 
wife's  decease,  by  Estimation  700  acres  more  or  less  to  him  and  his  heirs 
forever.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  my  Daughter  Mildred  Washington  all 
my  Land  in  Stafford  County,  lying  upon  hunting  creek,  where  M™  Eliza- 
beth Minton  &  M"  Williams  now  lives  by  Estimation  2500  acres  to  her 
and  her  heirs  forever.  Item  I  give  my  water  mill  to  my  son  John  Wash- 
ington to  him  and  his  heirs  forever.  Item  it  is  my  will  and  desire  if  either 
of  my  children  should  die  before  they  come  to  age  or  day  of  marriage,  his 
or  her  personal  Estate  be  equally  divided  between  the  two  survivors  and 
their  Mother;  Item  it  is  my  will  and  desire  if  all  my  children  should  die 
before  they  come  of  age  or  day  of  Marriage,  that  my  Brothers  children 
shall  enjoy  all  their  estate  real,  Except  that  Land  that  I  bought  of  Mr 
Robert  Lesson's  children,  which  I  give  to  my  loving  wife  and  her  heirs 
forever,  and  the  rest  as  aforesaid  to  them  and  their  heirs  forever;  Item  I 
give  my  personal  Estate  in  case  of  all  my  childrens  death  as  above  said,  to 
be  equally  divided  between  my  wife  and  Brothers  Children,  my  wife  to 
have  the  one  half;  Item  I  give  that  Land  which  I  bought  of  my  Brother 
Francis  Wright,  being  200  acres  lying  near  Storkes  Quarter,  to  my  Son 
John  Washington  and  his  heirs  forever.  Item  It  is  my  desire  that  my 
estate  should  not  be  appraised  but  kept  entire  and  delivered  them  as  above 
given  according  to  time  &  my  Children  to  continue  under  the  care  &  Tution 
of  their  Mother  till  they  come  of  age  or  day  of  marriage,  and  she  to  have 
the  profits  of  their  estates,  toward  the  bringing  of  them  up  and  keeping 
them  at  school;  Item  I  doe  ordain  and  appoint  my  Cozen  John  Washing- 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  531 

ton  of  Stafford  and  my  friend  Mr  Samuel  Thompson  my  Executors,  and 
my  loving  wife  Mildred  Washington  my  Executrix  of  this  my  last  will  & 
testament.  In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  Seale 
this  11th  day  of  March  Anno  Dom  169£. 

Lawrence  Washington     [Seal]. 

Signed  Seald  Declared  &  pronounced  in  presence  of  us, 

Rob*  Redman, 
George  Weedon, 
Thomas  Howes, 
John  Rosier. 

Westmoreland  Set: — 

At  a  Court  held  for  the  said  County  the  30th  day  of  March  1698. 

The  Last  will  and  Testament  of  Lawrence  Washington  Gent  desc.  with- 
in written  was  proved  by  the  oaths  of  George  Weedon,  Thomas  Howes,  & 
John  Rosier  Three  of  the  witnesses  thereto  subscribed,  and  a  probate  thereof 
Granted  to  Samuel  Thompson  Gent  one  of  the  Executors  therein  named, 
and  the  will  ordered  to  be  recorded. 

Teste     James  Westcomb  C.  W.  C. 
A  Copy 

Teste     J.  Warren  Hutt,  Clk. 

of  the  County  Court  of  Westmoreland  C°.  V". 

Release  of  the  Hunting  Creek  or  Mount  Vernon  Estate. 

This  Indenture  made  the  Sevententh  Day  of  May  in  the  thirteenth 
year  of  the  Reign  of  Our  Sovereign  Lord  George  by  the  grace  of  God 
King  Defender  of  the  Faith  &°  and  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  God  One 
Thousand  seven  hundred  Twenty  six  Between  Roger  Gregory  of  Stratton- 
Major.  Parish  in  King  and  Queen  County  Gent  of  the  one  part  and 
Augustine  Washington  of  Washington  Parish  in  Westmoreland  County 
Gent  of  the  other  part  Wittnesseth  that  the  said  Roger  Gregory  and 
Mildred  his  wife  for  divers  good  causes  &  conciderations  him  thereunto- 
moving  but  more  Especially  for  and  in  Concideration  of  the  sum  of  one 
Hundred  &  eighty  pounds  Sterling  money  of  Great  Brittain, — to  him  in 
hand  paid  at  and  before  the  Ensealing  and  Delivery  of  these  presents  the 
receipt  wherof  the  said  Roger  Gregory  and  Mildred  his  wife  Doth  hereby 
acknowledge  and  himself  therew'th  to  be  Fully  Satisfied  and  contented 
and  Paid  and  thereof  and  every  part  and  Parcel  thereof  doth  fully  and 
absolutely  acquit  Exhonerate  and  Discharge  him  the  Said  Aug4  Washing- 
ton his  Heirs  Execurs  and  Admts  and  every  of  them  by  these  Presents. 
Hath  Granted,  Bargained  Sold  Remised  Released  Alienated,  Entfeeofted 
and  confirmed  and  by  these  presents  Doth  Grant  Bargain  Sell  Remise  Re- 
lease Alien  Entfeeftee  confirm  unto  the  said  Aug*  Washington  his  Heirs 
Execu"  Admts  and  Assig8  for  ever.  He  being  in  the  actual  Possession 
thereof  by  virtue  of  a  Lease  thereof  made  by  the  said  Roger  Gregory  and 
Mildred  his  wife  bearing  Date  the  Day  before  the  Date  of  these  Presents 
and  by  virtue  of  the  statute  for  transfering  usses  into  Possession  all  that 
certain  tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  situate  Lying  and  Being  in  the  Parish  of 
Overwharton — in  the  County  aforesaid,  Being  by  Estimation  two  thousand 


532  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

&  Five  hundred  acres  a  moiettie  or  half  of  five  thousand  acres  formerly 
Lay'd  out  for  Coll0  Nicholas  Spencer  &  the  father  of  Cap'  Lawrence  Wash- 
ington and  Bounded  as  followeth  Begining  by  the  River  Side  at  the  Mouth 
of  Little  Hunting  Creek  and  Extending  up  the  Said  Creek  according  to  the 
several  courses  and  Meanders  thereof  nine  hundred  Eighty  and  Six  Poles 
to  a  mark'd  A  Corner  Tree  standing  on  the  west  side  the  South  Branch 
being  the  main  branch  of  the  said  Hunting  Creek  From  these  by  a  Lyne 
of  mark'd  trees  west  Eighteen  Degrees  South  across  the  Woods  to  the 
Dividing  Lyne  as  Formerly  made  Between  Madam  Francis  Spencer  and 
Cap*  Lawrence  Washington  and  from  thence  W'ly  the  said  Lyne  to  ye 
River  and  with  the  River  and  all  the  Courses  and  Meanders  of  the  said 
River  to  the  Mouth  of  the  Creek  afor'ed  Together  with  all  Houses  Out- 
houses  Gardens  Orchards  Fences  Meadows  Pastures  Feedings  Woods 
underwoods  Swamps  marshes  Way'8  Waters  Watercourses  and  all  other 
Emoluments  Herediteriments  and  appertenances  to  the  Said  granted 
Premisses  belonging  or  in  any  wise  appertaining  with  all  the  Estate  Right 
Title  Interest  Claim  and  Demand  Whatsoever  of  him  the  said  Roger 
Gregory  or  Mildred  his  wife  of  in  &  unto  the  said  granted  Premises  and 
every  part  therof  w'by  the  appurtenances  to  the  said  granted  Premisses  and 
reversion  and  remainder  yearly  and  other  rents  and  Profits  of  the  Premisses 
and  every  part  and  Parcell  thereof  To  have  and  to  hold  the  said  two 
thousand  &  five  hundred  acres  of  Laud  together  w'th  all  the  Rights  Titles 
Beuefitt  Property  Interest,  Claim  and  Demand  whatsoever  of  in  and  to  the 
said  Lands  &  Premises  hereby  granted  sold  demised  released  &  confirmed 
and  mentioned  or  intended  to  be  herein  granted  Bargined  Sold  Remised 
Released  &  Confirmed  and  every  part '  and  Parsel  thereof  w'h  their  and 
every  of  their  appertenances  unto  the  said  Augustine  Washington  his  Pleirs 
forever  to  the  only  Proper  use  and  behoof  of  the  said  Augustine  Washing- 
ton and  his  heirs  and  assignes  forever  to  be  holden  of  the  chief  Lord  or 
Lords  of  the  fee  or  fees  of  the  Premises  by  the  Rules  &  services  for  the 
same  clue  &  accustomed  to  be  paid  and  the  said  Roger  Gregory  and  Mildred 
his  wife  for  themselves  their  heirs  Exec1™  and  AdmtrB  Doth  covenant  and 
w'ly  the  said  Aug4  Washington  his  Heirs  &  Assig8  by  these  Presents  that 
the  said  Roger  Gregory  and  Mildred  his  wife  now  is  and  standith  Right- 
fully seised  of  and  in  the  said  two  thousand  &  five  hundred  acres  of  Land 
and  Premises  w'th  their  appertenances  of  a  good  sure  perfect  &  Iudefeasable 
Estate  in  Fee  simple  and  now  hath  good  Rightful  powers  aud  Lawful 
authority  to  grant  and  convey  the  said  Land  &  Premises  unto  the  said 
Augustine  Washington  and  his  heirs  according  to  the  purport  True  intent 
and  meaning  of  these  Presents  and  that  it  shall  and  may  be  Lawful  to  and 
for  the  said  Aug1  Washington  his  Heirs  and  assg's  from  time  to  time  and 
at  all  times  forever  hereafter  Peaseably  &  Quietly  to  have  hold  Possess 
ocupy  &  enjoy  the  said  two  thousand  &  five  hundred  acres  of  Land  w'th 
their  and  every  of  their  appertenances  w'thout  the  Lett  Suit  Trouble 
molestation  or  Interuption  of  him  the  said  Roger  Gregory  &  Mildred  his 
wife  their  Heirs  Execut0"  Adm'tors  or  Assigns  or  any  of  them  or  any  other 
Person  or  Persons  Lawfully  claiming  or  to  claim  from  by  or  under  them 
or  either  of  them  and  the  said  Roger  Gregory  &  Mildred  his  wife  for 
themselves  their  heirs  Execu""  &  Adm'flt  Doth  covinent  and  agree  to  and 
w'th  the  said  Augustine  Washington  his  heirs  &  Assig'8  by  these  presents 
that  he  the  said  Roger  Gregory  and  Mildred  his  wife  their  Heirs  Execu"" 
Adm'1"  and  assig'8  shall  and  will  at  any  time  or  times  hereafter  During  the 
space  of  years  next  Ensuing  the  Date  hereof  upon  the  request  and 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  533 

at  the  Charges  in  the  Law  of  the  said  Augs*  Washington  his  heirs  or  assig'* 
do  make  and  Execute  or  cause  or  procure  to  be  done  made  or  Executed  all 
and  every  such  further  and  other  act  and  acts  conveyance  &  conveyances 
in  the  Law  whatsoever  for  the  further  and  better  conveying  and  assuring 
the  said  two  thousand  &  five  hundred  acres  of  Land  &  Premises  with  their 
appurtenances  unto  the  said  Augustine  Washington  his  heirs  and  assig'8 
forever  as  by  the  Counsell  Learned  in  the  Law  of  the  said  Augustine 
Washington  his  heirs  or  assigns  shall  be  Reasonable  Devised  advised  or 
required  Soe  as  the  Parties  Required  to  do  the  same  be  not  compelled  to 
travell  above  Fifty  miles  from  the  place  or  places  of  their  abode  for  the 
doing  thereof  Wittness  whereof  the  Parties  to  this  Indenture  have  Inter- 
changeably hereunto  set  their  hands  and  seals  this  Day  and  year  first  above 
written —  Rog1  Gregory 

Mildred  Gregory  [ 
Sign'd  Seal'd  &  De1  In  Presence  of 

Wm  Aylett  Jr 
John  Washington 
Lawz  Butler 

[Immediately  below  the  text  and  signatures  of  the  Indenture  is  recorded  in 
the  same  hand-writing  the  following] — 

The  corses  of  Spencers  Land  and  mine  on  Little  Hunting  Creek  begin- 
ning at  ye  mouth  of  Little  Hunting  Extending  up  ye  s'd  Creek  986  poles 
thence  by  a  marked  Line  of  trees  W  1 88— Vr-  cross  ye  main  wood,  a  mapel 
standing  on  ye  E.  side  of  ye  main  brantch  of  Dague  run  720  p  thence  Down 
ye  said  Brantch  &  Creek  1128  p  pc  to  ye  mouth  of  ye  s'd  Creek  thence 
along  ye  river  to  ye  begining. 

[Endorsed  in  Gen1  Washington's  hand-writing] — 

Rogr  &  Mild'd  Gregory' 

Release  to 

Augus'  Washington 

17th  May  1726 

[Beneath  this  endorsement  is  the  following  of  a  probable  current  date  with 
the  execution  of  the  Indenture.] 

Merandom  thos  Leews  &  Reles  was  acknowledged  at  ye  Jeneral  Court 
by  Rodger  Gregory  &  Mildred  his  wife  in  Aprill  1726. 

[The  document  is  written  on  two  large  sheets  of  paper  fastened  together  with 
wafers.  To  each  signature  is  attached,  in  sealing  wax,  an  impression  of  a  seal 
which  may  be  heraldic  but  cannot  be  called  so  with  confidence.  The  design  is 
a  bloodhound  on  scent,  who  stands  on  what  may  be  a  wreath,  but  perhaps  is 
only  meant  for  a  support  to  his  feet.  A  photo-engraving  of  this  seal  will  be 
found  in  the  illustration  facing  page  523.] 

Will  of  Augustine  Washington,  Father  to  General  George 

Washington. 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen. 

I  Augustine  Washington  of  the  County  of  King  George — Gentleman 
being  sick  and  weak  but  of  perfect  and  disposing  sence  and  memory,  Do 
make  my  last  will  and  Testament  in  manner  following  hereby  revoking  all 
former  will  or  wills  whatsoever  by  me  heretofore  made. 

Imprimis; — I  give  unto  my   Son    Lawrence   Washington  and  his  heirs 


534  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

forever  all  that  plantation  and  tract  of  Land  at  Hunting  Creek  in  the 
County  of  Prince  William  containing  by  estimate,  two  thousand  and  five 
hundred  acres  with  the  Water  Mill  adjoining  thereto  or  lying  near  the 
same  and  all  the  Slaves,  Cattle  and  Stocks  of  all  Kinds  whatsoever  and  all 
the  Household  Furnature  whatsoever  now  in  and  upon  or  which  have  been 
commonly  possesed  by  my  said  son,  together  with  the  said  plantation  track 
of  Land  and  Mill. 

Item, — I  give  unto  my  son  Augustine  Washington  and  his  heirs  forever 
all  my  lands  in  the  County  of  Westmoreland  except  such  only  as  are  here- 
inafter otherwise  disposed  of  together  with  twenty  five  head  of  neat  Cattle 
forty  hogs  and  twenty  sheep  and  a  negro  man  named  Frank  besides  those 
negroes  formerly  given  him  by  his  mother. 

Item, — I  give  unto  my  said  sou  Augustine  three  young  working  Slaves 
to  be  purchased  for  him  out  of  the  first  profits  of  the  Iron  Works  after  my 
desase. 

Item, — I  give  to  my  son  George  Washington  and  his  heirs  the  land  I 
now  live  on  which  I  purchased  of  the  Executors  of  Mr  Wm  Strother  de- 
ceased. And  one,  one  moiety  of  my  land  lying  on  Deeps  Run  and  ten 
negro  Slaves. 

Item, — I  give  unto  my  son  Samuel  Washington  and  his  heirs  my  land 
at  Chotank  in  the  County  of  Stafford  containing  about  six  hundred  acres 
and  also  the  other  moity  of  my  land  lying  on  Deeps  Run. 

Item, —  I  give  unto  my  son  John  Washington  and  his  heirs  my  Land  at 
the  head  of  Maddox  in  the  County  of  Westmoreland  containing  about 
seven  hundred  acres. 

Item, — I  give  unto  my  son  Charles  Washington  and  his  heirs  the  land  I 
purchased  of  my  son  Lawrence  Washington  whereon  Thomas  Lewis  now 
lives,  adjoining  to  my  said  son  Lawrence's  land  above  devised.  I  also  give 
unto  my  said  son  Charles  and  his  heirs  the  Land  I  purchased  of  Gabriel 
Adams  in  the  County  of  Prince  William  containing  about  seven  hundred 
acres. 

Item, — It  is  my  will  and  desire  that  all  the  rest  of  my  negroes  not  herein 
particularly  devised  may  be  equally  divided  between  my  wife  and  my  three 
sons  Samuel,  John  and  Charles,  and  that  Ned,  Jack,  Bob,  Sue,  and  Lucy 
may  be  included  in  my  wife's  part,  which  part  of  my  said  wife's,  after  her 
decease  I  desire  may  be  equally  divided  between  my  sons  George,  Samuel, 
John  and  Charles,  and  the  part  of  my  said  negroes  so  devised  to  my  wife 
I  mean  and  intend  to  be  in  full  satisfaction  and  in  lieu  of  her  dower  in  my 
negroes.  But  if  she  should  insist  notwithstanding  on  her  right  of  Dower 
in  my  negroes  I  will  and  desire  that  so  many  as  may  be  wanting  to  make 
up  her  share  may  be  taken  out  of  the  negroes  given  herehy  to  my  sons 
George,  Samuel,  John  and  Charles. 

Item, — I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  wife  and  my  four  sons  George, 
Samuel,  John  and  Charles,  all  the  rest  of  my  Personal  Estate  to  be  equally 
divided  between  them  which  is  not  particularly  bequeathed  by  this  will  to 
my  wife  and  it  is  my  will  and  desire  that  my  said  four  sons  Estates  may  be 
kept  in  my  wife's  hands  until  they  respectively  attain  the  age  of  twenty 
one  years,  in  case  my  said  wife  continues  so  long  unmarried  but  in  case  she 
should  happen  to  marry  before  that  time  I  desire  it  may  be  in  the  power 
of  my  Executors  to  oblige  her  husband  from  time  to  time  as  they  shall 
think  proper  to  give  security  for  the  performance  of  this  my  last  will 
in  paying  and  delivering  my  said  four  sons  their  Estates  respectively  as 
they  come  of  age,  or  on  failure  to  give  such   security  to  take  my  said 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  535 

sons  and  their  estates  out  of  the  custody  and  tuition  of  ray  said  wife  and 
her  husband. — 

Item, — I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  wife  the  crops  made  at  Bridge 
Creek,  Chotank,  and  Rappahanock  quarters  at  the  time  of  my  decase  for 
the  support  of  herself  and  her  children  aud  I  desire  my  wife  may  have  the 
liberty  of  working  my  land  at  Bridge  Creek  Quarters  for  the  time  of  Five 
years  next  after  my  decease,  during  which  time  she  may  fix  a  quarters  on 
Deeps  Run. 

Item, — I  give  to  my  son  Lawrence  Washington  and  the  heirs  of  his  body 
lawfully  begotten  forever  that  tract  of  Land  I  purchased  of  Mr.  James 
Hooe  adjoining  to  the  said  Lawrence  Washington's  land  on  Maddox  in  the 
County  of  Westmoreland  which  I  gave  him  in  lieu  of  the  land  my  said  son 
bought  for  me  in  Prince  William  County  of  Spencer  and  Harrison  and  for 
want  of  such  heirs  then  I  give  and  devise  the  same  to  my  son  Augustine 
and  his  heirs  forever. 

Item, — I  give  to  my  said  son  Lawrence  all  the  right  title  and  interest  I 
have  to  in  or  out  of  the  Iron  Works  in  which  I  am  concerned  in  Virginia 
and  Maryland  provided  that  he  do  and  shall,  out  of  the  profits  raised  there- 
by purchase  for  my  said  sou  Augustine  three  young  working  slaves  as  I 
have  herein  before  directed  and  also  pay  my  daughter  Betty  when  she 
arrives  at  the  age  Eighteen  years  the  sum  of  four  hundred  pounds  which 
right  title  and  interest  on  the  condition  aforesaid  I  give  to  my  said  son 
Lawrence  and  his  heirs  forever. 

Item, — I  give  to  my  said  daughter  Betty  a  negro  child  named  Mary 
daughter  of  Sue  aud  an  other  named  Betty  daughter  of  Judy. — 

Item, — It  is  my  will  and  desire  that  my  sons  Lawrence  and  Augustine 
do  pay  out  of  their  respective  Estates  devised  to  them  one  half  or  moity  of 
the  debts  I  justly  owe  and  for  that  purpose  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my 
said  two  sons  one  half  of  the  debts  and  owing  to  me. — 

Item, — For  as  much  as  my  several  children  in  this  will  mentioned  being 
of  several  venters  cannot  inherit  from  one  another  in  order  to  make  a 
proper  provision  against  their  dying  without  issue  It  is  my  will  and  desire 
that  in  case  my  son  Lawrence  should  die  without  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully 
begotten  that  then  the  land  and  Mill  given  him  by  this  my  will  lying  in 
the  county  of  Prince  William  shall  go  and  remain  to  my  son  George  and 
his  heirs  but  in  case  my  son  Augustine  should  choose  to  have  the  said  lauds 
rather  than  the  lands  he  holds  in  Maddox  either  by  this  will  or  any  Settle- 
ment. Then  I  give  and  devise  said  lands  in  Prince  William  to  my  said 
son  Augustine  and  his  heirs  on  his  conveying  the  said  lands  in  Maddox  to 
my  said  son  George  and  his  heirs.  And  in  case  my  said  son  Augustine 
shall  happen  to  die  without  issue  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten,  then  I 
give  and  bequeath  all  the  said  lands  by  him  held  in  Maddox  to  my  son 
George  and  his  heirs  and  if  both  sons  Lawrence  aud  Augustine  should 
happen  to  die  without  issue  of  their  several  bodies  begotten  then  my  will 
and  desire  is  that  my  son  George  and  his  heirs  may  have  his  and  their 
choice  either  to  have  the  lands  of  my  son  Lawrence  or  the  lands  of  my  son 
Augustine  to  hold  to  him  and  his  heirs  and  the  land  of  such  of  my  said 
sons  Lawrence  or  Augustine  as  shall  not  be  so  chosen  by  my  son  George 
or  his  heirs  shall  go  to  and  be  equally  divided  among  my  sons  Samuel, 
John  and  Charles  and  their  heirs  share  and  share  alike  and  in  case  my  son 
George  by  the  death  of  both  or  either  of  my  sons  Lawrence  and  Augustine 
should  according  to  this  my  intention  come  to  be  possessed  of  either  their 
lands  then  my  will  and  desire  is  that  said  lands  hereby  devised  to  my  said 


536  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

son  George  and  his  heirs  should  go  over  and  be  equally  divided  between 
my  sons  Samuel,  John  and  Charles  and  their  heirs,  share  and  share  alike 
and  in  case  all  my  children  by  my  present  wife  should  happen  to  die  with- 
out issue  of  their  bodies,  Then  my  will  and  desire  is  that  all  the  lands  by 
this  my  will  devised  to  any  of  my  said  children  should  go  to  my  sons 
Augustine  and  Lawrence  if  living  and  to  their  heirs  or  if  one  of  them 
should  be  dead  without  issue  then  to  the  survivor  and  his  heirs.  But  my 
true  Intent  and  meaning  is  that  each  of  my  children  by  my  present  wife 
may  have  their  lands  in  fee  simple  upon  the  contingency  of  their  arriving 
at  full  age  or  leaving  heirs  of  their  bodies  lawfully  begotten  or  on  their 
dying  under  age  and  without  lawful  issue  their  several  parts  to  descend 
from  one  to  another  according  to  their  course  of  descent  and  the  remainder 
of  their  or  any  of  their  land  in  this  clause  mentioned  to  my  sons  Lawrence 
and  Augustine  or  the  survivors  of  them  is  only  upon  the  contingency  of  all 
my  said  children  by  my  present  wife  dying  under  age  and  without  issue 
living,  my  sons  Lawrence  and  Augustine  or  either  of  them. 

Lastly, — I  constitute  and  appoint  my  son  Lawrence  Washington  and  my 
good  friends  Daniel  McLarity  and  Nathaniel  Chapman — Gentlemen  Execu- 
tors of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament. — 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  Seal  the  Eleventh 
day  of  April  1743. 

Augustine  Washington       [L.  S.] 

Signed  sealed  and  published 
in  the  presence  of  us 

Robert  Jackson 
Anthony  Strother 
Jas  Thompson 

Provided  further  that  if  my  lands  at  Chotank  devised  to  my  son  Samuel 
should  by  course  of  law  be  taken  away  then  I  give  to  the  said  Samuel  in 
lieu  thereof  a  tract  of  Land  in  Westmoreland  County  where  Benjamin 
Wicks  and  Thomas  Finch  now  live  by  estimation  seven  hundred  acres. 

Item — I  bequeath  to  my  son  George  one  lot  of  land  in  the  town  of 
Fredericksburg  which  I  purchased  of  Col  John  Walton  also  two  other  lots 
in  the  said  town  which  I  purchased  of  the  Executors  of  Colo  Henry  Willis 
with  all  the  Houses  and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging. — 

And  whereas  some  proposals  have  been  made  by  Mr  Anthony  Strother 
for  purchasing  a  piece  of  land  where  Matthew  Tiff'y  lately  lived  now  if  my 
Executors  shall  think  it  for  the  benefit  of  my  said  son  George  then  I  here- 
by empower  them  to  make  conveyance  of  the  said  land  and  premices  to  the 
said  Strother. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  seal  this  eleventh 
day  of  April  1743 

Augustine  Washington       [L.  S.] 

Signed  sealed  and  Published 
in  the  presence  of  us 

Robert  Jackson 
Anthony  Strother 
Jas  Thompson 

At  a  court  held  for  King  George  County  the  6th  day  of  May  1743 

The  last  will   and  testament  of  Augustine  Washington  Gent'"  deceased 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  537 

was  presented  into  Court  by  Lawrence  Washington  Gent'n  one  of  the 
Executors  who  made  oath  thereunto  and  the  same  was  proved  by  the  oath 
of  Anthony  Strother  and  James  Thompson  admitted  to  Record 

A  Copy         Teste 

Harry  Turner — Clerk 

Will  of  Lawrence  Washington,  Half-Brother  to  George 

Washington. 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen,  I  Lawrence  Washington  of  Truro  parish  in 
Fairfax  County  and  Colony  of  Virginia  Gent,  Knowing  the  uncertainty 
of  this  transitory  life,  and  being  in  sound  and  desposing  mind  and  memory 
do  make  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament,  hereby  revoking  and  disannul- 
ling, all  other  wills  and  Testaments  by  me  at  any  time  heretofore  made. 

Imprimis  my  will  and  desire  is  that  a  proper  vault  for  Interment  may  be 
made  on  my  home  plantation  wherein  my  remains  together  with  my  three 
children  may  be  decently  placed,  and  to  serve  for  my  wife  and  such  other 
of  the  family  as  may  desire  it. — 

Item  my  will  and  desire  is  that  my  funeral  charges  and  respective  debts 
be  first  paid  and  discharged,  out  of  such  of  my  personal  Estate  as  my 
Executors  hereinafter  to  be  be  named  Shall  think  best  and  most  advisable 
to  be  disposed  of  for  that  purpose. — 

Item  my  will  and  desire  is  that  my  loving  wife  have  the  use  benefit  and 
profits  of  all  my  Lands  on  Little  Hunting  and  Doegs  Creeks,  in  the  parish 
of  Truro  and  County  of  Fairfax  with  all  the  Houses  and  Edifices  during 
her  natural  life,  likewise  the  use  labour  and  profits  arising  from  the  one 
half  of  all  my  Negroes,  as  my  said  wife  and  Executors  may  agree  in  divid- 
ing them,  negro  Moll  and  her  issue,  to  be  included  in  my  wife's  part  of  the 
said  Negroes.  I  also  devise  that  my  said  wife  may  may  [sic']  have  the  use 
of  the  Lands  surveyed  on  the  south  fork  of  Bull  Skin,  in  the  County  of 
Frederick,  during  her  natural  Life.  But  in  case  of  my  daughter  Sarah 
dying  without  issue  before  her  said  Mother  then  I  give  and  devise  my 
said  Bull  Skin  tract,  to  my  said  wife,  to  her  and  her  Heirs  for  ever. — 

Item  it  is  my  will  and  desire  that  all  my  Household  goods,  and  furnature 
with  the  liquors  be  appraised  and  valued  by  three  persons  to  be  chosen  by 
my  wife  and  Executors  and  that  my  wife  have  the  liberty  to  choose  any 
part  of  the  said  Household  goods,  and  furnature  to  the  amount  of  a  full 
moiety  of  the  whole  sum  which  they  shall  be  appraised  to.  Which  part  I 
give  and  bequeath  to  her  and  her  heirs  for  ever ;  the  other  moiety  to  be 
sold  and  the  money  arising  applied  towards  the  payment  of  my  debts. — 

Item  What  I  have  herein  devised  and  left  to  my  wife  I  intend  to  be  iu 
Lieu,  and  instead,  of  her  right  of  Dower,  provided  my  wife  according  to  her 
promise,  sells  her  several  tracts  of  Land  near  Salisbury  Plains,  and  applys 
the  said  money  to  the  discharge  of  my  debts  due  at  the  time  of  my  death ; 
But  in  case  of  her  refusal  then  my  will  is  that  all  my  Household  furnature 
be  sold,  and  the  whole  amount  to  be  applied  towards  the  discharge  of  my 
debts — 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Sarah  and  the  heirs  of  her 
body  lawfully  begotten  forever  after  my  just  debts  are  discharged  all  my 
real  and  personal  Estate,  in  Virginia  and  the  Provence  of  Maryland  not 
otherwise  disposed  of.  But  in  case  it  shall  please  God  my  said  Daughter, 
should  die  without  issue,  it  is  then  my  will  and  desire  my  Estate  both  real 
and  personal,  be  disposed  of  in  the  following  manner 


538  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

First  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  loving  brother  Augustine  Washington 
and  his  heirs  forever  all  my  stocks,  Interest  and  Estate  in  the  Principio, 
Accokeck,  Kingsbury,  Lancashire,  and  N°  East  Iron  works  in  Virginia 
and  Maryland  reserving  one  third  of  the  profits  of  said  works  to  be  paid 
to  my  wife,  as  hereinafter  mentioned,  and  two  tracts  of  Land  lying  and  be- 
ing in  Frederick  County  which  I  purchased  of  Col  Cresap  and  Gerrard 
Pendergrass. — 

Second  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving  brother  George  Washington 
and  his  heirs  forever,  after  the  decease  of  my  wife  all  my  lands  in  Fairfax 
County  with  the  improvements  thereon,  and  further  it  is  my  will  and  de- 
sire, that  during  the  natural  life  of  my  wife,  that  my  said  brother  George 
shall  have  the  use  of  an  equal  Share  and  proportion  of  all  the  Lands  here- 
after given  and  devised  unto  my  brother  Samuel,  John  and  Charles.- — 

Third  I  give  and  bequeath  all  those  Several  tracts  of  Land  which  I  am 
possessed  of  and  claim  in  the  County  of  Frederick  (except  the  tract  on  the 
south  Fork  of  Bull-Skin,  bequeathed  to  my  wife  and  the  two  tracts  pur- 
chased of  Col  Cresap  and  Gerrard  Pendergrass  devised  to  my  brother 
Augustine)  unto  my  brother  Samuel,  John  and  Charles,  reserving  as  above 
an  equal  proportion  for  my  brother  George  provided  they  Samuel,  John  or 
Charles  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  unto  my  and  their  sister  Betty  Lewis  the 
sum  of  One  hundred  and  fifty  pounds. — 

Fourth  my  will  also  is  that  upon  the  death  of  my  or  all  of  my  said 
Brothers  George,  Samuel,  John  and  Charles,  dying  without  lawful  issue, 
such  Lands  as  was  given  them  or  any  of  them  in  case  of  my  said  Daughter's 
demise  as  aforesaid,  to  become  the  property  and  right  of  my  brother 
Augustine  and  his  heirs. — 

Fifth  my  further  will  and  desire  is  that  after  the  demise  of  my  said  wife 
the  Negro  woman  Moll  and  her  increase  be  given  unto  my  said  brother 
Augustine  his  Heirs  Admors  &c.  and  likewise  give  him  an  equal  proportion 
with  his  other  brothers,  of  the  other  part  of  the  Negroes,  and  personal 
Estate  upon  their  paying  my  said  wife  One  Hundred  pounds  sterling,  my 
intent  and  meaning  is  that  the  said  one  hundred  pounds  sterling  be  paid  by 
my  said  brothers,  to  my  said  wife  immediately  or  soon  after  it  may  please 
God  to  remove  by  death  my  said  Daughter — 

Item  I  further  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving  wife  during  her  natural 
life,  one  full  third  part  of  the  profits  from  the  share  I  hold  in  all  the 
several  Iron  works  both  in  the  Colony  of  Virginia  and  Maryland  to  be  paid 
unto  my  said  wife  from  time  to  time  by  my  Executors  immediately  upon 
notice  given  them  by  the  partners  residing  in  England  of  the  annual  amount 
of  the  profits  to  be  paid  either  in  bills  or  cash  at  the  current  exchange  as 
she  shall  choose — 

Item  I  give  unto  my  brother  John  Washington,  Fifty  pounds  in  lieu  of 
the  Land,  taken  from  him  by  a  suit  at  Law  Cap1  Maxtn"  Robinson,  after 
my  debts  are  paid. 

Item  my  will  and  desire  is  that  my  two  Tracts  of  Land  one  joining  my 
wife's  Tract,  near  Salisbury  plain,  the  other  on  a  branch  of  Goose  Creek 
being  three  hundred  and  three  acres,  my  two  Lots  in  the  town  of  Alexan- 
dria with  the  edifices  thereon  and  my  Share  and  Interest  in  the  Ohio  Com- 
pany, all  be  sold  by  my  Executors  and  the  money  applied  toward  discharg- 
ing my  debts,  also  my  arrears  of  half  pay,  which  Col0  Wilson  the  agent 
or  Mr  Stuart  bis  kinsman,  and  clerk  be  addressed  for  and  the  money 
applied  to  the  same  use. 

Item  whereas  the  purchasing  Negroes  and  Land  may  greatly  tend  to  the 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  539 

advantage  of  my  Daughter,  I  therefore  fully  empower  my  Executors  to 
lay  out  the  profit  of  my  Estate,  or  any  part  thereof  in  Lands  and  Negroes 
at  their  discression,  *.  e.  I  mean  such  part  of  the  Estate  as  I  have  devised 
to  my  Daughter  Sarah  which  said  several  purchases  in  case  of  her  discease, 
without  issue  shall  be  deemed  and  counted  personal  Estate,  and  be  accord- 
ingly equally  divided  among  my  brothers  as  above  provided. — 

Item  I  also  desire  my  just  suit  of  Complaint  at  Law  depending  against 
Gersham  Keyes  of  Frederick  County  for  breach  of  trust  be  effectually 
prosecuted  by  my  Executors. — 

Item  it  is  furthermore  my  will  and  desire  that  all  my  estate  be  kept  to- 
gether till  the  debts  are  discharged. — 

Item  I  give  to  my  wife,  my  Mother  in  Law  and  each  of  my  Executors  a 
mourning  ring. — 

Lastly  I  constitute  and  appoint  the  Honbe  William  Fairfax  aud  George 
Fairfax  Esqr'8  my  said  Brother  Augustine  aud  George  Washington,  and 
my  esteemed  friends  Mr  Nathaniel  Chapman  aud  Majr  John  Carlyle 
Executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set 
my  hand  and  Seale  this  twentieth  day  of  June  one  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  fifty  two  in  the  26th  year  of  his  Majesty  King  George  the  Second's 
reign. —  Lawrence  Washington       [Seal]. 

Signed  Sealed  &  published 
in  the  presence  of  us 
Wm  Waite 
Jn°  North 

his 

Andrew  yy  Warren 

mark 

Joseph  Gound 

At  a  court  held  for  Fairfax  County  September  the  26th  1752  This  last 
will  and  testament  of  Lawrence  Washington  Gen1  deceased  was  presented 
in  court  by  the  Honbe  William  Fairfax  and  George  William  Fairfax  Esqr8 
John  Carlyle  and  George  Washington  Gen'  four  of  the  Executors  therein 
named  who  made  oath  thereto  according  to  Law,  and  being  proved  by  the 
oaths  of  William  Waite,  John  North  and  Andrew  Warren  three  of  the 
witnesses  is  admitted  to  record. — 

And  the  same  Executors  performing  what  is  usual  in  such  cases,  Certifi- 
cate is  granted  them  for  obtaining  a  probate  in  due  form. 

Test  John  Graham  C. 

A  Copy        Test        Wm  Moss  C. 
Copy         Test 

F.  W.  Richardson — Clerk 


Ursula  Trye  of  Fordham  in  the  co.  of  Essex,  spinster,  relict  of  Thomas 
Trye  of  Breadstone  in  the  parish  of  Burkley  and  county  of  Gloucester  esq. 
deceased,  7  January  1656,  proved  5  December  1664.  To  my  beloved  son 
William  Trye  five  pounds  and  my  wedding  ring  only  as  a  token  of  my  love. 
To  my  grandchild  Thomas  Trye  five  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Margaret 
Trye  fifty  pounds  and  my  bed  and  boulster,  with  a  pair  of  down  pillows  and 
a  pair  of  blankets  and  a  green  rug  and  all  the  rest  of  the  furniture  belong- 
ing to  it  that  is  at  Overbury  (and  sheets,  table  cloths  &c).  To  my  daugh- 
ter Elenor  Trye  twenty  pounds  (and  sundry  damask  table  cloths,  napkins 
&c)  and  my  crimson  satin  mantle  and  all    my   needlework    that   is   in 


540  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

my  trunk  at  Overbury,  and  all  my  wrought  covers  for  chairs  and  stools 
and  two  long  cushions  of  cloth  of  gold  and  two  long  cushions  of  Needle- 
work wrought  with  coloured  silks  at  New  Parke  &c.  To  my  daughter 
Susanna  Vickeridge  five  pounds  (and  sundry  sheets,  napkins  &c).  To  mv 
daughter  Anne  Bulkley  five  pounds  and  a  pair  of  pillow  beeres  wrought  in 
black  silk  and  a  cupboard  cloth  wrought  with  white  work  edged  about  with 
bone  lace,  and  a  flaxen  board-cloath  marked  with  my  own  name,  a  long 
towell  and  a  half  dozen  flaxen  napkins  marked  with  '"Em  and  Tee."  To 
my  grand  child  Try  Vickaridge  twenty  shillings  and  all  my  books  at  over- 
bury,  and  to  his  three  brothers  Slauter,  John  and  William  Vickaridge  ten 
shillings  apiece.  To  my  grandchild  Margaret  Vickaredge  my  two  least 
gilt  spoons  and  to  her  sister  my  silver  spoon.  To  my  grandchild  Edward 
Bulkley  twenty  shillings  and  to  his  two  brothers  John  and  Thomas  Bulk- 
ley  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  my  grandchild  Margaret  Bulkley  my  great 
gilt  spoon.  To  the  poor  twenty  shillings.  My  daughter  Elenor  Trye  to 
be  executrix. 

Wit:  John  Bulkley,  Ann  Bulkley.  Bruce,  140. 

Elianok  Trye  of  St.  Lawrence  Lane,  London,  spinster,  24  November 
1691,  proved  1  March  1  691 .  A  messuage  I  bought  of  one  Mary  Dauice,  (?) 
spinster,  situated  in  Breadstone  in  the  parish  of  Barkley  iu  the  county  of 
Gloucester,  for  one  hundred  and  five  pounds,  I  do  hereby  give  and  devise  to 
my  nephew  Thomas  Trye.  To  my  sister  Susanna  Vicaredge  of  St.  Law- 
rence Lane,  London,  relict  of  John  Vicaredge,  gent,  deceased  and  to  my 
nephew  John  Vicaredge  of  St.  Lawrence  Lane,  gentleman,  all  my  mes- 
suages &c  iu  Broadway,  Worcester,  aud  other  property,  in  trust,  to  pay 
legacies  &c. 

To  my  niece  Elizabeth  Fawkner  two  hundred  pounds.  To  my  nephew 
Edward  Bulkley  the  elder  two  hundred  pounds.  To  my  nephew  Thomas 
Bulkley,  gone  into  New  England,  one  hundred  and  fifty  pouuds.  To  my 
niece  Susanna  More  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  niece  Elizabeth  Vicar- 
edge one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  To  my  nephew  Thomas  Bulkley's  son 
John,  or  what  child  he  shall  have  living  at  my  death,  fifty  pounds  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  years.  To  my  nephew  John  Vicaredge  one  hundred  and 
twenty  pounds.  To  my  nephew  Sheldon  Vicaredge  eighty  pounds.  To 
Frederick,  son  of  said  Sheldon,  twenty  pounds.  To  my  nephew  Thomas 
Vicaredge  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  nephew  Charles  Vicaredge  one 
hundred  pounds  and  to  his  three  children,  Charles,  John  and  Thomas,  each 
twenty  pounds.  To  the  three  children  of  my  nephew  Trye  Vicaredge, 
deceased,  Try,  Susanna  and  Elizabeth  Vicaredge,  viz1  to  the  son  thirty 
pounds,  and  to  the  two  daughters  forty  pounds  each.  To  Everard  Fawk- 
ner, son  of  my  nephew  Everard  Fawkner,  twenty  pounds.  To  little  John 
More,  son  of  my  nephew  John  More,  twenty  pounds.  To  the  poor  of 
Broadway,  Worcester,  six  pounds.  To  Dr.  Anuesley  my  worthy  pastor 
three  pounds.  To  the  Lady  Frances  Pickering  twenty  shillings  to  buy 
her  a  ring  and  to  her  Ladyship's  son  Gilbert  Pickering  Esqre  twenty  shil- 
lings to  buy  him  a  ring.  To  my  cousin  Anthony  Trye  of  Passenham  and 
his  wife  twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  sister  Auice  Bulkley  twenty 
shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  my  cousin  Joseph  Bulkley's  son  Edward 
twenty  shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring.  To  my  cousin  Cassandra  Lewis  twenty 
shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring.  My  brother  John  Buckley  did  repose  a  trust 
in  rue  and  my  sister  Wroughton  deceased  to  dispose  of  diverse  goods  and 
jewels  in  a  schedule  annexed  to  a  certain  indenture  mentioned  to  be  made 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  541 

between  my  said  brother  Buckley,  sister  Wroughton  and  myself,  bearing 
date  29  June  1665,  which  goods  do  belong  to  my  sister  Anne  Buckley's 
children.  I  have  delivered  all  those  mentioned  goods,  plate  and  jewels  and 
money  to  Edward,  Thomas,  Elizabeth  and  Joseph  Bulkley  as  will  appear 
by  receipts  under  every  one  of  their  hands.  Reference  also  to  other  articles 
of  agreement  made  between  said  brother  Bulkley  and  Ann  his  wife,  my- 
self and  several  others,  bearing  date  5  July  1658,  and  to  others,  dated  30 
June  1665,  between  said  brother  Bulkley  and  myself.  To  sister  Susanna 
Vicaredge  my  diamond  ring  with  five  diamonds  set  round  upon  the  ring,  my 
gold  locket  with  a  death's  head  and  E.A.  upon  the  locket,  my  silver  freezed 
cup  with  a  cover  and  my  coat  of  arms  upon  the  cup  (and  certain  wearing 
apparell  and  other  goods).  To  my  nephew  Thomas  Trye  my  gold  sealu 
with  two  coats  of  arms  upon  it  (and  other  things).  To  my  niece  Elizabeth 
Fawkner  my  large  diamond  Jewell  set  in  a  racket,  being  in  all,  small  and 
great,  fifty-nine  diamonds  in  that  Jewell  (and  other  tilings  of  value).  To 
my  niece  Susannah  More  my  gold  watch  with  a  studdeu  case  and  gold 
chain  to  it,  my  diamond  bracelet,  being  ten  diamonds  set  in  gold,  my  diamond 
locket  with  M.S.,  seventeen  diamonds  in  it  (and  other  things  of  value). 
To  my  niece  Elizabeth  Vicaredge  my  best  pearl  necklace,  being  three  strings 
of  pearls,  my  diamond  ring  with  thirteen  diamonds  in  it  To  my  nephew 
Fawkher's  son  Everard  a  silver  porringer  with  T.W.  upon  it,  and  a  gold 
medal  inamelled  and  a  coat  of  arms  upon  it  and  two  heads  of  white  agates. 
To  my  nephew  John  Vicaredge  my  silver  goblet  cup  embossed  and  my  coat 
of  arms  upon  it.  (Other  valuable  objects  given  to  various  relatives  )  My 
sister  Susanna  Vicaredge  and  my  nephew  John  Vicaredge  to  be  trustees 
and  executrix  and  executor.  All  my  china  that  is  at  Lawrence  Lane,  also 
my  pictures,  to  my  sister  Vicaredge  and  her  two  daughters  Susanna  More 
and  Elizabeth  Vicaredge.  My  red  china  tea  pot  I  give  to  my  niece  Eliza- 
beth Fawkner.     Reference  to  a  bond  with  nephew  Edward  Bulkley. 

Fane,  46 

John  Bulkeley  of  the  Precincts  of  St.  Katherines  (near  the  Tower, 
London)  gen'  11  October  1689,  proved  28  January  1689.  My  body  to  be 
buried  half  an  hour  before  sunset  if  in  the  Winter,  or  when  the  days  are 
shorter  than  the  nights;  but  if  in  the  Summer,  or  when  the  days  are  longer 
than  the  nights,  it  shall  be  at  the  furthest  by  six  a  clock  in  the  afternoon. 
To  wife  Avis  thirty  pounds  over  and  above  what  was  settled  upon  her  be- 
fore our  intermarriage  and  the  possession  and  use,  during  her  natural  life  of 
all  those  rings,  necklaces.  Jewells  &c  which  she  had  before  our  intermarriage 
or  hath  been  by  me  since  given  unto  her,  willing  with  all  and  desiring  that 
her  best  diamond  ring  be  immediately  after  her  decease  given  (taken  by)  or 
delivered  to  my  loving  daughter  Elizabeth  the  now  wife  of  Everard 
Falkener,  grocer. 

Bequests  to  sister  Mrs  Elenor  Trye,  to  brother  and  sister  Vicaridge  and 
to  their  children,  to  the  eldest  son  of  my  late  nephew,  Trye  Vicaridge,  to 
three  brethren  in  New  England,  viz1  Edward,  Gersham  and  Peter,  to  sons 
of  deceased  brother  Thomas,  to  nephew  Edward  Bulkeley  here  in  England 
and  to  nephew  Thomas  Trye  son  of  late  brother  in  law  Mr   William  Trye. 

The  land  at  Ringshall.  Suffolk,  settled  upon  me  and  my  heirs,  after  my 
wife's  decease  shall  be  sold  and  of  the  proceeds  two  hundred  pounds  paid  to 
son  Falkener,  in  full  of  his  wife's  portion,  and  the  remainder  divided  be- 
tween my  two  sons  Edward  and  Thomas  Bulkeley.  My  son  Edward,  my 
wife  Avis  and  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Falkener  to  be  joint  executors 

Dyke,  2. 


542  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

[Mr.  John  Bulkly  of  Fordham  in  the  co.  of  Essex  and  M'ris  Anne  Try  of 
Odell,  married,  March  19,  1650.  (Parish  Registers  of  Odell  in  Genealogia  Bed- 
fordiensis,  by  F.  A.  Blaydes.) — h.  f.  w. 

Rev.  John  Bulkeley,  M.A.,  born  1619-20,  H.  C.  1642,  was  the  son  of  Rev. 
Peter  Bulkeley,  of  Odell  (Woodhill),  Bedfordshire,  and  of  Concord,  Mass.,  by 
his  first  wife,  Jane  Allen,  of  Goldington.  He  returned  to  England  soon  after 
his  graduation,  and  was  settled  as  a  minister  in  Fordham,  Essex,  where  the 
baptisms  of  a  son  and  daughter  are  recorded  by  his  own  hand.  Having  been 
ejected  from  his  living  in  1662,  he  removed  to  "  Wapping  in  the  suburbs  of  Lon- 
don," and  there  practised  as  a  physician  till  his  death,  probably  in  January, 
1689-90.  (Sibley's  Harv.  Grad.  I.  52;  Bulkley  Family,  p.  64.)  He  married, 
first,  March  19,  1650[-1],  Anne  Trye,  who   probably  died  before  June,  1665; 

secondly,  Avis  or  Auice .     His  children  by  Anne  Trye  were  :  Edward,  John, 

Thomas,  Margaret  (born  before  1656)  and  Elizabeth.  John,  who  with  Margaret 
died  before  1689,  was  probably  the  father  of  the  Joseph  Bulkeley  mentioned  by 
Elinor  Trye  among  her  sister  Anne's  children ;  though  as  John  evidently  died 
before  his  father,  it  is  curious  that  Joseph  is  not  mentioned  in  John  Bulkeley's 
will.  But,  unless  both  John  and  Joseph  married  much  younger  than  men 
usually  did  even  in  those  days,  this  Joseph  could  scarcely  have  been  the  "  cousin 
Joseph  Bulkley"  whose  "  son  Edward"  is  mentioned  in  Elianor  Trye's  will.  It 
is,  however,  difficult  to  see  who  else  it  could  be.  Thomas,  who  was  in  New 
England  in  1691,  had  John  (less  than  sixteen  in  1691,  died  before  1720),  and 
Thomas,  who  was  in  the  East  Indies  about  1720.  Elizabeth  married  Everard 
Fawkner  (died  1707),  and  died  1720.  She  was  probably  a  second  wife,  with  a 
stepson  Gerard  who  died  before  his  father.  (See  Register,  1888,  p.  272;  or 
ante,  p.  281,  for  Elizabeth  Fawkner's  will) 

The  "  nephew  Edward  Bulkeley  here  in  England,"  of  John  Bulkeley's  will, 
and  the  "  cousin  Edward  Bulkeley"  with  wife  Sarah  and  daughter  Elizabeth 
(less  than  twenty-one  in  1720)  of  Elizabeth  Fawkner's  will,  may  have  been  the 
son  of  Hon.  Peter3  Bulkeley  (Rev.  Edward,2  Rev.  Peter1)  perhaps,  brought  by 
his  father  to  England  in  1676,  and  left  in  his  uncle  John  Bulkeley's  care. 
{Ante,  pp.  285-6;  Register,  1888,  pp.  275-6.)  As  he  was  the  eldest  son  of  the 
eldest  son,  it  seems  not  at  all  improbable  that  his  English  relatives  should  have 
agreed  to  provide  for  him.  The  expression  "my  nephew  Edward  Bulkley  the 
elder"  in  Elianor  Trye's  will  might  seem  to  imply  that  John's  son  Edward  had 
himself  a  son  Edward,  who  might  then  be  supposed  to  be  the  "cousin"  men- 
tioned by  Elizabeth  Fawkner.  (See  ante,  p.  277,  note  by  Mr.  Waters.)  But 
it  is  very  unlikely  that  of  all  her  nephews  and  nieces  she  would  call  only  one  by 
the  name  of  "cousin";  and  the  expression,  "the  elder,"  was  probably  used 
simply  to  distinguish  John  Bulkley's  son,  born  about  1651,  from  his  cousin  and 
adopted  brother  of  the  same  name,  born  1668-9. 

The  children  of  Thomas  (died  before  1656)  and  Ursula  (died  1664)  Trye, 
seem  to  have  been :  William  T.    (died    between    1656  and  1689)  who  had  son 

Thomas;  Margaret  T.  m. Wroughton    (?),  and   died  between  1665  and 

1691;  Elianor  T.  died  unmarried,  1691-2;  Susanna  T  married  before  1656 
John  Vicaridge  (who  died  between  Oct.  11,  1689,  and  Nov.  24,  1691),  and  had 
eldest  Trye  V.,  born  about  1648,  died  between  1656  and  1689  (had  Trye,  Susanna 
and  Elizabeth,  all  living  in  1691) ;  Slauter  V.  died  between  1656  and  1691 ;  John 
V. ;  William  V.  (had  Frederick) ;  Thomas  V. ;  Charles  V.  (had  Charles,  John 
and  Thomas) ;  Margaret  V. ;  Susanna  V.  married  John  More  (who  had  John, 
perhaps  by  a  former  marriage)  and  Elizabeth  V.,  unmarried  in  1691.  Of 
these,  Trye,  Slauter,  John,  William,  Margaret,  and  probably  Susanna,  were  born 
before  1656;  and  Trye,  Slauter,  William  and  Margaret  apparently  died  before 
1691. 

The  use  of  the  word  "spinster"  in  Ursula  Trye's  will  is  very  curious. 
("Bachelor"  is  sometimes  used  of  a  widower.)  The  Mrs  Hester  Vicaridge 
mentioned  with  her  son  the  "  chyrurgeon,"  in  Elizabeth  Fawkner's  will,  was 
perhaps  the  widow  of  the  younger  Trye  Vicaridge. 

St.  Laurence  Lane  runs  north  from  Cheapside  to  Cateaton  St.;  the  Church  of 
St.  Laurence  Jewry  is  opposite  its  northern  end.  The  Precincts  of  St  Kather- 
ines  have  been  swallowed  up  by  St  Katherine's  Docks. — Emma  F.  Ware,  of 
Milton,  Mass. 

In  reference  to  the  use  of  the  term  spinster,  see  Register,  vol.  13,  page  284. — 
Editor.] 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  543 

Mary  Needham  of  Hampsted  in  the  co.  of  Middlesex,  widow,  12  April 
1660,  proved  20  March  1661.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Hampsted 
forty  shillings.  To  my  son  John  Needham  and  his  heirs  my  brick  mes- 
suage or  tenement  now  in  the  occupation  of  the  said  Mary,  in  Hampsted, 
and  also  two  other  cottages  with  the  appurtenances  in  Hampsted  in  the 
tenure  &c.  of  John  Bosier  and  Richard  Webb,  and  two  little  closes  to  the 
said  messuages  belonging  now  in  the  tenure  of  John  Spicer  and  all  my 
other  messuage  &c.  in  Hampsted.  To  my  son  Benjamin  all  that  messuage 
&c.  wherein  the  said  Benjamin  now  dwelleth,  situate  and  being  in  Ave 
Mary  Lane  in  London,  together  with  all  the  goods,  implements  and  neces- 
saries expressed  in  a  scedule  annexed  to  his  lease  by  me  formerly  made 
unto  him,  subject  and  chargeable  nevertheless  with  the  payment  of  two 
hundred  pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England  to  ray  son  Edmund  Needham, 
now  resident  in  New  England,  by  ten  pounds  thereof  yearly,  and  if  the  said 
Edmund  happen  to  die  before  all  the  said  two  hundred  pounds  shall  be 
fully  run  out  &c.  then  the  residue  thereof  unpaid  at  the  time  of  his  decease 
to  be  paid  and  satisfied  unto  his  son  Daniel  Needham  &c.  To  son  Benja- 
min the  lease  of  the  messuage  in  Ave  Mary  Lane  called  by  the  name  or 
sign  of  the  White  Horse  which  I  hold  from  the  Company  of  Stationers  of 
London,  on  condition  that  he  pay  to  my  daughter  Barnes,  wife  of  Thomas 
Barnes  Esq.  twenty  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Katheriue  Needham  fifty 
pounds,  to  my  daughter  Anne  Coles  wife  of  Mr.  Coles  fifty  pounds,  to 
Elizabeth  Brent,  my  grandchild  daughter  of  my  late  daughter  Mary  Brent, 
threescore  pounds,  to  my  grandchild  Richard  Brent  twenty  pounds,  and  to 
my  son  John  thirty  pounds. 

To  my  sons  Thomas  Barnes,  John  Needham  and  Benjamin  Needham 
eight  pounds  apiece  for  mourning  for  them  and  their  wives,  and  to  my 
daughters  Katheriue  Needham  and  Anne  Cole  and  her  husband  and  my  son 
in  law  John  Brent  and  Elizabeth  his  daughter  four  pounds  apiece  for 
mourning.  The  residue  to  John  and  Benjamin  equally  and  they  to  be 
executors.  Commissary  C'.  of  London  (1660-4)  fo.  128. 

[Edmond  Needham  settled  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  where  he  died  in  June,  1677.  His 
wife,  Mrs.  Jone  Needham,  is  said  to  have  died  24  October,  1674,  aged  about 
64  or  65  years.  Mr.  Needham's  will,  made  26.  4.  1677,  was  proved  29,  4. 
1677.  He  refers  to  his  wife  as  not  living,  and  mentions  son  Ezekiel  and  his  two 
children,  son  Daniel  and  his  five  children  (John,  Ezekiel,  Judah,  Mary  and 
Elizabeth) ,  daughter  Hannah  Diven  and  her  two  children  (Hannah  Armitage  and 
John  Diven)  both  minors,  son-in-law  Samuel  Hart's  children  (Samuel,  Joseph, 
Abigail  and  Rebecca  Hart),  and  son-in-law  Joseph  Mansfield's  children  (Joseph, 
John,  Elizabeth  Wheate  and  Deborah  Mansfield).  He  refers  to  John  Mansfield 
as  a  boy  ' '  which  I  have  brought  up  ever  since  his  childhood,  till  now  he  is  about 
15  years  old."  He  also  mentions  Samuel  Hart's  daughter-in-law,  born  of  his 
wife's  first  husband,  Elizabeth  How,  but  now  by  marriage  Elizabeth  Chadwell. 

Then  follows  an  Inventory,  at  "mine  owne  valuation,"  in  which  is  entered 
"  my  clock  yt  strikes  and  another  watch  and  larum  that  does  not  strike — 5£." 
"  Debts  in  old  England  in  sufficient  bonds  and  most  abell  mens  hands,  as  the 
Company  of  Merchant  Adventurers  and  another  looked  at  as  a  great  rich  cittizeu 
fit  for  an  Alderman  of  London,  though  they  doe  what  they  can  to  deceaue  us, 
that  is  to  say  my  Brothers  and  sisters,  to  whome  they  owe  us  aboue  30001' — 
600.00.00.  But  for  this  debt  in  old  England,  yl  is  somthing  uncertaine  what 
my  two  Atturneys  in  England,  being  my  two  brothers,  may  gett  for  mee  and 
themselues,  with  somthing  that  may  be  comeing  both  to  themselues  and  me,  I 
desire  to  leaue  it  to  my  children  in  the  best  order  as  I  can  amongst  them."  (Prob. 
Reg.,  Essex  Co.,  Mass.) — h.  f.w.] 

Peter  Randolph  (ante,  pp.  513-4). 

[Peter3  Randolph,  son  of  William2  and  Elizabeth  (Beverley)  Randolph,  and 
grandson  of  William1  Randolph  of  "  Turkey  Island  "  and  his  wife  Mary,  daugh- 


544  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

ter  of  Henry  and  Catherine  Inham  of  Bermuda  Hundred,  married  Lucy  Bever- 
ley. They  had  issue: — i.  William,*  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  William 
Skipwith :  ii.  Beverley*  of  "Green  Creek,"  governor  of  Virginia,  married 
Martha  Cocke  :  iii.  Robert4  of  Fauquier,  married  Elizabeth  Carter  of  Shirley; 
iv.  Anne,4  married  William  Fitzhugh.  The  executor,  John  Wayles,  was  the 
father-in-law  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  and  the  witness,  Carter  Braxton,  was  the 
signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. — R.  A.  Brock,  Richmond,  Va.] 

Silvester  {ante,  pp.  16-9): — 

[Mr.  N.  Darnell  Davis,  of  Georgetown,  Demerara,  contributed  to  The  Argosy 
of  that  city,  March  21,  1891,  a  letter  which  he  found  among  the  Tanner  Manu- 
scripts in  the  Bodleian  Library.  It  is  endorsed  "  A  Ltr  from  Barbados,  by  ye 
way  of  Holland  shows  ye  condicon  of  honest  men  there,"  and  is  dated  "  this 
19-9  August  1651."  The  writer  had  signed  his  name  Gyles  at  the  foot  of  the 
letter,  but  had  afterwards  drawn  strokes  through  the  signature.  The  surname 
is  not  given,  but  Mr.  Davis  supposes  the  writer  to  be  one  of  the  family  of 
Silvester  then  settled  in  Barbados ;  and  the  wills  of  Peter,  Giles,  Constant  and 
Nathaniel  Silvester,  at  the  above  references,  strengthen  this  opinion.  The  letter 
is  addressed  to  "  My  most  honored  and  loving  Father." 

It  relates  principally  to  his  business  and  the  oppressive  measures  of  the 
King's  officers  towards  him  and  other  Parliamentarians.  "  They  had  granted," 
he  says,  "  a  generall  pardon,  or  rather  oblyvion,  thorough  the  whole  yland  :  & 
now  since  they  haue  made  an  engagement  for  every  one  to  take  it,  and  some 
not  takeing  it,  went  away  pryvately  from  the  Yland.  This  people  because  they 
could  not  come  to  their  desyre,  they  went  &  broke  their  Act  of  Oblyvion ;  & 
sequestred  52  gallandt  plantations,  who  are  as  mutch  worth  as  all  ye  Yland  be- 
sydes  :  &  lay  heavy  taxations  upon  us  dayly,  all  ye  way  they  device  to  ruine  us, 
they  are  redy  by  clay  or  night  to  doe  it ;  they  have  taken  25  of  my  servants  & 
made  souldiers  of  them.  I  am  to  pay  every  month  for  8  men  &  a  half,  besydes 
those  25  men,  to  every  mad  180  lb  pr  month  which  is  in  all  1530  lb.  of  sugar  pr 
month,  and  for  my  brother  going  without  his  ticket,  he  was  fyned  5000  lb  of 
sugar  more,  which  I  was  constrained  to  pay  immediately  after  his  going." 

The  writer  mentions  brothers  Constant  and  Nathaniel;  uncles  Nathaniel 
Arnold,  Elyas,  Elysha;  aunts  Lydia  Thorp,  Marey,  Pelham,  Aunt  Susanna.  He 
says  :  "  My  brother  Nathaniel  is  not  come  from  New  England  yet.  I  have  not 
received  any  letters  neither  of  him,  nor  of  my  brother  Constant,  who  went 
away  on  Good  Freeday  last.  One  y*  came  from  Boston  in  New  England  last, 
tould  me  that  he  spoke  with  both  of  my  brothers  there,  &  y'  my  brother  Nath- 
aniel would  come  pr  ye  next  ship  yl  come  for  these  parts." 

Mr.  Davis  prints  references  to  Silvesters  from  the  Calendars  of  State  Papers 
(Colonial) .  He  also  prints  from  Col.  Chester's  Marriage  Licences,  this  entry  : 
"  Sylvester,  Giles,  of  St.  James,  Duke's  Place,  London,  merchant,  bachelor,  30, 
and  Anne  Burrell,  spinster,  18,  daughter  of  Sir  Redmayne  Burrell,  knight  and 
bart.  of  Dowsby,  co.  Lincoln,  who  consents — at  Great  St.  Bartholomew,  Lon- 
don, 13  January,  1G62."  It  is  not  unlikely  that  this  Giles  Sylvester  was  the 
writer  of  the  letter,  and  that  he  was  also  the  person  an  abstract  of  whose  will  is 
printed  in  the  Register,  vol.  37,  page  384  {ante,  p.  16) ,  who  left  a  widow 
Anne. — Editor.] 

Mary  Mather  of  London  widow,  29  April  1699,  with  a  codicil  dated  7 
November  1699,  and  another  dated  11  May  1705,  proved  6  March  1705. 
To  my  cousin  Mr.  John  Holmes  and  unto  his  wife  and  unto  my  cousin  Mrs 
Elizabeth  Mather  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  buy  them  rings.  I  give  twenty 
five  pounds  to  my  brother  in  law  Mr.  Increase  Mather,  his  executors  or  ad- 
ministrators;  twenty  five  pounds  unto  Mrs.  Katherine  Darby,  daughter  of 
Mr.  Samuel  Mather  deceased,  or  her  children  as  my  executor  thinks  fit.  I 
make  and  constitute  Mr.  Nathaniel  Gwillym  to  be  executor  and  give  him 
ten  pounds  for  his  pains  and  trouble.  The  rest  to  be  divided  into  four 
parts,  one  of  which  equal  parts  I  do  give  and  bequeath  to  Mr.  Wareham 
Mather  son  of  Mr.  Eleazar  Mather  deceased,  one  other  to  Mr.  Samuel 
Mather  son  of  the  aforesaid  Mr.  Increase  Mather,  another  to  the  said  Mrs. 
Katherine  Darby  or  her   children.     The   remaining   fourth   part   shall   be 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  545 

divided  unto  four  equal  shares,  one  of  which  I  give  to  my  sister  Mrs.  Han- 
nah Lobb  another  to  her  son  Mr.  Nathanael  Lobb  another  to  my  cousin 
Mr.  Isaac  Polewheel  and  the  fourth  or  last  to  and  among  all  the  children 
of  my  cousin  Mr.  Stephen  Lobb  which  shall  be  living  at  such  division  and 
distribution.  In  the  first  codicil  five  pounds  is  directed  to  be  given  to  Mr. 
Wait,  minister  at  Chessen  (sic)  and  five  pounds  to  Mr.  Carlile  of  Tiballs, 
one  half  the  books  to  be  given  to  Mr.  Wareham  Mather  and  the  other  half 
to  Mr  Samuel  Mather,  to  Mrs.  Priscilla  Gardner  five  pounds  and  to  Mrs. 
Prudence  Green  three  pounds.  The  second  codicil  recites  that  Mrs  Green 
is  dead,  wherefore  the  above  legacy  is  to  go  to  her  two  daughters.  Mr. 
Samuel  Mather  to  have  all  the  books  and  to  pay  Mr  Warham  Mather  one 
hundred  pounds.  Mr.  Mather's  picture  to  N:  Gwillym.  To  Mr.  Samuel 
Mather  his  uncle's  watch.  Eedes,  66. 

[Mrs.  Mary  Mather  was  the  widow  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Mather,  sou  of  Rev. 
Richard  Mather,  of  Dorchester,  Mass.  He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  College 
in  1647.  A  few  years  later  he  went  to  England,  and  in  1655  obtained  the  living 
of  Harburton  in  Devon.  In  1656,  Cromwell  presented  him  to  the  living  of 
Barnstaple  in  the  same  county.  Iu  1662,  he  was  ejected  under  the  Bartholomew 
act.  He  then  went  to  Holland  and  was  minister  to  the  English  congregation  at 
Rotterdam.  About  1672,  he  succeeded  his  brother  Samuel  as  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  at  Dublin.  In  1688,  he  succeeded  John  Collins  (H.  U.  1649) 
as  pastor  of  a  Congregational  church  in  Lime  Street,  Loudon  He  W'as  also  a 
lecturer  at  Pinners  Hall.  He  died  July  26,  1697,  aged  67,  and  was  buried  at 
Bunhill  Fields.  A  Latin  inscription  on  his  tombstone,  written  by  the  celebrated 
Dr.  Isaac  Watts,  is  printed  in  the  American  Quarterly  Register,  vol.  8,  page 
332.  Biographical  sketches  are  printed  in  Sibley's  Harvard  Graduates,  vol.  1, 
pp.  157-61:  Palmer's  Nonconformists'  Memorial,  vol.  1,  page  339;  and  H.  E. 
Mather's  Lineage  of  Rev.  Increase  Mather,  pp.  55-7.  According  to  the  last- 
named  work,  he  married  Maria,  daughter  of  Rev   William  Benu. — Editor  J 

Memorand.  That  Timothy  Alsop  late  of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  Somer- 
set in  London  Esq.,  lying  sick  of  the  sickness  whereof  he  died  and  having 
a  desire  to  make  his  will  and  to  dispose  of  his  estate,  did,  on  or  about  the 
five  and  twentieth  day  of  July  one  thousand  six  hundred  and  sixty  four,  be- 
ing in  perfect  mind  and  memory  make  and  declare  his  last  will  and  testa- 
ment nuncupative  in  manner  and  form  following  viz1.  The  said  Timothy 
called  to  his  wife  Martha  Alsop  and  said,  my  dear  I  have  a  few  words  to  say, 
that  is  the  agreement  in  marriage  Jewells  and  other  things  I  leave  to  thee  my 
dear.  I  hope  there  will  be  for  my  daughter  Betty  twelve  or  fourteen  hun- 
dred pounds.  I  hope  there  will  be  for  my  daughter  Prudence  ten  or  eleven 
hundred  pounds.  I  give  to  my  brother  Josias  Alsop  fifty  pounds.  I  give 
to  my  sister  in  New  England  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  to  be  paid 
within  a  twelve  month.  I  give  to  poor  ministers  five  and  twenty  pounds. 
To  the  poor  of  the  parish  five  pounds.  And  further  said  I  do  declare  these 
things  to  be  my  last  will  and  testament,  and  therefore  take  notice  of  it  and 
write  it  down.  Which  word  or  words  to  the  same  effect  he  so  declared  and 
spake  in  his  perfect  mind  and  memory  with  intent  they  should  stand  for  and 
be  his  last  will  and  testament  nuncupative  in  the  presence  and  hearing  of 
the  said  wife  and  other  credible  witnesses- 
Commission  issued  19  August  1664  to  Martha  Alsop  his  widow  to  ad- 
minister according  to  the  tenor  and  effect  of  this  will.  Bruce,  94. 

[The  will  of  his  brother  Josias  Alsop  was  printed  in  the  Register  for  1890 
(vol.  44,  p.  91  ;  ante,  p.  426).  The  "  sister  in  New  England  "  we  may  suppose 
to  be  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Rosseter,  named  iu  the  will  of  Josias  — h   v.  w.] 

John  Caffinch  now  of  Tenterden,  Kent,  and  late  of  New  Haven  in 


546         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

New  Eii-gland,  14  October  1658,  proved  19  January  1658.  My  will  is  that 
my  wife  Sarah  Caffinch  and  my  three  daughters  Sarah,  Mary  and  Elizabeth 
Caffiuch  which  were  comiug  for  England  about  a  year  since  should  have 
and  enjoy  ray  house  and  land  in  Tenterden  which  I  lived  in  before  I  went 
into  New  England,  with  four  parcels  of  land  thereunto  belonging,  as  by  the 
writings  contains  eleven  acres  with  a  barn  and  stable  and  orchard  and  gar- 
den thereto  adjoining,  with  a  shop  at  the  church  gate  in  the  Butchery 
which  John  Church  useth  and  another  shop  in  the  butchery  that  was  bought 
of  John  Lewis,  belonging  thereunto;  also  another  house  at  New  Rumney, 
with  a  slaughter  house  and  stable  and  garden  thereunto  belonging  which 
Goodman  Pinke  butcher  now  liveth  in.  If  my  wife  and  children  should 
never  come  to  enjoy  this  estate  then  I  do  give  and  bequeath  it  unto  the  two 
daughters  of  my  well  beloved  brother  Samuel  Caffynch  late  of  Tenterden 
deceased,  Lydia  and  Sarah  Caffynch ;  and  if  they  die  before  they  come  to 
twenty  years  of  age  or  day  of  marriage  then  my  kinsman  Samuel  Caffynch, 
son  of  Jeremiah  Caffynch  late  of  Biddenden  deceased,  whom  I  make  execu- 
tor, shall  have,  possess  and  enjoy  it.  To  Lydia  and  and  Sarah  Caffynch, 
before  mentioned,  the  house  barn  and  land  called  Igenden  Farm  in  Tender- 
den,  and  a  house  at  the  Church  gate  &c.  &c.  I  make  Mr  James  Skeets  and 
Mr  Richard  Burchett  overseers  of  this  my  last  will.  My  will  is  that  all 
such  lime  and  tiles  as  are  at  my  house  in  Tenderden  where  my  sister  now 
liveth  shall  be  employed  about  repairing  of  the  said  house.  And  there  will 
be  due  from  sister  Caffynch  for  rent  of  the  house  ten  pounds.  This  shall 
be  laid  out  in  repairing  the  said  house.  Pell,  19. 

[John  Caffinch  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Guilford,  Ct.,  1639. 
He  was  of  New  Haven  1643.  He  had  children  :  Sarah,  bap.  March  9,  1650-1 ; 
Mary,  bap.  July  9,  1654;  and  Elizabeth,  bap.  Feb.  8,  1656-7.  His  brothers. 
Samuel  and  Thomas,  resided  also  at  New  Haven;  the  latter  having  died  eariy 
in  1647,  leaving  his  brother  John  executor.  (See  Savage's  Genealogical  Dic- 
tionary, Ralph  D.  Smith's  History  of  Guilford,  and  New  Haven  Colony  Records.) 
— Editor.] 

John  Sayer  of  Wapping,  Middlesex,  mariner,  2  May  1651,  proved  12 
May  1655.  To  wife  Mary  the  household  stuff  &c  that  was  hers  before  our 
intermarriage.  Houses  in  Gun  Alley  and  Cross  Alley.  Son  Samuel, 
daughter  Rebecca  Bolt.  Grandchild  John  Richardson,  grandchild  William 
Richardson.  Daughter  Martha  Searle.  Sisters  Anne  Sayer  and  Katherine 
Sayer.  Grandchild  John  Lee.  The  house  wherein  Aske  the  matchmaker 
dwells,  situate  in  or  near  Radcliffe  Highway  I  give  to  my  sister  Katherine 
Sayer  for  life,  rent  free.  Grandchildren  Sarah,  Rebecca,  Hannah,  Mary 
and  Ruth  Wormlayton.  Grandchildren  Andrew  and  John  Bolt.  Daugh- 
ter Martha  Searle,  Daughter  Sarah  Wormlayton. 

I  give  to  my  cousin  Master  Matthew  Haviland  five  pounds,  to  my  cousin 
Davis  and  his  wife  twenty  shillings  apiece,  to  my  sister  Lock  thirty  shil- 
lings, to  my  son  Thomas  Harrison  and  his  wife  twenty  shillings  apiece,  to 
my  wife's  sister  thirty  shillings,  to  my  own  brothers'  and  sisters'  children 
twenty  shillings  apiece,  to  my  son  Burton  and  his  wife  twenty  shillings 
apiece  &c.  Son  Edward  Searle.  Son  Fulk  Wormlayton.  Son  Richard 
Bodilee.     Son  Andrew  Bolt.  Aylett,  107. 

Sarah  Andrewes  of  St  Leonard's  Shoreditch,  Middlesex,  widow,  20 
September  1669  proved  28  September  1669.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto 
my  loving  brother  Matthew  Haverland  (sic)  clerk  my  diamond  ring  to  wear 
in  remembrance  of  me.     To  my  loving  sister  Constance  Haverland  my  sil- 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  547 

ver  watch  as  a  token  of  my  love.  To  my  loving  cousin  Samuel  Bayley 
of  Loudon  mercer  the  sum  of  ten  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Rebecka  Sprint 
widow  ten  pounds.  To  my  friends  Ellinor,  Basill  and  Rebecca  Cotterill 
twenty  shillings  apiece  to  buy  them  rings.  Refers  to  a  lease  from  the  City 
of  London  of  a  parcel  of  land  in  the  parish  of  St.  Dyonise  Backchurch 
London,  whereon  I  have  erected  and  built  a  brick  messuage  or  tenement 
now  in  lease  to  one  William  Phillips  citizen  and  apothecary  of  London  at 
forty  pounds  per  annum.  Refers  to  will  of  late  husband  Richard  Andrews, 
citizen  and  Scrivener  of  London.  My  loving  brothers  and  cousins  Samuel 
Sprint,  clerk,  Zachariah  Sprint,  clerk,  Richard  Sprint,  clerk,  and  Samuel 
Sprint,  bookseller.  Sister  Barbara  Barnes  of  Hackney  widow.  Cousin 
Benjamin  Andrews.  Coke,  101. 

Matthew  Haviland  of  London,  clerk,  6  April  1667,  proved  4  Feb- 
ruary 1670.  Refers  to  a  certain  instrument  or  conveyance  dated  30  April 
1663  between  me  the  said  Matthew,  Constance  my  wife  and  Fulke  Worme- 
laytou  of  Wapping,  Middlesex,  distiller  on  the  one  part  and  Lewis  Roberts 
of  the  city  of  Gloucester  gen1  Benj.  Albin,  citizen  and  skinner  of  London 
and  Samuel  Baylye  citizen  and  cordwainer  of  London  on  the  other  part,  as 
trustees  for  sundry  uses  therein  expressed,  concerning  an  interest  in  a  cer- 
tain lease  of  pasture  ground  called  one  hundred  acres  near  Bridgewater, 
Somerset.  After  the  decease  of  my  wife  they  shall  permit  my  sister  Mary 
Davyes  of  London,  widow  to  receive  the  clear  issues  and  profits  thereof  for 
two  years  and  then  they  shall  sell  the  lease  and  divide  the  proceeds  among 
the  children  of  my  four  sisters,  the  said  Mary  Davyes,  Florence,  late  wife 
of  Robert  Culme  of  Bristol,  Jane,  late  wife  of  William  Torry  of  New  Eng- 
land, and  Elizabeth  late  wife  of  George  Offield  late  of  Bristol  aforesaid, 
gen',  by  even  and  equal  portions.  My  wife  shall  enjoy  the  goods  &c.  which 
were  sometimes  the  goods  &c.  of  my  late  dear  father  Mr.  Robert  Haviland 
of  Hawkesbury,  Gloc.  for  life ;  then  to  Elizabeth,  Hannah  and  Sarah 
Davyes,  daughters  of  my  said  sister  Davyes,  and  Elizabeth  Culme  daugh- 
ter of  my  said  sister  Culme.  To  my  cousin  Thomas  Offield  ten  pounds. 
Other  legacies.  To  the  said  Thomas  my  embroidered  beard  brush.  To 
my  brother  in  law  Mr.  Samuel  Sprint  all  those  books  that  I  lent  him,  and 
to  my  cousin  Richard  Sprint  all  those  books  I  lent  him.  To  my  brother 
in  law  Robert  Culme,  to  my  loving  aunt  Mrs  Elizabeth  Guise  and  her 
daughters,  my  cousins  Anne  and  Elizabeth,  and  my  sister  in  law  Mrs.  Sarah 
Andrews  widow  and  my  sister  in  law  Mrs  Anne  Sprint  twenty  shillings 
apiece.  Duke,  21. 

[Rev.  Matthew  Haviland  was  rector  of  Trinity  Church,  London,  from  which 
he  was  ejected  under  the  Bartholomew  act.  (See  Palmer's  Nonconformists' 
Memorial,  vol.  2,  page  647;  Newcourt's  Repertorium,  vol.  1,  page  556).  He 
was  born  about  1608,  and  was  the  son  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  (Gyse)  Havi- 
land. of  Hawkesbury,  Gloucestershire.     He  was  descended  from *  Haviland, 

of  the  Isle  Guernsey,  through  Christopher,2  of  Poole,  Dorset;  Matthew,3 
mayor  of  Bristol,  and  Robert,4  above,  his  father,  who,  according  to  the  Visita- 
tion of  Gloucestershire,  1623,  had  five  children:  "Mathew  Haviland,  15  yere 
old  1623,  Mary,  Florence,  Jane,  Elizabeth."  The  four  daughters  are  named  in 
their  brother's  will.  Jane  is  called  "late  wife  of  William  Torry,  of  New 
England."  (See  Visitation  of  Gloucestershire,  Harleian  Society's  Publications, 
vol.  2 1 ,  page  78.  See  also  wills  of  the  testator's  grandfather,  Matthew  Haviland, 
and  of  his  uncle,  Matthew  Haviland,  both  merchants  of  Bristol,  ante,  pp.  498, 
499.  The  grandfather,  in  his  own  will,  names  two  wives,  viz.,  Joyce  deceased, 
and  Tacie  then  living.  According  to  the  Visitation  of  Gloucestershire,  he  had 
a  wife  Mary,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Robert  Kitchen.) — Editor.] 


548  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

"  William  Torry  of  Combe  Seynt  Nichas  in  the  dioc.  of  Bathe  and 
Welles,"  7  October  1556,  proved  18  June  1557.  My  body  to  be  buried  iu 
the  church  yard  of  Combe  St.  Nicholas.  To  the  Church  of  St.  Andrew  in 
Welles  twelve  pence.  To  the  Church  of  Combe  St.  Nicholas  six  shillings 
eight  pence.  To  Elizabeth  Screvyn  my  servant  a  chilver  sheep.  To  John 
Morys  my  servant  a  chilver  sheep.  To  every  of  my  children  ten  sheep. 
To  Alexander  Nobyll  twelve  pence.  The  residue  of  my  goodes  not  given 
"nother"  bequeathed  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Thomasyn  my  wife,  whom  I 
make  and  ordain  sole  executrix.  William  Gollopp  and  Thomas  Torrye 
two  of  the  overseers.  Wrastley,  18. 

Henry  Cookney  of  Hawkechurch,  Dorset,  13  May  1593,  proved  23 
January  1601.  To  Robert  Cookney,  John  Cookney,  "dryller,"  William 
Michell,  the  middle,  Avice  Hussey,  John  Stephens,  Gregory  Smithe  and 
George  Wilkins  twelve  pence  apiece.  I  give  towards  the  reparations  of 
the  Church  of  Hawkechurch  twelve  pence.  To  William  my  son  ten  pounds 
and  to  Jone  my  daughter  ten  pounds.  To  Thomasine  my  daughter  ten 
pounds  and  a  cow  which  is  with  her  uncle  William.  To  every  of  my  godchil- 
dren two  pence  apiece.  The  one  half  of  all  the  residue  of  my  goods  and 
chattels  I  give  unto  my  youngest  daughter;  and  do  ordain  Emmett  my  wife 
to  be  my  whole  executrix.  Also  I  appoint  my  brothers  Philip  Torry, 
William  Torry  and  John  Cookney  overseers,  and  do  give  every  one  of 
them  twelve  pence  apiece. 

John  Bowditch  one  of  the  witnesses.  Montague,  1. 

The  last  day  of  August  1604  Philip  Torry  late  of  Wadbrook  in  the 
parish  of  Hawkechurch,  Dorset,  husbandman  &c.  did  make  his  last  will  and 
testament  nuncupative  in  this  manner  and  form  following,  or  the  like  in 
effect,  viz1.  To  his  son  William  Torry  he  did  bequeath  ten  young  sheep 
and  not  any  other  chattle  or  goods  whatsoever.  He  bequeathed  all  the  rest 
of  his  goods  to  Margaret  his  wife  and  Dorothy  his  daughter.  And  last  of 
all  he  appointed  his  forenaraed  son  William  Torry  the  sole  executor  of  his 
last  will  and  testament.  Witnessed  by  Henry  Holcombe  and  John  Cookeney 
with  others.     Proved  23  February  1604.  Hayes,  12. 

Philip  Torrey  of  Combe  St.  Nicholas,  Somerset,  husbandman,  16 
April  1621,  proved  27  June  1621.  To  be  buried  in  the  church  yard  of 
Combe.  To  the  relief  of  the  poor  of  Combe  three  shillings  four  pence. 
Anne  Torrey  mine  eldest  daughter  shall  have  threescore  pounds  when  she 
shall  accomplish  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  to  be  paid  my  overseers  who  shall 
take  the  government  of  it  until  she  shall  accomplish  the  age  of  one  and 
twenty  years.  To  her  the  biggest  brass  pan  to  be  delivered  unto  her  at  the 
time  of  her  marriage  and  not  before.  To  Mary  Torrey  my  daughter  twenty 
pounds  at  sixteen  to  be  held  (as  before)  until  she  is  twenty  one,  and  the 
second  brass  pan.  To  Sarah  Torrey  my  daughter  three  and  thirty  pounds 
six  shillings  eight  pence  at  sixteen  (as  before),  and  the  second  best  brazen 
pot.  To  James  Torrey  my  son  thirty  pounds  at  16  (as  before),  and  one 
silver  spoon  when  he  is  one  and  twenty.  To  Philip  Torrey  my  son  twenty 
pounds,  at  16  (as  before)  and  he  shall  be  put  an  apprentice  unto  some  trade 
so  soon  as  he  is  able,  and  also  I 'do  give  him  one  silver  spoon  to  be  delivered 
unto  him  when  he  is  one  and  twenty  years  old.  I  do  give  unto  William 
Torrey  my  son  the  biggest  brazen  pot,  the  furnace  kettle,  the  best  table 
board  the  cupboard  with  this  condition  that  his  mother  shall  have  the  use 
of  it  so  long  as  she  doth  keep  herself  widow  and  dwelliug  in  the  house.     To 


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Joseph  my  son  ten  pounds.  All  the  rest  to  my  wife  whom  I  make  sole  execu- 
trix. My  father  William  Torrey  my  cousin  John  Fry,  John  Richards, 
Rohert  Sellecke  and  Thomas  Lumbert  to  be  overseers,  and  I  give  them  five 
shillings  apiece.     Proved  by  Alice  Torrey  the  widow.  Dale,  56. 

[All  of  the  foregoing  Torrey  wills,  with  the  exception  of  that  of  Henry 
Cookney,  were  gathered  by  me  early  in  October,  1884.  I  was  accompanied  in 
the  search  by  the  late  Hon.  Alphonso  Taft,  then  U.  S.  Minister  to  Austria  or 
Russia,  who  kindly  gave  me,  not  long  after,  the  following  abstract  of  a  will 
found  by  him  in  the  District  Registry  at  Wells. — H.  f.  w.] 

Alice  Torrey  of  Bettam  in  the  parish  of  Combe  St.  Nicholas,  Somerset, 
widow,  24  April  1634.  To  be  buried  in  church  yard  of  Combe.  To  the 
parish  church  hi8  4d  and  the  poor  of  the  parish  vi"  viijd.  To  son  James 
Torrey  so  much  of  mine  own  estate  as  to  make  his  father's  bequest  and  his 
sister  Marie's  by  3  score  pounds,  and  the  same  to  be  paid  unto  him  within 
three  months  after  my  decease.  A  similar  bequest  to  son  Philip  Torrey, 
to  be  paid  unto  him  when  he  shall  attain  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years 
and  not  before.  To  Joseph  Torrey  a  similar  bequest  of  three  score  pounds. 
To  my  servant  Jone  three  pounds.  To  Samuel,  the  son  of  my  son  William, 
one  book,  in  the  house,  of  Mr  Perkins'  works.  I  give  to  him  also  one  ewe 
and  lamb  the  best  of  all  my  flock.  All  the  rest  of  my  goods  not  given  nor 
bequeathed,  my  debts  and  legacies  paid  and  my  funeral  discharged,  I  give 
and  bequeath  to  William  Torrey  my  son,  whom  I  do  make  whole  and  sole 
executor,  and  for  my  son's  assistance  in  the  performance  of  this  trust  I  do 
intreat  Mr.  Joseph  Greenfeild  my  cousin  John  Blake  Henry  Duuster  and 
Hugh  Sheppeard  to  be  my  overseers,  for  the  good  of  my  children. 

Wit.  Henry  Duuster  and  signum  Johan  1  Clarke. 

Memo:   13H  10s  due  from  my  brother  in  law  Thomas  Lumbard. 

[The  seal  seemed  to  be  a  chevron  between  three  crescents. — h.  f.  w. 

The  four  sons  of  Philip  and  Alice  Torrey  emigrated  to  New  England  about 
1640.  James  settled  in  Scituate,  where  he  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Elder 
William  Hatch,  Nov.  2,  1643.  He  died  there  July  6,  1665,  leaving  a  large  family, 
many  of  whose  descendants  are  now  living.  Philip  settled  in  Roxbury,  where 
he  married,  Oct.  1,  1647,  Mary,  widow  of  John  Scarborough,  and  died  May  12, 
1686.     It  is  not  known  that  any  of  his  direct  descendants  are  now  living. 

Joseph  owned  land  in  Weymouth  in  1642,  and  was  a  resident  of  Rehoboth  in 
1643,  and  was  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  Newport  settlement  from  1656  to 
the  time  of  his  death,  1676.  He  had  one  daughter,  name  unknown.  William 
married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Joseph  Combe,  of  Combe  St.  Nicholas,  March  17, 
1629  ;  she  lived  not  more  than  a  year,  and  he  married  second,  Jane  Haviland,  re- 
ferred to  in  the  will  of  Matthew  Haviland  in  these  Gleanings ;  she  died  1639, 
leaving  two  sons,  Samuel  and  William.  He  soon  married  a  third  wife  and 
emigrated  to  New  England,  taking  his  two  sons.  They  settled  at  Weymouth. 
Here  six  children  were  born.  Capt.  William  Torrey  was  a  leading  man  of  his 
time,  was  many  years  clerk  of  the  Deputies,  and  occupied  many  positions  of 
prominence  in  the  Colony.     He  died  at  Weymouth,  June  10,  1690. 

In  a  letter  to  the  writer,  dated  Nov.  6,  1884,  Hon.  Alphonso  Taft,  referred  to 
by  Mr.  Waters,  says  :  "  The  line  as  I  find  it  is,  William,  who  died  in  1557,  leav- 
ing a  will;  Philip,  his  son,  who  died  in  1604,  leaving  a  will;  William,  his  son, 
who  survived  his  son  Philip,  but  the  date  of  whose  death  we  have  not ;  Phillip, 
who  died  in  1621,  leaving  a  will  naming  his  four  sons  who  emigrated  to 
America." 

Mr.  Taft  also  furnished  from  the  Bishops'  Register  at  Wells  the  following  for 
Combe  St.  Nicholas : 

"  1608    William  the  son  of  Philip  Torrie  was  baptized  21  day  of  December. 

"  1608    Agnes  daughter  of  Joseph  Combe  was  baptized  the  4  of  January. 

"  1629    William  Torry  was  married  unto  Agnes  Combe  the  17  day  of  March. 

"  1639  Jane  the  wife  of  William  Torry  was  burried  the  27  day  of  April  Anno. 
1639." 


550  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Savage  mentions  Naomi  Torrey  who  married  Richard  Sylvester  at  Weymouth 
in  1632,  and  says  she  was  "probably  sister  of  William."  From  the  will  of 
Phillip  this  would  appear  not  to  be  the  case,  yet  Samuel,  son  of  Capt.  William, 
in  his  will  in  1707,  mentions  John  Lowle  (who  was  probably  a  grandson  of 
Naomi)  as  "  his  kinsman."  It  would  seem,  therefore,  that  Naomi  was  a  relative 
of  William. — H.  A.  Newton,  of  North  Weymouth,  Mass. 

Mr.  Newton,  of  North  Weymouth,  the  writer  of  the  above  note,  furnished  to 
Mr.  John  Torry,  of  Scranton,  Pa.,  author  of  the  Torrey  genealogy,  published  in 
1885,  the  matter  in  that  book  relating  to  the  English  ancestry  of  the  New-Eng- 
land Torreys.  (See  Register,  vol.  40,  page  236.)  Mr.  Newton  had  previously 
procured  from  England  abstracts  of  most  of  the  above  Torrey  wills. — Editor. 

The  foregoing  wills  seem  to  establish  a  pedigree  of  Torreys,  viz. :  1,  Philip, 
who  died  in  1604;  2,  his  son  William,  whose  death  is  not  yet  found  ;  3,  Philip, 
who  died  in  1621,  leaving  a  widow  Alice,  and  the  four  sons,  who  are  undoubtedly 
the  emigrants.  The  affidavits  cited  by  Savage  are  recorded  in  Suffolk  Deeds, 
vol.  viii.  p.  392,  and  are  as  follows : 

"  Phillip  Torrey  aged  fifty  nine  years  or  thereabouts  heeretofore  of  Combe  St 
Nicholas  in  the  County  of  Somersett  within  the  Realme  of  England,  there  liveing 
untill  the  yeare  sixteene  hundred  &  forty,  yeoman,  in  that  yeare  removeing  to 
New  England  with  William  Torrey  &  Samuell  his  son,  both  of  the  sd  Comb  St 
Nicholas  with  whome  hee  lived  for  severall  years  &  beeing  arived  settled  &  hath 
ever  since  lived  in  Roxbury  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  in  New  England  aforsd 
On  his  corporall  Oath  deposed  that  hee  well  knew  &  was  acquainted  with  the  sd 
William  Torrey  the  Father  &  Samuell  Torrey  his  sonn  all  the  whiles  hee  lived  in 
Comb  St  Nicholas  aforesd  in  old  England  &  ever  since  hee  came  to  New  England 
and  to  this  day,  being  in  their  company  on  his  Oath  affirms  them  to  bee  the  same 
William  Torrey  &  Samuell  Torrey,  father  &  sonn,  abovesd,  haveing  severall 
opertunities  in  each  yeare  to  see  &  confer  with  them,  ever  since,  they  being  both 
in  good  health  this  day,  being  the  fifth  of  March  1673-4. 

Taken  upon  Oath  March  5th  1673-4,  by  Phillip  Torrey,  before  us, 

Richard  Russell 
Thomas  Danforth" 

"  George  Fry  aged  fifty  eight  years  or  thereabouts  heretofore  of  Comb  St. 
Nicholas  in  the  Realme  of  England,  husbandman,  liveing  there  untill  the  yeare 
sixteene  hundred  &  forty,  in  that  yeare  removed  &  came  in  the  same  shipp  to 
New  England  with  William  Torrey  &  Samuell  Torrey  his  sonn,  both  of  the  sd 
Comb  St  Nicholas,  &  being  arrived  in  New  England  setled  &  ever  since  have  lived 
in  Weymouth  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  in  New  England  aforesd.  On  his  Cor- 
porall Oath  deposed  that  in  old  England  for  severall  yeares  untill  the  yeare 
abovesaid  he  was  well  acquainted  with  &  knew  William  Torrey  the  Father  and 
Samuell  Torrey  his  sonn  &  ever  since  untill  the  day  of  the  Date  hereof,  they  & 
hee  this  deponent  having  lived  in  one  Towne  viz1  in  Weymouth  in  New  England 
abovesd  &  beeing  with  them  in  Boston  in  New  England  they  are  both  in  good 
health  this  day  being  the  fifth  of  March  1673-4. 

Taken  upon  Oath  in  Boston  March  5th  1673-4  by  George  Fry,  before  us 

Richard  Russell 
Thomas  Danforth  " 

The  reference  in  the  will  of  widow  Alice  Torrey  to  her  brother-in-law  Thomas 
Lumbard,  and  the  fact  that  her  husband,  in  1621,  made  Thomas  Lumbert  one  of 
his  overseers,  may  lead  to  the  discovery  of  the  ancestry  of  that  family. 

Thomas  Lombard  or  Lumbard  came  here  in  1630,  according  to  Savage,  with 
children  including  Bernard,  who  was  born  in  1607  or  1608.  Both  went  to 
Scituate  and  thence  to  Barnstable.  Deane  (Hist,  of  Scituate,  pp.  307-8)  calls 
Bernard  Lumbard  "  one  of  the  men  of  Kent,"  and  says  that  Richard  L.  was  in 
Scituate  in  1640,  returning  to  Tenterden,  Eng. ,  on  the  strength  of  Elder  Nathaniel 
Tilden's  will.  But  that  document  (ibid,  p.  355)  does  not  bear  this  out,  since  it 
gives  "  to  wife  Lydia  the  income  of  my  Stone  house,  with  the  lands  in  Tenter- 
den in  Kent,  in  which  Richard  Lambeth  now  dwells,"  etc.  Certainly  Lumbard 
or  Lumbart  is  not  the  same  name  as  Lambeth,  nor  even  an  easy  corruption 
therefrom. 

The  will  of  Alice  Torrey  gives  a  much  more  promising  clue  for  the  origin  of 
Thomas  Lombard,  as  her  brother-in-law  would  be  the  exact  contemporary  of  the 
emigrant;   and  his  success  in  settling  here  might  well  induce  his  presumed 


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nephews  to  come  over  ten  years  later.  It  is  rather  strange  that  Philip  Torrey 
in  his  deposition  does  not  call  William  and  Samuel  Torrey,  respectively,  his 
brother  and  nephew,  at  a  time  when  the  avowal  of  the  relationship  would  seem 
to  greatly  increase  the  value  of  his  affidavit. 

In  the  will  of  widow  Alice  Torrey,  she  makes  Henry  Dunster  one  of  her  over- 
seers, and  he  witnesses.  Mr.  Newton  has  a  memorandum  from  the  Bishop's 
office  at  Exeter,  of  a  marriage  license  granted  8  May,  1627,  to  Henry  Dunster  of 
Willsworthy  and  Anna  Torry  of  Whitstaunton,  co.  Somerset.  Our  president  of 
Harvard,  Henry  Dunster,  was,  however,  born  in  Lancashire,  and  I  merely  note 
the  coincidence  of  names. — W.  H.  Whitmore.] 

Williams  {ante,  pp.  3,  8): 

[At  the  above  references,  Mr.  Waters,  in  his  Gleanings,  gives  abstracts  of 
the  wills  of  Jane  Williams  of  Whetenhurst,  Glouc,  a  sister  of  Richard  Williams 
of  Taunton,  N.  E.,  and  that  of  Benjamin  Williams  of  Stoke,  near  Guildford, 
Surrey,  a  nephew  of  Richard  and  Jane. 

Upon  the  publication  of  these  abstracts,  Ex-Gov.  Joseph  Hartwell  Williams 
of  Augusta,  Me.,  a  descendant  in  the  7th  generation  from  Richard  Williams  of 
Taunton,  undertook  to  prosecute  the  investigation  by  correspondence,  and 
obtained  very  gratifying  results,  which  he  gives  in  an  article  contributed  by 
him  to  the  Maine  Historical  and  Genealogical  Becorder  for  January,  1889  (issued 
December,  1890),  pp.  255-62.     We  make  the  following  extracts: 

"  In  the  Consistory  Court  of  the  Bishop  of  Gloucester  was  found  the  will  of 
Samuel  Williams,  dated  Sept.  26,  1668,  proved  in  1669.  He  was  apparently  a 
clergyman,  for  he  gave  to  his  son  Benjamin  his  '  Book  of  Marters '  and  '  Perkins 
Works,'  and  to  his  son  Nathaniel  his  'Written  Sermons.'  He  also  mentions  his 
'  brother,'  James  Adams  (his  wife's  brother),  his  brother  Richard  Williams  and 
his  sister  Elizabeth  Williams,  the  Adamses  again,  and  his  cousins  (nephews  and 
nieces)  the  four  Hall  children. 

"  Next  was  discovered  the  will  of  William  Williams  of  Synwell,  a  hamlet  in 
Wotton-under-Edge.  It  was  dated  Sept.  26,  1618,  and  proved  in  the  same  year. 
It  names  sons  Samuel  and  Richard,  daughters  Ann  or  Anna,  Elizabeth  and  Jane. 
These  are  the  same  names  as  in  the  other  wills,  except  that  it  is  here  found  that 
the  name  of  Mrs.  Hall  was  Ann.  The  witnesses  were  William  Martin,  Robert 
Trotman  and  Francis  Wright,  the  two  former  of  whom  are  named  as  overseers. 
These  are  well-known  names  of  families  of  high  standing.  The  executor  was 
Richard  Tyndall  (or  Tyndale)  of  North  Nibley,  a  relative  of  William,  the  trans- 
lator of  the  Bible,  who  suffered  martyrdom  in  Flanders. 

"  An  examination  of  the  register  of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin  in 
Wotton-under-Edge  in  Gloucestershire,  brought  to  light  the  baptisms  of  the  fol- 
lowing children  of  William  Williams:  'An,'  daughter,  Dec.  2,  1599;  Richard, 
son,  Jan.  28,  1606;  Jane,  daughter,  March  19,  1608. 

"There  is  also  the  record  of  the  burial  of  William  Williams,  Sept.  29,  1618, 
and  of  Elizabeth  Williams,  Nov.  19,  1630.  It  was  at  first  supposed  that  this 
Elizabeth  might  have  been  the  mother  of  Richard ;  but  as  no  wife  is  mentioned 
in  the  will  of  William,  this  is  scarcely  probable.  Susanna  Williams  was  buried 
Jan.  11,  1610,  and  she  may  have  been  the  wife  of  William. 

"  The  records  show  that  Samuel  Williams  married  Alice  Knight,  a  widow,  in 
1637;  that  their  son  Samuel  was  baptized  in  1638,  their  daughter  Hannah  in 
1640  (died  1645),  and  their  son  Nathaniel  in  1645;  that  the  mother  died  in  1661, 
and  the  father  in  1669.  Samuel,  Jr.,  died  young,  and  the  record  of  Benjamin's 
baptism  has  not  been  found." 

An  early  genealogical  manuscript,  preserved  in  the  Williams  family,  states 
that  the  wife  of  Richard  Williams  was  "  Frances  Dighton,  sister  to  Catharine 
Dighton,  who  was  married  to  Governor  Thomas  Dudley."  Gov.  Williams  finds 
corroboration  of  this  statement.     He  finds  a  record  that, 

"February  11,  1632,  Richard  Williams  was  married  to  Frances  Deighton  of 
Gloucester  in  the  Parish  of  Witcombe  Magna."* 

He  finds  also  the  will  of  John  Deighton,  father  of  the  above  Frances,  dated 
Jan.  31,  1639,  proved  May  21,  1640,  which  "mentions  his  eldest  son  John,  his 

*  Richard  and  Frances  Williams  had  two  children  born  to  them  while  living  in  Glou- 
cester: John,  bp.  March  27,  1634,  and  Elizabeth,  bp.  Feb.  7,  1635-6.    Both  died  young. 


552  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

eldest  daughter  Jane,  his  daughter  Frances  Williams,  his  daughter  Katherine 
Haighburne,  and  his  daughter  Damaris,  who  was  made  residuary  legatee." 
The  following  inscription  found  in  St.  Nicholas  Church,  Gloucester,  we  quote 
from  the  same  article : 

"  Here  lies  interred  the  bodies  of  John  Deighton  of  this  city,  gent.,  and  Jane, 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Edward  Bassett  of  Uley,  by  whom  he  had  issue  three 
sons  and  four  daughters.  He  spent  all  his  time  in  the  study  of  chirurgery,  and 
attained  to  great  knowledge  therein.  He  died  16  May  16[40],  and  she  23  April, 
1631." 

The  registers  of  the  same  church  show  the  christenings  of  his  daughters, 
Frances,  baptized  March  1,  1611,  and  Katharine,  baptized  Jan.  16,  1614. 

Katharine  Deighton,  baptized  Jan.  16,  1614-5,  married  Samuel  Hagburne  or 
Haighburne.  They  came  to  New  England  and  settled  in  Roxbury,  where  the 
husband  died  Jan.  24,  1643.  An  abstract  of  his  will  is  printed  in  the  Register, 
vol.  2,  pp.  261-2.  She  married  2d,  Gov.  Thomas  Dudley,  April  14,  1644,  who 
died  July  31,  1653.  She  married  3d,  Nov.  8,  1653,  Rev.  John  Allin  of  Dedham, 
who  died  Aug.  26,  1671.  She  died  three  days  after,  August  29.  She  had  chil- 
dren by  all  her  husbands.     Gov.  Joseph  Dudley  was  one  of  her  sons. 

See  also  the  address  of  the  Hon.  Josiah  H.  Drummond  of  Portland,  Me.  (also 
a  descendant  of  Richard  Williams),  at  the  Quarter  Millenary  Celebration,  June  4 
and  5,  1889,  of  the  founding  of  Taunton,  Mass.,  pages  112  to  117  of  the  printed 
proceedings,  where  some  of  these  and  other  facts  relating  to  the  Williams 
family  are  given. 

Mr.  Drummond  contributed  to  the  Maine  Historical  and  Genealogical  Becorder, 
April,  1889  (published  Feb.  1891),  pages  362-6,  an  article  on  the  Dighton  family, 
with  particular  reference  to  the  descendants  of  Samuel  and  Katharine  (Dighton) 
Hagburne.  The  will  of  Samuel  Hagburne  names  "my  brother  Lugg."  Mr. 
Drummond  gives  reasons  for  believing  that  this  was  John  Lugg  of  Boston,  who 
had  a  wife  Jane,  supposed  by  him  to  be  Katharine  Dighton's  sister  of  that 
name. — Editor. 

John  Best,  the  sou  of  Rowland  Best  of  Twining,  in  the  Co.  of  Glouces- 
ter, yeoman,  and  the  son  and  heir  of  the  said  Rowlaud,  deceased,  do  here 
declare  this  my  last  will  and  testament  18  June  1666,  proved  4  May  1667. 
I  give  to  John  Best  the  younger,  the  son  of  John  Best  of  Twining,  and  to 
his  heirs,  my  lauds  which  I  purchased  of  Thomas  Darke  of  Twyning  1654. 
I  give  to  William  Hancocke  of  Twyning  gen4,  the  son  of  William  Hancocke 
of  Breedon's  Norton  Esq.  my  part  of  a  lease  granted  by  the  Dean  and 
Chapter  of  Christ  Church,  Oxon  of  the  Rectory  and  Parsonage  of  Twyning 
to  Edwin  Baldwin  and  John  Porttman  of  Twyning  for  one  and  twenty 
years,  the  said  John  Porttman  for  himself,  John  Best,  John  Adams,  Thomas 
Sparry  and  William  Deaves  &c.  To  Mary  Hancocke,  the  wife  of  Richard 
Hancocke  twenty  pounds,  a  feather  bed  and  bolster,  a  pair  of  sheets,  a  pair 
of  blankets  and  my  best  coverlid.  To  William,  Richard,  Charles,  Johu, 
George,  Rowland  and  Septimus  Hancocke,  being  the  seaven  sons  of  the 
said  Richard  Hancocke  and  Mary  his  wife,  unto  each  of  them  twenty 
pounds  apiece  at  their  ages  of  one  and  twenty.  To  Thomas  Best  of  the 
Kings  home  near  unto  the  city  of  Gloucester,  gardener,  and  seven  of  his 
children,  viz1  Thomas  the  younger,  John,  Edward  and  Samuel  Best,  Joane, 
Dorothy  and  Elizabeth  Best,  unto  each  of  them  ten  pounds.  To  Susanna 
Hancocke,  the  wife  of  Richard  Hancocke  of  Twyning,  ten  pounds.  To 
Hester  Best  the  daughter  of  the  aforesaid  Thomas  Best  of  the  Kings  home, 
fifty  pounds.  To  Anne  Darke,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Darke  of  Twyning, 
five  pounds.  To  Charles  Hancocke,  gen1,  of  the  Middle  Temple  in  Lon- 
don, ten  pounds.  To  Thomas  Best's  two  daughters  of  Breedons  Norton, 
Avice  Best  and  Mary  Best,  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  William  Hancocke, 
the  son  of  Edward  Hancocke  of  Twyning,  ten  pounds.  To  Thomas  Sav- 
idge  and  Richard  Savidge,  of  the  city  of  London,  vintners,  ten  pounds 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  553 

apiece.  To  Richard  Wittmore  my  servant  forty  shillings.  "  Item  I  give 
and  bequeath  unto  Richard  Lea,  the  sonne  of  Collonell  Richard  Lea,  tenn 
pounds.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  ffrancis  Lea  another  sonne  of 
Collonell  Richard  Lea,  tenn  pounds  and  my  silver  Tankard."  To  Eliza- 
beth Richards  widow,  the  wife  of  John  Richards,  carpenter,  deceased,  five 
pounds.  To  William  Hancocke,  the  son  of  Thomas  Hancocke  of  the  city 
of  Worcester,  clothier,  five  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  Twyning  eight  pounds. 
To  John  Best  of  Crombe,  clerk,  ten  pounds.  To  John  Best  of  the  Stone 
seven  pounds  which  he  oweth  us.  To  Sara  Hancocke  of  the  city  of  Wor- 
cester forty  shillings.  To  George  Best,  the  son  of  John  Best  of  Twyning 
the  remainder  of  my  lease  of  a  close  of  four  acres  in  Twyning.  To  John  Best 
of  Twyning  the  younger,  the  son  of  John  Best  of  Twyning  the  elder,  all 
my  goods  &c  uubequeathed :  and  I  make  him  sole  executor.        Carr,  58. 

[Who  can  doubt  that  the  "  Collonell  Richard  Lea"  mentioned  in  the  above 
will  was  Col.  Richard  Lee  of  Virginia?  His  sons  were  named  John,  Richard, 
Francis,  Hancock  and  Charles,  a  very  significant  array  of  baptismal  names 
considered  in  connection  with  the  names  in  this  will.  The  pedigree  of  the 
family  of  Hancock  of  Twining  (co.  Glouc.)  may  be  found  in  the  Visitation  of 
the  County  of  Worcester,  1682-3,  published  1883  (Walter  C.  Metcalfe,  F.S.A.). 
It  is  perhaps  needless  to  say  that  I  shall  bear  the  names  of  Best  and  Hancock 
in  mind  in  connection  with  this  problem.  I  have  already  secured  a  few  notes 
about  the  Hancock  family,  and  found  evidence  of  a  connection  between  Shrop- 
shire and  Worcestershire  in  the  will  of  one  John  Beet  in  1631. — h.  f.  w.] 

December  1656.  John  Spencer.  On  ye  thirtieth  day  issued  forth  Let- 
ters of  Adon  To  Anne  Fillioll  Spinster  ye  sister  by  ye  mothers  side  of  John 
Spencer  late  att  Jamaica  in  ye  part  beyond  ye  seas,  Batchelor  deed.  To 
Administer  all  &  singuler  ye  goods  chells  and  Debts  of  ye  sayd  Deed  Shee 
being  first  sworne  truely  to  administer  &c,  Penelope  Spencer  ye  mother 
Thomas  Spencer  ye  brother  &  Rachell  Spencer  the  sister  haveing  in  due 
forme  of  Law  renounced  ye  sayd  Adcon  of  ye  sayd  deeds  goods.  As  by  ye 
Acts  of  Court  may  appeare.  P.  P.  C.  Admous  1656,  folio  316. 

[This  is  John  Spenser,  nephew  and  heir  of  John  Spenser  of  Newbury,  whose 
will,  dated  August,  1637,  was  proved  at  Salem,  March,  1649.  In  Austin's 
Rhode  Island  genealogy,  the  nephew  is  mentioned  as  possibly  identical  with 
John  Spencer  of  Newport  (1661)  and  East  Greenwich  (1677).  Circumstantial 
evidence  pointed  to  this  connection,  and  the  work  erf  Spencer  genealogy,  now  in 
progress,  has  strongly  favored  it.  Hence  the  importance  of  the  discovery  to 
Spencer  family  history. 

Some  other  items  about  this  line  of  Spencers  in  addition  to  those  supplied  in 
the  will  discovered  uast  year  by  Mr.  Waters  (see  Register,  Oct.  1890,  vol.  44, 
page  391,  ante  p.  467),  are  the  following. 

The  records  of  burial  of  the  two  brothers,  John  and  Thomas,  appear  together 
in  the  parish  register  of  Kingston-upon-Thames,  co.  Surrey,  England,  under 
date,  1648,  June  23  and  29  respectively. 

The  neighboring  parish  of  Chertsey  has  the  baptisms  of  Thomas  and  Pene- 
lope's children.  Their  marriage  took  place  Sept.  25,  1623,  as  recorded  in 
register  of  St.  Peter's,  Paul's  Wharf.  Penelope's  maiden  name  was  Jernegan. 
She  was  baptized  at  Shalford,  co.  Essex,  Oct.  24,  1591.  (See  Jernegan  pedigree, 
in  which  her  name  appears  in  Suckling's  Suffolk.) 

A  "  Parliamentary  Survey  "  made  in  1650,  of  Russells  alias  Banisters  [?]  Farm, 
mentioned  in  the  will  of  Thomas  Spenser,  is  preserved  at  the  Public  Record 
Office  in  London. 

The  professional  life  of  Thomas  Spenser,  younger  son  of  Thomas  and  Pene- 
lope, was  spent  in  Plymouth,  co.  Devon.     He  was  a  physician. 

Some  references  to  him  may  be  seen  in  "  The  Western  Antiquary,"  published 
at  Plymouth  in  Devonshire. — Ray  T.  Spexcer. 

The  preceding  admon.  and  notes  were  furnished  me  by  Mr.  Spencer  of  18 
Bedford  Place,  Russell  Square,  London,  England. — h.  e.  w.] 


554         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Sylvester  (ante,  pp.  16-19,  544): — 

[In  the  Proceedings  Mass.  Hist.  Soc,  Second  Series,  vol.  iv.  pp.  270-291,  are 
twenty-six  letters  from  members  of  the  family  of  Sylvester,  written  between 
1653  and  1683,  several  of  them  from  Giles  Sylvester  in  Barbados ;  communicated 
by  Robert  C.  Winthrop,  Jr.,  A.M.,  from  the  Winthrop  Papers. — Editor.] 

Williams,  Dighton  and  Lugg  (ante,  pp.  551-2): — 

[Hon.  Josiah  H.  Drummond,  of  Portland,  Me.,  in  his  article  previously  referred 
to  on  the  Dighton  family  in  the  Maine  Historical  and  Genealogical  Recorder,  vol. 
6,  pp.  362-6,  prints  the  following  extract  from  a  deed  dated  Feb.  11,  1713-14, 
sworn  to  March  4,  1713-14,  and  recorded  in  the  Registry  of  Deeds  for  Bristol 
County,  Mass. : 

"  Easter  Marshall,  a  widow  four  score  years  of  age,  living  in  Norton, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Hester  Lugg,  dau.  of  Mr.  John  Lugg  and  Jane  Lugg 
his  wife,  who  lived  near  the  city  of  Gloucester  in  Great  Britain,  for  and  in 
consideration  of  the  care  which  her  son-in-law,  John  Hall  of  said  Norton, 
hath  for  many  years  past  taken  of  her  in  her  old  age,  and  that  he  con- 
tinueth  to  take  the  like  care  of  her,  and  hath  obliged  himself  to  provide  for 
her  all  things  necessary  for  her  comfort  during  her  natural  life,  and  for  other 
good  causes  and  considerations  especially  moving,"  etc.  Gives  all  her 
rights,  etc.  in  the  estate  of  her  honored  father  and  mother,  John  Lugg  and 
Jane  Lugg,  deceased,  and  in  any  other  estate  of  her  kindred  and  relatives 
which  might  come  to  her  in  Great  Britain  or  New  England,  to  her  son-in-law 
John  Hall,  whom  she  appoints  her  attorney. 

This  proves  that  John  Lugg  and  his  wife  Jane  of  Boston,  came  from  the 
vicinity  of  the  city  of  Gloucester,  England,  and  with  other  known  facts  leaves 
little  doubt  that  Jane  Lugg,  was  a  daughter  of  John  Deighton  and  a  sister  of 
Frances  wife  of  Richard  Williams  and  of  Katharine  successively  wife  of  Samuel 
Hagburne,  Gov.  Thomas  Dudley  and  Rev.  John  Allin.  Messrs.  Lugg,  Hagburne 
aud  Williams  probably  came  from  Gloucestershire  to  New  England  about  the 
same  time. 

John  Lugg  settled  at  Boston.  His  lands  are  recorded  in  the  Book  of  Posses- 
sions (Record  Commissioners'  Second  Report,  partii.,  second  edition,  page  29). 
They  were  on  the  southerly  side  of  the  present  School  street,  on  or  near  where 
the  easterly  end  of  the  Parker  House  now  stands.  His  wife  Jane  was  admitted 
to  the  First  Church,  Feb.  10,  1638-9  (Winsor's  "  Memorial  History  of  Boston," 
vol.  i.  p.  572). — After  his  death  his  widow  married  Jonathan  Negus.  On  the 
27th  of  October,  1647,  Negus  was  "  granted  the  inheritance  of  the  house  and 
ground  of  John  Lug  to  the  value  of  20li  that  he  may  dispose  of  the  same  towards 
the  education  of  his  five  children"  (Mass.  Col.  Records,  ii.  198). 

Besides  Esther,  the  maker  of  the  deed,  who  must  have  been  born  in  England, 
John  and  Jane  Lugg  had  three  children,  born  in  Boston,  where  their  births  are 
entered  on  the  town,  and  their  baptisms  on  the  church,  records.  They  were 
Elizabeth,  b.  1638-9;  Mary,  b.  1642,  and  John,  b.  1644.  Esther  Lugg  married 
1st,  James  Bell.  For  a  record  of  their  children  see  Register,  vol.  16,  pp.  327-8. 
He  was  killed  by  the  Indians  in  1676,  while  laboring  in  the  field  in  that  part  of 
Taunton  now  Raynham  (Baylies's  Memoir  of  Plymouth  Colony,  part  3,  p.  192). 
His  widow  Esther  married  Richard  Marshall,  Feb.  11,  1676-7  (Register,  vol. 
17,  p.  236).  Of  the  children  of  James  and  Esther  Bell,  Mary,  b.  July  7,  1669. 
married  July  19,  1693,  Joseph  Hall,  ancestor  of  Capt.  John  W.  D.  Hall  of  Taun- 
ton, secretary  of  the  Old  Colony  Historical  Society.  Another  daughter  Esther, 
b.  Aug.  15,  1672,  married  Dec.  14,  1692,  John  Hall  of  that  part  of  Taunton 
which  afterwards  became  Norton  and  then  Mansfield.  He  is  the  son-in-law 
mentioned  in  the  deed.  For  these  facts  I  am  chiefly  indebted  to  a  letter  of  Capt. 
Hall  and  the  article  by  Mr.  Drummond  in  the  Maine  Historical  and  Genealogical 
Recorder,  vol.  6,  pp.  362-6. 

An  article  on  the  family  of  Williams  of  Wooton-under-edge  appears  in  the 
Gloucestershire  Notes  and  Queries  for  July,  1891,  vol.  v.  pp.  92-6.  In  the  same 
magazine,  Sept.  1891,  vol.  v.  pp.  135-6,  is  an  article  by  Mr.  Conway  Dighton  of 
Cheltenham  on  the  Deightous  of  Gloucestershire. — Editor.] 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  555 

[The  following  wills  of  members  of  the  Gyse  or  Guise  family  of  Gloucester- 
shire (See  Heraldic  Visitation  of  that  county)  will  prove  of  interest  through 
their  mention  of  Washingtons  and  also  of  Haviland,  with  whom  the  Holworthy 
family  and  the  Torrey  family  of  New  England  were  connected. — h.  f.  w.] 

John  Gctse  of  Elmore,  Glouc,  gen'.  31  March  1614  proved  24  October 
1614.  To  brother  William  Guyse  the  younger  one  hundred  pounds.  To 
my  sister  Havyland  for  life  the  use  of  fifty  pounds  and  after  her  decease 
the  principal  to  my  brother  William  Guyse  the  younger.  To  brother 
Charles  Guyse  thirty  pounds.  To  my  sister  Perrye  twenty  shillings,  not 
that  I  love  her  less  than  any  other  but  because  God  hath  blessed  her  hus- 
band with  so  good  an  estate  that  she  hath  less  need  than  the  rest.  The 
rest  of  my  goods  &c.  to  brother  William  Gwyse  the  elder  whom  I  make 
my  executor.  Lawe,  98. 

William  Guise  of  the  City  of  Gloucester  Esqre,  22  July,  with  a  codi- 
cil 30  December,  1640,  proved  31  May  1641.  To  the  poor  people  of  that 
city  ten  pounds  to  be  distributed  amongst  them  within  three  months.  To 
my  beloved  brother  Sir  William  Guise,  knight,  twenty  shillings  to  buy  him 
a  ring.  To  the  Lady  Elizabeth  his  wife  and  my  kind  sister  whom  I  have 
ever  found  loving  to  me  and  mine  the  like  sum  of  twenty  shillings  to  buy 
her  a  ring.  To  my  dearly  beloved  wife  my  house  at  Gloucester  wherein  I 
live  and  the  garden  for  one  and  thirty  years,  if  she  live  so  long.  To  my 
daughter  Anne  Guise  towards  her  marriage  portion  three  hundred  pounds. 
To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Guise  three  hundred  pounds  towards  her  mar- 
riage portion ;  these  portions  to  be  paid  them  at  their  several  days  of  mar- 
riage or  several  ages  of  twenty  and  one  years.  To  my  servant  Joyce 
Neale  my  wife's  kinswoman  ten  pounds  within  one  year.  All  the  rest  to 
my  wife  Elizabeth  whom  I  make  and  ordain  sole  executrix  of  this  my  last 
will  and  testament  "  hartely  praying  her  by  that  true  and  unfained  love 
that  wee  have  borne  each  to  other  and  the  mutuall  conifortes  wee  haue 
enioyed  each  from  other  both  to  our  soules  and  bodies,  to  haue  a  care  of 
those  or  daughters  the  pledges  of  our  unfained  love  and  as  shee  hath 
hitherto  donne  soe  to  continewe  to  breed  them  upp  and  instruct  them  in  the 
feare  of  God  soe  shall  wee  all  I  hope  one  day  meete  againe  to  our  ever- 
lastinge  comforte  in  the  kingdome  of  Heaven." 

The  codicil  is  as  follows : — I  give  to  my  kind  brother  Hauiland  and  sis- 
ter and  my  nephew  Matthewe  Haviland  to  each  of  them  twenty  shillinges 
to  buy  them  a  ring.  Item,  I  give  to  my  trusty  servant  Richard  Merrye 
forty  shillings.  Item  I  give  to  my  servant  Edward  Wheeler  forty  shillinges. 
To  my  servant  Richard  Hancock  the  horse  that  his  mother  gave  me  when 
he  came  to  me.     To  my  servant  Anne  Nashe  twenty  shillings. 

In  presence  of  Robert  Haviland  and  Matthew  Haviland. 

Evelyn,  60. 

William  Gyse,  of  Elmore  (Glouc.)  Esq.  10  November  1650,  proved 
14  September  1653.  To  be  interred  in  the  parish  church  of  Elmore  near 
my  father  To  my  wife  Cissely  all  my  plate,  household  stuff  and  goods  of 
what  quality  and  sort  soever,  and  one  lease  which  my  father  (Sir  William 
Gyse)  purchased  of  Mr.  Ockald  for  three  of  my  brothers  lives,  viz4.  George, 
Anthony  and  Edward  Gyse,  one  of  which  lives  is  since  deceased,  viz. 
George  &c.  Other  leases  to  her.  To  my  eldest  daughter  Elizabeth  Hor- 
ton  twenty  shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  my  second  daughter  Ellinor 
Washington  twenty  shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring  to  remember  me.     To  my 


556  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

third  daughter  Frances  Codrington  twenty  shilling  &c.  And  I  desire  to 
have  this  poesy  engraven  in  the  inside  of  all  their  rings —  Vive  ut  Vivas. — 
All  the  rest  to  my  eldest  son  Christopher  Gyse  whom  I  make  sole  executor. 

Brent,  41. 

[A  pedigree  of  the  Havilands  may  be  found  in  the  Visitation  of  Gloucester- 
shire (Harl.  Pub.  vol.  21,  p.  78).  Jane,  daughter  of  Robert  Haviland  by  Eliza- 
beth (Gyse)  was  the  wife  of  William  Torrey  of  New  England.  See  Haviland 
and  Torrey  wills,  Register,  vol.  45,  pp.  150-3 ;  298-302  {ante,  pp.  496-9,  546- 
51). — h.  f.  w.] 

Washington. 

John  Woodward  of  Quinton,  in  the  Co.  of  Gloucester,  gen',  21  April 
1612,  proved  13  May  1612.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church 
of  Stratford  upon  Avon  near  to  the  grave  there  of  my  deceased  father 
Richard  Woodward  gen4.  To  William  Abraham,  my  godson,  son  of 
Richard  Abraham  of  Quinton,  Bucks,  gen',  my  messuage  or  tenement  in 
Stratford  wherein  Frances  Woodward  my  mother  now  dwelleth. 

Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Thomas  Washington  gen',  my  wife's 
brother-in-law,  all  that  my  pasture  ground  and  meadow  in  Quinton,  Glouc, 
for  the  term  of  one  thousand  years,  he  paying  yearly  unto  Alice  my  wife, 
during  her  natural  life  one  annuity  of  twenty  pounds  heretofore  by  me 
granted  unto  her,  issuing  forth  of  the  said  lands.  To  John  Lane  son  of 
Nicholas  Lane  gen',  five  pounds.     To  John  Perkins  my  servant  ten  pounds. 

My  wife  Alice  to  be  sole  executrix  and  my  uncle  Thomas  Woodward 
gen',  my  brother-in-law  Richard  Murden  gen'  and  Nicholas  Lane  gen'  to 
be  overseers.  Fenner,  42. 

[This  John  Woodward  was  the  one  who  married  Alice  the  widow  of  Mr. 
Walter  Washington  of  Radway,  Warwickshire  (see  the  Washington  Pedigree). 
Her  will  (1642-1647;  has  already  been  published  (Register,  vol.  43,  p.  412,  Oct. 
1889,  ante  p.  387).  The  above  testator  belonged  to  the  family  of  Woodward  of 
Butlers  Marston  (see  Visitation  of  Warwickshire,  Harl.  So.  Pub.  pp.  119  and  227) , 
being  a  son  of  Richard  Woodward  of  Stratford  upon  Avon,  and  Frances,  daughter 
and  heir  of  Paiot.  His  wife  Alice  was  a  daughter  of  John  and  Katherine  Morden 
alias  Murden,  of  Morton  Morell,  Warr.  (see  same  Visitation,  p.  319). — h.  f.  w.] 

Catherine  Curtis  of  Islipp  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton  "gen',"  6  De- 
cember 1622,  proved  17  June  1626.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  church 
of  Islipp.  To  Mordant  Washington,  my  godson  and  grandchild,  the  sum 
of  fifty  pounds  to  be  employed  and  laid  out  for  his  best  benefit  and  to  be 
paid  unto  him,  with  a  true  account  of  the  profits  and  gain  thereof,  when  he 
shall  come  to  the  age  of  twenty  and  one  years,  and  if  he  depart  this  life 
before  his  age  of  one  and  twenty  years  then  my  executor  shall  pay  the 
aforesaid  sum,  with  all  profits  by  it  made,  unto  the  next  child  of  my  natural 
daughter  Mary  Washington  when  it  shall  come  to  the  age  of  twenty  and 
one  years,  whether  tho  said  child  be  a  son  or  a  daughter.  I  give  to  my 
natural  son  Philip  Curtis  and  to  my  daughter  Curtis  his  wife,  to  the  first 
begotten  by  them  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds,  whether  it  be  son  or  daughter, 
to  be  paid  at  the  age  of  twenty  and  one  years.  I  give  unto  my  natural 
daughter  Mary  Washington  the  sum  of  thirty  pounds.  All  the  rest  of  my 
goods,  moveables  and  chattels  unbequeathed,  my  debts  and  mortuary  paid 
and  my  body  reverently  brought  to  the  grave,  I  give  unto  my  natural  and 
well  beloved  son  Philip  Curtis,  my  sole  executor  of  this  my  last  will  and 
testament. 

Michael  Westfield  was  one  of  the  witnesses.  Hele,  92. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  557 

[Mrs.  Catherine  Curtis  was  the  mother  of  Mary,  who  was  the  first  wife  of  Sir 
John  Washington  of  Thrapston,  knight  (see  the  Washington  Pedigree)  and  of 
Philip  Curtis,  who  married  Amy,  one  of  the  sisters  of  Sir  John  and  of  the  Rev. 
Lawrence  Washington,  rector  of  Purleigh.  The  wills  of  Philip  Curtis  and  his 
widow.  Amy  Curtis,  have  been  already  published  (See  Register,  vol.  42,  pp. 
403,  404,  Oct.  1889;  ante,  p.  378-9).— h.  f.  w.] 

Ranald    Grahme   of  Nuning'ton,  co.  York,  Esqr,  14  November   1679, 
with  a  codicil  dated  25  May,  1680,  proved  2  December  1685.     Body  to  be 
buried  within  the  parish  church  of  Nuuington.     To  my  nephew  Sir  Richard 
Grahme  of  Netherby,  co.  Cumberland,  Barr1  and  to  the  Honorable  the  Lady 
Anne  Grahme  his  wife  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  betwixt  them,  to  buy  them 
mourning,  and  I  do  hereby  recommend  Charles  Grahme,  now  eldest  sou  of 
the   said  Sir  Richard  Grahme,  to  the  care  and  kindness  of  my  dearly  be- 
loved wife.     Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Sir  Richard  Grahme   of  Nor- 
ton  Conyers   in   the   Co.  of  York,  Barr1,  and  his  now  wife  twenty  pounds 
apiece  to  buy  them  mourning.     To  my  nephew  James  Grahme,  privy  purse 
to  his  R.  H.  James,  Duke  of  York,  and  to  Dorothy   his   now    wife  twenty 
pounds  apiece  to   buy  them  mourning,  and  I  do  hereby  release  to  my  said 
nephew  James  Grahme   all   such   debts  as  he  oweth  me  upon  any  account 
whatsoever.     To  Sir  Henry  Goodricke,  knight  and  Barr4,  and  to  his  now 
lady,  my  niece,  twenty  pounds  apiece  to  buy  them  mourning,  and  moreover 
I  give  unto  his  said  lady,  my  niece,  my  onyx  ring  which  she  formerly  gave 
me.     To  my  nephew  Col.  George  Legg,  and  Barbara  his  now  wife,  and  to 
his  mother  Elizabeth  Legg  and  to  William  Villiers  Legg,  my  godson,  twenty 
pounds  apiece  to  buy  them  mourning,  and  also  to  Susanna  Wilson  and  her 
husband   twenty   pounds   between   them  to   buy  them  mourning.     To  the 
said  Col.  George  Legg  my  diamond  ring  with    four  great  stones  in   it  set 
around  with  small  diamonds,  to  hold,  use  and   enjoy  for   the   term  of  his 
natural  life,  and  after  his  decease  I  give  and  bequeath  the  same  to  the  said 
William  Legg,  his  son,  my  godson,   forever.     To   Sir   John    Churchman 
twenty  pounds  to   buy   him   mourning.     To  Katherine  Foster  late  wife  of 
Captain  Foster  ten  pounds  to  buy  her  mourning.     To  my  sister  Sands  twenty 
pounds   to   buy   her  mourning  and  to  her  daughter  Elizabeth  Washington 
one  hundred   pounds.     Also   I  do   hereby   give   and    bequeath  unto  Mrs. 
Penelope   Washington   and  Mrs.  Mary  Washington   ten    pounds  apiece  to 
buy  them  mourning.     To  Mr.  Thomas  Jackson   one   hundred    pounds  and 
ten  pounds  more  to  buy  him  mourning.     I  do  hereby  release  unto  Edward 
Carleton  the  twenty  pounds  he  oweth  me  and  I  do  give  him   thirty  pounds 
more,   and  five  pounds  more  to  buy  him  mourning.     To  Richard  Grahme 
once  my  groom  four  pounds  per  annum  payable  quarterly  during  my  wife's 
life.     To  Archibald  Johnston  once  my  butler  twenty  pounds  and  to  John 
Grahme  once  my  servant  five  pounds  to  buy  him  mourning.      To  the  now 
Lord  Bishop  of  Oxford,  the  now  Lord  Bishop  of  Exeter,  to  the  Lord  Chief 
Justice  North  and   to   his  brother  Dr.  North,  to  Richard  Allestry  Dr.  in 
Divinity  and  Provost  of  Eaton  College,  to   Dr.  Barwwick,  to  Sir  William 
Wyld  of  London,   Barr1,  Sir  John  Coell,  Sir  William  Turner,  Sir  Robert 
Clayton,  John  Morris  Esq.,  Matthew  Johnson  Esq.,   Col.  Richard    Grace, 
Mr.  Charles  Usher,   Mr.  George  Usher,   Mr.  John  Cooke,  Mr.  Broughton, 
Mr.  Fothergill,  Nathan  Tilson,  Mr.  Christopher  Conyers  of  Clifford's  Inn, 
Mr.  Robert  Blanshard  and  Francis  Child,  to   each  of  them  a  ring  of  the 
value  of  twenty  shilling.     To  Christopher  Story    four  pounds  to  buy  him 
mourning.     To  my   cousin    Richard  Grahme,   principal   of  Clifford's  Inn, 
London,  one  hundred  pounds,  and  twenty  pounds  more  to  buy  him  mourn- 


558  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

ing.  To  my  cousin  Jane  Smith  and  her  sister  Sara  Gregory  five  pounds 
apiece  to  buy  them  mourning.  To  old  Dicke  Grahme  (annuity).  To  the 
poor  of  Nunington,  West  Ness  and  Stangrave,  York,  of  Lewsham,  Kent, 
and  of  St.  Margaret's,  Westminster.  To  William  Charleton  of  Hasleside, 
Northumberland,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  my  niece.  To  Dame  Mary  Mus- 
grave,  widow,  my  niece,  and  to  her  son  Sir  Richard  Musgrave  of  Heyton, 
Cumberland,  and  his  sisters  Frances  and  Catherine.  To  Sir  Cuthbert 
Heron  of  Chipchase,  Northumberland,  and  his  lady,  my  niece,  and  their 
son  Cuthbert.  To  Winifred  Fisher  who  was  the  daughter  of  my  master 
William  Lathum,  who  was  very  kind  to  me  when  I  was  his  apprentice.  To 
my  worthy  friend  Col.  Edward  Villiers.  To  Philadelphia  Eston  daughter 
to  Peter  Ladore  my  friend.  To  my  nephews  Fergus  and  Ranald  Grahme 
and  my  niece  Margaret  Fenwicke.  To  my  nephew  William  Grahme  the 
sum  of  two  hundred  pounds,  to  be  paid  him  within  six  months  next  after 
he  shall  be  instituted  and  inducted  vicar  of  the  parish  church  of  Lewsham, 
Kent.  For  the  use  of  the  poor  in  the  parishes  of  Arthewrett  and  Kirk  An- 
drews, Cumberland.  To  Ranald  Grahme,  coachman  to  my  nephew  Sir 
Richard  Grahme.  My  little  nephew  Charles  Grahme,  son  and  heir  ap- 
parent of  my  nephew  Sir  Richard  Grahme  of  Netherby. 

I  make  and  ordain  my  worthy  friend  John,  Lord  Bishop  of  Rochester, 
my  dearly  beloved  wife  Susanna  Grahme  and  Sir  Richard  Grahme  of 
Netherby  executors  of  my  will  &c,  and  desire  my  said  nephew  Col.  George 
Legg  and  the  said  Richard  Grahme  of  Clifford's  Inn  to  be  aiding  and 
assisting  to  my  said  executors.  Cann,  150. 

[The  above  testator  belonged  to  a  great  border  family  of  whom  the  Grahams 
of  Esk,  of  Norton  Conyers  and  of  Netherby  were  branches.  His  wife  Susanna, 
whose  will  has  already  been  given  (see  Register,  vol.  42,  p.  410,  Oct.,  1891; 
ante,  p.  385),  was  a  daughter  of  Sir  William  Washington  (see  the  Washing- 
ton Pedigree),  a  sister  of  Col.  Henry  Washington,  governor  of  the  "ever 
faithful  "  city  of  Worcester  and  a  niece  of  the  rector  of  Purleigh. — h.  f.  w.] 

William  Legge  of  the  parish  of  little  Minories  Esq.  maketh  his  will  as 
followeth,  viz.:  to  his  son  William  Legge  2000H  at  21  years,  to  his  daughter 
Susan  L.  2000u  at  18  years  or  marriage,  they  in  the  meantime  to  be  main- 
tained out  of  profits  at  discretion  of  executors,  his  son  George  Legg  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  Executors,  Harry  Norwood  Esq.  and  George  Wharton 
Esq.  trustees.  Written  according  to  the  directions  of  the  said  Testator 
and  approved  by  him  in  the  presence  of  G.  Wharton,  H.  Norwood,  John 
Chambers. 

A  nuncupative  codicil  of  the  same  day,  declared  that,  as  the  real  estate 
in  Ireland  was  settled  upon  his  son  George  in  marriage,  it  was  concluded 
needless  to  mention  it  in  the  Will.  His  sisters,  being  three,  he  recom- 
mended to  his  son  George,  who  declared  he  will  do  as  his  father  hath  done 
formerly.  He  said  he  had  several  legacies  to  poor  kindred,  but,  being  de- 
sired to  declare  those  legacies,  he  named  no  person,  his  spirits  being  spent 
and  faint.     Dated  ll-8ber,  '70,  proved  18  February  1670. 

On  the  18th  day  of  November,  A.D.  1700,  commission  issued  to  the  Lady 
Barbara,  dowager  Baroness  Dartmouth,  relict  of  George  late  Baron  Dart- 
mouth deceased,  one  of  the  executors  named  in  the  above  will,  to  adminis- 
ter the  goods  &c  of  the  said  Col.  William  Legg  deceased,  left  unadminis- 
tered  on  account  of  the  death  of  the  said  Baron  Dartmouth,  and  for  the 
reason  that  Elizabeth  Legg,  relict  and  the  other  executor,  had  departed 
this  life.  Duke,  23. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  559 

Dear  fy  Loving  Sister,  Virginia,  June  ye  22d,  1699. 

I  had  the  happiness  to  see  a  Letter  which  you  sent  to  my  Aunt  Howard, 
who  died  about  a  year  and  a  half  ago ;  I  had  heard  of  you  by  her  before, 
but  could  not  tell  whether  you  were  alive  or  not.  It  was  truly  great  joy 
to  hear  that  I  had  such  a  relation  alive  as  yourself;  not  having  any  such  a 
one  by  my  Father's  side  as  yourself.  My  Father  had  one  Daughter  by 
my  Mother,  who  died  when  she  was  very  young,  before  my  remembrance. 
My  Mother  had  three  Daughters  when  my  Father  married  her,  one  died 
last  winter,  and  left  four  or  five  children,  the  other  two  are  alive  &  married 
and  have  had  several  children.  My  Mother  married  another  man  after  my 
Father,  who  spent  all,  so  that  I  had  not  the  value  of  twenty  shillings  of 
my  Father's  Estate,  I  being  the  youngest  &  therefore  the  weakest,  which 
generally  comes  off  short.  But  I  thank  God  my  Fortuue  has  been  pretty 
good  since,  as  I  have  got  a  kind  and  loving  wife,  by  whom  I  have  had  three 
sons  and  a  daughter,  of  which  I  have  buried  mv  daughter  and  one  sou.  I' 
am  afraid  I  shall  never  have  the  happiness  of  seeing  you,  since  it  has 
pleased  God  to  set  us  at  such  a  distance,  but  hoping  to  hear  from  you  by  all 
opportunities,  which  you  shall  assuredly  do  from  him  that  is, 

Your  ever  loving  Brother 
till  death 

Jn°  Washington. 

If  you  write  to  me  direct  yours  to  me  in  Stafford  county,  on  Potomack 
River  in  Virginia.     Vale. 

To  Mrs.  Mary  Gibson,  living  at  Hawnes  in  Bedf's.  These  sent  with 
care. 

[The  above  very  interesting  letter  has  been  sent  me  by  Mr.  Worthington  C. 
Forde  (97  Clark  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.)  It  has  first  been  published  in  his 
collection  of  Washington  Wills  (Historical  Printing  Club,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
1891),  as  a  foot  note  on  page  25.  Mr.  Ford  tells  me  that  it  is  a  copy,  sent  to 
the  President,  and  it  is  undoubtedly  genuine.  It  was  evidently  written  by  the 
son  of  Lawrence  Washington,  the  immigrant,  to  his  half  sister  Mary,  daughter 
of  Lawrence  by  his  first  wife  (Mary  Jones).  It  adds  to  our  knowledge  her 
married  name.  She  was  in  all  probability,  the  wife  of  Edward  Gibson,  Vicar 
of  Hawnes,  who  died  11  May  1732,  set.  7L — M.  I.  (See  GenealogiaBedfordien- 
sis,  by  Frederick  Augustus  Blaydes,  printed  at  the  Chiswick  Press,  1890).  The 
father  of  Mr.  Gibson,  of  the  same  baptismal  name  and  likewise  Vicar  of  this 
parish,  was  buried  25  April,  1690.  He  died  22  Apr.  set.  73.  Mary  Hazelden  of 
Hawnes,  in  her  will,  dated  16  June,  1679,  mentions  her  nephew  Edward  Gibson, 
minister  at  Hawnes,  and  his  .daughter  Mary  Butler,  and  sons  Edward,  John  and 
Seth.  To  her  niece  Margaret,  wife  of  Edward  Gibson,  she  gave  all  her  lands, 
plate  and  apparel,  and  constituted  her  sole  executrix.  The  Register  of  Bap- 
tisms shows  that  the  second  Mr.  Edward  Gibsou  had  a  wife  named  Mary.  This 
wife,  Mary  (Washington?),  probably  died  before  her  husband,  if  I  draw 
the  correct  inference  from  his  will,  which  I  found  in  Prerog.  Ct.  of  Cant. 
(Bedford  163),  executed  6  Jan.  1723,  and  proved  17  June,  1732.  He  calls  him- 
self "minister,"  mentions  brothers  John  and  Seth,  the  latter  to  be  executor. 
Mother  deceased.  Granddaughter  Mary  Pemberton  (her  father  deceased). 
Sons  Edward  and  George.  In  1732,  at  date  of  probate,  George  was  of  St. 
Martin's  in  the  Fields,  Midd.,  and  Edward  was  of  Hawnes. 

I  Would  suggest  that  the  "Aunt  Howard"  of  the  letter,  was  the  Martha 
Washington  whom  Col.  John  Washington,  her  brother,  mentions  in  his  will  as 
having  come  to  Virginia. — h.  f.  w. 

Since  the  above  copy  was  received  from  Mr.  Waters,  the  letter  of  John 
Washington,  June  22,  1699,  has  been  annotated  by  Mr.  Ford  and  printed  in  the 
New  York  Nation,  October  15,  1891. 

Hawnes,  now  spelled  Haynes,  is  a  parish  in  the  hundred  of  Flitt,  Bedford- 
shire, about  four  miles  north  east  of  Ampthill. — Editor.] 


560  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

In  the  New  York  Nation  for  July  16,  1891,  the  editor  quotes  from  a  corres- 
pondent, who,  we  are  informed,  is  Mr.  N.  Darnell  Davis  of  Georgetown, 
Demarara,  to  the  effect  that  the  original  manuscripts  on  which  Walker's  Suffer- 
ings of  the  Clergy  is  founded  are  preserved  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  Oxford. 
"  There  are  about  25  or  30  volumes  in  all.  Of  these  some  seven  are  of  a  bio- 
graphical nature,  consisting  of  letters  from  persons  who  gave  facts  set  forth  in 
the  printed  work."  Mr.  Davis  being  interested  in  the  question  of  Washington's 
ancestry  made  a  rapid  glance  over  these  volumes,  which  are  not  indexed,  in  the 
hope  of  finding  the  letter  which  gave  a  good  character  to  Rev.  Lawrence  Wash- 
ington of  Purleigh,  and  possibly  learning  the  name  of  the  small  living  which  he 
was  allowed  to  hold.  But  he  was  unsuccessful.  The  next  month  Mr.  Waters 
visited  Oxford  and  examined  the  books  with  a  better  result,  as  is  shown  ;n  a 
communication  from  Mr.  Whitmore  in  the  Nation  for  October  8th  last;  as 
follows : 

"  Following  up  the  suggestion  made  in  the  Nation  for  July  16,  1891,  that,  the 
manuscript  authorities  for  Walker's  '  Account  of  the  Sufferings  of  the  Clergy ' 
were  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  Mr.  H.  F.  Waters  has  recently  examined  the 
volumes  with  gratifying  results.  He  writes  under  date  of  Sept.  1,  1891 :  '  This 
afternoon  I  came  upon  the  chief  letter  upon  which  he  [Walker]  evidently  de- 
pended for  his  information  about  the  sequestered  rector  of  Purleigh.'  This  let- 
ter, he  adds — '  was  in  worse  order  than  anything  I  had  been  looking  at.  It, 
and  two  or  three  accompanying  papers,  had  evidently  suffered  from  dampness, 
and  had  been  eaten,  I  think,  by  flies,  perhaps  by  mice.  The  letter  was  probably 
written  in  1706  (judging  from  the  dates  of  those  near  it),  but  where  from  or 
by  whom,  there  was  nothing  on  the  face  of  it  to  disclose  at  first  sight.  It  was 
devoted  to  the  cases  of  Mr.  Cherry,  Mr.  Washington,  and  Mr.  Wright  of 
Witham.  He  spoke  of  Mr.  Cherry,  as  having  'dwelt  20  miles  from  me.'  A 
little  further  on  he  writes :  '  The  first  visitation  our  diocesan  made  here  at 
Easterford  Kelvedon  Mr.  Cherry  preached,'  etc.     Then  comes  this  reference: 

"  '  I  doe  not  remember  that  ever  I  knew  or  heard  of  Mr.  Washington  after 
he  had  been  sequestered,  but  there  was  then  one  Mr.  Roberts  a  neighbor  of 
mine  who  was  owner  and  patron  of  a  parish  so  small  that  nobody  would  accept 
of  his  church  (but  with  difficulty)  and  Mr.  Roberts  entertained  Mr.  Washington, 
where  he  was  suffered  quietly  to  preach.  I  have  heard  him  and  tooke  him  to  be 
a  very  worthy  pious  man.  I  have  been  in  his  company  there,  and  he  appeared 
a  very  modest  sober  person,  and  I  heard  him  recommended  as  such  by  several 
gentlemen  who  knew  him  before  I  did.  He  was  a  loyal  person,  and  had  one  of 
the  best  benefices  in  these  parts,  and  this  was  the  onely  cause  of  his  expulsion  as 
I  verily  believe.' 

"  Mr.  Waters  adds  that  against  both  paragraphs — viz.,  those  relating  to  Mr. 
Cherry  and  to  Mr.  Washington — Walker  had  written,  '  See  last  paragraph  in  this 

.  J.  W.'    Turning  to  the  last  paragraph,  where  dampness  and  flies  had  done 

the  most  mischief,  Mr.  Waters  could  make  out  only  the  word  '  Braxted.'  A 
reference  to  Morant's  '  Essex '  showed  that  Braxted  Parva  was  just  such  a  poor, 
mean  living,  and  that  the  patron  was  Thomas  Roberts.  The  Visitation  of 
Essex  shows  the  Robertses  to  have  been  there  for  four  generations  in  1634.  A 
comparison  of  handwritings  showed  that  the  writer  of  this  letter  was  the 
Henry  Ayloffe  who  wrote  another  letter  in  the  same  collection,  under  date  of 
March  26,  1706,  annotated  by  Walker  as  '  Esquire  and  Justice  of  the  Peace.' 
As  Morant  says  that  the  Ayloffes  had  their  chief  seat  at  Braxted  Magna,  this 
letter  seems  to  be  of  the  highest  authority.  There  was  a  Henry  Ayloffe,  third 
son,  born  about  1630,  according  to  the  visitation  of  Essex,  in  1634,  who  seems 
to  be  the  writer.  The  early  register  of  Little  Braxted  seems  to  be  lost,  but 
probably  further  search  will  give  more  particulars  about  Lawrence  Washington 
there."* 

Soon  after  this  discovery,  Mr.  Waters  was  informed  by  his  friend,  Miss 
Walford,  an  experienced  genealogist,  of  her  discovery  of  the  place  and  date 
of  the  burial  of  Rev.  Lawrence  Washington,  as  follows  : 

"46  Gt.  Coram' St.,  Russell  Square,  W.C., 
"  Dear  Mr.  Waters,  15  Sept.  1891. 

While  searching  the  Register  of  the  parish  of  All  Saints,  Maldon,  Essex,  I 
found  the  following  entry  which  I  am  sure  will  interest  you  : 

*  The  present  rector  of  Little  Brnxted,  the  Rev.  Ernest  Geldart,  has  written  to  Mr. 
Whitmore  that  the  old  registers  prior  to  1730  are  lost.  The  Roberts  family  is  extinct, 
Thomas  dying  in  1680,  when  the  estate  passed  to  the  Ayloffes. 


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'  Mr.  Lawrence  Washington  buried  January  21,  1G52.' 

I  therefore  send  you  a  note  of  it  at  once,  hoping  that  you  will  make  whatever 
use  you  please  of  it.  Yours  very  truly, 

Emma  M.  Walford. 
Henry  F.  Waters,  Esq." 

Mr.  Whitmore  after  announcing  this  discovery  continues:  "  Maldon  is  but 
three  miles  north  from  Purleigh,  and  is  an  old  and  comparatively  large  town, 
the  natural  abiding  place  of  anyone  interested  in  Purleigh.  The  inference  is 
irresistible  that  we  have  at  last  discovered  the  death  of  George  Washington's 
last  English  progenitor.  I  may  here  add  that  Little  Braxted  is  about  six  miles 
north  from  Maldon,  lying  just  to  the  east  of  Witham.  From  Purleigh  to  Braxted 
is  less  than  nine  miles  in  an  air  line." 

Mr.  Whitmore  notes  that  in  the  library  of  Mr.  Samuel  G.  Drake  was  sold  a 
book  by  that  John  Rogers,  minister  of  Purleigh,  who  was  ordered  to  pay  Mrs. 
Washington  a  portion  of  the  tithes  (See  Register,  vol.  45,  p.  240;  ante,  p.  523). 
This  book  contained  some  autobiographical  items,  and  he  thought  they  might  have 
some  reference  to  Purleigh  and  asked  if  that  or  another  copy  could  be  found. 

In  a  communicatian  to  the  Nation,  Oct.  22,  1891,  Mr.  Worthington  C.  Ford 
states  that  he  has  found  a  copy  of  the  book  inquired  for  in  the  library  of  the 
New  York  Theological  Seminary,  New  York  city,  and  he  gives  some  interesting 
facts  about  the  author  derived  from  that  volume.  Nothing,  however,  is  found 
relative  to  his  predecessor,  Lawrence  Washington.  This  John  Rogers  was  a 
son  of  Rev.  Nehemiah  Rogers  of  Messing,  and  a  grandson  of  Rev.  Vincent 
Rogers  of  Stratford  Bow,  traditionally  descended  from  the  martyr.  He  was 
father  of  John  Rogers,  a  merchant  of  Plymouth,  who  was  created  baronet  Feb. 
21,  1698,  and  was  ancestor  of  the  late  Lord  Blachford.  The  book  in  Mr. 
Drake's  catalogue  bore  the  title  "  Ohel  or  Bethshemesh;  a  Tabernacle  of  the 
Sun,"  &c.  Mr.  Ford  states  that  there  is  no  printed  title  in  the  book  he  quotes 
from,  but  there  is  a  written  title,  "  Dod  or  Chartran,  the  Beloved,"  &c,  and 
that  "  Ohel  or  Bethshemesh"  is  the  heading  of  one  division  of  the  work.  Col. 
Chester,  in  his  life  of  John  Rogers  the  martyr,  pp.  287-8,  gives  both  titles  in 
bis  list  of  the  author's  works. 

Another  communication  from  Mr.  Whitmore  is  printed  in  the  Nation  for  Nov. 
5,  as  follows : 

"  To  the  Editor  of  the  Nation  : 

»"Sir:  Since  an  English  writer  has  seen  fit  to  refer  to  the  Rev.  Lawrence 
Washington  of  Purleigh  as  '  a  drunken  parson,'  I  have  found  great  consola- 
tion in  looking  over  the  '  Annals  of  Evangelical  Nonconformity  in  Essex,'  by 
the  Rev.  T.  W.  Davids  (London,  1863).  The  author  has  considerable  to  say 
about  the  Episcopal  ministers  who  were  expelled  from  their  livings  in  1643, 
doubtless  for  their  loyality,  but  ostensibly  for  other  causes.  He  quotes  the 
evidence  in  many  cases.  He  cites  (p.  246)  the  charge  against  Washington  as  a 
tippler  and  often  drunk,  but  he  also  quotes  the  same  charge  against  many 
others.  I  notice  these  cases:  T.  Punter  (p.  232),  Thurman  (p.  233),  Fairfax 
(p.  233J,  Hurt  (p.  238),  Turner  (p.  239),  Southen  p.  (239),  Chamberlain  (p.  242  j, 
Frost  (p.  243),  Staples  (p.  245),  Washington  (p.  246),  Lake  (p.  247),  Heard  (p. 
249),  Laud  (p.  249),  N.  Wright's  curate  (p.  250),  Darnell  (p.  251),  Hull  (p.  253), 
Brinsley  (p.  341),  Bird  (p.  349),  Beard  (p.  350),  Man  (p.  380),  Benson  (p.  417), 
Nicholson  (p.  422),  Billio  (p.  512),  Deersley  (p.  515),  F.  Wright  (p.  518). 

"  Here  there  are  twenty-five  cases,  where  clergymen  were  deprived,  in  which 
this  same  charge  of  drunkenness  is  made.  Considering  the  social  habits  of  the 
time,  and  the  fact  that  most  of  these,  if  not  all,  were  also  accused  of  excessive 
attachment  to  the  cause  of  Episcopacy  and  monarchy,  is  it  not  evident  that  the 
charge  is  a  mere  pretext,  and  that  Mr.  Washington  does  not  deserve  to  be 
singled  out  for  opprobrium  and  judged  according  to  recent  standards  or  morals? 

"  From  Mr.  Davids's  book  I  glean  one  or  two  interesting  points.  Thus  he 
states  (p.  302)  in  regard  to  Braxted  Parva,  "  The  return  in  1650  is  '  Mr.  White 
was  presented,  but  he  hath  left  it  about  three  years,  and  Mr.  Roberts  provides 
for  the  supply  of  the  cure.'  Lands.  MSS.  459."  Again  (p.  156)  he  says  of  the 
Rev.  Nehemiah  Rogers  of  Messing,  that  he  was  sequestered  at  Bishopsgate  in 
1643  and  at  Ely  in  1645.  "  He  continued  to  preach,  however,  for  three  years  at 
Little  Braxted,  for  upwards  of  six  at  St.  Osyth,  where  he  is  found  iu  1650,  and 
ultimately  became  rector  of  Doddinghurst,  where  he  died." 


562  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

"  It  would  seem,  then,  that  Mr.  Roberts  had  given  this  'poor  living'  first, 
about  1645,  to  Nehemiah  Rogers;  then,  about  1647  or  8,  Mr.  White  was  pre- 
sented, but  in  place  of  him  Lawrence  Washington  took  it.  It  is  certainly  very 
curious  that  it  was  John  Rogers,  son  of  Nehemiah,  who  expelled  Washington 
from  Purleigh  (p.  272),  and  that  the  latter  was  thrown  upon  the  same  charity 
which  had  supported  Rogers's  father.  As  Nehemiah  and  his  son  seem  to  have 
been  on  opposite  sides,  I  presume  that  there  was  no  retaliation  in  this. 

"If,  by  any  happy  chance,  the  family  papers  of  the  Robertses  of  Little 
Braxted  have  been  preserved,  we  may  yet  learn  something  of  this  patron  of  dis- 
tressed clergymen.  The  first  of  the  name  at  that  place  was  Thomas,  auditor  to 
Henry  VIII.  His  son  was  Clement,  whose  son  Thomas  married  Alice  Hobsou 
and  was  alive  in  1612.  Then  came  Thomas,  the  owner  in  1634,  whose  son 
Thomas  was  aged  sixteen.  As  the  father  then  had  ten  children,  it  seems  prob- 
able that  he  deceased  before  the  Civil  War,  and  that  it  was  the  young  man  who 
was  the  friend  of  Nehemiah  Rogers  and  Lawrence  Washington. 

"In  1660,  among  the  signers  of  a  petition  to  Gen.  Monk,  calling  for  peace 
and  amnesty  (Davids,  p.  323),  are  Sir  Benjamin  Ayloffe  of  Great  Braxted  and 
Thomas  Roberts  of  Little  Braxted. 

"  Mr.  Davids  quotes  as  authorities  Cole's  MSS.,  Landsdowne  MSS.  459,  Add. 
MSS.  15660,  15669,  and  15670,  also  Journals  of  the  House  of  Lords,  Journal  of 
House  of  Commons,  and  State  Paper  Office  files.  He  seems  to  say  that  many 
of  the  original  papers  in  regard  to  these  sequestrations  are  preserved.  If  so, 
we  may  yet  find  the  petition  of  the  wife  of  the  rector  of  Purleigh,  and  learn 
her  Christian  name,  or  we  may  get  a  signature  of  the  Rev.  Lawrence  Washing- 
ton. Col.  Chester's  references,  as  quoted  by  Mr.  Conway,  are  Harl.  MS.  6244, 
in  regard  to  the  petition  for  tithes ;  and  Pub.  Rec.  0.  Charles  I.,  W.  58,  No.  29,  as 
to  the  chancery  suit.  w.  H.  w." 

The  English  writer  referred  to  by  Mr.  Whitmore  is  a  correspondent  of  the 
London  Notes  and  Queries,  July  11,  1891,  page  23,  who  writes  under  the  signa- 
ture of  "Vernon."  Among  other  things,  Vernon  speaks  of  some  deeds  which 
she  had  lately  copied,  one  of  which  "  puts  beyond  a  doubt  "  that  Sir  John  was 
the  eldest  son  of  Lawrence  Washington  of  Sulgrave.  This  confirms  a  suspicion 
of  Mr.  Waters,  which  he  communicated  to  me  some  two  years  ago.  "  Vernon  " 
is  Mrs.  Vernona  I.  C.  Smith  of  Barnes,  Surrey,  England,  as  appears  by  her  let- 
ter to  the  Nation  for  November  26.  In  that  letter  she  states  that  the  documents 
relating  to  the  Washingtons,  referred  to  by  her  in  Notes  and  Queries,  have  been 
sent  to  an  American  friend.  I  hope  that  this  gentleman  will  give  the  substance 
of  them  to  the  public  in  clue  time. 

The  Rev.  Edward  D.  Neill,  D.D.,  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  has  contributed  to  the 
Nation,  Nov.  19,  1891,  further  details  relative  to  the  family  of  William  Brod- 
hurst  of  Lilleshall,  Shropshire,  whose  son  Walter's  widow,  nee  Ann  Pope,  was 
the  second  wife  of  John  Washington  {ante,  pp.  414,  443).  The  baptisms  of  the 
children  of  the  second  Walter  Brodhurst,  half-brother  of  Lawrence  Washington, 
are  given  by  Dr.  Neill,  from  the  parish  register  at  Lilleshall,  as  are  the  inscrip- 
tions on  the  tombstones  of  two  of  them. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  Col.  Chester  at  one  time  was  very  anxious  to  ob- 
tain a  copy  of  the  signature  of  John  Washington,  the  emigrant,  to  compare 
with  that  of  John  W.,  of  London,  on  a  deed  dated  in  1657,  as  was  stated  by 
Col.  Chester  in  the  New  York  World  March  29,  1879,  and  repeated  by  us  in  the 
Register,  vol.  45,  p.  203  {ante  p.  527).  By  the  expressions  which  he  used,  it  was 
understood  that  this  deed  was  in  Col.  Chester's  possession,  and  his  executor, 
Mr.  Cockayne,  has  kindly  made  thorough  but  futile  search  for  it.  By  a  letter 
received  recently  from  Mr.  James  Coleman,  of  Tottenham  Terrace,  London  N., 
it  seems  that  he  advertised  this  deed  in  his  catalogue,  vol.  xii.  No.  119,  for  1877. 
He  sold  it  to  Col.  W.  Newsome,  R.  E.,  before  Col.  Chester  arrived;  but,  as  it 
had  not  been  delivered,  Col.  C.  was  able  to  make  an  abstract  and  to  trace  the 
signature.  Col.  Newsome,  in  1879,  printed  privately  a  tract  entitled  "Yorkshire 
as  the  Home  of  the  Washingtons."  (See  Register,  vol.  44,  p.  200 ;  ante,  p.  447.) 
He  cites  this  deed,  without  saying  that  he  owned  it.  From  the  catalogue  kindly 
furnished  us  by  Mr.  Coleman  we  copy  the  description.  It  was  a  deed,  dated 
1657,  signed  by  John  Washington,  citizen  and  draper,  and  Margaret  his  wife, 
one  of  the  daughters  of  Henry  Harwood,  gent.,  to  Robert  Abbott,  citizen  and 
scrivener,  relating  to  houses  near  Fleet  Bridge,  London.  Newsome  adds  the 
precise  date  of  the  deed,  June  5,  1657,  and  states  that  Margaret  was  one  of  six 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         563 

children,  the  others  being  Thomas,  Henry,  Frances,  Martha  and  Mary  Harwood ; 
and  that  their  mother  was  named  Martha.  It  seems  that  Col.  Newsome's  papers 
are  not  at  present  accessible ;  but  now  that  we  know  that  Col.  Chester  had  only 
an  abstract  and  a  tracing  of  a  signature,  these  may  possibly  be  found  in  his 
papers.  The  admissions  to  the  Drapers'  Company,  if  still  preserved,  should 
show  the  parentage  of  this  London  man.  Of  course,  we  cau  now  refer  to  the 
original  signature  of  Col.  John  Washington  of  Virginia,  on  his  will.  A  facsimile 
of  this  signature  will  be  found  in  vol.  45  of  the  Register,  facing  page  199 
(ante  p.  522).  Col.  Chester  stated  in  the  New  York  World  that  he  knew  the 
history  of  the  London  John  Washington. 

Two  pamphlets  on  the  genealogy  of  the  Washington  family  have  lately  ap- 
peared, the  titles  of  which  will  be  found  in  the  Book  Notices  in  this  number.  One, 
by  Col.  Thornton  A.  Washington  of  Washington,  D.  C,  gives  the  descendants  of 
the  elder  emigrant  John  Washington  in  the  line  of  President  Washington,  and 
continues  it  in  the  line  of  the  president's  eldest  full  brother,  Samuel.  The 
other  is  by  Rev.  Horace  Edwin  Hayden,  M.A.,  of  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  and  is 
devoted  to  the  descendants  of  the  younger  emigrant  Lawrence. — Editor. 

The  last  will  and  testament  of  Richard  Gregson  deceased  the  21  August 
1640,  proved  31  August  1640.  My  dead  body  to  be  buried  in  the  church 
of  St.  Augustins  St.  Austin's  Gate  as  near  and  as  conveniently  as  I  may 
unto  the  bones  of  my  deceased  wife.  To  Pvphraim  Udall  of  this  parish 
forty  shillings.  To  my  father  in  law  Mr.  Nicholas  Hurt  and  unto  Mrs. 
Dorothy  his  wife  and  to  my  dear  and  loving  brother  Mr.  Henry  Gregson 
and  unto  Edith  his  wife,  to  Mr.  William  Dickius,  Mr.  John  Goddard,  Mr. 
Robert  Lewis  and  Mr.  Thomas  Haford,  to  every  several  person  thus  named 
twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  George  Gregson  that  liveth  in  Paternoster 
Row  five  pounds.  To  my  servant  Anne  Hill  all  the  money  that  she  oweth 
me  (to  be  made  up  twenty  shillings).  To  Mary  Arnold  my  now  nurse 
ten  shillings. 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  kinsman  Thomas  Gregson,  my  now  partner, 
and  to  his  wife  Mary  and  to  Mr.  Thomas  Home  twenty  shillings  apiece 
and  to  Thomas  Gregson  in  New  England  twenty  shillings.  To  Nicho  my 
eldest  son  whatsoever  shall  be  recovered  of  Roger  Stephens  and  George 
Burtun  or  from  either  of  their  estates  &c.  The  remainder  of  my  estate 
shall  be  equally  divided  unto  my  aforesaid  son  Nicholas,  John,  Thomas, 
Anne  and  Elizabeth,  equal  shares,  part  and  part  alike.  To  my  now  partner 
Thomas  Gregson  fifty  pounds  in  full  satisfaction  of  what  money  he  doth 
pretend  he  hath  lent  unto  my  cousin  Thomas  Gregson  in  New  England 
and  unto  me  his  natural  uncle.  To  my  cousin  Richard  Gregson  of  Bristol 
one  judgment  confessed  by  one  Samuel  Oldfield  unto  Thomas  Gregson, 
which  the  said  Thomas  assigned  to  me;  also  one  deed  or  indenture  made 
over  by  one  Roger  Clisant,  vintner,  of  Bristol  concerning  two  houses  in 
that  city  &c.  My  son  Nicholas  to  be  sole  executor,  my  father  in  law  Mr. 
Nicholas  Hurt,  my  brother  in  law  Mr.  Roger  Hurt,  my  natural  brother  Mr. 
Henry  Gregson,  Mr.  John  Goddard  citizen  and  grocer  of  London,  my  first 
cousin  Mr.  William  Dickens  gen',  Mr.  Robert  Lewis,  citizen  and  grocer, 
and  Mr.  William  Baker  an  attorney  at  the  King's  Bench,  to  be  overseers. 

Coventry,  116. 

[Thomas  Gregson  or  Grigson  of  New  Haven,  Ct.,  according  to  Savage  (vol. 
2,  pp.  315-6),  "  came  from  London  to  Boston  26  June,  1637,  in  company  with 
Gov.  Eaton  and  John  Davenport,  was  one  of  the  chief  men,  an  active  merchant 
and  an  Assistant  of  the  Colony,  first  treasurer  and  first  commissioner  for  the 
union  with  the  other  N.  E.  colonies,  lived  on  the  east  side  of  the  harbor,  sailed 
in  January,  1646,  for  London  with  Lamberton  and  '  divers  other  godly  persons' 
of  whom  nothing  was  ever  heard,  the  little  vessel  having  no  doubt  foundered." 
(See  Winthrop's  New  England,  ed.  1853,  vol.  ii.,  pp.  325-6;  Johnson's  Wonder 


564  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Working  Providence,  pp.  124,  214-5;  and  Mather's  Magnalia,  ster.  ed.,  vol.  i. 
pp.  83-4.)  He  left  a  widow  Jane,  who  lived  to  June  4,  1702,  one  son  Richard, 
and,  it  is  said,  eight  daughters. 

His  son  Richard2  Gregson  settled  at  Bristol,  England,  and  his  son  William3 
of  London  had  a  son  William4  also  of  London,  who  March  26,  1736,  conveyed 
to  Rev.  Jonathan  Arnold  of  New  Haven,  land  in  New  Haven,  formerly  the 
property  of  his  ancestor,  Thomas1  Grigson,  for  building  and  erecting  a  church 
thereupon.  On  the  26th  October,  1768,  William6  Grigson  of  Exeter,  a  great- 
great-grandson  of  Thomas,  quitclaimed  the  property  to  Trinity  Church  (Ibid. 
57.  The  deeds  are  printed  in  the  Collections  of  the  New  Haven  Colony 
Historical  Society,  vol.  1,  pp.  76-8.  See  also  pp.  48-53,  and  vol.  ii.  p.  xix.) — 
Editor. 

Mr.  Thomas  Gregson  —  (name  pronor.nced  as  if  spelled  Grixson) ,  New 
Haven,  one  of  the  first  comers,  "  came,"  etc.,  as  in  Savage.  Freeman  18  Feb. 
1639-40,  truckmaster  23  Oct  1640,  deputy  29  Oct  1640,  treasurer  May  1641,  com- 
missioner 6  Apr  1643,  magistrate  26  Oct.  1643,  oath  of  fidelity  1  July  1644. 
Sailed  to  procure  patent  in  Jan.  1645-6. 

Inventory  taken  2  Nov.  1647,  presented  7  Dec.  1647  :  Land  in  1st  Div.  West- 
meadow  £16,5;  land  on  further  side  of  W.  Meadow  £5,15;  21A  Meadow  £21 ; 
Dwelling  house  and  home  lot  £48 ;  little  house  and  barn  £35.  Estate  Dr.  to 
Mr.  Stephen  Goodyear,  Mr.  John  Evance,  Henry  Lindelle,  Mr.  Wra  Hawkins, 
Mr.  Davenport,  Mrs.  Lambertou,  Mr  Maibon,  Edward  Wigglesworth,  Thomas 
Wheeler,  Mr.  Butler,  Mr.  Ling,  Mrs.  Turner,  £126,3.  Estate  Cr.  by  Philip  Leeke, 
Burwood  of  Stratford,  Adam  Nichols  (an  adventure  in  the  Susan  to  Barbadoes), 
Jno.  Gregory,  £18,7.  Real  Estate,  £246;  Personal  Estate,  £225,19.  Total, 
£490,6.  Clear  Estate,  £364,3.  Prized  by  Matthew  Gilbert  and  Richard  Miles. 
(Page  12,  vol.  I.,  part  1,  New  Haven  Prob.  Rec.) 

Distribution,  2  Apr.*1716,  to  heirs  of  only  son  Richard,  heirs  of  Mrs.  Anna 
Daniells,  heirs  of  Susanna  Crittenden,  heirs  of  Rebeckah  Bowers,  heirs  of  Sarah 
Whitehead,  daughter  Phebe  Russell.     Page  397,  vol.  iv.,  New  Haven  Prob.  Rec. 

He  left  a  widow  Jane,  who  died  4  June~1702.  Her  will,  dated  5  Feb.  1691-2, 
"  being  aged  and  weak,"  "  to  be  buried  by  her  executrix  and  dear  relatives,"  to 
"  daughter  Anna  Daniel,  my  house  and  homelot  and  the  remainder  of  my  up- 
land not  yet  disposed  of  at  my  farm  on  the  east  side  of  New  Haven  harbor 
(about  30A.),  unless  some  of  the  children  of  my  son  Richard  Gregson  in 
England  come  over  "  (in  which  event  such  child  is  to  have  them  after  her  death)  ; 
"  and  to  daughter  Anna  Daniel  my  meadow  at  my  said  farm  for  life,  then  to  her 
daugnter,"  to  "  daughter  Mary  in  England  30A  of  my  Third  Division  near  the 
Sperries'  farm,"  "  also  to  daughter  Anna  Daniel  6  or  7A  of  meadow  near  West- 
field  for  life,  then  to  those  of  the  children  that  need  it  most,"  to  "grand- 
child Ruth  Frisbie  of  Branford  14A  of  my  East  Side  farm  also  15A  of  said  farm 
to  daughter  Susannah  Crittenden,"  to  "daughter  Phebe,  40A  in  the  Third 
Division,"  to  "grandchild  Elizabeth  Winston,  8A  of  meadow  and  10A  of  the 
Third  Division,"  to  "  grandchild  Joanna  Thompson,  9A  of  Third  Division  and 
5A  in  the  Quarter  by  the  west  lane  after  my  daughter  Daniel's  decease,"  to 
"  grandchild  Rebecca  Thompson,  6A  meadow  at  Westfield  (so  called)  now  in 
her  possession  and  10A  of  Third  Division,"  to  "great-grandchild  Elizabeth 
Glover  that  now  lives  with  me,  9A  in  the  Neck,"  to  "  the  four  children  of  my 
daughter  Whitehead,  6A  of  Third  Division  each,"  daughter  Daniel  to  have  all 
movables  in  the  house  and  be  executrix.  Witnesses :  Wra.  Peck  and  John 
Jones.  Codicil  (verbal)  made  a  short  time  after  the  will.  6A  of  meadow  to 
daughter  Daniels  and  after  her  death  to  her  daughter  Joanna  and  her  children, 
viz.  3A  at  South  End  and  3A  at  the  West  Side,  also  3A  of  meadow  at  South  End 
to  daughter  Susanna  Crittenden.  Witness  Hannah  Falconer  Witnesses  sworn 
in  Court  30  July  1702.     (Page  298,  vol.  ii.,  New  Haven  Prob.  Rec). 

Inventory  taken  4  Aug.  1702.  House  and  homelot  £80,  meadow  on  the  West 
Side  cove  £24,  meadow  on  the  East  Side  £30,  laud  on  East  Side  untakeu  up  £15, 
Third  Division  land  £27.  Total  £198.  Debts  unknown.  Prized  by  Thomas 
Tuttle  and  Nathaniel  Boykin. 

Distribution  to  Mrs.  Ruth  Frisby  alias  Hoadly,  Joanna  Thompson,  Mrs. 
Susanna  Crittenden  and  Mrs.  Mary  Wyke.  (Page  223,  vol.  iii.,  New  Haven 
Prob.  Rec.) 

Anna  is  also  called  Hannah  in  the  town  record  of  her  marriage,  and  in  July, 
1649,  Hannah  and  Rebecca  Gregson  are  witnesses  in  a  trial.  I  have  arranged 
the  children  as  follows  : 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  565 

i.  Richard,  was  seated  iu  1656.      Returned  to  England  and  lived  in  Bristol. 

ii.  Anna,  m.  [1651]  Stephen  Daniels. 

iii.  Rebecca,  m.  Rev.  John  Bowers. 

iv.  Susanna,  m.  13  May  1661,  Abraham  Crittenden, 

v.  Sarah,  m.  (1)  12  Dec.  1667,  John  Gilbert;    m.  (2)  9  May  1676,  Sam- 
uel Whitehead. 

vi.  Mary,  bapt.  26  Jan.  1639-40,  returned  to  England ;  m. Wyke. 

vii.  Phebe,  bapt.  15  Oct.  1643;  m.  (1)  1673,  Rev.  John  Whiting,  of  Hart- 
ford; m.  (2)  1692,  Rev.  John  Russell,  ,of  Hadley. 

viii.  Abigail,  bapt.  23  Feb.  1644-5. 

Francis  B.  Trowbridge,  of  New  Haven,  Ct.] 

John  Maplett  of  the  city  of  Bath,  Somerset,  Doctor  in  Physick,  13 
April  1670,  proved  7  February  1670.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  dear 
sister  Mrs.  Mary  Gorton  of  New  England  the  sum  of  twenty  shillings,  and 
to  each  of  her  children  I  give  the  sum  of  ten  shillings  apiece.  I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  my  dear  sister  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ham  of  London,  widow,  the 
sum  of  twenty  shillings.  To  my  dear  daughter  Anne  Maplett  the  sum  of 
four  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  her  at  the  day  of  her  marriage  if  so  be  she 
marry  with  her  mother's  good  liking  and  consent,  otherwise  only  five 
pounds.  To  her  younger  sister  my  daughter  Elizabeth  the  sum  of  three 
hundred  pounds  (on  same  condition).  To  my  aforesaid  daughter  Anne 
Maplett  all  that  portion  of  laud  and  houses  in  Bristol  brought  to  me  by  her 
mother  at  our  marriage,  being  formerly  part  of  the  estate  of  her  brother 
Mr.  Walter  Williams  (after  the  decease  of  her  mother).  To  my  wife  my 
house  in  Bath  with  the  tenement  and  gardens  thereto  belonging  all  lately 
bought  of  Mr.  Thomas  Fisher,  to  be  her  own  forever  and  at  her  sole  dis- 
posal. She  to  be  sole  executrix.  Signed,  declared  and  published  31  July 
1670.  Duke,  24. 

[This  will  was  found  long  ago  and  forgotten.  It  should  have  accompanied 
the  will  of  Mrs.  Mary  Mayplett,  the  mother  of  the  testator,  published  in  the 
Register  for  October,  1890  (vol.  44,  p.  384,  ante,  p.  461).  Mrs.  Gorton's  hus- 
band was  the  famous  religious  disturber,  Samuel  Gorton. — h.  f.  w.] 

Symon  Winge  of  St.  Clement's  Danes,  tailor,  28  July  1625,  proved  6 
February  1626.     To  my  wife  Rebecca  one  hundred  pounds  due  unto  me 

from  Mr.  Bryam  Palmes  of  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton  gen',  and 

sixteen  pounds  due  unto  me  by  Mr.  William  Palmes  gen1,  and  six  pounds 
owing  me  by  Mr.  Stafford  Palmes  and  six  pounds  and  a  crown  due  unto 
me  from  Sir  Archball  Dugles.  To  Jane  my  daughter  forty  pounds  owing 
unto  me  by  Mr.  Samuel  Heale  of  Fleet  in  Devonshire  gen4,  and  five  pounds 
ten  shillings  due  and  owing  me  by  Mr.  Holmes  of  Carshalton  in  Surrey 
gen*,  and  also  four  pounds  due  unto  me  by  Henry  Arthur  of  Ivybridge  gen1, 
and  forty-two  shillings  owing  me  by  Mr.  Edward  Rosse  the  younger  of 
Ashwell  in  Rutland  and  five  pounds  due  unto  me  by  Mrs.  Dennys  for  rent. 
To  my  sister  Bridget  Smithe  twenty  shillings.  To  my  godson  Henry 
Croswell  ten  shillings.  To  my  brother  John  Winge  ten  shillings  if  he  be 
living.  To  John  Cathin  of  Barroe  in  Rutlandshire  five  shillings.  To  my 
said  daughter  seven   and  twenty   pounds   owing  me  by  bond  and  fourteen 

pounds  owing  me  upon  books  by  Thomas  Grove  of in  Wiltshire  gen1. 

To  my  brother  Matthew  my  cloth  hose  and  canvas  doublet.  To  my  sister 
Elizabeth  ten  shillings.  To  my  uncle  Stevens  and  his  wife  twenty  shillings. 
To  Thomas  Cooper  one  of  my  executors  my  writing  deske.  I  do  make 
John  Meader  of  St.  Andrew's  Holborn,  tailor,  and  Thomas  Cooper  of 
Clifford's  Inn  gen',  my  sole  executors  and  to  each  of  them  forty  shillings. 

Skynner,  24. 


566  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

John  Burnell,  citizen  and  cloth  worker  of  London,  15  December  1603, 
proved  16  August  1605.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of 
Stanmore  the  Great.  My  goods  &c  to  be  valued,  appraised  and  divided 
into  three  equal  parts,  according  to  the  ancient  and  laudable  custom  of  the 
city  of  London.  The  first  part  to  my  wife  Barbara  for  so  much  due  to 
her  by  the  said  laudable  custom.  The  second  part  I  devise  and  appoint  to 
my  five  children  amongst  them  equally  to  be  divided;  and  the  third  part  I 
reserve  to  myself  and  to  my  executrix  towards  the  payment  of  my  funeral 
charges  and  of  such  legacies  as  I  have  hereiu  devised.  Then  follow  sundry 
bequests  to  the  poor  and  to  his  guild  &c.  To  wife  Barbara  one  thousand 
pounds.  To  eldest  son  John  one  thousand  pounds.  To  brother  in  law 
Tevis  Cruse,  remaining  in  Dantzic,  a  ring  of  gold  with  a  death's  head 
thereon  of  the  value  of  four  pounds.  To  my  brother  Mr.  John  Cage  and 
to  my  sister  his  wife,  each  of  them,  a  mourning  gown.  To  my  cousin 
Richard  Cage  his  son  a  mourning  cloak,  and  to  his  wife  a  mourning  gown. 
To  my  brother  in  law  John  Swifter,  mercer,  and  Curdela  his  wife,  to  each 
a  mourning  gown.  "  Item,  I  give  to  my  son  in  law  Thomas  Morley  and 
Katherine,  his  wife,  my  daughter,  to  each  of  them  a  mourning  gowne."  To 
my  son  in  law  Richard  Ball  and  Ann  his  wife,  my  daughter,  to  each  of 
them  a  mourning  gown.  To  my  cousin  Barbara  Russell,  widow,  a  mourn- 
ing gown  and  forty  shillings  yearly,  during  life.  To  my  cousin  Salomon 
Coke  six  pounds,  thirteen  shillings  four  pence  and  a   mourning  cloak.     To 

my  cousins  Mary  Church  and Willowbee  of  Dover,  widows,  forty  one 

shillings  apiece.  To  Mr.  Willowbee,  parson  of  Stanmore,  a  mourning 
gown.  To  sundry  servants.  To  Hilson  Swifter,  my  wife's  sister's  son, 
five  pounds.  To  my  good  friend  Mr.  Robert  Cogan  a  ring  of  gold  with  a 
death's  head  worth  three  pounds.  To  Elizabeth  Morley,  my  goddaughter 
and  grandchild,  fifty  pounds  in  money  and  unto  Katherin  Morley,  sister  of  the 
said  Elizabeth,  forty  pounds,  and  unto  Ann  Morley,  another  sister,  forty 
pounds,  to  be  paid  them  at  their  several  ages  of  seventeen  or  at  their  sev- 
eral days  of  marriage.  To  Katherin  Ball,  another  of  my  grandchildren, 
forty  pounds  in  money.  To  my  wife  Barbara  my  manor  of  Stanmore  the 
Great  in  the  co.  of  Middlesex,  in  as  large  and  ample  manner  and  form  as  I 
now  enjoy  the  same  by  virtue  of  an  assignment  thereof  made  unto  me  by 
and  from  John  Koyn  Esq.  and  Katherine  his  wife,  with  remainder  to  my 
son  John  &c.  To  my  son  John  my  copyhold  messuage  or  tenement  and 
eight  acres  of  land  in  Stanmore  now  in  the  tenure  or  occupation  of  Ann 
Bluitt,  widow,  or  her  assigns,  and  thirty  acres  in  my  own  occupation.  To 
son  Thomas  the  copyhold  tenement  &c.  called  Fiddell's  (with  certain  land). 
To  son  William  for  ever  my  lease  of  two  messuages  &c  in  Stanmore  the 
less,  and  freehold  and  appurtenances  in  Hendon.  The  remainder  to  be 
divided  among  my  three  sons,  John,  Thomas  and  William,  and  my  two 
daughters,  Katherine  wife  of  Thomas  Morley  and  Ann  wife  of  Richard 
Ball.  The  seven  hundred  pounds  each  which  I  have  given  to  my  two  sous 
in  law,  in  marriage  with  my  daughters,  shall  be  considered  parcells  of  my 
daughters'  portions.  My  wife  Barbara  to  be  executrix  and  my  brother  in 
law  Mr  John  Cage  and  my  sons  in  law,  Thomas  Morley  and  Richard  Ball 
to  be  overseers.     Thomas  Morley  one  of  the  witnesses.  Hayes,  58. 

In  a  codicil  made  28  March  1604,  reciting  certain  statutes  or  recogni- 
zances, indentures  of  covenants,  indentures  of  defeazance  and  obligations  or 
deeds  obligatory,  he  appoints  his  friend  Thomas  Gourney  of  London,  Esq. 
sole  executor  for  and  concerning  the  said  statutes  or  recognizances,  &c. 
Proved  2  December  1605.  Hayes,  85. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  567 

John  Bdrnell,  citizen  and  clothworker  of  London,  18  February  1621, 
proved  23  January  1622.  My  estate  to  be  divided  into  three  parts  accord- 
ing to  the  custom  of  London,  one  of  which  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my 
loving  kind  and  faithful  wife,  as  her  due  per  the  said  custom.  One  other 
third  to  be  divided  equally  amongst  my  children  then  living,  and  the  other 
third  part  I  give  and  bequeath  as  followeth.  Then  follow  certain  legacies 
and  bequests  to  the  poor  of  Barking  parish  (if  dwelling  there  at  the  time  of 
my  death)  to  be  bestowed  in  seacoles  at  the  fittest  season  of  the  year  and 
reserved  in  store  for  them  till  the  winter  and  then  sold  to  the  needy  at  cost 
price.  To  poor  children  at  Christ's  Hospital  and  the  poor  in  St.  Bartholo- 
mew's and  St.  Thomas'  Hospital,  the  poor  in  Ludgate  and  the  two  compters 
in  London,  the  poor  of  Stanmore  magna  "  where  I  was  born"  &c  &c.  To 
wife  Ann,  eldest  sou  John,  eldest  daughter  Barbara  Burnell,  second  daughter 
Ann  Burnell,  third  daughter  Katherine  Burnell,  fourth  daughter  Elizabeth 
Burnell  and  son  Thomas  Burnell.  To  my  virtuous  and  loving  mother 
Barbara  Burnell  "for  the  remembraunce  of  a  sonne  which  whilst  he  liued 
truely  honored  her  and  desired  nothinge  more  then  her  quiet  peace  and 
good,  and  her  loue  againe  was  noe  lesse  towardes  me  and  mine."  To  my 
brother  Thomas  Burnell.  To  my  brother  William  Burnell.  To  my  sister 
Katherine  Morley  and  my  sister  Ann  Ball  (her  husband  deceased).  To 
good  wife  Hall  of  Stanmore  and  her  children.  To  Philip  Hill  of  London, 
widow,  and  Winefrith  Lyle.  My  brother  and  sister  Morley.  My  servant 
Edward  Josselin,  goodman  Fleminge,  Mr.  Edward  Abbott  our  vicar  of 
Barking.  To  my  mother  in  law  Jone  Brownerigg  a  diamond  ring,  the  first 
gift  I  gave  her  daughter  my  wife.  My  mother  in  law  Ann  Wealch.  My 
wife  Ann  and  my  brother  Thomas  Burnell  to  be  executors  and  the  Right 
Worshipful  and  my  especial  kind  friend  Sir  Thomas  Coventry*  knight,  II. 
M.  Attorn.  Gen.  and  my  brother  in  law  Thomas  Morley  to  be  overseers. 

Swann,  7. 

Barbara  Burnell  of  Great  Stanmore,  Midd.,  widow  of  John  Burnell, 
merchant,  deceased,  27  June  1631,  proved  18  January  1631.  Aged  and 
weak.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Stanmore  as  near  the  body  of 
my  late  husband  as  conveniently  may  be.  To  Christ's  Hospital,  St.  Thomas 
Hospital,  St.  Bartholomew's  Hospital  and  the  poor  therein.  To  the  four 
prisons  of  Ludgate,  Newgate  and  the  two  Compters  in  London  and  the 
poor  therein.  To  the  Co.  of  clothworkers  of  Loudon,  they  to  provide  for  a 
distribution  of  twelve  pence  a  week  in  bread  to  the  poor  of  the  parish  of 
Stanmore  every  Sunday  in  the  year,  and  one  pennyworth  thereof  to  the 
parish  clerk  of  Stanmore,  and  to  pay  the  said  parish  clerk  of  Stanmore  two 
shillings  "  to  thintent "  that  he  shall  keep  the  monument  of  my  said  husband 
and  myself  now  standing  and  being  in  the  church  of  Stanmore  clean  with- 
out dust,  also  to  provide  four  pounds  six  shillings  in  woollen  cloth  to  make 
yearly  six  waistcoats  and  six  safeguards  for  six  poor  women,  and  five  pounds 
a  year  to  a  poor  scholar  of  Oxford  who  intendeth  to  profess  divinity.  To 
my  brother  Swister  and  his  daughters  each  a  mourning  gown  and  to  Bar- 
bara his  daughter,  my  goddaughter  three  pounds  to  make  her  a  ring.  I 
give  to  my  son  Morley  in  money  twenty  pounds  and  to  my  daughter,  his 
wife,  my  silver  bason  and  ewer  parcel  gilt,  my  three  gilt  bowles,  my 
broadest  "shole"  to  lay  spoons  on,  parcel  gilt,  my  porrenger,  parcel  gilt, 
and  my  silver  sugar  box  and  the  spoon  used  to  it  &c.     To  my  daughter 

*  His  brother  in  law  (See  Pedigree  of  Sebright  in  the  Harleian  Society's  Visitations  of 
Essex,  Vol.  13,  p.  289).— h.  f.  w. 


568 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


Ann  Ball  &c.  I  give  to  my  sou  Morley  and  his  wife  and  to  my  daughter 
Ball  and  their  sons  and  daughters,  mourning  cloaks  and  gowns.  I  also 
give  to  my  two  daughters  Katherine  and  Anne  my  wearing  lineu  &c.  To 
the  children  of  John  Burnell  my  late  son  deceased  five  hundred  pounds. 
My  executor  to  sell  my  "  shoverfeet "  to  set  glasses  on,  my  twelve  apostle 
spoons,  my  spout  pot,  my  little  "  hauuce  "  pot  (&  certain  other  silver  &c) 
to  the  utmost  value  he  can.  To  sons  Thomas  and  William  (certain  articles 
of  silver  &c).  To  cousin  Thomas  Freeman  and  his  daughter  Barbara.  To 
my  cousin  Gates,  my  cousin  Robinson,  my  cousin  Young  and  my  cousin 
and  the  children  which  I  shall  be  godmother  and  great-godmother  unto 
and  the  children  which  I  am  or  shall  be  great-grandmother  unto  and  not 
godmother.  To  my  sons  Thomas  and  William  all  my  linen  at  my  son 
Morley  and  my  daughter  Ball's  several  houses  in  London.  To  Thomas 
Morley,  son  of  my  son  Morley,  to  Barbara  Ball,  my  daughter  Ball's 
daughter,  and  to  Thomas  Burnell,  son  of  my  son  William,  thirty  pounds 
apiece.  To  all  the  children  of  my  sons  and  daughters.  To  Elizabeth,  now 
wife  of  my  son  William.  Thomas  and  James  Morley,  sons  of  my  said  son 
Morley.  My  son  Thomas  Burnell  to  be  executor  and  my  son  Morley 
overseer.  Audley,  7. 

[In  my  Gleanings  for  1884  (Register,  vol.  38,  p.  419,  ante,  p.  79),  I  gave  an 
abstract  of  the  will  of  Thomas  Burnell  of  this  family,  who  referred  to  his 
nephew  John  Morley  as  "  resident  in  New  England."  I  have  no  doubt  that  this 
reference  is  to  John  Morley  of  Charlestown,  although  he  had  been  dead  about 
five  months  when  the  will  of  his  uncle  Thomas  Burnell  was  written.  In  his 
own  will,  proved  2d  2d  mo.  1661  (Middlesex  Prob.  Reg.  Mass.)  he  mentions  wife 
Constant,  sister  Mrs.  Ann  Farmer  and  mother  Mrs.  Katherine  Morley  deceased, 
and  devises  housing  and  lands  in  the  manor  of  Cheshunt,  Herts,  England,  to 
his  wife  for  her  life  and  then  to  his  sister  Mrs.  Farmer. 

The  following  pedigrees,  taken  from  the  Visitation  of  London  (1633,  34,  35), 
Harleian  Society  Publications,  vol.  17,  p.  Ill ;  vol.  15,  p.  123,  show  his  lines  of 
ancestry,  both  paternal  and  maternal. 


James  Morley= 
of  Stondon  in 
co.  Hertford. 


/ 


\ 


JAMES  MORLEY=Anne,  da.  of 


of  London, 
Marchant. 


Elizabeth, 

wife  of  William 

Sebright  of  London, 

Towue  Clerk. 


John  Morley  of  London  a.  1634. 
[afterwards  of  New  England.] 


I 
Thomas. 


Skerne 
of  London, 
Fishmonger. 


I 
Thomas  Morley=Katherine,  da.  of 
of  London,  John  Burnell  of 

Marchant,  London, 

liueing  a<>  1634.  Marchant. 


James. 


Anne,  wife  to  Thomas  Gate, 
Counsellor  of  the  Lawes. 


THOMAS  BURNELL  of  Dover  in  Kent,  gent.= 

I 


John  Burnell  of  London: 
gent,  a0  1570 


:Barbara,  da.  of  Peter  Camberlin 
of  Dansike. 


1.  John  Burnell  of 

London,  Marchant. 

mar.  Anne,  dau.  of 

Mr.  Sebright. 


2.  Thomas  Burnell=Hester  da.  of 

of  London,        Henry  Wollaston 
Marchant  a0  1833.        of  London, 
Draper,  fined 
for  Alderman  of  London. 


3.  William  Burnell=  Elizabeth,  da. 
of  John  King 
of  London, 
Marchant. 


of  Stanmore 
Magna,  in  Com. 
Midd. 


I 


"I 


1.  John.    2.  Thomas.     Anna.      Katherine.      Elizabeth. 


1.  Thomas. 


I  I 

2.  John.      3.  Henry. 

H.  F.  Waters.] 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         569 

Many  readers  of  Waters's  "  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England  " 
have  made  inquiry  as  to  the  significance  of  the  surnames  appended 
to  the  abstracts  of  the  several  wills  printed  in  this  series  of  articles. 
The  answer  is  that  the  names  indicate  the  volumes  whei-e  the  wills 
are  to  be  found.  Instead  of  the  volumes  of  the  registers  of  wills  of 
the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterburv  beino-  numbered,  as  those  of 

O  if  O  * 

our  own  Probate  records  are,  they  are  labelled  and  referred  to  by 
surnames.  The  editor  of  the  Register  asked  Mr.  Waters  to 
write  out  for  publication  in  his  "  Gleanings"  an  explanation  of  this 
plan.  He  said  he  would  willingly  do  so,  but  that  his  friend  J. 
Challenor  Covington  Smith,  Esq.,  superintendent  of  the  literary 
department  of  the  Probate  Registry,  Somerset  House,  London, 
could  give  a  fuller  and  more  reliable  statement,  and  advised  the 
editor  to  invite  Mr.  Smith  to  prepare  such  a  paper.  That  gentle- 
man, who  has  taken  much  interest  in  Mr.  Waters  and  his  researches 
as  well  as  in  the  Register,  consented  to  do  this,  and  has  prepared 
the  following  paper  which  gives  much  valuable  information  concern- 
ing the  principal  Probate  registry  of  England. — Editor. 


Will-registers  of  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury. 

From  time  immemorial  these  MS.  books  have  been  labelled  with,  and 
identified  by,  names — not  numbers  nor  dates.  The  inaccuracy,  and  conse- 
quent inconvenience,  inseparable  from  the  use  of  numerals  for  such  purposes 
sufficiently  show  the  advantage  of  (and  perhaps  the  reason  for)  the  method 
adopted  in  the  prerogative  office. 

No  doubt  it  was  found  impracticable  to  adhere  rigidly  to  any  particular 
plan  in  selecting  names  for  the  successive  volumes,  but  at  any  rate  the 
designations  were,  from  whatever  cause,  chosen  on  different  systems  at 
different  periods. 

With  the  exception  of  book  "  Crumwell,"  the  54  earliest  registers  bore 
the  names  of  the  testators  whose  wills  happened  to  occur  first  in  the  re- 
spective volumes. 

Register  "Crumwell"  (1536-40)  took  that  title  from  Thomas  Crum- 
well,* at  that  time  the  King's  Vicegerent  in  ecclesiastical  (including  of 
course  testamentary)  matters.  This  volume  is,  in  many  respects,  distinct 
from  the  main  series,  and  there  is  a  strong  presumption  that  it  represents 
a  jurisdiction  which  the  Vicegerent  claimed  and  exercised,  independent  of 
the  Archbishop's  prerogative. 

From  and  after  the  55th  volume  ("  Peter")  the  registers  down  to  1650 
a»-e  still,  with  a  few  exceptions,  named  from  the  first  will  occurring  in  the 
book,  but  it  had  become  customary  to  place  in  that  position  the  will  of 
either  a  peer,  a  knight,  or  some  deceased  official  of  the  court. 

*  His  surname  is  repeatedly  thus  spelt  in  the  preamble  to  this  register,  though  h  is 
usually  written  "  Cromwell  "  and  mis-pronounced  accordingly. 


570 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


From  1651  to  1840  the  names  given  to  the  yearly  registers  were  taken 
arbitrarily  from  the  lists  of  wills  proved  during  the  respective  years,  such 
names  being  usually  those  of  persons  distinguished  in  the  State,  Church, 
Army,  Navy,  Law,  etc.,  but  the  nomenclature  during  the  latter  part  of  the 
period  in  question  was  derived  in  large  proportion  from  the  surnames  of 
proctors  and  other  officials  of  the  Prerogative  Court. 

It  is  to  be  borne  in  mind  that  when  in  process  of  time  the  number  of 
wills  proved  in  the  year  became  too  large  to  allow  of  the  transcripts  being 
bound  in  one  volume,  the  same  distinguishing  name  was  applied  to  the 
whole  of  the  volumes,  few  or  many,  pertaining  to  the  particular  year. 

From  1384  to  1840  inclusive  there  are  1938  of  these  bulky  volumes;  at 
the  extinction  of  the  ecclesiastical  court  (Jan.  11,  1858),  the  number  had 
increased  to  2263;  and  at  the  end  of  1888  the  total  was  2821. 

These  few  notes  are  to  a  great  extent  founded  upon  information  collected 
some  time  ago  by  Mr.  George  H.  Rodman  and  very  kindly  placed  at  my 
disposal. 

J.  C.  C.  Smith. 


In  the  spring  of  1891  Mr.  Smith  prepared  a  table  giving  the 
numbers  of  the  Calendars,  the  names  of  the  Registers  and  the  years 
included  in  the  several  Registers.  He  had  a  few  copies  printed  for 
the  use  of  himself  and  his  friends.  By  his  permission  we  reprint 
the  table  below : 


No.  of 

Name  of 

No.  of 

Name  of 

No.  of 

Name  of 

Cal'.      Date. 

Kegister. 

Cal'.    Date. 

Register. 

Cal'.      Date. 

Register. 

1384. 

tRous 

1533-36. 

Hogen 

1569. 

Sheffelde 

1452. 

1537-39. 

Dyngeley 

1570. 

Lyon 

1401-23. 

Marche 

1540-41. 

Alenger 

4- 

1571. 

Holney 

1423-49. 

Luffenam 

1541-43. 

Spert 

1572. 

Daper 

1454-62. 

Stokton 

1544-45. 

Pynnyng 

1573. 

Peter 

1463-68. 

Godyn 

1546-47. 

Alen 

1574. 

Martyn 

1- 

1471-80. 

Wattys 

1548-49. 

Populwell 

1575-76. 

Pyckering 

1479-86. 

Logge 

1550. 

Coode 

1576. 

Carew 

1487-90. 

Milles 

3- 

1551. 

Bucke 

1577. 

Daughtry 

1491-93. 

Dogett 

1552. 

Powell 

1578. 

Langley 

1493-96. 

Vox 

1553-54. 

Tashe 

1579. 

Bakon 

1496-00. 

Home 

1554-56. 

More 

1580. 

Arundell 

1500-01. 

Moone 

1556. 

Ketchyn 

1581. 

Darcy 

1501-03. 

Blamyr 

1557. 

Wrastley 

1582. 

Tirwhite 

'1504-06. 

Holgrave 

1558. 

Noodes 

1583. 

Rowe 

1506-08. 

Adeane 

1558-59. 

Welles 

r 1583-84. 

Butts 

1508-11. 

Bennett 

1559. 

Chaynay 

1584. 

Watson 

1511-14. 

Fetiplace 

'1559-60. 

Mellershe 

1585. 

Brudenell 

1514-17. 

Holder 

1561. 

Loftes 

1586. 

Windsor 

2- 

1517-20. 

Ayloffe 

1562. 

Streat 

1587. 

Spencer 

1520-22. 

Maynwaryng 

1563. 

Chayre 

1588. 

Rutland 

1523-25. 

Bodfelde 

1564. 

Stevenson 

1588-89. 

Leicester 

1525-28. 

Porch 

1565-66. 

Morrison   & 

5- 

1590. 

Drury 

1529-30. 

Jankyn 

Crymes 

1591. 

Sainberbe 

1531-33. 

Thower 

1567. 

Stonard 

1592. 

Harrington 

1536-40. 

Crumwell 

1568. 

Babington 

1593. 

Nevell 

GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 


571 


No.  of 
CaK         Date. 


Name  of 
Register. 


1594. 
1595. 
1596. 
1597. 


Dixy 

Scott 

Drake 

(Jobham 


f 1597-98. 

Lewyn 

1599. 

Kidd 

1600. 

Wallop 

1601. 

Woodhall 

1602. 

Montague 

1603. 

Bolein 

1604. 

Harte 

f        1605. 

Hayes 

1606. 

Stafford 

1607. 

Hudleston 

1608. 

Windebanck 

1609. 

Dorset 

1610. 

Wingfield 

1611. 

Wood 

1612. 

Fenner 

1613. 

Capell 

1614. 

Lawe 

1615. 

Rudd 

1616. 

Cope 

1617. 

Weldon 

1618. 

Meade 

1619. 

Parker 

8^ 


9*1 


10 
11 
12 
13 

14 


i\o.  of 
Cal'. 


Date. 


Name  of 
Register. 


1620. 
1621. 
1622. 
1623. 
1624. 
1625. 
1626. 
1627. 
1628. 
1629. 
1630. 
1631. 
1632. 
1633. 


Soame 

Dale 

Savile 

Swann 

Byrde 

Clarke 

Hele 

Skinner 

Barrington 

Ridley 

Scroope 

St.  John 

Audley 

Russell 


15 
16 


{ 
I 
»{ 


1634. 

S  eager 

1635. 

Sadler 

1636. 

Pile 

1637. 

Goare 

1638. 

Lee 

1639. 

Harvey 

1640. 

Coventry 

1641. 

Evelyn 

1642. 

Cam  bell 

1643. 

Crane 

644-45. 

Rivers 

1646. 

Twisse 

1647. 

Fines 

1648. 

Essex 

1649. 

Fairfax 

1650. 

Pembroke 

1651. 

Grey 

1652. 

Bowyer 

1653. 

Brent 

19 

20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 

28- 

29 
30 
31 
32 
33 

34 

35 
36 
37 

38 

39 

40 
41 
42 
43 

44 

45 
46 
47 
48 
49 
50 
51 

52 
53 
54 
55 


{ 


1654. 
1655. 
1656. 
1657. 
1658. 
1659. 
1660. 
1661. 
1662. 
1663. 
1664. 
1665. 
1666. 
1667. 
1668. 
1669. 


Alchin 

Aylett 

Berkley 

Ruthen 

Wootton 

Pell 

Nabbs 

May 

Laud 

Juxon 

Bruce 

Hyde 

Mico 

Carr 

Hene 

Coke 


1670.  Penn 

1671.  Duke 

1672.  Eure 

1673.  Pye 

1674.  Bunce 

1675.  Dycer 

1676.  Bence 

1677.  Hale 

1678.  Reeve 

1679.  King 

1680.  Bath 

1681.  North 

1682.  Cottle 

1683.  Drax 

1684.  Hare 

1685.  Cann 

1686.  Lloyd 

1687.  Foot 

1688.  Exton 

1689.  Ent 

1690.  Dyke 

1691.  Vere 

1692.  Fane 

1693.  Coker 

1694.  Box 

1695.  Irby 

1696.  Bond 

1697.  Pyne 

1698.  Lort 


{ 
{ 

I 

\        1699.    Pett 

56  1700.  Noel 

57  1701.  Dyer 

58  1702.  Heme 

59  1703.  Degg 

60  1704.  Ash 

61  1705.  Gee 

62  1706.  Eedes 

63  1707.  Poley 

64  1708.  Barrett 

65  1709.  Lane 

66  1710.  Smith 

67  1711.  Young 

68  1712.  Barnes 


No.  of  Name  of 

Calr.      Date.     Register. 


69 
70 
71 
72 
73 
74 
75 
76 
77 
78 
79 
80 
81 
82 
83 
84 
85 
86 
87 
88 
89 
90 
91 
92 
93 
94 
95 
96 
97 
98 
99 
100 
101 
102 
103 
104 
105 
106 
107 
108 
109 
110 
111 
112 
113 
114 
115 
116 
117 
118 
119 
120 
121 
122 
123 
124 
125 
126 
127 
128 
129 
130 


1713. 
1714. 
1715. 
1716. 
1717. 
1718. 
1719. 
1720. 
1721. 
1722. 
1723. 
1724. 
1725. 
1726. 
1727. 
1728. 
1729. 
1730. 
1731. 
1732. 
1733. 
1734. 
1735. 
1736. 
1737. 
1738. 
1739. 
1740. 
1741. 
1742. 
1743. 
1744. 
1745. 
1746. 
1747. 
1748. 
1749. 
1750. 
1751. 
1752. 

1753. 
1754. 
1755. 

1756. 

1757. 

1758. 

1799. 

1760. 

1761. 

1762. 

1763. 

1764. 

1765. 

1766. 

1767. 

1768. 

1769. 

1770. 

1771. 

1772. 

1773. 

1774. 


Leeds 

Aston 

Fagg 

Fox 

Whitfield 

Tenison 

Browning 

Shaller 

Buckingham 

Marlbro' 

Richmond 

Bolton 

Romney 

Plymouth 

Farrant 

Brook 

Abbott 

Auber 

Isham 

Bedford 

Price 

Ockham 

Ducie 

Derby 

Wake 

Brodrepp 

Henchman 

Browne 

Spurway 

Trenley 

Boycott 

Anstis 

Seymer 

Edmunds 

Potter 

Strahan 

Lisle 

Greenly 

Busby 

Bettesworth 

Searle 

Pinfold 

Paul 

Glazier 

Herring 

Hutton 

Arran 

Lynch 

Cheslyn 

St.  Eloy 

Caesar 

Simpson 

Rushworth 

Tyndall 

Legard 

Seeker 

Bogg 

Jenner 

Trevor 

Taverner 

Stevens 

Bargrave 


572 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


No.  of 

Name  of 

No.  ot 

Name  of 

No.  of 

Name  of 

CaK 

Date. 

Register. 

CaK 

Date. 

Register. 

CaK 

Date. 

Register. 

131 

1775. 

Alexander 

154 

1798. 

Walpole 

177 

1821. 

Mansfield 

132 

1776. 

Bellas 

155 

1799. 

Howe 

178 

1822. 

Herschell 

133 

1777. 

Collier 

156 

1800. 

Adderley 

179 

1823. 

Richards 

134 

1778. 

Hay 

157 

1801. 

Abercrombie 

180 

1824. 

Erskine 

136 

1779. 

"Warburton 

158 

1802. 

Kenyon 

181 

1825. 

St.  Albans 

136 

1780. 

Collins 

159 

1803. 

Marriott 

182 

1826. 

Swabey 

137 

1781. 

Webster 

160 

1804. 

Heseltine 

183 

1827. 

Heber 

138 

1782. 

Gostling 

161 

1805. 

Nelson 

184 

1828. 

Sutton 

139 

1783. 

Cornwall  is 

162 

1806. 

Pitt 

185 

1829. 

Liverpool 

140 

1784. 

Rockingham 

163 

1807. 

Lushington 

186 

1830. 

Beard 

141 

1785. 

Ducarel 

164 

1808. 

Ely 

187 

1831. 

Tebbs 

142 

1786. 

Norfolk 

165 

1809. 

Loveday 

188 

1832. 

Tenderden 

143 

1787. 

Major 

166 

1810. 

Collingwood 

189 

1833. 

Farquhar 

144 

1788. 

Calvert 

167 

1811. 

Crickitt 

190 

1834. 

Teignmouth 

145 

1789. 

Macham 

168 

1812. 

Oxford 

191 

1835. 

Gloucester 

146 

1790. 

Bishop 

169 

1813. 

Heath  field 

192 

1836. 

Stowell 

147 

1791. 

Bevor 

170 

1814. 

Bridport 

193 

1837. 

Norwich 

148 

1792. 

Fountain 

171 

1815. 

Pakenham 

194 

1838. 

Nicholl 

149 

1793. 

Dodwell 

172 

1816. 

Wynne 

195 

1839. 

Vaughan 

150 

1794. 

Holman 

173 

1817. 

Effingham 

196 

1840. 

Arden 

151 

1795. 

Newcastle 

174 

1818. 

Cresswell 

152 

1796. 

Harris 

175 

1819. 

Ellenboro' 

Registers 

from  this  date 

153 

1797. 

Exeter 

176 

1820. 

Kent 

are  labelled 

with  year  only. 

Administration  Calendars.  No.  1,  1559-90  ;  No.  2,  1591-1600  ;  No.  3,  1601-8  ; 
No.  4,  1609- 14  ;     No.  5,  1615-30  :  No.  196,  1653-4  ;     No.  236,  165S. 

Administration  Act  Books  complete  from  1559,  except  that  1662  is  lost. 

Original  Wills  begin  1484,  but  are  very  sparse  to  about  1524.  Fairly  complete 
from  about  1600. 

Probate  Act  Books  begin  November,  1526.  Wanting  from  October  1538,  to 
October  1547,  and  the  years  1650,  1653,  1654  and  1662. 

Counties  are  not  indicated  in  Will  Calendars  previous  to  1631. 

Dates  in  this  List  are  given  in  "historical"  or  "  new"  style  throughout. 


We  append  an  index  to  the  preceding  table. 


Abbott,  1729. 
Abercrombie,  1801. 
Adderley,  1800. 
Adeane,  1506. 
Alchin,  1654. 
Alen,  1546. 
Alenger,  1540. 
Alexander,  1775. 
Anstis,  1744. 
Arden, 1840. 
Arran,  1799. 
Arundell,  1580. 
Ash,  1704. 
Aston,  1714. 
Auber,  1730. 
Audley,  1632. 
Aylett,  1655. 
Ayloffe,  1517. 
Babington,  1568. 
Bakon,  1579. 
Bargrave,  1774. 
Barnes,  1712. 
Barrett,  1708. 
Barrington,  1628. 
Bath,  f680. 


Beard,  1830. 
Bedford, 1732. 
Bellas,  1776. 
Bence,  1676. 
Bennett,  1508. 
Berkley,  1656. 
Betteswortb,  1752. 
Bevor,  1791. 
Bishop,  1790. 
Blamyr,  1501. 
Bodfelde,  1523. 
Bogg,  1769. 
Bolein,  1603. 
Bolton,  1724. 
Bond,  1696. 
Bowyer,  1652. 
Box,  1694. 
Boycott,  1743. 
Bridport,  1«14. 
Brent,  1653. 
Brodrepp,  1738. 
Brook,  1728. 
Browne,  1740. 
Browning,  1719. 
Bruce,  1664. 


Brndenell,  1585. 
Bucke,  1551. 
Buckingham,  1721. 
Bunce,  1674. 
Busby,  1751. 
Butts,  1583. 
Byrcle,  1624. 
Caesar,  1763. 
Calvert,  1788. 
Cambell,  1642. 
Capell,  1613. 
Cann, 1685. 
Carew,  1576. 
Carr,  1667. 
Chaynay,  1559. 
Chayre,  1563. 
Cheslyn,  1761. 
Clarke,  1625. 
Cobham,  1597. 
Coke,  1669. 
Coker,  1693. 
Collier,  1777. 
Collingwood,  1810, 
Collins,  1780. 
Coode,  1550. 


Cope,  1616. 
Cornwallis,  1783. 
Cottle,  1682. 
Coventry,  1640. 
Crane,  1*643. 
Cresswell,  1818. 
Crickitt,  1811. 
Crumwell,  1536. 
Crymes,  1565. 
Dale,  1621. 
Daper,  1572. 
Darcy,  1581. 
Daughtrv,  1577. 
Deg<j,  1703. 
Derby,  1736. 
Dixy,  1594. 
Dodwell,  1793. 
Dogett,  1491. 
Dorset,  1609. 
Drake,  1596. 
Drax,  1683. 
Drury,  1590. 
Ducarel,  1785. 
Ducie,  1735. 
Duke,  1071. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


573 


Dycer,  1675. 
Dyke,  1690. 
Dyer,  1701. 
Dyngeley,  1537. 
Eecles,  1*706. 
Edmunds,  1746. 
Effingham,  1817. 
Ellenboro',  1819. 
Ely,  1808. 
Ent,  1689. 
Erskine,  1824. 
Essex,  1648. 
Eure,  1672. 
Evelyn,  1641. 
Exeter,  1797. 
Exton,  1688. 
Fagg,  1715. 
Fairfax,  1649. 
Fane,  1692. 
Farquhar,  1833. 
Farrant,  1727. 
Fenner,  1612. 
Fetiplace,  1511. 
Fines,  1647. 
Foot,  1687. 
Fountain,  1792. 
Fox,  1716. 
Gee,  1705. 
Glazier,  1756. 
Gloucester,  1835. 
Goare,  1637. 
Godyn,  1463. 
Gostling,  1782. 
Greenly,  1750. 
Grey,  1651. 
Hale,  1677. 
Hare,  1684. 
Harrington,  1592. 
Harris,  1796. 
Harte,  1604. 
Harvey,  1639. 
Hay,  1778. 
Hayes,  1605. 
Heathfield,  1813. 
Heber,  1827. 
Hele,  1626. 
Henchman,  1739. 
Hene,  1668. 
Heme,  1702. 
Herring,  1757. 
Herschell,  1822. 
Heseltine,  1804. 
Hogen,  1533. 
Holder,  1514. 
Holgrave,  1504. 
Holman,  1794. 


Holney,  1571. 
Home,  1496. 
Howe,  1799. 
Hudleston,  1607. 
Hutton,  1758. 
Hyde,  1665. 
Irby,  1695. 
Isham,  1731. 
Jankyn,  1529. 
Jenner,  1770. 
Juxon,  1663. 
Kent,  1820. 
Kenyon,  1802. 
Ketchyn,  1556. 
Kidd, 1599. 
King,  1679. 
Lane,  1709. 
Laud,  1662. 
Langley,  1578. 
Lawe,  1614. 
Lee,  1638. 
Leeds,  1713. 
Legard,  1767. 
Leicester,  1588. 
Lewyn,  1597. 
Lisle,  1749. 
Liverpool,  1829. 
Lloyd,  1686. 
Loftes,  1561. 
Logge,  1479. 
Lort,  1698. 
Loveday, 1809. 
Luffenam,  1423. 
Lushington,  1807. 
Lynch,  1760. 
Lyon,  1570. 
Macham,  1789. 
Major,  1787. 
Mansfield,  1821. 
Marche,  1401. 
Marlbro',  1722. 
Marriott,  1803. 
Martyn,  1574. 
May,  1661. 
Maynwaryng,  1520. 
Meade,  1618. 
Mellershe,  1559. 
Mico,  1666. 
Milles,  1487. 
Moone,  1500. 
More,  1554. 
Morrison  &  Cry  rues, 

1565. 
Montague,  1602. 
Nabbs,  1660. 
Nelson,  1805. 


Nevell,  1593. 
Newcastle,  1795. 
Nicholl,  1838. 
Noel,  1700. 
Noodes,  1558. 
Norfolk,  1786. 
North,  1681. 
Norwich,  1837. 
Ockham,  1734. 
Oxford,  1812. 
Pakenham,  1815. 
Parker,  1619. 
Paul,  1755. 
Pell,  1659. 
Pembroke,  1650. 
Penn,  1670. 
Peter,  1573. 
Pett,  1699. 
Pile,  1636. 
Pinfold,  1754. 
Pitt,  1806. 
Plymouth,  1726. 
Poley,  1707. 
Populwell,  1548. 
Porch, 1525. 
Potter,  1747. 
Powell,  1552. 
Price,  1733. 
Pyckering,  1575. 
Pye,  1673. 
Pyne,  1697. 
Pynnyng,  1544. 
Reeve,  1678. 
Richards,  1823. 
Richmond,  1723. 
Ridley,  1629. 
Rivers,  1644. 
Rockingham,  1784, 
Romney,  1725. 
Rous,  1384. 
Rowa,  1583. 
Rudd,  1615. 
Rushworth,  1765. 
Russell,  1633. 
Ruthen,  1607. 
Rutland,  1588. 
Sadler,  1635. 
Sainberbe,  1591. 
Savile,  1622. 
Scott,  1595. 
Scroope,  1630. 
Seeker,  1768. 
Seager,  1634. 
Searle,  1753. 
Seymer,  1745. 
Shaller,  1720. 


Sheffelde,  1569. 
Simpson,  1764. 
Skinner,  1627. 
Smith,  1710. 
Soame,  1620. 
Spencer,  1587. 
Spert,  1341. 
Spurway,  1741. 
St.  Albans,  1825. 
St.  Eloy,  1762. 
St.  John,  1631. 
Stafford,  1606. 
Stevens, 1773. 
Stevenson, 1564. 
Stokton,  1454. 
Stonard,  1567, 
Stowell,  1836. 
Straham,  1748. 
Streat,  1562. 
Sutton,  1828. 
Swabey,  1826. 
Swann,  1623. 
Tashe,  1553. 
Taverner,  1772. 
Tebbs,  1831. 
Teignmouth,  1834. 
Tenderden,  1832. 
Tenison,  1718. 
Thower,  1531. 
Tirwhite,  1582. 
Trenley,  1742. 
Trevor,  1771. 
Twisse,  1646. 
Tyndall,  1766. 
Vaughan,  1839. 
Vere,  1691. 
Vox,  1493. 
Wake,  1737. 
Wallop,  1600. 
Walpole,  1798. 
Warburton,  1779. 
Watson,  1584. 
Watty  s,  1471. 
Webster,  1781. 
Weldon,  1617. 
Welles,  1558. 
Whitfield,  1717. 
Windebanck,  1608. 
Windsor,  1586. 
Wingfield,  1610. 
Wood,  1611. 
Woodhall,  1601. 
Wootton,  1658. 
Wrastley,  1557. 
Wynne,  1816. 
Young,  1711. 


The  will  of  John  Baker.  To  my  son  Hugh  Baker  and  the  heirs  of  his 
body  lawfully  begotten  all  my  house  and  lands  in  Essex  after  my  wife's 
decease,  and  for  want  of  such  issue  to  my  son  John  Baker  and  the  heirs  of 
his  body  lawfully  begotten,   and  for  want  of  such  issue  to  my  daughters 


574  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

Sarah  Copping  and  Mary  Baker  and  the  heirs  of  their  bodies  lawfully  be- 
gotten, and  for  want  of  such  issue  to  my  sister  Jane  Gilbert  of  New  Haven 
iu  New  England  and  to  her  heirs  forever.  To  my  daughter  Sarah  Copinge 
one  shilling,  she  having  had  a  full  child's  portion  already.  To  my  three 
children  hereafter  named  five  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  viz:  to  Hugh  Baker 
one  hundred  and  fifty,  to  John  Baker  two  hundred  and  to  Mary  Baker  two 
hundred  pounds.  To  ray  friends  Mr.  George  Appletree,  clothworker,  and 
Mr.  Joseph  Holden,  haberdasher,  both  of  St.  Bride's  parish,  the  sum  of  ten 
pounds  apiece.  The  rest  to  my  loving  wife  Jane  Baker,  whom  I  appoint 
executrix  and  my  friends  Mr.  George  Appletree  and  Mr.  Joseph  Holder 
(sic)  of  Bride's  parish  executors.  Dated  4  December  1661  and  proved  13 
June  1664.  In  the  probate  act  the  name  of  the  last  executor  is  given 
plainly  Joseph  Holden.  Bruce,  75. 

[Who  was  the  Jane  Gilbert  of  New  Haven  mentioned  in  this  will?  Could  she 
have  been  Jane,  daughter  of  Hugh  Rossiter,  who  married  Thomas  Gilbert  of 
Taunton,  Mass.?  Her  death,  June  1,  1691,  is  found  on  record  at  Taunton. 
(See  Register,  vol.  17,  p.  35.)  I  have  seen  no  evidence  that  she  ever  resided 
at  New  Haven. — Editor.] 

Nathaniel  Bdlckley  whiles  he  lived  of  the  parish  of  St.  Michael 
Bassinghall  London  made  and  declared  his  testament  and  last  will  nuncu- 
pative in  manner  and  form  or  to  the  effect  following;  videlicet  being  moved 
to  make  his  will  and  being  asked  who  should  be  his  executor  answered  that 
his  father  Edward  Bulckley  Doctor  of  Divinity  should  be  his  executor, — 
being  then  and  there  present  Mr  Dod  preacher  and  William  Baker  servant 
to  Mr  Alderman  Hallidaye.     Proved  4  December  1602.        Montague,  82. 

[A  brother  of  the  testator,  the  Rev.  Peter  Bulkeley,  came  to  New  England  iu 
1635,  and  was  settled  as  the  first  minister  of  Concord  in  1637.  See  Register, 
vol.  31,  pp.  153-9,  and  Bulkeley  Family,  by  the  Rev.  Frederick  W.  Chapman, 
1874,  pp.  24-38.  See  also  for  Bulkeley,  Register,  vol.  42.  pp.  272-7,  ante,  pp. 
281-287.— Editor.] 

Giles  de  Butt  of  Hackney,  Middlesex  gen*  8  February  1631,  proved 
14  March  1632.  To  my  brother  in  law  Mr.  Peter  Bonny  ten  pounds  and 
unto  my  kinsman  Enoch  Lynde  likewise  ten  pounds,  with  mourning  ap- 
parel to  them  and  their  wives  and  children.  To  Mathew  Lynd  son  unto 
Enoch  Lynd  if  in  case  he  continues  his  study  and  shall  follow  it  so  long 
till  he  proceeds  Master  of  Arts,  then  at  his  going  out  Master  I  do  give 
him  twenty  pounds.  To  my  brother  Josse  de  Quester  I  give  ten  pounds 
for  mourning.  To  my  two  cousins  Jean  and  Clays  Velinges  to  either  of 
them  I  give  forty  shillings  to  make  either  of  them  a  ring  for  a  remembrance 
of  me.  To  my  cousin  Susan  Terray  now  the  wife  Of  Maruschall  and  to 
Susan  Dangnow  now  the  wife  of  Cooper  I  give  to  either  of  them,  five 
pounds.  To  the  minister  of  the  parish  where  it  shall  please  God  that  I 
shall  be  buried  forty  shillings.  To  my  maid  servant  Susan  who  now  hath 
dwelt  with  me  about  ten  years  I  give  ten  pounds  to  be  paid  her  at  her  day 
of  marriage.  To  Margaret  our  maid  servant  if  she  dwell  with  me  when  I 
die  four  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  St.  Andrew  Hubbard  in  East  Cheape 
five  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  Hackney  five  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  the 
French  congregation  five  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  the  Dutch  congregation 
forty  pounds.  Other  bequests  to  the  poor  in  various  hospitals  and  prisons. 
To  John  Houu  my  son  in  law  five  pounds  for  mourning.  To  my  wife 
Anna  de  Butt  my  capital  messuage  in  Thames  Street  called  the  three  Tuns 
now  or  late  in  the  occupation  of  Mrs.  Mary  Hearewyn  widow  and  her  son 
in  law  Timothy  van  Vlettend,  Dutch  minister,  and  Jeremy  Loveland,  mer- 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  575 

chant,  aud  others,  so  long  as  she  shall  live  sole  and  unmarried.  But  if  she 
choose  to  marry  my  son  James  shall  have  and  enjoy  one  half  the  rents  and 
profits  &c.  during  my  wife's  life  time,  and  at  her  death  I  give  all  my  capital 
messuage  and  tenements,  houses  &c.  to  my  son.  To  my  said  son  James 
my  two  houses  in  Tower  Street  which  I  have  bought  of  William  Ferkius, 
called  the  Roll  of  Tobacco,  aud  now  in  the  occupation  of  John  Carden, 
haberdasher  of  hats  and  caps  and  William  Hyde  a  tailor.     "  And  whereas 

I  hold  by  lease  from  the  parishioners  of  the(  parish  of  St.  Andrew  Hubart 
in  East  cheape  a  Messuage  or  Tenement  wth  the  appurtenances  and  beinge 
in  Bottellane  iu  London  and  now  in  the  occupation  of  my  kinsman  Mr 
Enoch  Lynde  "  I  do  will  and  appoint  that  my  wife  shall  have  hold  and 
enjoy  the  said  messuage  and  the  clear  yearly  rent  thereof  during  so  long 
of  the  term  to  come  in  the  said  lease  as  she  shall  be  living.  My  wife  and 
son  James  to  be  the  executors  of  this  my  last  will,  and  for  overseers  I 
name  and  appoint  Mr.  Matthew  de  Quester  Esq.  and  Mr.  Robert  Cuduor 
and  my  kinsman  Enoch  Lynde  praying  them  to  assist  my  said  executors 
with  their  good  counsel  and  advice.  Reference  to  a  gift  my  son  was  to 
have  bv  the  death  or  decease  of  his  sister  Anna  wife  of  John  Hoult  my 
son  in  law.  Russell  23. 

[The  Visitation  of  London  1633,  1634,  1635  (Harl.  So.  Pub.)  vol.  I.  p.  210, 
under  Cudner,  shows  the  match  of  Robert  Cudner  and  Susan,  da.  to  Matthew 
Dequester,  and  on  page  228  of  the  same  volume  we  find  the  pedigree  of  De- 
Quester.  By  this  will  we  get  hold  of  some  clews  pointing  to  the  connections 
of  the  Lynde  family  and  learn  where  Mr.  Enoch  Lynde  lived.  Bottellane  I 
suppose  to  be  Botolph  Lane  near  Billingsgate.  Incidentally,  too,  we  learn  a 
little  more  about  "Doomsday,"  Sedgwicke's  connections  (see  my  Gleanings, 
ante,  p.  259).  Timothy  van  Vlettencl,  the  Dutch  minister,  suggests  Timotheus 
Van  Vleteren,  the  son  in  law  of  Wm.  Sedgwicke,  and  Mrs.  Mary  Hearewyn, 
widow,  the  mother-in-law  of  van  Vlettencl,  who  occupied  the  Three  Inns  in 
Thames  Street,  may  have  been  the  relict  of  Mr.  James  Harewin  at  whose  death 
Timotheus  Van  Vleteren  became  the  possessor  of  six  hundred  pounds,  three 
hundred  of  which  passed  throngh  Mr.  Sedgwicke's  hands,  perhaps  through  a 
marriage  with  the  widow  Hearewyn  or  Harewin.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Mary  Pennington  "  Att  my  house  att  Woodside  in  Amersham  parish 
and  County  of  Bucks,  this  Tenth  day  of  the  third  moneth  called  May  One 
thousand  six  hundred  eighty,"  but  signed  and  sealed  5  July  1680,  proved 

II  October  1682.  Refers  to  personal  estate  "which  I  had  before  marriage 
to  my  deare  husband  Isaac  Pennington  which  he  made  over  for  my  use  by 
a  deed  before  marriage  to  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Dallison."  I  have  taken 
upon  me  the  debts  of  my  husband  by  administering  after  his  death. 

As  for  my  daughter  Penn  though  she  be  very  near  to  me  and  hath  de- 
served well  of  me  in  her  own  particular  and  upon  her  worthy  father's 
account  yet  she  hath  a  large  proportion  of  this  world's  substance  and  these 
my  latter  children  have  not  any  thing  but  what  I  give  them,  the  Lord  hav- 
ing seen  it  good  to  strip  their  dear  and  pretious  father  and  left  him  without 
a  capacity  to  do  anything  for  them,  and  if  so  my  estate  not  being  great  I 
can  only  signify  my  naturalness  to  my  dear  daughter  Penn  and  hers  by 
some  little  things  for  them  to  remember  me  by,  aud  I  do  believe  the  witness 
of  God  iu  her  will  answer  to  the  righteousness  of  it.  To  my  son  William 
Pennington  five  hundred  pounds  sterling,  the  one  hundred  pounds  to  bind 
him  to  so  some  handsome  trade  that  hath  not  much  of  labor,  because  he  is 
but  weakly,  and  the  other  four  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  him  at  the  age 
of  twenty  two  years.  To  son  Edward  Pennington  the  like  sums  upon  the 
like  conditions.     To  my  daughter  Mary  Pennington  thirty  pounds  a  year 


576  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

till  she  marry,  and  if  she  marry  three  hundred  pounds  sterling.  To  my 
dear  son  William  Peun  fifty  pounds  sterling  and  to  my  friend  Thomas 
Elwood  the  like  sum.  To  my  cousin  Mary  Smith,  wife  to  William  Smith, 
fifty  pounds.  I  give  twenty  pounds  towards  a  meeting  house  when  friends 
of  Chalfont  meeting  think  it  convenient  to  build  one.  To  Martha  Samp- 
son two  pounds  a  year  for  life.  To  Martha  Cooper  ah  Heywood  three 
pounds  a  year  for  life.  To  my  daughter  Gulielma  Maria  Peun  her  choice 
of  a  suit  of  damask  except  that  suit  marked  x  PM  To  her  sou  Springett 
Penu  my  great  platt  with  the  Spriugett's  and  my  coat  of  arms  upon  it  aud 
the  silver  two  eared  cup  made  in  the  fashion  of  his  mother's  golden  one. 
To  her  daughter  Letitia  Peun  my  silver  chafin  dish  and  skimmer  with  a 
brasile  handle  and  that  large  nun's  work  box  and  a  little  basket  of  nun's 
work  and  a  purse  and  a  girdle  of  black  plush  and  a  black  straw  basket 
which  her  father  brought  me  out  of  Holland  &c.  &c.  To  my  son  William 
Pennington  my  dear  husband's  watch.  Other  bequests  to  son  Edward 
Pennington  and  daughter  Mary,  to  cousin  Mary  Smith  the  elder  and  her 
daughter  Mary.  To  son  John  Pennington  my  house  aud  land  at  Woodside 
and  all  my  husband's  houses  iu  Kent  (upon  conditions).  Reference  to  will 
of  my  mother  the  Lady  Prewed  "  that  is  annext  to  my  fathers  Sir  John 
Prewed,"  also  to  "  my  mother's  sister  the  Lady  Oxenden."  I  would  have 
my  sou  John  Pennington  lay  mee  in  friends  burying  ground  at  Jordans 
very  neare  my  deare  and  precious  husband  Isaac  Pennington.  My  son 
John  to  be  executor  and  my  dear  son  William  Penn  and  my  loving  friend 
Thomas  Ell  wood  to  be  overseers.  Cottle,  121. 

[The  following  notes  and  pedigree  illustrating  this  Springett-Penn  connec- 
tion, furnished  me  by  my  friend  Capt.  Attree,  R.E.,  deserve  to  be  entered  here. 

H.  F.  Waters.] 

HERBERT  SPRINGETT  =Katherine  Partridge. 


Sir  William  Springett,  Herbert  Springett  of  Lewes, 

died  at  Arundel  l»i4:{;  married  married  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Richard 

Mary,  dau.  and  heir  of  Sir  John  l'roude.  Tufnell,  of  Hadlev,  co.  Middlesex. 


John  Springett,  Gulielma  Marin,  Herbert  Springett,     Richard.    Anthony.    William, 

died  young.  married  William  Penn        Attorney-at-l.aw,  [All  of  Plimpton, 

(the  Founder  of  Pennsylvania),   Commissioner  co.  Sussex.] 

who  lived  some  years  at  of  Excise, 

Warminghurst,  in  co.  Sussex,     temp.  James  II. 

Springett  Penn,  died  before  his  father. 

William  Penn's  connection  with  Sussex  commenced  in  1676,  when  ac- 
cording to  Cartwright,  Warminghurst  was  sold  to  him.  He  married  in 
1672,  before  he  bought  Warminghurst,  Gulielma  Maria,  the  daughter  of  Sir 
William  Springett,  who  was  killed  at  the  Siege  of  Bramber.  A  daughter 
of  Penn  was  buried  iu  the  Friend's  meeting  house,  still  in  existence,  in  a 
bye-lane  near  Conyhurst  Common,  in  the  parish  of  Thakeham,  and  the 
grave  can  be  pointed  out.  Peun  always  attended  service  iu  this  Chapel, 
which  is  still  conducted  bv  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  there  is  a  conoresa- 
tion  of  about  seventy  every  Sunday. 

Warminghurst  was  sold  in  1644  by  Sir  Thomas  Haselrige  and  Sir 
Thomas  Williamson  and  their  wives  to  Henry  Bigland,  of  Grays  Inn,  Esq., 
by  whom  it  was  sold   in   1676  to  William  Penn,   Esq.     In  this  deed  he 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  577 

covenants  to  secure  the  premisses  discharged  of  all  manner  of  tythes  other 
than  a  yearly  payment  of  2d  per  acre  due  and  payable  by  custom  as  a 
modus  to  his  Rector.  In  1702  Wm.  Penn,  Esq.  sold  them  to  James  Butler, 
Esq.,  in  whose  family  they  continued  till  1789,  when  they  were  allotted  to 
Ann  Jemima,  eldest  daughter  of  James  Butler,  Esq.,  wife  of 'Rev.  Robert 
Clough,  by  whom  they  were  sold  in  1805  to  Charles,  late  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
and  now  form  a  part  of  the  settled  estates  of  the  dukedom. 

Copied,  from  the  Sussex  Archaeological 
Collections  by  F.  W.  T.  Attree 

Capt.  R.E. 

[See  Penn  wills  in  these  Gleanings,  ante,  pp.  434-440 ;  also  an  article  on  the 
Penn  family  by  James  Henry  Lea  in  the  Pennsylvania  Magazine  of  History, 
vol.  14.  pp.  50-63;  160-181;  281-296.— Editor.] 

Thomas  Brett  of  the  City  of  Westminster  gen1,  13  August  1636, 
proved  29  August  1636.  To  be  buried  in  the  church  of  Stepney  near  my 
father,  if  I  die  in  or  near  Westminster.  One  hundred  pounds  I  owe  to 
one  Mr  Johnsonne  of  whom  I  purchased  certain  lands  at  Higham  in  the 
County  of  Kent.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Petame,  St.  Margaret  in 
Westminster  and  Stepney  (if  I  be  buried  there).  To  Anne  Irish,  my 
wife's  sister.  To  Henry  Irish  and  his  son  Thomas.  To  my  Aunt  Stone 
and  every  one  of  her  children.  To  James  Stone  the  younger  and  his  chil- 
dren. To  my  cousins  Wonslyes  and  to  my  cousin  Renold's  children.  To 
my  cousin  George  Gosnoll  and  his  son.  To  Mr  Lewis  his  daughter,  my 
godchild,  five  pounds  if  he  pay  me  my  former  rents  due.  To  all  my 
tenants  at  Tower  Hill.  To  my  wife  Ellinor  Brett  my  two  houses  on  the 
Millbank  iu  Westminster  in  one  of  which  Mr  Bowll  lately  dwelt  and  in  the 
other  we  ourselves.  To  my  said  wife  one  annuity  or  rent  charge  of  three- 
score and  ten  pounds  of  lawful  money  chargeable  upon  all  my  lands  &c  in 
Kent,  Essex  and  Middlesex  and  at  or  near  the  Tower  of  London  (that  land 
of  mine  at  Feversham  in  the  County  of  Kent  only  except).  To  my  sister 
in  law  Mary,  during  her  natural  life,  one  annuity  of  forty  shillings  by  the 
year  (chargeable  as  above).  To  my  brother  Robert  Brett  all  my  lands 
tenements  &c  (chargeable  as  above),  upon  condition  that  if  he  marry  and 
have  issue  male  that  he  settle  upon  his  first  son  and  his  heirs  all  my  lands 
&c  at  Feversham  and  upon  his  second  son  all  my  lands  &c  in  the  County 
of  Essex  and  upon  his  third  son  all  my  lands  &c  at  Stepney. 

"  Memorand  I  the  Testator  doe  hartilie  desire  yow  my  loveing  Brother 
which  now  I  onely  trust  and  to  whome  I  leaue  this  porcon  of  my  goodes 
which  the  Lord  hath  lent  mee,  that  yow  truely  loue  my  wife  and  lett  noth- 
ing but  death  make  yow  leaue  her,  nay  when  yow  dye,  if  it  be  before  my 
wife  lett  her  not  be  forgotten.  And  yow  my  wife  I  desire  yow  to  loue  my 
brother  and  lett  none  of  his  writinges  be  kept  back  from  him  that  he  maie 
be  enabled  to  pay  these  my  smale  Legacyes,  for  by  my  death  both  of  yow 
wilbe  enabled  to  geue  (if  yow  please)  greater  Legacyes.  The  Lord  my 
god  that  hath  blessed  mee  and  hath  soe  many  and  sundry  wayes  shewed 
mee  fauors  blesse  yow  both  And  think  not  yow  much  Brother  that  yow 
have  soe  little  Nor  yow  my  loveinge  wife  that  yow  haue  noe  more;  That 
which  the  Lord  bath  lent  mee  in  his  grace  and  bountifull  mercy  I  leaue  to 
yow  twoe  as  I  haue  setled  it  in  my  will:  I  brought  nothing  into  this 
world  nor  I  shall  I  carry  anything  with  mee  as  yow  see.  Therefore  Hue 
in  peace,  and  the  God  of  peace  bee  with  you         Tho  :  Brett." 

Pile,  92. 


578  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

John  Parker  of  London,  haberdasher,  and  of  the  parish  of  St.  Pancras, 
Soper  Lane,  London,  7th  and  14th  May  1639,  proved  27  August  1639. 

For  my  burial  place  I  cannot  tell  whether  I  shall  die  in  England,  at  sea 
or  beyond  the  seas,  but  if  I  die  in  my  own  country  then  I  desire  to  be 
buried  in  St.  Pancras  Church  in  Soper  Lane  and  in  my  good  wife  Bridget's 
grave  if  it  conveniently  may  be.  Of  my  goods  &c.  one  third  part  of  three 
equal  parts,  to  be  divided,  shall  be  and  remain  to  and  amongst  all  my 
children,  that  is  to  say,  Bridget,  Sara,  Johanna,  Mary  and  Elizabeth. 
Reference  to  mutual  agreement  with  wife  Joaue  before  marriage,  made  be- 
tween William  Drake  Esq.  and  Francis  Drake  gen1,  my  said  wife's  brethren, 
of  the  first  part,  my  said  wife,  by  the  name  of  Joan  Drake,  of  the  second 
part  and  me,  the  said  John  Parker,  of  the  third  part,  dated  the  eight  and 
twentieth  day  of  May  in  the  tenth  year  of  our  now  Sovereign  Lord  and 
King  Charles.  Have  settled,  by  my  deed  in  the  hands  of  my  brother  in 
law  Mr  George  Smith,  all  my  houses  in  Saun  (Swan?)  Alley  near  Cole- 
man St.  London  on  my  wife  and  do  now  settle  upon  her  my  houses  which 
I  purchased  of  Mr  Storye  in  Highgate.  Moreover  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  her  my  lease  of  Highgate  house  where  we  dwell  &c.  My  will  is  to 
lend  to  my  brother  Joseph  Parker  twenty  five  hundred  pounds  upon  condi- 
tion that  he  become  bouud  with  my  brother  William  Jollye  of  Leeke  and 
some  other  sufficient  man  to  the  Chamber  of  London  for  securing  of  this 
foresaid  twenty  five  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  to  my  children  that  shall  be 
at  age  or  married  after  the  death  of  my  life[?]  &c.  &c.  Reference  to  brother 
Smith:  and  cousin  John  Dethicke.  "  My  daughter  Bridgett  (whome  1  had 
by  my  first  wife)."  My  daughter  Sarah,  "  the  eldest  daughter  by  my  now 
wife."  To  my  loving  brother  Marke  Parker  three  hundred  pounds,  to  be 
paid  to  him  one  hundred  pounds  within  a  year  after  my  decease,  and  one 
hundred  pounds  within  two  years  and  the  other  hundred  pounds  within 
three  years  if  he  be  living;  if  not  it  shall  be  distributed  equally  amongst  his 
children.  To  him  also,  if  he  outlive  my  wife,  forty  pounds  per  annum,  to 
be  paid  him  out  of  the  rents  of  my  houses  in  Swan  Alley  near  Colemau  St. 
Houses  in  Soper  Lane  "  where  my  brother  Joseph  and  I  now  dwell."  To 
my  sister  Hannah  Ese  fifteen  pounds  every  year,  and  to  George  Ese,  her 
husband,  if  he  outlive  my  sister,  eight  pounds  per  annum  during  her  life. 
To  my  sister  Bamford  forty  pounds  and  to  her  son  Joseph  Coulsou  twenty 
pounds  towards  the  binding  him  forth  to  an  apprentice. 

Item  I  do  give  and  bequeath  to  my  brother  James  and  to  his  son  John 
Parker  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  To  my  sister  Elizabeth  one  hundred 
and  fifty  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Joane  Jeffery  fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  at 
day  of  marriage  or  one  and  twenty  years  of  age.  To  John  Ese  my  sister 
Hanna's  son,  when  he  shall  have  served  his  apprenticeship.  To  Rebecca 
Ese,  my  sister  Hanna's  daughter,  now  dwelling  with  me,  one  hundred 
pounds  to  be  put  forth  to  interest  for  her.  To  Mary,  my  sister  Hannah's 
daughter,  and  to  Francis  and  Joseph,  also  her  sons,  twenty  pounds  apiece. 
To  Mark,  James  and  Samuel,  three  other  of  her  sons,  twenty  pounds  apiece 
at  eighteen.  To  my  mother  Drake  ten  pounds  for  mourning  and  twenty 
pounds  more.  To  my  brother  William  Drake  fifteen  pounds,  to  buy  him 
and  his  man  mourning,  and  as  much  to  my  brother  Francis  Drake.  To 
my  cousin  John  Parker  the  counsellor  ten  pounds  to  buy  him  mourning. 
To  Mr  Barnarde  of  Gray's  Inn,  to  Mr  John  Dethicke  and  his  wife,  to  Mr 
Goodyer  and  his  wife,  if  they  be  in  England,  to  buy  them  mourning,  ten 
pounds,  and  as  much  to  my  loving  friend  Mr  Bayley.  Other  bequests  to 
sundry  clergymen  and  servants  and  for  the  use  of  the  poor. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  579 

"  Item  I  doe  give  &  bequeath  three  hundred  Pounds  to  bee  employed  in 
the  takinge  up  out  of  the  streete  or  out  of  the  Bridewelle  twelve  fatherles 
and  motherles  boyes  and  eight  girles  from  seaven  yeares  old  and  upwards 
and  for  the  furnishing  them  with  necessaries  and  paying  for  their  passage 
to  New  England  and  for  their  being  bound  apprentices  to  some  such  as 
will  be  carefull  to  bring  them  up  in  the  feare  of  God  and  to  maintaine 
themselues  another  daie.  And  my  will  is  that  my  brother  James  should 
take  his  choise  out  of  these,  of  three  of  them  if  hee  need  soe  many  for  his 
owne  use.  And  whereas  formerly  I  menconed  two  hundred  and  ffiftie 
Pounde,  given  him  and  his  sonne,  and  named  One  hundred  for  him  and 
one  hundred  and  ffiftie  Pounds  for  his  sonne  John  Parker,  my  meaninge  is 
that  if  his  said  sonne  should  dye  yet  the  said  one  hundred  and  ffiftie  pounds 
should  bee  paid  to  him  for  the  use  of  the  rest  of  his  Children." 

Other  bequests  to  apprentices  and  servants  &c  &c.  Item  I  do  give  and 
bequeath  to  two  such  godly  ministers  as  are  without  any  pastoral  charge 
fifty  pounds  and  these  to  be  chosen  by  my  wife  and  my  executors  to  this 
purpose  that  they  shall  employ  themselves  to  the  reading  and  perusing  of 
those  six  books  wherein  I  have  written  of  my  own  life,  man's  misery, 
God's  mercy  and  of  charity,  which  said  two  ministers  I  desire  should  em- 
ploy themselves  in  collecting  my  scattered  meditations  unto  some  order  and 
method,  I  mean  so  many  of  them  as  they  shall  conceive  God  may  receive 
some  glory  and  my  children  may  receive  some  comfort  and  edification 
thereby :  and  my  will  is  that  when  they  are  collected  unto  some  good 
method  that  then  they  shall  be  transcribed  into  a  fair  legible  hand  and 
bound  up  in  a  book  and  so  many  children  as  I  have  so  many  copies  to  be 
written,  which  shall  be  given  them  as  they  attain  to  years  of  discretion. 
And  for  these  books  &c  I  do  allow  ten  pounds. 

To  my  brother  Jeseph's  daughter  Elizabeth  thirty  pounds  when  she 
cometh  to  age.  To  my  brother  (George)  Smith's  daughters  and  sons,  viz. 
Robert  ten  pounds,  Joane  ten  pounds,  Margaret  ten  pounds  and  Mary,  my 
god-daughter,  twenty  pounds,  at  their  several  marriges  or  when  they  shall 
be  one  and  twenty. 

My  brother  Joseph  Parker  and  my  brother  in  law  Mr  George  Smith  to 
be  executors  and  my  brother  Mark  Parker  (if  he  be  in  England)  and 
friend  John  Dethicke  and  cousin  John  Parker  the  counsellor  my  overseers. 

Harvey,  142. 

Joseph  Parker  citizen  and  skinner  of  London  and  of  the  parish  of  St. 
Paucras,  Soper  Lane  in  London,  15  October  1642,  proved  3  December 
1644.  To  be  buried  in  Pancras,  Soper  Lane,  as  near  to  my  most  dearly 
beloved  brother  John  Parker  as  I  may  be.  To  wife  one  third  part  and  to 
Elizabeth  my  only  daughter  one  third  part  of  my  estate.  To  my  deceased 
brother  John  Parker's  five  daughters  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  to 
whose  father  I  was  much  bound  for  his  great  care  and  true  affection  al- 
ways towards  me.  i.e.  cousin  Bridget,  the  eldest,  fifty  pounds,  cousin 
Sarah,  the  second,  cousin  Joanna  the  third,  cousin  Mary  the  fourth  and 
cousin  Elizabeth  the  fifth  and  last  fifty  pounds  each.  To  my  beloved 
brother  Mark  Parker's  children  sixty  pounds.  My  brother  John  by  his 
will  gave  me  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  upon  condicon  to  become  bound 
and  to  pay  my  sister  Hannah  Elce  fifteen  pounds  every  year  during  her  life 
and  after  her  death  to  pay  her  husband  George  Elce  eight  pounds  per 
annum.  My  brother  Mark  Parker  (now  residing  in  Rotterdam  in  Hol- 
land)   to  continue   the   payment.     To  my  brother  and  sister  Bamford  (in 


580  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

another  place  written  Bramford)  and  to  her  only  son  Joseph  Colson.  To 
my  brother  James  Parker  in  New  England  and  his  children.  To  my  sister 
Elizabeth  Shuckford.  To  John  Elce  son  to  George  Elce  my  brother  in 
law,  and  to  Joseph,  Francis,  Mark,  James  and  Samuel  and  to  Rebecca  and 
Mary,  my  sister  Elce's  two  daughters.  To  the  town  of  Leicester  where  I 
was  born,  to  be  distributed  among  knitters  of  stockings.  My  poor  kindred 
of  the  Kowleyes  and  Warrens  children.  My  cousin  John  Parker  of 
Gray's  Inn  and  his  son  Mark  Parker.  To  William  Salmon  and  Russell 
Allsopp.  To  my  cousin  Mary  Hull.  Her  husband  referred  to.  To  Sarah 
Jackson  wife  of  Thomas  Jackson.  My  wife  Anna  Parker  and  daughter 
Elizabeth  to  be  joint  executors,  and  my  brother  Mark  Parker,  my  brothers 
William  and  John  Jolly  my  brother  Patrick  Bamford,  by  brother  George 
Smith  and  my  cousin  John  Dethicke  overseers.  Rivers,  21. 

Sir  Francis  Drake  of  Bucklond  in  the  County  of  Devon,  Knight, 
—  August,  37th  Elizabeth,  proved  17  May  1596.  Being  now  called  unto 
action  by  her  majesty  wherein  I  am  to  hazard  my  life  as  well  in  the  de- 
fence of  Christ's  Gospell  as  for  the  good  of  my  Prince  and  Country.  To 
the  poor  people  of  the  town  &  parish  of  Plymouth  forty  pounds.  To 
Dame  Elizabeth,  my  wife,  furniture  &c.  in  my  mansion  house  of  Buckland 
and  (a  certain  estate)  for  life :  then  to  my  brother  Thomas  Drake.  To 
Thomas,  also,  a  certain  messuage  or  tenement  in  the  High  Street,  within 
the  Borough  of  Plymouth,  now  in  the  tenure  or  occupation  of  the  said 
Thomas,  to  hold  for  four  score  and  ten  years,  if  the  said  Thomas  Drake, 
Elizabeth  his  wife  and  Francis  and  Elizabeth,  their  children,  or  any  of 
them,  so  long  do  happen  to  live. 

A  later  will  made  27  January,  38th  Elizabeth.  I  Francis  Drake  of 
Buckland  Monachorum,  in  the  County  of  Devon,  Knight,  General  of  her 
majesty's  Fleet,  now  in  service  for  the  West  Indies.  To  my  well  beloved 
cousin,  Francis  Drake,  son  of  Richard  Drake,  of  Eshire  in  the  County  of 
Surrey,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Quiries  of  her  majesty's  stable,  my  manor  of 
Yarckombe  in  the  County  of  Devon  &c  forever.  The  said  Richard  Drake 
and  Francis  Drake,  his  son,  their  heirs  executors  or  administrators,  to  pay 
or  cause  to  be  paid  unto  Thomas  Drake  of  Plymouth  in  the  County  of 
Devon,  gentlemen,  two  thousand  pounds  within  two  years  after  my  de- 
cease. To  Jonas  Bodenham,  gentleman,  my  manor  of  Sampfbrd  Spyney 
in  Devon.  My  said  brother  Thomas  Drake  to  be  executor.  The  former 
will  shall  stand.  Proved  by  Francis  Clarke,  Not.  Pub.,  procurator  of 
Thomas  Drake,  brother  and  executor  of  the  deceased.  Drake,  1. 

[Sir  Francis  Drake,  the  celebrated  admiral  in  Queen  Elizabeth's  reign,  was  a 
son  of  Edmund  Drake,  vicar  of  Upchurch  in  Kent.  See  his  pedigree  in  Vivian's 
Devonshire  Pedigrees,  page  299. — Editor.] 

Francis  Drake,  of  Esher  in  the  County  of  Surrey  Esq.,  13  March 
1633,  proved  7  May  1634.  Whereas  my  son  William  delivered  me  the 
legacy  of  one  thousand  pounds  which  William  Tothill,  my  late  father  in  law, 
did  demise  unto  my  daughter  Joane  Drake,  and  with  three  hundred  &  fifty 
pounds,  part  thereof,  I  did  soon  after  purchase  of  Sir  John  Lidcot  a  parcell 
of  land  called  Rayswarren,  iu  the  names  of  her  and  myself,  she  is  to  have 
the  land  and  also  the  one  thousand  pounds  entire,  &c.  To  my  daughter 
Mary  Drake,  the  only  child  that  I  had  by  my  late  wife  Philadelphia,  one 
thousand  marks  to  be  well  employed  for  her  benefit,  until  her  marriage  or 
full  age.     If  she  die,  then  to  my  son  Francis  Drake. 

My  wife  to  have  the  education  of  my  said  daughter  Mary,  and  I  desire 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         581 

her  and  my  said  son  Francis  and  my  daughter  Johan  to  have  a  special  care 
of  my  daughter  Mary's  good  education.  I  have  settled  several  things  on 
my  son  William  in  my  lifetime;  it  hath  pleased  God  largely  to  provide 
for  him  otherwise;  nevertheless  he  is  to  have  hall'  the  pictures  in  the 
gallery  at  Esher  (and  other  property).  To  my  wife  (among  other  things) 
the  lease  of  my  house  in  Fewter  als  Fetter  Lane  in  Loudon,  and  to  Joshua 
White,  her  son,  twenty  pounds.  To  every  other  of  my  sons  that  shall  be 
living  at  my  death  five  pounds  apiece.  To  my -cousin  Henry  Drake  of 
Childay  thirty  pounds,  now  in  his  hands.  To  John  Drake,  my  cousin 
William  Drake's  son,  twenty  pounds  to  be  sent  unto  him  in  New  England, 
in  commodities  such  as  my  executor  shall  think  fit.  To  my  cousin  Banner, 
the  midwife,  in  London,  ten  pounds.  To  John  Long,  my  first  wife's  cousin, 
ten  pounds,  to  be  paid  him  when  he  comes  out  of  his  apprenticeship.  My 
faithful  servant  Thomas  Cheesman  and  his  wife  and  John  Timberle  and 
all  my  other  servants.  To  Johanna  Hooker,  who  is  now  in  New  England, 
thirty  pounds  at  her  day  of  marriage.  To  Amye  and  Joane,  the  two 
daughters  of  my  said  cousin  William  Drake,  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  my 
dear  friend  Mr  John  Dodd,  minister,  for  all  his  great  kindness  shewed  to 
me  and  mine,  ten  pounds,  and  to  Mr.  Speed,  minister  of  the  word  at 
Eshere,  ten  pounds,  and  to  Mrs  Owen,  his  mother  in  law,  ten  pounds. 
Thirty  pounds  to  poor  godly  people,  three  parts  whereof  to  be  given  in 
Eshere,  Walton,  West  Moulsey.  To  Doctor  Gough  of  the  Blackfryars, 
London,  and  Richard  Sibbs,  Doctor  of  Divinity,  ten  pounds  apiece,  and 
they  to  be  overseers.  To  my  son  Francis  Drake  all  my  interest  in  the 
Rectory  &  Parsonage  of  Walton  upon  Thames  and  West  Moulsey  in  the 
County  of  Surrey.  To  Mr  Cooke,  now  vicar  of  Walton,  the  Easter  Book. 
To  Mr  Malthouse  the  small  tithes  of  West  Moulsey  and  to  him  my  manor 
of  Walton,  after  the  death  of  his  brother  William.  My  said  son  Francis 
to  be  executor.  To  my  cousin  John  White  of  the  Middle  Temple,  Lon- 
don, Esq.,  fifty  pounds;  he  to  be  joint  executor  with  Francis  and  to  give 
him  his  best  direction  and  assistance. 

Wit:  Joseph  Glover,  George  Billingehurst,  John  Steedman. 

Seagar,  43. 

[Francis  Drake  of  Esher,  died  March  17,  1633.  He  was  the  son  of  Richard 
Drake  of  Esher,  equerry  to  Queen  Elizabeth.  See  his  pedigree  in  Vivian's 
Devonshire  Pedigrees,  page  293.  John  Drake  (son  of  his  cousin  William) ,  who 
was  in  New  England  in  1633,  was  probably  the  John  who  came  here  in  1630  and 
finally  settled  in  "Windsor,  Conn.,  where  he  died,  Aug.  17,  1659.  See  Stiles's 
Ancient  Windsor,  page  183,  and  Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary,  vol.  2,  p.  70. 

The  Johanna  Hooker  named  as  being  in  New  England,  wras  probably  Joanna, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  who  married  Rev.  Thomas 
Shepard  of  Cambridge,  Mass.— Editor.] 

Elizabeth  Jadwin,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  Newington,  Surrey 
widow,  18  January  1637,  proved  4  March  1638.  I  give  to  John  Jadwin, 
the  son  of  Robert  Jadwin,  a  silver  gilt  wine  cup.  I  give  to  my  sister 
Sibill  Wright  my  best  apron  and  a  gold  ring  with  a  sand  colour  stone  in  it. 
I  give  to  my  grandchild  Jadwin  Dunscombe  twenty  nobles  of  lawful  money 
of  England  to  make  up  the  proportion  of  marks  given  to  him  by  his  grand- 
father the  sum  of  twenty  pounds.  I  will  and  bequeath  unto  my  god- 
daughter Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  William  Sharrowe,  a  wainscot  chest 
and  all  that  Is  in  it  and  likewise  a  silver  gilt  tankard,  and  unto  Susanna, 
the  other  daughter,  a  man  candlestick  and  six  plate  trenchers,  and  likewise 
I  give  to  her  a  silver  gilt  wine  cup  and  that  which  is  in  it.  I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  John  Malthus  and  his  wife,  to  each  of  them  twenty  shillings 


582         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

for  rings  and  to  his  wife  my  best  ruff.  To  my  servant  Mary  Stephenson 
forty  shillings  and  two  smocks  and  two  aprons.  To  Joane  Curryen,  the 
servant  of  my  sister  Sibill  Wright,  one  smock  and  one  flaxen  apron.  To 
my  son  in  law  Robert  Jadwin  three  towells  and  one  dozen  napkins  and  one 
table  cloth.  I  do  forgive  and  release  unto  my  son  in  law  Thomas  Duns- 
combe  and  to  my  daughter  Hannah  his  wife  all  such  sum  and  sums  of 
money,  debts,  duties  and  demands  whatsoever  which  they  or  either  of  them 
do  owe  unto  me  by  any  ways  or  means  howsoever,  whether  as  being  execu- 
trix to  my  late  deceased  husband  Thomas  Jadwin  or  otherwise  howsoever. 
I  give  to  my  daughter  Hannah  Duuscombe  half  my  household  stuff.  The 
rest  and  residue  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter  Susanna  the  wife  of 
William  Sharrowe  and  I  do  will  and  ordain  likewise  William  Sharrowe 
and  his  wife  full  joint  coexecutors  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  will- 
ing them  te  see  my  debts  be  paid.  I  likewise  give  twenty  shillings  more 
to  Mary  Stephenson  to  make  up  the  forty  shillings  before  three  pounds. 
I  give  one  pair  of  sheets  to  my  son  in  law  Robert  Jadwin.  I  give  to  my 
kinswoman  Elizabeth  Cole  twenty  shillings  and  likewise  to  my  kinswoman 
Dorothy  Cooke  twenty  shillings.  I  bequeath  twenty  shillings  to  my  cousin 
Thomas  Sherly  for  a  ring.  Harvey,  44. 

[In  Gleanings  {ante,  pp.  289,  290)  I  gave  an  abstract  of  the  will  of  Thomas 
Jadwin,  husband  of  the  above  testatrix,  who  was  one  of  the  "adventurers  for 
Virginia."  On  page  6  of  the  second  volume  of  The  Visitation  of  London  A.D. 
1633,  1634  and  1635  (Harl.  So.  Pub.)  may  be  found  what  I  presume  to  be  a 
pedigree  of  this  very  family,  as  follows  : — 

William  Jadwyn  of  Berwick,  Esq.= 


Thomas  Jadwyn  of  London,  gent.=Lucy,  dau.  and  heir  of  Sir  John  Skillicorne 

of  Preshall  in  co.  Lane,  kt. 


Robert  Jadwyn  of  London,  gent.=Cisley,  dau.  of  Sir  Francis  Clarke  of  London, 
living  ao.  1634.  knight. 


1  Robert  Jadwyn.  2  John  Jadwyn. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Jadwyn  was  evidently  a  second  wife  of  Thomas  Jadwyn  and 
step-mother  of  Robert  Jadwin,  whose  son  John  I  suppose  it  to  have  been  who 
patented  650  acres  of  land  on  the  south  side  of  Rappahaunoc  River,  Virginia, 
13  Nov.  1658  (see  Register,  vol.  43,  p.  305,  ante,  p.  347).— H.  F.  Waters.] 

William  Glover  of  Dedham  in  the  County  of  Essex,  clothier,  26  Jan- 
uary 6th  James,  proved  5  May  1609.  To  brother  Thomas  Glouer  all  the 
houses,  lands  &c,  which  my  father  Thomas  Glover,  lately  deceased,  gave 
to  me;  my  said  brother  Thomas  to  pay  out,  &c,  four  hundred  pounds,  as 
hereafter  specified,  viz.  to  my  brother  Edward  Glover  one  hundred  pounds 
within  one  year  after  my  decease,  to  my  brother  John  Glover  one  hundred 
pounds  within  two  years  &c,  and  to  my  sisters  Anne  Cole  &  Susan  Beuers- 
ham  one  hundred  each.  I  give  to  the  poor  of  Dedham  ten  pounds,  to  be 
paid  into  the  hands  of  Henry  Sherman  the  elder  and  Robert  Alefounder, 
to  be  employed  to  the  uses  abovesaid.  To  Mr  Rogers  preacher  of  Dedham 
ten  pounds,  within  one  year.  To  Mr  Sage,  minister  of  Dedham,  three 
pounds  in  a  year.  To  Joseph  Morse  of  Dedham  forty  shillings,  in  one 
year  &c.  To  my  cousin  Margaret  Nicholson,  my  sister's  daughter,  fifty 
pounds,  at  her  age  of  twenty  years.  To  Thomas  &  William  Nicholson,  the 
sons  of  my  late  sister  Margaret  Nicholson,  four  score  pounds   (i.e.  forty 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  583 

pounds  apiece);  they  to  have  nine  pounds  ten  shillings  a  year  until  they 
shall  accomplish  their  several  ages  as  aforesaid.  Margaret,  the  same,  until 
her  age  of  seventeen.  To  John  Pye  of  Dedham  forty  shillings,  in  one 
year  &c.  To  my  cousin  Anne  Howell,  forty  shillings,  in  one  year  &c.  To 
M"8  Dove  of  Stratford  three  pounds  in  one  year  &c.  To  Mr  Beadle,  min- 
ister Wool uers ton,  three  pounds  in  a  year  &c.  To  Samuel  Salmon  my 
sealing  ring  and  two  pairs  of  my  best  jersey  stockings,  one  of  the  two  pairs 
to  be  those  that  are  at  Mr  Gooutches,  Mr  Cardinall's  son  at  Norwich,  which 
lie  there  to  be  changed.  To  the  daughter  of  Habbacuck  Page,  late  of 
Dedham  deceased,  forty  shillings,  to  be  given  into  the  hands  of  Mr  Ravens 
within  one  year  after  my  decease.  My  sister  Ann  Cole's  husband.  To 
Thomas  Wood,  where  I  now  lie,  forty  shillings,  and  to  his  wife  forty  shil- 
lings. I  give  unto  my  Aunt  Anger  five  pounds  in  one  year  &c.  To  the 
widow  Morse,  in  the  Valley,  twenty  shillings  in  one  year.  The  residue  to 
my  three  brethren,  Thomas,  Edward  &  John  Glouver.  My  brother 
Thomas  Glover  and  Samuel  Salmon  to  be  executors. 

Wit:  Samuel  Neall,  John  Wood,  Edward  Downes.  Dorsett,  39. 

John  Wood  of  Stratford  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  yeoman,  10  Jan- 
uary 1615,  proved  2  February  1615.  My  wife  Bridget  shall  peaceably 
enjoy  during  her  natural  life  my  two  tenements  or  messuages  in  Dedham 
in  the  Couuty  of  Essex,  now  in  the  occupation  of  John  Pye  and  John 
Pope;  also  thirty  pounds  in  money  (and  certain  furniture,  household  stuff 
&c).  My  son  John  is  to  have  my  land  in  Clafton.*  To  Abigail  Wood, 
daughter  of  my  son  Thomas  by  his  first  wife,  forty  pounds.  To  my  son 
John's  two  eldest  children,  John  and  Mary,  twenty  pounds  apiece  at  age  of 
seventeen  years.  To  my  grandchildren  Robert  and  John  Alefounder,f  sons 
of  my  daughter  Elizabeth,  five  pounds  apiece  at  age  of  seventeen.  To  Mr. 
John  Rogers,  now  preacher  at  Dedham,  forty  shillings.  And  to  my  cousin 
Samuel  Ward,  now  preacher  at  Ipswich,  forty  shillings.  And  to  my 
cousin  Nathaniel  Ward,  his  brother,  forty  shillings.  And  to  Mrs  Dowe  of 
Stratford,  widow,  thirty  shillings.  All  these  four  last  legacies  to  be  paid 
within  six  months  after  my  decease.  All  the  personal  property  not  other- 
wise bequeathed,  to  son  Thomas  :  and  he  to  be  executor. 

Wit:  Josua  Ward,  Robart  Browne,  Richard  Pamer.  Cope,  17. 

[Samuel  and  Nathaniel  Ward  named  in  this  will  were  sons  of  the  Rev.  John 
Ward  of  Haverhill.  Their  aunt  Abigail  is  said  by  Candler  to  have  married 
Samuel  Wood  of  Dedham  (see  my  memoir  of  Nathaniel  Ward,  1868,  p.  128,  and 
Mr.  Muskett's  article  on  Ward  of  Suffolk  and  America,  Register,  vol.  41,  p.  282) . 
An  abstract  of  the  will  of  the  first  named  of  these  brothers,  Rev.  Samuel  Ward, 
town  preacher  of  Ipswich,  is  printed  in  these  Gleanings,  ante,  page  19.  A 
sketch  of  his  life  will  be  found  in  my  memoir  of  N.  Ward,  pp.  135-62.  The 
second  brother  Nathaniel,  was  the  Rev.  Nathaniel  Ward,  of  Stondon  Massey 
and  Shenfield  in  Essex,  England,  and  Ipswich,  Massachusetts.  He  was  the 
author  of  the  Simple  Cobler  of  Aggawam,  and  compiler  of  the  Massachusetts 
Body  of  Liberties.  A  memoir  of  him  by  the  present  editor  of  the  Register  was 
published  in  1868,  by  Joel  Munsell  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  in  an  octavo  of  213  pages.— 
Editor.] 

George  Raymond  the  elder  of  Ipswich,  grocer,  10  April  1617,  proved 
17  June  1617.  To  the  poor  of  Booking  and  Branktree  twenty  shillings 
(each).      Wife  Jane  Raymond.     Sons  Jeremy,  George,   Thomas,   John, 

*  Probably  Clackton  in  Essex  is  meant. 

t  In  a  pedigree  of  Alfounder  at  Herald's  College,  Visitation  of  Essex,  1664  (d.  21.),  1 

find  that  Robert  Alfounder  of  East  Bergholt  married  Elizabeth,  dau.  of Wood  of 

Rivenhall.  h.  f.  w. 


584  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

James  and  Richard.  Daughter  Priscilla  wife  of  John  Leaver  of  Ipswich, 
clothier.  Daughter  Mary  wife  of  Moses  Shill.  Grandchildren  George, 
Elizabeth  and  Priscilla,  children  of  John ;  James,  George  and  Samuel, 
children  of  James;  John,  George  and  James,  children  of  George;  Priscilla 
and  George,  children  of  Thomas;  George  and  Mary,  children  of  Jeremy; 
and  Christabell  and  George,  children  of  Richard.  Brother  Allen.  Others 
named.     To  Mr  Samuel  Warde  forty  shillings. 

"  And  whereas  yt  hath  pleased  God  to  put  into  the  harte  of  Mr  Warde 
our  preacher  to  stirre  up  this  Corporacon  for  the  erecting  of  A  Librarie 
wch  being  furnished  wth  all  kinde  of  bookes  can.  not  but  grately  further  the 
advancement  of  God's  Glorie  his  worshippe  and  religion  amongest  us  I  doe 
will  and  bequeath  fower  pounds  of  lawful!  English  monie  to  bee  paid  with- 
in one  yea  re  next  after  my  decease  our  &  aboue  the  xx  s  I  haue  allreadye 
payd  towardes  the  supplie  of  that  good  work  begunne." 

Archd.  of  Suff.  (Ipswich)  B.  50  L.  292. 

[The  fact  that  Rev.  Samuel  Ward,  town  preacher  of  Ipswich  (see  preceding 
note),  incited  the  corporation  of  Ipswich  "  for  the  erecting  of  a  Librarie"  is 
new  to  me. — Editor.] 

Edward  Warde  of  Little  Wrathinge,  Suffolk,  yeoman,  9  January 
1620,  proved  at  Ipswich  7  March  1620.  To  my  wife  Judeth  my  house, 
orchard  and  garden,  with  the  skepps  of  bees  therein,  during  her  natural 
life,  so  as  she  shall  leave  one  upper  chamber,  furnished  for  mine  executor, 
who  soever  he  be,  viz.  one  bed  and  all  things  thereunto  belonging,  called 
Joseph's  chamber.  To  my  son  Nathaniel  Warde  forty  pounds  and  my 
best  riding  cloak.  To  my  son  Leonard  (  ?)  fifty  pounds  and  my  best  cloak, 
when  his  apprenticeship  shall  come  forth.  To  Lydia,  my  daughter,  thirty 
pounds.  To  Mary,  my  daughter,  twenty  pounds.  To  Rebecca  Warde, 
my  daughter,  forty  pounds.  To  Susan,  my  daughter,  ten  pounds.  Son 
Thomas  Ward  to  be  sole  executor.  To  son  Edward  Ward  after  his  time 
shall  come  forth  &c.  Consistory  Cl  Norwich.  Bk  Williams  60. 

(Mem.     Perhaps  for  "  Leonard,"  above,  we  should  read  Edward. — H.  F.  w.) 

[Edward  "Warde,  the  testator,  was  I  presume  the  brother  of  Rev.  John  Ward  of 
Haverhill,  named  by  him  in  his  will,  which  is  printed  in  full  in  my  memoir  of 
N.  Ward,  pp.  130-1.  See  Muskett's  Candler's  pedigree  in  the  Register,  vol.  41, 
p.  284.  The  will  of  his  daughter  Susan,  widow  of  Robert  Brown,  follows  this. — 
Editor.] 

Susan  Browne  of  Ipswich,  widow,  22  March  1626,  proved  24  April 
1627.  To  Mr  Samuel  Warde,  Preacher  of  the  Tower  parish  in  Ipswich 
the  sum  of  five  pounds  &c  in  two  years,  in  full  discharge  and  satisfaction 
of  whatsoever  money  is  now  due  unto  him  and  unpaid  from  or  by  Robert 
Browne,  my  late  husband,  deceased.  To  Elizabeth  Browne  daughter  of 
my  brother  in  law  William  Browne.  My  sister  in  law  Mary  Browne. 
My  sister  Mary  Cutting.  My  mother  Judith  Warde.  My  sister  Rebecca 
Warde.     My  brother  Edward  Warde  to  be  executor  and  residuary  legatee. 

Consistory  C  Norwich  Book  Travers. 

Edward  Ward  of  Ipswich  in  the  Co.  of  Suffolk,  hosier,  18  November 
1646,  proved  10  February  1646.  I  give  unto  my  two  sons,  Edward  and 
Samuel  Ward,  die  sum  of  two  hundred  and  ten  pounds  a  piece,  to  be  paid 
to  either  of  them  when  they  shall  accomplish  the  full  age  of  four  and 
twenty  years.  I  give  unto  my  kinswoman  Abigail  Smart  the  sum  of  ten 
pounds,  to  be  paid  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease.  I  give  unto 
Richard  Lockewood  my  cousin  the  sum  of  five  pounds,  to  be  paid  unto  him 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  585 

at  his  full  age  of  four  and  twenty  years,  provided  that  he  doth  faith- 
fully serve  and  dwell  with  my  wife  the  remainder  of  the  time  he  is  bound 
unto  me.  I  give  unto  Elizabeth  my  wife  all  the  remainder  of  my  temporal 
goods  &c.  And  I  do  ordain  and  make  George  Raymond  of  Ipswich 
clothier  and' John  Denton  of  the  same  town  hosier  my  executors.  My  sou 
Samuel  to  be  put  to  some  trade  as  the  said  George  Raymond,  with  the 
consent  of  my  wife,  shall  see  most  meet.  Fines,  35  (P.  C.  .C.) 

[Edward  "Ward,  the  testator,  was  a  nephew  of  Rev.  John  Ward  of  Haverhill 
and  probably  son  of  Edward  "Warde  of  Little  Wrathinge,  whose  will  is  given 
above.  The  testator  married  Elizabeth  Dale,  who  survived  him  and  married 
Thomas  Griggs.  See  Register,  vol.  41,  p.  284.  Mr.  Griggs's  will  is  given 
below.  — Editor.  ] 

Richard  Grigges  of  Ipswich,  Suffolk,  tallow  chandler,  11  October 
1654,  proved  3  July  1655.  To  my  brother  William  Griggs  twenty  shil- 
lings. To  my  cousin  Mary  Grigges,  his  daughter,  three  pounds.  To  my 
cousin  John,  his  son,  five  pounds.  To  my  brother  Robert  thirty  pounds. 
To  my  brother  Edmund  thirty  pounds.  To  my  brother  John  ^Greene  five 
pounds.  To  my  sister  Mary  Greene  five  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Mary 
Greene  five  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Anne  Greene  five  pounds.  To  my 
cousin  William  Greene  live  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Damaris  five  pounds. 
To  Rebecca  Greene  five  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Alice  Greene  five  pounds. 
To  my  cousin  Edward  Ward  the  sum  of  six  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Samuel 
Ward  the  sum  of  five  pounds.  To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Grigges  ten  pounds. 
To  Bridget  Riches  five  pounds.  To  William  Hawkins  five  pounds.  To 
my  brother  Thomas  one  hundred  pounds,  and  one  two  and  thirtieth  part 
of  the  ship  John  and  Susan  of  Ipswich  and  one  sixty-fourth  part  of  the 
ship  Humility  of  Ipswich.     My  brother  Thomas  Grigges  to  be  executor. 

Aylett,  76. 

Thomas  Griggs  of  Ipswich,  Suffolk,  apothecary,  18  October  1665, 
proved  12  October  1666.  Wife  Elizabeth.  Tenement  in  parish  of  St. 
Mary  at  the  Tower.  Thomas  Griggs,  son  of  my  brother  Edmund  Griggs 
of  Buxhall,  and  his  heirs.  My  close  of  land  in  the  parish  of  St.  Peter's, 
called  Windmill  close.  John  and  Mary  Griggs  children  of  brother  Ed- 
mond.  John  Griggs  son  of  brother  William.  Damaris  Greene  daughter 
of  my  brother  John  Greene.  Rebecca  Dale  wife  of  Samuel  Dale  of  Burst- 
hall.  Anne  Nelson  wife  of  Charles  Nelson  of  Hadleigh.  Alice  and  Mary 
Greene,  both  of  Lynsye,  Suflf.,  spinsters.  My  sister  Mary  Greene.  Doro- 
thy Daines  the  daughter  of  my  loving  friend  Doctor  John  Daynes.  My 
brother  in  law   Capt.  Daniel  Dale.     Brother  Robert  Griggs. 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto Ward,  son  of  my  late  son  in  law  Sam- 
uel Ward  late  of  London  dec'd.,  fifteen  pounds  at  his  full  age  of  one  and 
twenty  years.  My  messuages,  lands  and  tenements  in  Bergholt  and  Ray- 
don,  Suff.,  which  I  have  in  reversion  after  the  death  of  Mr8  Mapelthorpe, 
which  were  given  unto  John  Sicklemore  Esq.  and  me,  the  said  Thoma8 
Griggs,  by  Abigail  Markham  ah  Marchant  of  Ipswich  widow,  as  by  her  last 
will  and  testament  bearing  date  4  April  1656.  My  brother  Edmund 
Griggs  to  be  executor  and  brother  John  Greene  of  Lynsey  supervisor. 

Mico,  144  (P.  C.  C) 

[Thomas  Griggs  was  the  second  husband  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Dale)  Ward. 
See  preceding  note. — Editor.] 

John  Ward  of  St.  Clement's  parish,  Ipswich,  Suffolk,  Clerk,  15  April 
1662,  proved  29  April  1662.     All  my  debts  to  be  paid  out  of  my  personal 


586  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

estate.     What  remains  to  be  equally  divided  betwixt  my  children  that  are 
unmarried,   they  paying  out  thereof  to  my  daughters   Mary  and  Susan, 

which  are  married,  to  each  of  them .     Joseph  Wayte  of  Sprawton, 

clerk,  to  be  sole  executor. 

Consistory  C  Norwich  (Bundle  for  1662)  N°  230. 

[The  testator,  Rev.  John  Ward,  was  a  son  of  Rev.  John  Ward  of  Haverhill, 
and  a  brother  to  Revs.  Samuel  and  Nathaniel,  before  noticed  in  these  annota- 
tions. He  was  a  member  of  the  Westminster  Assembly.  A  sketch  of  his  life 
is  printed  in  my  memoir  of  N.  Ward,  pp.  162-5. — Editor.] 

John  Sym  of  Leigh  in  Essex,  Clerk,  19  March  1637,  proved  5  June 
1638.  To  Sarah  the  wife  of  Richard  Tabore  ten  shillings.  To  my  well 
beloved  brother  Mr  Thomas  Younge,  vicar  of  Stowmarket,  Willett's 
Synopsis  papismi  &c.  To  my  cousin  Mr  Ward  of  Hadleigh  my  best  cas- 
ock.  To  my  cousin  Mr  John  Knightbridg3  of  Chelmsford  twenty  shillings. 
To  my  cousin  Elizabeth  North  twenty  shillings  and  to  her  husband  ten 
shillings.  To  my  dear  and  loving  wife  Sarah  six  and  thirty  pounds  to 
distribute  amongst  her  children.  And  she  shall  have  all  the  goods  &c 
remaining  that  she  brought  with  her  unto  me.  To  goodman  Jonathan 
Wire  twenty  shillings.  To  my  son  John  Sym  &  his  heirs  all  that  messuage 
&c  called  Gould's,  in  Leigh.  If  he  die  before  he  accomplish  the  age  of 
twenty  one  years  I  do  will  and  give  the  said  tenement  to  my  loving  daugh- 
ter Elizabeth  the  wife  of  John  Fowler,  citizen  of  London,  she  to  pay  two 
hundred  pounds  to  Sarah  my  wife.  I  give  to  my  said  son  John  the  gold 
ring  that  Mr  Wilson  gave  unto  me,  with  all  my  plate  and  library  of  books 
&c.  I  give  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Fowler  a  gold  ring  and  a  silver 
toothpick  that  were  her  mother's.  To  Josias  Wheeler  of  Stowmarket  ten 
shillings  and  to  the  son  of  William  Wheeler  in  Woodham  Ferris  twenty 
shillings  and  to  Sarah  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Wheeler  ten  shillings.  If 
my  son  and  daughter  die  without  either  of  them  having  heirs  of  their  bodies 
lawfully  begotten  or  not  having  first  disposed  of  by  will  or  otherwise  of 
said  Gould's  &c.  then  the  overseers  shall  sell  the  said  tenement  to  the  best 
value  they  can  and  of  the  price  thereof  to  have  twenty  pounds  apiece  for 
their  pains,  besides  allowances  for  their  other  charges,  and  divide  the  re- 
mainder into  three  equal  parts,  whereof  I  will  one  to  the  children  of  my 
wife  Sarah,  another  to  the  children  of  Elizabeth  North,  wife  of  Stephen 
North  and  the  children  of  Josias  Wheeler  of  Stowmarket,  of  William 
Wheeler  of  Woodham  Ferris  and  of  Thomas  Wheeler  of  Leigh.  The 
third  part  I  will  to  the  children  of  my  brother  Patrick  Gardner  and  of  my 
sister  Christian  Ramsey  and  of  my  cousin  Henry  Sym  in  the  Carrse  of 
Gawrie  in  Scotland,  by  the  means  of  my  brother  Mr  Thomas  Young  to  be 
delivered.  I  appoint  Sarah,  my  dear  and  loving  wife  to  be  full  executrix 
and  intreat  my  well  beloved  brother  Mr  Thomas  Younge  and  my  well 
beloved  sons  in  law  John  Fowler  and  John  Barfoote  and  John  Straight, 
son  in  law  to  my  beloved  wife  Sarah,  to  be  overseers. 

Consistory  C  of  London,  Book  Allen  Leaf  356. 

[The  marriage  license  of  Mr.  John  Symes,  as  well  as  that  of  his  kinsman  Mr. 
John  Ward  of  Hadleigh,  I  have  given  in  my  Collection  of  Extracts  from  Mar- 
riage Licenses  granted  by  the  Bishop  of  London,  recently  printed. — h.  f.  w. 

The  Rev.  John  Ward  of  Hadleigh,  named  in  this  will,  came  to  New  England 
and  was  the  minister  at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  from  1645  till  his  death,  Dec.  27,  1693. 
The  reference  to  him  in  this  will  may  furnish  a  clew  to  the  name  and  parentage 
of  his  mother,  the  wife  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Ward  the  Simple  Cobler. — Editor.] 

Robert  Bolton  of  Ipswich  in  the  Co.  of  Suffolk,  Doctor  of  Physick, 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         587 

17  December  1646,  proved  22  January  1646.  I  will  that  eight  hundred 
pounds  shall  be  disposed  of  and  laid  out  by  my  executrix  for  the  use  and 
benefit  of  William  Bolton,  my  son,  within  two  years  after  my  decease,  in 
manner  and  form  hereafter  expressed,  viz:  I  do  desire  my  brother  in  law 
Joseph  Ward,  CI.,  my  brother  in  law  Richard  Golty,  clerk,  and  my  cousin 
John  Symondes,  clerk,  &c  to  be  a  means  to  procure  a  purchase  of  certain 
lands  and  tenements  for  the  sum  of  eight  hundred  pounds,  to  be  settled  and 
assured  unto  and  upon  the  said  William  Bolton  &  the  heirs  of  his  body 
lawfully  to  be  begotten,  and,  for  want  of  such  issue,  the  remainder  to 
Deborah  Bolton,  my  daughter,  her  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever.  I  give  and 
bequeath  to  the  said  Deborah  my  daughter  all  that  messuage  &c  in  Earl 
Stonham,  in  the  Co.  of  Suff.,  which  I  late  had  of  the  grant  and  demise  of 
Ambrose  Goodwin  Esq.  and  other  my  lands  &c  in  Earl  Stonham.  To  the 
said  Deborah  also  one  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  unto  her  at  her  age  of 
eighteen  years.  I  give  unto  my  mother  M™  Deborah  Ward  the  sum  of 
ten  pounds,  to  be  paid  within  twelve  months  next  after  my  decease.  To 
the  said  Joseph  Ward,  Richard  Golty  and  John  Symondes,  to  every  of 
them  forty  shillings  for  their  care  and  pains  &c.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish 
of  St.  Mary  Tower  wherein  I  now  dwell  forty  shillings.  The  rest  of  my 
goods  and  chattells,  rights  and  credits,  lands  and  tenements,  shipping,  parts 
of  ships  and  personal  estate  I  give  unto  Anne,  my  loving  wife,  whom  I  make 
and  ordain  executrix. 

John  Symondes  one  of  the  witnesses.  Fines,  8  (P.  C.  C) 

[Dr.  Kobert  Bolton,  the  testator,  was  a  step-son  of  Rev.  Samuel  Ward,  town 
preacher  of  Ipswich.  Joseph  Ward,  clerk,  named  by  him  was  his  half  brother, 
and  was  rector  of  Badingham  in  Suffolk.  Richard  Golty,  clerk,  rector  of 
Framlingham  in  Suffolk,  was  the  husband  of  Deborah  Ward  a  half  sister  of  the 
testator.    See  Muskett's  Candler  pedigree,  vol.  41,  p.  283. — Editor.] 

Anne  Ward  of  Stratford,  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  widow,  16  October 
1634,  proved  7  November  1634.'  To  John  Ward,  my  eldest  son,  twenty 
pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England,  which,  together  with  the  legacy  left 
him  by  his  father's  will,  doth  make  one  hundred  and  three  score  pounds  to 
be  paid  unto  my  said  son  when  he  shall  be  of  the  age  of  two  and  twenty 
years.  To  my  son  Samuel  Ward  fifty  pounds  of  like  lawful  money,  which, 
together  with  the  legacy  given  him  in  his  father's  will,  doth  make  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pounds  to  be  paid  him  at  the  age  of  two  and  twenty.  To  my 
two  sons  John  and  Samuel  all  my  plate,  linen,  brass  and  pewter,  to  be 
equally  divided  between  them,  the  one  part  to  be  kept  and  reserved  in  the 
hands  of  Mr.  John  Clarke  of  Colchester,  to  be  given  to  my  son  John  Ward 
when  he  shall  be  of  the  age  of  two  and  twenty  years,  unto  whose  care  I  do 
also  commend  the  tuition  of  my  said  son  in  his  minority;  and  the  other  part 
to  be  kept  and  reserved  in  the  hands  of  John  Barker  of  Stratford,  clothiers 
to  be  given  to  my  son  Samuel  when  he  shall  be  of  the  age  of  two  and 
twenty  years,  unto  whose  care  also  I  do  commend  the  tuition  of  my  said 
son  in  his  minority.  I  give  unto  my  two  sons  John  and  Samuel  Ward  all 
that  my  fourth  part  in  the  ship  called  the  Unity  of  Manitree  and  all  my 
stock  therein,  and  also  my  eighth  part  of  the  ship  Johnes  of  Manitree  &c. 
and  all  the  profits  that  shall  be  raised  by  means  of  the  said  ships,  to  be  re- 
served and  kept  by  my  executors  to  be  equally  divided  between  my  two 
sous,  to  either  of  them  his  part  when  he  shall  be  of  the  age  of  two  and 
twenty.  If  both  sons  die  before  they  come  to  that  age  my  executors  shall 
give  and  bestow  one  hundred  pounds  amongst  my  husband  Barker's  kindred 
and  one  hundred  amongst  my  own  kindred,  where  they  shall  see  most  need, 


588  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

and  one  hundred  amongst  my  husband  Ward's  kindred  &c.  To  Mr.  Samuel 
Linsell,  minister  of  Stratford  forty  shillings,  to  Mr.  John  Rodgers,  lecturer 
in  Dedham,  and  to  Mr.  John  Eedes  minister  of  Lawford  forty  shillings. 
To  the  poor  of  Stratford  forty  shillings. 

I  do  make  and  ordain  John  Clerke  of  Colchester  in  the  County  of  Essex, 
chirurgeon,  and  John  Barker  of  Stratford  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  clothier, 
to  be  my  executors  &c.,  and  I  give  them  ten  pounds  apiece  for  their  pains; 
and  my  friends  Mr.  Samuel  Linsell  and  Mr.  John  Eedes  supervisors. 

Seager,  105. 

[Mr.  John  Ward,  one  of  the  sons  of  this  Mrs.  Anne  Ward,  was  a  resident  of 
Ipswich,  in  New  England,  as  we  learn  from  his  will,  dated  28  December,  1652, 
now  among  the  Essex  County  Court  Papers  (III.  46).  It  was  sworn  to  in  court 
25—1  mo.  1656  by  Mr.  Robert  Payne,  to  whom  it  was  sent  sealed  up  with  a 
letter.  The  following  abstract  may  be  of  value  in  connection  with  the  mother's 
will :  To  my  cousin  Nathaniel  Ward,  son  of  my  uncle  Nathaniel,  the  house  and 
land  given  me  by  my  father  in  his  will,  lying  in  Mersey  in  County  Essex  in  old 
England.  To  my  said  uncle  the  rents  and  profit  of  that  tenement  since  I  made 
Edmund  Sharman  of  Dedham  last  my  attorney.  To  my  cousin  Ward's  of 
Wethersfield  two  youngest  sons  twenty  pounds  apiece  when  of  age  of  one  and 
twenty  years.  To  my  cousin  John  Barker's  eldest  daughter  Anne  Barker  twenty 
pounds.  To  Samuel  Barker,  my  cousin  John  Barker's  son,  ten  pounds  (it  is  to 
be  understood  John  Barker  of  Boxted  in  Essex) .  To  my  mother's  poor  kindred 
ten  pounds,  which  I  do  desire  my  cousin  John  Barker  to  distribute.  To  my 
cousin  Samuel  Sharman's  two  youngest  sons  ten  pounds  apiece,  this  is  to  be  un- 
derstood my  cousin  Sharman  that  died  some  X  years  since  in  Boston  in  New 
England,  to  be  paid  them  at  one  and  twenty  or  to  those  that  have  now  the  care 
of  them.  Ten  pounds  to  my  cousin  Philip  Sharman  of  "rood"  Island.  My 
books  and  chirurgeon's  chest  to  Thomas  Andrews  of  Ipswich.  Linen  to  cousin 
Nathaniel  Ward  when  of  age.  Twenty  pounds  to  Robert  Payne  and  he  to  be 
executor.     The  remainder  to  Harvard  College. 

Wit :  Richard  Shearman  and  Thomas  Spale  (by  mark). 

This  was  evidently  written  in  Boston,  if  I  may  judge  from  the  names  of  the 
witnesses.  The  testator  was  called  John  Ward  of  Ipswich  chirurgeon  19  Nov. 
1651,  in  Vol.  XII.  63,  of  Essex  Court  Papers. 

The  John  Clerke  of  Colchester,  chirurgeon,  whom  Mrs.  Anne  Ward  appointed 
one  of  the  joint  executors  of  her  will,  was  undoubtedly  the  John  Clarke  of 
Boston  and  Newbury,  chirurgeon,  referred  to  in  the  Memoir  of  Nathaniel 
Ward,  p.  194.  Henry  F.  Waters. 

See  also  Register,  vol.  22,  pp.  31-3. — Editor.] 

John  Watte  of  Meesden  in  the  County  of  Hertford  clerk,  17  June  1664, 
proved  27  May  1669.  I  give  unto  Joseph  Wayte,  my  nephew,  clerk,  all 
my  goods  and  chattels  whatsoever,  all  my  ready  moneys,  bonds,  bills,  debts 
due  unto  me,  plate,  pewter,  linen  apparell,  all  my  books,  manuscripts, 
chests  &c.  and  make  him  sole  executor.  Coke,  65. 

Joseph  Waite  of  Sproughton  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  clerk,  7  June 
1669,  proved  11  September  1671.  To  my  dear  and  honored  mother 
Mistress  Judith  Laurence  ten  pounds  to  be  paid  within  one  year  after  my 
decease.  To  my  loved  sister  Mary  Laurence  forty  pounds  at  day  of  her 
marriage  or  within  one  whole  year  after  the  same.  The  rest  of  my  house 
aud  lands,  goods  and  chattels  &c.  to  my  dearly  beloved  wife  Margaret,  the 
house  and  lands  in  Framlingham  for  and  during  her  natural  life  and  after 
her  decease  to  my  cousin  Master  Samuel  Golty  of  Ipswich  clerk  and  to  my 
loving  brother  Master  Thomas  Whiting  of  Hadleigh,  draper,  as  trustees. 
This  house  and  land  which  cost  me  in  purchase  five  hundred  and  three  score 
and  five  pounds  is  to  be  sold  and  the  proceeds  divided  by  even  and  equal 
portions  to  each  of  my  natural  brothers  and  sisters  then  surviving  in  old 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  589 

England  or  in  New,  or  to  the  heirs  of  each  of  them.     Five  pounds  apiece 
to  my  executors.     Wife  Margaret  to  be  sole  executrix. 

Witness:  John  Richardson,  John  Livermer.  Duke,  117. 

Margaret  Waite  of  Ipswich,  widow,  1  April  1675,  proved  5  August 
1 675.  To  my  mother,  Mrs.  Judith  Lawrence,  twenty  pounds,  and  to  my 
sister  Mary  Lawrence  eighty  pounds.  To  my  nephew  Lawrence  Smyth 
one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  brother  Mr.  Samuel  Smyth  of  London  five 
pounds.  To  my  other  three  brothers,  Mr.  Robert  Howe,  Mr.  Thomas 
Whitinge  and  Mr.  John  Whitinge,  five  pounds  apiece.  To  my  cousin 
Thomas  Lawrence  in  Bedfordshire  five  pounds.  To  Mrs.  Margaret 
Huthinson  of  Lee  near  London  and  her  sister  Mrs.  Sarah  Reed  in  Lin- 
colnshire five  pouuds  apiece.  To  my  niece  Sarah  Lungley  of  Milford  ten 
pounds  at  one  and  twenty. 

"  Also  I  geve  to  soe  many  of  the  brothers  and  sisters  of  my  dear  husband 
as  shalbe  livinge  att  my  decease  in  old  England  or  new  the  sume  of  forty 
shillinges  apeece  to  buy  them  sometliinge  for  a  small  remembrance  of  me, 
and  to  my  cousin  Joseph  Wait,  Hellen  Aldus  and  Mary  Wait,  to  each  of 
them  five  poundes."  To  my  good  friends  Mr.  Samuel  Golty  and  Mr. 
Benjamin  Browning  of  Ipswich  five  pounds  apiece.  To  Mary,  wife  of 
Robert  Goodrich  of  Woodbridge  and  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Cope  of 
Ipswich  forty  shillings  apiece.  To  the  widow  Raymond  of  St.  Peter's 
parish,  Ipswich,  twenty  shillings.  To  Mrs.  Raymond  and  her  daughter 
Russell  forty  shillings.  To  eight  ministers  (named) — servants  named.  To 
Samuel  Greene  of  St.  Clement's  and  his  wife.  My  executors  to  be  Mr. 
Samuel  Golty  of  Ipswich  and  Mr.  Thomas  Whitinge  of  Hadleigh. 

In  a  codicil  made  25  May  1675  she  calls  herself  widow  and  relict  of 
Joseph  Waite  of  Sproughton,  clerk,  and  refers  to  a  judgment  obtained  in 
Town  Court  of  Colchester  against  William  Stockton  of  Ipswich,  gen1,  in 
the  sum  of  two  hundred  pounds  in  the  hands  of  John  Tiewelove  of 
Sproughton ;  assigned  and  set  over  unto  Richard  Truelove  of  Sproughton, 
gen1.     The  said  Richard  Truelove  is  appointed  executor  as  to  it. 

Suffolk  Wills  (Ipswich) 
Book  Fanconberge,  Leaf  140. 

[Joseph  Waite,  whose  will  and  that  of  his  wife  Margaret  are  here  given,  was 
a  brother  of  John  Waite  who  settled  at  Maiden,  Mass.,  and  of  Marv,  wife  of 
Robert  Lord  of  Ipswich,  Mass.  See  a  letter  of  their  sister,  Mrs.  Susan  Reding- 
ton,  in  the  Register,  vol.  31,  p.  161.  See  also  Register,  vol.  32,  pp.  188-96; 
vol.  41,  p.  283.  —Editor.] 

Nathaniel  Ward,  rector  of  Pitsey,  Essex,  clerk,  20  February  1687, 
proved  at  Chelmsford  11  May  1688.  To  wife  Elizabeth  house  and  fifty- 
five  acres  of  land  called  Felmoores  in  Pitsey  during  her  life.  To  daughter 
Ward  four  score  pouuds,  to  be  paid  after  decease  of  my  wife,  out  of  said 
house  and  land.  The  said  house  and  land,  so  charged,  after  the  decease  of 
my  wife  I  give  to  my  son  Samuel  Ward  and  to  his  heirs  forever  upon  con- 
dition he  pay  the  fourscore  pounds  to  his  sister  so  soon  as  the  lands  shall 
come  and  descend  unto  him.  All  the  rest  of  my  goods,  chattels  and  per- 
sonal estate  whatsoever  I  give  to  my  loving  wife  Elizabeth  Ward  and  I  do 
nominate  and  appoint  her  to  be  sole  executor  &c. 

B.  Parrett  (Archd.  of  Essex),  L.  138. 

Edmund  Goltye,  of  Ipswich  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  merchant,  13 
December  1614,  proved  13  May  1615.     Wife  Susan,  James  Tillott  mcht, 


590  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

William  Carr  aud  Isaac  Dey,  clothier,  shall  have,  hold  and  enjoy  all  my 
lands  and  tenements  in  the  parish  of  Sl  Matthew  in  Ipswich  and  Brauford 
in  said  County  for  twelve  years,  for  payment  of  debts  and  of  legacies  fol- 
lowing:— to  daughter  Susan  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  at  age  of  twenty 
or  on  day  of  marriage,  to  daughter  Elizabeth  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds 
at  age  of  twenty  or  day  of  marriage,  to  son  Myles  Goltye  one  hundred 
pounds  at  age  of  twenty  four  years.  Sons  Richard  and  Edmund.  To  wife 
lands,  tenements  &c.  in  Bock'ing,  Ashe,  Hemyngston  and  Gosbeck  for  life, 
and  after  her  death  then  to  eldest  son  Richard  and  his  heirs.  To  son  Ed- 
mund, after  the  aforenamed  debts  and  legacies  shall  be  duly  paid,  my  houses, 
lands  and  tenements  in  Ipswich  and  Bramford.  (Mem.  His  son  Richard 
seems  to  have  been  in  Pembroke  Hall,  Cambridge,  at  the  time). 

Rudd,  47. 

[I  have  references  to  other  wills  and  records  relating  to  the  "Wards  and  their 
connections  wThich  I  hope  to  present  soon.  My  friend,  the  Rev.  W.  E.  Layton, 
whose  friendly  attentions  to  me  during  my  visit  to  Ipswich  and  kind  assistance 
in  examining  the  parish  registers  there  I  shall  always  recall  with  gratitude, 
gave  me  the  following  copy  of  an  inscription  to  the  memory  of  the  famous 
Town  Preacher  of  Ipswich.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Mr.  Samuel  Ward  minister  olim  hujus  ecclesije  &  eximius  concionator 
Gyppovicensis,  ad  Clavem  denatus,  apud  nos  sepultus  est  Martij  8°  1639. 

Mark  Mott  Rector  of  Raigne  parva  in  the  County  of  Essex  Doctor  of 
Divinity,  18  December  1630,  proved  1  April  1631. 

I  give  to  the  library  of  St.  John's  College  in  Cambridge  Alexander  Halles 
his  somes  in  three  volumes  in  folio  and  Lyra  on  the  Bible  in  six  volumes 
in  folio  and  Altissodocensis  and  Occam  on  the  Sentences  and  Pelbartus  on 
the  Sentences  in  four  volumes  in  4t0.  Item  I  give  unto  my  father  Mr  Mark 
Mott  my  book  called  Mr.  Downeham's  Directions  to  a  godly  life.  To  my 
brother  Mr  Robert  Woolriche  twenty  nobles  and  to  my  sister  Sarah  his 
wife  three  stoned  pots  tipped  with  silver,  and  to  John  Mott  my  brother  a 
watch.  To  my  sister  Alice  Mott  ten  shillings  and  to  my  sister  Katherine 
Mott  a  silver  toasting  iron  a  silver  grate  a  fruit  dish  of  china  and  six  sallet 
dishes  three  saucers  and  six  porrengers  of  China  and  all  my  stone  pots  and 
dishes  and  my  other  stuff  of  stone.  To  my  worthy  neighbor  Mr  Doctor 
Barker  my  Turkey  grogram  gown,  my  wrought  satin  cassock  and  my  tip- 
pet, a  pair  of  gloves  and  a  girdle.  And  to  my  faithful  friend  John  Clarke 
of  Copford  Hall  twenty  shillings  to  put  into  a  ring.  To  my  cousin  Alice 
the  wife  of  John  Draper  of  Felsted  four  sallet  dishes  of  china.  To  my 
cousin  Dorothy  the  wife  of  John  Taylecott*  two  porengers  of  china.  To 
my  son  Henry  Mott  an  English  Bible  in  8V0  and  another  bible  in  folio  of 
the  old  translation.  To  my  daughter  Frances  a  bible  in  quarto  of  the  old 
translation.  To  my  daughter  Dorothy  an  English  Bible  in  quarto  of  the 
new  translation.  To  Mr  Thomas  Dyke  of  Horam  in  Sussex  twenty  shil- 
lings to  make  him  a  ring.  To  William  Dyke  of  Faunt  in  Sussex  twenty 
shillings  to  make  him  a  ring.  To  the  poor  people  of  Rayne  six  pounds 
thirteen  shillings  and  four  pence  to  be  disposed  of  for  their  good  by  mine 
executors  within  six  months  next  after  my  decease.  And  to  the  church  of 
Rayne  a  green  cloth  carpet  for  the  communion  table  fringed  at  the  ends 
with  green  silk  fringe  aud  a  green  cloth  for  the  pulpit  fringed  round  with 
silk  fringes.     To  Jane  Hamersly  my  servant  thirteen  pounds  six  shillings 

*  This  was  Caylecott  in  the  record.    My  friend  Mr.  Smith,  at  my  request,  examined  the 
original  will  and  found  that  it  should  be  as  above.  h.  f.  w. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  591 

and  eight  pence  to  be  paid  her  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease. 
To  Leonard  Greene  twenty  shilling  and  a  mourning  cloak.  To  my  man 
Thomas  Pullin  forty  shillings  and  a  mourning  cloak  and  my  suit  of  serge 
which  I  late  made.  To  Thomas  Mott  my  brother  John  Mott's  son  my 
best  cloak.  To  Mark  Mott  my  brother  Adrian  Mott's  son  my  cloak  that 
is  faced  with  velvet  to  the  bottom  and  lined  on  the  back  and  also  my  silk 
wrought  cassock  of  stitched  grogram  with  the  satin  sleeves  a  budge  gown 
and  all  my  manuscripts  paper  books  and  written  papers.  Item  I  give  to 
my  cousin  Mr  Samuel  Collins  vicar  of  Braintree  my  mourning  cloak  and 
to  Mr  Samuel  Wharton  vicar  of  Felsted  my  longest  mourning  gown  and 
my  chamlet  grogram  cassock.  To  my  good  friend  Mr  Doctor  Aylet  and 
his  wife  either  of  them  twenty  shillings  to  buy  them  rings.  And  I  give 
more  unto  her  a  bason  and  ewer  of  china  a  bowl  two  fruit  dishes  six  sallet 
dishes  and  six  saucers  all  of  china.  To  Mr8  Smith  the  elder  of  Cressing 
Temple  my  silver  box  with  the  case  of  counters  of  mill  six  pences  in  it.  To 
Elizabeth  the  wife  of  Mark  Mott  my  son  in  law  my  great  guilded  standing  cup 
with  a  cover  to  it  and  three  china  poringers.  To  Mercy  Mott  my  daughter 
my  down  bed  with  the  bolster  to  it  three  down  pillows  a  feather  bolster  my 
best  pair  of  blankets  my  best  coverlet  a  pair  of  my  best  laced  curtains  my 
Cyprus  chest  and  all  my  needle  work  valleuce  belonging  to  my  best  bed  all 
my  needle  work  covers  of  stools  and  stools  which  are  in  my  best  chamber 
a  needle  work  side  board  cloth  two  needle  work  cushions  for  the  windows 
in  my  best  chamber  an  outlandish  cabinet  standing  in  the  same  chamber  a 
furniture  of  damask  linen  and  all  her  mother's  childbed  linen.  To  my 
daughter  Frances  all  things  wrought  with  needlework  in  my  great  parlor 
with  the  stools  there  and  covers  belonging  to  them  my  best  featherbed  two 
feather  bolsters  a  pair  of  pillows  a  pair  of  blankets  &  an  arras  coverlet. 
Item  I  will  that  all  my  linen  unbequeathed  shall  be  divided  by  mine 
executors  amongst  my  five  daughters,  part  &  part  alike.  Item  I  give  to 
George  Paske  of  Rayne  forty  shillings  to  be  paid  him  within  three  months 
next  after  my  decease  and  a  suit  of  old  apparel  &  an  old  rug  gown  and  all 
the  residue  of  my  goods  cattle  chattels  books  plate  money  &  debts  whatso- 
ever herein  not  bequeathed  my  debts  legacies  and  funeral  charges  with  the 
expenses  about  my  will  first  paid  deducted  &  allowed  I  give  to  my  executors 
to  sell  &  dispose  of  and  the  money  thereof  coming  to  be  equally  divided 
amongst  my  five  daughters.  Item  I  devise  unto  my  eldest  son  Henry  Mott 
from  and  after  the  accomplishment  of  his  age  of  21  years  &  to  the  heirs  of 
his  body  lawfully  begotton  all  that  my  copyhold  land  containing  by  estima- 
tion eight  acres  lying  in  Romford  in  le  Reeden  in  the  county  aforesaid  until 
the  said  Henry  shall  refuse  to  convey  and  assure  at  the  request  costs  and 
charges  of  my  other  children  respectively  the  lands  tenements  and  heredita- 
ments hereafter  given  and  bequeathed  unto  my  said  other  children  in  such 
manner  and  form  as  the  said  lands  are  respectively  given  to  them  by  this 
my  last  will  and  testament.  And  in  case  the  said  Henry  Mott  shall  refuse 
to  make  any  such  conveyance  or  assurance  then  I  will  and  bequeath  the 
said  copyhold  land  unto  my  son  Mark  Mott  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  law- 
full  begotten.  To  my  second  son  Mark  Mott  from  and  after  the  accom- 
plishment of  his  age  of  21  years  &  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  to  be 
begotten  all  my  lands  called  Rochfords  with  the  appurtenances  in  Booking 
and  also  my  copyhold  lands  called  Goddings  with  the  appurtenances  in 
Brayntree.  I  give  to  my  daughter  Mercy  Mott  from  &  after  the  accom- 
plishment of  her  age  of  21  years  or  her  day  of  marriage,  which  shall  first 
happen,  the  one  moiety,  in  two  parts  equally  to  be  divided,  of  my  two 


592  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

farms  whereof  one  is  called  Old  Hall,  the  other  Watkins  &  the  moiety  of 
a  meadow  called  Bawdes  Meade  &  of  another  meadow  called  Round  Mead 
adjoining  to  it,  being  copyhold,  all  lying  in  much  Hadham,  Herts.  To  my 
daughter  Frances  Mott,  at  21  or  day  of  marriage,  the  other  moiety  (of  the 
two  farms  &  meads).  To  my  daughter  Dorothy  Mott,  at  21  or  day  of 
marriage,  one  full  third  part  of  my  manor  or  Lordship  of  Great  Birch  & 
lands  &c  part  &  parcel  thereof,  situate  &c  in  Great  Birch,  East  Thorp. 
Layer  Bretton,  Copford,  Stamway  or  elsewhere  in  Essex.  To  my  daugh- 
ter Haunah  Mott,  at  21  or  day  of  marriage,  one  other  full  third  part  of 
said  manor.  And  the  other  full  third  part  of  the  same  manor  I  give  to  my 
daughter  Mary  Mott  at  21  or  day  of  marriage.  If  any  of  my  said  five 
daughters  happen  to  die  before  accomplishing  said  age  or  day  of  marriage 
then  her  part  shall  be  divided  equally  among  the  rest  of  my  said  daughters 
then  living.  If  all  my  said  children  die  without  issue,  lawfully  begotten, 
then  I  will  and  bequeath  my  said  lands  called  Rochfords  &  Goddings  unto 
my  brother  John  Mott  during  his  natural  life  and  after  his  decease  to  his 
son  Mark  Mott  &  to  his  heirs  forever.  And  my  said  Manor  of  Great 
Birch  unto  my  brother  Adrian  Mott  during  his  natural  life,  and  after  his 
decease  to  his  son  Mark  &  his  heirs  forever.  And  my  said  farms  called 
Old  Hall  &  Watkins  with  Baudes  Mead  &  Round  Mead  unto  my  sister 
Sara  Woolrich  during  her  natural  life  &  after  her  decease  to  the  heirs  of 
her  body  &  for  want  of  such  issue  to  remain  to  my  right  heirs.  And  my 
said  lands  in  Romford  to  remain  to  my  said  cousin  Samuel  Wharton  & 
Martha  his  wife  during  their  natural  lives  &  after  their  decease  to  the  heirs 
of  the  body  of  the  said  Martha  &  for  want  of  such  issue  to  remain  to  my 
right  heirs.  And  I  do  appoint  the  said  Samuel  Wharton  &  my  said  brother 
Adryan  Mott  to  be  executors  of  this  my  last  will  &  I  do  give  to  each  of 
them  for  their  great  pains  &  care  that  they  are  to  take  for  the  performance 
of  this  my  will  twenty  pounds  apiece,  charging  them  as  they  will  answer 
before  God  at  the  dreadful  day  of  judgment  to  see  my  will  faithfully  per- 
formed without  partiality  or  respect  of  any  person  or  persons  whatsoever. 
And  I  do  nominate  the  said  Mr  Dr  Barker  &  my  said  father  Mark  Mott 
my  said  brother  Robert  Woolritch  &  the  said  John  Clark  of  Copford  Hall 
overseers.  And  I  do  nominate  assign  &  appoint  the  said  Samuel  Wharton 
&  my  said  brother  Adryan  Mott  to  be  several  guardians  of  my  said  chil- 
dren, they  to  receive  the  rents  &  profits  in  manner  and  form  following 
(that  is  to  say)  that  my  said  cousin  Samuel  Wharton  shall  have  all  the 
said  lands  &  tentfl  in  much  Hadham  called  Old  Hall  Watkins  Bawdes  Mead 
&  Round  Mead,  and  receive  the  rents  and  profits  thereof,  that  my  brother 
Adryan  Mott  shall  have  the  rest  of  my  manor  laud  &  tefiits  &  receive  the 
rents  &  profits  thereof.  And  my  said  children  shall  be  bred  up  in  good 
education  &  nurture.  And  I  do  will  &  charge  my  son  Henry  Mott  of  my 
blessing  that  he  suffers  and  permits  the  said  Adryan  Mott  to  be  his  guar- 
dian &  to  receive  the  rents  &  profits  of  all  the  lands  in  Sussex  which  are 
descended  or  fall  to  him  by  his  mother.  And  that  his  said  guardian  shall 
allow  unto  him  sufficient  &  liberal  maintenance  out  of  the  said  rents  & 
profits  of  the  said  lands  in  Sussex  until  the  said  age  of  one  &  twenty  years. 
And  the  said  guardians  shall  severally  allow  unto  the  said  other  children 
out  of  the  rents  &  profits  sufficient  &  liberal  maintenance  until  their  several 
&  respective  ages  &c. 

My  son  Mark  Mott  shall  have  for  his  education  &  maintenance  out  of 
my  said  lands  in  much  Hadham  ten  pounds  yearly  until  such  times  as  the 
lands  called  Rochfords  &  Goddings  shall  happen  to  come  into  his  hands  & 
possession  or  the  hands  &  possession  of  his  guardian. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  593 

And  thus  revoking  all  former  wills  by  me  formerly  made  I  pronounce 
this  to  be  my  last  will  and  Testament  being  written  in  five  sheets  of  paper 
&  have  set  my  hand  to  the  last  of  them  &  my  seal  to  the  label  that  fasteneth 
them  together  this  eighteenth  day  of  December  Anno  Dfii  1 630  Anno 
regni  Dfii  Regis  Caroli  Sexto.  Marke  Mott 

in  the  presence  of  us  Emanuell  Stocke  Henry  Josslen  William  Hafriond. 
Proved  1  April  1631 

Book  Allen  (Consistory  Court  of  the  Bishop  of  London)  Leaf  81. 

Thomas  Fitch  of  Bockinge,  Essex,  clothier,  11  December'1632,  proved 
12  February  1632.  To  the  poor  of  Bocking  three  pounds.  To  my  eldest 
son,  Thomas,  that  ch'ef  messuage  wherein  I  now  dwell  in  Bocking  and  the 
messuage  adjoining,  now  in  the  occupation  of  the  said  Thomas,  and  all  the 
lands  tenements  &c  which  I  purchased  of  William  Collin  iu  Bocking,  and 
the  lands  and  tenemeuts  in  Bocking  which  I  lately  purchased  of  Edward 
Peppen  gen'  and  his  wife  and  John  Amptill  and  his  wife  and  the  barn  in 
Booking  by  Pan  field  Lane  which  I  lately  purchased  of  Thomas  Trotter, 
upon  condition  that  he  pay  my  sister  Stracy  twenty  shillings  yearly  during 
her  natural  life.  To  my  son  and  his  heirs  the  messuage  in  Bocking  late  of 
Richard  Usher  deceased  and  which  I  lately  purchased  of  Paul  Usher  and 
Peter  Kirby  and  Ursula  Bond,  widow,  and  the  little  garden  or  orchard  in 
Bocking  now  in  the  occupation  of  Richard  Skinner  or  his  assigns,  and  the 
tenement  in  the  occupation  of  Thomas  Laye  in  Bocking  by  Panfield  Lane 
and  the  great  orchard  adjoining  which  I  purchased  of  Mr  Thomas  Trotter, 
to  enter  upon  the  same  at  his  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  To  my  son 
John  two  hundred  pounds  at  one  and  twenty. 

"  Item  I  give  to  my  sonne  James  one  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  him 
when  he  shalbe  a  batchelor  of  Art  of  two  yeares  standinge  in  the  uuiursity 
of  Cambridge,  for  I  desire  he  should  be  bredd  up  a  scholler,  And  I  also 
give  him  and  my  minde  is  that  he  shall  have  thirtie  pounds  a  year  paid 
him  by  my  Executrix  out  of  my  lands  and  tents,  from  the  tyme  of  his 
admission  to  be  a  scholler  in  Cambridge  until  he  be  or  have  tyme  there  to 
be  a  master  of  arts."  To  my  sons  Nathaniel  and  Jeremy,  to  either  of 
them  a  moiety  and  half  part  of  the  farm  messuage,  Lauds  and  tenements, 
both  free  and  copy,  lying  and  being  in  Birch  or  elsewhere  in  Essex,  which 
I  lately  purchased  of  William  Brock,  gen1,  to  be  equally  divided  between 
them,  and  they  to  enter  upon  the  same  at  their  several  ages  of  one  and 
twenty.  My  executrix  shall  lay  out  six  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  within 
one  year  after  my  decease  and  shall  purchase  with  the  same  as  much  lands 
and  tenements  within  the  County  of  Essex  as  the  same  will  buy  iu  a  frugal 
and  good  manner,  to  be  assured  to  the  use  of  my  two  younger  sons  Samuel 
and  Joseph.  And  my  wife  Anne  shall  have  the  lands  and  tenements  in 
Birch,  which  I  have  given  to  Nathaniel  and  Jeremy,  and  the  lauds  &c  to 
be  purchased  for  Samuel  and  Joseph  until  these  four  sons  shall  severally 
accomplish  their  ages  of  sixteen  years  &c.  To  my  three  daughters  Mary, 
Anna  and  Sara  three  hundred  pounds  apiece,  whereof  two  hundred  pounds 
apiece  to  be  paid  at  their  several  ages  of  eighteen,  and  the  other  hundred 
at  one  and  twenty.  To  my  loving  friends  Mr.  Hooker,  Mr.  Nathaniel 
Rogers,  Mr.  Daniel  Rogers  and  Mr.  Collins  twenty  shillings  apiece  as  a 
token  of  my  love.  To  son  Thomas  my  great  oil  cistern  of  lead,  so  as  he 
give  and  deliver  to  my  son  John  the  little  cistern  of  lead  for  oil  which  I 
late  bought  and  gave  to  Thomas.  To  my  brother  John  Maiden  and  my 
sister  his  wife  twenty  shillings  apiece.     To  Henry  Stracy  my  kinsman  five 


594  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

pounds.  To  my  brothers  Johu  Reeve  and  William  Stacy  (Stracy?)  forty 
shillings  apiece  and  to  my  brother  Jeremy  Reeve  twenty  shillings  as  a 
token  of  my  love.  The  residue  to  my  wife  whom  I  make  sole  executrix, 
she  to  enter  upon  a  bond  of  two  thousand  pounds  to  my  said  brothers  John 
Reeve  and  William  Stacy  (Stracy?)  with  condition  to  prove  this  will  within 
two  months  after  my  decease  and  to  pay  all  the  legacies  and  perform  all 
things  contained  therein.     My  said  brothers  to  be  supervisors. 

W.  Lyngwood  one  of  the  witnesses.  Russell,  20. 

John  Mansfeilde  Esquire  13  July,  1601,  proved  31  July,  1601.  I  do 
make  my  executors  my  loving  friends  David  Waterhouse  and  John  Preisley 
of  the  Inner  Temple  Esquires.  And  my  will  and  mind  is,  as  concerning 
my  lands,  tenements,  goods  and  chattels  whatsoever,  that  first  by  sale  or 
otherwise,  as  my  executors  can  best,  my  debts  be  satisfied.  And,  after  that 
and  funeral  charges  and  other  parts  of  this  my  will  performed,  my  will  and 
pleasure  is  that  my  son  John  Mansfeilde  shall  have  two  parts  in  six,  to  be 
divided,  of  my  clear  estate.  And  my  house  at  Malton  and  the  residue  of 
my  clear  estate  to  be  equally  betwixt  Elizabeth  my  wife  and  my  three 
daughters,  Elizabeth,  Anne  and  Martha  divided;  for  Armyn  my  will  is 
that  Mr  Pytt,  or  such  as  have  the  interest,  should  according  to  true  mean- 
ing assure  it  to  Mr  David  Waterhouse  or  such  as  he  shall  appoint,  upon 
condition  for  the  payment  of  such  moneys  as  is  due  to  him,  and  that,  after 
two  hundred  pounds  a  year  thereof  be  assured  to  Robert  Hemyngway  and 
Bryan  Crowther  and  their  heirs,  paying  above  the  fourteen  hundred  and 
fifty  pounds  already  by  them  paid  according  to  the  articles  between  them 
and  me,  the  surplusage,  as  well  of  money  as  lands,  equally  to  be  divided 
betwixt  me  and  Mr  Waterhouse,  according  to  our  agreement;  for  the 
"  Mylnes  "  at  York  and  Stamford  Brigg  mills  assured  to  Master  Steven 
Waterhous  and  Mr.  John  Myluer  the  true  meaning  is  that  the  one  moiety 
should  go,  after  debts  paid,  to  me  and  my  heirs  and  the  other  to  Mr.  Water- 
house  and  his  heirs;  for  the  land  at  Hutou  conveyed  to  Mr.  Steven  Water- 
hous and  his  heirs  my  will  is  that,  by  sale  or  otherwise  thereof,  satisfaction 
be  made  of  my  debts  and  what  shall  remain  to  go  to  wife  and  children  accord- 
ing to  this  my  will.  And  whereas  divers  other  lands  and  leases,  goods  and 
chattels  are  in  the  hands  of  other  men  to  my  use  and  in  trust,  only  at  my 
disposition  my  will  is  that  all  such  be  conveyed  and  delivered  unto  my  said 
executors  for  the  performance  of  my  will  in  manner  and  form  aforesaid. 
And  as  concerning  legacies  to  be  given  by  me  my  will  is  first  that  out  of 
my  lease  at  Sytterington,  lately  taken  of  Her  majesty,  there  be  assured 
unto  Mrs  Gregorie,  for  her  great  pains  and  care  taken  in  this  my  sickness, 
ten  pounds  yearly  during  her  life,  if  the  lease  so  long  continue,  and  twenty 
pounds  in  money. 

Further  additions  &c.  First  the  tuition  of  my  children  and  their  estates ; 
my  will  is  that  Mr  David  Waterhouse  shall  have  the  tuition  and  government 
of  my  son  John  and  of  his  estate  during  his  nonage.  Item,  my  will  is  that 
Elizabeth  my  wife  shall  have  the  tuition  of  Elizabeth  my  daughter,  putting 
in  good  security  to  my  executors  for  her  portion  and  education.  Item,  my 
will  is  my  sister  M"  Hassell  and  my  sister  Wilkinson  shall  have  the  tuition 
of  my  other  two  daughters  and  their  portions,  they  putting  in  good  security 
to  my  executors  for  their  portions  and  education.  Item  I  give  to  my 
brother  Rafe  and  my  three  sisters,  each  of  them,  five  marks  for  a  remem- 
brance. Item  my  will  is  that  my  executors  shall  pay  unto  Mr  Bonde,  to 
whom  my  nephew  John  stands  prentice,  twenty  pounds  by  year  for  the  two 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  595 

first  years  he  shall  employ  him  in  his  trade  beyond  seas,  not  doubting  but 
the  said  master  Bonde  shall  make  him  free  according  to  our  agreement. 
Item  I  give  to  each  of  my  servants  menial,  as  well  here  as  in  the  country, 
five  marks  apiece.  Woodhall,  47. 

[I  think  there  can  be  little  doubt  who  this  was.  He  was  the  father  of  Mrs. 
Ann  Keayne  and  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Wilson.  His  son  John,  I  recollect,  speaks  iu 
his  will,  which  I  have  seen  but  cannot  now  lay  my  hand  on  the  extract  I  made 
from  it,  of  property  in  Yorkshire  which  he  inherited. — H.  F.  Waters. 

Cotton  Mather  in  his  Magnalia,  edition  of  1853,  vol.  1,  page  305,  calls  the 
father  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Kev.  John  Wilson  of  Boston,  Mass.,  "Sir 
John  Mansfield,  master  of  the  Minories  and  Queen's  Surveyor,"  and  her  brother 
John  Mansfield,  in  a  petition  June  25,  1661,  says  that  his  father  "  was  a  rich 
man,  a  justice  of  the  Peace  and  a  knight."  Register,  vol.  6,  page  156.  It  is 
evident,  however,  that  he  was  not  knighted. — Editor.] 

I  Richard  Wyllys  of  hole  mynde  the  xxiiiiday  of  January  in  the  yere 
of  our  lord  God  mc  vc  xxix — proved  11  May  1532.  My  body  to  be  buried 
in  the  church  of  Fenny  Compton,  before  our  Lady  in  the  chancell.  To 
said  church  six  shillings  eight  pence.  To  the  three  orders  of  freres  within 
the  shire  of  Warwick  and  the  city  of  Coventry  forty  shillings,  every  of 
them  to  say  for  my  soul  one  trentall  of  masses.  To  the  mother  church  of 
Coventry  in  recompense  and  satisfaction  of  my  misstything,  no  tything, 
tythen  forgotten,  of  all  other  trespasses,  wrongs  and  injuries  that  I  have 
done  to  the  house  and  mother  church  of  Coventry  and  the  prior  and  monks 
there,  serving  God  at  any  time  in  my  life,  twenty  shillings.  To  the  church 
of  Napton  and  parish  of  the  same  twenty  shillings,  in  satisfaction  of  such 
trespasses  as  I  have  done  with  my  cattle  to  them  within  the  said  parish. 
To  the  Church  of  Priors  Marston  &c  ten  shillings.  To  the  church  of 
Priors  Hardwick  &c  six  shillings  eight  pence.  To  the  township  and 
parishes  of  Nether  Shuckburgh  six  shillings  eight  pence.  To  son  Richard 
Willys  forty  pounds  which  I  owe  him  of  his  marriage  money.  To  every 
one  of  my  daughters  that  is  single  unmarried  the  day  of  my  decease  twenty 
pounds.  I  will  that  Joane  my  wife  have  all  my  lands  in  Lodbroke  and 
three  messuages  in  Napton,  for  term  of  her  life;  and  after  her  decease  I 
will  that  my  son  William  and  his  heirs  have  them.  To  Joane  Shendon 
widow  in  recompense  of  my  offences  to  her  done  twenty  shillings.  The 
residue  of  all  my  lands  and  tenements  I  will  that  my  son  William  have 
them  to  him  and  his  heirs  according  to  his  inheritance  in  the  same.  To 
John  Clyffe  and  his  wife  ten  sheep.  To  John  Kynge  ten  sheep.  The 
residue  of  my  goods  &c  to  Joane  my  wife  whom  I  make  sole  executrix. 
And  I  make  William  Willys,  Richard  Willys,  and  Sir  John  Sowtham 
supervisors.  Thower,  15. 

Ambrose  Willis  of  Fenicompton  in  the  County  of  Warwick,  8  June 
32d  of  Elizabeth,  proved  21  November  1590.  Reference  to  grant  made  to 
wife  Amie  at  time  of  marriage.  To  son  Richard  all  the  goods  &c  in  my 
pasture  in  old  Hodnell,  and  my  household  stuff  in  Fenicompton  and  half 
the  money  I  now  have  in  my  house.  My  son  Richard  and  his  wife  (if 
he  marry)  and  the  children  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten  to  be  provided 
competent  meat  and  drink  at  the  charges  of  Amye  my  wife  according  to 
her  ability.  To  John,  Margaret  and  Alice  Edes  children  of  John  Edes  of 
Loxelie  ten  pounds  to  each,  to  be  paid  by  Amye  my  wife  and  .Richard  my 
son  by  equal  portions.  To  my  servants,  six  shillings  eight  pence.  To 
every  cottage  house  in  Fenicompton  twelve  pence.  Towards  the  repara- 
tions of  the  church  in  Fenicompton  twenty  shillings.     To  Robert  Porter 


596  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

forty  shillings.  To  Elizabeth  Butcher  so  called  the  younger  six  shillings 
eight  pence.  To  my  godson  Thomas  Pomfrett  twenty  shillings.  To  my 
godson  Ambrose  Makepeace  ten  shilling.  To  the  rest  of  my  godchildren, 
each  one  twelve  pence.  The  rest  of  my  goods  to  Amie  my  wife  whom  I 
make  sole  executrix.  And  ]  make  overseers  my  brothers  in  law  John 
Edes  and  William  Makepeace  and  for  their  pains  I  give  to  every  of  them 
twenty  shillings.  Drury,  81. 

Richard  Willes  of  Fenny  Compton  10  June  1597,  proved  16  June 
1597.  My  mother,  by  the  agreement  of  my  two  grandfathers  before  mar- 
riage, is  to  have  the  manor  or  farm  of  Fenny  Compton,  where  she  now 
dwells,  during  her  widowhood,  and  if  she  marry  again  then  to  have  only 
an  annuity  of  six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  four  pence.  I  do  confirm  the 
same  &  give  to  her,  only  during  her  widowhood  the  one  half  of  my  pasture 
at  Hodnell  and  half  my  sheep  there  and  that  household  stuff  my  father 
gave  me  by  his  will.  Through  negligence  my  wife's  jointure  hath  not 
been  by  writing  limited.  She  shall  have  in  lieu  thereof  my  farm  at  Nafton 
now  or  late  in  the  tenure  of  my  uncle  Richard  Willes  or  his  assigns  &c. 
Other  bequests  to  wife.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son  William  my 
said  farm  at  Napton  (my  wife's  interest  always  excepted)  during  his  life 
and  after  his  decease  to  the  heirs  male  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten,  and 
for  default  of  such  issue,  to  my  son  George  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body 
lawfully  begotten,  and  for  default  of  such  issue  to  my  son  Richard  and  the 
heirs  male  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten,  and  for  default  of  such  issue  to 
the  right  heirs  of  me  the  said  Richard.  To  my  daughter  Judith  three 
hundred  pounds,  to  be  paid  her  in  money  at  the  eighteenth  year  of  her 
age  or  within  three  months  after  her  marriage  if  she  marry  between  four- 
teen and  eighteen  years  of  age.  And  if  my  wife  be  now  with  child  and  it 
live  I  give  it  also,  whether  it  be  son  or  daughter,  three  hundred  pounds  in 
money,  to  be  paid  when  it  shall  come  to  the  age  of  eighteen  years.  To 
John  Paine  five  pounds.  To  every  cottager  whom  my  executors  shall 
think  fit  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  every  servant  in  the  house  six  shillings 
eight  pence.  But  to  William  Heyword,  for  his  good  service,  twenty  shil- 
lings. Towards  the  reparation  of  the  chancell  of  Fenny  Compton,  wherein 
I  desire  to  be  buried,  forty  shillings.  The  residue  of  my  lands  and  goods  I 
give  to  my  son  George  whom  I  make  executor  of  this  my  last  will  and 
testament  and  I  constitute  and  appoint  Mr  Hollway,  vicar  of  Cropreddy 
and  my  cousin  Richard  Triste  of  Maidford,  my  mother  and  brother  Eides 
overseers  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  and  also  guardians  of  my  said 
executor  and  give  to  each  of  them  a  gold  ring  of  twenty  shillings  in  value. 
I  give  my  nurse  Turner  five  pounds. 

Commission  issued  16  June  1597  to  Hester  Willes,  relict  of  Richard 
Willes  defunct,  to  administer  during  the  minority  of  George  Willes,  son 
and  executor.  Cobham,  65. 

Richard  Willis  the  younger  of  Fenny  Compton  in  the  Co.  of  War- 
wick gent.  7  December  1639  proved  8  May  1640.  To  my  brother  Mr. 
William  Willis  of  London,  gen1  two  hundred  pounds  out  of  my  lands  and 
tenements  in  the  lordships  of  Napton  upon  the  Hill  and  Ladbrooke  and 
Southam.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  heirs  of  my  body  lawfully  begotten 
or  to  be  begotten  all  my  lands  and  tenements  whatsoever,  lying  and  being 
in  Napton  and  Ladbrooke  and  Southam  aforesaid,  and  for  want  of  such  issue 
I  give  and  bequeath  the  said  lands  &c  to  my  nephew  Mr.  George  Willys 
and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  &c  upon  condition  that  there  be  paid  to  my 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  597 

brother  William  Willys  aforesaid  out  of  the  same  lands  &c  the  sum  of  two 
hundred  pounds  aforesaid;  and  for  want  of  such  issue  of  the  said  George 
Willys  then  to  my  heirs  forever.  I  give  to  my  brother  Mr  George  Willis 
and  to  my  sister  Mr8  Mary  Willis  his  wife  ten  shillings  apiece,  and  to  my 
two  nieces  Hester  and  Amy  Willys  four  pounds  apiece  and  to  my  nephew 
Samuel  Willis  four  pounds.  I  give  to  my  brother  in  law  Mr  Thomas 
Guilder  and  to  my  sister  Judith  Gilder  his  wife  twenty  shillings  apiece,  and 
to  every  one  of  their  children  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  buy  every  one  of 
them  two  silver  spoons  apiece  of  ten  shillings  price  apiece.  To  my  brother 
in  law  Mr  John  Ekins  and  to  my  sister  Mary  Ekins  his  wife  twenty  shil- 
lings apiece  and  to  every  one  of  their  children  twenty  shillings  apiece  (as 
above).  To  my  brother  in  law  John  Rutter  and  to  my  sister  Elizabeth 
Robertes  and  to  my  sister  Mary  Millington  and  to  my  brother  Thomas 
Harris  ten  shillings  apiece,  and  to  my  sister  Anne  Powle  three  pounds  and 
to  my  cousin  Thomas  Powle  her  sou  twenty  shillings  and  to  my  cousins 
Richard,  Edmund  and  Bridget  Harris,  children  of  the  said  Thomas  Harris 
by  Bridget  his  wife  late  deceased,  four  pounds  apiece.  To  my  sister  in 
law  Anne  Smith  and  to  Hester  her  sister  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  my 
cousin  Margaret  Grant  twenty  shillings.  To  Mr  James  Sutton  Rector  of 
Fenny  Compton  three  pounds  and  to  Mary  Sutton  his  wife  three  pounds 
and  to  their  children  Samuel  and  Hannah  Sutton  ten  shillings  apiece  and 
to  their  son  Thomas  Sutton  twenty  shillings.  To  Mr.  Nathaniel  Cotten  of 
Adson  forty  shillings.  To  my  loving  and  careful  surgeon  Richard  Dighton 
of  Gloucester  gen'  three  pounds  for  his  love,  pains  and  faithfulness  towards 
me  in  my  weak  state  and  lameness.  To  the  Inhabitants,  Churchwardens 
and  Overseers  of  the  Poor  of  Fenny  Compton  twelve  pounds.  To  those  of 
Napton  four  pounds.  To  Persis  Veares  ten  shillings  to  Richard  Westbury 
and  his  wife  five  shillings  apiece,  to  Mary  Barroes  five  shillings,  to  Eliza- 
beth Clarke  widow  five  shillings,  to  the  children  of  Mary  Willys  widow 
twenty  shillings  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them,  to  Edward  Petifer 
and  his  wife  five  shillings  apiece,  to  my  cousin  Luce  Robertes  twenty  shil- 
lings, to  John  Basse  and  his  wife  five  shillings  apiece,  to  Robert  Hastinges 
five  shillings  if  living ;  if  deceased  then  to  his  wife,  to  Simon  Paine  and  his 
wife  five  shillings  apiece,  all  these  being  poor  inhabitants  of  Fenny  Comp- 
ton, and  to  every  one  of  my  household  servants  five  shillings  apiece.  To 
Mr  Sutton  and  Mr  Cotton  above  named  forty  shillings  apiece  to  be  bestowed 
in  cloth  for  mourning  cloaks  to  be  worn  at  my  funeral.  I  make  my  brother 
William  Willis  and  my  nephew  George  Willis  joint  executors. 

Coventry,  57. 

George  Willys  of  Hartford  upon  Connecticot  14  December  1644 
proved  9  February  1647.  I  give  all  my  buildings,  lands,  tenements  and 
hereditaments  in  Hartford  bounds  and  at  Tuxus  Sepos  unto  my  beloved 
wife  Mary  Willys  and  unto  my  son  Samuel  and  his  heirs  &c.  To  my  son 
George  all  my  buildings  and  land  upon  the  West  side  of  the  great  river  in 
the  bounds  of  Wethersfield-,  now  in  the  hands  and  occupation  of  divers  men, 
provided  he  do  come  over  into  New  England  and  settle  himself  and  family 
here  according  as  I  have  wrote  him  by  letter  dated  the  28th  of  October  past 
(a  copy  whereof  is  among  my  papers  superscribed  with  my  own  hands)  and 
provided  that  he  make  payment  and  send  over  hither  in  goods  according  to 
the  tenor  of  the  said  letter  to  the  value  of  three  hundred  pounds,  it  being 
my  will  that  if  he  attend  the  terms  propounded  by  me  in  the  letter  aforesaid 
he  shall  enjoy  and  there  shall  be  made  good  to  him  what  I  have  offered  and 


598  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

tendered  to  him  in  my  said  letter,  which  is  the  buildings  and  land  aforesaid, 
as  also  one  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  him  in  corn  and  cattle  within  three 
months  after  his  arrival  here,  reserving  only  twenty  pounds  a  year  out  of 
the  said  lands  which  my  will  is  he  shall  pay  to  my  beloved  wife  Mary 
Willys  during  the  term  of  her  life.  But  in  case  my  son  do  not  attend  my 
advice  in  transplanting  himself  and  family  into  these  parts  or  perform  the 
conditions  propounded  by  me  as  afore  then  my  will  is  that  the  buildings 
and  lands  aforesaid  shall  be  and  remain  at  the  whole  dispose  of  my  beloved 
wife  Mary  Willys.  My  son  George  shall  enjoy  and  possess  my  lands  and 
buildings  at  Fenny  Compton  in  Old  England  according  to  a  deed  made  to 
him  by  my  ffeoffees,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  after  him,  and  in  the  case  of 
the  want  of  such  heirs  then  to  fall  to  my  son  Samuel  and  the  heirs  of  his 
body,  next  to  the  right  heirs  of  me.  To  my  daughter  Hester  four  hundred 
pouuds  whereof  two  hundred  pounds  shall  be  paid  at  the  day  of  her  mar- 
riage. To  my  daughter  Amy  three  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  whereof  one 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds  shall  be  paid  at  the  day  of  her  marriage.  To  my 
son  Samuel  all  my  land  upon  the  East  side  of  the  great  river  within  the 
bounds  of  Witherfield,  he  paying  to  my  daughters  Hester  and  Amy  forty 
pounds  apiece  six  years  after  my  decease.  To  my  friends  Mr  Fenwicke, 
Mr.  Haines,  Mr  Hopkins,  Mr  Welles,  Mr  Webster,  Mr  Whyting,  Capt. 
Mason,  Mr  Hooker,  Mr  Stone,  Mr  Warrham  twenty  shillings  apiece  as  a 
token  of  my  love.  To  Mrs  Huett  five  pounds  out  of  the  debt  due  to  me 
from  her  deceased  husband  and  to  Mr  Smith  five  pounds  out  of  the  debt 
he  oweth  and  to  William  Gibbins  ten  pounds  out  of  Mr  Smyth e's  debt.  I 
make  my  wife  sole  executrix. 

Witnesses  Edwa:  Hopkins,  William  Gibbins. 

A  codicil  made  22  February  1644  discloses  that  Samuel  was  under 
twenty-one  years  of  age. 

And  the  codicil  made  4  March  1644  contains  bequests  of  twenty  nobles 
to  the  poor  of  Hartford,  five  marks  to  the  poor  in  Weatherfield,  forty  shil- 
lings to  the  poor  of  Winsor  and  forty  shillings  to  the  poor  of  Tunxus  Sepos, 
to  be  paid  in  country  commodities.  Essex,  28. 

Samuel  Tomlins,  minister  of  Northaw  in  the  County  of  Hertford,  23 
July  1661,  proved  11  October  1661.  To  my  son  John  my  house  in 
Northaw,  which  I  purchased  of  Mr- Price,  and  my  lease  of  two  tenements 
in  Thredneedle  Street,  which  I  hold  of  Emanuel  College,  Cambridge,  and 
my  lease  in  Colman  Street,  which  I  hold  of  the  mercers.  To  my  daughter 
Haworth  I  have  already  given  for  her  portion  the  sum  of  four  hundred 
pounds:  moreover  to  my  grandson  Sam:  Haworth  the  sum  of  one  hundred 
pounds.  To  my  daughter  Martha  five  hundred  pounds.  To  my  poor 
sister  Carter  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds.  To  my  sister  Ingra,  forty  shil- 
lings. To  my  cousin  Thomas  Willus  I  give  all  my  sermon  notes.  To  my 
cousin  Martha  Washbourne  I  give  the  sum  of  ten  pounds.  To  my  good 
friend  Mr  Leman  the  elder  I  give  a  mourning  ring  which  was  given  me  at 
the  funeral  of  Mrs  Bety  Crafts.  To  my  neighbor  Henry  Marsk  five  shilr 
lings.  To  Richard  Noone  five  shillings.  To  goodwife  Longe  five  shillings. 
To  my  son  John  my  watch.  To  my  daughter  Martha  my  books  &  great 
bible.  To  son  Haworth  and  my  brother  Edward  Tomlins,  each  twenty 
shillings  (for  rings).  To  my  brother  Timothy's  son  Samuel  ten  shillings. 
My  son  John  Tomlins  to  be  executor.  May,  165. 

[Edward  and  Timothy  Tomlins,  the  two  brothers  named  in  Mr.  Samuel 
Tomlins'  will,  were  probably  the  two  who  came  to  Lynn,  where  also  settled 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 


599 


Capt.  Robert  Bridges,  whose  wife  Mary  was  a  grand-daughter  of  Robert  and 
Mary  Washborne,  the  parents  of  Sara  the  wife  of  Mr.  Samuel  Tomlins.  (See 
Gleanings  from  English  Records,  &c,  by  Emmerton  and  Waters,  pp.  13-16.) 
To  Lynn  also  came  Mr.  Thomas  Willis  of  Thistleworth  (Isleworth),  school- 
master, who  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Tomlyn  of  Gloucestershire 

(according  to  the  pedigree  of  the  Willis  family).  His  wife  was  probably, 
therefore,  a  sister  of  Samuel,  Thomas  and  Timothy  Tomlyn.  He  had  a  grant 
of  five  hundred  acres  in  Lynn,  which  was  afterwards  sold  to  Isaac  Hart  by  the 
Rev.  John  Knowles  (of  Watertown)  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of 
Mr.  Willis.  A  reference  to  the  pedigree,  a  portion  of  which  I  append,  shows 
this  match.  I  have  taken  it  from  tfie  Visitation  of  Warwickshire,  1619  (pub. 
by  the  Harl.  So.  vol.  12),  p.  311. 


Ric'us  Willis  de  Fenicompton  : 
in  com.  Warr. 


, ,  filia Grante  de 

Norbrooke  in  com.  Warr. 


Willm's  Willis  de  Priors  = nepota  Joh'is  Clerke, 

Marston  in  com.  Warr.  |      de  com.  Northampton. 


Ricardus  Willis= 
nlius  2.  I 


Amye  ....=Ambrosius  Willis=Agnerafil.  Will'mi  Coles 


de  Fenni  Compton 


de  Preston  Magna  in 
com.  Northampton. 


Ric'us  Willis  = 
2fil. 


..  filia  .. 
Blount. 


=Ric'us  Willis  de=Hester,  filia 

Fenni  Compton    Chamber  de  Wil 


in  com.  Warr. 


liamscot  in  com. 
Oxo  n. 


Tho.  Willis  of= 

Thistleworth 

in  com.  Midd. 

Scholmasi. 


Mary,  da.  of 

Tomlyn  of  Glouc. 


Thomas, 
1  son. 

Henry. 


Elizabeth,  wife 

of  John  Knowles 

of  Lincolnshire. 


Mary. 


•Mary  , 


I 


=Georgius  Willis  de=Bridget  fil.  Willi.  Young 
Fenni  Compton,   I    de  Kingston  Hall,  in 
aet.  29,  1619.  com.  Salop. 


Samuel. 

Hester. 

Amy. 


Georgius  Willis, 
fil.  et  heir, 
aet.  8,  1619. 


I 
Maria. 


I     I     I 

William 

(of  London.) 

Richard. 

Judith, 
wife  of 
Thomas 
Guilder. 


In  this  connection  it  seems  well  to  insert  the  following  extracts  from  the 
parish  registers  of  Hackney,  which  were  given  to  me  long  ago  by  my  lamented 
friend  the  late  Mr.  Joseph  Eedes. 


Baptism.     Aug.  16,  1632. 

D°  Mar.  3,  1635-6 

D°         Nov.  14,  1640. 

Burial.     Jan  21,  1  633-4. 
D°        Sept.  29,  1635. 
Marriage.     Apr.  1,  1611. 
Dec.  4,  1651. 


D° 
D° 


Jan.  5,  1653-4 


Sarah  d.  of  Samuel  Tomlins,  Curate  of  Hack- 
ney &  Sarah  his  wife. 
Samuel   s.   of  Samuel   Tomlins,   minister,  & 
Sarah  his  wife. 
Henry  s.   of  Calibute  Downuing  &  Margaret 

his  wife. 
Sarah  d.  of  Samuel  Tomlins,  Curate  of  Hackney. 
Sarah  Tomlins  a  child. 
George  Downinge  &  Jane  Rockwood. 
Mr  John  Salmon  &  Mr8  Ann  Downing 


John  Wright  of  Sl  Martins  Ludgate  London, 
haberdasher  &  Eliz.  Downinge  da.  of  Dr 
Downinge  late  of  Hackney. 


*  In  a  future  contribution  I  intend  to  furnish  evidence  as  to  the  family  connections  of  Mary,  the 
last  wife  of  Governor  Wyllys  of  Connecticut.— Henky  F.  Waters. 


600         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Marriage.     Mar.  4,  1655-6.     George  Farmery  of  Hackney,  late  of  Hor- 

thorpe  Co.  Line.  gent.  &  Margaret  Down- 
ing of  Hackney. 

John  Abington  of  London,  merchant,  14  January  1692.  All  just 
debts  to  be  paid  whether  contracted  in  England,  Maryland  or  elsewhere, 
especially  the  money  due  to  Mr.  Richard  Harrison  of  Maryland  which  I 
have  in  my  hands  of  his.  I  give  to  Dor  Mick.  Parney,  my  brother  in  law, 
all  debts  due  to  me  from  him.  To  my  sister  Mirriel  Parney,  wife  of  Dor 
Parney  aforesaid,  the  living  at  Stoake  near  Bristol,  which  is  made  over  to 
me  for  a  debt  and  now  in  the  possession  of  William  Worrell.  To  their 
daughter,  my  niece  Mirriel  Parney  fifty  pounds  within  six  months.  To 
my  niece  Mirriel  Abington  one  hundred  pounds  sterling.  To  Mrs.  Alice 
Nelmes  one  hundred  pounds  sterling  for  her  separate  and  distinct  use,  to 
be  paid  to  herself;  and  my  executors  to  pay  to  her  own  hands  one  hundred 
and  fifty  pounds  per  annum  for  distinct  and  separate  maintenance  of  herself 
and  the  maintenance,  education  and  bringing  up  of  her  two  sons,  John  and 
Charles  and  that  she  now  goeth  with.  Other  bequests  to  them.  If  the 
said  Mrs.  Nelmes  shall  receive  and  enjoy  the  estate  left  her  by  her  father 
in  Ireland  and  which  9he  is  now  in  suit  with  her  brother  for  (then  a  dif- 
ferent disposition  of  these  bequests).  To  my  godson  John  Abington,  son 
of  William  Abington  deceased,  fifty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty.  To  Mr. 
John  Pellett,  for  his  assistance  to  my  executor,  fifty  pounds. 

My  will  is  that  my  laud  in  Maryland,  negroes,  servants,  all  stocks  and 
debts  be  sold  so  soon  as  that  can  be  done  and  the  produce  equally  divided 
into  so  many  shares  as  the  children  of  Mrs.  Alice  Nelmes  shall  then  have 
living  of  the  three  she  is  supposed  and  now  to  have,  that  is  John,  Charles 
and  one  she  is  now  big  with,  each  to  have  his  equal  part.  The  remainder 
to  my  kinsman  Mr.  John  Abington  whom  I  make  executor. 

Witness:    Fenton  Bynnes,  Henry  Dennett,  Thomas  Freeman. 

Commission  issued  21  July  1694  to  Mirriel  Parney,  a  sister,  and  Mirriel 
Abington,  a  niece  on  the  brother's  side  and  legatees  named  in  the  will  of 
John  Abington  late  of  the  parish  of  St.  Faith  the  Virgin  deceased  &c.  for 
the  reason  that  John  Abington,  executor  named  in  the  said  will,  hath  ex- 
pressly renounced  &c.  Catherine  Countess  dowager  of  Carnwarth  in  the 
Kingdom  of  Scotland,  late  the  wife  of-  Samuel  ColJins  Doctor  in  Medicine, 
sister  of  the  same  deceased,  hath  also  renounced  &c. 

Commission  issued  1  April  1698  to  William  Isatt,  the  lawfully  appointed 
guardian  of  John  and  Charles  Nelmes,  minors  &c.  for  their  use  and  benefit 
&c,  the  letters  granted  as  above  having  been  recalled.  Box,  148. 

[A  pedigree  of  the  family  of  Abyngton  may  be  found  in  the  Visitations  of 
Gloucestershire,  1623  (pub.  by  the  Harl.  Soc),  pp.  194,  195,  and  on  page  196 
may  be  found  the  entries  of  baptisms,  marriages  and  burials  of  members  of  this 
family,  taken  from  the  registers  of  the  parish  of  Dowdeswell.  From  a  note  we 
learn  that  John,  eldest  son  of  Anthony  Abyngton  of  Dowdeswell,  Esq.,  married 
Mirriell,  daughter  of  Richard  Berkeley  of  Stoke,  Esq.,  by  Mary  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Robert  Rowe  and  sister  of  Sir  Thomas  Rowe,  knl,  Chancellor  of 
the  Most  Noble  Order  of  the  Garter.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

James  Allen  of  Kempston  in  the  County  of  Bedford,  blacksmith,  7 
January  1656,  proved  20  January  1657.  To  my  son  Roger  Allen,  now 
living  in  New  England,  the  full  sum  of  thirty  pounds  and  to  his  children 
ten  pounds  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them  within  six  months  after  my 
decease.  To  my  daughter  -loane  the  now  wife  of  Abram  Dowlittle  living 
now  also  in  New  England  the  full  sum  of  ten  pounds  and  to  her  children 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  601 

ten  pounds,  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them  within  six  months  after  my 
decease.  To  my  son  William  twelve  pence  and  to  his  daughter  Elizabeth' 
ten  shillings  at  the  age  of  sixteen.  To  my  daughter  Martha  Parkes  five 
pounds  and  to  each  of  her  sons,  Matthew  and  John,  twenty  shillings  apiece. 
To  my  daughter  Martha  also  one  safe  cupboard,  one  mattress,  one  pair  of 
sheets,  one  green  chair,  one  green  stool,  one  barrell,  one  feather  bed  and 
one  feather  bolster,  (the  last  two)  in  case  my  daughter  Joane  comes  not  to 
demand  the  same  within  two  years.  To  Richard  Parkes  husband  unto 
Martha  Parkes,  half  a  crown.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Warren's  children, 
Mary,  Rebecca  and  Margaret  Warren  and  James  Warren,  three  pounds 
apiece  at  sixteen  years  of  age.  To  her  other  four  sons,  William,  John, 
Thomas  and  Henry  Warren,  forty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  son  John  Allen 
that  messuage,  house  and  out  house,  with  the  close  adjoining,  lying  in 
Kempston  Woodend  and  one  close  called  "  nyne  Leyes."  And  the  re- 
mainder to  my  son  John,  whom  I  make  executor  &c.  and  I  appoint  my  two 
trusty  and  well  beloved  friends  John  Ampps  of  Kempstone  and  William 
Ridgeley  of  Newport  Pagnell  overseers,  to  each  of  whom  twelve  pence. 
Witness :  Edmund  Allen,  Luke  Pickeringe,  the  mark  of  Sara  Witt. 

Wootton,  36. 

[Roger  Allen  or  Ailing  of  New  Haven  is  said  to  have  married  Mary,  eldest 
daughter  of  Thomas  Nash.  Their  son  James,  born  (it  is  said)  24  June,  1657, 
was  the  third  minister  of  Salisbury  and  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  Seaborn  Cotton  of  Hampton. 

Abram  Doolittle  was  of  New  Haven  and  the  father  of  a  large  family. 

Henry  F.  Waters.] 

John  Alexander  of  St.  Olave  Southwark,  Surrey,  bound  to  Carolina 
in  the  good  ship  Edward  Francis,  whereof  Thomas  Man  is  master  &c,  and 
son  and  heir  apparent  to  my  father  Robert  Alexander  of  the  town  of  Man- 
chester in  the  County  of  Langton  ah  Lancashire,  12  September  1698, 
proved  27  July,  1700.  To  brothers  Robert,  Charles  and  my  youngest 
brother,  to  each  of  them  one  shilling,  to  my  sisters,  to  each  of  them  one 
shilling.  To  my  wife  Jane  Alexander  all  my  estate  in  reversiou,  now  in 
possession  of  my  father,  containing  one  house,  barn  and  orchard  with  about 
seventy  acres  of  land  belonging,  in  a  place  called  Middle  Wych  in  the 
County  of  Chester,  after  the  decease  of  my  said  father,  to  her  use  and  behoof 
during  the  term  of  her  natural  life  and  to  my  heirs  born  of  her  body  for 
ever.  If  wife  should  die  without  issue  then  the  said  estate  to  Ann  Nicholls 
of  St.  Olave,  Southwark,  widow,  and  her  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  they  to 
pay  to  Thomas  Manning  of  St.  Olave,  son  of  Thomas  Manning  of  Weldon, 
Northampton,  thirty  pounds,  and  to  Joseph  Manning  of  St.  Thomas,  Surrey, 
son  of  the  said  Thomas  Manning  of  Weldon,  fifty  pounds.  The  residue 
&c  to  my  said  wife.  Noel,  94. 

William  Allen,  late  of  Grimston,  Norfolk,  but  now  of  London  gen1, — 
March  1647,  proved  28  April  1648.  To  the  town  of  Grimston  the  sum  of 
twenty  pounds  towards  a  free  school  there,  upon  condition  that  the  said 
town,  or  inhabitants  thereof,  shall  within  the  space  of  two  years  next  after 
my  decease  really  and  legally  establish  the  same  for  the  free  teaching  of 
the  inhabitants'  children  of  Grimston  in  Religion  and  learning;  and  in  case 
it  be  not  so  settled  within  that  time  my  will  and  mind  is  that  the  said  sum 
of  twenty  pounds  be  equally  divided  between  my  brother  Bozoune  Allen 
and  my  sister  Birtham  for  her  life  only  and  then  to  her  child  or  children, 
to  be  used  and  employed  according  to  the  discretion  of  my  executor.     To 


602  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Grimston  five  pounds  and  to  the  poor  of  Sedgford 
forty  shillings  within  a  year  after  my  decease.  To  my  worthy  friend  and 
kinsman  Sir  John  Thoroughgood  my  diamond  ring  and  to  his  good  lady 
and  wife  the  picture  in  my  chamber.  To  the  virtuous  wife  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Thorrowgood  my  watch  in  remembrance  of  my  love.  To  my  brother 
Birtham  my  seal  ring.  To  the  two  daughters  of  my  land  lady,  Elizabeth 
and  Chrysagon,  each  of  them,  twenty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Thomasine 
Wace  fifty  pounds  to  be  paid  her  at  her  day  of  marriage  in  case  she  shall 
marry  with  the  good  liking  and  approbation  of  my  executor,  if  not  then  to 
be  divided  between  the  children  of  my  brother  Bozoune  and  my  sister 
Birtham.  The  residue  of  my  estate  equally  to  my  said  brother  and  sister. 
If  my  brother  Bozoune  shall,  for  want  of  a  surrender,  claim  or  challenge 
ray  copyhold  lands  as  heir  at  law  then  my  sister  Birtham  shall  have  and  re- 
ceive as  much  of  my  personal  estate  as  shall  be  equivalent  to  the  said  copy- 
hold lands. 

My  friend  and  kinsman  Mr  Thomas  Thoroughwood,  clerk,  to  be  my  sole 
executor  and  I  bequeath  to  him  ten  pounds  to  buy  him  a  gelding  and  all 
my  books.      Certain  debts  to  be  forgiven  (as  indicated  in  a  special  note). 

A  codicil  to  be  added  to  the  last  will  and  Testament  which  was  made 
(we  are  told)  towards  the  end  of  March  1647  makes  bequest  of  a  ring  set 
with  nine  diamonds  to  the  Lady  Thorrowgood,  twenty  shillings  each  to  the 
wife  of  the  executor  and  to  the  wife  of  William  Girling,  clerke,  to  be  laid 
out  upon  two  death's  head  rings.  Whereas  in  my  last  will  and  testament 
I  have  given  and  bequeathed  two  legacies  to  the  two  daughters  of  Elizabeth 
Lane  in  Chancery  Lane,  widow,  my  mind  now  is  that  both  these  legacies 
shall  be  paid  to  Chrisagon,  the  younger  of  the  said  two  daughters.  To  the 
poor  sort  and  the  best  disposed  people  in  Kensington  forty  shillings,  to  be 
distributed  upon  the  day  of  my  funeral.  To  my  servant  Freeman  one 
black  cloth  suit  of  clothes  and  a  cloke  and  jacket.  To  Robert  Turner, 
servant  to  Sir  John  Thorowgood  one  black  suit  of  clothes  and  boots.  To 
Peter  Meutys  on  eleven  shillings  piece  of  gold.  To  Mrs.  Jane  Proctor, 
kinswoman  and  servant  to  the  Lady  Thorowgood  my  silver  seal  with  a 
stone  in  it.  To  Katherine  Simons  and  Edward  Bush,  servants  in  the 
house,  each  five  shillings,  and  the  like  to  Richard  White.  Dated  14  April 
1648.  Essex,  63. 

[The  Bozoune  Allen,  named  by  the  testator  as  his  brother,  was,  perhaps, 
Bozoune  Allen  of  Hingham,  Mass.,  who  came  from  Lynn  in  Norfolk  (Register, 
vol.  15,  p.  27)  about  six  miles  from  Grimston,  where  William  Allen  formerly  re- 
sided. Bozoune  Allen  came  to  New  England  in  1638,  with  a  wife  and  two 
servants,  in  the  Diligent  of  Ipswich,  John  Martin,  Master.  He  was  prominent 
in  civil  and  military  affairs.  He  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  died  Sept.  14, 
1652.  An  abstract  of  his  will  is  printed  in  the  Register,  vol.  5,  pp.  209-10. 
The  trouble  occasioned  by  his  being  chosen  captain  of  the  Hingham  company  is 
narrated  by  Winthrop  in  his  History  of  New  England,  vol.  2,  pp.  221-36.  See 
also  Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary,  vol.  1,  p.  29,  and  Whitman's  History  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company,  1842,  pp.  158-60. 

A  pedigree  of  Sir  John  Thorogood,  whom  the  testator  calls  his  kinsman,  is 
found  in  the  Visitations  of  Essex,  edited  by  W.  C.  Metcalf ,  Harleian  Soc.  Pub. 
vol.  14,  pp.  607-8.— Editor.] 

Isaac  Amyand  of  Charleston  in  the  Province  of  South  Carolina  in 
North  America,  gentleman,  but  now  in  London,  26  August  1738,  proved 
20  December  1739.  To  my  good  friend  Thomas  Corbett  of  "  Charles 
Town  "  aforesaid  my  desk  and  book  case  and  all  my  books,  to  be  delivered 
to  him  immediately  after  my  death.     To  my  good  friend  Childermas  Croft 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         603 

of  the  town  and  province  aforesaid  my  gold  watch,  immediately  after  my 
decease.  I  appoint  Gabriel  Manigault  of  Charleston  esquire  executor  of 
my  will  &c.  bequeathing  to  him  all  that  I  possess  in  the  province  of  South 
Carolina  at  the  time  of  my  decease  except  what  I  have  herein  before  dis- 
posed, in  trust  to  sell  the  same  as  soon  as  conveniently  may  be  after  my 
decease  and  after  paying  funeral  charges  and  just  debts,  remit  the  produce 
of  such  sale  to  London  to  be  paid  and  delivered  to  my  dear  and  honored 
uncle  Claudius  Amyand,  Sergeant  Surgeon  to.  His  Majesty,  of  the  parish 
of  St.  Martin  in  the  Fields  Esq.  upon  trust  that  he  will  invest  the  same  in 
three  per  cent  annuities,  payable  at  the  Bank  of  England,  and  pay  the  in- 
come of  my  dear  mother  Justina  Amyand  of  Aberstwith  in  the  Principality 
of  Wales.  Upon  her  decease  he  shall  pay  one  moiety  of  the  principal  trust 
estate  to  my  cousin  Claudius  Amyand,  eldest  son  of  my  said  uncle  and  the 
other  moiety  to  the  rest  of  my  uncle's  childreu,  share  and  share  alike.  All 
my  estate  in  England  to  my  uncle  to  be  applied  in  the  same  way.  My  said 
uncle  to  be  executor  as  to  my  estate  in  England.  Henchman,  250. 

Johane  Andrewes,  widow,  of  the  Tower  hill,  All  Saints  Barking,  19 
February  1594,  proved  14  January  1597.     My  body  to  be  buried  in  the 
choir  of  All  Saints  Barking  hard  by  the  body  of  my  late  husband  Thomas 
Andrewes.     To  my  son  Launcelot  Andrewes  my  best  salt  with  the  cover, 
being  silver  and  gilt.     To  my  son  Nicholas  one  hundred  pounds.     To  my 
son  Thomas  Andrewes,  servant  unto  Mr.  William  Cotton,  draper,  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty  pounds  (and  other  bequests).     To  my  son    Roger  one 
hundred  pounds.     To  my  daughter  Marie  Burrell,  wife  of  William  Burrell 
of  Ratclif,  shipwright,  fifty  pounds.     To  Andrewe  Burrell,  their  son,  one 
hundred  pounds.     To  my  daughter  Martha  Andrewes  one  hundred  pounds 
over  and  above  the  two  hundred  pounds  she  is  to  receive  of  me  as  executrix 
of  the  last  will  &c  of  my  husband,  Thomas  Andrewes,  her  father.     To  Alice 
Andrewes,  wife  of  William  Andrewes,  my  brother  in  law,  five  pounds.     To 
Thomas  Andrewes,  second  son  of  Matthew  Andrewes,  my  brother  in  law, 
by  his  first  wife,  five  pounds.     To  my  brother  in  law  William  Andrewes 
and  Richard  Ireland,  sometime  my  servant,  my  one  third  part  of  the  ship 
called   the  Mayflower  of  the  burden   of  four  score  tons  or  thereabouts, 
equally  between  them,  upon  condition  that  they  shall  aliene  or  sell  the 
same  and  that  the  said  Richard  Ireland  shall  follow,  attend  and  be  master 
of  the  same  ship  as  he  hath  followed,  attended  and  been  master  of  it  here- 
tofore.    To  Joane  Butler,  late  wife  of  Robert  Andrewes,  my  brother  in 
law,  my  hooped  ring  of  gold  and  to  Agnes  Butler,  her  daughter  by  my 
brother  Robert  Andrews  my   "  gimous "   rings.      To  Emma  Fowle,  my 
cousin  germain  five  pounds.  Lewyn,  5. 

[The  Launcelot  Androwes  or  Andrewes  mentioned  in  this  will  was  the  learned 
Bishop  of  Winchester,  about  whose  ancestry  a  short  paper  will  be  found  in  the 
Transactions  of  the  Essex  Archaeological  Society,  New  Series,  Vol.  i.  p.  55. 

Henry  F.  Waters.] 

John  Andrewes  now  resident  in  the  island  of  Barbados  30  November 
1648,  proved  11  February  1649.  To  Mr.  Francis  Smith,  clerk  ten  pounds 
in  one  twelve  month  after  my  decease.  To  my  loving  mother  Mrs.  Mary 
Elliott  ten  pounds  sterling  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  my  sister  Deborah  Fenn, 
wife  to  Mr.  Robert  Fenn,  of  Boston  in  New  England,  mariner,  fifty  pounds 
sterling  money.  To  Thomas  Sprigg  one  thousand  pounds  of  good  Musco- 
vado sugars,  or  thirty  pounds  sterling.  To  his  wife  Maudline  five  pounds 
sterling  to  buy  her  a  ring.     To  Morgan   Powell   one  thousand   pounds  of 


604  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

sugar  or  thirty  pounds  sterling.  To  his  wife  Elizabeth  five  pounds  sterling 
to  buy  her  a  ring.  The  rest  of  my  personal  estate,  my  debts  and  funeral 
expenses  being  first  paid,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  brother  Samuel 
Andrewes,  whom  I  hereby  nominate,  ordain  and  appoint  the  sole  executor 
of  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  and  my  loving  friends  Morgan  Powell 
and  Thomas  Sprigg,  above  named,  tutors  and  guardians  to  my  said  executor. 
And  in  case  my  said  executor  decease  before  he  accomplish  the  age  of 
twenty  one  years  then  I  give  .and  bequeath  unto  the  said  Morgan  Powell 
one  hundred  pounds  sterling  and  to  his  wife  twenty  pounds  sterling  and 
to  Thomas  Spriggs  one  hundred  pounds  sterling  and  to  his  wife  twenty 
pounds  sterling.  All  the  rest  and  residue  of  said  estate,  debts  and  funeral 
expenses  paid,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  sister  Mrs.  Deborah  Fenn 
and  her  children,  except  one  hundred  pounds  sterling  which  I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  Mrs.  Mary  Elliott  the  wife  of  Henry  Elliott  and  (my?) 
natural  mother. 

One  of  the  witnesses  was  an  Arthur  Dudley.  Pembroke,  20. 

[Deborah  Fenn  appears  as  one  of  the  members  of  the  church  in  Salem,  Mass., 
A.D.  1639.— (See  Felt's  Annals  of  Salem.)  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Robert  Fenn  of  Wapping,  mariner,  1  June  1655,  proved  4  January 
1655.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Mary  my  beloved  wife  all  that  estate 
which  I  had  in  marriage  with  her  as  is  in  New  England  in  the  parts  beyond 
the  seas.  To  my  loving  friend  Master  Thomas  Bell  merchant  twenty 
pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England  and  to  Susan  his  wife  ten  pounds  of 
like  money.  To  my  loving  friend  Robert  Leuett,  woodmonger,  and 
Penelope  his  wife  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  buy  each  of  them  a  ring  to 
wear  in  my  remembrance.  To  Thomas  Hawkins,  my  wife's  son  by  Thomas 
Hawkins  her  former  husband,  ten  pounds,  and  to  Abigail  and  Hannah,  her 
daughters,  five  pounds  apiece.  To  Elizabeth,  Mary  and  Sarah,  her  daugh- 
ters by  her  said  former  husband  who  (are?)  now  married,  twenty  shillings 
apiece.  The  rest  to  be  divided  into  five  parts,  one  part  whereof  I  give  to 
the  said  Mary,  my  wife,  and  the  other  four  fifth  parts  to  my  children, 
Sampson,  Robert,  Deborah  and  Elizabeth  Fenn  equally,  provided  that  if  my 
wife  shall  be  with  child  by  me  and  such  child  shall  be  born  alive  then  my 
estate  shall  be  divided  into  six  equal  parts  &c.  My  wife  Mary  and  Master 
Thomas  Bell  to  be  sole  executors.  Berkley,  18. 

[Robert  Fenn,  a  captain  from  London,  by  wife  Deborah  from  the  church  at 
Salem,  had  Robert,  baptized  June  16,  1644;  Deborah,  bo:*n  Jan.  15,  1645-6.  It 
seems  from  the  preceding  will  of  John  Andrewes  of  Barbados,  that  his  wife 
Deborah  was  his  sister.  After  the  death  of  his  wife  Deborah,  he  married,  June 
26,  1654,  Mary,  widow  of  Capt.  Thomas  Hawkins  of  Boston.  She  survived  him 
and  married,  Feb.  27,  1661-2,  Henry  Shrimpton.  See  Savages's  Genealogical 
Dictionary,  vol.  2,  p.  152.— Editor.] 

Henry  Anderson,  mariner,  now  residing  in  Bantam  on  the  island  of 
Java  major,  18  August  1675,  proved  12  February  1675.  To  the  Wor- 
shipful Henry  Dacres  one  hundred  ryalls  of  eight  for  to  buy  mourning. 
To  Capt.  William  Lymbery  two  hundred  ryalls  of  eight  and  my  two  ser- 
vants Maccaser  and  Humphry.  To  Mr.  Joseph  Ward  one  hundred  dollers. 
To  Mr.  John  Spery,  my  late  purser,  two  hundred  dollers  and  all  my  wearing 
apparell  and  house  moveables,  excepting  my  plate,  Jewells  and  gold  buttons, 
and  do  allow  of  his  accompt  drawn  up  with  me,  desiring  my  overseers  to 
pay  him  the  balance  thereof  immediately  after  my  decease.  To  the  Council 
of  Bantam  (that  is  to  say)  Mr  John  English,  Mr.  Albinus  Willoughby,  Mr. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  605 

Robert  Marshall  and  Mr.  Abel  Payne,  to  each  of  them  thirty  dollars  to 
buy  mourning.  To  Mr.  Francis  Bowyer  thirty  dollars  to  buy  mourning. 
To  Mrs.  Margaret  English,  Mrs.  Ann  Ward  and  Mrs.  Mary  Bowyer,  each, 
thirty  dollers  to  buy  mourning.  To  the  Worshipful  Matthew  Gray,  in 
Surat,  five  hundred  rupees.  To  Mr.  Philip  Gyffard,  in  Surat,  three  hundred 
rupees.  To  my  loving  cousin  John  Bennet,  of  Bombay,  mariner,  one 
thousand  rupees.  To  my  servant  Kisnaw  fifty  dollers.  These  legacies  to 
be  paid  out  of  my  estate  in  Bantam  and  Surat.  To  the  poor  of  Great 
Yarmouth  in  Englaud  fifty  pounds  sterling.  I  do  desire  that  my  body  may 
be  opened  and  my  heart  taken  out  and  sent  in  a  silver  box  to  Bombay,  to 
be  buried  there,  in  the  same  tomb  where  my  wife  lies  interred, — and  my 
body  to  be  buried  in  the  English  Factory  in  Bantam,  my  overseers  there 
causing  a  small  tomb  to  be  built  over  it  at  their  discretion.  One  thousand 
rupees  to  be  employed  for  the  keeping  in  repair  my  tomb  at  Bombay.  My 
friends  Capt.  William  Limbery,  Mr.  Joseph  Ward  and  Mr.  John  Spery  in 
Bantam  to  be  my  assigns  and  overseers,  to  take  care  of  what  estate  I  have 
in  Bantam  and  the  South  Seas,  and  the  Worshipful  Matthew  Gray  and 
Mr.  Philip  Giffard  of  Surat  to  take  care  of  what  I  have  in  Surat  or  parts 
adjacent. 

The  rest  of  my  worldly  estate  I  give  and  bequeath  as  followeth ;  to  my 
loving  father,  John  Anderson  of  Boston  m  New  England,  shipwright,  the 
one  quarter  part,  to  my  loving  brother  David  Anderson  of  Charles  Town  in 
New  England,  mariner,  oue  quarter  part,  and  to  my  brother  Jonathan 
Anderson,  shipwright,  my  sister  Emm  Brackenbury,  wife  to  John  Bracken- 
bury,  mariner,  my  sister  Katherine  Mary  Philips,  wife  to  John  Philips  of 
Charlestown,  in  New  Emgland,  mariner,  my  sister  Mary  Anderson  aud  my 
sister  Johanna  Anderson  the  remaining  half  part,  to  be  divided  equally 
amongst  them,  share  and  share  alike.  My  father  Johu  Anderson,  aud  my 
brother,  David  Anderson,  to  be  sole  executors. 

Proved  by  David  Anderson,  with  power  reserved  for  John  Anderson 
wheu  he  should  come  to  seek  it.  Bence,  10. 

John  Anderson  of  Boston  in  New  England,  shipwright,  25  September 
1677,  proved  20  February  1677.  To  my  beloved  wife  Mary  Anderson  my 
dwelling  house,  garden  and  the  shops  standing  before  and  near  adjoining, 
with  the  cellarage  under  said  shops,  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life, 
and  the  use  of  my  wharves.  After  her  decease  I  give  and  bequeath  unto 
my  grand  child  David  Anderson  one  half  of  my  said  dwelling  house,  next 
the  street,  twenty  feet  in  breadth  and  all  the  land  and  wharf  on  the  same 
breadth  running  in  length  from  the  fence  late  in  the  occupation  of  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Freake,  down  to  the  lowermost  part  of  the  hollow  wharf,  if  he 
live  to  attain  unto  the  age  of  one  and'tweuty  years ;  but,  if  not,  then  said  part 
to  return  unto  my  children  then  surviving  &c.  The  other  half  to  be  disposed 
of  for  payment  of  legacies.  To  my  four  daughters,  Emme  Brackenbury, 
Katherine  Philips,  Mary  Linde  and  Joanna  Newman,  each,  seventy  five 
pounds  in  money,  to  be  paid  out  of  my  shipping  and  my  part  of  the  estate 
given  me  by  my  son  Henry,  that  is  yet  to  come  out  of  England.  To  wife 
fifty  pounds  out  of  that  estate  left  by  said  Henry  in  England.  That  chain 
of  gold  of  mine  that  is  whole  to  my  two  daughters  Emme  and  Katherine, 
equally,  the  other  chain  being  by  me  already  disposed  of.  To  my  six 
grand  children  fifteen  pounds  apiece,  in  money.  To  John  Brackenbury  all 
my  carpenters  tools  and  other  building  gear,  besides  the  fifteen  pounds  in 
money.     My  outward  wharf,  forty  feet  in  length,  and  all   the  rest  of  my 


606         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

estate  to  my  executors,  John  Phillips,  my  son  in  law,  and  Mary  Anderson, 
my  wife. 

Wit:  Nathaniel  Greenwood  and  Thomas  Kemble.  Reeve,  10. 

[John  Anderson,  shipwright,  of  Boston,  died  Sept.  28,  1677.  Will  proved  here 
Oct.  1,  1677.  His  wife  Jane  died  May  4,  1654,  and  he  married,  Jan.  3,  1654-5, 
Mary  Hodge's  of  Charlestown,  who  survived  him  and  made  her  will  Nov.  6, 
1689,  which  was  proved  March  14,  1692-3.  His  children  were  :  1.  Henry  (whose 
will  is  given  above);  2,  David;  3,  Emma,  married  1st,  July  17,  1655,  John 
Brackenbury,  2d  Joseph  Lynde;  4,  Katharine,  who  married  July  19,  1655,  John 
Phillips ;  5,  Mary,  married  1st  Thomas  Lynde  the  3d,  married  2d,  July  27,  1682, 
Rev.  Thomas  Shepard,  married  3d  Samuel  Hayman;  6,  Samuel,  died  July  10, 

1655,  at  Boston ;  7,  Joanna,  born  Dec.  25,  1655,  married Newman ;  8,  Ann, 

born  May  5,  1657.     See  Wyman's  Charlestown,  vol.  1,  pp.  20-21,  Savage's  Dic- 
tionary, vol.  1,  p.  51.— Editor.] 

Richard  Topping  of  Solbery,  in  the  county  of  Bucks,  20  August  1657, 
proved  9  April  1 658.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  burying  place  of  Solberie 
if  it  please  God  it  may  be  so.  I  give  unto  my  son  Richard  Topping  forty 
shillings,  to  be  paid  to  him  at  the  day  of  my  death.  Item,  I  give  and  be- 
queath unto  four  of  my  children  which  I  have  in  New  England  twenty 
shillings  apiece,  conditionally  in  case  the  venture  of  goods  which  I  sent  into 
New  England  come  well  over,  otherwise  but  ten  shillings  apiece,  and  that 
to  be  paid  them  if  they  do  come  over  into  this  land.  To  my  daughter 
Lidia  twenty  shillings,  to  be  paid  unto  her  when  she  is  at  the  age  of  one 
and  twenty  years  or  the  day  of  her  marriage,  which  shall  come  first.  To 
my  two  younger  sons  Joseph  and  Benjamin  five  pounds  apiece  to  bind 
them  apprentices  and  five  pounds  apiece  to  be  paid  them  when  they  be  at 
the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  All  the  rest  of  my  goods  unbequeathed 
I  do  give  unto  my  wife  whom  I  do  make  my  whole  executrix. 

Witnessed  by  Bernard  Buckner,  Thomas  Hickman  (by  mark)  and  Thomas 

Emerton.  Wootton,  128. 

[Richard  Topping  and  his  wife  Judith  joined  the  Boston  church,  November, 
1633.  He  was  adm.  freeman,  March  4,  1633-4.  His  wife  died,  and  he  subse- 
quently married  Alice  who  joined  the  Boston  church,  April  17,   1647. 

See  Savage's  Dictionary,  vol.  4,  p.  255. — Editor.] 

Christopher  Beale  of  East  Jurleigh,  Kent,  taylor,  31  May  1651, 
proved  20  June  1651.  To  my  daughter  Ann  now  wife  of  George  Climpson 
twenty  shillings  in  one  year  after  my  decease.  To  my  daughter  Margaret 
now  living  in  New  England  ten  shillings  in  one  year  &c.  'To  my  daughter 
Elizabeth  ten  pounds  in  lieu  of  eight  pounds  which  her  uncle  Robert  Beale 
gave  her,  to  be  paid  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease.  To  my 
youngest  daughter  Katherine  four  pounds  which  she  oweth  me  and  one 
shilling  more.  To  my  two  sons,  Christopher  and  Thomas  Beale,  all  my 
messuages  in  East  Furleigh  and  all  my  goods  and  chattels,  equally  to  be 
divided.  Grey,  108. 

John  Bolles  of  St.  James,  Clerkenwell,  Middlesex,  esquire,  1  July 
1665,  proved  9  May  1666.  To  my  wife  Frances  a  yearly  sum  or  annuity 
of  fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  quarterly  on  the  feast  days  called  Candlemas 
Day,  May  Day,  Lammas  Day  and  Martinmas  Day,  by  even  and  equal 
portions,  to  issue  forth  of  the  rents  and  profits  payable  out  of  and  from  the 
houses  in  Claire  Street  and  Holies  Street  in  the  parish  of  St.  Clement 
Danes.  And  my  will  and  mind  is  that  if  she  will  make  a  full  and  general 
release  &c.  of  her  claim  &c.  to  my  personal  estate  then  I  give  her  one  hun- 
dred pounds  due  and  owing  unto  me  by  Col.  John  Booker  and  my  cousin 
William  Leeke  in  Nottinghamshire.     I  also  give  her  upon  such  release  one 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  607 

silver  tinkard  two  silver  porringers  one  silver  salt  which  have  my  arms 
upon  them,  four  silver  spoons,  my  two  Turkey  carpets,  six  Turkey  work 
chairs,  leather  carpet,  my  oval  table,  my  countor  or  cabinett,  the  chair  and 
cushion  whereon  and  wherein  I  use  to  "  sett  on  "  standing  and  being  in  my 
Dining  room  three  Irish  work  chairs  with  my  wainscot  box  of  drawers 
standing  in  my  lodging  chamber  &c.  &c. 

I  give  unto  my  brother  Joseph  Bolles  living  in  New  England  three  hun- 
dred pounds,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  money  I  have  put  out  by  Alderman 
Hanson  or  Mr  Hawkins  his  partner  or  deputy.  My  will  is  that  all  deeds, 
orders,  decrees  and  other  writings  concerning  the  manor  of  Osberton  in 
Com.  Nott.  and  the  houses  in  Shoreditch  or  of  any  other  lauds  which  I  lay 
claim  unto  or  which  are  in  my  custody  shall  be  sought  out  from  amongst 
my  other  writing  books  and  deeds  and  faithfully  delivered  unto  my  said 
brother  Joseph  (if  he  be  dead  to  his  eldest  son)  to  his  heirs  and  assigns. 
To  my  old  servant  Elizabeth  Hanmer  formerly  called  Elizabeth  Eastment, 
who  hath  lived  with  me  almost  ten  years  and  hath  been  true  and  faithful 
unto  me  and  careful  and  diligent  for  and  about  me  in  all  my  affairs,  sick- 
nesses and  weaknesses,  if  she  continue  and  be  with  me  at  the  time  of  my 
death,  all  my  whole  term  and  interest  in  a  Brew  house  and,  two  other 
dwelling  houses  next  adjoining,  situate  &c.  in  Mercer  Street  in  the  parish 
of  St.  Martin  in  the  Field,  now  in  the  tenure  and  occupation  of  Thomas 
Lacke  brewer  (together  with  sundry  household  stuff  enumerated).     John 

Sparrow  of  the Temple  Esquire  and  Joseph  Clarke  of  Clifford's  Inn 

gen4  to  be  the  executors,  and  I  give  to  each  of  them  five  pounds  per  annum 
for  four  years.  I  remit  to  my  tenants  of  my  said  houses  in  Clare  and 
Holies  Streets  the  moiety  of  fees  or  dues  payable  unto  me  once  yearly,  as 
Turkeys,  goose,  capons,  neates  tongues  and  marrowbones  or  the  moiety  of 
the  value  thereof  in  money,  as  their  respective  leases  is  expressed.  And 
the  other  moiety  I  give  and  appoint  my  executors  to  make  a  dinner  there- 
with once  every  year  during  the  continuance  of  my  term  or  lease  or  the  life 
of  my  said  wife,  which  shall  first  happen.  And  I  desire  that  all  my  said 
tenants  and  their  wives,  my  wife  and  the  said  Elizabeth  my  servant  may  be 
thereat  if  they  will  or  may  when  and  where  my  executors  shall  think  good. 
The  remainder  or  overplus  of  the  rents  arising  out  of  the  said  houses  or  any 
part  of  my  personal  estate  not  given  and  bequeathed  otherwise  by  this  my 
will  I  give  unto  Elizabeth  Hanmer  formerly  Elizabeth  Eastment  if  then 
living,  but  if  not  the  same  to  be  equally  divided  to  and  amongst  my  sister 
Elizabeth  her  eldest  son  my  cousin  Thomas  Sharrow  and  Marmaduke 
Ascough  or  to  the  longest  liver  of  them  respectively  during  the  continuance 
of  the  lease.  To  Anthony  Marbury,  Doctor  of  Physic,  all  my  physic  books 
and  ten  pounds  in  money.  To  Captain  Francis  Stacy  living  on  Tower 
Hill  all  my  books  written  by  Jacob  Behme,  Teutonick  Philosopher  and 
Cornelius  Agrippa  &c.  And  I  make  the  said  Capt.  Francis  Stacy  over- 
seer. To  my  cousin  Savage,  widow  six  pounds  and  a  silver  porringer  and 
two  silver  spoons.  Mico,  71. 

[Memorandum. — The  name  once  written  Sharrow  is  to  be  found  two  or  three 
times  written  Sparrow.  H.  r.  w.] 

Sara  Browne  of  the  city  of  Gloucester,  widow,  8  October  1643,  proved 
17  December  1646.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  Cathedral  Church  of 
Gloucester  and  to  my  burial  a  funeral  sermon  to  be  made  by  some  godly 
preacher,  and  Mr.  Holford  to  perform  it  if  he  be  then  living  and  may  be 
had;  if  not  then  Mr.  Marshall.  To  him  that  shall  perform  it  I  give  three 
pounds.     My  lease  which  I  lately  took  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Glou- 


608  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

cester  of  the  manor  and  farm  of  Churcham  in  the  County  of  Glouc,  with 
my  lease  of  the  rectory  and  parsonage  of  Churcham  shall  remain,  as  I  have 
assigned  the  same,  unto  Gregory  Wilshire  my  son,  John  Harris  of  London, 
Thomas  Pury,  one  of  the  aldermen  of  the  city  of  Gloucester,  and  James 
"Wood  of  the  same  city,  gentleman,  upon  trust  to  pay  my  debts  and  legacies 
&c.  Provision  made  for  daughter  Hester  Browne  and  grandchild  John 
Browne,  her  son  and  to  his  male  issue  &c.  My  grandchild  Hester,  the 
new  wife  of  John  Harris,  before  named,  and  Sarah  Browne,  her  sister.  To 
Gregory  Wilshire,  son  of  my  said  sou  Gregory  and  to  Sarah  and  Anne, 
daughters  of  my  said  son.  To  my  grandchild  Lawrence  Wilshire.  To 
my  grand  child  Thomas  Browne.  To  my  sou  Gregory  my  lease,  right,  in- 
terest and  estate  of  the  scite  of  the  manor  of  Maysemore,  within  the  city. 
To  the  said  John  Harris,  the  husband  of  my  said  grandchild  Hester  Harris, 
my  lease  &c.  of  a  great  brewhouse  in  the  said  city.  To  my  great  grand- 
child John  Harris  the  lease  of  a  house  near  the  "fforraigne"  Bridge  in  the 
said  city,  if  he  die  then  to  William  Harris,  his  brother.  Fifty  pounds  to 
Lawrence  Harris  his  brother  and  my  godson.  To  my  kinswoman  and  ser- 
vant Hanna  Prior  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  grandson  Lawrence 
Wilshire  one  hundred  pounds. 

Item,  I  give  unto  Sarah,  the  wife  of  William  Barnes,  late  of  Barton 
Street  in  Gloucester,  now  inhabiting  in  New  England,  the  sura  of  twenty 
marks  of  lawful  money  of  England,  for  the  use  of  the  said  Sarah,  my  grand- 
child, and  for  the  benefit  of  her  children  if  she  shall  have  any.  To  my 
grandchild  Hester  Wilshire  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  grandson  Gregory 
Wilshire,  son  of  my  late  son  Lawrence,  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my 
grandchildren  Joane,  Christopher  and  Margaret  Wilshire,  children  of  my 
said  son  Lawrence,  deceased,  one  hundred  pounds  apiece.  To  the  four 
children  of  John  Mayo  of  Batchford,  Somerset,  fifty  shillings  apiece,  and 
to  the  two  sons  of  Lawrence  Mayo,  late  of  this  city,  deceased,  fifty  shillings 
apiece.  To  Sarah  Holtshipp,  wife  of  Francis  Holtshipp,  my  god  daughter, 
ten  pounds.  To  Hester,  her  sister,  now  wife  of  Hugh  Griffin,  five  pounds. 
Whereas  there  was  by  me  left  in  the  hands  of  my  cousin  John  Mayo  of 
Charfield,  Glouc,  gentleman,  late  deceased,  twenty  pounds,  the  profits  to  be 
paid  unto  Aune  Mayo,  the  relict  of  my  brother  Francis  Mayo,  now  both 
deceased,  my  will  is  that  ten  pounds  of  this  shall  be  and  remain  unto  Aune 
Mayo,  her  daughter,  and  the  other  ten  to  the  two  children  of  Margery 
Mayo,  my  brother  John's  daughter.  To  the  Master,  Wardens  and  Frater- 
nity of  Weavers  of  this  city  ten  pounds.  To  each  of  my  servants  that  shall 
serve  me  at  the  time  of  my  death  (except  Hanna  Prior)  forty  shillings 
apiece.  My  brother  Abraham  Mayo  shall  have  the  yearly  rent  of  six 
pounds  out  of  a  messuage  &c.  in  Eastgate  Street  in  the  said  city.  To 
Dennis  Wise  and  her  daughter  Ellinor  Wise  five  pounds  apiece.  To  Mr. 
Nanfan  Gibson  of  Glouc.  three  pounds.  To  Joane  Singleton,  now  wife  of 
Lawrence  Singleton,  alderman,  five  pounds.  To  Ester  Bath,  wife  of 
Samuel  Bath,  five  pounds.  To  John  Taylor,  son  of  Richard  Taylor,  five 
pounds.  To  my  kinsman  William  Mayo,  an  attorney  at  Law,  five  pounds. 
Bequests  to  various  parishes,  hospitals  &c.  To  my  daughter  in  law, 
Margaret  Wilshire,  widow  (certain  bedding  &c).  To  my  grandchild 
Hester  Harris  two  chairs  embroidered  that  were  my  best  chairs  in  Barton 
Street,  together  with  four  low  stools.  To  my  daughter  Hester  Browne 
two  chairs,  one  of  crimson  velvet,  the  other  of  cloth  of  gold,  with  the  stools 
belonging  to  each  of  them.  Provision  made  for  putting  forth  three  poor 
boys  apprentices  yearly,  of  the  ages  of  fourteen  or  sixteen  and  not  under 
fourteen.     My  son  Gregory  to  be  executor.  Twisse,  181. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  G09 

Thomas  Tomlins  of  Bartholomew  the  Great,  citizen  and  grocer  of  Lon- 
don, 10  July  1665,  proved  26  September  1666.  All  my  debts  to  be  paid 
&c.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving  brother  in  law  Francis  Camfield, 
citizen  and  grocer  of  London,  all  that  my  plantation  or  dividend  of  laud 
situate  and  being  in  Mockjacke  Bay,  in  the  parish  of  Ware  in  the  county 
of  Gloster  in  Virginia,  which  said  plantation  &c,  containing  by  estimation 
three  hundred  acres  or  thereabouts,  was  by  me  the  said  Thomas  Tomlins 
some  time  since  purchased  of  the  said  Francis  Camfield,  to  me  and  my 
heirs.  And  whereas  I  the  said  Thomas  Tomlins  do  still  and  at  this  time 
remain  in  a  very  great  part  indebted  unto  the  said  Francis  Camfield  for  the 
said  plantation  and  the  servants,  goods,  stock,  cattle  and  other  the  appur- 
tenances then  thereunto  belonging,  and  the  said  Francis  having  no  writing 
obligatory  under  my  band  for  the  same,  therefore  I  the  said  Thomas,  as 
well  for  the  satisfaction  of  the  aforesaid  debt  as  for  other  reasons  me  there- 
unto moving  do  (as  in  conscience  I  ought)  by  this  my  last  will  and  testa- 
ment absolutely  give  and  bequeath  as  aforesaid  unto  Francis  Camfield  all 
that  plantation  &c.  &c.  and  also  all  my  share  in  a  certain  water  mill  situated 
upon  Crane  Creek,  in  said  parish  of  Ware.  To  my  loving  sister  Lettice 
Draper,  wife  of  my  brother  in  law  Matthew  Draper,  my  copyhold  or  cus- 
tomary house  or  tenement,  ard  land  in  Wormeley,  in  the  county  of  Hert- 
ford, provided  if  shee  see  cause  to  sell  the  said  copyhold  that  then  she  shall 
pay  unto  my  cousin  Judith  Millsopp,  her  daughter,  ten  pounds.  To  my 
brother  Jonathan  Tomlins  three  pounds  as  a  token  of  my  love  unto  him. 
To  my  brother  Samuel  Tomlins  twenty  two  shillings  in  gold,  as  a  token  &c. 
To  brother  John  Tomlins  thirty  pounds.  To  my  sister  Patience  Camfield 
two  and  twenty  shillings  in  gold,  as  a  token  &c.  To  my  sister  Judith  Pope 
two  and  twenty  shillings.  To  my  little  cousin  Jacob  Camfield,  son  of 
brother  Francis  Camfield,  two  and  twenty  shillings,  as  a  token  &c.  and  all 
my  school  books.  To  my  cousin  Hauna  Camfield  twenty  two  shillings,  my 
mourning  ring  and  my  silver  cup.  To  my  loving  aunt  Joane  Willinge  (?) 
twenty  shillings,  as  a  token  of  my  love  &c.  To  my  kinswoman  Judith 
Butcher  five  pounds  in  twelve  months.  To  my  kinsman  Hugh  Vessey 
twenty  shillings  as  a  token  &c.  To  my  friend  Katheriue  Bingham  tweuty 
shillings  &c.  Remainder  to  Francis  Campfield  whom  I  appoint  executor 
and,  in  case  of  his  death,  my  sister  Patience  Camfield. 

Wit:  John  Armiger,  Richard  Camfield,  John  Phillies.  Mico,  136. 

[See  will  of  Rev.  Samuel  Tomlins  and  annotations,  ante,  pp.  598-9. — Editor. 

There  is  a  grant  of  record  in  the  Virginia  Land  Registry  to  Robert  Tomlin  of 
350  acres  on  the  south  side  of  the  Rappahanock  river,  between  the  lands  of 

Thomas  Brice  and  Epaphroditus  Lawson.     Head  rights  :  Burkitt,  William 

Eleans,  George  Blackgrove,  Browne,  Miles  Rich,  Jane  Willis,  April  27, 

1654.  Book  "No.  3,  p.  222.  The  name  Tomlin  has  been  locally  prominent. 
Harrison  B.  Tomlin,  Esq.,  of  King  William  County,  served  for  a  number  of 
years  in  the  Virginia  Assembly,  first  in  the  House  of  Delegates  and  latterly  in  the 
State  Senate. — R.  A.  Brock,  of  Bichmond,  Va.~\ 

Lancelot  Andrewes,  Bishop  of  Winchester  22  September  1626,  with 
codicils  dated  1  May  1626,  proved  26  September  1626.  Bequests  to  the 
poor  of  Allhallows  Barking  where  I  was  born,  St.  Giles  without  Cripple- 
gate  where  I  was  Vicar,  St.  Martin's  within  Ludgate,  St.  Andrew's  in  Hol- 
borne  and  St.  Saviour's  in  Southwalk  where  I  have  been  an  inhabitant;  to 
the  Master,  Fellows  and  Scholars  of  the  College  or  Hall  of  Mary  Valence, 
commonly  called  Pembroke  Hall,  in  Cambridge  (a  thousand  pounds  to  found 
two  fellowships  and  also  the  peipetual  advowson  of  the  Rectory  of  Raw- 


610  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

reth  in  Essex) ;  to  brothers'  and  sisters'  children,  viz4.  William,  son  of 
brother  Nicholas,  deceased,  the  children  of  brother  Thomas  deceased  (his 
eldest  son  Thomas,  his  second  son  Nicholas,  his  youngest  son  Roger,  his 
eldest  daughter  Ann,  married  to  Arthur  Willaston  and  youngest  daughter 
Mary),  the  children  of  6ister  Mary  Burrell  (her  eldest  son  Andrew,  her 
sons  John,  Samuel,  Joseph,  James  and  Lancelot,  her  daughters  Mary  Rooke 
and  Martha),  the  children  of  sister  Martha  Salmon  (her  son  Thomas 
Princep  by  her  former  husband  Robert  Princep,  her  sons  Peter  and  Thomas 
Salmon,   her  daughter  Ann  Best) ;   to  kindred   removed,   as  cousin    Ann 

Hockett  and  her  two  sons  and  three  daughters,  cousin Sandbrooke, 

cousin  Robert  Andrewes  and  his  two  children,  cousin  Rebecca,  to  my 
father's  half  sister  Johan  (her  first  husband's  name  was  Bousie)  and  each 
of  her  two  children,  and  more  kindred  I  know  not.  To  Peter  Muncaster 
son  of  Mr.  Richard  Muncaster  my  schoolmaster.  To  Mr.  Robert  Barker 
lately  the  King's  Printer  (whom  I  freely  forgive  those  sums  wherein  he 
stands  bound  to  my  brother  Thomas  deceased)  and  his  two  sons  Robert  and 
Charles,  my  godsons.  To  my  godson  Lancelot  Lake.  To  the  poor  of  All 
Saints  Barking  by  the  Tower,  Horndon  on  the  Hill,  Rawreth  (and  other 
parishes)  &c.  &c.  My  executor  to  be  Mr.  John  Parker,  citizen  and  mer- 
chant taylor  of  London,  and  overseers  to  be  Sir  Thomas  Lake,  Sir  Henry 
Martin  and  Dr.  Nicholas  Sty  ward.  Hele,  109. 

[See  will  of  Johane  Andrewes,  the  testator's  mother,  and  notes,  ante,  page 
603.— Editor.] 

Richard  Street  of  Winterborne  Kingston  (date  not  registered)  proved 
23  November  1626.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  Churchlitten  of  Winter- 
borne  Kingston.  To  the  parish  church  there  two  shillings.  To  the  poor 
of  Kingston  forty  shillings.  To  my  brother  John  Streete's  children  ten 
pounds,  equally  to  be  divided  among  them.  •  To  my  sister  in  law  Agnes 
Streete  forty  shillings.  To  my  brother  Nicholas  Street's  children  three 
pounds  apiece,  being  seven  in  number.  To  the  singers  which  shall  sing  my 
knell  five  shillings.  To  the  church  of  Sturmister  Marshall  forty  shillings. 
All  the  rest  of  my  goods,  moveable  and  unmoveable,  not  before  given  nor 
bequeathed,  my  legacies  being  first  paid,  I  give  unto  my  brother  Nicholas 
Streete,  whom  I  make  my  whole  executor. 

Wit:  Thomas  Woolfris,  Henry  Basan,  Agnes  Jones.  Hele,  117. 

[See  Mr.  Lea's  article  on  the  Street  family,  Kegister,  vol.  46,  pp.  257-67. — 
Editor.] 

Robert  Watson  of  Bengeworth,  21  July  1563.  To  daughter  Agnes 
my  copyhold  in  nether  Geeting  in  Cottesolde  for  terth  of  the  lease  which  is 
in  the  keeping  of  my  brother  Thomas,  with  eight  score  sheep  upon  the 
ground,  and  forty  pounds  at  day  of  marriage.  Her  grandfather  Thomas 
Haye,  my  brother  John  Watson,  my  brother  Thomas  and  my  brother  Wil- 
liam Watson  shall  have  the  govenment  of  her.  To  Dorathie  my  wife's 
daughter  forty  marks.  To  brother  John  Watson  the  obligation  of  twenty 
pounds  that  my  brother  Veners  oweth  me.  To  my  brother  Thomas  Wat- 
son the  obligation  of  one  Bowiar  clotheman  of  Cambden.  To  brother 
William  Watson  the  obligation  of  Thomas  Munne  of  Evesham,  he  paying 
to  Thomas  Haye  of  Bengeworth  three  pounds.  To  my  brother  James  the 
obligation  of  twenty  pounds  that  my  brother  William  Horwood  oweth  me. 
To  my  sister  Fraunces  twenty  pounds.  ^  To  the  child  my  wife  goeth  with, 
if  a  manchild  the  house  by  inheritance  in  the  husband  end  the  which  my 
father  gave  me  for  four  score  years  (and  cattle  &c)  and  the  wardship  of  him 


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I  commit  to  my  three  brethren.  If  a  woman  child  my  wife  shall  give  it  forty 
marks  at  day  of  marriage.  To  my  seven  sisters  seven  silver  spoons.  To 
my  father  Haye  twenty  shillings.  To  my  brother  Veners  twenty  shillings. 
To  my  brother  Smyth  twenty  shillings.  To  Thomas  Horwood  twenty 
shillings.  To  my  brother  William  Horwood  twenty  shillings.  To  my 
brother  Howse  twenty  shillings.  To  my  brother  Robert  Haye  twenty 
shillings.  To  others  named.  The  residue  to  Radigune,  my  wife,  whom  I 
make  my  executrix. 

Admon.  granted  20  November  1564  to  Radigunde  his  widow  and  John 
Watson  Clerk,  Archdeacon  of  Surrey  and  Thomas  Watson  brother  of  de- 
ceased &c.  Stevenson,  31. 

Alice  S.syth,  widow,  late  wife  to  William  Smith  of  Stratford  upon 
Avon,  linen  draper,  28  April  1584,  proved  28  May  1585.  I  ratify  and 
confirm  the  gifts  and  legacies  made  by  my  late  husband  in  his  last  will  and 
testament.  If  my  eldest  son  William  Smith  will  perform  and  let  a  lease  of 
the  new  house  in  Stratford  unto  his  brother  John  for  the  full  term  of  six- 
teen or  seventeen  years  then  he,  the  said  William  shall  have  all  the 
glass  and  wainscot  belonging  to  said  house  and  fastened  upon  the  walls 
thereof,  or  else  the  same  glass  and  wainscot  be  indifferently  praised  and 
sold  by  my  executors  and  bestowed  between  the  rest  of  my  children.  My 
debts  first  paid  I  give  to  my  daughter  Margett,  towards  the  advancement 
of  her  marriage  and  above  the  legacy  given  by  her  father,  ten  pounds  which 
was  bequeathed  unto  me  by  my  brother  the  late  Bishop  of  Winchester.  I 
constitute  and  ordain  my  sons  in  law  William  Say  and  July  Bradshaw  my 
executors,  to  whom  I  give  ten  shillings  apiece.  I  request  my  brothers  Mr. 
William  Watson  and  Mr.  Richard  Venar,  Mr  Thomas  Harward  to  be  over- 
seers and  assistants  unto  them.  The  residue  to  be  equally  divided  amongst 
my  children. 

A  codicil  made  1  July  1584  bequeaths  to  son  in  law  Mr  William  Say  a 
gilt  bowl  with  a  cover  bequeathed  to  testatrix  by  her  brother  John,  Bishop 
of  Winchester.  To  daughter  Alice  Bradshawe  the  featherbed  whereon  I 
lay,  which  was  her  father  Savage.  To  the  poor  of  Evesham,  Bengeworth 
and  Stratford.  Brudenell,  26. 

Thomas  Watson  of  Stretton  in  the  co.  of  Glouc.  gen*.  20  June  1567, 
proved  15  February  1570.  ■  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  church  of  Stret- 
ton before  the  seat  which  my  wife  kneeleth  in.  To  wife  Mary  in  full 
recompence  of  her  dower  and  in  full  performance  of  the  condition  of  the 
obligation  that  I  was  "bounded"  to  her  father  upon  marriage  with  her  all 
my  free  and  copyhold  tenements,  the  manor  of  Stretton  and  all  the  demains 
there  &c.  &c,  during  her  natural  life,  she  to  keep  court  yearly  in  some 
place  within  the  said  manor  for  good  order  of  the  tenants.  Other  lands 
described  in  Wilts  and  Glouc.  Provision  made  for  son  Thomas  and 
daughter  Anne  Corett  under  twenty  two  years  of  age.  To  Richard  Wat- 
son, my  cousin  six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  four  pence.  To  the  son  and 
daughter  of  Thomas  Watson  which  were  with  my  uncle,  parson  of  Hath- 
ropp,  with  their  legacies  of  my  said  uncle's,  five  pounds  apiece.  My  wife 
Mary  to  be  sole  executrix.  The  overseers  to  be  my  brother  Archdeacon 
Watson,  my  brother  William  Watson,  my  cousin  Sir  John  Watson,  Chanter 
of  Holy  Cross,  my  cousin  Lloyd,  William  Webbe  of  Dolman's  Lane  and 
Mr.  John  Rede.  Holney.  5. 


612  GENEALOGICAT     GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

John  Watson,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  23  October,  25th  Elizabeth,  proved 
22  June  1584.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  body  of  the  Cathedral  church 
of  the  Trinity  of  Winchester.  To  the  Corporation  of  All  Souls  College, 
Oxford,  forty  pounds.  To  the  Corporation  of  the  University  of  Oxford 
twenty  pounds.  To  poor  scholars  in  that  University  one  hundred  marks, 
to  be  delivered  within  a  half  year  after  my  death  by  the  discretion  and 
appointment  of  my  cousins  William  Saye,  Syruon  Trippe,  of  the  parson  of 
Winchfelde,  William  Harward  and  of  mine  executors  or  any  three  of  them. 
An  exhibition  of  four  pounds  a  year  for  five  years  to  five  poor  scholars  of 
that  University.  To  the  poor  of  Winchester  and  of  the  Soke  there  twenty 
pounds.  To  the  poor  of  Evesham,  where  I  was  born,  ten  pounds.  To  the 
poor  of  Bengeworth  five  pounds.  Forty  pounds  for  a  stock  to  set  the  poor 
of  Evesham  on  wovk,  by  the  discretion  of  the  Bayliffs  of  Evesham  and  of 
my  brother  William.  To  my  brother  William  Watson  one  hundred  pounds 
&c.  To  John,  his  eldest  son.  To  Thomas,  his  second  son.  To  William, 
his  youngest  son.  To  my  cousin  Trippe  and  his  wife.  To  Nicholas  Beane 
and  his  wife.  To  William  York  and  my  cousin  Ancret  his  wife.  To 
Agnes  Watson,  my  brother  Roberts  daughter.  To  my  cousin  William 
Saye.  To  my  sister  Smithe  ten  pounds  and  a  gilt  bowl  with  a  cover,  and 
to  every  one  of  her  children  (not  otherwise  provided  for  by  this  my  testa- 
ment or  before  my  death)  ten  pounds.  To  William  Smithe  her  son,  the 
elder,  that  is  with  me,  twenty  marks.  To  William  Smith,  her  son,  now 
scholar  in  the  College,  twenty  marks.  To  my  brother  William  Harward 
and  my  sister  his  wife  a  silver  bowl  and  ten  pounds,  and  to  every  one  of 
their  children  ten  pounds.  To  my  brother  and  sister  Venor.  To  Thomas 
Venor  of  the  College  of  Winchester.  To  Richard  Venor.  To  my  brother 
Thomas  Harward  and  my  sister  his  wife  a  silver  bowl  and  ten  pounds.  To 
their  son  Thomas  and  the  other  of  my  brother  Thomas  Harward's  children. 
To  my  brother  and  sister  Howse,  their  son  John  and  their  other  children. 
To  my  brother  and  sister  Hopper,  their  son  Robert  and  their  other  children. 
To  Robert  Heye,  a  prentice  in  Loudon,  son  of  my  sister  Heye  deceased 
and  to  John  Heye,  her  son,  now  child  in  the  College.  To  my  cousin  John 
Watson,  parson  of  Winchfeld,  and  his  brother  Henry.  To  my  cousin  John 
Watson  one  of  the  brothers  of  Saint  Cross.  To  William  Harwarde,  Pre- 
bendary, one  of  my  gowns. 

A  codicil  dated  22  January  1583  refers  to  brother  William  Howse  &c. 
and  Leonard  Paige  that  married  my  brother's  daughter,  to  Thomas  Watson 
of  Stratton  and  others. 

Other  codicils  were  appended  of  no  special  genealogical  importance. 

Watson,  1. 

John  Smyth  of  Stratford  upon  Avon  in  the  County  of  Warwick,  iron- 
monger, 12  April  1G12,  proved  24  April  1G13.  My  body  to  be  buried  in 
the  parish  church  in  the  South  Aisle  next  adjoining  to  my  son  Henry.  To 
eldest  son  Thomas,  after  decease  of  Alice  my  wife,  my  dwelling  house  in 
which  I  now  dwell.  To  son  Richard  the  land  I  bought  of  cousin  William 
Smyth,  my  brother  Richard's  son,  that  is  the  two  grounds  that  Thomas 
Knight  doth  hold  of  me  and  all  that  Richard  Hathewey  the  baker  holdeth 
of  me  and  a  little  house  now  in  the  occupation  of  Thomas  Lawne  by  the 
Meare  side.  To  William  Smyth  my  son,  after  the  decease  of  Alice  my 
wife  the  two  tenements  which  I  have  in  Ship  Street,  now  in  the  occupation 
of  William  Tasker  and  Richard  Augworth.  To  my  son  John  my  tenement 
in  Swine  Street  now  in  occupation  of  John  Pytes  the  taylor  and  the  teue- 


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ment  which  I  have  in  the  Rothermarket,  now  iu  occupation  of  the  widow 
Peare.  To  my  son  Robert  my  tenement  in  Bridge  Street  now  iu  occupa- 
tion of  Richard  Hatheway  the  baker.  To  my  son  Francis  all  that  my 
tenement  which  I  have  in  the  High  Street  now  in  the  occupation  of  Philip 
Rogers  the  pothecary.  To  Alice  Smyth,  my  daughter,  my  tenement  in 
Bridge  Street,  now  in  occupation  of  Alice  Younge  widow,  and  twenty 
pounds.  To  Margaret  Smyth,  my  daughter,  my  tenement  in  Wood  Street, 
now  in  occupation  of  one  widow  Rearkes,  and  twenty  pounds.  To  daughter 
Ellioner  the  little  piece  of  ground  which  I  have  in  the  home  now  in  occu- 
pation of  John  Sheffield  and  twenty  pounds.  To  the  poor  &c.  Remainder 
to  wife  Alice,  sole  executrix.  My  cousin  Richard  Vewens,  my  brother 
Henry  Walker,  my  cousin  Thomas  Harrowed  (sic)  and  my  cousin  John 
Wendres  to  be  overseers.  Capell,  33. 

Francis  Smith  of  Stratford  in  the  county  of  Warrwick,  mercer,  15 
April  1623,  proved  27  May  1625.  To  the  poor  of  Stratford  six  pounds. 
To  wife  Alice  my  house  wherein  I  dwell,  with  the  shop  and  other  buildings 
belonging,  and  my  house  in  that  street  in  Stratford  called  by  the  name  of 
Wood  Street,  with  barn  and  close,  to  hold  the  said  houses  &c.  during  the 
terms  of  years  yet  to  come  and  unexpired.  If  she  die  before  the  expiration 
of  such  term,  I  give  and  bequeath  these  premises  to  my  daughter  Mary. 
To  wife  Alice  also  four  yards  of  land,  three  of  which  lie  in  the  Common 
Field  of  Stratford  and  one  in  Shottry  fields.  I  give  her  also  the  house 
wherein  John  Coles  now  dwelleth,  in  Stratford,  with  the  Close  adjoining, 
for  life,  and  after  her  decease  to  the  said  Mary  Bysbie  my  daughter.  I 
give  to  Francis  Smith,  son  of  my  brother  William,  twenty  pounds  a  year, 
to  be  paid  to  the  use  and  bringing  up  of  the  said  Francis,  at  school,  or 
otherwise  for  his  maintenance  until  he  shall  accomplish  the  age  of  twenty 
and  one  years.  I  also  give  him  two  hundred  pounds,  at  his  full  age  of 
twenty  one.  To  Thomas,  son  of  my  said  brother  William  Smith,  twenty 
pounds  and  to  Mary  and  Alice  Smith,  his  daughters,  twenty  pounds,  to  be 
paid  to  the  said  Thomas,  Mary  and  Alice  when  they  shall  accomplish  their 
several  ages  of  twenty  and  one  years.  To  Francis  Smith,  son  of  my  brother 
Roger,  one  hundred  pounds  within  one  year  after  my  decease.  To  Thomas 
Smith,  son  of  brother  Roger,  one  hundred  and  twenty  pounds,  within  a 
year  and  six  months  &c.  To  Mary  and  Ann  Smith,  daughters  of  said 
brother  Roger,  forty  pounds  each  at  twenty  and  one.  To  Margaret,  the 
daughter  of  my  brother  Henry  Smith,  forty  pounds  within  one  month  after 
the  decease  of  my  wife  Alice.  To  my  sister  Joane  Brunt  forty  shillings, 
to  be  paid  yearly  during  her  life.  To  my  sister  Margaret  Smith  twenty 
shillings  yearly  &c.  To  William  Chandler,  now  in  Oxford,  son  of  William 
Chandler,  and  to  Richard  Castle,  son  of  Richard  Castle,  to  each  ten  pounds. 
I  give  fifteen  pounds  to  buy  Winicot  stone  and  Shottery  gravel  to  make  a 
''  Caw-waie,"  provided  the  inhabitants  of  Stratford  do  pay  for  the  carriage 
of  the  same  stone  and  gravel  and  to  bring  it  to  the  place  of  the  said 
"  Cawswaie,"  at  their  costs  and  charges.  I  give  also  tweuty  nobles  to 
make  up  and  perfect  that  "  Cawswaie  "  in  Bishopston  which  I  have  begun, 
beginning  at  the  upper  end  and  so  to  the  hedge  (on  similar  conditions).  I 
give  to  John  Cole  and  his  wife  the  little  house  &c.  now  in  his  tenure,  dur- 
ing their  lives  &c.  paying  to  the  chamberlain  of  Stratford  two  shillings 
yearly,  which  shall  be  distributed  among  the  almsfolk  in  Stratford.  My 
wife  Alice  and  my  daughter  Mary  shall  yearly  abate  forty  shillings  unto 
William  Deane  of  that  rent  which  he  is  to  pay  for  that  messuage  &c.  which 


614  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

he  holdeth  now  in  Bausall  Street  in  said  county,  which  said  messuage  &c. 
shall  remain  to  Alice  my  wife  during  her  life  and,  after  her  decease,  to 
Mary  my  daughter  and  to  Alexander  Bysbie,  her  husband,  during  their 
lives  &c,  and  next  to  Richard  Smith,  son  of  my  brother  Roger  Smith. 
Reference  made  to  Mr.  Wilson,  vicar  of  Stratford.  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  my  servant  maid  Margaret  Rogers  the  sum  of  three  pounds,  to 
my  servant  maid  Margery  Carless  forty  shillings,  to  Mr.  Richard  Ward, 
minister  &c.  in  Hatton,  forty  shillings,  to  the  two  children  of  the 
said  William  Deane,  viz'.  William  and  Mary,  each  of  them  five  pounds 
within  ten  years  &c.,  to  Hannah,  daughter  of  Thomas  Hawkes  of  Stowe, 
ten  pounds  in  five  years,  to  Mr.  Francis  Auge,  now  alderman  in  Stratford, 
my  best  gown,  to  my  brother  Henry  Smith  my  ring,  to  Francis  Smith,  son 
of  my  brother  William,  all  my  silver  plate  (the  best  piece  only  excepted) 
at  the  decease  of  my  wife,  to  Mary  Carter  of  Hookenorton,  Oxfordshire, 
and  her  two  children  twenty  two  pounds,  to  the  said  Mr.  Thomas  Wilson, 
our  vicar,  forty  shillings  for  his  pains  to  be  taken  to  preach  my  funeral 
sermon. 

My  wife  and  daughter  to  be  joint  executors  and  Mr.  Daniel  Baker,  my 
brother  Henry  Smith  and  Richard  Castell  to  be  my  overseers. 

Clarke,  52. 

[The  will  of  William  S  my  the  of  Stratford  upon  Avon,  mercer,  proved  at 
Worcester,  10  May,  1626,  has  already  been  given  in  my  notes  on  the  Ancestry 
of  John  Harvard  (Register,  vol.  40,  pp.  364-6,  ante,  pp.  181-2). 

Henby  F.  Watebs.] 

Alice  Smith  of  Stratford  upon  Avon  in  the  county  of  Warwick  and 
diocese  of  Worcester,  "being  aged  and  crasie  in  my  bodie"  &c.  15  July 
1632,  proved  28  June  1633.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church 
of  Stratford  near  the  body  of  Francis  Smith,  my  dear  husband.  For  my 
worldly  estate  &c,  I  give  unto  Mary  Willis  the  whole  furniture  of  the  new 
chamber  as  it  now  standeth  and  I  give  her  my  wedding  ring  and  the  best 
silver  bowl  and  a  trunk  with  these  linens  in  it,  a  pair  of  flaxen  sheets,  a 
long  flaxen  table  cloth  and  a  square  table  cloth,  a  pair  of  Holland  pillow- 
beares,  a  dozen  flaxen  table  napkins  and  a  towel.  I  give  unto  Samuel 
Willis  my  grandchild  one  hundred  pounds  to  be  employed  by  my  executor 
for  his  use,  by  purchase  or  otherwise,  when  he  shall  come  to  the  age  of 
four  years  till  he  shall  come  to  the  lawful  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  I 
give  unto  Joane  Gibbard,  my  sister,  twenty  pounds.  I  give  unto  Daniel 
Gibbard,  her  son,  forty  pounds,  within  three  months  after  my  decease,  and 
to  Hannah  Gibbard,  her  daughter,  twenty  pounds  at  the  age  of  one  and 
twenty  years,  to  Sarah  Gibbard,  her  daughter,  twenty  pounds  (as  before), 
to  Elizabeth  Gibbard,  her  d-iughter,  twenty  pounds  (as  before)  and  to 
Mary  Trappe,  her  eldest  daughter,  forty  pounds  in  one  year  &c.  To  the 
children  of  Christovell  Brookes,  my  sister,  first  to  Anthony  Brookes,  for 
the  good  of  himself  and  his  children,  forty  pounds,  to  Baldwin  Brookes,  for 
himself  and  his  children,  fifty  pounds,  to  Elizabeth  Deane,  for  her  and  her 
children,  three  score  pounds,  forty  of  which  her  husband  oweth  me.  I  give 
unto  my  sister  Anne  Hauckes,  her  children,  first  to  Mary  Haukes  forty 
pounds  at  one  and  twenty,  to  Hannah  four  score  pounds  (as  before),  and  to 
Sara  forty  pounds  (as  before).  I  give  unto  Sara  Ferneley,  my  brother 
John  Ferneley's  daughter,  forty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty  or  day  of  mar- 
riage. If  any  of  these  die  before  their  portions  grow  due  such  portions 
shall  be  given  to  Samuel  Willis  my  grandchild.  To  Mr.  Thomas  Wilson, 
our  vicar,  three  pounds.     To  Mr.  Robert  Harris  three  pounds.     To  Mr. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  615 

John  Jackson,  my  friend,  three  pounds.  To  Mr.  John  Trapp,  my  kinsman, 
three  pounds.  To  Mr.  Symon  Trapp,  our  curate,  forty  shillings.  To  the 
poor  of  Stratford  six  pounds.  I  give  forty  shillings  towards  the  repair  of 
the'great  bridge  in  Stratford.  To  the  poor  of  Stowe  in  the  Woold  three 
pounds.  To  Mary  Carter,  my  old  servant,  five  pounds.  To  Alice  Williams, 
Elizabeth  Hauckes  and  Alice  Cooles,  which  were  my  servants,  three 
pounds,  i.e.  twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  Richard  Castle,  Baldwin  Brookes, 
John  Brookes  and  Richard  Hunt,  that  were  my  servants,  twenty  shillings 
apiece  to  carry  my  body  to  the  burial.  I  will  that  my  executor  bestow  twenty 
pounds  upon  a  banquet  for  my  friends  that  shall  accompany  my  body  to  the 
burial.  All  the  rest  of  my  goods  and  chattels  whatsoever  unbequeathed  I 
give  to  George  Willis  of  Fenny  Compton,  gen*,  my  loving  son  in  law,  whom 
I  ordain  and  appoint  the  sole  executor  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament. 

John  Jackson  a  witness.  Russell,  56. 

Commission  issued  9  February  1647  (8)  to  George  Willis,  son  of  George 
Willis  of  Hartford  in  New  England  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas  deceased, 
to  administer  his  goods  etc.  according  to  the  tenor  of  his  will,  during  the 
absence  of  Mary  Willis,  the  relict.  Prob.  Act.  Book,  1648. 

[Mary,  daughter  of  Francis  and  Alice  Smith, — who  is  named  iu  the  wills  of 
her  father  and  her  mother,  in  the  former  as  Mary  Bysbie,  wife  of  Alexander 
Bysbie,  and  in  the  latter  as  Mary  Willis — was  the  second  wife  of  Gov.  George 
Wyllys  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  who  came  to  New  England  from  Fenny  Compton, 
co.  Warwick,  and  settled  at  Hartford,  Ct.,  in  1638.  He  was  an  assistant 
of  the  colony  in  1639,  deputy  governor  in  1641,  and  governor  1642.  He  died 
March  9,  1644-5.  His  will,  dated  Dec.  14,  1644,  codicils  Feb.  22,  1644-5  and 
Marsh  4,  1644-5,  is  printed  in  full  in  the  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  edited 
by  J.  Hammond  Trumbull,  vol.  i.,  468-72.  He  names  wife  Mary,  sons  George 
and  Samuel,  and  daughters  Hester  and  Amy.  Land  iu  Fenny  Compton  is  men- 
tioned. His  pedigree  is  printed  in  the  Register,  vol.  22,  page  186 ;  vol.  46,  page 
329 ;  and  ante,  page  599.    See  also  Savage's  Dictionary. — Editor.] 

John  Smithe  of  Stretford  upon  Avon,  in  the  County  of  Warwick,  vint- 
ner, 5  November  43d  year  of  Elizabeth,  proved  4  July  1603.  To  wife 
Margaret  the  use  of  the  chamber  over  the  parlour,  called  the  new  chamber. 
All  the  rest  of  the  house  to  Raphe  Smithe,  my  son,  to  his  use,  provided  he 
use  himself  well  and  kindly  to  his  mother.  After  her  death  all  of  it  to  him 
provided  he  give  to  my  daughter  Helena  Herson  ten  pounds  in  one  year 
after  his  entrance,  or  do  assure  unto  her  my  garden  ground  in  Henbury 
Street,  with  the  timber  thereon ;  for  want  of  heirs  male,  next  to  Hamlette 
Smithe  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body  &c. ;  then  to  John  Smithe  &  the  heirs 
male  of  his  body.  To  John  Smithe,  my  son,  the  lease  of  Hare's  house  and 
of  my  ground  iu  the  Bridgetown.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Smithe  the 
lease  of  my  house  in  Sheepe  Street.  To  my  daughter  Anne  Smithe  ten 
pounds.  To  my  brother  Hamlet  Sadler  my  gown  and  my  black  doublet 
and  my  hat  lined  with  velvet.  To  the  two  sons  of  my  daughter  Elizabeth 
forty  shillings  apeece  to  bind  them  apprentice.  Remainder  to  Margaret  my 
wife  whom  I  make  executrix.  And  I  desire  the  Right  Worshipful  Sir 
Edward  Greeuill  (Grevil),  my  brother  Francis  Smithe  and  my  loving 
friend  Peter  Ruswell  to  be  overseers.  To  my  brother  Richard  Walker  my 
medley  jerkyn  and  my  medley  breeches.  To  Barnaby  Sadler  ten  shillings. 
To  Hamlet  Smithe  my  son  ten  pounds. 

Wit:  Richard  Byfeild,  fFraucis  Smithe,  Hamnett  Sadler.      Bolein,  64. 

[Richard  Byfleld,  who  probably  wrote  as  well  as  witnessed  the  above  will, 
was  the  grandfather  of  Nathaniel  Byfleld  of  New  England.  Hamnett  Sadler 
also  witnessed  Shakespeare's  will.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 


616  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

Roger  Sadler  of  Stretford  upon  Avon  in  the  County  of  Warwick, 
baker,  14  November  1578,  proved  (with  codicil  of  15  November),  17  January 
1578.  My  body  to  be  buried  iu  the  parish  church  of  Stretford  Digh  the 
seat  where  I  did  accustomably  use  to  sit  and  serve  God  iu,  or  elsewhere,  at 
the  discretion  of  my  friends.  To  the  poor,  at  my  burial,  five  pounds.  To 
my  brother  Skidmore  of  London  and  my  sister,  his  wife,  two  star  Royals 
in  gold.  To  my  cousin  Ridley  and  his  wife  two  pieces  of  gold,  being 
three  pounds  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  my  cousin  Alice  Sadler  that  is 
with  my  cousin  Ridley  twenty  pounds  in  money,  at  the  age  of  eighteen. 
If  she  die  before  that  then  it  shall  be  equally  distributed  among 
her  brethren  and  sisters,  viz*  Hamnett,  Jane  and  Margarett.  To  my 
brother  Robert  Sadler  a  coat,  a  pair  of  hose  and  twenty  shillings.  To  my 
brother  Richard  Sadler's  children  six  shilliugs  eight  pence  apiece.  To  my 
brother  Thomas  Sadler's  children  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  my  brother 
John  Walker's  children  ten  shillings  apiece,  and  to  Elizabeth  Walker,  his 
daughter,  twenty  pounds  within  one  year  after  my  decease  or  else  at  the 
day  of  her  marriage.  To  Francis  Auge  of  Bishoptou  two  kine  and  to  every 
one  of  his  (five)  children  ter  shillings  apiece.  To  John  Cooke's  children  of 
Alder  Marston  six  shillings  eight  pence  apiece.  To  Elizabeth  Jackson  that 
dwelleth  with  me  four  pounds  six  shillings  eight  pence,  in  one  year  or  at  day 
of  her  marriage.  To  my  cousin  John  Smythe's  children  twenty  pounds; 
i.e.  to  Elizabeth  Smithe  six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  four  pence,  to  Elynor 
Smythe  six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  four  pence  and  to  Rafe  Smythe,  his 
son,  six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  four  peuce.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto 
Hamnett  Saddeler  three  tenements  &c.  which  I  have  in  Church  Street,  to- 
gether with  the  lease  of  my  house  wherein  I  now  dwell  after  the  decease  of 
Margaret  my  wife.  This  house  I  give  to  my  wife  during  her  natural  life 
to  hold  according  as  the  lease  thereof  maketh  mention.  To  my  cousin  John 
Smythe  the  lacke  or  lease  which  I  have  of  one  yard  land  and  a  half  in  the 
old  town  field,  after  the  crop  for  this  year  is  taken  off  the  same.  And  he 
shall  have  my  team  of  horse,  being  six  in  number,  and  all  my  carts,  ploughs, 
harrows  and  gears  thereto  belonging,  he  paying  for  the  same  to  my 
executors  ten  pounds  in  money.  To  my  friend  Robert  Gibbs  of  Stretford 
twenty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Alice  Higginson's  children,  to  be  equally 
divided  amongst  them,  six  shillings  eight  pence.  To  sundry  servants.  The 
residue  to  my  wife  Margaret  and  my  cousin  Hamnett  Sadler  whom  I  make 
and  ordain  to  be  my  executors,  and  I  desire  my  friends  John  Walker  of 
Syllehull  and  Richard  Ange  of  Stretforde,  baker,  to  be  my  overseers,  to 
whom  I  give  six  shillings  eight  pence  apiece. 

Then  follows  a  list  of  Debts  due  from  and  to  the  testator.  Among  the 
latter  appear  the  names  of  Richard  Hathewaye  als  Gardyner,  of  Shottery, 

William  Coxe,  of  Syllehull,  and  Edmonde  Lambarte  and Cornishe  for 

the  debt  of  Mr  John  Shaksper  (five  pounds).  In  the  codicil  he  bequeathed 
to  the  children  of  Thomas  Jones  als  Giles,  i.e.,  Richard,  Stephen  and  Ellen 
Jones  als  Giles,  three  pounds  six  shillings  eight  pence,  to  be  equally  divided 
among  them,  and  to  Nicholas  Holder,  son  of  Humfrey  Holder,  three  pounds 
six  shillings  eight  pence.  Bakon,  1. 

William  Cox  of  Southwarke.  Surrey,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Olave's  Gen*, 
1  July  1633,  proved  7  Noxember  1633.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the 
parish  church  of  St  Olave's,  Southwark,  if  I  depart  this  life  within  twenty 
miles  of  London.  To  my  loving  mother  ten  pounds  to  buy  her  blacks  to 
wear  at  my  funeral.     To  my  sister  Nashe  seven  pounds  for  the  like  use. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  617 

To  my  brother  Edward  Cox,  with  that  he  oweth  in  the  book,  five  pounds, 
as  also  my  sealed  ring.  To  my  sister  Streete  seven  pounds  to  buy  her 
blacks  &c.  To  my  brother  Thomas  five  pounds  for  blacks  for  himself  and 
man,  to  say,  three  pounds  ten  shillings  and  thirty  shillings.  To  my  brother 
George  Nashe  three  pounds,  for  blacks  &c.  To  my  uncle  Thomas  ten  pounds 
if  so  be  with  convenience  my  wife  cannot  keep  hi  en.  To  my  cousin  Matthew 
Cox  three  pounds.  To  Thomas,  my  man,  and  to  my  maid,  Anne  Young. 
To  my  cousin  Alexander  Cox  and  Matthew  England,  parish  clerk.  To  my 
good  comforter  in  health  and  sickness,  Mr  Moreton,  preacher  of  God's 
word,  .and  to  Mr.  Osney,  my  loving  friend  and  preacher,  &c.  My  will  is 
whichsoever  preacheth  to  have  twenty  shillings  more  so  as  he  wear  a  gown 
and  hood.  To  various  friends,  among  whom  "  my  good  friend  Richard 
Kiddar  of  East  Grinstead."  The  three  drums  and  fife  for  that  day  ten 
shillings  apiece.  To  ray  servant  William  Mullin  forty  shillings  to  buy  him 
a  black  cloak.  To  the  Company  of  the  Clothworkers  five  pounds  to  buy 
them  a  cup.  To  one  hundred  aged  poor  men  of  St.  Olave's  twelve  pence 
apiece  on  the  day  of  my  funeral.  To  the  repair  of  the  church  provided  that 
my  colours  may  hang  up  in  some  convenient  place  of  the  church.  To  the 
building  of  the  Armory,  if  it  be  not  builded  before  my  death,  provided  my 
arms  be  set  up  in  glass,  at  my  own  proper  costs,  in  the  middle  window  of 
the  Armory.  My  will  is  that  all  the  garden  men  and  other  of  my  band  so 
accompany  my  corpse  with  black  ribbons,  as  a  soldier,  to  the  ground,  re- 
ceiving a  blanket  before  they  go  in  the  vestry  house  and  schools.  My  dear 
wife  Ann  to  be  sole  executrix. 

Signed  and  sealed  12  September  1633  in  presence  of  William  Molina, 
Thomas  Haruard,  Elizabeth  Dunstervile.  Russell,  108. 

[As  a  Thomas  Harvard  was  a  witness  to  the  above,  there  can  be  little 
doubt  that  the  testator  was  the  William  Coxe,  citizen  and  clothworkcr  of  Lon- 
don, to  whom  John  Harvard's  brother  Thomas  was  apprenticed.  (See  Register, 
vol.  42,  pp.  173-4,  ante,  pp.  266-7.)  But  the  above  will  also  shows  an  interesting 
connection  between  Southwark  and  Stratford  upon  Avon  through  the  mention  of 
George  Nashe  as  a  brother.  A  reference  to  the  Visitation  of  London  (Harl.  Soc. 
Pub.),  Vol.  II.  p.  121,  will  make  it  pretty  clear  that  this  George  Nashe  belonged 
to  a  Stratford  family.  And  the  pedigree  of  Nash  given  in  the  Visitation  of 
Warwickshire  (Harl.  Soc.) ,  p.  147,  discloses  a  double  connection  of  William  Cox 
with  this  family.  His  sister  Mary  had  become  the  wife  of  George  Nash,  while 
he  himself  married  Anne  Nash,  a  niece  of  George  Nash  and  sister  of  the  Thomas 
Nash  whose  marriage  connected  this  family  with  Shakespeare.  There  seems  to 
have  been  a  colony  of  Stratford  families  settled  there  in  Southwark,  and  it  is 
not  at  all  improbable  that  Shakespeare  was  a  frequent  visitor  at  the  house  of 
John  Harvard's  mother.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Susann  Coxe,  of  St.  Olaves  in  the  Borough  of  Southwarke  in  the  County 
of  Surrey,  widow,  12  January  1634,  proved  12  June  1638.  To  my  son 
Edward  Coxe,  now  living  within  the  realm  of  Ireland,  fifty  pounds  which 
he  oweth  me  upon  bond,  which  I  delivered  unto  him  at  his  last  being  in 
London,  which  is  about  five  months  past.  To  my  grandchild  Edward  Coxe, 
his  eldest  son,  my  lease  of  a  tenement  situated  in  Candleweeke  Street  in 
the  parish  of  St.  Mary  Abchurch,  now  in  the  tenure,  use  or  occupation  of 

one Richardson,  clothworker,  the  yearly  rents  &c.  to  be  kept  to  and 

for  the  use  and  behoof  of  the  said  grandctuld  until  he  shall  attain  the  full 
age  of  one  and  twenty  years.     To  the  rest  of  son  Edward's  children  five 

*  In  this  connection  let  me  correct  the  Latin  which  the  English  correspondent  of  the 
New  York  Nation  (April  8,  1886)  gives  in  his  extension  of  the  abbreviated  original.  For 
par  Octo  Annos  (as  he  gives  it)  read  pro  Octo  Annis. 


618  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

pounds  apiece.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Crowe  the  wife  of  George  Nash  the 
lease  which  I  took  of  Mr.  John  Bruton  deceased,  with  all  the  time  and 
term  of  years  now  to  come  and  unexpired.  To  Edward  Nash,  her  son, 
ten  pounds.  To  Mary  Nash,  her  daughter,  five  pounds.  To  her  daughter 
Susann  Braborne  five  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Margery,  now  the  wife  of 
William  Rowsewell,  one  hundred  pounds,  being  part  of  her  portion  prom- 
ised &c.  I  give  to  my  said  daughter  Margery  all  those  goods  and  household 
stuff  which  were  late  her  husband  Streetes,  which  I  bought  of  him  for  a 
valuable  sum  of  money,  to  him  in  hand  paid  before  his  death.  To  Susan 
Coxe,  daughter  of  my  late  son  Robert  Coxe  deceased,  twenty  pounds,  at 
day  of  marriage.  To  Hester  Monsey  forty  shillings,  at  day  of  marriage. 
To  my  son  Wiiliam  Coxe  his  wife  twenty  shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To 
my  cousin  Alexander  Coxe  thirty  five  shillings  which  she  oweth  unto  me. 
To  Mr.  Oseney,  minister,  for  preaching  my  funeral  sermon,  forty  shillings. 
To  the  poor  of  St.  Olave's,  Southwark,  five  pounds.  To  the  vestry  men  of 
my  said  parish  and  their  wives  six  pounds  for  a  supper.  I  make  my  loving 
sons  in  law,  Mr.  George  Nash  and  Mr.  William  Rowsewell,  executors,  to 
whom  I  do  give  the  residue  of  my  goods  and  estate  unbequeathed  (the  lease 
of  Matthew  Kinge's  house  excepted). 

Memorandum — that  the  said  Susan  Coxe,  after  the  making  of  her  will, 
within  written,  and  in  the  time  of  her  sickness  whereof  she  died,  about  two 
or  three  days  before  her  death,  which  happened  on  or  about  the  sexteenth 
day  of  May,  1638  &c.  willed  and  bequeathed  the  same  {i.e.  the  lease  of 
Matthew  Kinge's  house)  unto  her  grandchild  Edward  Coxe,  eldest  son  of 
her  son  Edward  Coxe,  "  to  goe  for  his  breeding  upp  and  placeing  abroade." 

The  witnesses  to  this  last  were  Mary  Nash  and  Jane  Nashe. 

Lee,  72. 

Anthony  Nasshe  of  Old  Stretford,  in  the  County  of  Warwick,  gen*., 
20  August  1622,  proved  2  December  1622.  To  wife  Mary  six  hundred 
pounds,  household  stuff  and  plate  &c.  To  son  John  Nasshe  five  hundred 
pounds.  To  my  daughter  Coxe  in  token  of  a  remembrance,  forty  pounds, 
within  twelve  months  after  my  decease;  but  if  she  die  before  her  legacy  be 
due  unto  her,  then  to  William  Coxe,  my  son  in  law,  twenty  pounds.  To 
son  Thomas  Nasshe  that  little  land  I  have,  viz',  a  messuage  or  tenement 
lying  in  new  Stretford  commonly  called  the  Bear,  and  one  other  messuage 
&c.  adjoining  next  to  a  messuage  being  the  land  of  William  Cawdry  on  the 
West  &c.     My  son  Thomas  to  be  executor.  Savile,  111. 

Thomas  Nash  of  the  New  place  in  Stratford  upon  Avon,  in  the  County 
of  Warwick,  Esquire,  25  August  1642,  proved  5  June  1647.  My  body  to 
be  buried  in  the  church  of  Stratford.  To  Elizabeth,  my  wife,  the  messuage 
in  Chapell  Street  now  in  the  occupation  of  one  Joane  Norman,  widow,  and 
a  meadow  in  old  Stratford  called  the  square  meadow,  near  unto  the  great 
stone  bridge,  now  in  the  tenure  &c.  of  one  William  Abbotts,  innholder, 
(and  other  lands,  among  which  the  tythes  of  corn,  grain,  blade  and  hay 
yearly  coming,  growing,  renewing  &c.  or  to  be  had  or  taken  out  of  or 
within  the  manor  or  lordship  of  Shottery  ).  To  my  kinsman  Edward  Nash, 
gentleman,  son  and  heir  of  my  uncle  George  Nash  of  London,  gentleman 
&c.  after  my  wife's  death  all  that  messuage  &c.  To  my  sister  Anne 
Wither,  now  wife  of  Anthony  Wither,  Esquire,  for  life  all  the  rents  &c.  of 
a  messuage  &c.  in  Haselor,  Warr.,  called  the  Parsonage  House,  and  the 
rente  &c.  of  a  tenement  in  Henley  Street,  Stratford  now  in  the  tenure  &c. 
of  John  Hornby,  blacksmith,  and  of  another  messuage  &c.  in  a  place  called 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  619 

the  Moore's  town's  end,  now  in  the  tenure  &c.  of  one  Thomas  Such,  and  of 
a  messuage  &c.  in  High  Street,  near  the  High  Cross  there,  now  in  the  ten- 
ure &c.  of  John  Copland,  and  of  a  messuage  in  Chappell  Street,  now  in  the 
tenure  &c.  of  one  Nicholas  Ingram,  and  of  two  cottages  by  the  water 
side  &c.  and  of  a  close  near  the  great  stone  bridge  called  the  Butt  close. 
To  my  said  kinsman  Edward  Nash  and  to  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever  one 
messuage  or  tenement,  with  the  appurtenances,  commonly  called  or  known 
by  the  name  of  the  New  Place  &c.  in  the  street  called  Chappell  Street, 
and  four  yard  lands  in  the  common  fields  of  Stratford  and  a  messuage  in 

the  parish  of in  London  called  the  Wardropp,  and  all  the  messuages, 

lands  &c.  which  I  have  and  hold  in  mortgage  of  William  Broade  and 
Frances  his  wife,  Thomas  Broade  and  Francis  Broade,  in  Barton  in  said 
county,  and,  after  the  decease  of  my  sister  Anne  Wither  the  Rectory  and 
Parsonage  of  Haselor  (and  the  other  lauds  and  tenements  before  mentioned). 
To  the  poor  of  Stratford  ten  pounds.  To  Mary  Ashby,  widow,  my  kins- 
woman twenty  pounds,  in  consideration  whereof  she  shall  release  all  her 
right  &c.  which  she  may  claim  unto  any  my  messuages,  lands  &c.  unto  my 
Kinsman  Edward  Nash  &c.  whom  by  this  my  will  and  testament  I  make 
my  heir.  To  William  Ashby,  her  son,  forty  pounds.  To  Katherine,  her 
daughter,  forty  pounds.  To  Marie,  daughter  of  Marie  Bushel!  deceased, 
my  kinswoman,  twenty  pounds.  To  Elizabeth  Underhill,  another  of  her 
daughters,  twenty  pounds.  To  Anne  Greene,  the  daughter  of  John  Greene, 
gen*.,  deceased,  twenty  pounds  at  her  age  of  one  and  twenty  or  marriage. 
The  residue  to  wife  Elizabeth  whom  I  make  full  and  whole  executrix  and 
I  appoint  and  entreat  my  loving  friends  Edward  Rawlins,  gen1.,  William 
Smith  and  John  Easton  to  be  overseers. 

In  a  codicil  dated  4  April  1647  he  made  requests  (among  others)  to  his 
mother  Mrs.  Hall  fifty  pounds,  to  his  cousin  Braband  fifty  pounds,  to  the 
children  of  Elizabeth  Underhill,  wife  of  Nathaniel  Underhill,  thirty  pounds, 
to  Elizabeth  Hathway  fifty  pounds,  to  Thomas  Hathway  fifty  pounds,  to 
Judith  Hathway  ten  pounds,  to  his  uncle  Nash  and  his  aunt,  his  cousin 
Sadler  and  his  wife,  his  cousin  Richard  Quiney  and  his  wife,  his  [cousin] 
Thomas  Quiney  and  his  wife,  to  each  of  them  he  gave  twenty  shillings  to 
buy  them  rings ;  and  he  willed  that  the  inheritance  of  his  land,  given  to  his 
cousin  Edward  Nash,  should  be  by  him  settled,  after  his  decease,  upon  his 
son  Thomas  Nash  and  his  heirs.  Fines,  127. 

John  Lane  son  of  Nicholas  Lane,  gen',  of  Stratford  upon  Avon  in  the 

County  of  Warwick at  Cyprus  Salinis    15  August  1638,  proved  12 

December  1638.  I  have  been  sometime  resident  abroad  in  my  profession 
of  a  merchant  employed,  and  am  now,  God  permitting,  resolved  to  take  my 
passage  for  England  upon  the  ship  Unicorn,  who  hath  lately  "  bin  "  here 
taken  in  goods  and  now  is  departed  for  the  Scale  of  Aleppo,  called  Scandona 
alias  Alexandretta,  and  there  to  receive  her  full  lading  when  she  returneth 
hither  and  so  goeth  to  England.  Goods  consigned  to  Mr.  Henry  Hunter, 
merchant,  resident  in  London,  ladin  from  this  place  on  the  good  ship  Eneas, 
Master  William  Goddard,  and  the  aforesaid  ship  Unicorn,  Master  Edward 
Johnson,  per  bills  lading  and  Invoice  copy  &c.  I  herewith  send  unto  my 
uncle  Mr.  George  Nashe  of  Loudon,  woollen-draper,  or  his  executors  or 
assigns  &c.  I  give  unto  my  cousin  Alee  Staunton,  daughter  unto  Thomas 
Staunton,  gentleman  deceased,  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  uncle  George 
Nashe  and  Edward  Nashe  for  their  pains  herein,  to  buy  them  or  either  of 
them  a  ring,  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds.     The  rest  wholly  and  solely  to  my 


620  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

mother  Katherine  Lane  of  Stratford  upon  Avon  for  her  life  or  during  her 
widowhood.  After  her  death  or.at  her  day  of  marriage  the  said  estate  to 
go  wholly  to  my  brother  Richard  Lane,  now  apprentice  in  London,  or,  if  it 
should  please  God  to  call  him  away,  to  my  aunt  Busshell  and  Aunt  Greene, 
their  children,  as  next  heirs.  This  is  my  real  and  true  intention  and  that 
my  said  uncle  George  Nashe  or  Edwarde  Nashe  his  son  would  see  and 
oversee  this  my  last  will  and  testament  &c.  I  ought  to  put  this  same  into 
a  better  form  for  avoiding  lawyers  quirks  &c.  Lee,  182. 

[The  will  of  Richard  Quiney  lias  already  been  given  in  my  Gleanings  {ante, 
pp.  197  and  198),  where  will  also  be  found  a  pedigree  of  Quiney.  His  father 
Richard  Quiney,  Bailey  of  Stratford,  was  buried  31  May,  1602,  and  his  brother 
Thomas  married  Judith  Shakespeare. — Henry  F.  Waters.] 

The  last  will  and  testament  nuncupative  of  John  Hall  of  Stratford  upon 
Avon  in  the  county  of  Warwick  gen4,  made  and  declared  25  December 
1635.  To  my  wife  my  house  in  London.  To  my  daughter  Nash  my  house 
in  Acton.  To  my  daughter  Nash  my  meadow.  I  give  my  goods  and 
money  to  my  wife  and  to  my  daughter  Nash  to  be  equally  divided  betwixt 
them.  Concerning  my  Study  of  books  I  leave  them  (said  he)  to  you,  my 
son  Nash,  to  dispose  of  them  as  you  see  good.  As  for  my  manuscripts  I 
would  have  given  them  to  Mr.  Boles  if  he  had  been  here ;  but  forasmuch  as 
he  is  not  here  present  you,  my  sou  Nash,  burn  them  or  do  with  them  what 
you  please.     Witnesses  hereunto  Thomas  Nash,  Simon  Trapp. 

On  the  29th  of  November  1636  Commission  issued  to  Susanna  Hall, 
the  relict  of  the  said  deceased,  to  administer  his  goods  &c.  according  to  the 
tenor  of  the  above  will  &c.  no  one  having  been  appointed  executor  &c. 

Pile,  115. 

[One  may  wonder,  on  reading  the  above,  whether,  among  the  manuscripts 
referred  to  in  this  will,  there  may  not  have  been  some  writing  of  Shakespeare's, 
some  unfinished  play  perhaps.  He  gave  New  Place  to  his  daughter  Susanna 
Hall.— H.  F.  Waters.] 

Dame  Elizabeth  Barnard,  wife  of  Sir  John  Barnard  of  Abington 
in  the  county  of  Northampton,  knight,  29  January  1669,  proved  4  March 
1669.  I  have  limited  and  disposed  of  all  that  my  messuage  &c.  in  Strat- 
ford upon  Avon  called  the  New  Place  and  that  four  yard  land  &c.  in 
Stratford  Welcombe  and  Bishopton  in  the  county  of  Warwick  (after  the 
decease  of  the  said  Sir  John  Bernard  and  me  the  said  Elizabeth)  unto 
Henry  Smith  of  Stratford,  gen*  and  Job  Dighton  of  the  Middle  Temple, 
London  esquire,  "  sithence "  deceased,  upon  trust  to  sell  the  same  for  the 
best  value. they  can  get,  and  the  money  thereby  to  be  raised  to  be  employed 
and  disposed  of  as  I  shall  signify  &c.  My  cousin  Edward  Nash  Esq.  shall 
have  the  first  offer  or  refusal  thereof,  according  to  my  promise  formerly 
made  to  him.  To  my  cousin  Thomas  Welles  of  Carleton,  Beds,  gent,  fifty 
pounds  within  one  year.  If  he  die  before  that,  then  to  my  kinsman  Edward 
Bagley,  citizen  of  London.  To  Judith  Hathaway,  one  of  the  daughters  of 
my  kinsman  Thomas  Hathaway,  late  of  Stratford,  the  annual  sum  of  five 
pounds,  after  the  decease  of  Sir  John  Bernard  and  of  me.  To  Joaue,  wife 
of  Edward  Kent,  one  other  of  the  daughters  of  the  said  Thomas  Hathaway, 
fifty  pounds,  within  one  year  &c.  and  if  she  should  die  before  that  then  to 
Edward  Kent  the  younger  her  son.  To  Rose,  Elizabeth  and  Susanna, 
three  other  of  the  daughters  of  Thomas  Hathaway  forty  pounds  apiece  &c. 
To  my  kinsman  Thomas  Hart,  son  of  Thomas  Hart,  late  of  Stratford,  my 
messuage  or  Inn  situated  in  Stratford  upon  Avon  called  the  Maidenhead, 
and  to  his  heirs  &c,  failing  such,  to  George  Hart,  his  brother  &c. 

Peun,  35. 


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[Dame  Barnard  was  the  -widow  of  Thomas  Nash,  daughter  of  John  and  Su- 
sanna Hall  and  grand-daughter  of  Shakespeare.  She  was  buried,  17  February, 
1669.  Her  father,  Dr.  John  Hall,  was  buried  26  November,  1635,  and  her 
mother,  Mrs.  Susanna  Hall,  was  buried  16  July,  1649. — Henry  F.  Waters.] 

John  Sadler  of  St.  Stephen's  Walbrooke,  London,  grocer,  11  December 
1658,  proved  3  January  1658.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  church  of  St. 
Stephen's  &c.  if  I  happen  to  die  in  the  said  parish  or  in  the  parish  of  Hows- 
don  in  Middlesex,  unless  it  happen  I  die  in  the  parish  of  Fifield  in 
Essex,  then  to  be  buried  there  or  in  Stratford  upon  Avon  in  the  county  of 
Warwick,  then  to  be  buried  within  a  vault  in  the  said  parish  church  where 
my  late  wife  was  lately  buried.  I  give  and  devise  all  my  land,  messuages 
&c.  in  Stratford  or  elsewhere  in  said  county  unto  my  two  sons  in  law 
Master  John  Wilby,  Doctor  in  Physick,  and  Master  Anthony  Walker,  now 
minister  of  Fifield  in  Essex,  upon  trust  &c.  twenty  pounds  a  year  to  be 
expended  for  the  breeding  and  education  in  learning  of  John  Wilby,  son  of 
the  said  John  Wilby,  and  twenty  pounds  &c.  for  the  breeding  &c.  of  John 
Walker  my  other  grandchdd  (these  during  the  term  of  eighteen  years). 
The  residue  &c  to  my  son  John  Sadler  for  his  natural  life,  with  remainder 
to  his  male  issue.  To  my  daughter  Ellen  four  hundred  pounds.  To  my 
daughter  Anne  four  hundred  pounds. 

To  my  son  John  Sadler  all  my  lands,  tenements  &c.  and  several  planta- 
tions in  Virginia,  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas,  called  Martins  Branden  and 
Merchants  hope  and  my  stock  of  male  cattle  there  in  those  parts.  My 
female  cattle  I  give  to  the  lawful  minister  of  the  sai.l  parts  and  place  or 
parish  there  and  twenty  pounds  worth  in  goods  which  I  will  shall  be  deliv- 
ered to  Master  Charles  Sparrowe  and  the  chiefest  of  the  parishioners  of  tae 
said  parish  of  Martins  Branden,  for  and  towards  the  repairing  and  amending 
of  the  church  and  parsonage  house  there.  Refers  to  advances  made  to 
daughter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Master  Walker,  and  to  daughter  Isabel  Wilby 
deceased.  Bequests  to  grand  children  Elizabeth,  Isabel  and  Katherine 
Wilby  and  Margaret  and  Elizabeth  Walker.  Forty  shillings  to  nephew 
Adrian  Quyney.  To  cousin  John  Lilborne  and  his  wife  and  Master  John 
Wolmer  senior  of  Stratford,  to  each  of  them  twenty  shillings.  To  cousin 
Margaret  Jones  of  Stratford  and  cousin  William  Baker  of  the  same  place, 
to  each  five  pounds.     Other  bequests.     My  two  sons  in  law  to  be  executors. 

Pell,  7. 

[The  following  grants  of  land  are  of  record  in  the  Virginia  Land  Begistry : 
John  Sadler  and  Richard  Quoyoring,  merchants,  and  William  Barber,  mariner, 
1250  acres  in  Charles  City  county,  May  30,  1635.  Book  No.  1,  p.  320.  John 
Sadler  and  Richard  Quoyoring,  merchants,  1140  acres  in  Charles  City  county, 
June  11,  1644.  Book  No.  2,  p.  200.  Charles  Sparrowe  and  Richard  Tye,  2500 
acres  in  Charles  City  county,  August  l£,  1650.  Book  No.  2,  p.  248. — R.  A. 
Brock.] 

Adrian  Quinet,  citizen  and  grocer  of  London  4  February  1692,  proved 
14  August  1693.  My  body  to  be  privately  and  decently  buried  with  my 
father,  mother  and  brother  in  the  church  of  Stratford  upon  Avon,  the  place 
of  my  nativity.  To  my  brother  Thomas  Quiney  and  sister  Sarah  Cooper, 
each  one  rent  charge  of  six  pounds  per  annum  during  their  natural  lives,  to 
be  issuing  out  of  my  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  situate  and  lying 
in  Shottery  in  the  county  of  Warwick.  To  my  said  brother'  Thomas 
Quiney  one  another  rent  charge  of  twenty  pounds  per  annum  during  the 
life  of  my  brother  William  &c.  To  my  nieces  Sara  and  Elianor  Cooper 
forty  pounds.     To  my  nieces  Mrs.  Barbara  Harvey  and  Elianor  Richardson 


622  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

and  her  husband  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  buy  them  rings.  To  the  grand- 
children of  every  of  my  sisters  and  all  my  cousin  Jermans  rings  of  ten 
shillings  apiece.  To  my  loving  brother  in  law  Mr.  Edward  Pilkington  and 
to  my  kind  brother  in  law  Richard  Pile  Esq.  and  my  sister  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Pile,  his  wife,  and  to  my  brother  Thomas  and  my  sister  Sara  Cooper  and 
my  friend  Mr.  Charles  Hills  and  my  kinsman  Mr.  William  Baker  five 
pounds  apiece  to  buy  them  mourning.  To  Sarah  Kirkham,  daughter  of 
Jane  Kirkham,  ten  pounds  at  one  and  twenty  or  day  of  marriage,  forasmuch 
as  the  said  Jane  hath  attended  on  my  poor  distracted  brother  William 
Quiney  for  above  twenty  years  past  &c.  &c.  In  consideration  of  the  faith- 
ful service  done  and  performed  by  the  said  Jane  Kirkham  for  me,  ever  since 
the  death  of  my  brother  Mr.  Richard  Quiney,  I  give  her  twenty  pounds. 
To  my  cousin  Elianor  Parker  of  Henly  in  Arden,  widow,  forty  shillings. 
To  my  cousin  Margaret  Wright  ten  pounds.  To  Honora  and  Isabell  Lil- 
burne,  daughters  of  my  nephew  George  Lilburne,  ten  pounds  apiece  at  one 
and  twenty  or  days  of  marriage.  To  my  said  nephew  George  Lilburne  and 
Honora  his  wife  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  my  cousins  Robert  Harvey  and 
Richard  Cooper  (whom  I  make  executors  &c.)  all  my  lands,  tenements  &c. 
in  Shottery  and  Kylands  Hill  in  the  county  of  Warwick,  or  elsewhere  in 
said  county,  to  the  use,  in  part,  of  the  said  Robert  Harvey  and  Barbara 
his  wife  and  the  heirs  of  their  bodies  &c.  and  in  part  of  the  said  Richard 
Cooper  &c.  Coker,  129. 

John  Sadler  late  of  London  grocer,  now  of  Hunsdon  Herts,  2  January 
1698,  with  a  codicil  dated  12  January  1698,  proved  16  November  1716. 
I  give  and  devise  unto  Sir  Charles  Ingleby  knight,  Sergeant  at  Law,  and 
his  heirs,  to  the  use  of  him  and  his  heirs,  all  those  my  two  parts,  the  whole 
into  four  parts  to  be  divided,  of  all  those  copyhold  messuages,  lands,  tene- 
ments and  hereditaments  held  of  the  manor  of  Newington  Barrow  als  High- 
bury, in  the  parish  of  Islington  Middlesex,  heretofore  surrendered  to  the  use 
of  this  my  will,  and  all  that  my  messuage  or  tenement  situate  and  being  in 
St.  Lawrence  Lane  in  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  le  Bow  in  the  said  city  of 
London,  with  the  appurtenances,  late  in  the  possession  of  Thomas  Parker, 
now  in  the  possession  of  the  widow  Freeman  or  her  assigns ;  the  said  Sir 
Charles  and  his  heirs  yearly  to  pay  to  my  wife  Elizabeth  during  her  natural 
life  one  annuity  or  yearly  rent  charge  of  thirty  pounds  of  lawful  money  (in 
quarterly  sums). 

And  I  devise  unto  the  said  Sir  Charles  Ingleby  and  his  heirs  all  that  my 
moiety  of  a  certain  plantation  in  Virginia  at  or  near  James  River,  contain- 
ing by  estimation  six  thousand  four  hundred  acres  or  thereabouts,  called 
Martins  Brandon,  and  also  all  that  my  moiety  of  one  other  plantation,  at  or 
near  the  said  river  in  Virginia,  called  or  known  by  the  name  of  Martins 
Hope,  containing  one  thousand  nine  hundred  acres  or  thereabouts,  upon 
trust  that  the  said  Sir  Charles  Ingleby  and  his  heirs  do  and  shall  pay  or 
cause  to  be  paid  unto  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Sadler  and  her  assigns  one 
moiety  or  half  part  of  the  clear  yearly  rents  issues  and  profits  of  my  said 
shares  of  the  said  plantations  in  Virginia  for  and  during  the  term  of  her 
natural  life ;  and,  in  case  the  said  Sir  Charles  Ingleby  or  his  heirs  shall 
think  fit  to  sell  the  said  moieties  or  shares  of  the  said  plantations,  then  as 
to  one  third  part  of  the  money  arising  by  such  sale  my  will  is  that  the  same 
shall  be  in  trust  for  my  said  daughter  her  executors,  administrators  and 
assigns.  And  I  give  to  my  wife  the  whole  benefit,  advantage  and  term  of 
years  yet  to  come  of  and  in  the  house  I  now  dwell  in  and  all  my  plate, 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  623 

furniture  and  household  stuff  of  what  nature  and  kind  soever.  And  my 
will  is  that  my  executor,  herein  after  named,  shall  remise,  release  and  for- 
ever quitclaim  unto  Thomas  Jackson,  my  tenant  in  Virginia  aforesaid,  all 
actions,  suits,  debts,  and  demands  whatsoever  for  or  upon  account  of  any 
rent  or  arrears  of  rent  or  any  fine  or  income  for  what  lands  or  tenements  he 
holds  of  me  in  the  plantations  aforesaid,  or  either  of  them.  I  give  to  Mr. 
Charles  Spencer  five  pounds,  to  Mr.  Charles  Stafford  five  pounds.  All  the 
rest  and  residue  of  my  estate,  as  well  real  as  personal,  after  my  debts 
paid  and  funeral  expenses  defrayed,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  said  Sir 
Charles  Ingleby,  whom  I  make  sole  executor. 

The  codicil  contains  nothing  of  importance  genealogically  and  does  not 
refer  to  the  estate  in  Virginia.  Fox,  215. 

John  Ferne  of  London  yeoman,  2  December  1619,  proved  7  January 
1619.  Having  freehold  lauds  and  hereditaments  in  Virginia,  the  "  Sommer 
Hands "  and  elsewhere,  I  do  will,  give,  devise  and  bequeath  the  same  as 
followeth:  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  three  sons  John,  James  and  Daniel 
Ferne  all  those  my  lands  and  hereditaments,  with  all  profits  which  I  have, 
in  Virginia  in  the  parts  of  America.  To  son  Daniel  my  lands  &c.  in  that 
part  of  America  called  the  "  Sommer  Ilandes,"  and  my  freehold  lands, 
tenements  &c  in  Harrow  on  the  Hill,  Middlesex.  To  John  fifty  pounds, 
to  James  fifty  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Bridget,  wife  of  John  Newark,  to 
wbom  I  have  already  given  a  sufficient  portion,  over  and  above  the  same 
portion,  the  sum  of  five  pounds  sterling,  to  the  two  sons  of  Richard  Lisney 
a  book  of  Mr.  Greeneham's  works,  now  amongst  my  books  in  the  house  of 
my  said  son  James,  to  son  Daniel  my  chest  plated  thick  with  iron  and  three 
locks  and  keys  to  it,  and  my  two  oaken  chests  and  desk,  being  all  in  the 
house  of  my  said  son  James.  The  residue  to  son  Daniel  whom  I  make 
sole  executor.  Soame,  8. 

Stephen  Apthorpe  of  Gamliugay  in  the  County  of  Cambridge  yeoman, 
5  January  1615,  proved  28  February  1619.  To  Annys  my  wife  the  sum 
of  ten  pounds  yearly  to  be  paid  her  during  her  natural  life,  for  and  towards 
her  better  maintenance,  and  all  my  household  stuff  in  the  house  (except 
one  cupboard).  My  said  wife  shall  have  her  being  and  dwelling  in  my 
house  which  I  lately  bought  and  purchased  of  one  Maldenn  for  and  during 
her  natural  life,  without  paying  anything  therefore  to  my  heir  or  executors, 
and  my  executors  shall  yearly  during  her  natural  life  give,  bring  and  deliver 
at  the  said  house  to  and  for  my  said  wife  two  sufficient  loads  of  wood  to 
burn.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  James  Apthorpe,  son  of  Edward  Apthorpe, 
my  son,  the  said  house  wherein  my  wife  is  to  have  her  dwelling  during  her 
life,  and  the  two  closes  thereunto  belonging,  and  also  the  house  which  I 
purchased  of  one  Bradshawe.  I  give  to  Edward  Apthorpe,  another  of  my 
son  Edward's  sons,  that  ground  or  close  which  I  purchased  of  one  Bett, 
with  the  barn  thereon  standing,  and  the  close  which  I  purchased  of  one  Mr 
•  Jacob,  and  also  the  close  which  I  bought  and  purchased  of  one  Botterell. 
To  my  godchild  Stephen  Apthorpe,  the  youngest  son  of  the  said  Edward 
my  son,  my  three  closes  lying  at  the  Brook  End  in  Gamlingay.  To  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  the  said  Edward  my  son,  the  said  cupboard  before  ex- 
cepted. To  Stephen  Apthorpe,  one  other  of  my  godchildren  and  eldest  son 
of  my  son  John  Apthorpe,  all  that  my  messuage  or  inn  called  the  Cock  in 
Gamlingay,  and  the  close  thereunto  belonging  and  one  rood  of  meadow 
lying  in  West  Meadow.  To  John  Apthorpe,  second  son  of  my  said  son 
John,  all  my  copyhold  land  and  meadow  in  Gamlingay.     To  Thomas  Ap- 


624  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

thorpe,  his  third  son,  those  five  acres  and  three  roods  of  arable  land,  lying 
in  the  fields  of  Gamlingay,  which  I  hought  and  purchased  of  one  Nicholas 
Baxter,  and  seven  roods  of  meadow  which  did  sometimes  belong  to  the  Bell 
"which  was  latelie  brent"  in  Gamlingay,  whereof  one  acre  lyeth  at  Black 
ditch  in  Gramesmeadow  and  the  other  three  roods  in  West  meadow.  Of 
the  debt  of  four  score  pounds  due  unto  me  from  my  son  John  I  give  thirty 
pounds  thereof  to  John,  his  second  son,  at  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  thirty 
pounds  to  Thomas,  his  third  son,  at  his  age  of  eighteen.  The  other  twenty 
pounds  shall  be  divided  between  my  executors,  Edward  and  John  Apthorpe, 
my  sons.  Soame,  15. 

Edward  Apthorpe  of  Gamlingay  in  the  County  of  Cambridge,  yeoman, 
15  May  1643,  proved  31  July  1645.  I  give  to  my  son  James  Apthorpe 
five  shillings  in  money.  To  my  son  Edward  the  like  sum  of  five  shillings. 
To  my  son  Stephen  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  of  lawful  money.  To  my  son 
Christopher  five  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Philips, 
five  shillings.  To  my  daughter  Anne  Apthorpe  one  hundred  pounds.  To 
my  brother  John  Apthorpe  five  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Anne  Peeter  six 
shillings  and  eight  pence.  To  the  poor  people  of  Gamlingay  forty  shillings 
to  be  distributed  amongst  them  by  mine  executrix.  The  residue  to  my 
wife  Elizabeth  whom  I  do  make  to  be  sole  executrix  &c.         Rivers,  92. 

Nicholas  East  of  Stanford  within  the  parish  of  Southill  in  the  County 
of  Bedford,  yeoman,  12  April  1649,  proved  13  June  1649.  [Mem.  The 
probate  act  reads,  incorrectly,  1646].  To  my  wife  Agnes  East  the  bed- 
stead and  bedding  now  in  the  custody  of  William  Rudd,  her  youngest  son, 
and  my  cottage  nigh  Shefford's  bridge  wherein  Ralph  the  glover  now  dwel- 
leth,  for  and  during  her  natural  life,  and  after  her  decease  unto  my  son 
Nicholas  East,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  forever.  I  give  unto  John  Rochford 
and  to  Margaret  Squire  forty  shillings  apiece,  being  my  first  wife's  children. 
I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  three  daughters,  Agnes  Abthorp  (sic),  Eliza- 
beth Barly  and  Mary  Thurgood,  fifty  pounds  apiece,  and  to  their  children 
twenty  pounds  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them,  as  well  to  those 
which  are  already  born  as  also  to  those  which  shall  be  born  during  my  life. 
To  James  Apthorp,  William  Barly  and  John  Thurgood,  my  sons  in  law, 
the  first  and  next  gift  and  disposition  of  the  rectory  or  parish  church  of 
Clifton  in  the  County  of  Bedford  in  trust  and  confidence  that  they  or  the 
longest  liver  of  them  shall  bestow  the  same  with  all  the  rights  and  members 
thereunto  belonging  upon  my  son  Nicholas  East,  if  he  doth  survive  Isack 
Bedford,  the  incumbent;  if  otherwise,  then  on  some  learned  man  whom 
they  shall  think  fit  and  worthy  of  the  same.  To  my  poor  brother  William 
East  my  wearing  apparell  and  in  money  three  shillings  four  pence,  to  be 
paid  him  quarterly  during  his  life.  To  my  son  John  Thurgood  gen4,  whom 
I  make  whole  executor  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  the  residue  of  my 
goods  &c.  Whereas  I  did  will,  give  &c.  to  my  three  daughters  fifty  pounds 
apiece  I  do  thus  alter  and  change  the  aforesaid  legacy  to  my  said  three 
daughters  viz1.  I  give  unto  the  said  Agnes  Apthorp,  Elizabeth  Barley  and 
Mary  Thurgood  one  hundred  pounds  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them. 

Fairfax,  92. 

John  Apthorpe  of  Gamlingay,  Cambridge,  yeoman,  19  March  1646, 
proved  10  May  1648.  To  my  grandchild  Stephen  Apthorpe  my  grand- 
child, son  of  Stephen  Apthorpe,  my  son,  ten  pounds.     To  Anne,  daughter 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   I1J    ENGLAND.  625 

of  my  said  son  Stephen,  twenty  pounds.  To  Mary,  daughter  of  my  said 
son  Stephen,  teu  pounds.  To  my  son  John  forty  pounds.  To  my  grand- 
child John  Apthorpe,  son  of  my  said  son  John,  fifteen  pounds.  To  Stephen, 
son  of  my  said  son  John,  fifteen  pounds.  To  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  my 
said  son  John,  twenty  pounds.  To  Katherine,  daughter  of  the  said  John, 
ten  pounds.  To  Aunis.  daughter  of  the  said  John,  ten  pounds.  To  my 
son  Thomas  Apthorpe  thirty  pounds  and  to  his  son  John  ten  pounds.  To 
my  sister  Annispne  shilling  per  annum,  to  be  paid  her  so  long  as  her  now 
husband,  Laurance  Peter,  and  she  shall  live  both  together.  And  in  ease 
she  shall  fortune  to  overlive  her  said  husband  then  I  give  unto  her  the  sum 
of  twenty  shillings  per  annum  during  her  natural  life.  To  my  said  son 
Thomas  all  that  my  messuage  or  inn  and  close  adjoining  in  Gamlingay  called 
by  the  name  of  the  Cock  &c.  &c.  My  son  Stephen  Apthorpe  to  be  sole 
executor.  Essex,  68. 

Simon  Apthorp  of  Gamlingay,  Cambridge,  yeoman,  8  December  1653. 
Wife  and  son  John  to  be  executors.  Daughters  Alice,  Elizabeth,  Hanna 
and  Sarah.     Sons  Stephen,  Thomas,  Simon  and  Edward.       Alchin,  152. 

[There  is  a  long  pedigree  of  the  Apthorp  familv  in  William  Cole's  Collection 
for  Cambridgeshire  (fols.  180-189),  Add.  MS.  5812,  Brit.  Mus.— H.  F.  w.] 

Judith  Parker  widow,  5  May  1649,  proved  24  May  1649.  I  bequeath 
twenty  pounds  unto  Thomas  Shepherd,  son  of  Thomas  Shepherd  of  Cam- 
bridge in  New  England,  and  ten  pounds  apiece  uuto  Robert  Parker  and 
Sarah  Parker,  son  and  daughter  of  Thomas  Parker  of  Needham  Market. 
And  if  money  be  not  made  of  my  goods  in  so  large  a  manner  as  is  expected 
!>hen  I  bequeath  but  five  pounds  unto  Sarah  Parker  the  abovesaid.  Also 
I  give  unto  Sarah  Westhrope,  the  wife  of  Richard  Westhrope,  one  feather 
bed,  one  boulster,  one  pair  of  blankets,  one  half  part  of  my  wearing  linen 
and  a  bedsted.  Similar  bequests  to  the  widow  Carter,  the  widow  May, 
"  my  kinswoman  "  Sarah  Westhrope  and  Elizabeth  Wiseman  widow.  I 
appoint  Robert  Manninge  of  Ipswich  executor.  If  it  should  please  God  to 
cause  my  estate  to  perish  either  at  Sea,  by  coming  over,  or  otherwise  then 
the  parties  abovesaid  to  remit  and  not  to  require  those  abovesaid  legacies. 
Memorandum — I  give  John  Doubble  senr.  and  John  Doubble  junr.  half  a 
crown  apiece.  Fairfax,  61. 

Elizabeth  Harwood  of  Bednall  Green  in  the  County  of  Middlesex, 
widow,  5  August  1686,  proved  11  April  1687.  Interested  in  a  brewhouse, 
with  its  appurtenances,  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  parish  of  St.  Leonard 
Shoreditch,  now  in  the  occupation  of  Wiiliam  Goodman.  One  moiety  or 
half  part  of  said  brewhouse  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Sedgwick  and  the 
other  moiety  to  my  daughter  Hannah  Manwaring.  I  give  and  bequeath 
all  that  my  one  sixth  part  of  the  profits,  product  and  proceed  of  such  goods 
which  my  late  husband  sent  beyond  seas,  which  is  expected  to  be  returned 
for  England,  unto  my  three  sons  John,  Jacob  and  Joseph,  equally  to  be  divided 
amongst  them,  share  and  share  alike,  upon  this  condition  nevertheless  that 
they  shall  pay  out  of  the  same  unto  my  brother  Samuel  Usher  the  sum  of 
five  pounds.  Whereas  my  late  husband  by  his  said  will  did  give  unto  my 
grandchild  Elizabeth  Manwaring  two  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  her  at 
her  age  of  seventeen  years;  now  in  case  she  shall  die  before  she  shall 
attain  tne  said  age  my  will  and  mind  is  that  the  said  two  hundred  pounds 
6hall  be  put  out  at  interest  for  the  benefit  and  separate  maintenance  of  my 


626  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

said  daughter  Hannah  Manwaring  &c,  and  after  her  decease  to  such  child 
or  children  of  my  said  daughter  as  she  shall  have  living  till  they  come  of 
age;  then  to  pay  to  such  child  &c.  the  principal  sum.  To  my  son  John 
one  silver  tankard  with  his  father's  arms  engraven  on  it  and  my  largest 
wrought  silver  server  and  my  late  husband's  seal  ring  and  two  large  silver 
spoons.  To  my  son  Jacob  my  largest  silver  tankard  and  my  lesser  silver 
wrought  server  and  two  large  silver  spoons.  To  my  son  Joseph  my  next 
biggest  silver  tankard,  one  plain  silver  plate  and  two  large  silver  spoons. 
All  the  rest  of  my  silver  plate,  jewels,  rings  and  all  my  household  goods  of 
what  nature  or  kind  soever  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  two  daughters 
Elizabeth  Sedgwick  and  Hannah  Manwaring,  equally  to  be  divided  between 
them.  Whereas  my  brother  Hezekiah  Usher  of  New  England  did  by  his 
last  will  and  testament  give  me  a  legacy  of  one  hundred  pounds  which  is 
not  yet  paid  me  I  do  give  the  same  to  my  daughter  Hannah.  I  give  to  my 
said  sons  and  my  said  daughters  and  my  son  in  law  Ralph  Manwaring,  to 
my  good  friend  Isaac  Dafforne,  to  my  grandchild  Samuel  Sedgwick  and  to 
my  grandchild  Elizabeth  Manwaring  ten  pounds  apiece,  to  buy  mourning. 
My  son  Jacob  to  be  sole  executor.  Foot,  49. 

[The  above  testatrix  was  the  widow  of  John  Harwood  whose  will  has  already- 
been  given  in  these  Gleanings  (Register,  vol.  42,  pp.  64-5,  ante,  pp.  256-7).  H. 
F.  Waters. 

Hezekiah  Usher,  called  by  the  testatrix  hei  brother,  was  of  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  1639,  and  removed  in  1645  to  Boston,  where  he  was  a  bookseller.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  of  Massachusetts  March  14,  1638-9.  "He  was  the 
agent  for  the  Society  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  among  the  Indians,  and  it  was 
through  him  that  types  and  paper  were  procured  by  which  Green  of  Cambridge 
printed  the  great  Indian  Bible  in  1660-1663.  He  went  to  London  for  this  pur- 
pose in  the  winter  of  1657-8."  He  died  May  14,  1676.  In  his  wTill  he  mentions 
brother  John  Harwood  and  sister  Elizabeth  Harwood.  An  article  on  the  Usher 
family  is  printed  in  the  Register,  vol.  23,  pp.  410-13.  See  also  Historical 
Catalogue  of  the  Old  South,  1883,  edited  by  Hamilton  A.  Hill,  A.M.,  page  216; 
Paige's  History  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  pp.  673-4;  and  Savage's  Genealogical 
Dictionary,  vol.  4.  pp.  362-3. — Editor.] 

William  West  of  Eaton  in  Bucks,  yeoman,  21  July  1686  proved  14 
June  1687.  My  copyhold  or  customary  messuages  &c.  in  the  parish  of 
Upton  in  said  county,  held  of  the  Lord  or  Lady  of  the  manor  of  Upton 
cum  Chalvey  &c.  to  my  son  Thomas  West.  My  freehold  messuages  &c. 
in  Upton,  Datchett,  Stoke  Pogis  aud  Horton,  Bucks,  and  in  Bray,  Berks,  to 
my  said  son  Thomas.  My  leasehold  messuages  &c.  in  Eaton  and  Upton  to 
my  said  son.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  grand  daughter  Margaret 
West,  daughter  of  my  son  William  West  deceased,  who  lived  several  years 
in  Virginia  (and  died  there  as  I  am  informed)  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds.  To 
my  grand  daughter  Mary  West,  daughter  of  my  said  son  William  West 
deceased,  fifty  pounds  to  be  paid  at  her  age  of  eighteen  years.  To 
my  grand  sou  William  West  (son  of  my  said  son  William  deceased)  fifty 
pounds  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years.  If  any  of  these  grandchildren  shall 
not,  in  person,  come  into  England  and  make  it  appear  that  he  or  she  is  truly 
the  child  of  my  said  son  then  the  said  legacy  shall  not  be  paid.  To  my 
grand  son  Thomas  West,  son  of  my  said  son  Thomas,  fifty  pounds  at  one 
and  twenty.  To  my  grand  daughter  Anne  West,  daughter  of  said  Thomas, 
fifty  pounds  at  eighteen  or  day  of  marriage.  To  Edward  West  and  William 
West,  sons  of  my  late  brother  Francis  West  deceased,  five  pounds  apiece. 
Other  bequests.     Thomas  West  to  be  sole  executor.  Foot,  88. 

[A  genealogy  of  the  West  Family  of  Virginia  is  printed  in  The  Critic,  a  news- 
paper published  in  Richmond,  Va.,  Feb.  3  and  17,  1889. — Editor.] 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  627 

Francis  Spencer  of  St.  Giles  without  Cripplegate,  London,  citizen  and 
brewer  of  London,  7  April  1636,  proved  24  October  1636.  My  son 
Thomas  Spencer  shall,  immediately  after  my  decease,  have,  hold  and  enjoy, 
to  him  and  his  heirs  forever  all  my  houses,  lands,  tenements  and  heredita- 
ments &c.  in  Hitchin,  Herts.,  which  for  the  most  part  I  have  already  es- 
tated  him  in.  To  my  three  daughters,  Susan,  Elizabeth  and  Agnes,  each, 
three  score  six  pounds,  thirteen  shillings  and  four  pence,  at  one  and  twenty 
or  day  of  marriage.  Other  provision  for  sou  and  daughters.  The  residue 
to  wife  Margaret  whom  I  make  and  ordain  full  and  sole  executrix.  And 
I  appoint  my  uncle  Richard  Spencer,  citizen  and  haberdasher  of  London 
and  brother  Daniel  Spencer,  citizen  and  grocer  of  Loudon,  to  be  overseers. 

One  of  the  witnesses  was  Richard  Milton,  scrivener.  Pile,  106. 

[The  testator  of  the  above  will  must  have  been  akin  to  Michael  and  Jarrard 
Spencer  of  New  England.  (See  my  Gleanings  in  Register,  Vol.  45,  p.  232,  ante, 
p.  515.)  The  widow  having  died  administration  was  granted,  on  the  above  date, 
to  Thomas  Marler,  Arch-deacon  of  Sarum,  brother  of  the  executrix.  As  to  the 
witness  it  will  be  borne  in  mind  that  John  Milton  was  the  son  of  a  London 
scrivener. — Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Margaret  Spencer,  late  wife  and  executrix  of  Francis  Spencer  of 
Goulding  Lane  in  the  parish  of  St.  Giles  Cripplegate,  London,  ale  brewer, 
21  September  1636,  proved  31  October  1636.  My  body  to  be  laid  in  the 
parish  church  of  St.  Giles,  close  by  my  said  last  husband.  All  my  goods 
to  Thomas  Roberts  and  Mary  Roberts,  my  son  and  daughter  at  21  or  days 
of  marriage.  My  brother  Thomas  Marler  of  Lydeard,  Wilts,  clerk,  to  be 
sole  executor.  Pile,  104. 

Jeremie  Lane  of  Rickmersworth  in  the  County  of  Hertford,  yeomanr 
30  September  1646,  proved  2  June,  1647.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Martha 
my  wife  for  and  during  the  term  of  eight  years  next  ensuing,  if  she  so  long 
live,  for  aud  towards  the  education,  maintenance  and  bringing  up  of  my 
children,  all  my  messuage,  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  &c.  in  the 
hamlet  of  West  End  in  the  parish  of  Rickmersworth.  And  if  she  die  be- 
fore the  expiration  of  said  term  then  I  give  and  bequeath  the  same,  to  the 
purpose  aforesaid,  to  my  son  John  Lane  and  to  my  brother  John  Lane 
for  such  part  of  the  said  term  that  then  shall  be  to  come  and  unexpired. 
After  the  said  term  of  eight  years  I  give  and  bequeath  the  one  moiety  of  the 
said  messuage  &c.  to  my  eldest  son  John  Lane  and  the  heirs  of  his  body 
lawfully  begotten  or  to  be  begotten;  and,  for  default  of  such  issue,  to  re- 
main to  Josias  my  son  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  to  be  begotten ; 
and,  for  default  of  such  issue,  to  remain  to  Jahasiel  my  son  &c.  &c.  and  then 
to  remain  to  the  right  heirs  of  me  the  said  Jerome  Lane  forever.  Pro- 
vision made  for  daughters  Mary  and  Martha.  Wife  Martha  to  be  execu- 
trix. Wit:  Jo:  Androwes,  John  Lane,  signum  Alice  Shrimpton  ux.  Johis 
Shrimpton.  Fines,  121. 

[This  was  the  Jeremiah  Lane  referred  to  as  "deceased"  in  the  will  of  his 
brother  John  Lane.  (See  my  Gleanings  in  Register,  Vol.  44,  pp.  395-6,  ante, 
p.  472.)  He  was  therefore  an  uncle  of  our  Job  Lane  of  Maiden,  Mass. — Henry 
F.  Waters.] 

John  Bigge  of  St.  Mary  Mattfellon  als  Whitechapel,  Middlesex,  citizen 
and  tallow  chandler  of  London,  30  January  1635,  proved  2  September  1636 
by  the  widow  Joane  Bigg.  To  wife  Joane  my  freehold  messuage  &c.  which 
I  lately  purchased  of  Mr.  Allen  and  joined  my  said  wife  purchaser  with  me. 
the  same  is  now  in  the  tenure  and  occupation  of  Thomas  Neale,  wholesale- 
man,  and  situate  in  the  Mynories,  in   the  parish  of  St.  Buttolph  without 


628  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

Algate ;  also  two  tenements  in  the  occupation  of  one  Brookes,  comfitmaker, 
and  Edward  Vollentine,  whitebaker,  near  the  Saracen's  Head  in  the  parish 
of  St.  Katherine  Creechurch  als  Christ's  Church,  within  Algate,  London, 
these  two  for  life;  and,  after  her  decease,  to  my  brother  Thomas  Bigg  of 
Wilhamstead,  Beds.,  yeoman,  and  his  lawful  issue,  with  remainder  to  my 
sister  Susan  Ward  and  her  lawful  issue,  then  to  my  brother  Henry  Bigg  of 
Virginia,  beyond  the  seas,  taylor,  and  his  lawful  issue,  then  to  the  poor  of 
the  three  parishes  hereafter  named,  viz',  St.  Katherine  Creechurch  als 
Christ  Church  within  Algate,  St.  Buttolph's  without  Algate  and  St.  Mary 
Matfellon  als  Wbitechapel.  Other  bequests  to  wife  and  sister  Susan  Ward, 
brother  Thomas  Bigg,  sister  Mary  Cowper,  wife  of  Edmond  Cooper  of 
Houghton  Conquest,  Beds.,  yeoman,  brother  Henry  Bigg,  godchildren  (not 
named),  my  late  wife's  sister  Anne  Pickett  of  Causam  (Caversham)  near 
Reading  and  hsr  children,  a  servant  named  William  Lake,  a  maidservant 
named  Dorothy  Smith,  and  Richard  Barnett,  an  apprentice.  To  William 
Wyer  and  Anne  Wyer,  son  and  daughter  of  William  Wyer  of  St.  Martin 
in  the  Fields,  gentleman,  ten  pounds  apiece  at  twenty  one.  To  Francis 
(Frances)  Rogers  of  Virginia,  spinster,  ten  pounds  at  her  age  of  one  and 
twenty  years.  The  residue  to  wife  Joane  whom  I  make  &c.  sole  executrix, 
and  I  make  Thomas  Cane  of  Wbitechapel,  tyler  and  bricklayer,  and  Thomas 
Jeffery  of  the  same,  citizen  and  girdler,  overseers.  Pile,  99. 

Daniel  Williams  of  Hoxton,  near  London,  Doctor  of  Divinity,  26  June 
1711,  proved  6  November  1716.  I  desire  my  body  may  be  privately  buried 
in  the  new  Burying  Ground  near  the  Artillery  Ground,  where  a  vault  shall 
be  purchased  and  a  good  tomb  erected,  therein  any  of  my  and  wife's  rela- 
tions may  be  buried  or,  in  want  of  such,  any  good  ministers  as  the  place 
will  permit  room  for  them.  Instead  of  her  marriage  settlement  (of  four 
hundred  pounds  a  year)  my  wife  shall  enjoy  for  her  natural  life  the  ground 
rents  I  bought  in  and  near  Queens  Street  in  Westminster  from  one  Sutton, 
amounting  to  one  hundred  and  nine  pounds  or  thereabouts  per  annum,  and 
the  interest  of  one  thousand  pounds  which  remaineth  in  Mr.  Benj.  Shep- 
pard's  hands  (over  and  besides  the  other  thousand  pounds  in  his  hands 
which  I  order  him  to  pay  her  in  a  year  after  my  decease  as  what  I  cov- 
enanted to  do),  also  my  dwelling  house  in  Hoxton  with  all  gardens  &c, 
also  the  two  Peverils  and  whole  estate  in  Essex  which  I  bought  of  Daniel 
Tanfield  Esq',  which  is  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  per  annum, 
also  Totham  in  Essex,  whereof  one  Sewell  is  tenant,  which  at  the  time  of 
our  marriage  was  let  at  forty  five  pounds  per  annum,  but  now  reduced  to 
thirty  eighty  pounds  (and  other  property).  I  give  to  her  for  life  all  the 
Jewells  and  plate,  except  my  large  bason  which  I  leave  to  Mrs.  Wyn,  as 
having  been  her  father's,  and  my  largest  silver  tankard,  which  I  give  to  my 
cousin  Richard  Meredith  Esqr.  My  repeating  clock  I  give  to  Mr.  John 
Evans.  At  the  death  of  my  wife  my  Jewells,  plate  &c.  shall  be  equally 
divided,  one  half  to  my  daughter  Mary  Sheppard  the  other  to  my  daughter 
Elizabeth  Barkstead.  The  thousand  pounds  in  Mr.  Sheppard's  hands  shall, 
at  her  death,  be  thus  distributed.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Sheppard  three 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  or  if  she  be  dead,  to  her  husband  and  children. 
To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Barkstead  three  hundred  pounds,  to  my  son 
Francis  Barkstead  two  hundred  pounds,  to  my  wife's  sister  Stannet  fifty 
pounds,  to  young  Daniel  Loften  fifty  pounds.  I  also  give  my  son  Benjamin 
Sheppard,  my  daughter  Mary  Sheppard,  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Barkstead 
and  son  Francis  Baristead  ten  pounds  apiece  to  buy  them  mourning.     My 


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brother  and  sister  Roberts,  and  the  survivor  of  them,  shall  during  his  or  her 
natural  life  possess  all  that  my  estate  in  Burton  and  Cross  Howel  &c.  in 
Denbighshire,  which  I  bought  of  Mr.  Smith,  he  and  she  paying  yearly  six 
pounds  to  Mr.  Kenrick  or  other  the  Presbyterian  dissenting  minister  in 
Wrexham  and  ten  pounds  a  year  to  such  a  man  as  they  shall  appoint  to 
teach  twenty  children  to  read  and  write  and  instruct  them  in  the  principles 
of  religion,  but  I  forbid  them  to  make  any  waste  by  cutting  down  any 
young  trees  or  timber.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  brother  all  my 
wearing  apparel,  and  to  the  family  of  our  kindred  the  Sackvils  one  hundred 
pounds,  to  be  distributed  among  them  to  such  and  in  such  sums  as  my  said 
brother  and  sister  shall  judge  fit,  and  not  otherwise.  Whereas  my  cousin 
Richard  Edwards  deceased  owed  me  three  hundred  and  forty  five  pounds 
principal,  besides  as  much  more  on  trading  profit,  and  I  have  administered 
to  him,  my  will  is  that  the  said  principal,  when  recovered,  shall  be  to  my 
cousin  Hugh  Edwardes,  the  father  of  the  said  Richard,  and  his  children, 
and  I  remit  to  Dorothy  Edwards,  the  widow  of  the  said  Richard,  all  the 
interest  and  profits  due,  and  assign  the  administration  to  her.  To  Mr. 
John  Welsh,  to  be  paid  to  the  Societies  for  reformation  of  manners,  one 
hundred  fifty  pounds.  To  Walter  Stephens  and  Joseph  Damar  Esqr,  liv- 
ing in  Dublin,  one  hundred  pounds  for  the  education  of  youth  &c  unless  I 
pay  this  in  my  life  time.  To  Mr.  Joseph  Boys  of  Dublin,  the  minister, 
one  hundred  pounds  and  to  the  poor  of  Wood  Street  congregation,  whereof 
I  was  once  pastor,  forty  pounds.  One  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  to  Dr. 
Duncan  dimming,  in  Dublin,  to  be  lent  by  him  so  that  the  widow  Mrs. 
Sara  Hartley  may  have  the  interest  of  it  during  her  life  and  after  death  the 
said  one  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  to  the  widow  Mrs.  Barrington,  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  Benj.  Pratt.  I  also  remit  and  forgive  my  cousin  Richard  Mere- 
dith Esqr  the  several  sums  of  money  due  from  him  to  me  and  give  to  that 
son  of  his  which  beareth  my  name  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  and  to  my 
cousin  Elizabeth  West,  sister  of  the  said  Richard,  one  hundred  pounds. 
Five  pounds  apiece  to  servants  for  mourHing.  To  my  kinsman  Hugh  Ed- 
wards one  hundred  pounds.  To  Mr.  Samuel  Pomfret  the  minister  thirty 
pounds.  To  Mr.  John  Evans  my  colleague  fifty  pounds  and  the  lease  of  a 
house  in  Plumbtree  Street  which  I  bought  of  Mrs.  Hannah  Fox  als  Brad- 
ley. To  the  poor  of  Hand  Alley  Congregation  fifty  pounds.  To  poor 
French  refugees  one  hundred  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  Shoreditch  twenty 
pounds.  Five  pounds  apiece  to  Mr.  Cook  of  Clare  in  Suffolk,  Mr.  Stephens 
of  London,  Mr.  Lorimore,  Mr.  Hunt  of  Newport,  Mr.  Rastrick  of  Lin  in 
Norfolk,  Mr.  Kempster,  all  ministers  except  the  last,  aud  the  same  to  one 
Mr.  Cordell,  a  minister  about  Cambridgeshire,  and  Mr.  Benjamin  Robinson, 
Mr.  Chandler  of  Bath  and  his  brother  (all  ministers),  as  also  to  Mr.  Isaac 
Bates  of  Hackney.  Four  pounds  apiece  to  the  following  ministers'  widows, 
viz',  Mrs.  Taylor  about  Wem,  Mrs.  Evans  about  'Oswestry,  Mrs.  Naylor 
about  St.  Helens  in  Lancashire,  Mrs.  Wine,  Mrs.  Hardcastle,  Mrs.  Gosnal, 
Mrs.  Webb  of  Fromley  (the  two  last  known  to  Mrs.  Jacomb).  I  forgive 
Mr.  Toms  half  of  what  he  owes  me.  I  forgive  Mr.  Lyford  what  he  owes 
me  and  give  him  five  pounds.  I  release  my  cousin  Katherine  Taylor  of 
Wrexham  of  what  she  is  indebted  to  me,  aud  I  authorize  my  executors  to 
release  Mr.  William  King,  the  baker  in  London,  of  what  he  stands  bound 
to  me,  which  from  the  respect  I  bear  to  the  parents  of  his  wife  I  lent  aud 
am  willing  to  forgive,  with  all  the  interest  due  thereupon,  the  same,  if  she 
survive  him,  I  forgive  his  said  wife  and  give  her  also  five  pounds.  I  for- 
give Mrs.  Dicksy  the  nine  pounds  she  oweth  me.     I  give  to  my  cousin 


630  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

Stephen  Davies,  minister  at  Banbury,  ten  pounds  and  forgive  what  he 
oweth  to  me.  I  give  to  Mr.  Hull,  a  tinman  in  London,  twenty  pounds 
and  to  Anne  Jerom  fifty  shillings.  I  give  the  reversion  of  an  estate  in 
Elsley  in  Cambridgeshire,  after  the  death  of  tbe  widow  Mason,  now  pos- 
sessor of  it  to  St.  Thomas  Hospital  and  the  Workhouse  in  Bishopsgate 
Street,  Loudon,  the  rents  and  profits  to  be  equally  divided  between  them 
for  ever  (valued  to  me  about  fifty  five  pounds  per  annum).  I  give  all  my 
houses  in  Burnham  to  Robert  Metham  Senr  for  the  use  of  the  Presbyterian 
Meeting  there.  I  give  to  the  College  of  Glasco,  whiles  the  present  Con- 
stitution of  the  Church  of  Scotland  coutinueth,  my  house  and  land  in  Barnet, 
Herts,  set  now  at  forty  five  pounds  per  annum,  and  the  reversion  of  my 
lands  in  Totham,  Essex,  after  my  wife's  death,  as  also  one  hundred  pounds 
in  money,  my  trustees  and  assigns  to  appoint  and  nominate,  from  time  to 
time,  four  South  Britain  youths  to  be  students  at  Glasco,  who  shall  receive 
six  pounds  per  annum  from  the  said  College,  and  also  three  South  Britains 
who,  after  they  are  commenced  Masters  of  Arts  in  said  College,  shall  re- 
ceive ten  pounds  apiece  per  annum  for  three  years,  or  otherwise  two  at 
fifteen  pounds  apiece.  More  Exhibitions  to  be  added  as  the  yearly  profits 
will  afford.  Provisions  made  in  case  Prelacy  or  the  Episcopal  Hierarchy 
or  Popery  shaft  be  established  in  North  Britain.  To  the  Society  in  Scot- 
land for  Propagating  Christian  Knowledge  one  hundred  pounds,  and  also, 
at  the  end  of  one  year  after  they  have  sent  three  qualified  ministers  to  abide 
in  foreign  infidel  countries,  all  my  lands  and  tenements  in  and  about  Cat- 
worth  in  Huntingtonshire  (set  at  about  sixty  eight  pounds  per  annum). 

I  give  to  Mr.  Jos.  Thompson  and  the  rest  of  the  Society  for  New  Eng- 
land an  estate  in  Essex  called  Tolshant  Becknam  manor,  which  I  bought 
of  Mrs.  Hannah  Fox  als  Bradley,  after  her  death,  as  long  as  the  said 
Society  or  Corporation  shall  continue,  upon  condition  that  sixty  pounds  per 
annum  shall  be  allowed  between  two  well  qualified  persons  as  to  piety  and 
prudence  to  be  nominated  successively  by  my  trustees  to  preach  as  itiner- 
ants in  the  English  plantations  in  the  West  Indies  and  for  the  good  of  what 
Pagans  and  Blacks  lie  neglected  there,  and  the  remainder  be  paid  yearly 
to  the  College  of  Cambridge  in  New  England,  or  such  as  are  usually  em- 
ployed to  manage  the  blessed  work  of  converting  the  poor  Indians  there,  to 
promote  which  I  design  this  part  of  my  gift.  But  if  my  trustees  be  hind- 
ered from  nominating  the  said  itinerants  uuder  the  pretence  of  any  statute 
in  New  England  or  elsewhere  I  give  the  said  three  score  pounds  per  annum 
to  the  said  College  in  New  England,  to  encourage  and  make  them  capable 
to  get  constantly  some  learned  Professor  out  of  Europe  to  reside  there  and 
shall  be  of  their  own  nomination  in  concurrence  with  the  ministers  of  the 
Town  of  Boston  in  the  said  New  England.  And  if  the  foresaid  Society  or 
Corporation  shall  happen  to  be  dissolved  or  deprived  of  their  present  privi- 
lege my  will  is  and  I  heieby  give  the  said  manor,  with  all  the  profits  and 
advantages,  to  the  said  Town  of  Boston,  with  the  ministers  thereof,  to 
benefit  the  said  College  as  above  and  to  promote  the  conversion  of  the  poor 

Indians. 

To  my  cousin  Stephen  Davies,  minister  at  Banbury,  and  to  the  heirs  male 
of  his  body,  lawfully  begotten,  and,  for  want  of  such,  to  my  son  Benjamin 
Sheppard  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body  &c.  next  to  Mr.  John  Evans,  my 
colleague  and  his  heirs  male  &c,  then  to  Dr.  Edmund  Calamy  and  his  heirs 
male  &c,  then  to  the  Magistrates  and  City  of  Edinburgh  in  North  Britain 
all  the  contigent  remainders  which  respect  Glascow  or  the  Society  in  Scot- 
land &c,  as  also  all  that  is  doe  to  me  for  the  remainder  of  the  term  of 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  631 

ninety  nine  years  from  the  Exchequer,  my  interest  in  the  Thames  Water, 
my  estate  in  and  about  Travallen  and  Gregsford  which  I  bought  of  the 
Merediths  and  that  near  Holt  bought  of  Mr.  Weaver,  and  the  estate  in 
Burton  and  Cross  Howell  which  my  brother  and  sister  Roberts  are  to  en- 
joy for  life,  as  also  what  I  bought  of  Mr.  Maddocks,  near  Clare  in  Suffolk, 
with  all  the  lands  and  houses  settled  on  my  dear  wife  for  life,  except  Totham 
as  before  disposed  of,  and  all  other  real  estate  of  freehold,  in  trust  that  Mr. 
William  Lorimer,  Doctor  Oldfield,  Doctor  Edmund  Calamy,  Mr.  William 
Tongue,  Mr.  Mat.  Henry,  Mr.  Benjamin  Robinson,  Mr.  Zachariah  Merrol 
of  Hamstead,  Mr.  John  Evans,  my  colleague,  Mr.  William  Harris,  Mr. 
Thomas  Reignolds,  Mr.  Isaac  Bates,  Mr.  Jeremia  Smith,  Mr.  Read  (minis- 
ters of  the  Gospel),  Mr.  John  Morton,  linen  draper,  Mr.  Edmund  Farring- 
don  junr,  Mr.  William  Adee,  Mr.  Jonathan  Collier,  my  son  Mr.  Benjamin 

Sheppard,  my  son  Mr.  Francis  Barkstead,  Mr. Archer,  Mr.   Richard 

Watts,  Mr.  Isaac  Honiwood,  Mr.  George  Smith,  son  to  Mr.  Thomas  Smith 
&c.  shall  act  as  my  trustees  (for  various  purposes).  One  of  them  is  for  a 
preacher  of  the  Gospel,  being  a  protestant  and  skillfull  in  the  Irish  Tongue, 
as  an  itinerant  to  preach  in  Irish  where  he  can  find  an  opportunity  for  it  in 
Ireland,  to  be  nominated  and  approved  by  Walter  Stephens  Esq.,  Dr.  Duu- 
can  dimming,  Mr.  Joseph  Boys,  Mr.  Nathaniel  Weld,  in  or  near  Dublin ; 
another  for  the  support  of  Welsh  young  men  to  preach  the  Word  of  God 
in  Wales. 

As  to  my  library  my  will  is  that  duplicates  and  useless  books  and  unfit 
to  be  set  in  a  public  library  be  given  away  to  such  as  they  may  be  useful  to 
and  want  them.  The  residue  I  appoint  for  a  public  library  whereto  such 
as  my  trustees  appoint  shall  have  access  for  the  perusal  of  any  book  in  the 
place  where  they  are  lodged.  I  ordain  my  executors,  with  the  advice  of 
my  trustees,  to  purchase  some  or  other  freehold  edifice  in  some  cheap  and 
convenient  place  without  or  within  the  waHs  of  the'  City  of  London  (as  a 
Throwsters  workhouse  or  the  like)  with  one  room  for  a  single  person 
whom  they  my  Trustees  shall  from  time  to  time  trust  to  keep  the  said  books, 
whereof  two  catalogues  shall  be  kept,  one  by  the  Keeper  of  the  Library, 
one  by  such  as  the  Trustees  shall  name  of  their  own  number  (wherein  any 
other  person's  gift  of  books  may  be  inserted,  under  them  the  names  of  such 
donors  as  shall  add  to  the  said  Library).  And  the  said  Trustees  shall  pay 
ten  pounds  per  annum  to  the  said  Library  Keeper  (a  young  preacher  seems 
fittest  for  it).  If  no  fit  edifice  can  be  procured  then  a  small  piece  of  ground 
shall  be  bought  and  a  building  erected  for  this  purpose  (not  pompous  or  too 
large)  &c. 

The  executors  having  renounced  admon.  was  granted  to  Jane  Williams 
the  widow. 

Admon.  de  bonis  non  was  granted  5  March  1739-.40,  to  Francis  Bark- 
stead,  the  widow  having  died  (but  in  this  record  her  name  is  given  as  Anne). 
Hugh  Roberts  had  also  died.  Fox,  218. 

[The  Library  thus  provided  for  was  the  well  known  non-conformist  library, 
now,  I  believ«,  at  16  Grafton  St.,  Gower  St.  The  Inscription  at  Bunhill  Fields 
describes  him  as  "  Danlia  Williams  S.  T.  P.  Wrexhamiae  in  Comitatu  Denbigensi 
inter  Cambro-Britannos  nati,"  &c.  The  date  of  his  burial  (or  death)  "  vii. 
Kal.  Feb.  Anno  aetatis  sua;  LXXII.  Christi  MDCCXVI."— h.  f.  w. 

The  Society  for  New  England,  represented  by  Mr.  Joseph  Thompson,  named 
in  Dr.  Williams's  will,  was  the  society  under  whose  patronage  John  Eliot  printed 
his  Indian  translation  of  the  Bible.  For  a  sketch  of  its  history  see  Register, 
vol.  39,  pp.  299-301.  See  also  vol.  36,  pp.  157-61 ;  vol.  39,  pp.  29-30;  pp.  179- 
83 ;  vol.  42,  pp.  329-30 ;  vol.  45,  p.  248 — Editor.] 


632  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Nicholas  Baker  of  the  parish  of  St.  George's  in  Marylard  one  of  his 
Majesty's  plantations  in  America,  28  February  1753,  proved  7  January 
1766.  My  debts  and  funeral  charges  paid  all  the  rest  of  my  worldly  goods 
&c.  I  give  to  my  brother  John  Baker  of  Gray's  Inn  Lane,  St.  Andrew 
Parish,  gardner,  during  his  natural  life,  he  making  no  waste  &c,  and  after 
his  decease  to  my  sister  Elizabeth  Baker  of  St.  Andrew's  and  Gray's  Inn 
Lane. 

Then  follows  an  Inventory  of  his  estate  in  America,  bequeathed  by  the 
aforesaid  will  to  John  Baker  and  Elizabeth  his  wife:  viz'  two  hun- 
dred acres  called  Nicholas  Baker's  Choice,  or  the  rich  Bottom,  now  in 
possession  of  John  Taylor  of  the  parish  of  St.  George's  in  America  (and 
certain  live  stock).  Tyndall,  3. 

Thomas  Aldworthe  of  the  city  of  Bristol,  alderman  and  merchant,  22 
November  1598,  proved  5  March  1598.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the 
Gauutes  church  in  St.  Augustine's  Green.  I  give  four  pounds  towards  the 
reparation  of  the  church  of  St.  Warborough  and  to  the  new  works  adjoin- 
ing to  the  same.  To  my  wife  Margerie  two  hundred  pounds,  within  one 
year  after  my  decease,  and  three  hundred  ounces  of  my  plate,  and  one 
hundred  pounds  yearly  during  her  natural  life  (and  other  property).  To 
my  brother  Richard  Aldworthe  of  London  twenty  pounds,  and  to  my  cousin 
Robert  Aldworthe,  his  son,  two  hundred  pounds,  and  three  tankards  of 
silver  and  gilt  for  a  remembrance.  To  John  Aldworthe,  my  brother 
Richard's  son,  two  hundred  pounds,  and  to  his  two  daughters  Margerie  and 
Elizabeth,  ten  pounds  each  at  day  of  marriage.  To  Elizabeth  Aldworthe, 
my  brother  Richard's  daughter,  twenty  pounds.  To  Richard  Tovye.  To 
Thomas  Aldworthe  of  Wantinge,  Berks.,  tanner,  ten  pounds.  Thomas 
Wright,  my  godson,  Robert  Younge,  the  youngest  child  of  John  Younge 
deceased.  My  brother  in  law  Mr  John  Webb.  John  Collimore,  draper. 
Jeromie  Ham,  town  clerk.  To  my  friend  Robert  Redwood  ten  ounces  of 
plate.  To  Thomas  Aid  worth,  vicar  of  Congresbury,  twenty  five  pounds. 
My  cousin  Joan  Harris  of  Oxford  and  her  two  brethren.  My  cousin 
Markes  Smithe  in  Berkshire  and  his  two  sisters.  To  Thomas  Aldworthe, 
"the  whooper,"  ten  pounds.  To  certain  almshouses,  prisons  and  hospitals. 
To  certain  servants.  I  make  my  beloved  Thomas  Aldworth  ah  Darbridg, 
who  espoused  Marie  the  daughter  of  Walter  Williams,  draper  of  this  city 
of  Bristol  deceased,  my  full  and  whole  executor  &c.  I  give  to  the  same 
Thomas  Aldworthe  als  Durbridjje  the  fee  farm  of  ray  now  dwelling  house 
in  Smale  Street  &c.  And  I  desire  my  well  beloved  brother  in  law  John 
Webb,  my  cousin  Robert  Aldworthe  and  John  Aldworth,  merchants,  and 
Mr.  Doctor  Francis  James  to  be  my  overseers  &c.  Kidd,  25. 

Margerie  Aldworthe  of  Bristol,  late  the  wife  of  Thomas  Aldworthe 
of  the  same  city,  alderman  deceased;  19  May  1602,  proved  26  June  1602. 
My  body  to  be  buried  near  to  the  place  where  my  husband  is  buried.  To 
the  Hospital  of  Queen  Elizabeth  in  Bristol.  To  Thomas  Cullimor,  son  of 
Humprey  Cullymor  my  brother,  late  of  Sodbury,  Gloc,  deceased.  To 
Alice  Corye,  daughter  of  John  Corye  late  of  the  parish  of  Redcliffe  in 
Bristol  deceased.  To  John  Corye  her  brother.  To  Margery  and  Eliza- 
beth Aldworth,  children  of  John  Aldworth,  of  Bristol,  merchant.  To  cer- 
tain children  of  John  Cullymor  late  of  Bristol,  merchant,  deceased.  To 
Alice  Parker  daughter  of  John  Parker  of  Sodbury  and  to  Anne  Parker, 
another  daughter.  To  Melcha  Hare  and  Anne  Ven,  daughters  of  my 
brother  James  Cullymor.     To  Humprey  Collymore,  son  of  John  Collymore 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  633 

of  Bristol  deceased.  My  brother  Aldworthe  of  London.  My  cousin  Mr. 
Robert  Aldworthe.  My  sister  Webbe.  My  friend  Mrs.  Redwood.  My 
cousin  Jane  Davies.  My  sister  Aldworthe  of  London.  My  cousin  Robert 
Aldworthe's  wife.  My  cousin  John  Aldworthe's  wife.  My  brother  John 
Webbe  of  Bristol,  alderman,  I  make  executor,  and  my  cousin  John  Ald- 
worthe and  Robert  Redwoode  overseers.  Montague,  47. 

John  Aldworth  of  Bristol,  merchant,  18  December  1615,  proved  14 
February  1615.     My  body  to  be   buried   in   the  Gauntes  Church  at  St. 
Austines   Green.        Towards  the  reparation   of   said  church  ten    pounds. 
To   my  daughter   Elizabeth   Aldworth   five  hundred   marks,   being  three 
hundred  and  thirty  three  pounds,  six  shillings  and  eight  pence.     To  my 
daughter  Martha  Aldworth  five  hundred  marks  &c.     To  my  sister  Eliza- 
beth  Crockhay  fifty  pounds   and   to   her  daughters  Elizabeth  and  Sarah 
Crockhay  fifty  pounds.     To  Elizabeth  Aldworth,  daughter  of  my  brother 
Thomas  Aldworth,  sometime  vicar  of  Congresbury  deceased,  fifty  pounds. 
To   Elizabeth   Poodie,  daughter  of  my   sister  Mary  Podie  deceased,  fifty 
shillings.     I  give  unto  Giles  Elbridge,  sometimes  servant  to  my  brother 
Robert  Aldworth,  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  in  money.     To  my  poor  cousin 
Richard  Wright  of  Bristol,  mercer,  ten  pounds.     To  my  cousin  the  wife  of 
Richard    Redwood  five    pounds.      To  her  sister  Mary,   wife  of  Thomas 
Turner,  baker,  five  pounds.      To  the  poor  tuckers  and  "  sheeremen "  in 
Bristol,  most  needing,  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  to  be  distributed  amongst 
them  at  the  discretion  of  my  two  overseers.     To  Robert  Younge,  son  of 
John  Younge,  merchant,  deceased,  ten  pounds.      To  his  mother,  Philip 
Ivye,  my  cousin,  to  her  own  use,  five  pounds.     To  my  maid  servant,  Bridget 
Sweeper,  five  pounds.     To  my  two  brothers  in  law,  Francis  and  Edward 
Knight,  to  each   of  them  thirty  three  shillings  and  four  pence,  to  make 
either  of  them  a  ring  in  token  of  my  love  towards  them.     All  the  rest  of 
my  goods  and  chatties  (my  debts  and  legacies  being  paid  and  funeral  ex- 
penses discharged)  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  Francis  Aldworth, 
being  now  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas,  whom  I  do  ordain  and  make  whole 
and  sole  executor  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  to  see  all  my  debts 
and  legacies  performed  within  six  months  after  my  decease  (if  possible  it 
may  be)  or  else  within  one  whole  year  at  the  utmost.     And  I  do  make, 
ordain  and  appoint  my  well  beloved  brother  Robert  Aldworth  executor  in 
trust  until  my  said  son  Francis  shall  accomplish  his  full  age  of  twenty  and 
one  years;  and  for  his  pains  I  give  him  fifty  pounds.     And  I  appoint  my 
brother  William  Challoner  and  my  son  in  law  Philip  Ellis  to  be  overseers, 
and  give  to  each  of  them  five  pounds  and  ten  shillings.  Cope,  19. 

Francis  Knight,  one  of  the  aldermen  of  the  city  of  Bristol,  8  August 
1616,  proved  12  October  1616.  To  son  Francis  all  my  lands  &c.  in  the 
city  and  County  which  were  purchased  by  myself  and  not  any  of  those 
lands  which  were  my  last  wife's  and  which  came  by  her.  My  son's  wife 
Katherine.  My  son  Edward.  My  daughter  Martha  Challoner,  wife  of 
William  Challoner  of  Bristol,  merchant.  John  Knight,  son  of  my  said  son 
Francis.  Francis  Aldworth,  son  of  John  Aldworth  late  of  said  city  mer- 
chant deceased.  Francis,  Bridget,  Robert  and  John  Knight,  children  of 
my  son  Edward.  Robert  and  Francis  Challoner,  two  of  the  sons  of  the 
said  William  Challoner  and  Martha  his  wife  Martha,  Joane,  William, 
Thomas  and  Bridget  Challoner  children  of  the  same  William  and  Martha. 
My  brother  Robert  Aldworth  and  his  wife.     To  my  sister  Challoner  a 


634  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

mourning  gown  and  one  of  my  wife's  best  rings.  Frances  Knight,  daughter 
of  my  brother  Matthew  Knight,  and  John  Knight,  his  son.  My  nephew 
Thomas  Knight.  The  rest  of  my  brother  John  Knight's  children,  sons  and 
daughters.  My  sister  Benntlye's  children.  I  do  hereby  forgive,  release 
and  discharge  unto  my  cousin  William  Mallatt  all  such  sums  &c  and  debts 
which  he  oweth  unto  me  for  the  debts  of  his  predecessor  William  Towns- 
end  or  for  himself.  I  forgive  Elizabeth  Bentley  her  debts.  I  forgive 
Margaret  Wallis  widow,  her  debts.  I  give  unto  my  cousin  Richard  Knight 
my  Book  of  Martyrs  and  Peter  Martyr  and  all  other  books  which  he  hath 
in  his  keeping.  My  son  Edward  to  be  sole  executor  and  my  brother  in 
law  Robert  Aldworth  John  Egglesfield  and  my  son  in  law  William  Chal- 
loner  to  be  overseers.  Cope,  112. 

William  Challoner  of  Briscol,  merchant,  19  June  16*20,  proved  27 
November  1620.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  such  place  as  to  my  wife  and 
my  mother  shall  seem  best.  To  wife  Martha  five  hundred  marks.  My 
mother  Joane  Challoner  to  be  paid  threescore  pounds  per  annum  during 
her  life.  Three  tenements  in  Back  Street  Bristol  now  in  the  holding  of 
John  Veale  John  Worgan  and  George  Benson.  To  my  son  Robert  my 
great  house  wherein  I  now  dwell  upon  the  back  of  Bristol  (and  other  lands 
&c).  And  I  hope  my  wife  will  according  to  the  trust  reposed  by  her  father 
leave  unto  my  son  Robert  her  lands  at  Chew.  The  said  Robert  hath  ten 
pounds  given  him  by  his  grandfather  Knight  and  twenty  pounds  by  his 
grandfather  Challoner.  I  hereby  give  him  so  much  as  to  make  it  up  an 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  which  I  will  shall  be  paid  him,  fifty  pounds  thereof 
when  his  uncle  and  master  Mr.  Robert  Aldworth  shall  think  fit  for  him  to 
go  to  sea,  and  the  other  hundred  at  his  age  of  one  and  twenty.  My  son 
Francis  is  to  have  the  great  house  in  Ballard  Street  in  Bristowe  wherein 
my  father  Knight  dwelled.  Son  William  Challoner.  Son  Thomas  Chal- 
loner. Daughters  Joane  Challoner  and  Bridget.  My  brethren  Richard 
Challoner,  Thomas  Cleybrooke,  Walter  Harflett,  Charle3  Chute,  Francis 
Knight  and  Edward  Knight  and  their  wives.  Thomas  Colston  of  Bristol 
merchant  hath  married  my  daughter  Martha.     Wife  to  be  executrix. 

Soame,  98. 

Francis  Aldworth  of  Bristol,  merchant,  23  August  1 623,  proved  26 
January  1623.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  Gaunts  Church  in  St.  Au- 
gustine's Green  within  the  suburbs  of  the  City  of  Bristol  as  near  my  father 
there  as  conveniently  it  may.  To  the  said  church  ten  pounds.  To  the 
poor  in  the  almshouses  within  the  said  city  and  suburbs  ten  pounds.  To 
the  poor  shearmen  and  tuckers  in  Bristol  ten  pounds.  To  my  sister  Martha 
Aldworth  my  two  messuages  &c.  in  Congresbury,  Somerset  (and  other 
bequests).  To  Robert  Elbridge  Martha  Elbridge  and  John  Elbridge, 
children  of  my  sister  Elizabeth  Elbridge,  and  to  the  child  wherewith  she 
now  goeth,  equally  between  them,  all  that  my  part  of  the  prisage  or  prize 
wines  which  I  have  and  hold  by  Indenture  of  lease  for  all  the  years  and 
term  which  I  have  to  come  in  the  said  lease,  to  be  received  yearly  by  my 
executors  to  increase  a  stock  or  portion  for  the  said  children,  to  be  kept  to 
their  use  until  they  shall  accomplish  their  several  ages  of  21  years  or  be 
married.  To  my  said  sister  Elizabeth  Elbridge  two  hundred  pounds  within 
two  years  after  my  deceese.  To  my  kinswoman  Elizabeth  Crockhay  fifty 
pounds.  To  my  kinswoman  Elizabeth  Aldworth  twenty  five  pounds  and 
to  my  kinswoman  Elizabeth   Poodye  fifty  pounds.     To  every  of  the  chil- 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  635 

dred  which  Edward  Knight,  my  kinsman  now  hath  living  five  pounds 
apiece.  To  my  friend  William  Lyons  twenty  pounds.  The  residue  to  my 
most  dear  and  loving  uncle  Robert  Aldworth  of  the  aforesaid  city  merchant, 
one  of  the  aldermen  of  the  same  city,  whom  I  make,  appoint  and  ordain 
whole  and  sole  executor.  Byrde,  3. 

[The  will  of  Giles  Elbridge,  father  of  John  and  Thomas  Elbridge,  was 
one  of  the  Oxford  Wills  (so  called)  of  1643-4,  i.e.  it  was  proved  at  Oxford 
but  not  registered,  owing  to  the  unhappy  state  of  affairs  in  England  at  that 
time.  I  have  to  thank  my  friend  Mr.  J.  C.  C.  Smith  for  the  following  notes 
taken  from  the  original,  which  was  evidently  a  draft,  made  probably  at  the  bed- 
side and  never  formally  written  out,  but  put  in  just  as  it  was  written. — H.  F. 
Waters.] 

Feb.  24-5,  1643,  Giles  Elbridge  mrcatr.  his  body  to  be  laid  in  S'.  Peter's 
Crowd  appoynted  to  y4  purpose  "Son  John  executor"  to  Thomas  aud 
Aldworth  his  sonnes  that  ye  monies  to  them  att  age  of  21  yeeres  given  by 
their  unckles  John  &  Frauncis  Alcf  400u  apeece  to  Martha  &  Eliz:  his 
children  by  his  former  wife  400te  ut  supra  apeece  within  6  moneths  next 
after  his  decease  to  John  his  son  &  to  his  heirs  &  ass  forever  the  sugar- 
house  the  tente  late  in  tenure  of  George  Paine  in  St.  Peters  Churchyard 
Bristol  &  his  farme  of  Natton  wth  the  apptenances  Henct  to  him  his  heires 

&  ass  forever.         to dau.  of  my  son  Robert  £50  in  money  at  21 

the  rest  of  his  estate  &c.  John  Wit.  Thomas  Colston  Nath.  Cale   Row- 

land Searchfeild  Hum.  Yeamans 

Copia  vera  Collacone  indefca  4  March  1643  per  nos  (then  follow  the 

names  of  the  above  witnesses) 

pr.  19  Mch.  1643  at  Oxford. 

[A  further  account  of  his  descendants  in  New  England  must  be  sought  for  in 
the  records  of  the  town  and  parish  of  Marblehead  and  those  of  Essex  Co.  at 
Salem.  The  families  of  Russell,  Greeuleaf  and  Gerry*  were  connected  with 
them.     My  own  notes  showing  these  connections  are  unfortunately  in  Salem. 

Henry  F.  Waters. 

Gyles  Elbridge,  the  testator,  was  one  of  the  patentees  of  the  Pemaquid 
grant.  On  the  29th  of  February,  1631-2,  the  President  and  Council  of  New 
England  granted  to  "  Robert  Aldworth  and  Gyles  Elbridge  of  the  City  of  Bris- 
tol, merchants,"  twelve  thousand  acres  of  land  "near  the  River  comonly  called 
or  known  by  the  name  of  Pemaquid,"  and  also  one  hundred  acres  for  every 
person  transported  thither  by  them.  The  patent  is  printed  in  the  Report  of  the 
Massachusetts  Commissioners  on  the  Laud  Titles  of  Lincoln  County,  Maine, 
May  20,  1811,  pp.  33-9,  and  in  Ancient  Pemaquid  by  J.  Wingate  Thornton  in 
the  Collections  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society,  vol.  5.,  pp.  207-14,  the  latter 
copy  having  been  verified  by  the  notarial  copy  preserved  in  the  library  of  the 
American  Antiquarian  Society.  Mr.  Thornton,  on  page  226  of  the  above  work, 
calls  Gyles  Elbridge  a  nephew  of  Mr.  Aldworth,  and  states  that  Aldworth  died 
in  1634  and  the  patent  then  became  the  property  of  Mr.  Elbridge,  at  whose  de- 
cease and  that  of  his  eldest  son  John  it  passed  to  the  second  son  Thomas  about 
the  year  1647. 

As  early  as  1650  Thomas  Elbridge  was  in  New  England  and  had  his  resi- 
dence at  Pemaquid.  Here  he  made  grants  of  lands,  held  courts,  tried  causes 
and  punished  offences.  On  the  10th  of  December,  1650,  he  mortgages  to 
Abraham  Shurt  the  islaud  of  Monhagan  by  a  deed  in  which  he  describes  himself 
as  '■'  Thomas  Elbridge  of  Pemaquid  in  N.  E.  merchV  On  the  1st  day  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1651-2,  he  sold  to  Capt.  Paul  White  one  half  of  "  the  patent  and  planta- 
tion of  Pemaquid."  The  deed  is  printed  in  the  Report  of  the  Massachusetts 
Commissioners  before  quoted,  pp.  41-5.     On  the  3d  of  September,  1657,  he  sold 

*  It  was  from  Elbridge  Geny,  a  descendant,  that  the  political  term  "Gerrymander" 
(pronounced  with  the  hard  sound  of  G,  not,  as  our  English  friends  call  it,  "  Jerrymander  ") 
got  its  name.— h.  f.  w. 

See  an  article  on  the  Gerrymander  in  the  Register,  vol.  46,  pp.  374-83. — Editor. 


(33(3  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

the  other  half  to  Nicholas  Davison  of  Charlestown,  who  had  previously  pur- 
chased the  half  sold  to  Paul  White.  In  the  deed  Elbridge  describes  himself  as 
"  Thomas  Elbridge  son  of  Giles  Elbridge  of  the  city  of  Bristol  in  Old  England, 
and  executor  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  John  Elbridge  late  son  and  heir 
of  the  said  Giles  Elbridge,"  adding  "  my  late  brother  John  Elbridge  by  his  last 
will  and  testament,  bearing  date  the  eleventh  day  of  September  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  one  thousand  six  hundred  forty  and  six  did  devise,  give  and  bequeath 
unto  me  the  said  Thomas  Elbridge,  my  heirs  and  assigns  forever  all  that  tract,' 
&c.  This  deed  and  other  conveyances  relating  to  this  property,  including  the 
patent,  are  recorded  in  the  Suffolk  Deeds,  which  are  now  printed.  See  Liber 
I.,  fol.  131;  Lib.  II.,  fol.  69;  Lib.  III.,  fol.  46-57.  Rebecca,  wife  of  Thomas 
Elbridge,  released  her  dower  to  half  of  the  property  Sept.  5,  1657.  Mr.  Elbridge 
was  a  resident  of  Pemaquid  as  late  as  May  18,  1672,  when  he  signed  the  petition 
of  that  date  to  Massachusetts  colony  to  be  taken  under  the  government  of  that 
colony.  (Maine  Hist.  Collections,  vol.  5,  page  24:0.)  The  Massachusetts  com- 
missioners in  their  report  May,  1811,  in  considering  the  right  at  that  time  to  the 
property,  says  :  "  It  is  contended  by  the  present  claimants  that  this  Grant  is  a 
joint  tenancy  and  that  Giles  Elbridge  survived  Robert  Alsworth  [Aldworth]  and 
became  sole  proprietor  of  the  whole,  and  that  John  Elbridge,  eldest  son  of 
Giles,  afterwards  died,  and  by  his  will  devised  the  whole  to  Thomas  Elbridge, 
the  second  son  of  Giles,  and  that  so  the  present  claimants  derive  their  title 
down  through  him  "  (Report,  page  9) .  From  these  Aldworth  and  Elbridge  wills 
I  infer  that  Gyles  Elbridge  married  Elizabeth  Aldworth,  daughter  of  John  Aid- 
worth,  a  brother  of  Robert  Aldworth,  alderman  of  Bristol,  his  partner.  If  this 
be  so  he  was  a  nephew  of  the  latter  only  by  marriage. — Editor.] 

John  Elbridge  of  St.  Peters  within  the  city  of  Bristol,  merchant,  11 
September   1646,  proved  16  October   1646.      My  body   to  be  buried   or 
interred  by  my  fathers  and  ancestors  of  good  fame  and  memory  in  the  vault 
or  arched  dormitory  for  that  purpose  built  and  erected  in  the  upper  end  of 
the  South  Aisle  of  the  parish  church  of  St.   Peter's  aforesaid.     Refers  to 
last  will  of  father,  bearing  date  25  February  1643  (stifo  Anglicano)  wherein 
he  willed,  devized  and  bequeathed  unto  me,  under  his  hand  and  seal,  by 
the  name  of  John  Elbridge,  divers  lands,  tenements,  houses  and  heredita- 
ments &c  situate  &c  within  the  City  and  County  of  Bristol,  the  counties  of 
Somerset,   Gloucester  or  elsewhere,  as  also  in  New  England  within  the 
confines  and  continent  of  America,  who  also  therein  willed  and  bequeathed 
divers  and  sundry  legacies  unto  my  brothers,  sisters  and  others,  which  are 
not  yet  paid.     To  my  brother  Thomas  Elbridge  my  whole  manor  of  Chell- 
wood,  in   the  county  of  Somerset,  with  the  capital  messuage  or  tenement 
thereto  belonging  &c.  &c.     To  my  said  brother  Thomas  that  tenement  or 
tenements  on  the  North  side  of  the  churchyard  of  the  parish  of  St.  Peter's 
aforesaid  and  on  the  Soutli  East  side  on  the  river  Avon,  most  commonly 
known  as  the  Swagar  House.     Refers  to  Royal  Patent  and  grant  of  New 
England  bearing  date  3  November  18th  of  His  Majesty's  reign  and  an   In- 
denture and  deed  by  the  President  and  council  bearing  date  29  February 
1631,  demising  "unto  my  Auncestors  of  good  memory,  viz'.  Robert  Aid- 
worth  and  Giles  Elbridge  of  the  Cittee  of  Bristowe  marchants  "  &c.  one 
great  continent  of  land  consisting  of  twelve  thousand  acres,  be  it  more  or 
less,  situate  &c.  in  New  England  &c.  all  which  are  now  come  unto  me  by 
virtue  of  my  deceased  father's  will,  as  being  sole  executor  thereof,  the 
surviving  heir  and  eldest  son   now  living.     I  do  hereby  devise,  will,  give 
and  bequeath  unto  my  said  brother  Thomas  Albridge  (sic),  his  heirs  and 
assigns  for  ever,  all  that  said  continent  of  land  of  twelve  thousand  acres,  be 
it  more  or  less,  and  all  and  every  part  of  the  new   Plantation  there,  with 
all  castles,  forts,  edifices,  buildings,  messuages,  houses,  out  houses,  tene- 
ments, cottages,  rents,  reversions  of  rents,  suits,  services,  mounds,  walls, 
woods,   underwoods,  rivers,  runlets,  cricks,  ponds,  fishings  &c.  &c.  to  him 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  637 

and  his  heirs  forever.  I  give  to  my  brother  Aid  worth  Elbridge  and  his 
lawfully  begotten  heirs  nay  farm  known  as  Natton  Farm,  in  the  parish  of 
Ayshchurch,  Gloc.  To  my  sister  Martha  Cudley,  widow,  and  the  heirs  of 
her  body  lawfully  already  and  hereafter  to  be  begotten  a  certain  newly 
erected  messuage  &c.  (by  my  uncle  Robert  Aid  worth  one  of  the  aldermen 
of  the  city  of  Bristol)  whereiu  George  Payne,  merchant,  lately  lived,  ad- 
joining the  East  end  of  the  parish  church  of  St.  Peter's  &c.  [This  sister 
afterwards  called  Martha  Cugley.J  To  my  sister  Elizabeth  now  the  wife 
of  thomas  Moore,  merchant,  ten  pounds,  as  a  remembrance  of  my  love. 
To  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Payne,  daughter  of  George  Payne  of  the  city  of 
Bristol,  merchant,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  twenty  pounds.  To  my  friend 
John  Berriman,  merchant,  as  a  remembrance  of  my  love,  fifty  pounds,  de- 
siring him  to  be  helping  and  assisting  unto  my  executors  in  the  discovering 
of  my  estate,  where  it  lieth  and  wherein  it  consisteth.  Sundry  bequests  to 
the  poor.  To  Mr.  Robert  Pritchard,  clerk,  the  minister  of  the  parish 
church,  forty  shillings.  My  brother  Thomas  and  my  friend  Mr.  Nathaniel 
Cale,  of  Bristol,  soap  boiler,  to  be  joint  executors,  the  latter  of  whom  I 
desire  by  reason  of  the  ancient  true  love  and  respect  he  hath  always  born 
unto  my  deceased  father  and  myself,  by  way  of  trust,  in  the  absence  of  my 
said  brother,  being  now  beyond  the  seas  and  in  his  minority,  to  undergo 
the  same  and  immediately  after  my  decease  to  take  upon  him  the  execution 
thereof,  for  which  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  him  as  a  legacy  and  token  of 
my  love  my  great  double  gilt  bowl  to  the  end  that  none  of  my  creditors  in 
their  several  and  respective  debts  neither  auy  of  my  brothers  or  sisters,  iu 
their  particular  legacies  willed  and  bequeathed  by  my  deceased  father,  more 
especially  Mr.  Thomas  Barker,  his  children,  and  the  administratrix  of  Mr. 
Thomas  Tucker,  clerk,  lately  deceased,  that  they  nor  any  of  them  be  not 
protracted,  deferred  or  delayed  &g.  &c.  I  desire  my  loving  friends  Mr. 
William  Colson  and  Mr.  Rowland  Searchfield,  merchants,  to  be  overseers. 
I  give  to  my  niece  Elizabeth  Cugley  twenty  pounds. 

This  was  proved  by  Mr  Nath1  Cale,  power  reserved  for  Thomas  Elbridge, 
brother  of  the  deceased,  when  he  should  come  to  seek  it.        Twisse,  148. 

Ursula  Bovey  of  London,  widow,  wife  of  Ralph  Bovey  of  London 
Esq.  25  April  1643,  proved  3  April  1647.  Lands  in  Shorne,  Kent.  Son 
Ralphe  Bovey.  Brother  Mr.  Richard  Aldworth.  Sister  Mrs.  Sara  Charke's 
younger  children.  My  lands  in  Sillhill,  Warwick.  My  daughter  Anne 
Davies,  wife  of  Mr.  Priamus  Davies  of  Coxhall,  Hereford.        Fines,  63. 

Michael  Pindar  citizen  and  fishmonger  of  London  11  October  1646, 
proved  19  May  1647.  My  wife,  Mary  Pindar  shall  have  and  enjoy  one 
third  part  of  all  my  goods  &c,  which  of  right  is  due  to  her  by  the  laudable 
custom  of  the  City  of  London.  My  children,  Michael,  Henry,  Richard  and 
Paul  Pindar  shall  have  and  enjoy  one  third  &c,  which  of  right  is  due  to 
them  &c.  My  executrix  not  to  spend  above  twenty  pounds  about  my 
burial.  To  my  son  Michael  one  hundred  pounds  over  and  above  his 
orphanage  part,  to  be  paid  to  him  out  of  my  third  part  at  his  age  of  one 
and  twenty  years.  To  my  son  Henry  sixty  pounds  (as  above).  To  son 
Richard  fifty  pounds  (as  above).  To  Paul  forty  pounds  (as  above).  I 
nominate  and  appoint  my  wife  Mary  my  sole  executrix  and  my  father  in 
law  Richard  Aldworth  of  Bristol,  alderman,  and  my  brother  Robert  Aid- 
worth  of  Lincoln's  Inn  Esq.  overseers,     fir.  Neale  a  witness. 

Fines,  100. 


638  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Elizabeth  Neve  of  the  town  and  county  of  Southampton,  widow,  22 
August  19th  of  Charles,  proved  20  February  1645.  My  body  to  be  buried 
in  the  church  of  Holy  Roods  in  a  vault  within  the  said  church  or  where  it 
shall  please  God  to  dispose.  To  ten  poor  people,  men  and  women,  that 
shall  be  thought  to  have  most  need  and  such  as  have  lived  in  the  fear  of 
God  and  in  good  order  and  brought  up  their  children  to  work  and  do  apper- 
tain to  the  French  Church  within  Southampton,  to  each  of  them  as  fol- 
loweth,  to  the  men  dublet  and  house  and  to  the  women  gowns,  and  gowns 
to  the  poor  men  instead  of  dublet  and  hose  as  it  shall  be  thought  most  con- 
venient. My  will  is  that  the  cloth  be  a  sad  russett  of  home  made  cloth,  of 
coarse  wool  of  six  pence  a  pound,  and  each  of  them  a  pair  of  stockings  and 
a  pair  of  shoes ;  and  my  will  is  that  this  be  continued  by  the  space  of  twelve 
years  next  ensuing  my  death  once  every  two  years  during  the  said  twelve 
years.  I  give  unto  twenty  poor  people  that  are  in  need  the  sum  of  three 
shillings  apiece,  to  be  paid  at  my  funeral  to  such  persons  as  shall  be  thought 
meet  to  partake  hereof.  Mr.  White,  the  minister  of  Otterborne,  forty  shil- 
lings. My  will  is  that  forty  shillings  a  year  be  given  to  some  faithful 
minister  that  shall  be  settled  in  this  town  of  Southampton  or  Winchester 
for  the  space  of  twelve  years. 

Item,  I  give  to  the  children  of  Thomas  Dummer  and  Susanna  his  wife, 
my  beloved  daughter  of  Chicknell,  in  manner  as  followeth,  viz*  to  Thomas 
Dummer,  his  son,  the  sum  of  thirty  pounds  of  currant  money,  to  Hester 
Dummer,  his  daughter,  the  sum  of  thirty  pounds  of  money,  to  Jane  Dum- 
mer, his  daughter,  thirty  pounds,  to  their  daughter  Mary  Dummer  the  sum 
of  thirty  pounds,  to  their  daughter  Anne  Dummer  the  sum  of  thirty  pounds 
&c  To  John  Hersent  the  elder  his  wife  forty  shillings  by  the  year  till  the 
children  Peter  and  John  shall  be  of  age  of  twenty  and  one  years.  To  Jane, 
the  daughter  of  John  Hersant  the  eldei^of  Southampton,  three  pouuds  in 
three  years  after  my  decease.  To  the  children  of  my  daughter  Elizabeth 
Carman  as  followeth,  to  her  son  John  Carman  and  to  Elizabeth  Carman 
their  [sic)  daughter,  fifty  shillings  apiece,  to  be  paid  to  them  at  the  end  of 
seven  years  after  my  decease,  if  one  die  the  survivor  to  have  the  legacy 
pertaining  to  the  deceased.  To  my  grand  daughter  Elizabeth  Yong,  to 
raise  some  portions  for  her  children  if  it  please  the  Lord  to  send  her  any, 
two  hundred  pounds.  To  my  grandson  William  Yonge,  her  brother,  one 
hundred  pounds.  My  will  is  that  of  all  the  legacies  given  to  my  kindred 
the  two  last  mentioned  be  first  paid.  To  my  goddaughter  Margaret  Her- 
sent three  pounds.  To  John  Hersent  the  younger  forty  shillings.  To  my 
son  Carman's  three  children  which  he  had  before  he  married  with  my 
daughter  forty  shillings  apiece.  All  the  rest  of  my  goods  &c.  I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  my  beloved  daughter  Susanna  Dummer  and  Thomas  Dum- 
mer her  husband  whom  I  make  &c.  my  true  and  lawful  executors.  And  I 
ordain  and  appoint  my  trusty  and  well  beloved  in  Christ  Jesus  John  Hardye, 
Minister  of  God's  Holy  word  in  the  parish  of  Fursby  and  sometimes 
preacher  of  God's  Word  within  this to  be  overseer.         Twisse,  57. 

Elizabeth,  Viscountess  Campden,  dowager  (late  wife  of  the  Right 
Hon.  Baptist,  late  Lord  Viscount  Campden  deceased)  14  February  18th 
Charles,  proved  11  August  1645.  My  body  to  be  buried  by  my  late 
husband  in  that  Chapel  where  he  lieth  buried  in  the  parish  church  of 
Campdon,  in  the  County  of  Gloucester.  To  the  companies  of  Mercers 
and  Merchant  tailors  of  London.  To  the  Church  wardens  and  certain 
parishioners    of    St.    Lawrence    Jewry.      To    certain    parishioners    of  St. 


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Mary    Magdalen,    Milk    Street    (among    whom    Mr.    Richard    Aldworth 
and    Mr.    Martin    Pindar)    and    to    the   church    wardens    of  that   parish. 
To  the  Churchwardens  and  certain  parishioners   of  Kensington.     To  the 
poor  of  Campden  town  and  Burrington  in  Gloucestershire  and  of   Brooke 
in   Rutlandshire  and  of  Watford  in   Herts.     To  my  son  in  law  Edward, 
Lord  Viscount  Campden,  and  my   daughter  Julian,  his  wife.     My  house 
near   the  lower  end  of  Milk  Street.      My  grandson   Henry  Noell   Esq., 
second  son   of  the    said   Edward,   Lord   Viscount   Campden.      My  grand 
daughter  the  Lady  Elizabeth  Capel,  wife  of  the  Right  Hon.  Arthur,  Lord 
Capell,  and  sole  daughter  and  heir  to   Sir   Charles   Morison,   Knight  and 
Baronet  deceased,  and  my  great  granddaughter  Elizabeth  Caper  (sic)  her 
daughter.     My  son  in  law  Sir   Edward   Alford,   knight.     My  grand  son 
Baptist  Noell  Esq.,  son   and  heir  apparent  of  the  said  Edward,  Viscount 
Campden.     The  daughters  of  my  grand  daughter,  Elizabeth  Chaworth  de- 
ceased.    My  grand  daughter  the  Lady  de  la  Fountaine,  now  wife  of  Sir 
Erasmus  de  la  Fountaine  knight,  and  daughter  of  the  said  Edward,  Viscount 
Campden.     My  grandson  the  Lord  Chaworth.     The  children  of  my  late 
brother  Mr.  Hugh  Maye;   Charles  May,  son  of  my  late  honorable  brother 
Sir  Humphrey  May,  knight,  deceased,  late  Vice  Chamberlain  to  his  Majesty. 
Henry,  Robert,  Richard,   Algernon  and   Baptist  May,  other  sons  of   Sir 
Humphrey.      Nephew   Richard  Bennett  Esq.,  Nephew  Thomas  May  of 
Raw-meare,  Sussex,  Esq.     My  brother  Thomas  May  Esq.     My  nephew 
Adrian  May.     Nephews  Thomas  and  Humphrey  Bennett,  sons  of  my  late 
sister  Bennett.     Brother  in  law  Sir  William  Heyrick,  knight.     My  nephews 
Robert  Heyricke  and  Henry  John   Heyricke  and  my  two  nieces  Martha 
Heyricke  and  Elizabeth  Heyricke,  these  four.     John  Heyricke  my  nephew 
(now  clerk  to  my  cousin  Sergeant  Rolles).     My  nephew  William  Heyricke. 
My  nephew  Richard  Heyricke.     My  niece  Dorothy  Lancashire,  widow,  and 
her  children  (my  said  nephew  William  Heyricke  their  uncle).     My  niece 
Anne  Rowse,  one  of  the  daughters  of  my  brother  Richard  May  Esq.  de- 
ceased.    My   niece   Alice   Leighton,  another  of  his  daughters.     (Sundry 
other  relatives,  among  the  Mays,  named).     My  niece  Farrington,  one  of 
the  daughters  of  my  brother  John   May  deceased.     My  niece   Dorothy 
Cowley,  widow,  and  her  two  sons.     I   give  and   bequeath   to   my  cousin 
Richard  Aldworth,  eldest  son  cf  my  late  nephew  Richard  Aldworth  de- 
ceased, four  hundred  pounds  sterling,  to  be  paid  him  within  one  year  next 
after  my  decease.     To  all  the  younger  children  of  my  said  nephew  Richard 
Aldworth  deceased  six  hundred  pounds  sterling,  to  be  paid  unto  their  eldest 
brother,  my  said  cousin  Richard  Aldworth,  in  one  year,  he  to  pay  two  hun- 
dred pounds  thereof  to  his  now  sister  at  her  age  of  eighteen  or  day  of  mar- 
riage, and  the  residue  to  his  younger  brothers  in  equal  parts  as  they  shall 
accomplish  their  several  ages  of  one  and  twenty  years:     To  the  three  chil- 
dren of  my  niece  Audrewes  deceased.     To  John  Taylor,  my  kinsman,  and 
his  children.     To  Mr.  Challoner  and  his  wife,  being  grand  daughter  to  the 
Earl   of  Mulgrave.       My   kinswoman   Lady   Crooke,  late   wife  to  Judge 
Crooke  deceased.     To  Alice  Hinckson,  widow.     To  Edward  Bates,  son  of 
Mary  Marshall,  and  grandson  of  the  said  Alice  Hinckson.     Elizabeth  Wil- 
son and  Mary  Marshall,  both  of  them  daughters  of  the  said  Alice  Hinckson. 

Rivers,  109. 

[Elizabeth,  Viscountess  Campden,  dowager,  the  testatrix,  was  the  widow  of 
Baptist  Hicks,  created  Baron  Hicks  of  Ilmington,  co.  Warwick,  and  Viscount 
Campden  of  Campden,  co.  Gloucester,  May  5,  1628,  with  remainder,  failing 
issue  male,  to  his  son-in-law,  Edward,  Baron  Noel,  husband  of  his  eldest  daugh- 


G40  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

ter,  Julian  Hicks.  Her  husband  died  iu  1629,  s.p.m.  (See  Nicholas's  Synopsis 
of  the  Peerage,  ed.  1825,  vol.  1,  p.  6.)  For  her  descendants  through  her  daugh- 
ter Julian,  see  Burke's  Extinct  Peerage  of  Great  Britain  (ed.  1846),  pp.  398-9 ; 
Collins's  Peerage  (ed.  1741),  vol.  2,  pp.  428-32;  (ed.  1779),  vol.  4,  pp.  45-53. 
For  account  of  Sir  William  Herrick,  named  in  the  will,  see  Herrick  Genealogy 
by  Dr.  Lucius  C.  Herrick  (Columbus  1885),  pp.  8-11,  Avhere  portraits  of  him  and 
his  wife  Joan,  daughter  of  Richard  May,  are  given. — Editor.] 

Cicily  Hooke  of  Bristol,  widow,  31  August  1660,  proved  17  October 
1660.  My  nephew  Humphrey  Hooke  Esq.  to  be  sole  executor.  I  desire 
to  be  buried  iu  the  parish  church  of  St.  Stephens  in  Bristol  near  my  late 
deceased  husband  Humphrey  Hooke  Esq.  deceased.  To  my  daughter 
Creswicke  sixteen  hundred  pounds.  To  her  children  (named).  My  daugh- 
ter Hellier  (the  same  amount)  and  to  her  sou  Thomas  Richardson,  her  son 
Humphrey  Hellier  and  her  daughter  Sarah  Hellier.  My  grandchild  Mary 
Peterson.  My  grandchild  Mary  Wasborow.  To  my  grandchild  Sarah 
Elbridge  one  hundred  pounds.  My  grandchildren  William  Hooke,  Mary 
Hooke  and  Thomas  Hooke.  And  to  Mary  Aldworth,  daughter  to  my 
graudchild  Dorothy  Aldworth,  fifty  pounds.  My  grandchild  William  Cann. 
Florence  Hooke  daughter  of  my  grandson  Humphrey  Hooke.  My  brother 
iu  law  Mr.  Edward  Hooke.  My  sister  Mrs.  Alice  Gostlett.  My  sister  iu 
law  Mary  Dixon.  My  kinswoman  Cicily  Tiley.  My  two  daughters  Eliza- 
beth Creswicke  and  Sarah  Hellier.  My  grandson  Humphrey  Hooke  to  be 
6ole  executor.  Nabbs,  187. 

[In  Suffolk  Deeds,  Liber  I.,  folio  15,  is  recorded  a  mortgage,  Nov.  23,  1640, 
from  Thomas  Dexter  of  Lynn,  to  Humphrey  Hooke,  alderman  of  Bristol,  and 
others,  of  Dexter's  farm  in  Lynn.  In  the  same  volume  is  recorded  a  deed,  April 
24,  1650,  from  William  Hooke  of  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  to  Samuel  Bennet, 
of  laud  which  was  given  him  by  an  arbitration  between  Thomas  Dexter  and  him 
or  his  father  Humphrey  Hooke.  Francis  Hooke  of  Kittery  is  called  by  Savage 
a  son  of  Humphrey  Hooke,  alderman  of  the  city  of  Bristol.  Francis  Hooke 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  Mavericke,  whose  Description  of  New  Eng- 
land is  printed  in  the  Register,  vol.  39,  pp.  33-48.  A  petition  of  Mary,  wife  of 
Francis  Hooke,  Feb.  13,  1687,  about  Noddle's  Island,  is  printed  iu  the  Register, 
vol.  8,  p.  334.— Editor.] 

Elizabeth  Hayward  of  Crickley,  Gloucestershire,  widow,  29  April 
1657,  with  a  codicil  dated  15  August  1658,  proved  7  June  1659.  I  give 
to  my  granddaughter  Elizabeth  Elbridge  the  rents  &c.  of  a  parcell  of  meadow 
or  pasture  ground  iu  Crickley  aforesaid,  in  the  parish  of  Badgworth  iu  said 
county,  for  the  term  of  fifteen  years,  and  after  that  I  give  the  same  ground 
(called  great  Darksfield)  to  my  grandson  James  Cartwright.  My  grandson 
John  Cartwright.  My  daughter  Isabel  Cartwright.  My  son  in  law  Mr. 
James  Cartwright.  My  kinsman  Anthony  Webb  of  Charleton  Kings.  My 
brother  in  law  Samuel  Maunsell  of  Charleton  Kings,  gen*.  My  grandson 
Thomas  Cartwright.  Pell,  398. 

Sir  Thomas  Hooke  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  Middlesex,  Baronet,  1  December 
1677,  proved  3  January  1677.  To  wife  Dame  Elizabeth  Hooke  the  use 
of  household  stuff  in  my  house  called  Tangier  Parke  in  the  County  of 
Southampton.  Lauds  &c  in  the  counties  of  Norfolk,  Warwick,  Derby, 
Gloucester,  Somerset  and  Monmouth  to  son  Hele  Hooke  for  life.  In  trust 
to  Sir  William  Thomson  and  Robert  Thomson  to  support  and  preserve  cer- 
tain contingent  estates.  My  three  daughters,  Elizabeth,  Mary  and  Ann. 
Lands  and  tenements  &c.  in  Cornwall.  Stocks  of  the  East  India  Com- 
pany, London.  Lands,  tenements  &c.  in  Devon.  I  give  to  my  son  llele 
Hooke  my  study  of  books  and  the  diamond  ring  I  usually  wear,  which  I 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  641 

bought  of  Mr.  Wiuge.  Sir  William  Thomson  of.  London,  knight,  and  the 
Lady  Thomson,  his  wife,  father  and  mother  of  my  said  wife.  I  give  to  my 
sister  Dorothy  Aldworth  fifty  pounds.  To  my  niece  Mary  Aldworth  three 
hundred  pounds  and  to  my  nieces,  Elizabeth,  Dorothy  and  Ciceley  Aid- 
worth,  two  hundred  pounds  apiece — all  at  their  days  of  marriage  or  ages 
of  twenty  one  years.  To  my  sister  Mary  Scrope  fifty  pounds.  To  my 
niece  Mary  Scrope  three  hundred  pounds,  to  my  nephew  Thomas  Scrope 
three  hundred  pounds  to  my  niece  Elizabeth  Scrope  two  hundred  pounds 
and  to  my  sister  Scrope's  other  two  youngest  daughters  two  hundred  pounds 
apiece.  I  make  and  appoint  the  said  Sir  William  Thomson  and  Robert 
Thomson  Esq.,  brother  of  the  said  Sir  William,  executors  &c.  My  manor 
of  Frampton  upon  Severne,  Glouc.  To  my  nephew  Thomas  Aldworth  on© 
hundred  pounds  at  sixteen.  I  give  my  brother  Jackson  twenty  pounds  to 
mourn.  To  my  sister  Alford  twenty  pounds  to  mourn  ind  to  Col.  Alford 
her  husband  ten  pounds  to  mourn.  To  Dr  Goodwin  Dr.  Owen  and  Mr. 
Collins  two  hundred  pounds  to  be  disposed  of  as  they  shall  see  good.  To 
my  cousin  Michael  Pindar  twenty  pounds.  To  my  sister  Aldworth  one 
hundred  pounds  for  her  tenderness  to  me  in  my  sickness.  Reeve,  4. 

Richard  Rogers  the  elder,  citizen  and  goldsmith  of  London,  now  dwel- 
ling in  Edlmeton  (Edmonton)  Middlesex,  5  July  1578,  proved  21  May 
1579.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Edlmtou.  My  cousin 
Richard  Rogers,  citizen  and  goldsmith  of  London,  to  be  residuary  legatee 
and  executor.  My  friends  the  Right  Worshipful  Sir  Rowland  Haywarde 
knight,  citizen  and  Alderman  of  London,  and  Robert  Hayes  of  Ennfield, 
Middlesex,  gentleman,  to  be  overseers.  To  my  brother  Roger  Rogers  of 
Nest  Cliffe,  in  the  county  of  Salop,  for  the  term  of  his  natural  life,  all  my 
messuages,  lands  &c  in  the  parish  of  Nesse  Strange  in  the  said  county,  my 
two  water  mills,  the  one  a  corn  mill  the  other  a  "  walke  mill"  &c.  in  Oswes- 
try. After  his  decease  I  give  the  same  to  my  cousin  Roger  Rogers,  the 
son  of  my  uncle  Thomas  Rogers,  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body  lawfully 
begotten ;  and  for  default  of  such  issue,  to  my  cousin  John  Rogers,  brother 
to  the  said  Roger,  my  uncle's  son  &c.  To  Richard  Higley,  son  of  John 
Higley,  my  house  &c.  in  Erdston,  in  the  parish  of  Riton,  in  Salop.  To 
Richard  Vaugham,  the  son  of  Vaugham,  my  house  &c.  in  Wickie.  To 
Cutbert  Crackplace  and  Johan  his  wife,  for  term  of  their  lives  and  the  life 
of  the  longest  liver  of  them,  my  four  gardens,  now  made  into  six  gardens 

in  an  Alley  called without  Bishopsgate  London  (and  another  garden) 

paying  unto  my  nephew  John  Rogers  of  London,  grocer,  his  heirs  and 
assigns,  twenty  shillings  at  the  four  terms  of  feasts  of  the  year.  I  give  to 
the  said  John  Rogers,  grocer,  the  reversion  of  the  said  five  gardens,  now 
made  into  seven.  To  Jane  Flemminge,  wife  of  William  Flemminge  of 
London,  currier,  for  term  of  her  natural  life,  all  the  rest  of  my  gardens  in 
St.  Buttolph's  without  Bishopsgate,  London,  and  the  reversion  of  them  to 
Bridget  and  Ja.ie  Flemminge,  the  daughters  of  the  said  William  Flem- 
minge. To  William  Cowell  and  Luce  his  wife  (for  life)  my  tenement  in 
Finch  Lane,  London  wherein  they  now  dwell,  and  the  reversion  of  it  to 
John  Rogers  grocer  &c.  To  my  said  brother  Roger  Rogers  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife  (for  life)  my  tenement  &c.  in  the  maze  of  Cleweth,  and  also  an- 
other tenement  in  Oswestry,  with  the  reversion  of  them  to  John  Browne 
son  of  William  Browne  of  Nesse  Strange.  To  Dorothy  Rogers,  the  daugh- 
ter of  my  cousin  John  Rogers,  (a  tenement  in  Oswestry).  Certain  annuities 
to  Isabel  Rogers,  Katherine  Rogers  and  Jane  Rogers,  daughters  of  my 


642         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

uncle  Thomas  Rogers.  Annuities  to  Dorothy  Rogers  and  Margaret  Rogers, 
daughters  of  John  Rogers  of  Wafford  (Walford?),  to  Richard  Higley,  son 
of  cousin  John  Higley  and  to  Thomas  and  Roger  Higley,  two  other  sons,  to 
Katherine  Vaugham,  youngest  daughter  of  John  Vaugham  of  Willcott,  and 
others.  Six  and  thirty  shillings  and  eight  pence  to  be  distributed  amongst 
the  poor  people  of  Basse  Church,  by  the  discretions  of  my  uncle  Thomas 
Rogers,  John  Rogers  his  son,  John  Shelford  and  John  Higley.  The  same 
sum  to  the  poor  of  Nesse  Strange  by  the  discretions  of  John  Vaugham  of 
Willcocke  and  Roger  Rogers  of  Nesse  Cliffe  &c,  by  the  hands  of  my  cousin 
John  Rogers  of  Loudon  grocer.  A  bequest  to  Anne  Higley,  daughter  of 
nephew  John  Higley.  To  my  cousin  the  said  Richard  Rogers,  goldsmith, 
my  freehold  lands  and  tenements  &c.  in  Edlmton  and  Tottenham.  Money 
and  bread  to  be  given  away  and  a  sermon  to  be  preached.  A  gift  to  the 
company  of  Goldsmiths  for  poor  decayed  workmen.  My  dwelling  house 
and  shop  in  West  Cheap,  London.  To  the  said  John  Rogers  grocer  my 
Alley  called  Fishmongers  Alley  and  three  tenements  in  Tower  Street  Lon- 
don. To  my  cousin  Jane  Swanne  my  tenemeut  without  Bishop's  gate  now 
in  occupation  of  Godfrey  Swayne.  I  forgive  my  son  in  law  Thomas  Leake 
all  debts  &c.  Bakon,  22. 

William  Rogers  of  London,  goldsmith,  being  at  this  present  time 
greeved  in  body  &c.  1  December  1625,  proved  24  March  1625.  To  my 
loving  kinswoman  Sara  Poore,  wife  of  Stephen  Poore,  butcher  in  the  Bor- 
ough of  Southwark,  twenty  pounds.  To  Thomas  Poore,  her  son,  twenty 
pounds  and  to  Sara  Poore,  her  daughter,  twenty  pounds.  To  Mary  Bar- 
nett,  a  grandchild  of  my  deceased  brother  John  Rogers,  thirteen  pounds  six 

shillings  eight  pence  at  eighteen.     To  my  kinswoman  Barnett,  her 

mother  and  a  daughter  of  my  brother  John,  three  pounds  six  shillings  eight 
pence.  To  my  god  daughter  Martha  Swann  a  silver  and  gilt  cup  of  the  full 
value  of  three  pounds  six  shillings  eight  pence.  To  my  landlady  Mary 
Rogers  forty  shillings.  To  my  brother  Richard  Rogers  a  ring  of  gold  hav- 
ing an  agate  stone  set  in  it.  To  my  kinsman  Jesper  Draper  a  ring  of  gold 
having  an  onyx  stone  set  in  it,  and  to  my  kinswoman  Anne  Draper,  his 
wife,  a  ring  of  gold  having  a  diamond  stone  set  in  it.  To  my  kinsman 
Stephen  Poore  a  ring  of  gold  having  a  white  "  spyke  "  stone  set  in  it,  and 
to  Sarah  Poore  his  wife  a  ring  of  gold  having  a  diamond  stone  set  in  it. 
To  my  kinswoman  Lydia  Rogers  a  ring  of  gold  having  a  ruby  and  "  em- 
rodd  "  stone  set  in  it.  My  kinsman  Jesper  Draper,  citizen  and  grocer  of 
London,  to  be  sole  executor,  and  my  kinsman  Stephen  Poore  to  assist  him. 

Hele,  37. 

Richard  Rogers  Esq.,  Comptroller  of  his  Majesty's  Mint,  within  the 
Tower  of  London,  22  June  1636,  proved  8  September  1636.  My  body  to 
be  buried  within  the  parish  Church  of  St.  Michael  in  Crooked  Lane,  Lon- 
don, near  the  place  where  Sir  William  Walworth  knight,  deceased,  lieth 
buried,  in  the  North  side  of  the  Chancel,  if  with  conveniency  it  may  be,  or 
else  in  the  middle  Aisle  near  my  wife's  pew.  After  payment  of  my  debts 
and  funeral  charges  the  remainder  of  my  personal  estate  to  be  divided  into 
three  equal  parts,  according  to  the  ancient  and  laudable  custom  of  the  city 
of  London,  whereof  one  part  to  my  wife  Joane,  one  other  third  to  my  son 
Edward  Rogers  and  my  daughter  Anne  wife  of  Jasper  Draper  equally,  the 
other  third  part  I  reserve  unto  myself  for  payment  and  performance  of 
legacies  &c.  To  my  said  daughter  Ann  (besides  other  gifts)  one  gold  ring 
of  Crown  gold  with  a  death's  head  in  it,  of  the  value  and  price  of  forty 


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shillings,  to  wear  for  my  sake.  I  release  to  William  and  James  Hewson 
their  obligations  of  fifty  three  pounds  and  ten  shillings  apiece.     To  my 

cousin  Mary  Russell,  wife  of  Russell,  ten  pounds,  with  which  her 

husband  shall  not  meddle,  but  my  executors  shall  therewith  buy  or  take  a 
chamber  for  her.  To  Mary  Barnard,  daughter  of  my  said  cousin  Mary 
Russell,  thirty  pounds  at  her  age  of  twenty  one  or  day  of  marriage.  To 
my  kinsman  Abraham  Rogers  five  pounds  and  a  mourning  cloak  of  forty 
shillings  price,  and  to  ray  kinsman  John  Rogers  ten  pounds  and  a  gown 
and  a  hood  of  fifty  three  shillings,  four  pence  price.  To  my  grandchild 
Richard  Rogers  fifty  pounds  at  twenty  one,  to  my  grandchild  Edward 
Rogers  one  hundred  pounds  at  twenty  one.  To  my  granddaughter  Lydia 
Rogers,  daughter  of  my  said  son  Edward,  one  hundred  pounds  at  twenty 
one  or  day  of  marriage.  And  the  said  Edward  Rogers,  being  their  father, 
shall  employ  his  said  three  children's  legacies  to  the  most  benefit  and  ad- 
vantage of  his  said  three  children  that  he  can  or  may  untill  they  shall  attain 
to  or  accomplish  their  full  ages  of  twenty  and  one  years  or  be  married. 
Mourning  gowns  to  my  wife  Joane  and  my  goddaughter  Sarah  Edmonds 
and  to  my  son  Edward  and  Lydia  his  wife  and  their  four  children  (and 
others).  To  my  son  in  law  William  Hewson  and  to  his  two  sons  the  said 
William  and  James,  black  cloth  for  mourning  garments.     The  same  to  my 

cousin  William  Stanley  and  his  wife  Joane.     My  cousin Poore  and 

Sarah  his  wife  and  their  son.  I  also  give  to  their  said  son,  being  my  god- 
son, six  silver  spoons  of  the  value  and  price  of  thirty  three  shillings  and 
four  pence.  To  my  cousin  Robert  Swann  and  to  his  daughter  which  was 
lately  married  to  a  grocer,  black  cloth  for  mourning  gowns  &c.  To  my 
son  in  law  Ephraim  Paget,  black  cloth  &c  and  a  ring  of  Crown  gold  with 
a  death's  head  on  it.  Black  cloth  to  Mr  Haselwood,  clerk  of  the  Co.  of 
Goldsmiths  and  to  Mr.  Robinson  Beadle  of  the  same  Company.  To  my 
deputy  and  good  friend  Mr.  Henry  Coggan,  my  cousin  William  Gearinge 

and  to his  wife  and  their  son  Richard  Gearing,  my  godson.     To  my 

cousin  Elizabeth  Androwes,  wife  of  George  Androwes  black  cloth  &c.  To 
my  cousin  Dorothy  Bowler  and  her  two  sisters,  Elizabeth  and  Ellen  Broome 
and  to  my  cousin  John  Broome  of  Great  Nesse,  Salop,  black  cloth  &c.  and 
to  his  son  Andrew  Broome,  servant  to  the  Right  Hon.  the  Lord  Strange 
To  my  son  Edward  my  sealing  ring  with  a  saphire  in  it.  To  the  Governors 
of  Christ's  Hospital  to  the  use  of  the  poor  children  harbored  within  the 
same  hospital.  I  will  that  there  be  bestowed  the  sum  of  eight  pounds  in 
wine  and  cakes  on  the  day  of  my  burial,  on  the  Governors  of  Christ's  Hos- 
pital (whereof  I  am  a  member)  and  on  the  Livery  of  the  Company  of 
Goldsmiths  (whereof  I  am  a  brother)  and  on  my  neighbors  and  friends  that 
shall  attend  or  accompany  my  body  to  the  grave.     To  the  poor  of  sundry 

parishes  (named)  of  little  Nesse  wherein  I  was  born.     Certain  poor 

to  come  decently  in  mourning  gowns  and  black  hats  to  accompauy  and 
attend  my  dead  body  to  the  ground.  One  hundred  pounds  to  be  bestowed 
in  a  dinner  to  be  made  ready  and  provided  in  the  Hall  of  the  Company  of 
Fishmongers  of  London  for  my  neighbors,  friends  and  kindred  which  shall 
attend  or  accompany  my  dead  body  to  the  ground  on  the  day  of  my  burial, 
whereof  thirty  and  five  couple  to  be  of  the  better  sort,  amongst  which  I 
will  and  appoint  the  deputy  of  the  Bridge  Ward  in  London  and  his  wife  to 
be  one  couple.  My  dwelling  house  in  Thames  Street  in  London,  &c  shall 
be  valued  and  apprized.  Reference  to  will  of  uncle  Richard  Rogers  de- 
ceased as  to  certain  freehold  lands  in  Edmonton.  I  make  my  son  Edward 
Rogers  and  my  son  in  law  Jasper  Draper  and  his  wife  Ann,  my  daughter, 


644  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

full  executors  and  my  cousin  William  Stanly  and  my  son  in  law  Ephrairn 
Pagett  overseers. 

I  give  and  bequeath  my  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  in  Virginia, 
in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas,  to  my  son  Edward  Rogers  for  and  during  the 
term  of  his  natural  life,  and  after  his  death  I  give  the  same  to  my  grand- 
child Richard  Rogers  to  hold  to  him,  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever. 

Pile,  97. 

Joane  Rogers  of  London,  widow,  6"  December  1640,  proved  7  July 
1646.  My  body  to  be  buried  within  the  parish  church  of  St.  Michael 
Crooked  Lane,  near  my  late  husband  Richard  Rogers  Esq.,  Comptroller  of 
H.  M.  Mint.  My  kinsman  William  Goldsmith.  My  cousin  and  god  daugh- 
ter Elizabeth  Andrewes.  My  cousin  William  Goldsmith's  wife  Barbara. 
George  Andrewes,  husband  of  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Andrewes.  Their 
children  Elizabeth  Andrewes,  Margaret  Andrewes,  Mary  Andrewes  and 
William  Andrewes  (minor).  My  cousin  William  Gerie.  My  cousin 
Richard  Gerie.  My  cousin  Elizabeth  Gery,  wife  of  William.  To  William 
Gerie,  brother  of  Richard  at  one  and  twenty.  My  cousin  Henry  Edmondes. 
My  daughter  in  law  Anne  Draper.  My  cousins  William  Stanley  and  Joane 
Stanley.  My  kinsman  Valentine  Markham  and  his  wife.  My  kinsman 
William  Husson.  My  cousin  Mary  Russell.  To  Henry  Cogan  a  piece  of 
plate  of  ten  pounds,  to  be  delivered  to  him  at  the  age  of  one  and  twenty 
years.  My  cousin  Warman  once  my  servant.  My  good  friend  Henry 
Cogan  Esq.  Comptroller  of  His  Majesty's  Mint  to  be  sole  executor. 

Twisse,  113. 

Humphrie  Higginson  of  Ratcliffe  in  the  parish  of  Stepney  alias 
Stebonheath  in  the  county  of  Middlesex,  gentleman,  23  February  1665-6, 
proved  22  March  1665.  My  will  is  that  my  brother  Christopher  Higgin- 
son, now  resident  upon  my  plantation  called  Harupp  in  Virginia,  be  main- 
tained upon  and  out  of  the  same  during  his  natural  life.  And  for  the 
remainder  of  my  estate,  real  or  personal,  in  England,  Virginia  or  elsewhere, 
I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  wife  Elizabeth  Higginson 
whom  I  name,  constitute  and  appoint  to  be  my  sole  and  only  executrix  of 
this  my  last  will  and  testament. 

Wit:  Thorn:  James,  Anne  Freomonger,  Sarah  Cooke.  Mico,  46. 

26  February  1672-3.  Mem.  That  Elizabeth  Foster,  late  wife  of  Henry 
Foster,  in  Virginia  late  deceased,  did,  the  day  and  year  above  written,  make 
her  last  will,  as  follows;  she  did  nominate  and  appoint  her  mother  Eliza- 
beth Higginson,  widow,  late  wife  of  Humphry  Higginson,  to  be  her  only 
and  sole  executrix.  Wit:  Thomas  Hasellwood,  Mary  Higginson,  John 
Bettes  M.D.     Proved  by  Elizabeth  Higginson  14  March  1673. 

Bunce,  35. 

Richard  Martin  of  Chatham,  Kent,  shipwright,  20  May  1659,  proved 
6  June  1659.  I  give  to  my  son  Richard  Martin,  who  is  now  in  New  Eng- 
land as  I  suppose,  my  house,  with  the  ground  and  yard  &c.  which  I  have 
in  Ipswich  in  the  Co.  of  Suffolk,  on  the  backside  of  the  church  in  St. 
Clements  parish,  which  said  house  &c.  I  give  unto  my  said  son  Richard  in 
lieu  of  all  debts  &c.  due  or  owiug  by  me  unto  him,  he  paying  out  of  the 
said  house  &c.  unto  my  daughter  Martha  Martin,  (now,  being  married, 
Martha  Heath)  and  to  my  daughter  Margaret  Martin,  to  each  of  them,  or 
their  heirs,  five  pounds  within  one  week  after  his  first  coming  to  take,  pos- 
sess and  enjoy  the  said  house  &c,  but  if  he  never  comes  then  the  said  house 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  645 

&c.  shall  be,  after  the  death  of  my  executrix,  taken,  possessed  &c.  by  and 
between  my  said  two  daughters.  To  my  daughter  Anne,  commonly  called 
Hannah  Martin,  after  the  death  of  my  executrix,  my  house  wherein  I  now 
dwell  &c.  in  Chatham,  she  paying  out  unto  the  eldest  child  of  my  daughter 
Martha  ten  pounds  in  seaven  years  after  the  death  of  my  executrix,  and 
my  daughter  Anne  shall  pay  unto  my  daughter  Margaret  ten  pounds  in 
one  year  &c.  I  make  my  wife  Rose  Martin  sole  executrix  and  I  give  her 
my  house  in  Chatham  during  her  natural  life,  and  also  my  house  in  Ipswich 
during  her  life  if  my  son  Richard  do  not  come  to  demand  it.      Pell,  389. 

Richard  Tew  of  Newport  in  Rhode  Island,  in  New  England,  yeoman, 
and  now  of  St.  Leonard's  Shoreditch,  Middlesex,  19  January  1673,  proved 
27  March  1674.  Being  desirous  to  settle  my  affairs  and  concerns  which  I 
have  in  old  England,  my  native  country,  according  as  I  have  already  done 
in  new  England,  do  hereby  declare  &c.  I  give  to  my  brother  John  Tew 
of  Tossiter  (Towcester)  in  the  County  of  Northampton,  Doctor  in  Physick, 
twenty  shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring  to  wear  for  my  sake.  The  rest  of  my 
goods  &c.  now  in  old  England  I  give  unto  my  son  Henry  Tew  of  Newport 
in  Rhode  Island  &c.  yeoman ;  whom  with  my  said  brother  John,  I  appoint 
executors;  and  1  appoint  my  loving  friends  Edward  Wharton  of  Salem 
and  Joseph  Nicholson  of  the  said  Rhode  Island  to  be  overseers. 

Bunce,  40. 

Agnes  Clabke  of  Ayshill,  Somerset,  widow,  20  October  1647,  proved 
10  May  1648.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Ayshill  near 
unto  John  Clarke  my  deceased  husband.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  and  to 
the  church.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  William  Harvey,  the  son  of  Thomas 
Harvey  deceased,  my  kinsman  now  in  New  England,  eighteen  pounds,  be- 
ing parcel  of  thirty  five  pounds  which  is  owing  unto  me  by  Richard  Parker 
of  Ayshill  upon  his  bond,  which  sum  is  to  be  paid  as  soon  as  it  can  be  re- 
covered if  he  shall  come  to  demand  it  any  time  within  four  years,  but  if  he 
come  not  then  my  will  is  that  William  Harvey  the  son  of  James  Harvey 
shall  have  the  said  money  at  such  time  as  he  shall  be  of  lawful  age  to  give 
a  discharge.  I  give  to  the  said  William  son  of  James  Harvey  fifteen  pounds 
parcel  of  the  said  thirty  five  pounds,  when  of  age ;  and  my  desire  is  that 
Richard  Harvey,  John  Witherall  and  Richard  Crabbe  shall  put  it  forth  to 
use  to  the  best  benefit  of  the  said  William  Harvey.  I  give  to  John  Wyth- 
erall  the  elder  of  Cudworth  twenty  shillings  and  to  Mary,  wife  of  Francis 
Moore  of  Bicknell  twenty  shillings.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  William 
Harvey  in  New  England  all  my  household  stuff  during  his  life  if  he  come 
to  claim  it,  and  after  his  decease  to  remain  in  the  house  to  the  use  of  James 
Harvey,  his  brother,  and  the  said  James  to  make  use  of  it  until  William, 
his  brother,  shall  come  to  claim  it.  I  give  to  Ellen  Vyle  the  wife  of  Robert 
Vyle  the  elder  of  Strotten  my  best  coffer.  To  the  two  children  of  John 
Vyle  of  Donniett  to  each  a  pewter  platter.  To  William  Clarke  of  Som- 
merton  and  to  my  goddaughter  Deanis  Nicholls,  to  each  twenty  shillings, 
to  be  paid  them  within  one  year  &c.  by  John  Clarke  of  Donnyett  out  of 
the  ten  pounds  he  oweth  me.  The  other  eight  pounds  [  give  to  the  said 
John  Clarke  and  Katherine  his  wife.  To  my  kinswoman  Edith  Mitchell 
of  Churchstock  twenty  shillings.  To  Elizabeth  wife  of  Richard  Harvey, 
Lucrece  wife  of  William  Curtis  and  Deanes  Nicholles,  my  said  god  daugh- 
ter, twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  Elizabeth  Dyke  servant  of  the  said 
Richard  Harvey  ten  shillings.  To  Deaues  Hayball  two  shilling  six  pence 
and  to  Anne  wife  of  John  Pitman  twelve  pence.  The  residue  to  my  kins- 
man Richard  Harvey  whom  I  make  sole  executor.  Essex,  86. 


646  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

[Savage  gives  two  persons  by  the  name  of  William  Harvey  who  were  then 
in  New  England  at  that  time.  One  was  of  Boston,  and  had  by  wife  Joan  chil- 
dren Abigail  b.  1640,  Thomas  b.  1641,  Experience  b.  1644,  and  Joseph  b.  1645. 
A  person  of  this  name,  probably  the  same,  by  wife  Martha,  had  children  William 
b.  1651,  Thomas  b.  1652,  and  John  b.  1653.  He  died  Aug.  15,  1658,  and  his  widow 
married  Henry  Tewksbury,  Nov.  10,  1659.  The  other  William  Harvey  was  of 
Plymouth,  married  Joanna,  1639 ;  removed  to  Taunton ;  was  rep.  1664  and  13 
years  after.  Query:  May  not  the  Plymouth  man  be  the  same  as  the  Boston 
man  and  the  Taunton  man  be  a  different  person? — Editor.] 

Thomas  Wilson  the  elder,  sometimes  citizen  and  clothworker  of  Lon- 
don but  now  resident  at  Ryecroft  in  the  parish  at  Rawmarsh  and  county 
of  York,  25  February  1657,  proved  14  February  1658  (English  Style). 
My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  church  or  chancel  of  Rawmarsh.  My  lands 
in  Hunslett  in  the  parish  of  Leeds,  amounting  in  value,  as  now  leased,  to 
the  yearly  rent  of  thirty  six  pounds,  to  my  son  Thomas  Wilson  and  Agnes 
his  wife,  for  their  natural  lives  and  the  longer  liver  of  them,  and  after  their 
decease  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten ;  and  for  want  of  such 
issue  I  give  it  equally  to  my  two  neices  or  grandchildren,  Mrs.  Alice  Smith 
wife  of  William  Smith,  now  citizen  and  mercer  of  London,  and  Mrs.  Dorcas 
Clarke,  wife  of  William  Clarke,  in  the  county  of  Lincoln  gen4  and  their 
children.  To  the  school  of  Rawmarsh  for  the  better  maintenance  and  en- 
couragement of  the  schoolmaster  there  for  the  time  being  and  for  the  teach- 
ing and  instructing  of  seven  poor  children  of  the  parish  and  for  keeping  the 
school  in  good  repair,  three  pounds  six  shillings  eight  pence  yearly  to  be 
paid  out  of  the  rent  of  Ryecroft  by  the  tenant  or  occupant  whosoever  he 
shall  be.  I  give  to  Robert  and  Mary,  children  of  Thomas  and  Anna 
Jessop,  ten  pounds  apiece  to  be  paid  to  Thomas  Jessop,  their  father.  To 
the  poor  of  Rawmarsh  forty  shillings  yearly.  John  Dobson  and  his  wife 
and  children  shall  have  ten  shillings  &c. 

I  give  to  my  cousin  George  Brownell  of  London  twenty  pounds  to  be 
paid  him  out  of  the  rents  of  Ryecroft  &c.  I  give  unto  my  cousin  Thomas 
Brownell  of  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island  in  New  England  and  to  his  children 
twenty  pounds  to  be  paid  either  to  him  himself,  if  he  shall  come  over  to  re- 
ceive the  same  or  else  to  such  person  or  persons  in  his  behalf  as  he  shall 
lawfully  assign  to  receive  the  same.  To  Mary  daughter  of  Thomas  Jessop 
twenty  pounds.  To  Mary,  daughter  of  George  Brownell  ten  pounds  at 
day  of  marriage  if  with  the  father's  consent,  if  not  then  to  her  father.  To 
my  kinswoman  Mrs.  Anne  Hall  of  Nottingham  ten  pounds.  To  Thomas 
Jessop  the  younger  ten  pounds,  and  it  is  my  mind  and  will  concerning  him 
if  he  prove  ingenious  and  capable  of  learning  that  he  be  sent  to  the  Uni- 
versity of  Cambridge  to  study  Divinity,  and,  to  that  end  for  his  encourage- 
ment and  towards  his  maintenance  there,  that  he  have  ten  pounds  a  year 
&c.  for  the  term  of  seven  years  next  after  his  going  thither.  To  my 
kindred  Grace  Hall,  Elizabeth  Brooke,  Jane  Hall,  George  Hall  and 
Lancelot  Waterhouse  six  shillings  and  eight  pence  apiece,  if  they  take  it 
as  a  free  gift  without  any  other  respect  or  condition.  To  Mr.  Richardson 
ten  shillings.  To  his  wife  five  shillings.  To  Gervas  Sheppeard  two  shillings. 
To  George  Wright,  Elizabeth  Webster,  and  Edward  Wright  two  shillings 
apiece.  Remainder  to  my  son  Thomas  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully 
begotten  and  to  be  begotten  forever ;  but  for  want  of  such  issue  I  give  it 
to  Thomas  Jessop  the  younger  and  his  heirs  forever,  with  respect  to  be  had 
to  the  rest  of  his  brethren  and  sisters  for  their  better  subsistence  and  main- 
tenance in  the  world.  My  son  Thomas  and  Thomas  Jessop  the  elder  to  be 
joint  executors.  Pell,  109. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  647 

[Thomas1  Brownell  of  Portsmouth,  R.  I.,  died  1665;  m.  Ann;  she  died  1665. 
He  was  Freeman  1655.  Name  on  record  in  Portsmouth,  March,  1647.  They 
had:  1,  Mary,2  b.  1639,  d.  Jan.  12,  1739;  m.  Robert  Hazard,  of  Thomas  and 
Martha.  2,  Sarah,2  b. ,  d.  Sept.  6,  1676;  m.  June  1,  1658,  Gideon  Free- 
born, of  William  and  Mary.  3,  Martha,2  b.  May,  1643,  d.  Feb.  15,  1744;  m.  1st, 
Jeremiah  Wait,  of  Thomas;  m.  2d,  Charles  Dyer,  of  William  and  Mary.  4, 
George,2  b.  1646,  d.  April  20,  1718;  m.  Susanna  Pcarce,  Dec.  4,  1673,  of  Richard 

and  Susanna.     5,  William,2  b. ,  d.  1715;  m.  Sarah  Smiton,  of  William  and 

Sarah.     6,  Thomas,2  m.  Mary  Pearce,  d.  1732,  of  Little  Compton.     7,  Robert,2 

b. ,  d.  July  22,  1728;  m.  Mary.     8,  Ann,  b. ,  d.  April  2,  1747;  m. 

Joseph  Wilbur,  of  William.    All  the  above  is  from  Austin's  Genealogical  Dic- 
tionary. 

From  Portsmouth  Town  Becords. 
Thomas  Brownell,  of  William,  Sarah,  (daughter  of  William  Smithron,  dec), 
his  wife,  b.  May  25,  1674.  Sarah  Brownell,  of  Thomas  and  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  25, 
1675.  Martha  Brownell,  of  Thomas  and  Sarah,  b.  May  24,  1678.  Anne  Brow- 
nell, of  Thomas  and  Sarah,  b.  June  4,  1684.  According  to  Austin's  account, 
Sarah  Smiton  was  married  to  William  Brownell,  son  of  Thomas.  I  have  no 
data  which  will  elucidate  this  discrepancy,  but  have  great  confidence  in  Austin's 
authority. — Henry  E.  Turner,  M.D.,  of  Newport,  R.  I.] 

John  Kempster  of  Plaistow  in  Essex,  citizen  and  glass  seller  of  Lon 
don,  7  March  1686,  proved  6  June  1687.  To  Elizabeth,  my  now  wife, 
five  pounds.  To  my  grandson  John  Whiston  and  his  heirs  &c.  a  certain 
annuity  or  rent  charge  payable  unto  me  on  every  St.  Matthew's  day  from 
the  Company  of  Tallow  chandlers  London,  and  also  the  lease  of  my  house 
in  Leadenhall  Street,  now  in  possession  of  Robert  Fleetwood,  glass  seller, 
or  his  assigns,  ten  pounds  a  year  being  allowed  him  until  he  attain  the  age 
of  one  and  twenty  years  to  find  him  clothes  &c.  according  to  my  contract 
with  Mr  Humphrey  Owen,  his  master,  wiita  whom  he  is  now  apprentice. 
My  house  in  Plaistow  wherein  I  now  live,  purchased  in  the  name  of  my  said 
grandson,  I  leave  to  him.  Loving  friends  Humphrey  Owen  of  Wapping, 
deal  merchant,  and  Philip  Peroy  Senr,  citizen  and  fishmonger  of  London, 
to  be  overseers.  House  in  Leadenhall  Street  now  in  possession  of  Mary 
Glover,  widow.  My  daughter  Mary  Whiston.  To  my  brother  Thomas 
Kempster  five  shillings.  My  brother  Edward  Kempster  and  nephew  Wal- 
ter Kempster.  To  John  the  son  of  my  sister  Anne  Bendry  twenty  shillings 
acd  to  my  cousin  Elianor  Greeneway  twenty  shillings,  and  to  her  daughter 
Elianor  Bendry  twenty  shillings,  and  to  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Dun  twenty 
shillings. 

Whereas  my  cousin  John  Wilkins  of  Boston  in  New  England  is  in- 
debted unto  me  in  a  certain  sum  by  bond  payable  with  interest  and  in  a 
further  sum  for  goods  sold  my  will  is  that  he,  paying  the  principal  money 
due  upon  the  said  bond  and  discharging  the  said  book  debt  also  within 
one  year  and  a  day  next  after  my  decease,  shall  be  acquitted  and  dis- 
charged of  all  interest  due  on  his  bond  to  the  time  of  my  decease.  To 
my  cousin  Thomas  Kemble,  now  apprentice  to  a  boxmaker,  in  Birchin 
Lane,  twenty  shillings.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Westham  within  the 
precinct  of  Plaistow  twenty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Edward  Withers  of 
London,  carpenter,  five  pounds.  To  my  son  in  law  James  Whiston  of  Lon- 
don, Exchange  broker,  five  pounds.  To  my  friends  Thomas  Ainger, 
citizen  and  apothecary  of  London  and  Philip  Perry  junior  of  London  gen', 
each  of  them  five  pounds,  which  said  Edward  Withers,  James  Whiston, 
Thomas  Ainger  and  Philip  Perry  junior  I  do  hereby  make,  constitute  and 
appoint  executors  &c.  Foot,  79. 

[John  Wilkins  of  Boston,  named  in  this  will,  was  probably  the  John  Wilkins, 
a  native  of  Wiltshire  and  a  glassmaker  by  trade,  having  served  an  apprenticeship 


648  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

in  London,  who  came  to  Boston,  and  not  long  after  was  married  to  his  only  wife, 
Mrs.  Anstis  Bissett,  whose  maiden  name  was  Gold.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Bristol  in  Plymouth  Colony  (now  in  Rhode  Island) , 
admitted  Sept.  1,  1681.  He  died  in  that  town  between  1704  and  1711.  For  ac- 
counts of  himself  and  his  wife  by  Mr.  Harrison  Ellery  of  Chelsea,  see  the  New- 
port Historical  Magazine,  January  1884,  vol.  4,  pages  189-91.  The  following 
item  from  the  Marriage  Licences  of  London,  edited  by  Mr.  Joseph  Foster,  page 
134,  evidently  refers  to  the  first  marriage  of  Mrs.  Anstis  Wilkins:  "Bissex, 
Thomas,  of  Stepney,  Middlesex,  tailor,  and  Enstice  Goold,  of  same,  spinster — 
at  Trinity,  Minories,  London,  15  July  1661." — Editor.] 

Job  Tookie  (of  St.  Giles  without  Cripplegate,  London,  says  Prob.  Act 
Book)  10  June  1669  proved  6  May  1671.  To  my  dear  wife  Anne  Tookie 
four  hundred  pounds  before  any  other  legacies  be  paid  whatsoever.  To  my 
eldest  daughter  Rebeccah  Tookie  fifty  pounds.  To  youngest  daughter 
Sarah  Tookie  fifty  pounds.  To  my  two  sons  Job  and  Jonathan  Tookie  and 
to  my  three  daughters  Rebeccah  and  Hannah  and  Sarah  Tookie,  to  every 
and  each  of  them  one  hundred  pounds  (that  is  to  say)  to  my  sons  as  soon 
as  they  respectively  shall  have  served  out  the  full  time  of  their  several  ap- 
prenticehoods,  to  my  daughter  Rebeccah  as  soon  as  debts  oweing  to  unto 
me  can  be  conveniently  called  in  of  that  value  over  and  above  the  four 
hundred  pounds  afore  mentioned  given  to  my  executrix,  and  to  my  daugh- 
ters Hannah  and  Sarah  Tookie  as  soon  as  they,  and  as  they,  attain  the  age 
of  one  and  twenty  years.  To  my  sister  Mary  Bendish,  my  brother  Thomas 
Tookie  and  my  brother  Edward  Bendish  of  Norwich,  and  to  my  sisters 
Rebeccah  Tookie,  Frances  Tookie  and  Bridget  Detleifson,  to  each  of  them 
a  gold  ring  of  ten  shillings  value.     Wife  Anne  to  be  sole  executrix. 

Duke,  69. 

Ann  Tookie  of  London  widow  12  May  1671,  proved  1  December  1673. 
To  son  Jonathan  one  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  him  at  his  age  of  one  and 
twenty  years;  to  my  daughter  Rebecca  the  like  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds; 
and  to  my  daughters  Hannah  and  Sarah  one  hundred  pounds  at  their  re- 
spective ages  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  days  of  marriage  respectively  first 
happening.  To  my  son  Job  the  sum  of  five  pounds  in  money  over  and 
besides  such  books  wh.  I  have  already  given  and  delivered  to  him.  The 
rest  to  daughters  Rebecca,  Hannah  and  Sarah,  equally.  Daughter  Rebecca 
to  be  sole  executrix.  Pye,  166. 

[In  the  Register  for  January,  1890  (vol.  44,  pp.  96-8;  ante,  pp.  431-3),  was 
printed  with  annotations  the  will  of  the  grandfather  of  our  Job'  Tookie  of 
Marblehead.     These  wills  are  those  of  his  father  and  mother. — h.  f.  w. 

A  petition  of  Job  Tookie  to  the  E«sex  County  Court,  in  1682,  in  which  he 
gives  a  detail  of  the  events  in  his  life,  is  printed  in  the  Register,  vol.  44,  pages 
97-8 ;  ante,  pp.  432-3.  It  appears  from  one  of  the  accompanying  documents 
that  he  brought  to  this  country  his  father's  "  Library  "  and  that  part  of  it  was 
disposed  of  to  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Allen  and  Mather  of  Boston  and  Mr.  Danforth 
of  Cambridge. — Editor.] 

Jacob  Jesson  of  London,  merchant,  30  September  1682,  proved  17 
August  1686.  Refers  to  marriage  agreement  with  present  wife  Mary.  I 
give,  will  and  devise  unto  Mr.  George  Scot  and  Mr.  Richard  Lloyd,  my 
executors  all  my  lands,  messuages  &c  at  Yarmouth  in  New  England  in 
trust,  they  to  sell  my  lands  and  tenements  in  Plymouth  Colony  in  New 
England  to  8uch  persons  as  John,  Walley  of  Boston  in  New  England, 
whom  I  have  authorized  to  sell  the  same,  shall  sell  or  agree  to  sell  and  the 
money  that  shall  be  raised  by  the  sale  thereof  shall  be  reckoned  as  part  of 
my   personal  estate   and   shall  go  to  my  children.     I  give  and  bequeath  to 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  049 

my  honored  mother  Dorothy  Jesson  twenty  pounds  to  buy  her   a  ring  and 
five  pounds  to  buy  her  mourning.     To  my  father  in  law  Richard  Glover 
five  pounds   to   buy   him   mourning.     To   my   brother    Nathaniel    Jessou 
twenty   pounds  to   buy  him  a  ring  and  five  pounds  to  buy  him  mourning. 
To  my  brothers  in  law  William  Grosvenor,  John  Glover,  Gabriel  Glover, 
Richard  Thomas  and  James  Cocks  five  pounds  apiece  to  buy  them  mourn- 
ing.    To  my  sisters   Rebecca  Thomas,  Elizabeth  Cocks,  Sarah  Grosvenor 
and  Elizabeth  Jessou*  five  pounds  apiece  to  buy  them  mourning.     To  the 
said   Sarah   Grosvenor  five  pounds  to  buy  her  a  ring.     To  Madam  Lydia 
Martin  als  Stevens  at  Westminster  twenty  pounds   if  she  survives   me  or 
else  to  her  heirs.     To  my  loving  brother  in  law  Mr.  Jn°  Walley  of  Boston 
five  pounds  of  New  England  money.     To  my  niece  Elizabeth  Walley,  the 
daughter  of  my  brother  in  law  Thomas  Walley  deceased  twenty  pounds  iu 
New  England  money,   to  be  paid  to  her  upon  the  attaining  to  the  age  of 
twenty  one  years  or  day  of  marriage.     To  my  loving  friend  Tho :  Taylor, 
minister,  now  living  on  or  near  Gaslick  Hill  in  London  ten  pounds  and  to 
my  cousins  William  and  Josiah  Bird  five   pounds   apiece.     To   my   uncle 
Samuel  Short  and  to  my  aunt  Rebecca  Cooper  and  unto  my  cousin  Stephen 
Newton  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  buy  each  of  them  a  ring.     To  Thomas 
Jacomb  Doctor  in  Divinity  five  pounds.     To  my  executors  fifteen  pounds 
in  trust  to  give  the  same  unto  such  poor  ministers  as  they  shall  think  fit.     To 
the  parish  of  St.  Andrew  Undershaft  where  I  now  dwell  five  pounds  for 
the  churchwardens  to  distribute  as  they  shall  think  fit.     Forty  pounds  to 
be  paid  to  such  persons  as  my  sister  Rebecca  Thomas  shall  direct  and  ap- 
point,  and   the  same   amount   to  such  as  my  sister  Elizabeth  Cocks  shall 
appoint.     The  rest  to  my  children. 

My  friends  Mr  George  Scot,  citizen  and  fishmonger  of  London  and  Mr. 
Richard  Lloyd,  citizen  of  London  and  by  calling  liuendraper,  to  be  execu- 
tors. Lloyd,  108. 

[Of  the  above  Jacob  Jesson,  Savage  says  that  he  was  a  merchant  in  Boston 
and  agent  of  his  brother  Abraham,  an  ironmonger  of  London.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Artillery  Co.  1673.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  some  of  my  Boston  friends 
will  show  just  who  the  testator's  brothers  in  law,  John  and  Thomas  Walley, 
were.  Henry  E.  Waters.] 

[These  wills  give  us  the  following  facts.    Dorothy1,  widow  of  Jesson, 

had  children : 

Nathaniel,2  survived  his  brothers. 

Jacob. 

Abraham,  who  had  three  children. 

Eebecca,  wife  of  Richard  Thomas. 

Elizabeth,  "      "  James  Cox. 

Sarah,         "      "  William  Grosvenor. 

Of  these,  Jacob  Jesson  was  in  New  England,  and  undoubtedly  was  twice  mar- 
ried. His  first  wife,  as  will  be  shown,  was  Elizabeth,  probably  a  daughter  of 
Rev.  Thomas  Walley ;  his  second  wife,  Mary,  was  evidently  a  daughter  of 
Richard  Glover.  These  marriages  are  clearly  pointed  out  by  his  mention  of 
brothers-in-law  John  and  Thomas  Walley,  John  and  Gabriel  Glover.  I  find  on 
the  Boston  records  that  Jacob  and  Elizabeth  Jesson  had :  Jacob,  b.  Dec.  18,  1670 ; 
Abraham,  b.  July  14,  1672;  Jacob,  b.  Sept.  16,  1674.  As  neither  of  these  chil- 
dren is  mentioned  in  Mrs.  Dorothy  Jesson's  will,  it  is  fair  to  presume  that  they 
died  young  and  that  their  mother  also  died  here.  I  find  by  Suffolk  Deeds,  viii. 
266,  that  25  March,  1671,  Abraham  Jesson  of  London,  ironmonger,  made  his 
brother  Jacob  J.  of  Boston  his  attorney.  This  power  of  attorney  was  witnessed 
by  John  Lawrence,  Jr.,  Christopher  Clarke  and  Isaac  Addington;  Clark  verified 

*  This  Elizabeth  Jesson  must  be  his  niece,  daughter  of  Abraham  J. — w.  h.  w. 


650  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

it  here  1  July,  1671,  and  Addington  did  so  Dec.  4,  1673.  In  1674  Jacob  Jesson 
bought  land  on  Rawson's  lane  from  Edward  and  William  Raw  son.  He  sold  the 
same  Jan.  10,  1676,  to  William  Hubbard  (Suff.  Deeds,  xiii.  81)  and  as  no  wife 
joined  therein,  I  have  no  doubt  that  she  was  dead,  and  that  he  was  going  home. 
I  find  that  Feb.  16,  1685,  Major  John  Walley  and  wife  Sarah,  of  Bristol,  Ply- 
mouth County,  mortgaged  a  wharf  and  other  property  in  Boston  to  Jacob  and 
Nathaniel  Jesson  of  London,  for  £246  (Suff.  Deeds,  xiii.  445).  This  mortgage 
he  paid  in  full  Aug.  17,  1694  (Suff.  Deeds,  xvi.  394)  to  William  Stoughton, 
attorney  for  Nathaniel  Jesson  and  John  Petit,  executor  of  Jacob  Jesson. 

I  do  not  find  the  marriage  of  Jacob  Jesson  and  Elizabeth  Walley  at  Boston, 
presumably  in  1669  or  1670,  but  it  seems  that  her  father,  Rev.  Thomas  Walley, 
came  to  Boston  in  1663.  It  is  also  possible,  as  Rev.  Thomas  had  been  rector  of 
St.  Mary's,  Whitechapel,  London,  that  Jesson  had  known  the  Walleys  in  London 
and  had  married  there,  coming  to  New  England  to  join  his  wife's  relatives. 

I  will  now  proceed  to  the  Walley  family,  concerning  which  much  confusion 
exists  in  printed  accounts. 

There  were  two  contemporary  John  Walleys  in  Boston,  both  members  of  the 
Old  South.  One  was  John,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas,  a  major,  judge,  &c. ;  the  other 
was  a  very  reputable  citizen.  In  regard  to  this  latter  John,  I  find  that  Boston 
town  records  show  that  John  Walley  m.  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  late  Robert  Wing, 
3  April,  1661,  and  they  undoubtedly  were  the  parents  of  six  children  between 
1662  and  1679 ;  viz.  John,  b.  Aug.  27,  1662 ;  Elizabeth,  b.  May  8,  1665 ;  Elizabeth, 
b.  July  28,  1667;  Samuel,  b.  Feb.  1,  1670;  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  26,  1672;  Samuel,  b. 
Aug.  4,  1679. 

Then  we  come  to  probably  another  John  and  Elizabeth  four  years  later,  and  I 
presume  the  Old  South  Catalogue  is  correct  in  saying  that  this  was  John  Jr., 
and  his  wife  Elizabeth  was  dau.  of  the  second  John  Alden,  and  that  she  re- 
married in  1702  Simon  Willard.    Their  children  were  : 

Sarah,  b.  Aug.  25,  1684;  d.  June  29,  1690. 

Abiel,  b.  Aug.  30,  1686. 

William,  b.  Dec.  23,  1687. 

John,  b.  July  19,  1689. 

Elizabeth,  b.  May  4,  1693. 

Sarah,  b.  April  17,  1695. 

So  far  this  seems  all  clear  and  probable.  There  were  also  in  Boston,  John 
Walley  and  wife  Sarah,  who  had  John,  b.  7  Nov.  1677,  and  Hannah,  b.  23  July, 
1680.  I  see  every  reason  to  suppose  that  this  was  our  Major  John  Walley,  who 
was  of  Art.  Co.  1671,  and  removed  to  Barnstable  about  1683,  and  thence  to  Bris- 
tol where  he  was  in  1685.  Nor  do  I  see  that  he  had  any  other  wife  than  Sarah 
Walley,  Old  South,  Dec.  1672.  His  wife  Sarah,  who  was  alive  in  1685,  d.  Nov. 
10,  1711,  and  was  buried  on  the  15th,  as  Sewall  says  (ii.  326).  He  also  says, 
"  Nov.  29.  Mrs.  Hannah  Walley  died  last  night  aged  better  than  30  years."  This 
agrees  with  the  above  birth  of  the  daughter  in  1680 ;  and  under  date  of  Dec.  1, 
Sewall  says,  Mrs.  Sarah  Walley  buried,  evidently  a  slip  of  the  pen,  and  possibly 
strengthening  our  surmise  that  Hannah  was  daughter  of  Sarah. 

It  seems  highly  probable  that  Major  John  Walley's  first  child,  John,  died  early, 
and  that  at  Bristol  he  had  the  four  who  survived  him.  His  will  of  Feb.  4,  1712 
(Suff.  Wills  17,  p.  402)  mentions  son  John  Walley,  two  daughters  Elizabeth  and 
Lydia  Walley,  dau.  Sarah  Chancy,  widow  [of  Rev.  Charles  C]  and  her  four 
children,  viz.  Charles,  Mary,  Isaac  and  Walley.  He  also  mentions  his  late  brother 
Thomas,  and  late  sisters  Hannah  Alleyn  and  Mary  Crocker. 

I  do  not  trace  the  documents  of  Major  John,  because  a  very  good  account  is 
given  in  Freeman's  Cape  Cod,  i.  291.  But  the  will  enables  us  to  correct  Savage's 
account.  Rev.  Thomas1  Walley  of  London  is  supposed  to  have  been  the  son  of 
Robert  of  London,  whose  will  is  dated  1651,  and  grandson  of  John  Walley, 
printer,  of  London,  recorded  at  Whitechapel.  He  had  sons  John2  and  Thomas,8 
and  daughters  Sarah  wife  of  Samuel  Alleyne,  and  Mary  wife  of  Job  Crocker. 

Thomas2  Walley,  Jr.,  m.  Hannah  Baker  and  had  Thomas,3  who  d.  s.p. ;  Han- 
nah,3 who  m.  Wilbiam  Stone,  and  secondly  James  Leonard;  and  Elizabeth,  wife 
of  Edward  Adams,  cordwainer.  Thomas,2  d.  in  1672,  and  his  widow  m.  Rev. 
George  Shove  of  Taunton. 

I  am  surprised  that  the  maiden  name  of  Major  John2  Walley's  wife  is  unknown, 
but  it  is  not  improbable  that  he  married  in  England.— W.  H.  Whitmork.] 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  651 

Dorothy  Jesson  of  Bethnall  Green  in  the  parish  of  Stepney  als  Stebon- 
heath,  Middlesex,  widow,  20  December  1690,  proved  6  October  1693. 
To  my  son  Nathaniel  Jesson  twenty  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Rebecca 
Thomas  twenty  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Cox  twenty  pounds. 
To  my  grandchildren  Abraham,  Elizabeth  and  Rebecca  Jesson,  son  and 
daughters  of  my  late  son  Abraham  Jesson  deceased,  five  pounds  apiece. 
To  my  grandson  Glover  Jesson  and  to  my  grand-daughters  Mary  and 
Elizabeth  Jesson,  the  children  of  my  late  son  Jacob  Jesson  deceased,  five 
pounds  apiece.  To  Messrs  Robert  Braggs,  Senior,  Matthew  Meade  and 
Richard  Lawrence  fifty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  friends  Mr.  John  Pettit, 
citizen  and  merchant  tailor  of  London,  and  James  Pettit,  citizen  and  mercer 
of  London,  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  the  widows  Butler,  Wells  and  Moone 
twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  poor  widows  of  Bethnall  Green  and  Dog  Row 
forty  shillings.  To  poor  widows  of  St.  Mary  Matfellon  als  Whitechapel 
three  pounds.  To  my  grandchildren  Dorothy  Cox  and  Rebecca  Thomas 
all  my  linen  which  is  locked  up  in  the  trunk  marked  with  W.  T.  To  Anne 
and  her  sister,  daughters  of  William  Biddle  of  Dallinson,  in  Co.  Stafford, 
my  third  part  of  a  parcel  of  land  called  Daywork  in  Dallison.  Whereas 
I,  the  said  Dorothy  Jesson,  do  stand  possessed  of  and  in  one  messuage  or 
tenement  with  the  appurtenances  situate  in  Lombard  Street  in  the  parish  of 
St.  Nicholas  Aeons  in  London,  called  or  known  lately  by  the  sign  of  Rose 
and  rebuilt  by  Henry  Pinson,  citizen  and  meEchant  tailor  of  London  upon 
the  Toft,  soil  and  ground  whereon  a  messuage  which  was  burnt  down  in 
the  late  dreadful  fire  which  happened  in  London  stood,  and  now  in  the 
occupation  of  John  Price,  Barber  &c.  I  bequeath  the  same  to  the  said 
John  and  James  Pettit  upon  trust  to  pay  one  half  the  clear  rents  and 
profits  to  my  daughter  Rebecca  Thomas  and  the  other  half  to  my  daughter 
Elizabeth  Cox.  The  residue  of  my  goods  &c.  to  my  son  Nathaniel  and  my 
said  daughters  equally.  Coker,  159. 

John  Coke  of  Dorchester,  in  the  County  of  Dorset,  mercer,  23  April 
1641,  proved  26  October  1641.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Holy  Trinity 
in  Dorchester  ten  shillings.  I  give  unto  John  Coke  my  son  the  moneys 
and  goods  that  are  in  Mr.  Smithe's  hands  in  New  England  and  ten  pounds 
more.  The  ten  pounds  given  unto  him  by  his  late  grandfather  Mr.  Vawter 
shall  be  paid  out  of  a  debt  due  unto  the  said  Mr.  Vawter  by  William  Sav- 
age Esq.  and  Francis  Matthews  Esq.  To  my  son  Samuel  Coke  ten  pounds 
over  and  above  the  sum  given  unto  him  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Strode  deceased, 
late  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Strode  knight.  Son  Thomas  Coke  shall  be 
placed  apprentice  &c.  My  daughters  Elizabeth  and  Debora  Coke.  My 
wife  Elizabeth.  My  friends  Thomas  Gollopp  the  elder  Esq.,  Gilbert  Iron- 
side clerk,  Bachelor  in  Divinity,  James  Gould  of  Dorchester,  merchant, 
Edward  Bragg  of  the  same  place,  woollen  draper,  and  Richard  Scovile  of 
the  same  place  gen1.  Evelyn,  127. 

Comfort  Starr  of  the  town  of  Lewis  in  the  County  of  Sussex,  clerk, 
21  June  1709,  proved  20  December  1711.  I  give  unto  my  son  Josiah 
Starr  (who  is  now  beyond  Sea  at  Bermudas)  my  silver  tobacco  box  which 
hath  a  coat  of  arms  upon  it  and  all  my  five  silver  spoons  marked  with  these 
letters  thus  placed  c  f  &;  also  a  silver  salt  and  a  little  silver  cup  marked 
with  the  same  letters,  in  manner  as  before  expressed.  I  give  unto  my  two 
sons  Josiah  and  John  Starr  all  my  pewter  and  linen  that  is  marked  with 
the  same  letters,  to  be  equally  divided  between  them.  I  give  all  my  Latin, 
Greek  and  Hebrew  books  to  my  son  Josiah  Starr  and  all  my  English  books 


652  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

and  manuscripts  to  my  son  George  Starr,  excepting  the  bible  which  I 
ordinarily  use  and  nine  pieces  of  Mr  Cary  upon  Job,  which  I  give  to  my 
6on  John  Starr.  I  give  my  son  Josiah  (besides  all  he  had  of  me  when  I 
set  him  up  at  London)  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  son  John  twenty  five 
pounds,  which  with  the  three  score  and  fifteen  pounds  he  hath  had  of  me 
since  I  came  to  Lewis  makes  up  the  full  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds,  and  to 
his  children  Elizabeth,  Comfort,  Thomas  and  Sarah  five  pounds  apiece. 
Moreover  my  mind  and  will  is  that  my  sons  Josiah  and  John  lay  no  claim 
to  any  moneys  put  out  in  my  name  upon  mortgage  or  bond  which  belong 
to  their  brother  George,  if  there  be  any  sum  or  sums  abroad  that  may  be 
made  appear  to  be  given  to  him  or  his  mother  for  his  use  by  his  grandfather 
or  grandmother  Finch  of  Dover  or  by  his  Aunt  Hartman  of  Lewis  or  any 
other.  I  give  to  my  said  son  George  one  hundred  pounds  and  also  twenty 
pounds  which  my  aunt  Hartman  desired  me  to  pay  him  at  my  decease.  I 
give  unto  my  three  sons  Josiah,  John  and  George  Starr  my  messuage  (now 
made  two  tenements)  with  the  shops,  yards,  backsides,  gardens  and  appur- 
tenances, lying  and  being  in  Ashford  in  Kent,  for  ever,  after  their  mother's 
(my  present  wife's)  decease,  and  not  before.  I  give  also  to  my  said  three 
sons  those  two  pieces  or  parcels  of  Land  containing  by  estimation  ten  acres, 
more  or  less,  called  Yondersfields  in  Shadoxhurst  near  Ashford.  I  make 
my  dear  and  loving  wife  Anne  Starr  sole  executrix.  Young,  267. 

[Comfort  Starr  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  the  class  of  1647.  He 
was  born  at  Ashford  in  Kent,  in  the  year  1624,  and  came  to  New  England  with 
his  father  in  1635.  In  1650  he  returned  to  England,  and  was  miuister  at  Carlisle 
in  Cumberland,  but  was  ejected  in  1662.  He  died  Oct.  30,  1711,  in  his  87th  year, 
at  Lewes,  in  Sussex,  where  he  was  pastor  of  a  church.  He  was  the  son  of  Com- 
fort Starr  of  Cambridge,  Duxbury  and  Boston,  who  died  Jan.  2,  1658-9,  and 
whose  will  is  printed  in  the  Register,  vol.  9,  pp.  223-4.  Sketches  of  the  life 
of  the  testator  will  can  be  found  in  Sibley's  Harvard  Graduates,  vol.  1,  p.  162, 
and  Palmer's  Nonconformists  Memorial,  ed.  1802,  vol.  1,  p.  378. — Editor.] 

Thomas  Banckes  citizen  and  barber  surgeon  of  London,  15  October 
1595,  proved  17  May  1598.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church 
of  St.  Michael  in  the  Querne.  Forasmuch  as  my  eldest  son  Richard  Banckes 
hath  unnaturally  and  uudutifully  forsaken  his  native  country  and  natural 
parents  and  in  the  course  of  his  life  hath  brought  great  grief  and  sorrow  to 
me  and  to  his  mother  and  in  regard  of  his  want  of  compassion  towards  us 
hath  justly  deserved  to  be  holdeu  and  reputed  as  a  lost  son  I  do  therefore 
will  and  devise  all  my  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  to  my  son  John 
Banckes.  My  movable  goods  and  chattels  &c.  shall  be  divided,  according 
to  the  custom  of  the  City  of  London,  into  three  equal  parts,  whereof  one 
part  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Joan  my  loving  wife  and  an  other  third  part  I 
will  to  be  divided  amongst  my  children,  whereof  as  many  of  my  said  chil- 
dren as  are  already  advanced  shall  every  one  of  them  have,  out  of  the  same 
third  part,  so  much  for  their  full  and  further  advancement  as  shall  make 
up  their  portions,  according  to  the  custom  of  the  City,  equal  with  the  residue 
of  my  said  children  not  yet  advanced,  saving  that  my  said  son  Richard  shall 
be  utterly  secluded  out  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  and  hold  himself 
to  his  advancement  already  received,  without  partaking  with  the  residue  of 
my  children  in  any  of  my  estate,  either  of  inheritance,  goods  or  chattels. 
The  other  third  part,  being  by  the  custom  of  the  said  City  in  my  free  and 
voluntary  disposition,  I  do  ordain  &c.  to  bear,  perform  and  pay  the  charges 
of  my  funerals  and  other  the  ordinances,  legacies  and  payments  hereafter 
limited,  bequeathed  or  devised.     Then  follow  certain  bequests  of  mourning 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  C)53 

gowns  &c.  to  individual  friends,  servants  &c:  To  my  godson  Richard 
Deane  son  to  my  daughter  Mary  Deane  twenty  pounds,  to  my  daughter 
Katherine  Some  twenty  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Mary  Deane  twenty 
pounds,  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  twenty  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Susan 
twenty  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Joan  twenty  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Sarah 
twenty  pounds,  over  and  above  their  said  portions  rising  unto  them  by  the 
custom  of  the  said  City  of  London.  I  do  also  forgive  unto  my  brother  Wil- 
liam Banckes  all  such  sums  of  money  as  he  doth  owe  me,  and  five  pounds  to 
be  equally  divided  amongst  his  children.  A  similar  bequest  to  brother  Chris- 
tofer  Banckes  and  his  children,  and  to  brothers  Snowe  and  Seybrooke,  and 
four  pounds  to  be  divided  amongst  their  children,  all  of  them.  To  my 
brother  Thomas  Pettit  three  pounds.  To  eight  poor  scholars  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Cambridge,  whereof  two  of  them  to  be  of  Trinity  College,  eight 
decent  suites  of  black  apparel,  viz.  doublets,  hose  and  stockings,  to  be  de- 
livered them  at  or  against  their  proceeding  and  going  forth  Bachelors  of 
Art.  To  the  relief  of  the  poor  children  harbored  in  Christ's  Hospital,  to 
sundry  companies  and  the  poor  of  sundry  parishes.  My  wife  Joan  and  son 
John  to  see  to  the  due  execution  of  this  my  last  will  and  my  two  sons  in 
law  Bartholomew  Some  and  Richard  Deane  to  be  the  overseers.  Then 
follows  a  list  of  such  as  were  to  receive  rings  &c.  A  codicil  was  made  25 
March  1598,  providing  for  additional  bequests,  among  whirdi  to  loving  friend 
Master  Robert  Cogan,  Treasurer  of  Christ's  Hospital,  a  gown  of  black  cloth, 
to  nephew  William  Banckes  a  cloak  of  black  cloth,  to'Susau  wife  of  Gregory 
Hargrave  a  gown  of  black  cloth  &c.  Lewyn,  48. 

John  Bancks  citizen  and  mercer  of  London,  20  May  1630,  proved  30 
October  1630.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  Chancel  of  St.  Michael's  the 
Querne  in  the  Ward  of  Farrington  within,  in  the  same  grave  wherein  my 
dear  and  loving  parents,  with  my  two  most  dear  beloved  wives,  lie  buried. 
One  half  of  my  personal  estate  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Anne,  my  dear  and 
only  daughter,  to  be  paid  unto  her  at  her  age  of  twenty  and  one  years  or 
her  day  of  marriage.  Eight  thousand  pounds  allotted  for  her  portion.  Be- 
quests to  various  city  companies,  to  the  children  of  my  sister  Mary  Deane 
deceased,  the  children  of  my  sister  Susan  Draper  and  of  my  sister  Joane 
Titchborue.  My  sister  Dame  Catherine  Barnardiston.  To  William 
Banckes,  Richard  Banckes,  Thomas  Bauckes,  George  Banckes  and  Mary 
Banckes  the  children  of  my  uncle  William  Bauckes  deceased,  Christopher 
Banckes,  Mary  Banckes '  (a  maid)  Anne  Banckes  which  married  John 
Bigges,  and  Alice  Banckes,  all  the  children  of  my  uncle  Christopher  Banckes 
deceased.  To  my  daughter  Anne  a  great  chest  with  guilded  leather  which 
hath  nineteen  iron  bars  over  the  cover,  with  all  things  in  it,  as  plate,  linen, 
chains,  jewels,  rings,  with  all  things  in  it  of  what  nature  or  condition  so 
ever,  to  her  own  use  forever,  as  my  gift,  without  any  accompt  to  be  made 
&c.  For  the  more  decent  and  comely  performance  of  my  funeral,  accord- 
ing to  my  degree  and  place,  I  do  allot  and  allow  to  be  spent  thereon  the 
sum  of  two  thousand  marks.  (To  sundry  poor,  among  which)  the  poor  of 
the  parish  of  St.  Michael  Basingshawe  where  I  am  a  parishioner.  To  the 
parson,  churchwardens  and  parishioners  of  St.  Michael's  the  Querne,  where 
I  was  born,  a  fair  great  flagon  pot  of  silver,  with  the  mercers'  arms  on  it, 
of  the  value  of  twenty  five  pounds  sterling;  and  another  like  it  to  the  parish 
of  St.  Michael  Bassingshawe.  To  thirty  of  my  kindred  and  dear  friends 
rings  of  gold  of  three  pounds  each  ring,  likewise  one  hundred  rings  of  gold, 
to  kindred  and  friends,  of  forty  shillings  each,  and  further  one  hundred  rings 


654         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

of  gold,  to  familiar  loving  friends,  of  twenty  shillings  each.  William  Banckes 
a  minister,  the  eldest  son  of  my  uncle  William  Banckes  deceased.  To  Mary 
Banckes,  my  uncle  William's  daughter,  and  to  her  five  children.  To  the 
four  children  of  Alice  Banckes  deceased  (she  was  the  wife  of  one  Holman) 
viz'.  John  her  son  and  Alice,  Anne  and  Elizabeth  her  daughters.  My  uncle 
Christopher's  daughter  Mary,  an  ancient  maid.  My  aunt,  Anne  Banckes, 
late  wife  of  my  uncle  Christopher.  The  four  children  of  my  aunt  Sea- 
brooke,  viz'  Thomas  her  son,  her  daughter  Frances  and  her  six  children, 
another  daughter  Margaret  and  her  five  children,  and  another  daughter 
Martha  and  her  three  children.  Joane  Snowe  daughter  of  my  aunt  Snowe 
deceased.  The  three  children  of  my  brother  in  law  Charles  Evans  deceased, 
viz'  Thomas,  Elizabeth  and  Jane.  John  and  Anne  Evans  the  children  of 
my  brother  in  law  William  Evans  deceased.  My  two  sons  in  law  Richard 
and  John  Plassells.  Richard  and  Anne  Pountyes  the  children  of  my  brother 
in  law  John  Pounteyes.  Samuel  and  Mary  Husbandes  the  children  of  ray 
sister  in  law  Mary  Husbandes  deceased.  The  children  of  my  sister  Mary 
Deane  viz'  Joane  Mildemaye,  wife  of  Mr.  Robert  Milemaye,  Mary  Deane 

wife  of Goodwin,  my  god  daughter,  Sarah  Deane  wife  of  William 

Rolfe,  and  Catherine  Deane,  my  sister  Mary's  youngest  daughter.  My 
sister  Joane,  wife  of  Robert  Titchborne,  and  her  daughter  Catherine  Titch- 
borne,  my  god  daughter,  wife  of  Edmond  Monioye,  and  her  other  children, 
Johanna,  Elizabeth  and  Robert  Titchborne.  At  this  present  my  god- 
daughter Katheriue  Titchborne  is  great  with  child  and  looketh  every  day, 
by  the  blessing  of  God,  to  be  delivered.  To  Susan  ffoge  the  wife  of  Raffe 
ffoge,  the  daughter  of  my  sister  Susan  Draper,  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  and 
also  to  John  ffoge  her  son  fifty  pounds  more.  My  sister  Susan  Draper  the 
wife  of  Edward  Draper,  girdler,  and  her  two  daughters  Susan  ffoge  and 
Mary  Draper.  Sundry  friends  and  servants  named.  My  brother  in  law 
Robert  Titchborne  of  London,  skinner,  I  make  sole  and  absolute  executor, 
and  my  brother  in  law  Sir  Richard  Deane,  knight,  Sir  Robert  Densie, 
Baronet,  Anthony  Withers,  mercer,  Clement  Mosse,  under  chamberlain  of 
the  City  of  London,  and  Hamblett  Clerke,  free  of  the  Fishmongers  and  one 
of  the  ancient  clerks  in  the  Mayor's  Court,  overseers.  Then  follows  a  list 
of  names  of  kindred  and  friends  who  are  to  have  the  thirty  gold  rings 
(among  them  Sergeant  Towse,  my  brother  in  law,  Edward  Monioye  my 
cousin,  Robert  Goodwine  my  cousin,  Richard  Glide  my  cousin,  Luke  Jack- 
son my  cousin).  Then  the  names  of  several  preaching  ministers  in  Lon- 
don which  have  no  livings  the  which  my  will  and  mind  is  shall  have  five 
pounds  each  (among  them  Mr  Elliott,  under  Mr  Worme,  Soperlane,  Mr 
Damport,  under  Mr.  Walton,  Canninge  (Cannon)  Street).  Then  the 
names  of  those  who  were  to  have  rings  of  forty  shillings  each  (among  them 
Dr  Johnson  Mrs  Wightman's  father,  Robert  Johnson  her  brother,  John 
Hasell  my  brother  in  law,  Ralfe  ffoge,  my  cousin,  and  uxor,  Thomas  Thomas, 
my  cousin,  and  uxor,  John  Banckes  of  Gray's  Inn  counsellor).  Then  a 
list  of  friends  who  were  to  have  rings  of  twenty  shillings  each  (among  them 
Thomas  Stampe,  my  sister  Alkin's  man,  Anthony  Stoddard,  beadle  (and 
others)  parishioners  of  St.  Michael  the  Querne).  Scroope,  84. 

[Raffe  ffoge  named  in  this  will  may  have  been  the  Salem  man.— H.  F.  Waters. 

Sir  Richard  Deane,  the  brother-in-law  of  the  testator,  having  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Banckes  whose  will  precedes  this,  was,  according  to  Ful- 
ler's Worthies  of  England,  vol.  1,  page  524,  the  son  of  George  Deane  of  Much 
Dunmow  in  Essex.  He  was  a  freeman  of  the  Skinners  Company,  and  was  Lord 
Mayor  of  London  in  1628.  He  was  knighted  at  Greenwich,  May  31,  1629.  See 
Book  of  Knights,  by  Walter  C.  Metcalfe,  page  190.— Editor.] 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  655 

Joiin  Gace  of  Stortford  in  Herts,  tanner,  29  August  44th  Eliz.,  proved 
20  September  1602.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Stort- 
ford. To  the  use  of  the  poor  there  fifteen  pounds,  to  the  intent  and  pur- 
pose only  that  continually  afterwards  there  may  be  relief  provided  to  and 
for  them  according  to  the  quantity  thereof.  It  shall  be  paid  in  one  year 
after  my  decease  to  James  Morley,  gen*,  Thomas  Perye,  gent.,  John  Miller 
the  elder  and  "maister"  Thomas  Miller,  all  now  inhabitants  of  the  same 
town  etc.  If  it  happen  that  they  and  every  of  them  be  dead  or  removed 
from  the  town  before  that  time  then  the  said  fifteen  pounds  to  be  paid  to 
the  Churchwardens  and  Overseers  of  the  poor  &c,  to  buy  and  purchase  a 
piece  of  ground  in  fee  simple,  in  or  near  this  town,  to  be  let  to  farm  and 
the  rents  and  profits  bestowed  upon  the  poor.  Before  such  purchase  is 
made  to  give  to  the  poor  fifteen  shillings  yearly,  which  is  after  the  rate  of 
twenty  years  purchase  of  the  land.  I  give  to  Agnes  my  wife  the  house 
wherein  I  dwell  and  the  messuage  &c.  which  I  bought  of  Edward  Hurly- 
kin  of  Sabridgeworth,  lying  and  being  in  Thorley  Street  within  the  parish 
of  Thorley  for  eight  years;  also  the  one  half  and  moiety  of  all  my  house- 
holdstuff,  utensils  and  implements  of  household,  to  be  equally  divided  be- 
tween her  and  mine  executor.  I  give  her  also  one  hundred  marks,  with  all 
her  apparel,  and  four  silver  spoons  which  were  hers  before  I  married  her. 
And  she  shall  have  the  meadow  which  I  hired  of  Widow  Bowyer  of  Stort- 
ford &c.  and  my  beasts  and  swine  and  all  the  hay  which  I  have  lying  with- 
in the  Castle  yard  or  house  therein,  in  Stortford.  To  the  daughter  of  my 
sister  Agnes  called  Judith,  twenty  marks  at  one  and  twenty.  To  Elizabeth 
Wheelwright  my  sister  in  law  ten  pounds,  in  six  months  after  my  decease. 

Item,  I  do  give  and  bequeath  to  George  Dennyson,  in  consideration  of 
the  discharge  of  a  legacy  given  to  him  by  his  father,  forty  pounds,  in  six 
months  &c.  To  Edward  Dennyson,  one  of  my  wife's  sons,  brother  to  the 
said  George,  ten  pounds.  To  William  Dennyson,  one  other  of  my  wife's 
sons,  forty  shillings.  To  Elizabeth  Crouch,  my  wffe's  daughter,  five  pounds. 
To  Robert  Smith  of  Mallendyue,  Essex,  butcher,  twenty  pounds.  To 
Richard  Paine  of  Stortford,  shoemaker,  twenty  tanned  hides.  Nathaniel 
Gary  of  Stortford,  shoemaker,  shall  be  discharged  of  all  such  debts  &c. 
which  are  due  and  owing  unto  me,  amounting  to  four  pounds  or  thereabouts. 
John  Marden  of  Stortford,  shoemaker,  shall  be  discharged  of  eight  shillings 
eight  pence.  To  Edward  Hurlekyn  of  Sabridgeworth,  shoemaker,  thirty 
shillings  yearly  during  his  natural  life,  payable  quarterly.  To  Elizabeth 
Cocket  my  servant  six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  four  pence.  To  Francis 
Gates  of  Pelham,  Herts.,  yeoman,  twenty  marks.  If  the  widow  Northage 
and  George  Ilgare  of  Stansted  Mountfitched,  Essex,  or  either  of  them,  do 
take  order  to  pay  to  mine  executors  sixteen  pounds  in  full  discharge  of  a 
greater  debt  which  the  said  George  Ilgare  doth  stand  bound  to  pay  to  me, 
for  the  discharge  whereof  the  said  George  hath  certain  copyhold  land  to 
him  surrendered,  then  the  said  widow  Northage  shall  be  discharged  of  all 
such  debts  which  she  oweth  unto  me.  The  residue  of  my  goods  &c.  I  give 
and  bequeath  to  my  brother  Miles  Gace  of  Hempsted,  Herts.,  whom  I 
make  executor,  and  I  entreat  James  Morley  and  Thomas  Perry  to  be  over- 
seers. 

Wit:  James  Morley,  Thomas  Perry,  Edward  Well,  George  Abbot. 

Montague,  61. 

[John  Gace,  the  testator,  was  the .  step-father  of  "William  Denison  of  Rox- 
bury,  Mass.,  whose  mother  Agnes,  widow  of  John  (?)  Denison  was  married  to 
Mr.  Gace,  May  1,  1584.  See  J.  L.  Glascock's  Pedigree  of  Denison  in  the 
Register,  vol.  46,  pp.  352.  For  the  Denison  pedigree,  see  also  Register,  vol. 
46,  pp.  127-33  and  275-6.—  Editor.! 


656  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Roger  Rayner  of  Burnham  Abbey,  Bucks.,  farmer,  12  July  1682, 
proved  14  October  1682.  My  body  to  be  interred  in  the  parish  church  of 
Burnham  and  thirty  pounds  to  be  spent  in  and  upon  my  funeral.  To  my 
loving  sister  Anne  Rayner  three  score  pounds.  To  my  loving  brother  John 
Rayner  three  score  pounds.  To  my  kinsman  Jacob  Rayner  twenty  pounds. 
To  my  kinswoman  Rachel  Rayner  ten  pounds.  To  my  kinsman  Thomas 
Rayner  five  pounds.  To  my  kinswoman  Anne  Spooner  five  pounds.  To 
my  kinsman  John  Rayner  of  New  England  five  pounds,  to  be  paid  at  any 
time  within  a  year  and  a  day  after  my  decease  if  he  shall  within  the  said 
time  make  his  personal  appearance  to  my  executor,  otherwise  the  said  five 
pounds  shall  be  paid  unto  my  said  kinsman  "Jacob  Rayner.  To  my  four 
servants  now  dwelling  with  me  twenty  shillings,  to  be  divided  equally  among 
them.  The  rest  to  my  uncle  Thomas  Rayner  whom  I  make  sole  executor. 
Abra.  Spooner  one  of  witnesses.  Cottle,  121. 

[John,  Thomas,  Jacob  and  Rachel  Rayner  were  well  known  names  in  my  boy- 
hood, belonging  to  the  family  of  Rayner  of  North  Reading,  Mass.,  descended 
out  of  Charlestown. — H.  F.  Waters. 

The  John  Rayner  of  New  England  named  in  this  will  cannot  be  Rev.  John 
Rayner  of  Plymouth  and  Dover,  who  d.  in  1669 ;  nor  his  son  John.  It  may  be 
John  of  Charlestown,  Captain  of  the  ketch  Dolphin,  who  m.  in  1681.  See 
Wyman's  Genealogies. — w.  h.  h.] 

William  Crosse  of  St.  Clement  Danes,  Middlesex,  tailor,  31  May  1621, 
proved  26  July  1621.  My  body  to  be  hurried  in  the  church  of  St.  Clement 
Danes  near  my  mother.  To  the  poor  of  said  parish  ten  dozen  of  bread  to 
be  distributed  among  them  at  the  day  of  my  funeral.  To  my  son  in  law 
Robert  Simpson,  at  one  and  twenty,  the  hundred  pounds  I  stand  bound  to 
Doctor  Poe.  If  he  die  before  that  then  forty  pounds  of  it  to  my  wife  and 
the  other  threescore  pounds  to  my  two  children,  Thomas  Crosse  and  Elnor 
Crosse,  at  their  several  ages  of  one  and  twenty.  To  Thomas  all  that  tene- 
ment and  malt  house  which  I  purchased  of  Thomas  Jarrett,  situate  &c.  in 
Dartford,  Kent.  To  Elnor  a  messuage  in  Dartford  purchased  of  Mr.  Swar- 
land,  minister.  If  either  of  said  children  die  before  coming  of  age,  then  I 
devise,  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  children  of  Robert  Okes,  my  brother  in 
law,  had  by  a  former  wife,  and  also  his  children  by  my  sister  Agathie,  ten 
pounds,  part  and  portion  alike.  To  daughter  Elnor  twenty  pounds,  one  of 
my  silver  beakers  and  six  silver  spoons.  The  rest  to  wife  Alice  whom  I 
make  sole  executrix ;  and  I  appoint  my  friends  John  Glasse  and  Robert 
Chippe  overseers.  Dale,  65. 

Richard  Bald  wine,  citizen  and  girdler  of  London,  9  June  1634,  proved 
23  July  1634.  To  my  dear  father  and  mother  one  hundred  and  twenty 
pounds;  to  my  mother  a  ring  with  a  death's  head,  worth  twenty  shillings. 
To  my  brother  in  law  Thomas  Dudsbury  twenty  five  pounds.  To  my 
brother  John  Baldwine  thirty  pounds.  To  my  brother  in  law  Thomas 
Ward  twenty  pounds.  To  my  brother  in  law  Thomas  Butcher  twenty 
five  pounds.  To  Mrs.  Wood,  widow,  lying  at  Mrs.  Lynnes,  four  pounds. 
To  Mrs.  Savill,  at  Mr.  Benbowe's  four  pounds.  To  Mrs.  Ward,  widow,  at 
a  smith's  house  in  Coleman  St.,  forty  shillings.  To  Mr.  Cadman,  a  setter, 
three  pounds.  To  Dr.  Layton  forty  shillings.  To  the  poor  of  Chesham, 
where  I  was  borne,  forty  shillings.  To  the  minister  that  shall  preach  at 
my  funeral  twenty  shillings.  To  Urian  Oakes  and  Anne,  servants  in  the 
house  where  I  lodge,  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  Mrs.  Hawes,  widow,  in 
Iremonger  Lane,   twenty   shillings.     To  Mr.  John  Vicaris,  a  minister,  late 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  G57 

prisoner,  twenty  shillings.  To  poor  distressed  ministers,  at  my  executor's 
discretion,  three  pounds.  To  my  uncle  Richard  Baldwin  twenty  shillings  to 
buy  him  a  ring  with  a  death's  head.  Towards  the  maintenance  of  a  Lec- 
ture at  Tooke  on  the  Hill,  for  four  years,  four  pounds,  by  twenty  shillings 
a  year.  (Others  mentioned.)  My  friend  Henry  Shawe,  merchant  tailor, 
and  Henry  Poole  girdler,  to  be  executors.  Reference  to  a  partner  in 
trade,  named  George  Thwaites.  My  stock  dispersed  in  debts  beyond  seas 
and  in  other  places.  Wit:  Thomas  Benbowe,  Vryan  Okes,  Rich:  Preice 
and  Henry  Colbron,  ser.  Seager,  70. 

[Richard  Baldwin,  the  testator,  was  the  son  of  John  Baldwin  of  Chesham, 
Bucks.  See  Register,  vol.  38,  p.  168,  in  Col.  Chester's  Family  of  Baldwin. — 
Editor.] 

Joane  Lennys  of  St.  Antholin,  London,  widow,  25  April  1643,  proved 
22  January  1644.  There  is  due  and  owing  unto  me  by  the  King's  Majesty 
three  hundred  pounds,  for  which  I  have  spent  much  money  in  endeavoriug 
to  obtain.  I  give  to  my  cousin  Richard  Evans,  citizen  and  cutler  of  Lon- 
don, three  pounds  thereout,  and  to  his  son  Richard  Evans,  my  godson,  forty 
shillings,  and  to  his  daughters  Jane  Evans  and  Anne  Evans  forty  shillings 
apiece.  I  give  thereout  to  my  daughter  in  law  Elizabeth  Collinwood  in 
Ireland  twelve  pence  and  unto  such  child  or  children  as  she  had  by  my  son 
Raphe  Collenwood  twelve  pence  apiece.  The  residue  and  remainder  of 
the  same  moneys  and  all  other  my  goods  &c.  I  wholly  give  and  bequeath 
unto  my  grand  children  Urian  Okes  and  Jone  his  wife  and  Israeli  Collin- 
wood and  Mary  Stonier  his  intended  wife,  viz1  the  half  part  thereof  unto 
the  said  Urian  Okes  and  Jone  his  wife  and  the  other  half  part  to  the  said 
Israel  Collenwood  and  the  said  Mary.  And  whereas  the  said  Urian  Okes 
hath  received  of  Mr.  Jacobson,  brewer,  for  my  use,  three  score  and  ten 
pounds,  in  case  the  same  shall  be  recovered  back  again  my  grandchild 
Israel  Collenwood  shall  bear  an  equal  part  of  the  loss  or  damage  that  the 
said  Urian  shall  sustain.  The  sum  of  twenty  pounds  to  be  expended  about 
my  funeral  charges.  The  said  Urian  Okes  and  Israel  Collenwood  to  be 
executors,  and  my  cousin  Richard  Evans  overseer.  Rivers,  28. 

[The  foregoing  wills  of  Crosse,  Baldwin  aud  Lennys  show  the  existence  of  a 
family  named  Okes,  or  Oakes,  in  London,  among  whom  the  baptismal  name  of 
Urian  is  to  be  found. 

From  the  Registers  of  St.  Antholin  (published  by  the  Harleiau  Society)  I 
extract  the  following : — 

Raphe  son  of  Israeli  Collingwood  chr.  Mar.  28,  1597. 

Israyell  Collingewood  bur.  Oct.  2,  1G03. 

William  Collingwood  &  Bridget  Collingwood  marr.  Jan.  16,  1616. 

Jone  dau.  to  William  Collingwood  chr.  Nov.  2,  1617. 

Israel  son  to  William  Collingwood  chr.  Feb.  7,  1618. 

Urian  Oakes  &  Joan  Collingwood  marr.  Nov.  14,  1637. 

Urian  Oake  bur.  Nov.  6,  1661. 

The  Registers  of  St.  Michael  Cornhill  also  contain  references  to  the  Lennis 
family  and  to  the  Oakes  family.  Baptisms  of  children  of  an  Edward  Oakes  are 
there  given. 

I  should  look  therefore  among  the  London  records  for  the  family  of  our  Urian 
Oakes  of  Harvard  College.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Edward  Oakes,  Doctor  of  Physicke  in  the  parish  of  St.  Peter  ad  Vin- 
cula,  6  October  1665,  proved  13  October  1665.  All  my  worldly  goods  &c. 
whatsoever  I  give  unto  my  well  beloved  wife  Elizabeth  Oakes,  whom  I 
constitute  and  appoint  sole  executrix. 

Wit:  Mary  Liuis,  Natbanee  White.  Hyde,  120. 


658  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

Edward  Peck,  Sergeant  at  Law,  11  July  1675,  proved  1  June  1676. 
My  body  to  be  buried  near  my  wife  and  cbildren.  Two  hundred  pounds  to 
my  brother  Stannard,  to  be  by  him  disposed  of  to  such  one  or  more  of  his  chil- 
dren as  he  shall  think  fit.  To  my  brother  Thexton  three  hundred  pounds 
(for  a  similar  disposition  among  his  children).  To  brother  Thexton  the 
further  sum  of  two  hundred  pounds,  for  disposition  among  my  sister  Malt- 
ward's  daughters.  To  my  brother  Osbert's  eldest  daughter  two  hundred 
pounds  and  to  his  youngest  daughter  fifty  pounds.  All  these  legacies  to  be 
paid,  without  interest,  within  three  years  after  my  death.  To  Francis 
Agar  of  London,  gen*,  and  to  my  servant  Richard  Webster  five  hundred 
pounds  upon  trust  to  be  expressed  in  a  writing  to  bear  even  date  with  these 
presents. 

Item,  I  give  to  Mr. Oakes  of  Cambridge  in  New  England  one  hun- 
dred pounds  per  annum  for  so  long  time  as  my  son  Edward  shall  continue 
to  live  with  him  and  be  governed  by  him,  and  no  longer,  whereout  he  is 
first  to  reimburse  himself  whatsoever  shall  be  coming  or  due  to  him  any 
wise  relating  to  my  said  son.  And  he  is.  to  take  care  that  the  residue 
thereof  be  not  disposed  of  in  vicious  courses.  I  give  to  the  said  Richard 
Webster  fifty  pounds.  (To  sundry  servants.)  I  make  William  Peck,  my 
eldest  son,  my  sole  executor.  To  my  dear  daughter  I  give  two  hundred 
guineas. 

A  codicil  made  11  July  1675  refers  to  the  trust  &c.  Bence,  116. 

Sir  Thomas  Mowlson,  knight  and  alderman  of  London,  6  July  1636, 
proved  8  December  1638.  For  so  much  as  I  have  no  child,  after  my  debts 
be  paid,  all  the  residue  of  my  goods  &c  shall  be  divided  into  two  equal 
parts,  according  to  the  laudable  use  and  custom  of  the  City  of  London ; 
whereof  one  half  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  Dame  Anne  my  loving  wife 
for  her  customary  and  widow's  part,  to  her  due  and  appertaining  by  the 
custom  of  the  said  City.  Bequests  to  the  children  of  Doctor  Barker,  which 
he  had  by  my  sister  Kendricke's  daughter.  The  children  of  William 
Pitchford.  Thomas  Pitchford  my  god  son.  Cousin  John  Robotham  of  St. 
Alban's,  his  wife*  and  two  sons.  Cousin  Arthur  Turner,  his  wife  and  three 
children.  The  poor  of  St.  Christopher  where  I  dwell.  Mr.  Samuel  Rogers, 
minister  or  curate.  The  Company  of  Grocers.  My  brother  John  Mowlson 
and  his  wife.  My  cousin  John  Stevens  and  his  wife.  My  cousin  Robert 
Guidon  and  his  wife.  My  cousin  Elizabeth  Barnes.  My  cousin  Elizabeth 
Higbam,  daughter  to  Sir  Richard  Higham.  My  Lady  Thornton  and  her 
husband.  My  cousin  Pickrell  and  her  husband.  My  cousin  Keightley 
and  her  husband.  My  cousin  Smith  and  her  husband.  John  Harvye  and 
his  wife.  My  cousin  Samuel  Harvy  and  his  son  that  is  my  God  son.  Sir 
Gilbert  Gerard  and  his  lady  and  his  son  Thomas  that  is  my  God  son.  My 
cousin  William  Gerard  and  his  wife.  My  cousin  John  Gerard  and  his 
wife.  My  cousin  Meavis  and  her  husband.  My  cousin  Misemoye  and  her 
husband  and  his  son  my  godson.  My  cousin  Isabel  Gerard.  The  Right 
Hon.  the  Lord  Keeper  and  his  Lady.  My  old  Aunt  Aldersey.  My  cousin 
John  Aldersey,  her  son.  The  Lady  Capel.  Sir  Norton  Knotchbold  and 
his  Lady.  My  cousin  Crane  and  his  wife.  My  cousin  Margaret  Aldersey, 
widow.  My  cousin  John  Kendricke,  his  wife  and  children.  My  cousin 
Chapman  and  his  wife  and  my  cousin  Massam,  widow.  My  cousin  Mekin, 
widow.     Sir  Nicholas  Raynton  and  his  Lady.     Sir  Robert  Parkhurst  and 

*  She  was  Penelope,  daughter  of  William  Pichford.    Her  daa.  Elizabeth  was  married  to 
Thomas  Aldersey. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  659 

his  Lady.  My  cousin  Smith  of  Haggerston,  widow,  and  my  cousin  Palmer, 
her  sister.  Mrs.  Wackefeild,  widow  of  Edward  Wackefeild.  My  cousin 
John  Aldersey  of  Spurstowe  and  his  wife,  and  his  son  Thomas,  my  godson. 
My  cousin  Edwardes  and  his  wife  and  his  son  Thomas,  my  godson.  My 
cousin  Tilston  of  Huxley  and  his  wife.  My  cousin  Raph  Egerton.  My 
cousin  Anthony  Radcliffe  and  his  wife,  and  his  son  Thomas,  my  god  son. 
My  cousin  Parsons  of  Milton  and  his  wife.  The  company  of  Merchant 
Adventurers  of  England.  Twenty  poor  ministers.  Bowles  my  beadle  and 
Peter  Ives.  The  schoolmaster  who  is,  or  shall  be,  appointed  to  teach 
scholars  in  the  chapel  at  Hargrave  (which  I  caused  to  be  built  at  my  own 
charge),  and  the  minister  there.  My  nephew  Thomas  Mowlson,  son  of 
brother  John.  Houses  and  lands  in  Broxson  in  the  County  Palatine  of 
Chester,  which  I  bought  of  John  Dod. 

In  a  codicil  made  16  November  1638  he  mentions  cousins  Stretton  and 
wife,  Mr  Wilson  our  curate,  and  others.  Another  codicil  was  added  5 
December  1638.  Lee,  180. 

Dame  Anne  Modlson  of  St.  Christopher's,  London,  late  wife  of  Sir 
Thomas  Moulson,    Knight  and   Alderman  of  London,  11   August   1657, 
proved  2  November  1661.     My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  vault  within  the 
parish  church  of  St.  Christopher's  wherein  my  late  husband  was  buried. 
My  nephew  Sir  Gilbert  Gerrard  of  Harrow  on  the  Hill,  Middlesex,  Bar- 
onet, and  his  Lady,  and  my  cousin  Mr  Francis  Gerrard,  his  eldest  son.     My 
godson   Gilbert   Gerrard  eldest  son  of  my  said  cousin   Francis.     Gilbert 
Gerrard,  second  son,  Thomas  Gerrard,  third  son,  and  John  Gerrard,  the 
other  son  of  my  nephew  Sir  Gilbert  Gerrard.     My  cousins  Mrs  Kempe, 
Mrs.  Mary  Gerrard  and  Mrs  Katherine  Gerrard.     My  cousin  Mr.  Tristram 
Conyers  and  my  cousin  Mrs.  Winifred  Conyers,  his  wife.     My  nephew  Mr 
Anthony  Radcliffe  of  Buckinghamshire,  eldest  son  of  my  brother  Mr.  Ed- 
ward Radcliffe  deceased.     Thomas  Radcliffe,  eldest  son  of  my  said  nephew. 
My  niece  Mrs  Katherine  Parsons,  widow,  sister  to  my  said  nephew  An- 
thony Radc  liffe.     Her  three  sons  and  four  daughters  which  she  had  by  her 
late   husband  Mr.   Parsons.     Anne   Broome  and  Anne   Peacocke  grand- 
children of  my  said  niece  Katherine  Parsons.      Mr.   Peacocke,  woollen 
draper,  late  of  Watliug  Street,  and  his  wife.     My  niece  Meux  widow,  late 
wife  of  Bartholomew  Meux  &c.     Mr.  Cary  Mildmay  otherwise  Harvey  of 
Marks  in   Essex,  aud  my  niece   Dorothy,  his  wife.      His  son  Mr  Francis 
Mildmay.     Mrs.  Harvey,  late  wife  of  Mr.  John  Harvey  deceased.     James 
Harvey  son  of  Samuel  Harvey  deceased.     My  niece  Mrs.  Kightly  of  Ald- 
borrowhatch,   widow.     Her  son   Edward  Kightley  and  her  daughter  Mrs 
Barners.     Mr.  John  Stephens  and  his  wife,  another  of  my  niece  Kightley's 
daughters.     Mr  Thomas  Stephens,  eldest  son  of  Mr.  John  Stephens  by 
Anne  his  late  wife,  daughter  of  my  late  husband's  brother.     Arthur  Bar- 
nardiston  son  of  Mr.  Barnardiston  which  he  had  by  my  niece  the  Lady 
Thornton.     The  eldest  daughter  of  my  said  niece  the  Lady  Thornton,  by 
the  said  Mr.  Barnardiston,  who  is  lately  married  to  one  Mr  Fowler,  a  min- 
ister.    Roger  Thornton,  son  of  my  said  niece,  and  his  wife.     My  nephew 
Mr.  William  Gerrard  of  Ashton  Clinton,  minister,  and  his  wife.     My  niece 
Mrs.  Joyce  Gurdon,  widow,  and  her  two  sons  Mr.  James  and  Mr.  John 
Gurdon.     Mr.  Leeds  and  my  cousin  Elizabeth  his  wife.     Mr.  Philip  Smith, 
who  formerly  married  my  niece  Mrs.  Mary  Harvey,  and  his  daughter  Mary 
who  is  married   to  one  Mr  Knight.     My  sister  Moulson,  widow  of  Mr. 
John  Moulson  of  Cheshire.     Mr.  Holcroft  of  Ham  in  Essex,  eldest  son  to 


660         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Sir  Henry  Holcroft  deceased,  and  to  my  kinswoman  his  wife.  Mrs  Anne 
Turner,  widow  of  Sergeant  Turner  deceased,  and  her  son  Mr.  Edward 
Turner,  Counsellor  at  Law,  and  her  son  in  law  Mr.  Colthrop  and  his  wife. 
My  kinswoman  Mrs  Reynalds,  widow,  and  her  brother  Rocker,  a  minister, 
whom  she  lives  with.  Mrs  Sawne  my  kinswoman,  daughter  to  my  cousin 
Mrs.  Massam  deceased.  Mrs  Sawne's  eldest  daughter,  lately  married  to 
one  Mr  Madison. 

A  codicil  was  added  27  September  1661.  Another  was  written  8  Oc- 
tober 1661.  In  the  latter  she  mentions,  among  others,  cousin  Mr.  Holland, 
minister.  May,  185. 

[Those  who  were  sufficiently  interested  in  the  article  on  the  Exhibitions  of 
Harvard  College  in  the  Kegister,  July,  1892,  to  read  the  note  to  the  Lady 
Mowlson  gift,  page  234,  will  remember  that  in  that  note  it  was  suggested  that 
Lady  Ann  Mowlson,  the  founder  of  the  Scholarship,  might  prove  to  be  the 
widow  of  Sir  Thomas  Mowlson,  who  was  Lord  Mayor  of  London  in  1634.  All 
that  was  known  of  her  was  her  name  and  that  she  was  a  widow  in  1643.  It  will 
be  observed  that  in  the  above  abstract  of  the  v/ill  of  Sir  Thomas,  we  have  a 
codicil  dated  December  5,  1638,  while  the  will  was  probated  December  8,  1638. 
The  bequest  to  "  Dame  Anne,  my  loving  wife,"  furnishes  the  name  of  his  widow. 
That  Lady  Ann,  the  relict  of  Sir  Thomas  Mowlson,  was  alive  in  1643,  is  shown 
by  the  execution  on  her  part  in  1657  of  a  will  and  in  1661  of  two  codicils,  which 
were  probated  November  2,  1661.  For  the  bequest  to  Anthony  Radcliffe,  eldest 
son  of  her  brother  Edward  Radcliffe,  it  may  be  inferred  that  her  maiden  name 
was  Radcliffe. 

The  questions  which  it  was  hoped  that  an  examination  of  the  wills  of  Sir 
Thomas  and  Lady  Mowlson  would  answer,  were  three.  Was  her  name  Ann? 
Was  she  alive  in  1643?  Was  she  a  widow  at  that  time?  The  researches  of  Mr. 
Waters  enable  us  to  say  that  the  Lady  Ann  Mowlson,  who  in  1643  founded  the 
first  Scholarship  at  Harvard  College,  was  probably  the  widow  of  Sir  Thomas 
Mowlson,  at  one  time  Lord  Mayor  of  London. 

Andrew  McFarland  Davis, 

of  Cambridge,  Mass.'} 

John  Doddridge  of  Bremeridge,  Devon,  Esq.  20  January  1658,  proved 
20  June  1659.  If  I  happen  to  die  within  thirty  miles  of  Cheshunt,  Herts, 
my  body  may  be  carried  thither  and  there  interred  in  the  Vault  of  my 
honored  father  in  law  Sir  Thomas  Dacres  of  Cheshunt,  knight,  as  near  the 
body  of  my  very  dear  virtuous  and  truly  loving  wife  Martha,  the  youngest 
daughter  of  the  said  Sir  Thomas  Dacres,  as  conveniently  may  be,  who  hath 
promised  me  a  burying  place  there  according  to  my  great  desire.  But  if  I 
happen  to  die  within  thirty  miles  of  the  town  of  Barnastaple,  Devon,  then 
I  very  much  desire  that  my  body  may  be  carried  to  Barnstaple  and  buried 
as  near  the  body  of  my  dear  virtuous  and  loving  wife  Jane  as  may  be.  Be- 
quests to  the  town  of  Barnstaple,  for  the  poor  there,  to  the  aldermen  of 
Bristol  (forty  pounds)  for  a  piece  of  plate  with  my  coat  of  arms  engraven 
upon  it  and  this  inscription  Ex  Dono  Johanni  Doddridge  Recordatoris 
Civitatis  Bristoll.  To  the  poor  of  Ilfarcombe,  Fremington  and  Southmol- 
ton.  My  most  dear  wife  Judith.  My  dear  sisters  Mistress  Elizabeth  Cross- 
ing, Mistress  Dorothy  Lowring  and  my  nephew  Master  John  Martin.  My 
father  in  law  John  Guidon  Esq.  and  my  loving  brothers  John  Hele  Esq., 
Thomas  Dacres  Esq.,  Robert  Gurdon  Esq.,  Master  John  Martin,  Master 
Richard  Crossing,  Master  John  Lowring,  Master  Joseph  Jackson  and  my 
friends  Master  Robert  Aid  worth,  Master  Edward  Watts  and  Master  Richard 
Sherbrook. 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  College  in  New  England  towards  the  main- 
tenance of  scholars  there  the  yearly  sum  of  ten  pounds  forever,  issuing  and 
going  forth  out  of  my  Rectory  of  Fremington  in  the  County  of  Devon. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  661 

Also  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  Trustees  for  the  maintenance  of  select 
scholars  at  the  University,  according  to  the  model  drawn  up  by  Master 
Poole  and  other  godly  ministers,  the  like  yearly  sum  of  ten  pounds  &c. 

My  cousin  Dorothy  Watts  wife  of  Master  Edward  Watts,  Sarah  Walker 
daughter  of  Thomas  Walker  minister  of  Assingtou,  Suffolk.  Cousin  Roger 
Hill  one  of  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer.  My  manor  of  Abbotts  bury  in 
Porbury,  in  the  County  of  Somerset.     My  niece  Jane  Martin. 

Pell,  380. 

[The  bequest  of  John  Doddridge  to  Harvard  College  is  noticed  in  the  Register, 
vol.  46,  page  235,  by  A.  McFarland  Davis,  A.M.,  in  his  Exhibitions  of  Harvard 
College. — Editor.] 

Theophilds  Gale  of  Stoke  Newington,  Middlesex,  Gen4,  25  February 
1677,  proved  25  June  1G79.  To  my  sister  Mrs.  Katherine  Northcott  fifty 
pounds.  To  my  kinswoman  Sarah  Rows,  daughter  of  John  Rows  deceased, 
fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  at  day  of  marriage  or  age  of  twenty  one.  To  my 
cousins  Thomas  and  John  Rows,  sons  of  John  Rows  deceased,  also  to  my 
cousins  John  Goddard  the  younger,  Thomas  Goddard,  Edward  Goddard, 
Ann,  Mary  and  Susanna  Goddard,  to  each  twenty  shillings.  To  my  friends 
Dr.  Thomas  Goodwin,  Dr.  John  Owen,  Henry  Dorney  of  London,  John 
Collins,  James  Baron,  John  Berry  of  Barnstaple,  Bartholomew  Ashwood 
of  Axminster,  Joseph  Swaffield  of  Sarum,  Henry  Coue  of  Southampton, 
Joseph  Hallett  of  Exon,  Giles  Say  of  Southampton,  Mr.  Conway  at 
Malsbury,  Mr.  Dent  by  Hungerford,  John  Troughton  at  Bicester,  Mr. 
Rowswell  by  Calne,  Mr.  James  of  Stanes,  Mr.  James  of  Wapping,  Mr. 
Catsness  of  Wapping,  Stephen  Lobbe  of  London,  Mr.  Reinolds  on  Bunhill 
fields,  Dr.  Samuel  Annesley  of  London,  Thomas  Dauson  in  Spittle  fields, 
Mr.  Veale  of  Stepney,  Samuel  Lee  of  Newington  Green,  Edward  Terry  of 
Stoke  Newington,  Mr.  Crowch  in  Little  Morefields,  Mr.  Gilson,  Mr.  Hay- 
worth  of  Ware,  Mr.  Baker  of  London,  Mr.  Henry  Berry  late  of  Crediton, 
Thomas  Jollie  at  Pendleton  in  Lancashire,  George  Larkham  at  Tassantire 
in  Cumberland,  Col.  Kelsey  of  London,  brewer,  Major  Reyues  of  London, 
Mr.  Bens  of  Islington,  brewer,  to  each  of  these  five  pounds.  To  Isaac 
Eures  Esq.  of  London  a  piece  of  plate  to  the  value  of  two  pounds.  To 
Nathaniel  Overton  and  Robert  Pauceforth,  to  each  three  pounds. 

All  the  rest  and  residue  of  my  estate,  both  real  and  personal  &c,  as  also 
all  my  books  and  manuscripts  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  above  mentioned 
Dr.  John  Owen,  Samuel  Lee,  John  Collins,  John  Troughton,  Edward  Terry, 
Mr.  Crowch,  Col.  Kelsey,  Henry  Dorney,  Robert  Pauceforth  and  Na- 
thaniel Overton,  to  be  disposed  and  employed  by  them,  or  any  three  of 
them,  joyntly,  for  the  maintenance,  education  and  benefit  of  such  poor 
scholars  or  other  charitable  uses  as  they  in  their  discretion  shall  judge  fit 
and  most  agreeable  to  my  mind  and  will ;  and  they  shall  have  the  sole  and 
free  disposition  of  the  said  residue  &c,  without  being  accountable  or  called 
in  question  &c. ;  and  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  sue,  call  in  question  or 
to  account  the  said  Dr.  John  Owen  (and  the  others)  my  will  is  that  neither 
such  person  or  persons  nor  any  in  whose  behalf  he  or  they  shall  so  call  in 
question  these  said  persons,  Sam :  Lee  and  the  rest,  or  either  of  them,  shall 
have  any  part  of  my  estate  or  benefit  by  this  my  will.  And  I  make  and 
ordain  the  said  Dr.  John  Owen  (and  the  others)  my  executors. 

Memorandum,  whereas  my  sister  Northcott  owes  me  about  one  hundred 
pounds  upon  Bond  and  about  forty  pounds  that  I  lent  her  to  carry  on  the 
house  above  withall  I  received  for  my  scholars  diet  over  and  above  what  I 


662  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

have  given  her  in  my  will  I  desire  the  interest  of  what  she  owes  me  may 
be  foreborne  until  she  be  in  a  capacity  to  pay  it.  Also  my  desire  is  that 
she  have  all  my  gold  and  rings,  excepting  those  pieces  of  gold  and  rings 
that  shall  be  disposed  of  by  me.  Memdum  if  Mr.  Moreland  be  not  men- 
tioned in  my  will  I  desire  he  should  have  five  pounds.  Also  Mr.  Giles 
Say  of  Southampton  six  pounds  to  make  up  what  is  mentioned  in  my  will 
so  much.  My  will  and  desire  also  is  that  Mr.  Henry  Dorney  may  have 
twenty  pounds  more  added  to  what  I  have  given  him  in  my  will.  And 
that  my  library  be  also  given  and  disposed  to  the  Colledge  of  or  in  New 
England  where  Mr.  Oakes  is  head,  except  those  philosophical  books  which 
are  needful  for  students  here.  Robert  Paunceforte  of  Gray's  Inn,  in  the 
Co.  of  Midd.,  Gen'  made  oath  to  the  above.  King,  70. 

[The  library  of  Theophilus  Gale  was  received  by  Harvard  College,  and  for 
many  years  constituted  more  than  half  of  the  college  library.  It  was  burned 
with  the  rest  of  the  college  library  January  24,  1764.  See  Quincy's  History  of 
Harvard  University,  vol.  1,  pp.  184,  185  and  543,  and  vol.  2,  p.  481. — Editor.] 

William  Bolton  of  Harrow  on  the  Hill,  Middlesex,  clerk,  8  April 
1691,  proved  22  February  1691.  To  my  cousin  Susanna  Fisher  ten  pounds. 
All  the  residue  and  remainder  of  my  esta'.e  whatsoever,  my  debts  and 
funeral  charges  being  first  paid  and  discharged,  I  give  unto  my  son  and 
heir,  Archibald  Bolton,  for  his  education  in  the  time  of  his  minority 
and  afterwards  to  such  uses  as  he  shall  think  fit,  but  in  case  my  said 
son  Archibald  shall  depart  this  life  during  the  time  of  his  minority  then 
I  give  and  bequeath  what  shall  remain  after  his  decease  unto  my  brother 
Henry  Bolton  in  Virginia  and  to  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever.  I  make  my 
trusty  and  well  beloved  friends  Robert  Payn  of  the  Charter  House,  London, 
Esq.  and  Thomas  Robinson  of  Harrow  on  the  Hill,  gentleman,  sole 
executors.  Fane,  22. 

Nathaniel  Braddock,  citizen  and  mercer  of  London,  10  July,  1635, 
proved  31  May  1636.  Bound  on  a  voyage  to  Virginia  in  the  parts  beyond 
the  seas,  in  the  good  ship  called  the  Marchant  Hope  of  London.  My 
brother  in  law  John  Rooke  standeth  bound  unto  me  for  payment  of  three 
score  pounds  the  First  of  January  next  ensuing  the  death  of  my  father  John 
Braddocke.  Out  of  this  sum  I  give  to  John  Rooke,  son  of  said  John,  twenty 
pounds,  which  his  father  shall  put  out  and  employ  for  the  most  use  and 
benefit  of  the  said  John  Rooke  his  son,  until  he  attain  to  the  full  age  of 
one  and  twenty  years;  then  the  twenty  pounds,  with  the  benefit  and  in- 
crease, to  be  paid  unto  the  said  son.  To  John  More  son  of  my  brother 
Valentine  More  other  twenty  pounds  out  of  the  said  three  score,  at  one  and 
twenty  years.  In  the  meantime  my  executor  to  pay  to  my  sister  Susann 
Moore,  mother  of  the  said  John  Moore,  thirty  and  two  shillings  per  annum 
towards  the  maintenance  of  the  said  John.  To  my  brother  John  Brad- 
docke five  pounds  out  of  the  said  three  score  pounds,  and  five  pounds  more 
thereof  I  give  to  my  sister  Rebecca  Braddocke.  The  residue  of  the  said 
three  score  pounds  to  my  brother  in  law  John  Rooke  if  he  take  upon  him- 
self the  execution  of  this  my  will.  All  my  other  goods  I  give  to  my  brother 
John  Braddocke  and  my  sisters  Sarah  Rooke,  Rebecca  Braddocke  and 
Susan  Moore.  Pile,  51. 

Edward  Bradley  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia  in  the  Province  of  Pen- 
sylv*,  glazier,  22  March  1743-4,  proved  8  November  1746.  I  do  nominate 
and  appoint  my  dear  and  loving  wife  Esther  and  my  trusty  friends  Ebenezer 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  663 

Kinnersley  aud  Thomas  Leach,  both  of  the  said  city,  shopkeepers,  to  be  the 
executrix  and  executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  for  and  concern- 
ing my  estate  in  Pensylv"  and  elsewhere  (Great  Britain  excepted).  Where- 
as the  said  Ebenezer  Kinnersley  is  indebted  unto  me  in  the  sum  of  thirty 
pounds,  this  Currency,  or  thereabouts  now  I  do  release  him  of  the  afore- 
said upon  this  condition  only,  that  he  undertake  the  burthen  of  executorship 
without  any  further  consideration  or  reward  for  his  trouble  therein ;  and  I 
do  give  unto  the  said  Thomas  Leach  thirty  pounds  Pensylv"  Currency  for 
his  trouble  as  an  executor;  and  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  dear 
and  loving  wife  Esther  particularly  all  my  negroe  slaves,  namely,  York, 
Daphne,  and  the  child  Gin,  with  all  my  plate,  household  furniture  and  the 
sum  of  seven  hundred  pounds  currency  aforesaid  in  cash,  or  such  bonds  or 
securities  to  the  amount  thereof  as  she  shall  choose;  also  the  moneys  that 
become  due  unto  me  for  the  land  I  lately  sold  unto  William  Haw,  and  also 
my  mare,  chase  and  harness  thereto  belonging,  and  all  my  right  to  the  stable 
which  I  took  of  Thomas  Howard.  Moreover  I  give  and  devise  unto  her, 
my  said  wife,  Esther,  my  messuage  or  tenement,  and  lot  of  ground  thereto 
belonging  situate  in  Front  Street  in  the  said  City,  between  the  messuages 
and  lots  of  Robert  Strettle  to  the  North  and  George  Shed  to  the  South- 
ward, together  with  the  appurtenances  and  all  those  yearly  rent  charges  in 
or  near  Elbow  Lane  which  I  purchased  of  Joshua  Carpenter,  amounting  to 
the  yearly  sum  of  twelve  pounds,  eight  shillings  and  four  pence  or  there- 
abouts. As  for  and  concerning  the  rest  and  residue  of  all  aud  singular  my 
lands,  tenements,  rents  and  hereditaments  I  do  hereby  direct  and  authorize 
my  executors  for  my  estate  in  Pensylva,  or  such  of  them  as  shall  undertake 
the  executorship  there,  or  the  survivors  or  survivor  of  them  to  make  sale 
thereof  for  the  best  price  that  can  reasonably  be  gotten  and  out  of  the 
moneys  thence  proceeding,  with  what  more  can  be  recovered  or  made  of 
my  goods  and  chattels,  it  is  my  will  that  by  and  out  of  the  same  and  out  of 
my  effects  in  Great  Britain  there  shall  first  be  raised  and  paid  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  pounds  sterling  apiece  to  my  brothers,  Thomas  Bradley  and 
Joseph  Bradley  and  my  sister  Ann  Shepherd,  and,  in  the  next  place,  the 
sum  of  thirty  pounds  sterling  apiece  to  my  two  nephews,  namely,  Edward 
Shepherd  (my  said  sister's  son)  and  William  Bradley  (the  son  of  my  brother 
Joseph)  which  two  nephews  I  do  nominate  to  be  my  executors  for  my 
estate  and  effects  iu  Great  Britain.  And  lastly  as  concerning  the  surplus- 
age, if  any,  I  do  hereby  give  and  devise  the  same  unto  her  my  said  wife 
Esther,  her  executors,  administrators  and  assigns  for  ever. 

Wit:  Pr  Turner,  C.  Brocden,  Rob1  Strettle. 

The  will  was  proved  by  the  oath  of  Edward  Shepherd,  to  whom  admin- 
istration was  granted,  power  reserved  of  making  the  like  grant  to  William 
Bradley,  the  other  executor,  when  he  should  apply  for  the  same. 

Edmunds,  318. 

William  Wade  late  of  Westham,  Sussex,  yeoman,  bound  to  Pennsyl- 
vania in  America,  24  August  1682,  proved  28  October  1682.  I  do  order 
and  appoint  Philip  Ford  living  in  London,  in  Bow  Lane,  merchant,  to  be 
my  executor  and  do  give  him  ten  pounds  and  do  allow  him  reasonable 
charges.  I  do  give  unto  my  brother  Edmund  Wade  five  pounds.  To  my 
brother  Thomas  Wade  five  pounds.  To  my  brother  Edmund's  eldest  son 
Edmund  Wade  one  hundred  pounds.  To  his  younger  son  Thomas  Wade 
all  my  estate  in  goods  in  Pennsylvania,  paying  every  servant  both  meu  and 
maids  five  pounds  apiece  when  they  have  served  their  times  out.     To  the 


664  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

meeting  at  Asen  five  pounds,  at  Mascall  Picknols  and  Moses  French  and 
Samuel  Web's  disposing,  and  what  remains  over  in  England  to  be  equally 
divided  between  my  two  brothers  Edmund  and  Thomas  Wade,  except  the 
hundred  pounds  I  have  in  Sosiets  (sic)  stock,  my  will  is  that  it  should  be 
divided  between  my  brother  Edmund  Wade's  two  sons,  Edmund  and 
Thomas.  Cottle,  124. 

Sarah  Seward  of  Bristol,  widow,  well  stricken  in  years,  12  July  1681 
proved  2  December  1 682.     My  body  I  commit  to  the  earth  to  be  decently 
interred  in  St.  Thomas  Churchyard  within  this  city,  as  near  as  may  be  to  the 
corpse  of  my  late  deceased  mother  there.    To  my  elder  son  John  Seward  and 
to  his  wife  Hester  ten  pounds,  so  as  they  buy  them  mourning  apparel  and  wear 
it  at  my  funeral.     To  the  said  John  one  hundred  pounds  in  money,  in  one 
year  after  my  decease,  if  he  be  then  livirg,  but  not  else.     My  executors 
shall  in  twelve  months  pay  into  the  chamber  of  Bristol  two  hundred  and 
fifty  pounds,  to  remain  at  the  usual  interest  by  them  given,  for  the  benefit 
of  my  five  grandchildren,  Sarah,  Hester,  John,  James  and  Thomas  Seward, 
children  of  my  said  son  John  by  his  said  wife  Hester,  to  be  paid,  fifty  (with 
its  interest)  to  each  at  one  and  twenty.     To  my  eldest  daughter  Bridget 
Williams  five  pounds,  to  be  paid  into  her  own  hands  within  ten  days  after 
my  decease,  my  intent  being  that  it  shall  not  be  liable  to  satisfy  any  debt 
due  by  her  husband  nor  that  he  shall  have  any  thing  to  do  therewith.     I 
give  her  five  pounds  more  to  buy  her  mourning  apparel  to  be  worn  at  my 
funeral.     My  executors  also  to  settle  on  her  an  annuity  of  twenty  pounds, 
cleer  of  all  taxes,  charges,  deductions  and  reprizes,  to  be  paid  into  her  own 
hands  (in  quarterly  payments);  and  her  husband  shall  have  nothing  to  do 
with  it  &c.     Another  annuity  or  yearly  sum  of  ten  pounds  to  be  settled  on 
my  grandson  James  Williams,  son  of  my  said  daughter  Bridget;  but  if  my 
said  grandson  shall  either  be  beyond  6ea  or  cannot  come  to  receive  his  said 
annuity  in  person  my  executors  shall  detain  the  same  till  he  doth  return 
from  sea  or  can  come  to  receive  it  in  person,  it  being  my  intent  that  his 
father  nor  wife  shall  have  any  benefit  by  this  my  bequest  and  that  if  my 
said  grandson  dies  in  the  life  time  of  my  executor  all  arrears  of  this  his 
annuity  shall  accrue  and  be  paid  to  him  my  said  executor.     Certain  wear- 
ing apparel  and  household  effects  to  said  daughter.     To  said  grandson 
James  Williams  ten  pounds  within  ten  days  after  my  decease.      To  my 
daughter  Sarah  Hasell  five  pounds,  for  mourning  to  wear  at  my  funeral,  and 
five  pounds  more  as  a  token  of  my  love.      And  I  forgive  her  the  fifty  pounds 
which  I  lent  her  late  husband  William  Hasell.     To  her  son  William  Hasell 
twenty  shillings,  and  the  reason  why  I  give  him  no  more  is  because  I  intend 
to  give  fifty   pounds   towards   the   placing  of  him   apprentice;  but  to  her 
son  John  Hasell  I  give  nothing  because  he  is  beyond  sea,  never  likely  to  re- 
turn for  England.     To  her  other  five  children,  Richard,  James,  Sarah,  Mary 
and  Katherine  Hasell  fifty  pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid  at  their  respective  ages 
of  one  and  twenty  years.     To  my  daughter  Mary  Seward  five  pounds  (for 
mourning)  and  five  pounds  as  a  token  of  my  love ;   and  the  reason   why  I 
give  her  no  more  is  because  I  have  promised  to  give  her  three  hundred 
pounds  for  an  increase  of  her  portion  on  her  intermarriage  with   Robert 
Dowding,  aud  if  said  marriage  takes  place  in  my  life  time  I  give  the  said 
Robert  Dowding  five  pounds  for  mourning.     To  my  son  James  Seword  my 
lodge  and  garden  on  St.  Michael's  Hill,  Bristol,  in  or  near  the  Royal  Fort, 
being  city  land,  and  all  my  term  &c.  to  come  therein.     To  my  daughter 
Rebecca  Seword  two  hundred  pounds  and  five  pounds  more  (for  mourning). 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  665 

Ten  pounds  to  ten  poor  householders  of  Bristol,  and  forty  shillings  in  bread 
to  other  poor.  To  Mr.  Nicholas  Penwasme,  minister  of  St.  Stephens,  forty 
shillings,  and  to  Mr  Thomas  Palmer,  minister  of  St.  Walburge  twenty  shil- 
lings. All  the  rest  to  my  said  younger  son  James  Seword,  whom  I  con- 
stitute sole  executor. 

Francis  Yeamans,  Richard  Hollester  and  Richard  Yeamans  among  the 
witnesses.  Cottle,  150. 

Jonathan  Cay,  Rector  of  Christ  Church  parish  in  Calvert  County  iu 
the  Province  of  Maryland  24  June  1718,  proved  at  Loudon  19  October 
1738.  I  give  my  body  to  the  ground  to  be  decently  interred  by  my  execu- 
trix, with  as  little  charge  as  possible.  To  my  loving  brother,  John  Cay,  all 
my  books,  those  only  excepted  which  shall  be  chosen  by  my  executrix,  as 
hereafter  mentioned.  I  give  to  my  wife  Dorothy  any  twenty  books  which 
she  shall  choose  out  of  mine ;  the  remainder  to  my  brother  as  already  men- 
tioned. All  the  rest  &c.  of  my  goods,  chattels  &c.  I  give  to  my  wife  whom 
I  constitute  sole  executrix. 

Wit:  Phillis  Clodius,  Frederick  Clodius,  Owen  Ellis. 

Under  the  above  was  written    "  Copia    Vera  g   Gabriel  Parker,  Depty 
Com17,  Calv't  County."     Then  follows  a  statement  showing  that  this  will 
had  been  proved  in  Maryland  6  June  1737.  Brodrepp,  229. 

Edmonde  Yorke  of  Cotton  End  in  the  County  of  Northampton,  yeoman, 
18  November  1614,  proved  17  April  1614[?].  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the 
churchyard  of  Hardingston.  I  give  to  Nathaniel,  my  eldest  son,  a  certain 
bowl  called  the  "  mazzar,"  to  be  delivered  unto  him  after  the  decease  of 
Katharyne  my  wife,  over  and  above  the  goods  heretofore  given  unto  him, 
as  by  certain  writings  thereof  made  betwixt  me  and  the  said  Nathaniel  may 
appear.  I  do  give  to  BarthSw  (Bartholomew)  my  second  son  twenty 
pounds  to  be  employed  as  a  stock  for  the  keeping  of  him.  And  when  he 
shall  be  able  to  employ  the  same,  iu  the  judgment  of  my  overseers,  the 
same  money  shall  be  delivered  unto  his  own  hands  (some  bedding  also  to 
him).  "I  doe  geue  and  bequeathe  unto  my  daughter  Dudley  one  guilt 
bole."  To  my  daughter  Greene  one  silver  bowl.  These  to  be  delivered 
unto  them  after  the  decease  of  Katherine  my  wife. 

"  Itm.  I  doe  geue  to  my  three  grandchildren,  that  is  to  say  to  Samuell 
Dudley  and  Abygaill  Greene  forty  shillinges  apeec  and  one  silver  spoon  a 
peec  and  to  Anne  Dudley  twentie  shillinges  and  one  siluer  spone  to  be 
deliured  unto  them  at  their  seurall  ages- of  one  and  twentye  yeares  or  before 
if  my  wif  shall  thinke  fytt."  To  Abigail  Hills  my  servant  three  shillings 
and  four  pence  and  to  every  of  my  servants  that  shall  dwell  with  me  at  ray 
decease  two  shillings  apiece.  To  Mr.  Flud,  Mr.  Foster  and  Mr.  Rush- 
brook  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  the  poor  in  West  Cotton  six  shillings  eight 
pence  and  to  the  poor  in  East  Cotton  six  shillings  eight  pence.  I  do  also 
give  six  shillings  and  eight  pence  towards  the  repair  of  the  Cawsye  leading 
from  my  house  to  Northampton.  To  Samuel  Osmonde  and  to  Joseph  Boyes 
five  shillings.  All  other  my  goods  and  chattels,  whatsoever  and  where- 
soever they  be,  I  give  unto  Katherine  my  wife  and  Joseph  my  son,  whom  I 
do  make  full  executors.  And  I  do  constitute  and  appoint  Robert  Tanfield, 
Thomas  Dudley,  William  Sharpe  and  Lewes  Thomas  my  overseers.  Wit: 
by  Stephen  Henchman  and  others.      Northampton  Wills.     Book  8,  137. 

The  will  nuncupative  of  Katherine  Yorke  late  of  Northampton,  widow, 
was  declared  about  the  21  day  of  June,  A.D.  1633,  in  the  presence  of  Mr. 


666  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Thomas  Ball,  vicar  of  All  Saints  in  Northampton,  Mr.  Bullivant,  parson  of 
Abbington,  and  William  Turland,  and  proved  24  August,  1633.  She  gave 
all  her  goods  whatsoever  to  John  Marston  of  Northampton,  baker,  in  con- 
sideration of  what  she  owed  unto  him  and  for  the  dicharge  of  ten  shillings 
which  she  owed  to  Mr.  John  Lawe  of  Northampton,  and  eight  shillings  to 
Thomas  Houghton  of  the  same. 

The  inventory,  returned  by  Mr.  Marston,  amounted  to  £6,  3s,  3d. 

Northampton  Wills,  Book  F.,  117-118. 

[It  looks  as  if  I  had  found  the  will  of  the  father  of  Gov.  Thomas  Dudley's 
wife.  From  the  parish  registers  of  All  Saints,  Northampton,  I  gleaned  the  fol- 
lowing : 

"Nov.  1608,  Samuell  Alius  Thome  Dudley  baptizat.  fuit  xxx°  die. — H.  F. 
Waters. 

Dorothy,  the  first  wife  of  Gov.  Thomas  Dudley,  died  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Dec. 
27,  1643,  aged  61  years.  See  Register,  vol.  10,  page  130,  and  History  of  the 
Dudley  Family,  by  Dean  Dudley,  Part  I.,  page  79.— Editor.] 

Sarah  Binding  of  Chertsey,  Surrey,  widow,  17  July  1687,  proved  3 
September  1687.  My  six  acres  of  copyhold  land,  in  Chertsey  Eastmead, 
late  the  lands  of  Robert  Wye  of  Chobham  and  now  in  the  occupation  of 
Peter  Preist,  I  give  and  devise  unto  my  daughter  Abigail  Dyke  now  the 
wife  of  Jeremiah  Dyke  of  London ;  and  also  my  copyhold  messuages  and 
the  brook  land  thereunto  belonging  at  Andrew  News  in  the  same  parish  of 
Chertsey,  now  in  the  occupation  of  Richard  Goodenough,  John  Janeway 
and  John  Bristow;  and  my  messuage  of  freehold,  with  the  gate  room  or 
yard  and  one  garden  plot,  with  two  closes  of  arable  land,  at  Andrew  News, 
now  in  the  occupation  of  Elizabeth  Starke  widow,  I  give  and  devise  unto 
my  said  daughter. 

And  whereas  the  Co.  of  Vintners  in  London  stand  bound  to  me  in  a  bill 
obligatory  in  the  penal  sum  of  two  hundred  pounds,  for  the  payment  of  one 
hundred  pounds  principal,  with  interest,  as  by  the  said  bill,  dated  27 
February  1 685,  doth  and  may  appear,  I  will  and  bequeath  the  said  hun- 
dred pounds,  with  what  interest  shall  be  due  for  the  same  from  the  time  of 
my  decease  until  the  said  hundred  pounds  shall  be  paid  unto  my  daughter 
Sarah  Buckley,  the  wife  of  Mr.  Richard  Buckley  of  Boston  in  New  Eng- 
land. And  whereas  John  Warner  of  Adlesdon  in  Chertsey  doth  owe  unto 
me  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  upon  a  surrender  of  his  house  and  lands 
in  Aldesdon,  the  surrender  being  in  the  hands  of  Richard  Jordan  and 
Maurice  Crockford,  two  of  the  customary  tenants  of  the  manor  of  Chertsey 
Beomond,  I  give  and  bequeath  one  hundred  pounds  thereof  unto  my  grand 
daughter  Sarah  Ireland  the  wife  of  Mr.  Richard  Ireland,  chirurgion.  And 
whereas  my  son  in  law  Mr.  Jeremiah  Dyke  doth  owe  unto  me  three  hun- 
dred pounds,  upon  a  Bond  dated  8  June  1682,  I  do  give  and  bequeath  two 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds  thereof  to  be  equally  divided  between  five  of  my 
said  son  Dyke's  children,  Peter.  Dorothy,  Sarah,  Lucy  and  Eleanor  Dyke, 
to  each  of  them  fifty  pounds  apiece.  Out  of  my  other  estate  I  give  and  be- 
queath to  my  niece  Mrs.  Bird  Blackwell  ten  pounds,  to  my  son  Ireland  and 
his  wife  twenty  pounds  for  mourning,  to  my  son  Collier  and  his  wife 
twenty  pounds  for  mourning,  to  my  great  grandchild  Sarah  Ireland 
five  pounds,  to  my  great  grandchildren  Daniel  Collier  and  Sarah  Collier 
five  pounds  apiece,  to  my  loving  friends  Mr.  Thomas  Clowes  and  his  wife, 
each  of  them,  a  ring  of  twenty  shillings,  to  Elizabeth  Slarke  twenty  shil- 
lings, to  Joice  Rimell  the  elder  twenty  shillings,  to  the  poor  of  Chertsey 
foure  pounds.     I  give  to  my  daughter  Abigail  Dyke  my  Jewell  of  Diamonds, 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  667 

to  my  grand  daughter  Sarah  Ireland  my  ring  set  with  three  stones  and  my 
best  carpet  in  my  parlor  and  Gerrard's  Herbal.  I  give  to  my  grandson 
Jeremiah  Dyke  my  crystal  watch  and  one  shilling  in  money.  The  residue 
to  my  son  in  law  Mr.  Jeremiah  Dyke  and  Abigail  his  wife,  whom  I  make 
and  ordain  executors  &c.  Foot,  112. 

[Richard  Buckley,  of  Boston,  was  perhaps  a  relative  of  Joseph  Buckley  who 
had  a  son  Richard  (see.  Savage). — Editor.] 

John  Burnapp  of  Aston,  Herts.,  clerk,  30   March   1653,  proved  10 
March  1653.     My  body  to  be  buried  in  Aston   Chancel  as   near  unto  my 
deceased  wife  as  conveniently  may  be.     To  the  poor  of  Aston  three  pounds, 
to  be  distributed  amongst  them  within  one  month  after  my  decease.     I  will 
and  give  unto  my  son  Thomas  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  which,  my 
will  is,  shall  be  laid  out  by  my  executor,  with  the  advice  and  approbation 
of  the  overseers  of  this  my  Will,  in  merchantable  commodities  and  wares 
and  so  sent  into  New  England  to  my  said  son  Thomas  at  three  several 
times,  when  it  may  be  done  most  safely  within  four  years.     But  if  through 
the  troubles  of  these  times  my  said  overseers  shall  conceive  that  the  said 
commodities  and  wares,  so  willed  to  be  sent  to  my  said  son  Thomas,  or  any 
part  thereof,  may  not  be  safely  conveyed  to  him  then  my  will  is  that  so 
much  of  the  said  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  as  shall  not  be  laid  out  and 
sent  to  my  said  son  Thomas,  as  is  aforesaid,  shall   be  laid  out  in  land   or 
otherwise  by  my  said  executors  for  the  use  of  my  said  son  Thomas  and  his 
heirs  according  as  my  said  overseers  or  the  survivor  of  them,  or  the  heir 
of  the  survivor  of  them,  shall  direct  and  think  fitting.     I  give  to  my  old 
"sarvant"  Margaret  Hunt  five  pounds  of  currant  money,  and  I  will  my 
son  John  to  be  helpful  and  kind  unto  her.     I  give  unto  my  sarvant  Thomas 
Thorpe  twenty  shillings  and  to  my  sarvant  James   Humfrey  ten  shillings 
and  to  my  sarvant  Mary  Cann  ten  shillings  of  like  currant  money.     I  give 
unto  all  the  children  of  my  brother  Thomas  Burnapp  and  of  my  deceased 
brother  Abraham  Burnapp  and  of  my  sister  Perry  twenty  shillings  apiece. 
I  do  nominate  and  desire  my  loving  friends  Nathaniel  Dodd  of  Bemington 
in  the  said  County  of  Hartford,  Clerk,  and  Henry  Chauncy  of  Yardly,  in 
the  County  of  Hartford  aforesaid,  Esquire,  to  be  overseers  of  this  my  last 
will  and  to  do  their  endeavors  for  the  performance  of  my  will  herein,  as  is 
aforesaid ;  and  for  their  love  and  pains  therein  I  give  and  bequeath  to  each 
of  them  forty  shillings  to  buy  them  rings.       My  said  sou  John  to  be  the 
executor. 

Wit:   Henry  Chauncey,  John  Humberstou,  the  mark  of  Thomas  Thorpe. 

Alchin,  193. 

[For  an  account  of  the  Burnaps  of  New  England,  see  Savage's  Genealogical 
Dictionary,  vol.  I,  pp.  303-4. — Editor.] 

John  Towset,  10  March  1698-9,  proved  19  September  1709.  I  do 
give  and  bequeath  unto  Mrs.  Abigail  Henchman,  widow,  dwelling  at  this 
present  in  Boston  in  New  England  the  sum  of  three  hundred  pounds  cur- 
rant money  of  New  England,  provided  she  be  remaining  in  the  state  of 
widowhood  at  the  time  when  this  my  -last  will  and  testament  shall  be  in 
force  and  of  good  effect.  The  rest  of  my  estate  and  goods  of  what  kind 
soever  I  give  unto  my  brother  Thomas  Towsey  and  his  heirs  forever,  whom 
I  constitute  and  appoint  to  be  the  whole  and  sole  executor  of  this  my  last 
Will  and  Testament. 

Wit:  Abraham  Adams,  Abigail  Adams,  John  Soames.         Lane,  229. 


668  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

[Abigail  Henchman  named  in  this  will  was  the  widow  of  Hezekiah  Henchman 
of  Boston,  who  died  May,  1694  (Savage). — Editor.] 

William  Burnet,  Governor  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  subscribed 
and  sealed  at  New  York  6  December  1727,  proved  9  July  1730.  As  to 
my  body  I  will  that  it  be  buried  at  the  Chapel  of  the  Fort  at  New  York, 
near  to  my  dearest  wife  Mary  and  one  of  my  children,  in  a  vault  prepared 
for  them,  in  case  I  die  in  the  Province  of  New  York,  but  if  I  die  elsewhere, 
in  the  nearest  church  or  burying  ground,  or  in  the  sea,  if  I  should  die  there, 
well  knowing  that  all  places  are  alike  to  God's  allseeiug  eye;  and  I  hereby 
direct  that  I  be  buried  in  the  most  private  manner  and  with  the  least  ex- 
pence  that  may  be,  and  after  the  manner  of  any  Protestant  Church  that 
may  happen  to  be  nearest  to  the  place  of  my  decease.  Whereas  I  have 
some  estate  in  Holland  and  some  estate  and  effects  in  England  I  require 
my  executors  hereafter  mentioned,  or  one  of  them,  to  give  full  powers  to 
my  brother  in  law  David  Mitchel  and  to  my  sister  Mary  his  wife,  or  to  the 
survivor  of  them,  to  sell  and  dispose  of  all  my  share  and  interest  in  any 
estate  and  effects  which  I  shall  die  possessed  of  in  England  and  Holland 
and  of  my  share  in  the  produce  of  my  father's  History  yet  to  come,  and  to 
apply  the  whole  to  the  satisfying  all  that  remains  due  to  the  estate  of  my 
late  brother  Gilbert  from  me,  and  when  that  is  done  my  executors  are  like- 
wise to  send  over  all  my  books  and  pamphlets  to  my  said  brother  and  sister 
in  Englaud,  to  be  sold  by  them  and  the  produce  applied  in  the  same  man- 
ner till  the  said  debt  and  the  interest  thereof  be  fully  paid,  and  if  that  is 
not  sufficient  then  to  desire  an  account  from  my  said  brother  and  sister  of 
what  remains  due  thereon  and  to  send  that  over  as  soon  as  may  be  to  them 
out  of  the  sale  of  my  effects  or  estate,  real  or  personal,  in  America  till  the 
said  debt  be  fully  discharged,  my  brother  Gilbert  having  with  the  utmost 
generosity  aud  affection  supplied  me  with  all  that  I  wanted  to  discharge  my 
other  incumbrances  when  I  left  England,  as  my  brother  Mitchel  had  in  like 
manner  done,  with  the  same  generous  friendship;  but  I  have  had  the  satis- 
faction to  pay  him  already. 

Item,  I  order  that  my  son  Gilbert  Burnett  be  taken  care  of  by  my  execu- 
tors and  sent  over,  provided  with  all  conveniences  within  six  months  after 
my  decease,  to  the  care  and  guardianship  of  my  said  brother  and  sister 
Mitchell,  or  the  survivor  of  them,  who  are  to  take  care  of  his  education  out 
of  the  estate  in  England  which  shall  belong  to  him  after  my  decease;  and 
they  are  likewise  to  take  care  that  all  my  estate  or  effects  in  England  or 
Holland,  after  my  said  debt  to  my  brother  Gilbert  is  paid,  be  applied,  if 
any  remainder  there  be,  to  the  use  of  my  said  son  Gilbert,  to  whom  there- 
fore, because  already  well  provided  in  England,  I  leave  no  part  of  my 
estate  or  effects  in  America,  except  the  gold  and  silver  medals  bearing  the 
images  of  King  (George?)  the  first,  of  the  Princess  Sophia  and  of  King 
George  the  Second  and  the  gilt  tea  table  plate,  both  which  were  given  to 
my  father  by  the  said  Princess  Sophia,  late  Electoress  Dowager  of  Bruns- 
wick, which  medals  and  plate  I  leave  to  my  said  son,  and  after  him  to  my 
male  heirs  forever,  who  are  hereby  charged  to  keep  the  same  as  a  perpetual 
memorial  that  my  father's  faithful  services  to  the  Protestant  Succession  in 
that  Illustrious  House  were  well  accepted  before  their  accession  to  the 
Throne  of  Great  Britain,  as  they  have  been  since  amply  rewarded  by  King 
George  the  First  to  my  father's  children.  As  to  mourniug  to  my  servants 
I  leave  that  to  the  discretion  of  my  executors.  My  debts  and  legacies  be- 
forementioned  being  first  paid  I  do  hereby  give  full  power  aud  authority  to 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  669 

my  executors  hereinafter  mentioned,  and  to  the  survivor  of  them,  and  to 
the  executors  or  administrators  of  the  survivor  of  them,  to  grant,  bargain, 
sell,  convey  and  assure  every  or  any  part  or  parts  of  all  my  estate,  real  and 
personal,  in  fee  or  for  life  or  for  years,  as  to  them  shall  seem  most  ex- 
pedient, and  to  make,  execute  and  acknowledge  all  such  deeds,  writings  and 
acts  as  shall  be  necessary  for  that  purpose,  but,  nevertheless,  upon  this 
special  Trust  and  confidence  that  the  moneys  or  profits  arising  by  sale  or 
otherwise  of  the  premises  be  applied  and  given  to  and  for  the  use  of  my 
children,  William,  Mary  and  Thomas,  by  my  late  dearest  wife  Mary  Van- 
horn,  in  the  proportions  following,  to  witt,  in  three  equal  shares  among 
them  while  they  all  three  continue  alive  and  under  the  age  of  twenty  one 
3rears,  but  in  case  of  the  death  of  any  of  my  said  children  then  the  share  of 
the  dead  child  to  be  shared  equally  by  the  surviving  children  aforesaid. 
My  will  is  that  all  such  parts  of  my  estate  that  shall  happen  not  to  be  sold 
shall,  when  my  eldest  son  of  my  aforesaid  three  children  by  my  last  wife 
comes  of  age,  be  valued,  each  part  thereof  particularly  by  the  persons  em- 
powered to  sell  them  and  if  all  my  said  children  be  then  alive  then  my  will 
is  that  my  said  executors  or  the  survivor  of  them  &c,  do  give,  grant  and 
convey  to  the  said  William  such  part  and  parts  of  my  real  and  personal 
estate  as  will  amount  in  value  to  a  full  third  part  of  my  said  estate,  and 
that  the  profits  of  the  shares  of  my  other  two  children  be  applied  to  their 
use  till  they  respectively  arrive  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years,  and  then 
their  shares  respectively  to  be  given  to  them  in  the  same  manner  as  Wil- 
liam's share  is  hereby  directed  to  be  given  to  him  &c.  &c.  I  do  hereby 
appoint  Abraham  Vanhorn  and  Mary  his  wife,  and  the  survivor  of  them, 
aud  the  executors  or  administrators  of  them,  executors  of  this  my  last  will 
and  testament  aud  guardians  of  my  said  three  youngest  children. 

(signed)  W.  Burnett 

Wit:  Is  Boviu,  John  Haskott,  Stephen  Deblois.  Auber,  183. 

[Gov.  William  Burnet,  the  testator,  was  a  son  of  Gilbert  Burnet  (the  historian), 
bishop  of  Salisbury,  and  was  born  at  the  Hague,  March,  1688,  aud  died  at  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  Sept.  7,  1729,  being  at  that  time  governor  of  Massachusetts.  He 
had  previously  been  governor  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey.  His  daughter 
Mary  married  Hon.  William  Browne  of  Salem,  Mass.,  where  she  died  August  1, 
1745.  Her  husband  in  his  will  (extracts  from  which  have  been  furnished  us  by 
George  R.  Curwiu,  Esq.),  directs  that  his  body  be  buried  in  "  the  tomb  of  my 
ancestors  iu  Salem,"  and  that  it  "  be  laid  nearest  to  the  body  of  my  dear,  my 
beloved,  my  affectionate,  and  my  constant  wife,  friend  and  companion,  Mary 
the  daughter  of  Governor  Burnet,  deceased."  Notices  of  the  Browne  family  of 
Salem,  including  the  son-in-law  of  Gov.  Burnet,  are  printed  in  the  Register, 
vol.  20,  page  243. — Editor.] 

James  Toope  of  Ratcliffe,  Midd'x.,  mariner,  bound  out  to  sea  in  that 
good  ship  called  the  Turkey  Merchant  whereof  Cap'  John  Kempthorne  is 
Commander,  for  Smyrna,  6  September  1675,  proved  o  October  1682.  To 
my  kinsman  Nathaniel  Toope,  son  of  Robert  Toope  of  the  parish  of  Stone- 
house,  Devon,  ropemaker,  twenty  shillings,  within  six  months  after  my  de- 
cease. To  Elizabeth  Toope,  daughter  of  the  said  Robert,  five  pounds  (in 
six  months  &c).  All  the  rest  of  my  estate,  whether  real  or  personal,  I  do 
wholly  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving  wife  Eleanor,  whom  I  make  &c. 
sole  executrix.  And  1  desire  my  loving  brothers  Edward  Carter  of  Lou- 
don, merchant,  and  Richard  Burley  of  Ratcliffe,  mariner,  to  be  the  super- 
visors or  overseers  of  this  my  last  will  &c.  Cottle,  124. 

Edward   Carter  of  Edmonton,  Middx,  Esquire,   18  October   1682, 


670  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

proved  29  November  1 682.     My  body  to  be  interred  in  the  parish  church 
of  St.  Dunstan's  in  the  East  in  London,  in  the  middle  aisle  under  the  stone 
laid  for  my  daughter  Anne  Place,  and  as  near  to  the  grave  of  my  former 
wife  Mrs.  Anne  Carter,  buried  there,  as  conveniently  may  be.     I  give  all 
my  messuages,  land  and  tenements  in   Edmonton  and  my  third  part  (the 
whole  in  three  parts  to  be  divided)  of  and  in  all  those  messuages,  tenements, 
lands  and  hereditaments  in   Chalfont  8'  Peters,   Bucks,  and  all  other  my 
messuages,  lands,  tenements  &c.  whatever  within  the  Kingdom  of  England 
and  all  that  my  Plantation  in  Virginia  called  Brice's  Plantation,  lying  on 
the  North  side  of  Rappahannock  River,  now  in  the  possession  of  my  Agents, 
assigns  or  overseers  there,  with  all  the  stock,  servants,  negroes,  housing, 
buildings,  edifices,  materials,  implements,  utensils,  goods  and  chattels  what- 
soever belonging  to  or  used  with,  in  or  upon  the  said  Plantation,  and  my 
other  Plantation  in  Virginia,  called  Monasco  Plantation,  lying  also  on  the 
North  side  of  the  said  river  &c,  to  my  son  Edward  Carter,  aud  the  heirs  of 
his  body ;  remainder  thereof  to  my  eldest  daughter  Elizabeth   Carter,  and 
the  heirs  of  her  body;  remainder  to  my  daughter  Anne  Carter  and  the 
heirs  of  her  body ;  and  for  want  of  such  heirs  to  my  wife  Elizabeth  Carter 
and  her  heirs  for  ever.     (Provision  made  in  case  wife  should  sell  these 
plantations.)     And  I  do  here  make  it  my  desire  to  my  said  dear  wife  that 
she  will  not  sell  or  dispose  of  the  said  plantations,  stock  or  goods  unless  she 
finds  urgent  occasion  for  so  doing.     And  I  make  my  said  wife  guardian  to  all 
my  said  children,  Edward,  Elizabeth  and  Anne  Carter,  until  they  severally 
attain  their  respective  ages  of  twenty  and  one  years,  she  to  maintain,  bring 
up,  educate  and  instruct  my  said  children  in  the  fear  of  God  and  in  a  decent, 
suitable  manner  agreeable  to  their  respective  fortunes.     As  to  my  other 
lands  in  Virginia  and  my  land  in  Maryland  I  give  and  bequeath  the  same 
as  follows ;  my  tract  or  dividend  of  land  in  the  County  of  Upper  Norfolk 
in  Virginia,  in  Bennett's  Creek,  in  Nansemond  River,  where  I  formerly 
lived,  and  my  other  tract  in  the  said  County,  at  or  near  the  head  of  the  said 
Creek,  containing  about  five  hundred  acres,  and  my  other  tract,  near  the 
mouth  of  the  Nansemond  River,  formerly  in  the  occapation  of  Coll.  Thomas 
Busbidge,  together  with  another  tract  or  dividend  in  the  Province  of  Mary- 
land, called  Werton,  part  whereof  was  lately  in  the  occupation  of  Wm 
Salisbury  deceased,  be  sold  by  my  executrix  for  the  payment  of  my  debts 
and  the  better  maintenance  aud  education"  of  my  said  "children.     All  the 
residue  of  my  estate  shall  be  put  out  at  interest  and  improved  for  the  bene- 
fit and  advantage  of  ray  said  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  and  Anne  Carter. 
My  wife  to  be  executrix.  Cottle,  128. 

John  Olyver  of  the  City  of  Bristol  "  marchant."  My  body  to  be  buried 
in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Stephens  within  the  City  of  Bristol.  I  give  and 
bequeath  to  my  son  Robert  Olyver  all  my  lands  and  tenements  within  the 
County  of  Gloucester  and  in  the  parishes  of  Wickwarr,  Cromholde  and 
Yate,  the  which  I  lately  purchased  of  Alexander  Neale  of  Yate,  to  have 
and  to  hold  to  him  and  his  heirs  male  forever  upon  condition  that  the  said 
Robert  and  his  heirs  do  pay  unto  my  youngest  son,  Henry  Olyver,  during 
his  natural  life,  out  of  the  said  lands  &c,  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds  currant 
money  yearly.  In  default  of  such  issue  male  of  my  son  Robert  I  will  that 
the  said  lands  &c.  do  come  and  descend  to  Thomas  my  son,  and  to  his  heirs 
male,  upon  the  like  condition ;  and  for  want  of  issue  male  of  Thomas,  then 
to  John  my  son  &c.  and  so  from  one  to  another  to  the  last.  All  the  lands 
and  tenements  within  the  Citv  of  Bristol  that  were  sometimes  the  lands 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  671 

and  tenements  of  my  father  Thomas  Oly ver  and  all  that  I  myself  purchased 
within  the  said  City  I  give  and  bequeath  in  manner  and  form  following. 
First  my  Capital  messuage  in  Corn  Street  that  lately  I  purchased  of  Richard 
Kalke  gen'  and  the  tenement  that  Robert  Fryer  dwelleth  iu  I  give  to 
Thomas  my  son  and  to  his  heirs  forever.  I  give  to  John  my  son  my  tene- 
ment on  the  back  wherein  lately  William  Colston  dwelt.  I  give  and  be- 
queath my  three  tenements  in  Reckliffe  (Redcliff  ?)  Street,  wherein  Richard 
Wodson  dwelleth,  John  Dolphin  and  Thomas  Holbin,  baker,  dwelleth,  unto 
James  my  son  and  to  his  heirs  forever.  I  give  my  tenement  in  St.  Thomas 
Street,  called  the  White  Lion,  and  three  little  other  tenements  and  a  gar- 
den and  two  stables  to  Thoby  my  son.  I  give  to  Henry  my  son  the  garden 
and  lodge  in  Marsh  Street  that  I  lately  purchased  of  Mr.  Kelke.  I  give 
to  James  my  son  my  tenement  that  I  dwell  in,  situate  in  Balland  Street, 
paying  to  the  company  of  Taylors  within  the  City  of  Bristol  forty  shillings 
per  annum,  as  by  their  writing  appeareth.  I  give  to  Mary  my  daughter 
the  profits  and  commodities  that  shall  grow  and  increase  upon  my  part  of 
the  lease  of  "  presage  "  for  three  years.  The  rest  of  the  years  unexpired,  after 
three  years,  I  will  that  Thomas  and  John  my  sons  shall  equally  have  and 
enjoy.  I- give  to  James  one  hundred  pounds  and  to  Thoby  one  other  hun- 
dred pounds.  My  land  in  long  Ashton,  in  the  County  of  Somerset,  I  give 
to  my  well  beloved  wife  Elizabeth  Oly  ver  and  to  her  heirs  forever.  I  give 
to  the  Church  Wardens  of  St.  Stephens  forever  one  little  tenement  in  Fisher 
Lane  wherein  Manfield  lately  dwelt,  to  the  use  of  the  said  parish  &c.  All 
the  rest  of  my  goods  &c.  I  give  to  Elizabeth  my  wife,  whom  I  make  and 
appoint  executrix,  whom  I  do  desire  that  she  will  give  to  my  mother  Mar- 
garet Coxe,  widow,  during  her  natural  life,  five  pounds  per  annum  sterling. 
And  I  do  intreat  my  good  friends  Mr.  John  Webbe,  now  mayor,  Thomas 
Coventrye  Esq.  and  Mr.  John  Barker  to  be  overseers  of  this  my  last  will; 
and  I  give  to  every  of  them  a  gown  apiece,  to  solemnize  my  funeral. 

This  will  was  proved  at  London  6  February  1597  by  the  oath  of  Thomas 
Lovell,  Not.  Pub.,  attorney  for  Elizabeth  the  relict  and  executrix  named  in 
the  will.  Lewyn,  21. 

[John  Oliver,  the  testator,  was  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  (Alkyn)  Oliver 
of  Bristol.  He  married  Aug.  28,  1577,  Elizabeth  Rowland.  He  died  in  Jan- 
uary, 1597-8,  and  his  widow,  whose  will  is  given  below,  married  Feb.  18,  1599- 
1600,  Jerome  Ham.  Their  son  James,  born  1588,  died  1629,  married  Frances 
Cary.  They  were  the  parents  of  John  Oliver,  born  in  Bristol,  Eng.,  in  1615, 
came  to  New  England  in  1639,  settled  in  Newbury,  and  died  about  1642. 
See  Ancestry  of  Mary  Oliver,  by  William  S.  Appleton,  Cambridge,  1867,  where 
much  information  about  this  family  of  Oliver  will  be  found  with  wills,  extracts 
from  parish  registers  and  tabular  pedigrees. — Editor.] 

Richard  Cole  of  the  City  of  Bristol,  alderman,  16  June  1599,  proved 
17  July  1599.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  church  of  All  Saints,  Bristol, 
where  my  first  wife  lieth,  in  the  North  Aisle.  My  manor,  lands,  tene- 
ments &c.  in  Nailsey,  Somerset,  and  in  Connisbury  (Congresbury  ?)  and 
Weeke  St.  Lawrence,  Somerset,  I  give  to  my  wife,  and  also  my  house  in 
which  I  now  dwell  in  Bristol,  and  my  grounds,  orchard  and  gardens  in 
Lewens  mead  in  the  parish  of  St.  James  in  the  suburbs  of  Bristol,  known 
and  called  by  the  name  of  the  Friars  or  Gray  Friars  &c,  and  my  two  store 
houses  on  the  Key  in  Bristol,  one  in  the  tenure  of  Mr.  John  Hopkins,  mer- 
chant, and  the  other  iu  the  late  tenure  of  Elizabeth  Ham  late  wife  of  Johu 
Oly  ver,  merchant,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Stephens ;  all  during  her  natural  life. 
And  after  her  decease  I  give  them  to  Richard  Cole,  son  of  William  Cole, 


672  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

son  of  Thomas  Cole  my  brother,  which  son  Richard  he  had  by  his  first  wife, 
the  daughter  of  John  Ashe  merchant.     For  lack  of  issue  of  the  body  of  tlie 
said  Richard  Ccle  I  give  them   to   his   father  William  Cole  and  his  lawful 
issue,  failing  which,  I  give  the   house   wherein   I  now  dwell  in  the  High 
Street  and  the  Friars  aforesaid  to  Richard  Boulton,  son  of  John  Boulton  of 
Bristol,  merchant;  and  my  house  and   land  in  Nailsey  to  Alexander  Bain- 
ham  son  of  Henry   Baynham  of  Yeate,    Gloucester;    and  my  manor   of 
Saniford  in  Somerset  to  Richard  Cam,  son  of  Arthur  Cam,  which  he  hath 
by  my  brother  Thomas   Cole's  daughter   Fortune ;  and  I  give  to  Nicholas 
Murford,  son  of  Thomas  Murford  of  Bath,   which   he  had  by  my  sister's 
daughter  Mary,  my  tenement  called  Dandris,  now  in  the  tenure  of  William 
Yonge  (and  two  other  tenements,  both  which  are  in  Connysbury,  Somerset)  ; 
and  I  give  to  all  the  sons  of  John   Sarney  of  Wickwar,  Gloucester,  which 
he  had  by  my  sister's  daughter  Yedith,  all  the  rest  of  my  lands  undisposed 
in  Connysbury ;  and  to  Thomas  White,  son  of  Thomas  White  of   Bristol, 
merchant,  my  house  in  Marsh  Street,  Bristol.     A  ring  which  hath  a  Sap- 
hire  Stone,  which  Mr  Chester  gave  me,  I  give  to  Anne  Cole,  William  Cole's 
wife.     A  conditional  bequest  to  Thomas  Knight,  son  of  Edward  Knight, 
which  he  had  by  my  sister's  daughter  Alice.     William  Spratt  my  first  wife's 
brother.     Joice  Fisher,  wife  of  William  Fisher,  my  sister's  daughter  (John 
Fisher  his  father).     Brother  Thomas   Cole.     To  Anne,   wife  of  William 
Cole,  a  gold  ring  with  a  saphire  stone,  which   ring  her  grandmother  Mrs. 
Chester  gave  me.     To   George  Goughe,  son  of  Henry  Goughe,  a  ring  of 
gold  which  his  grandfather   Robert  Smith  gave  me.     To  Alice  Hopkins, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Hopkins,  a  ring  which  her  grandfather  Robert  Row- 
lande  gave  me.      To  my  cousins  Gyles  Dymery  and  Nicholas  Dymerie 
twenty  shillings  each  and  a  black  cloak.     My  cousin  Morris  Cole's  children. 
The   rest  of  Thomas   White's  children.      My  cousin   Mr.   George   Snigg, 
Recorder  of  Bristol.     My  brother  Edward  Carre  of  Woodspring,  gentleman. 
Andrew  Patche  sexton  of  All  Saints.     My  cousin   Arthur  Cam.     Arthur 
Hibbens.  Kidd,  64. 

Elizabeth  Ham,  wife  of  Hierom  Ham  of  the  City  of  Bristol  gen*,  late 
wife  and  executrix  of  John  Olyver  of  the  said  city  merchant,  24  December 
1G19,  proved  30  October  1628.  I  give  unto  my  daughter  Mary  Gryffith 
one  sixteenth  part  of  the  "  prysadge  "  lease  and  unto  my  son  Henry  Olyver 
the  other  sixteenth  part  of  the  same  prysadge  lease  I  now  hold,  which 
prysadge  lease  I  did  put  my  husband  Hierom  Ham  in  trust  to  buy  for  me 
and  to  be  disposed  of  at  my  pleasure.  If  my  said  daughter  Mary  Griffithe 
shall  decease  and  depart  this  life  before  the  end  of  the  said  lease  then  the 
profit  and  benefit  of  the  time  then  remaining  shall  come  to  her  children,  to 
be  divided  by  equal  portions,  that  child  only  excepted  which  shall  then  be 
"  interessed  "  in  the  living  in  Redland.  More  I  give  unto  her  one  feather 
bed  one  bolster  and  two  pillows,  marked  with  two  letters  for  her  name,  and 
my  best  Arras  coverlet,  the  great  Cypres  chest,  a  neddle  work  chair,  with 
the  two  stools,  one  of  the  gilt  chairs  and  all  my  wearing  apparel  &c.  To 
my  grand  child  William  Griffith  the  great  spruce  chest  in  the  higher  gallery 
and  my  green  carpet.  To  Mary  Griffith  my  grandchild  my  dozen  of 
Apostle  spoons.  My  will  is  that  my  son  Henry  do  pay,  out  of  his  said  six- 
teenth part  of  the  prysadge  lease,  unto  my  husband  Jerom  Ham  ten  pounds 
yearly  during  the  lease  (if  he  so  long  shall  live),  only  the  last  two  years 
excepted  to  him  the  said  Henry.  More,  he  shall  pay  unto  my  son  Thomas 
Rowland  (only  the  last  two  years  excepted)  ten  pounds  yearly  (if  the  said 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  673 

Thomas  so  long  shall  live) ;  and  if  the  said  Thomas  shall  happen  to  depart 
this  life  before  the  end  of  these  years  given  him  then  my  will  is  that  what 
years  shall  be  then  to  come  shall  remain  to  his  children  that  hath  no  por- 
tions left  them  by  their  grandmother  Redwood.  More,  my  will  is  that  the 
first  ten  pounds  payable  out  of  his  sixteenth  part  of  prysadge  lease  unto  my 
son  Thomas  Rowland  shall  be  given  unto  Mary  Oliver,  the  daughter  of  my 
son  James  Oliver,  as  my  gift.  And  my  will  is  that  my  son  Henry  Oly ver 
shall  leave  in  my  executor's  hands  the  said  sixteenth  part  of  the  prysadge 
lease  so  given  him,  for  the  assurance  of  the  payment  of  the  said  ten  pounds 
yearly  to  the  said  Hierom  Ham  and  the  ten  pounds  yearly  to  the  said 
Thomas  Royland:  and  if  the  said  sixteenth  part,  so  given  the  said  Henry, 
shall  at  any  time  not  amount  to  the  sum  of  forty  pounds  by  the  year  then 
each  of  them  shall  stand  to  their  part  of  the  loss  accordingly.  And  if  it 
happen  my  son  Henry  Olyver  depart  this  life  before  the  end  of  the  years 
given  him  then  whatsoever  is  given  him  by  this  my  will  shall  remain  to  his 
children,  John,  Thomas  and  Hierom  Oliver,  to  be  divided  them  by  equal 
portions.  The  rest  of  my  plate  and  household  stuff  not  given  I  give  unto 
my  husband  Hierom  Ham,  and  my  will  is  that  until  my  funeral  and  the 
hundred  pounds  due  to  the  chamber  for  Robert  Rowland  and  what  else  I 
shall  owe  be  paid  none  shall  receive  or  demand  any  portion  out  of  the 
prysadge.  And  I  do  ordain  for  my  executors  my  husband  Hierom  Ham 
and  ray  son  in  law  John  Griffith.     Agreed  unto  by  me  Hierm  Ham. 

Administration,  according  to  the  tenor  of  the  will  was  granted  to  William 
Griffith,  grandson  of  the  deceased,  for  the  reason  that  John  Griffith,  one  of 
the  executors  named  in  the  will,  had  died  before  accepting  the  duties  of 
executorship.  Barrington,  92. 

[See  notes  on  will  of  her  first  husband,  John  Oliver,  which  will  be  found  on 
page  671. — Editor.] 

Thomas  Cooke  the  elder  of  Pebmershe,  Essex,  yeoman,  30  August 
1621,  proved  26  November  1621.  To  the  poor  of  that  parish  five  pounds. 
To  the  poor  of  Alphamston  and  Lamarshe  in  Essex  twenty  shillings  (i.e. 
ten  shillings  each).  Those  bequests  to  be  distributed  by  the  discretion  of 
the  minister  and  the  most  chiefest  inhabitants  of  either  parish.  Five  pounds 
more  to  the  poor  of  Pebmershe  as  an  increase  of  the  stock  of  twenty  pounds 
given  to  them  by  Mr.  Hugh  Clapham,  sometime  the  minister  of  the  same 
parish,  to  purchase  a  house  or  lands  &c.  To  Thomas  Cooke  my  grand- 
child my  messuage  &c.  called  Goddard's  &  all  my  lands  &c.  which  I  late 
purchased  of  John  Hilton  gen1  and  Mary  his  wife,  situate  &c.  in  Gesting- 
thorpe  and  Little  Mapelsted,  Essex,  now  in  the  occupation  of  John  Clark 
or  his  assigns.  To  my  brother  Lawrence  Cook  and  Robert  Cook,  during 
their  natural  lives,  to  either  of  them  forty  shillings  apiece  yearly.  To 
Thomas  Wiscowe  the  younger,  my  sister's  son  five  pounds.  To  every  of 
the  children  of  my  brother  John  Cooke  deceased,  my  sister  Wiskowe  aud 
my  sister  Sawen  deceased  and  my  brother  Lawrence,  not  before  nominated 
and  bequeathed  unto,  twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  George  Cook  my  grand- 
child all  such  my  estate,  interest  and  term  of  years  which  I  have  yet  to 
come  in  lands  &c.  in  Lamarshe,  Essex,  which  I  late  had  by  demise  and 
grant  of  one  Robert  Becle  of  Lamarshe.  I  do  forgive  unto  Edmund  Reade 
my  son  in  law  the  three  score  pounds  due  unto  me  by  his  bill  of  1  Decem- 
ber 1606.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth,  now  his  wife,  three  score  pounds  in 
one  year  after  my  decease.  To  my  said  daughter  Elizabeth  and  to  Mar- 
garet her  daughter,  now  wife  of  John  Lake,  and  to  Susan  now  wife  of  my 


674  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

eon  Thomas,  to  every  of  them  one  spur  Riall  of  gold  apiece.  To  Samuel 
Reade  my  grandchild  forty  pounds  and  every  of  the  residue  of  my  daughter 
Reed's  children  unmarried,  ten  pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid  within  one  year 
after  my  decease  unto  them  or  their  father  for  them.  To  every  of  the 
children  of  Thomas  Cook,  my  son,  twenty  pounds  apiece.  The  residue  &c. 
to  Thomas  Cooke,  the  younger,  my  son,  whom  I  make  sole  executor.  If  he 
refuse  then  I  make  Edmunde  Reade  my  son  in  law  sole  executor.     I  give 

to  Martha  Reade,  now  wife  of  Epps  of  London,  my  grandchild,  ten 

pounds,  in  one  month  after  my  decease.  To  Johane  Gilott,  my  late  servant, 
twenty  shillings.  To  Maryon  Edwards,  Clement  Chaundler  and  Elizabeth 
Hayward  five  shillings  apiece,  and  to  William  Scott  George  Smith  and 
Samuel  Medcalf  threo  shillings  four  pence  apiece,  and  to  Thomas  Maninge, 
Thomas  French  and  Richard  Goodwyn  two  shillings  six  pence  apiece. 
Wit:   George  Coo,  Robert  Willfris  and  Thomas  Smithe.  Dale,  94. 

[This  will,  which  I  communicated  very  briefly  to  the  Mass.  Historical  Society 
in  January,  1890,  was  a  welcome  find  as  confirming  my  supposition  that  Eliza- 
beth, wife  of  Edmund  Reade  of  Wickford,  was  daughter  of  Thomas  Cooke  of 
Pebmarsh.  (See  Ancestry  of  Priscilla  Baker,  p.  105.)  Her  descendants  in  this 
country  are  many.  The  Cooke  pedigree  may  be  seen  in  Visitation  of  Essex, 
Harleian  Society,  vol.  xiii.,  p.  383. — William  S.  Appleton.] 

Thomas  Coke  of  Pebmersh,  Essex,  Esquire,  —  January  1  679,  proved 
24  November  1682.  My  desire  is  that  my  body  may  be  decently  buried 
without  pomp  or  ceremonies  in  the  churchyard  of  Pebmersh,  between  the 
graves  of  my  dearly  beloved  and  entirely  loving  wives,  Elizabeth  and 
Judith;  and,  being  so  buried,  my  will  is,  and  I  do  hereby  require  mine 
executors  to  cause  three  graves  (together  with  my  son  John's  on  the  North 
side  of  his  mother's)  to  be  raised  with  good  brick,  and  a  large  stone  to  be 
laid  upon  them.  I  do  give  and  bequeath  (as  an  addition  to  the  provision 
for  the  aged  poor  people  of  the  parish  of  Pebmersh)  ten  pounds,  to  be  paid 
when  the  house  and  croft  in  Little  Henny  shall  be  sold,  and  the  money 
thereof  arising  shall  be  laid  out  on  a  purchase  of  some  house  or  houses  near 
the  Church,  or  some  piece  of  land  in  or  near  the  parish,  to  be  employed  for 
the  more  comfortable  relief  of  the  aged  poor  according  to  the  intention  of 
the  first  donors,  at  which  time  and  for  the  effecting  whereof  I  do  appoint 
mine  executors  to  pay  the  said  ten  pounds.  And  I  do  also  give  five  pounds 
more  to  be  distributed  among  the  poorer  sort  of  well  disposed  people  of  the 
said  parish.  I  do  give  to  John  Scot  and  Abigail  his- wife  three  pounds 
apiece,  to  Edward  Abraham  three  pounds  and  to  Mary  his  wife  six  pounds, 
and  to  my  servants  which  shall  be  with  me  at  my  death  ten  shillings  apiece. 
To  every  of  my  brothers'  and  sisters'  children  twenty  pounds  apiece,  Thomas 
Bennett  taking  reasonably  for  the  mare  my  son  had  of  him  or  else  I  do 
give  unto  him  but  ten  pounds.  To  Mr.  Brinley  Mr.  Ely  and  Mr.  Crow 
three  pounds  apiece,  and  eleven  pounds  more  to  be  distributed  among  such 
other  poor  ministers  as  are  turned  out  of  their  living  because  they  conform 
not,  such  as  known  to  my  nephew  Grandorge.  I  do  give  unto  Joseph  Coke 
my  brother  seven  pounds  and  all  my  wearing  clothes,  which  are  fit  for 
his  condition,  and  to  his  wife  three  pounds.  To  Mrs.  Arrowsmith,  Mrs. 
Parsons  and  Mrs.  Horton  all  such  linen  as  was  Mr.  Percivall's,  their  father, 
in  his  life  time  and  are  now  remaining.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  her 
mother's  bible,  that  she  may  improve  it  as  she  did,  and  also  all  things  in 
my  best  parlor  chamber.  To  Joseph  Coke,  my  brother,  fifteen  hundred 
pounds,  to  be  paid  out  of  my  whole  estate,  for  the  redeeming  of  Huntshall 
&c,  upon  this  condition,  that  if  my  son  and  daughter  Parsons  and  their 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  675 

trustees  shall  release  unto  him  and  his  heirs  all  the  right,  title  and  interest 
which  they  have  in  my  said  farm  called  Huntshall  in  Pebmershe  &c,  then 
this  bequest  of  fifteen  hundred  pounds  to  be  void  and  of  none  effect.  And 
I  do  then  give  Huntshall  &c.  unto  my  said  brother  Joseph  for  life,  and  after 
his  decease  to  his  son  Thomas  and  his  heirs  for  ever,  paying  unto  his  sisters 
here  in  England  twenty  pounds  apiece  and  to  his  brother  and  sister  id  New 
England  also  twenty  pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid  unto  them  within  one  year 
after  he  shall  be  twenty  and  one  years  old.  And  if  my  son  Parsons  or  my 
daughter,  or  their  trustees,  shall  refuse  to  release  unto  them  the  said  Hunts- 
hall  then  my  will  and  meaning  is,  and  I  do  hereby  give  and  bequeath  unto 
my  said  brother  and  his  son  and  heirs  the  houses  and  lands  bought  of  Tur- 
ner and  Wistow  and  other  freehold  which  I  purchased,  together  with  all 
my  leasehold  lands  and  copyhold  lands  to  him  and  his  heirs  for  ever,  hoping 
they  will  not  endeavor  to  cross  what  I  know  was  my  dear  father's  desire 
and  i6  here  accordingly  declared  to  be  my  will.  To  Mr.  Trussell  thirty 
shillings  and  to  his  son  Thomas  ten  shillings.  For  the  payment  of  my 
debts  and  legacies  and  my  son's  just  debts  I  do  give  to  be  sold  by  mine 
executors  all  my  pieces  of  meadow  in  Lumer  Road  Meadow,  my  farm  iu 
Gestingthorpe,  called  Goddards,  and  the  farm  wherein  George  Radleigh 
now  dwelleth,  in  Pebraersh,  both  free  and  copyhold,  with  all  my  stock, 
goods  and  chattels  without  the  house  &c.  And,  my  debts  and  legacies  be- 
ing all  so  paid  and  Huntshall  well  and  surely  settled  upon  my  brother  Joseph 
and  his  son  Thomas  and  his  heirs  as  above  is  provided,  I  do  give  and  be- 
queath all  the  residue  of  my  real  and  personal  estate  unto  Elizabeth  my 
daughter  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life,  and  after  her  decease  the  goods 
and  personal  estate  to  her  children  as  she  shall  please,  and  all  the  land  and 
real  estate  &c.  to  her  son  John  Parsons,  my  grandchild,  his  mother  allow- 
ing him  good  maintenance  for  his  liberal  education,  and  he  (when  he  shall 
enjoy  the  lands)  paying  to  his  sister  Anthonia  three  hundred  pounds  and 
to  the  rest  of  his  mother's  children  which  she  may  hereafter  have  one 
hundred  pounds  apiece.  To  Anthony  Parsons  my  son  (if  he  will  accept  of 
it)  my  best  fur  coat  and  what  book  he  pleases.  My  other  fur  coat  I  do 
give  unto  Joseph  my  brother,  if  living  at  my  decease;  if  not,  then  to  John 
Scott.  I  do  give  my  Polyglott  Bible  to  my  nephew  Grandrige,  and  my 
watch  and  half  a  dozen  of  my  books  to  my  cousin  Samuel  Read,  and  my 
law  books  unto  my  nephew  John  Bennett. 

Lastly,  I  do  hereby  ordain,  make,  constitute  and  appoint  my  well  be- 
loved daughter  Elizabeth  Parsons,  my  cousin  Samuel  Read,  my  nephew 
John  Bennett  and  my  nephew  Isaac  Grandridge  to  be  executors  &c,  re- 
quiring t'iem  to  pay  all  my  debts  and  legacies  and  also  all  my  son's  just 
debts,  Lnat  a  blessing  may  be  upon  what  I  shall  give  and  leave  unto  them. 

The  will  was  proved  by  John  Bennett,  of  the  other  executors  Samuel 
Read  and  Isaac  Grandorge  renouncing  and  Elizabeth  Parsons  being  dead. 

Cottle,  128. 

Thomas  Thatcher  of  Beckington,  Somerset,  8  January  1610,  proved 
13  June  1611.  To  certain  poor  persons  in  the  parish  of  Beckington  whom 
I  particularly  named  to  my  executrix  twenty  shillings,  to  be  divided  to  the 
said  poor  persons  by  the  discretion  of  my  overseers.  For  the  better  re- 
lieving of  my  uncle  John  Thatcher  my  executrix  shall  deliver  into  the  hands 
of  my  brother  Clement  Thatcher  a  cow  which  now  is  in  the  custody  of  my 
brother  in  law  Robert  Keenell  that,  by  the  discretion  of  my  brother  Clem- 
ent, she  may  be  employed  to  the  use  of  my  said  uncle  during  his  natural 


676  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

life,  and  after  his  decease  the  said  cow  to  remain  to  the  use  of  his  children. 
My  executrix  shall,  in  like  manner,  deliver  into  the  hands  of  my  brother 
Clement  one  other  cow,  color  black,  for  the  better  relieving  of  my  aunt 
Elizabeth  Thatcher,  the  use  of  it  to  her  for  life,  and  then  to  remain  to  the 
use  of  my  said  uncle  John's  children.  To  William  Hillman  twenty  shil- 
lings. To  Thomas  Griffin  ten  shillings.  To  Thomas  Bembury  ten  shillings. 
To  my  maidservant  Mary  Wattes  twenty  shillings.  To  Hester  Thatcher, 
my  brother  William's  daughter,  one  flock  bed  and  one  bolster,  and  one 
sheep.  To  Ezra  Thatcher,  my  brother  William's  son,  one  sheep.  A  con- 
ditional bequest  to  John  Gallington  son  of  brother  in  law  John  Gallington. 
Item,  my  will  is  that  if  my  brother  Anthony  Thatcher  (who  now  is  in  the 
"seperation ")  do  join  in  the  profession  of  true  religion  with  any  true 
church,  that  then  my  executrix  within  one  whole  year  after  he  shall  so  have 
joined  himself,  either  with  the  reformed  Dutch  church,  in  which  country  he 
now  liveth,  or  shall  return  into  England  and  join  with  us,  shall  pay  unto 
my  said  brother  five  pounds,  which  in  token  of  brotherly  affection,  I  give 
unto  him.  "The  rest  of  my  goods  I  give  to  Anne  my  wife  whom  I  make 
executrix,  and  make  my  friend  Toby  Walkwood  and  brother  Clement 
Thatcher  overseers.  Wood,  60. 

Clement  Thatcher  of  Merston  Bigot,  Somerset,  yeoman,  13  January 
1629,  proved  4  May  1639.  I  give  to  the  Church  of  Froome  and  Merston 
six  shillings  eight  pence,  to  be  eqally  divided,  and  to  the  poor  of  Froome 
five  shillings  and  to  the  poor  of  Merston  five  shillings.  To  my  son  Clement 
forty  pounds,  to  be  in  the  custody  of  Bridget  my  wife  until  he  comes  of  the 
age  of  one  and  twenty,  she,  the  said  Bridget  continuing  in  my  name,  and 
not  otherwise,  it  then  to  be  ordered  and  disposed  by  my  overseers.  I  give 
unto  Thomas  my  son  twenty  pounds  and  to  Hannah  my  daughter  twenty 
pounds  and  to  Mary  and  Joane  my  daughters  twenty  pounds  apiece.  To 
William  Thatcher  my  kinsman  five  pounds  and  to  his  sisters  Alice  and 
Jane  forty  shillings  apiece.  To  Thomas  Thatcher  my  kinsman  Hatton 
twenty  shillings.  To  all  my  God  children  an  ewe  and  a  lamb,  or  six  shil- 
lings eight  pence  in  money,  at  the  discretion  of  my  executor.  To  my 
brother  Gallington's  children  an  ewe  and  a  lamb  apiece  and  to  my  brother 
William  Thatcher's  children  an  ewe  and  a  lamb  apiece,  and  to  my  brother 
Anthony,  which  is  beyond  sea,  forty  shillings,  and  to  his  two  children  ten 
shillings  apiece.  To  Thomas  my  sou  my  chattel  lease  of  the  house  in  the 
field  and  five  acres  of  ground  thereunto  belonging.  Two  other  chattel  leases 
in  Filton  and  Mr  Cable's  land,  that  which  was  lately  in  the  tenure  of  Eli- 
zabeth Hipstonn,  shall  remain  to  Clement  my  son  &c.  Wife  Bridget  to  be 
executrix  and  brother  William  Thatcher  and  brother  John  Gallington  over- 
seers. Harvey,  92. 

Peter  Thatcher  of  the  City  of  New  Sarum,  Wilts,  clerk,  1  February 
1640,  proved  5  August  1641.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Peter  Thatcher  and 
Thomas  Thatcher,  two  of  my  sons,  the  sum  of  thirty  five  pounds  in  money, 
which  was  sent  over  to  New  England  to  buy  goats,  and  is  in  the  hands  of 
my  brother  Anthony  Thatcher.  Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  two 
sons  twenty  pounds  which  is  due  to  me  from  my  said  brother  for  keeping 
his  child.  Also  I  give  to  my  said  two  sons  the  several  sums  of  thirty  and 
one  pounds  and  fourteen  pounds,  being  in  the  hands  of  my  brother  in  law 
Christopher  Batt.  All  which  said  several  sums  of  money  to  be  equally 
divided   between   my  said  two  sons.     And  my   will  is  that  my  said  son 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  677 

Thomas  shall  have  his  legacy  paid  as  conveniently  as  may  be  after  my  de- 
cease, and  my  said  son  Peter  to  have  his  legacy  paid  when  he  shall  have 
served  out  his  apprenticeship,  and  not  before.     And  in  the  meantime  to  be 
managed  by  my  ovei  seers.     To  my  son  Peter  my  great  brass  pot  and  Mr. 
Henry  Aynsworthe's  works  and  Mr.  Rogers  his  seven  Treatises.     To  Anne 
Thatcher,  my  daughter,  fifty  pounds  and  all  her  mother's  childbed  linen. 
To  Martha  and  Elizabeth  Thatcher,  my  daughters,  to  each  of  them  fifty 
pounds.     The  said  legacies  given  to  my  said  three  daughters  shall  be  paid 
unto  them  when  they  shall  respectively  attain  to  their  several  ages  of  twenty 
and  one  years  or  be  married,  which  of  them  shall  first  happen.     To  John 
Thatcher,  my  son,  fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  to  him  when  he  shall  have  served 
out  his  apprenticethip  or  shall  have  attained  to  his  age  of  twenty  and  three 
years.     All  these  four  last  mentioned  legacies  of  fifty  pounds  shall  be  paid 
out  of  the  moneys  specified  in  a  writing  now  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Frauds 
Dove.     I  give  to  my  last  nominated  four  children,  Anne,  Martha,  Elizabeth 
and  John,  ten  pounds  each,  to  be  paid  at  the  times  limited  for  the  payment 
of  their  other  legacies ;  and  if  my  said  daughters,  or  either  of  them,  shall 
marry  before  they  shall  respectively  attain  to  their  several  ages  of  twenty 
and  one  years  without  the  consent  of  my  overseers,  or  one  of  them,  then 
such  of  them  as  shall  so  marry  shall  have  only  this  last  legacy  of  ten  pounds, 
and  their  other  legacies  of  fifty  pounds  to  be  divided  among  the  survivors 
of  them,  at  the  discretion  of  my  overseers.     I  give  and  bequeath  to  Samuel, 
Paul  and  Barnabas  Thatcher,  my  three  youngest  sons,  to  each  of  them 
fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  to  them  when  they  shall  respectively  attain  to  their 
several  ages  of  twenty  and  three  years.     And  it  is  my  will  that  the  benefit 
and  commodity  to  be  made  of  all  the  said  legacies  given  to  my  said  children 
shall  be  bestowed  and  employed  by  my  overseers  for  and  towards  the  edu- 
cation and  maintenance  of  my  said  children  until  their  legacies  shall  re- 
spectively grow  due  and  payable  in  such  sort  as  my  said  overseers  shall 
think  best  and  fittest  for  them.     (Provision  made  in  case  of  the  death  of 
any  child.)     I  give  to  my  two  brothers  John  and  Anthony,  to  my   wife's 
four  sisters,  Elizabeth,  Margery,  Mary  and  Dorothy,  and  to  my  sister  Anne 
Batt,  to  each  of  them  five  shillings,  to  make  them  rings,  as  a  remembrance 
of  my  love  to  them.     To  my  servant  Edith  Davis  forty  shillings,  to  be  paid 
within  one  month  after  my  decease.     All  the  rest  of  my  goods,  debts,  chat- 
tels, plate,  implements  of  household,  household  stuff  and  books  (except  such 
of  my  books  as  I  shall  give  and  dispose  of  by  a  note  or  schedule  hereof  to 
be  annexed  to  this  my  will,  and  reserving  to  my  children  the  plate  which 
was  severally  given  to  them  at  their  births  or  since).     I  give  and  bequeath 
to  Alice  Thatcher,  my  loving  wife,   whom  I  also  ordain   and  make  sole 
executrix  &c,  and  I  desire  my  very  loving  friend,  the  said  Francis  Dove, 
and  my  loving  brother  in  law  Richard  Alwood  to  be  the  overseers  of  this 
my  last  will  and  testament,  to  whom  I  give  five  shillings  apiece  in  token  of 
my  love. 

Wit:  Nathaniel  Conduit,  John  Iviejunr. 

Then  follows  a  long  list  of  books  (chiefly  theological)  "  Giuen  to  my  sonn 
Thomas  Thatcher  theis  books  following."  Evelyn,  112. 

[In  the  collections  of  Licenses  to  pass  beyond  the  sea,  Eliz.  to  Car  I.  in  the 
Public  Record  office,  I  have  found  the  following  entry  : 

"  Primo  die  Octobris  1631.  Anthony  Thatcher  of  age  65  years  dwelling  in 
Leyden,  et  uxor  Clarey  Thatcher,  38." 

A  pen  has  been* drawn  through  this  entry,  but  on  the  margin  is  written,  "  Wm 
Cooke  dwelling  in  Bermoudsey  street  test "  against  it ;  and  there  is  also  written 
against  it  in  the  margin  the  word  "  Stet."— H.  F.  Waters. 


678  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

A  word  as  to  the  record  spelling  of  Peter  Thacher's  surname.  There  can  be 
no  doubt  that  the  signature  of  the  original  will  was  spelled  as  he  invariably 
spelled  it,  so  far  as  is  known,  without  the  middle  "t."  The  writer  ha«  in  his 
possession  photographs  of  original  signatures  of  his,  so  spelled,  and  the  records 
of  his  parish  are  full  of  his  signatures,  so  spelled.  He  was  settled  in  1616  over 
the  Parish  Church  of  Milton,  Clevedon,  Somersetshire,  and  an  inscription  upon 
a  stone  in  the  wall  of  that  church  to  the  memory  of  his  deceased  child,  John, 
contains  the  name  Thacher.  Why,  then,  it  may  be  asked,  did  the  scrivener  who 
wrote  the  will,  or  the  clerk  who  recorded  it,  spell  it  otherwise.  Unquestionably 
from  carelessness  in  one  or  both.  A  distinguished  historian  and  antiquary,  in 
Winsor's  "  Memorial  History  of  Boston,"  has  spelled  the  name  both  ways,  in  the 
same  article,  on  the  same  page.  Anthony,  brother  of  Peter,  always  spelled  his 
name,  also,  with  one  "  t." 

The  leaders  of  St.  Edmunds  Parish  in  Salisbury  were  Puritans,  and  a  dis- 
agreement having  arisen,  in  consequence,  with  their  minister,  Hugh  Williams, 
he  resigned  in  1621  or  1622.  These  leaders  having  fixed  upon  Mr.  Thacher  as 
Mr.  Williams's  successor,  he  was  invited  to  that  parish  by  repeated,  urgent  votes 
of  the  vestry.  He  finally  resigned  the  vicarage  of  Milton  Clevedon,  and  Feb. 
23,  1622-3,  he  was  instituted  rector  of  St.  Edmunds,  Salisbury,  by  the  then 
Bishop  of  Sarum,  John  Davenant,  who  favored  the  Puritans.  He  continued 
rector,  to  the  great  acceptance  of  his  parishioners,  until  his  death,  Feb.  19, 
1640-1.  He  was  harassed,  more  or  less,  during  this  period,  by  Archbishop 
Laud,  because  of  his  Puritanism. 

It  has  been  generally  supposed  that  the  Anthony  named  in  the  wills  of  Thomas 
and  Clement  as  their  brother,  and  as  being  out  of  the  realm,  was  the  same  An- 
thony, brother  of  Rev.  Peter,  who  is  mentioned  in  his  will.  The  writer,  how- 
ever, for  various  reasons,  doubts  the  correctness  of  this  hypothesis,  notwith- 
standing a  pedigree  of  the  Thacher  family,  furnished  many  years  since  by  offi- 
cials of  the  College  at  Arms  in  London,  to  the  late  Hon.  J.  S.  B.  Thacher  of 
Natchez,  Miss.,  assumes  Thomas,  Clement,  Peter,  and  the  Anthony  of  Peter's 
will,  to  have  been  brothers.  The  extract  from  the  Public  Record  Office  in 
London,  which  Mr.  Waters  appends  to  his  abstracts  of  the  three  wills,  places 
the  matter,  it  seems,  beyond  controversy.  We  there  find,  Oct.  31,  1631,  an  An- 
thony Thacher,  65  years  of  age,  dwelling  at  Leyden,  with  his  wife  Clarey.  Now 
Anthony  Thacher,  brother  of  Rev.  Peter,  so  celebrated  for  his  graphic  and  pa- 
thetic description  of  the  awful  shipwreck  on  Thacher's  Island,  Aug.  15,  1635, 
when  he  and  his  wife  were  the  sole  survivors  of  the  vessel's  crew  and  passen- 
gers, numbering  twenty-three,  and  who  was  afterwards  one  of  the  three  founders 
of  Yarmouth,  Mass.,  never  had  a  wife  "  Clarey."  His  first  wife,  Mary,  died  at 
Salisbury,  July  26,  1634,  while  he  was  serving  his  brother  Peter  as  curate  at 
St.  Edmunds,  which  office  he  held  several  years.  (In  the  record  of  his  wife's 
death,  in  the  parish  register,  he  has  the  title  of  "  Clerk"  or  clergyman.)  Eliza- 
beth Jones  became  his  second  wife  only  six  weeks  before  she  embarked  for  New 
England,  on  or  about  April  6,  1635,  with  her  husband  and  four  of  his  children, 
one  (Benjamin)  having  been  left  behind  in  the  care  of  his  brother  Peter,  because 
of  his  tender  age.  They  were  accompanied  by  Thomas,  then  15  years  of  age, 
son  of  Peter,  afterwards  first  pastor  of  the  Old  South  Church  of  Boston,  and 
who  preferred  a  tramp  through  the  woods  from  Ipswich,  the  place  of  embarka- 
tion, to  the  water  trip,  having,  says  Cotton  Mather,  "  such  a  strong  and  sad 
impression  upon  his  mind  about  the  issue  of  the  voyage,  that  he,  with  another, 
would  needs  go  the  journey  by  land."  (See  1  Mag.  442.  Hartford  ed.  of  1820.) 
Anthony  died  Aug.  22,  1667,  aged  about  80  (see  Freeman's  History  of  Cape  Cod), 
which  would  require  his  birth  to  have  occurred  in  1587.  He  could  hardly  have 
attained  that  age,  however,  as  Peter,  for  good  reasons,  believed  to  have  been 
the  elder,  was  born  in  1588.  If  we  assume  that  Anthony  was  eighty  in  1667,  he 
would  have  been  forty-four  in  1631,  when  thfe  Anthony  of  the  Public  Record 
Office  was  sixty-five.  Anthony,  the  brother  of  Peter,  had  received  a  good  edu- 
cation, Avrote  a  very  handsome  hand,  and  expressed  himself  with  ease,  correctly, 
with  force  and  perspicuity,  and  sometimes,  eloquently.  Yet  the  most  persever- 
ing researches  have  failed  to  discover  the  place  of  his  education.  It  has  been 
surmised  that  he  may  have  received  his  education  from  his  brother  Peter. 

It  will  be  observed  that  in  neither  of  the  wills  of  Thomas  and  Clement  is 
there  any  reference  to  a  brother  Pefer,  or  a  sister  Anne,  which  can  hardly  be 
accounted  for  if  the  two  latter,  indeed,  bore  such  relation  to  the  two  former. 

The  John  Thacher,  son  of  Peter,  named  in  his  will,  being  the  second  son  of 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  679 

J 

that  name,  was  interred  Sept.  1,  1673.  Administration  was  granted  on  his 
estate  Nov.  10,  1673.  He  was  a  chirurgeon.  All  the  children  named  in  the  will, 
except  Samuel,  Paul  and  Barnabas,  of  whom  the  testator  speaks  as  his  "three 
youngest  sons,"  were  the  children  of  his  first  wife,  Anne,  whose  burial  is  re- 
corded March  26,  1634.  In  those  days  baptism  usually  succeeded  the  birth 
within  a  day  or  two,  and  sometimes  took  place  on  the  day  of  birth.  Martha 
was  baptized  Nov.  30,  1623 ;  Elizabeth,  Jan.  29,  1625-6 ;  John,  Feb.  3,  1627-8. 
Mr.  Thacher  was  married  to  his  second  wife,  Alice  Batt,  a  sister  of  Christopher 
Batt,  named  in  his  will  as  his  "brother  in  law,"  about  April  14,  1635.  The 
record  of  this  marriage  has  not  been  discovered,  but  the  marriage  allegation, 
recorded  in  the  Diocesan  Register  at  Salisbury,  is  as  follows  : 

"  April  14,  1635.  Personally  appeard  Richard  White  of  St.  Thomas,  in  Sarum, 
Grocer,  and  he  craves  License  for  marriage  between  Peter  Thacher,  Clarke, 
Master  of  Arts,  Parson  of  St.  Edmunds,  in  Sarum,  and  a  widower,  and  Alice 
Batt  of  St.  Edmunds,  in  Sarum,  Spinster,  aged  30  years,  or  thereabouts,  and 
alleged  that,  to  his  knowledge,  there  is  noe  impediment,  either  in  respect  to 
consanguinity,  affinity,  former  contract,  or  otherwise,  but  that  they  may  law- 
fully marry  together,  and  that  her  parents  are  both  dead,  and  of  the  truth  thereof 
he  offereth  to  make  faith." 

Francis  Dove,  the  author  of  the  inscription  on  Peter  Thacher's  tomb,  signed 
"F.  D.,"was  one  of  his  principal  parishioners,  and  a  Churchwarden  of  St. 
Edmunds  during  the  greater  part  of  his  incumbency.  Francis  Dove  was  of  the 
order  of  the  gentry.  He  was  held  in  the  highest  esteem  in  Salisbury,  and  was  a 
man  of  pure  morals  and  of  sterling  integrity.  He  was  twice  mayor  of  that 
metropolitan  city.  His  brothers,  John  and  Henry,  also  in  turn  held  that  re- 
sponsible office.  Francis  was  the  "  very  loving  friend  "  of  his  minister,  and 
married  his  widow,  Alice  (Batt)  Thacher,  Oct.  19,  1641.  The  "  loving  brother 
inlaw,"  Richard  Alwood,  appointed  with  Francis  Dove  "overseers"  of  the 
will,  married  Elizabeth  Batt,  a  sister  of  Alice,  Jan.  29,  1640-1.  Mr.  Thacher 
deceased  Feb.  19,  1640-1. 

Alice  and  Elizabeth  Batt  were  sisters  of  Christopher  Batt,  above  mentioned. 
The  testator  also  speaks  of  his  "  sister  Anne  Batt,"  to  whom,  with  his  "wife's 
four  sisters,  Elizabeth,  Margery,  Mary  and  Dorothy,"  he  gives  five  shillings 
each,  "  to  make  them  rings  as  a  remembrance  of  my  (his)  love  to  them."  The 
fact  that  he  calls  Anne,  wife  of  Christopher  Batt,  his  sister — said  Christopher 
being  his  brother-in-law — has  led  to  the  belief  that  she  was  his  own  sister.  But 
as  Christopher  was  the  brother  of  Mr.  Thacher's  wife,  and  thus  the  former  be- 
came the  latter's  brother-in-law,  and  as  there  is  no  evidence,  outside  of  this 
will,  that  Mr.  Thacher  ever  had  a  sister  Anne,  and  as  it  appears  by  the  record  at 
St.  Edmunds  that  Christopher  Batt  married  another  person,  it  has  been  inferred 
that  the  testator  called  Anne  Batt  his  sister  out  of  courtesy  merely.  In  the 
Bishop  of  Sarum's  Books,  under  date  of  Oct.  10,  1629,  there  is  recorded  an 
"  allegation  of  marriage"  between  Christopher  Batt,  tanner,  aged  26  years,  and 
Anne  Baynton,  Spinster,  aged  26  years.  October  12,  1629,  there  is  found  in  the 
Parish  Register  of  St.  Edmunds  a  record  of  their  marriage.  There  is  no  evi- 
dence that  said  Christopher  was  married  a  second  time.  The  record  of  the 
births  of  his  children  tends  to  show  that  their  mother  was  Anne  (Baynton)  Batt. 
He  emigrated  to  New  England  with  his  family  in  1638.  His  wife  Anne  survived 
him. 

The  will  of  Paul,  one  of  the  three  yonngest  sons  of  Peter  Thacher,  baptized 
July  22,  1638,  interred  Sept.  16,  1678,  and  that  of  the  son  of  Paul,  Anthony  Hil- 
lary Thacher,  baptized  Nov.  4,  1671,  interred  Nov.  25,  1692,  allowed  and  recorded 
in  the  court  of  the  Sub  Dean  of  Sarum,  are  now  to  be  found  in  Somerset  House, 
London.     Paul  inherited  from  his  mother  a  large  real  estate. 

Peter  Thacher,  of  West  Newton,  Mass. 

See  also  the  article  on  the  Thacher  Family,  by  Samuel  Pearce  May,  Esq.,  in 
the  Register  for  April,  1889,  page  171.— Editor.] 

Richard  Allwood  of  New  Sarum,  Wilts,  haberdasher,  20  May  1644, 
proved  22  March  1644.  After  my  debts  have  been  paid  and  the  charges 
of  my  burial  defrayed  the  remainder  of  my  estate  I  give  &c  as  follows.  To 
the  four  children  of  my  late  sister  Alice  Turner  forty  shillings  apiece,  to  be 
paid  unto  the  men  children   when   they  shall  be  bound  apprentices  and  to 


680  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

the  daughters  when  they  shall  attain  to  their  several  ages  of  twenty  and 
one  years  or  days  of  marriage,  which  shall  first  happen.  To  my  brother 
Gabriel  Currons  forty  shillings.  To  the  poor  knitters  of  the  Parish  of 
Christ  church  in  the  County  of  Southampton  twenty  shillings,  to  be  distri- 
buted in  bread  amongst  them  accordiug  to  the  discretion  of  my  overseers. 
I  give  ten  pounds  to  be  distributed  yearly  for  ten  years  together  next  after 
my  decease  unto  such  Godly  ministers  as  they  shall  get  to  preach  in  the 
said  parish  church  upon  Ascension  Day  in  every  year.  To  the  poor  of  the 
parish  of  Ringwood,  in  Southampton,  twenty  shillings,  to  be  distributed 
amongst  them  in  bread.  To  my  loving  friend  Mr.  William  Pape  forty  shil- 
lings. To  my  daughter  Dorcas  one  hundred  pounds,  and  also  all  the  goods 
and  chattels  which  are  belonging  unto  me  and  that  are  in  the  hands  of  my 
brother  Mr.  Edmond  Batter  in  New  England,  to  be  conveyed  over  ac- 
cording to  the  discretion  of  my  said  overseers,  and  half  my  trunk  of  linen 
and  one  silver  bowl  and  a  silver  cup.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  brother 
Mr.  Christopher  Batt  the  sum  of  five  pcunds.  And  whereas  I  do  conceive 
that  Elizabeth  my  wife  is  now  with  child  my  will  and  meaning  is  and  I  do 
hereby  give  and  bequeathe  unto  such  child,  if  it  shall  be  born  alive,  the  sum 
of  one  hundred  pounds  and  two  silver  bowls,  to  be  paid  and  delivered  unto 
him  or  her  when  they  shall  attain  to  the  full  age  of  twenty  and  one  years, 
or  sooner  if  to  my  said  wife  it  shall  seem  meet.  And  in  case  the  said  child 
shall  happen  do  die  before  it  shall  attain  to  the  full  age  of  twenty  and  one 
years  then  my  will  and  meauing  is  that  some  part  of  the  said  sum  of  one 
hundred  pounds  shall  be  disposed  for  the  use,  benefit  and  behoof  of  my  said 
daughter  Dorcas  according  to  the  discretion  of  my  said  executrix.  The 
residue  of  my  goods  &c.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  said  Elizabeth  my 
wife,  desiring  her,  out  of  that  estate  that  I  have  herein  bequeathed  unto 
her,  to  allow  unto  my  mother  in  law  ten  pounds  a  year  so  long  as  she  shall 
live,  to  be  paid  quarterly  unto  her  &c.  And  I  make,  ordain  &c.  the  said 
Elizabeth  ray  wife  the  sole  and  only  executrix  and  my  loving  friend  Mr. 
Humfrey  Ditton  the  elder  and  my  brother  Mr.  Francis  Dove  overeers  of 
this  my  last  will  &c,  and  for  their  pains  therein  to  be  taken  I  do  hereby 
give  and  bequeath  unto  them  ten  shillings  apiece  to  buy  them  rings. 

Rivers,  54. 

[The  testator  Richard  Allwood,  the  brother-in-law  of  Peter  Thacher  and  of 
Christopher  Batt,  had  it  seems  another  brother-in-law  in  New  England,  namely, 
Edmund  Batter,  who  was  a  man  of  some  account  in  Salem.  He  owned  and 
occupied  a  narrow  strip  of  land  on  the  north  side  of  Essex  Street  running  from 
Washington  Street  (where  his  house  stood)  back  to  North  Street. — H.  F. 
Waters.] 

Bennett  Swayne  the  elder  of  the  City  of  New  Sarum,  in  the  County 
of  AVilts,  gent,  3  December  1630,  proved  27  January  1830.  My  body  to 
be  interred  in  the  parish  church  of  S4  Edmond's,  within  the  said  city.  To 
the  same  church  ten  shillings  and  to  the  poor  within  that  parish  forty  shil- 
lings. To  the  poor  within  Sl  Martin's  parish  forty  shillings,  viz*  twenty 
shillings  to  the  poor  of  that  parish  within  the  precincts  of  the  city  and  the 
other  twenty  shillings  to  the  poor  of  Milford  that  are  within  the  same  parish 
and  without  the  liberty  of  the  city.  To  the  poor  of  Laverstocke  parish 
ten  shillings.  To  my  old  servant  Greenway  ten  shillings  and  to  my  servant 
Graye  and  his  fellow  five  shillings  apiece.  To  my  maid  servant  Emms 
Brachem  and  man  servant  Thomas  Battyn  twenty  shillings  apiece  aud  to  my 
servant  William  Knowlton  five  shillings.  To  my  sister  Sibbell  Mitchell  five 
pounds,  to  be  paid  unto  her  within  six  mouths  next  after  my  death.     To  my 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  681 

daughter  Jane  Swayne  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  in  money  and  her 
mother's  drinking  bowl  tipped  with  silver,  to  be  paid  aud  delivered  unto  her 
at  her  age  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  day  of  her  marriage,  which  of  them 
shall  first  and  next  happen.  To  my  daughter  Jone  Swayne  one  hundred  and 
fifty  pounds  and  one  silver  bowl,  to  be  paid  and  delivered  (as  to  her  sister 
Jane).  To  my  son  Richard  Swayne  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  and  one 
silver  bowl,  to  be  paid  and  delivered  at  his  age  of  one  aud  twenty.  To  my 
daughter  Rebecca  Swayne  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  and  one  silver 
bowl,  to  be  paid  and  delivered  (as  to  her  sisters).  To  John  Swayne  my 
eldest  son  ten  quarters  of  good  seed  barley  at  or  before  the  five  and  twen- 
tieth day  of  March  now  next  coming.  To  my  daughter  in  law  Anne 
Swayne,  my  son  John's  wife,  my  double  gilded  salt  having  a  top  and  a 
bottom.  To  my  said  son  John  my  signet  ring.  To  my  daughter  Christian 
Pewde,  the  wife  of  William  Pewde,  ten  pounds  in  money  and  my  gilded  stone 
cup.  and  unto  William,  Martha  aud  Andrew  Pewde,  her  children,  to  each  of 
them  three  pounds  six  shillings  and  eight  pence  apiece,  which  I  appoint 
shall  be  paid  unto  their  father  for  their  uses  within  twelve  months  next  after 
my  decease.  To  my  daughter  Margaret  Batt,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Batt, 
twenty  pounds  in  twelve  months  &c.  To  the  said  Margaret  Batt  my  silver 
teen.  To  my  said  son  Richard  Swayne  &  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  to 
be  begotten  the  lease  of  my  house  in  Gilderland  Street  which  I  bought  of 
Robert  Holmes  iren1  and  all  the  term  and  estate  which  I  have  thereof  and 
therein  yet  to  come  and  unexpired;  but  if  he  die  without  lawful  issue  be- 
fore his  said  age  of  one  and  twenty  I  give  the  said  lease  unto  my  said 
daughter  Jane  Swayne  &c,  remainder  to  my  right  heirs  forever.  I  give 
the  lease  of  the  messuage  in  Winchester  Street,  whereiu  I  now  dwell,  and 
all  the  term  of  years  therein  yet  to  come,  with  all  the  glass,  wainscot  and 
benches  in  and  about  the  same,  uuto  the  said  John  Swayne  my  son  and  hi* 
lawfully  begotten  heirs,  remainder  to  my  son  Bennett  Swayne,  next  to  my 
son  Richard  Swayne.  But  my  wife  Bridget  shall  hold  and  enjoy  the  said 
messuage  &c, — during  the  term  of  her  life,  if  she  shall  so  long  remain  a 
widow,  paying  the  rent  thereof  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  the  Cathedral 
Church  of  Sarum  and  keeping  the  same  in  reparations  and  in  tenantable 
manner.  The  residue  of  my  goods  &c.  I  give  to  Bridgett  my  wife  and 
Bennett  Swayne  my  son,  and  I  make  them  sole  executors.  And  I  do 
nominate  my  loving  brother  in  law  Andrew  Pewde  gen*  Thomas  Harwood 
gen',  John  Vyninge,  John  Barrowe  the  elder  and  William  Bowles  gen4  over- 
seers, and  I  do  give  to  each  of  them  in  token  of  my  love  twenty  shillings 
apiece  to  make  each  of  them  a  ring. 

Wit:  Thomas  Kynton  ah  Matthew,  William  Bowles,  William  Widnoll 
and  Richard  Tuck.  S*  John,  8. 

[Rebecca,  daughter  of  Bennet  Swayne  the  testator,  came  to  New  England  and 
died  at  Ipswich,  Mass.,  July  21,  1695.  She  married  1st,  Henry  Byley;  2d,  John 
Hall;  3d,  Rev.  William  "Worcester;  and  4th,  Deputy  Gov.  Samuel  Symonds. 
For  a  pedigree  and  other  facts  concerning  the  Swayne  family,  see  Appletons' 
Ancestry  of  Priscilla  Baker,  pp.  132-7. — Editor.] 

Henry  Bilet  the  elder,  of  the  City  of  New  Sarum  in  the  County  of 
Wilts  gen4,  18  October  1633,  proved  23  June  1634.  To  the  parish  church 
of  Sl.  Edmond's  twenty  shillings,  and  twenty  shillings  more  to  the  poor  of 
the  same  parish.  To  the  Mayor  and  Commonalty  of  the  City  three  pounds 
six  shilling  eight  pence,  to  be  employed  in  the  working  house  within  the 
said  city  towards  the  setting  of  the  poor  there  at  work.     To  my  grandson 


682  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Henry  Biley  ten  pounds  in  money  and  my  bedstead  and  one  of  my  great 
chests  and  my  square  table  board  and  my  cupboard  which  are  in  my  great 
chamber,  and  my  cupboard  in  my  hall,  and  the  cupboard  and  tableboard  in 
my  kitchen,  and  one  of  my  silver  beakers,  and  my  biggest  brass  pot,  save 
one  which  is  to  the  Lymbeeke,  and  my  biggest  brass  kettle,  and  my  second 
tyled  house  or  standing  in  the  Row  by  the  Corn-market,  next  to  the 
"pillowry,"  and  all  my  vats  &c.  &c.  in  and  about  my  tan-house  &c.  To 
my  grandson  John  Biley  twenty  pounds,  to  my  grand  daughter  Mary  Biley 
ten  pounds  and  a  silver  beaker,  to  my  grandchildren  Edward,  Elizabeth  and 
William  Biley  ten  pounds  apiece,  to  my  grandson  Christopher  Batt,  son  of 
Thomas  Batt,  gen4  deceased,  twenty  pounds  in  money  and  my  uppermost 
tyled  house  or  standing  in  the  Market-place  near  to  Mr  Thomas  Elliott's 
Louse  there,  to  my  grandson  Thomas  Batt,  son  of  said  Thomas  deceased, 
twenty  pounds,  to  my  grand  daughters  Mary  and  Dorothy  Batt,  daughters 
of  said  Thomas  deceased,  fifty  pounds  each,  to  my  great  grandchildren 
Christopher,  Anne  and  Jane  Batt,  children  of  said  grandson  Christopher 
Batt,  forty  shillings  each,  and  forty  shillings  to  my  great  grand  daughter 
Elizabeth  Batt,  daughter  of  said  grandson  Thomas  Batt.  Forty  shillings 
to  my  servant  John  Hulett.  To  my  grand  daughter  Alice  Batt,  daughter 
of  said  Thomas  deceased,  one  hundred  pounds  in  money  and  my  bowl  of 
silver  and  gilt  having  a  "  Poesy  "  about  it  and  my  biggest  brass  pot  and 
lymbeeke  thereto  used  &c.  To  my  granddaughters  Elizabeth  and  Margery 
Batt  fifty  pounds  each.  My  grandsons  Christopher  Batt,  and  Henry  Biley 
and  grand  daughter  Alice  Batt  shall  have,  hold,  use,  occupy  and  enjoy  all 
my  lands  and  tenements  in  Wellowe  and  my  dwelling  house,  tan  house, 
orchards  and  gardens  in  New  Sarum  and  on  the  West  side  of  the  river 
Avon  and  all  my  stock  of  money,  bark,  hides,  leather  &c,  and  shall  receive 
and  take  the  rents  and  promts  towards  the  maintenance  and  keeping  of  my 
wife  and  family  &c.  My  son  Henry  Biley  to  be  executor  and  friends 
Thomas  Hill  and  Michael  Mackerell  and  grandson  Christopher  Batt  over- 
seers. Seager,  60. 

[See  Register,  Vol.  42,  p.  308 ;  and  annotations  on  wills  of  Thomas,  Clement 
and  Peter  Thacher,  ante  pp.  677-9,  and  Richard  Alwood,  p.  680. — Editor.] 

Grace  Heath  of  London,  widow,  16  December  1654,  proved  16  Feb- 
ruary 1654.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Sl  Stephen's, 
Coleman  Street,  where  I  do  now  dwell.  To  my  loving  cousin  Bennett 
Swaine  and  his  children  one  hundred  pounds,  each  one  of  them  to  have  an 
equal  and  ratable  part  thereof.  To  my  cousin  Rebecca  Worster  and  her 
two  children  (videlicet)  John  Hall  and  Rebecca  Byly  one  hundred  pounds, 
to  be  parted  and  divided  as  aforesaid.  To  my  cousin  Henry  Byly  one 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  to  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Cousins  ten  pounds,  to 
my  cousin  Elizabeth  Barrett  twenty  pounds,  to  Master  William  Taylor, 
preacher,  ten  pounds  and  to  his  wife  twenty  shillings  to  make  her  a  ring  to 
wear  iu  remembrance  of  me,  and  to  his  four  children  ten  shillings  apiece  to 
make  them  rings.  To  Master  George  Griffeth  of  Londou,  merchant,  ten 
pounds  and  to  his  wife  twenty  shillings  and  to  his  son  and  daughter  ten 
shillings.  To  Master  Osburt  Fowler  and  his  wife  twenty  shillings  apiece, 
to  make  them  rings.  To  the  poor  of  St.  Stephen's  Coleman  Street  ten 
pounds.  To  my  son  in  law  Thomas  Heath  twenty  pounds  and  to  his  wife 
twenty  shillings  to  make  her  a  ring.  To  my  son  in  law  John  Heath  twenty 
pounds  and  to  my  son  in  law  Jeffery  Heath  the  lease  of  my  now  dwelling 
house  in  Coleman  Street,  upon  condition  that  he  do  and  shall  yearly,  during 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         683 

the  term  of  my  said  lease  pay  unto  mine  executrix  the  clear  yearly  pay- 
ment and  sum  of  ten  pounds.  I  give  to  the  wife  of  the  said  Jeffery  Heath 
twenty  shillings  to  make  her  a  ring.  The  residue  of  my  estate  I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  my  loving  sister  Bridget  Swayne,  widow,  and  I  do  make  and 
ordain  my  said  sister  Bridget  Swayne  full  and  sole  executrix  and  my  loving 
friends  Master  William  Taylor  and  Master  George  Griffeth  overseers. 

The  testatrix  made  a  codicil  to  the  above  will,  Thursday  18  January 
1654.  Among  other  things  she  appointed  her  cousin  Bennett  Swaine  to  be 
co-executor  with  her  sister  Bridgett  Swayne.  The  will  (with  its  codicil) 
was  proved  by  Bennett  Swayne,  power  being  reserved  to  make  the  like  pro- 
bate and  grant  the  like  administration  unto  Bridgett  Swayne,  the  other 
executor,  wheu  she  should  come  and  in  legal  manner  desire  the  same. 

Aylett,  40. 

John  Hall  of  London,  goldsmith,  13  April  1691,  proved  6  May  1691. 
I  will  and  bequeath  all  my  household  goods,  household  plate  and  my  wear- 
ing Jewells  and  my  wearing  rings  to  my  most  dear  and  entirely  beloved 
wife,  Elizabeth  Hall,  excepting  such  things  which  by  me  or  my  said  wife 
have  been  given  to  my  dear  daughter  Elizabeth  Hall  to  furnish  her  closet. 
To  my  said  wife  fifty  pieces  of  gold  of  the  value  of  fifty  pounds  sterling,  all 
my  messuages  &c.  in  St.  Nicholas  Lane  and  Abchurch  Lane  in  the  parishes 
of  St.  Nicholas  Aeon  and  St.  Mary  Abchurch,  London,  and  the  lease  thereof 
granted  by  the  Master  and  Wardens  and  Brethren  and  Sisters  of  the  Guild 
or  Fraternity  of  the  blessed  Mary  the  Virgin  of  the  Mistery  of  the  Drapers, 
London,  unto  my  late  uncle  James  Hall  deceased,  of  whose  last  Will  and 
testament  I  am  executor,  &c.  To  my  wife  all  my  messuages  &c.  which  are 
held  by  lease  of  the  Governors  of  St.  Thomas  Hospital  in  Southwark,  which 
late  belonged  to  Mr.  Samuel  Lynne  deceased,  late  father  of  my  said  wife; 
and  I  do  hereby  ratify  and  confirm  the  settlement  by  me  formerly  made  on 
my  said  wife  Elizabeth  Hall,  of  the  copyhold  or  customary  messuages  &c. 
in  Islington,  Middlesex,  and  another  settlement  made  by  Indenture  dated 
12  October  1686,  by  Fine  and  Recovery,  wherein  contained  two  messuages 
in  S'  Nicholas  Lane  and  Lumbard  Street,  in  the  parish  of  Sl  Nicholas 
Aeon,  are  limited  to  the  use  of  me  and  my  said  wife  and  after  our  deaths  to 
the  use  of  my  daughter  Elizabeth.  To  my  said  daughter  my  messuages 
&c.  in  Candlewick  ah  Cannon  Street,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Clement's  East- 
cheap,  London,  now  or  late  in  the  tenure  of  John  Fryer,  which  was  hereto- 
fore bought  of  Mr.  Joseph  Curtis  and  others  by  my  uncle  James  Hall  de- 
ceased and  since  his  death  is  descended  on  me  and  my  heirs.  To  the  said 
Elizabeth  my  messuage  &c.  in  S'  Olave's  Southwark,  held  by  lease  of  the 
Co.  of  Drapers.  To  my  said  daughter  my  Poole's  two  volumes  of  English 
Annotations,  Littleton's  Dictionary,  my  Quarto  Bible  of  the  old  translation, 
fine  py per,  printed  1582,  all  Dr  Manton's,  Dr  Goughes,  Bishop  Hall's  and 
Mr.  Charnock's  works  and  "  Foxes  Martriologie  "  in  three  volumes,  which 
are  in  my  Library.  I  give  to  my  cousin  Robert  Hale,  my  sister  Rebecca 
Hale's  son  deceased,  my  five  volumes  of  Poole's  Synopsis  Criticorum,  Ains- 
worth's  Annotations  and  Mellificiurn  Theologicum.  All  the  rest  of  my 
library  I  give  to  my  said  wife  Elizabeth.  I  give  to  my  ever  honored  mother 
Rebecca  Hall  als  Symonds  twenty  pounds,  in  full  of  all  demands,  and  to 
my  maid  servant  Ruth  Creswell  five  pounds.  I  give  to  my  uncle  Mr.  Ben- 
nett Swayne  and  to  my  aunt  Swayne,  his  wife,  and  to  my  cousin  Anne 
Slaughter,  my  said  cousin  Robert  Hale,  my  aunt  Rotherforth,  my  aunt 
Mary  Oliver,  my  cousin  Sarah  Evans,  my  cousin  Mary  Akerod,  Mr.  Sam- 


684  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

uel  Layfield,  my  cousins  Humphrey  Hall  of  Hertfordshire,  Daniel  Hall  of 
Graveseud,  Dorothy  Leadford  and  Sarah  Soutton  ten  shillings  apiece  to  buy 
them  rings.  I  give  forty  shillings  to  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Islington, 
where  I  now  live,  to  be  distributed  as  the  Vestry  shall  think  fit.  The 
Residue  of  my  goods  &c.  I  give  to  be  equally  divided  and  parted  between 
my  said  most  dear  and  beloved  wife  Elizabeth  Hall  and  my  said  daughter 
Elizabeth  Hall.  Reference  to  a  deed  of  Settlement  of  a  messuage  in  S' 
Nicholas  Lane  on  the  East  side  thereof,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Martin  Orgars 
&c.  Wife  Elizabeth  to  be  sole  executrix  and  my  cousin  Mr.  Bennett  Swayne 
and  Mr.  Samuel  Read  of  Loudon,  merchant,  to  be  guardians  to  my  said 
daughter  until  she  shall  attain  her  age  of  one  and  twenty  or  be  married,  she 
not  to  marry  without  the  consent  of  her  mother.  I  give  to  my  said  cousin 
Bennett  Swayne  six  pounds  and  to  the  said  Samuel  Read  three  pounds. 
Among  the  witnesses  was  a  Robert  Hall.  Vere,  81. 

[The  records  of  old  Norfolk  County,  Massachusetts,  which  are  now  lodged  in 
Salem  Court  Houses,  contain  considerable  information  about  the  Byleys  and 
Halls.  I  find  that  Mrs.  Rebecca  Hall,  widow,  was  making  a  conveyance  to 
Henry  Ambrose,  carpenter,  as  early  as  18  Nov.  1647.  By  the  death  of  her 
former  husband,  Mr.  Henry  Byley,  she  had  become  possessed  of  certain  lauds  in 
Salisbury  (Mass. ) .  These  she  made  over  to  her  two  children  Henry  and  Rebecca 
Byley,  as  part  of  their  portion,  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  with  Mr.  John  Hall. 

Mr.  John  Hall  was  maried  to  Mrs  Rebecca  Bylie  by  ye  Worship.  Mr  Symon 
Bradstreet  the  3tl  day  of  April  164L 

John  Hall  the  sonne  of  Mr  John  Hall  and  Rebecka  his  wife  was  borne  the  18th 
of  the  l6t  mo.  1641-2. 

Mr  William  Worcester  was  married  to  Mr8  Rebecka  Hall  the  22d  of  the  5th  mo. 
1650. 

John  Hale  married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Henry  Byley  of  Salisbury,  15  Decem- 
ber 1664.  Their  daughter  Rebecca  was  born  28  April  1666,  and  their  son  Robert 
was  born  3  November  1668.  The  latter  was  graduated  at  Harvard  College  1686, 
.and  lived  and  died  in  Beverly.  He  took  a  high  position  in  the  affairs  of  his 
town  and  county,  and  also  of  the  Province.  Years  ago  I  saw  in  the  rooms  of 
the  American  Antiquarian  Society  at  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  among  the 
papers  probably  received  from  the  executor  of  the  Will  of  the  Revd  William 
Bentley,  D.D.,  some  interesting  memoranda  and  letters  which  had  evidently  be- 
longed to  Robert  Hale,  Esq.,  and  which  threw  additional  light  upon  his  family 
connections  in  old  England. 

The  reference  made  by  John  Hall  of  Islington  to  the  will  of  his  late  uncle 
James  Hall,  deceased,  led  me  to  huut  for  that  will,  with  the  following  result :] 

James  Hall  of  Sf  Clement  East  Cheap,  citizen  and  draper  of  London, 
16  November  1665,  proved  19  November  1686.  My  body  to  be  decently 
buried  in  the  chancel  of  the  parish  church  of  St.  Clament's  East  Cheap, 
and  my  executors  shall  lay  out  and  expend  two  hundred  pounds  upon  my 
funeral  and  shall  give  thereat  to  five  and  thirty  poor  men,  to  appear  with 
black  gowns,  twenty  shillings  apiece,  and  two  hundred  rings,  of  ten  shillings 
price  each  ring,  to  so  many  persons  to  be  invited  to  my  funeral.  I  give  my 
three  messuages  &c.  in  Lumbard  Street  and  in  S'  Nicholas  Lane,  in  the 
parish  of  S'  Nicholas  Aeon,  commonly  called  or  known  by  the  several  names 
or  signs  of  the  Flying  Horse,  the  Hen  and  Chickens  and  the  Golden  Lion, 
now  or  late  in  the  several  tenures  &c.  of  Henry  Bourne,  David  King  and 
of  one  Dodsworth,  unto  my  loving  mother  Sarah  Wraxall  of  London,  widow, 
for  and  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life  only,  and  after  her  decease  then 
unto  my  nephew  John  Hall  of  London,  merchant,  and  to  the  heirs  male  of 
his  body  lawfully  to  be  forgotten,  remainder  to  my  cousin  Humphrey  Hall, 
eldest  son  of  my  uncle  Thomas  Hall  &c,  then  to  my  cousin  Daniel  Hall, 
youngest  son  of  my  said  uncle  Thomas,  and  to  his  heirs  forever.     I  give  my 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  685 

messuage  &c.  in  St.  Nicholas  Lane  in  the  parish  of  St.  Martins  Orgars, 
commonly  called  or  known  by  the  name  or  sign  of  the  Red  Lion,  now  in 
the  tenure  &c.  of  William  Clarke,  to  my  said  nephew  John  Hall  and  his 
heirs  forever  (conditioned  on  payment  of  certain  legacies).  I  give  my  three 
messuages  &c.  in  Lamb  Alley  without  Bishopsgate,  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Buttolph  Bishopsgate,  unto  Aldermen  William  Hooker,  grocer,  John  Jef- 
feries,  baker,  Thomas  Ward,  apothecary,  William  Richards,  clothworker, 
Benoni  Honywood,  merchant  taylor,  Thomas  Trayton,  draper,  Thomas 
Grave,  innholder,  Thomas  Meadow,  draper,  Harvey  Seale,  butcher,  and 
John  Lee,  goldsmith,  citizens  of  London  and  inhabitants  within  the  said 
parish  of  St.  Clements,  P^ast  Cheap,  forever,  upon  Trust  that  they  shall,  by 
and  with  the  yearly  rents  and  profits  of  the  said  three  messuages  &c.  main- 
tain and  kept  a  Lecture,  to  be  preached  upon  every  Wednesday  in  the 
afternoon  in  every  week  from  the  Feast  day  of  St.  Michael  the  Archangel 
to  the  Feast  day  of  the  Annunciation  of  the  blessed  Virgin  Mary,  in  every 
year  successively  forever,  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Clement  East  Cheap 
aforesaid  by  some  godly  and  learned  minister  of  God's  word,  to  be  from 
time  to  time  chosen  and  appointed  thereunto  by  the  inhabitants  of  the  said 
parish,  to  be  assembled  at  their  Vestry  for  that  purpose  &c.  Provision 
made  for  the  succession  of  the  Feoffees.  I  give  aud  bequeath  unto  my  said 
mother  Sarah  Wraxall  one  hundred  pounds  of  lawful  money  and  twenty 
pieces  of  old  gold,  ten  of  them  being  two  and  twenty  shillings  each  piece 
and  the  other  ten  being  twenty  shillings  each  piece,  and  all  my  plate  (except 
two  silver  aud  gilt  spoons  hereafter  mentioned).  To  my  cousin  Sarah 
Bewley,  daughter  of  my  sister  Sarah  Berry,  fifty  pounds.  To  my  friend 
Mrs  Anne  Williams  at  the  sign  of  the  Ship  in  St.  Clement's  Lane,  widow, 
ten  pounds  to  buy  her  a  tankard.  To  the  poor  of  certain  parishes.  To 
Sl  Bartholomew's  Hospital  forty  pounds,  to  be  disposed  at  the  discretion  of 
my  cousin  Mills,  treasurer  there.  To  Christ's  Hospital  fifty  pounds.  To 
the  three  prisons  viz'  Ludgate  aud  the  two  Compters,  towards  the  relief  of 
poor  debtors,  ten  pounds  to  each  prison.  To  my  two  executors  eight  yards 
and  a  half  of  fine  black  cloth,  of  twenty  shillings  the  yard,  for  mourning, 
and  unto  my  said  mother  Sarah  Wraxall  fifty  pounds  for  mourning  for  her 
self  and  her  servant,  and  unto  my  said  sister  Sarah  Berry  twelve  pounds 
for  mourning  for  herself  and  servant  &c.  The  residue  I  give  to  my  said 
nephew  John  Hall  and  I  make  my  said  nephew  John  Hall  and  my  friend 
Robert  Mordant  executors. 

8°  Septembris  1686.  Personally  appeared  Samuel  Layfield  of  St. 
Michael  Cornhill,  London,  goldsmith,  aged  forty  years  or  thereabouts, 
the  husband  of  Mary  Oliver,  niece  of  James  Hall  late  of  London,  draper, 
deceased,  by  Mary  his  sister,  and  did  depose  that  he  went  to  visit  James 
Hall  deceased  &c.  on  Tuesday  the  tenth  of  August  last  past,  who  was  then 
very  dangerously  ill  at  his  ho.use,  in  Lamb  Alley  in  the  parish  of  St.  Buttolph 
Bishopsgate,  and  there  he  staid  and  watched  with  him  in  his  chamber 
until  three  of  the  clock  in  the  morning,  about  which  time  the  said  James  Hall 
departed  this  life,  and  this  deponent  assisted  in  „the  laying  forth  his  body, 
and  about  five  or  six  of  the  clock  in  the  said  morning  he  did  send  for  Mr. 
John  Hall,  the  said  deceased's  nephew,  and  he  came  thither  about  six  of 
the  clock  and  he  immediately  sent  for  Mr.  Thomas  Fige  and  Mr.  Edward 
Johnson,  two  of  the  deceased's  neighbors,  and  he  the  said  Mr.  John  Hall 
did  not  go  up  the  stairs  into  the  said  deceased's  chamber  until  they  the  said 
Mr.  Fyge  and  Mr.  Johnson  came,  and  then  they  went  up  all  together  and 
there  agreed  to  search  amongst  the  said  deceased's  writings  for  a  Will,  and 


686  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

this  said  deponent  took  out  of  the  pocket  of  the  breeches  which  the  said 
deceased  did  usually  wear  and  were  then  in  his  said  chamber  a  bunch  of 
keys  and  a  watch,  one  of  which  keyes  belonged  to  a  .trunk  which  stood  in 
the  chamber,  which  they  unlocked  (having  searched  two  small  trunks  be- 
fore) but  in  that  trunk  there  were  several  writings  of  concern,  a  bag  of 
money  with  a  ticket  upon  it  to  be  fifty  pounds,  a  purse  with  a  quantity  of 
gold  in  it,  being  ninety  nine  guineas,  and  two  broad  twenty  shilling  pieces, 
in  which  said  trunk  there  was  also  found,  wrapt  up  in  a  paper  upon  which 
were  endorsed  these  words  The  Last  Will  and  Testament  of  James  Hall, 
made  the  sixteenth  day  of  November  1665,  to  be  delivered  to  his  executors 
Mr.  John  Hall  and  Mr.  Robert  Mordant,  or  one  of  them,  which  paper 
seemed  to  have  formerly  sealed  but  at  the  said  finding  was  unsealed,  which 
being  opened  they  found  eight  sheets  of  paper  fixed  together  on  the  top 
with  red  tape,  and  a  seal  thereupon,  which  was  immediately,  in  the  presence 
of  all  the  said  four  persons  perused  and  read,  and  they  did  observe  and  take 
notice  that  the  words  James  Hall  were  subscribed  to  the  bottom  of  every 
of  the  said  sheets  and  they  also  took  notice  of  the  several  obliterations  (then 
follows  a  list  of  such  obliterations).  And  they  did  observe  that  by  the 
numbers  of  the  sheets  there  were  two  wanting,  viz1  the  6th  and  7th,  but  those 
that  were  so  found  the  said  Mr.  John  Hall  took  into  his  custody  and  locked 
up  the  said  trunk  again,  and  the  said  Mr.  Hall  also  kept  the  key  thereof, 
and  immediately  thereupon  they  searched  and  rummaged  all  trunks,  boxes 
and  other  places  where  they  could  imagine  any  other  will  might  be  placed 
or  laid  because  that  which  they  had  found  was  of  so  ancient  a  date.  And 
this  deponent  doth  further  depose  that  by  the  order  of  the  said  Mr.  John 
Hall  he  did  remove  the  said  trunk,  wherein  the  said  money  was,  and  the 
said  sheets  &c,  and  also  two  other  little  trunks  to  his  own  house,  for  better 
security,  and  there  locked  them  into  his  closet,  the  said  trunks  being  locked 
and  the  said  Mr  John  Hall  having  the  keys  in  his  custody,  as  aforesaid. 
And  that,  on  or  about  the  nineteenth  of  the  said  month  of  August  the  said 
Mr.  John  Hall  and  this  deponent  looking  over  the  remaining  papers  in  the 
said  trunk,  which  had  not  been  opened  since  the  bringing  the  same  to  his, 
this  deponent's,  house,  and  there,  towards  the  bottom  of  the  said  trunk, 
they  found  two  other  sheets  numbered  6  and  7,  with  several  obliterations 
and  blottings,  torn  at  the  top  and  at  the  bottom,  and  that  the  said  eight 
sheets,  so  fixed  together  as  aforesaid,  and  the  said  two  sheets  "  soe  loose 
oblitered  and  torne,"  and  annexed  to  this  his  deposition,  were  at  the  time 
of  finding  thereof  as  they  now  are.  Then  follows  a  deposition  (of  the  same 
general  purport)  made  by  Thomas  Fyge  and  Edward  Johnson  jointly  8 
September  1686.  Lloyd,  43. 

[The  above  will,  which  is  undoubtedly  the  will  referred  to  by  John  Hall  as 
that  of  his  uncle  James,  seems  to  place  this  family.  In  the  Visitation  of  Lon- 
don (1633-4-5),  may  be  found  the  following  pedigree  of  Hall,  of  Bishopsgate  : 

James,  the  fourth  son  of  John  and  Sarah  Hall,  was  evidently  the  testator  of 
the  will  of  which  I  have  just  given  an  abstract.  His  mother,  Sarah,  had  prob- 
ably remarried Wraxall ;  his  brother  John  (the  second  son)  was  the  one  who 

went  to  New  England  and  married  the  widow  Rebecca  Byley,  by  whom  he  had 
the  son  John  who  afterwards  came  to  England  and  lived  and  died  at  Islington. 

Sarah,  the  eldest  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Hall,  had  married Berry  and 

had  a  daughter  Sarah  married  to  Bewley.     Mary,  the  fourth  laughter, 

married Oliver  and  had  a  daughter  Mary,  wife  in  1686  of  Samuel  Layfleld. 

Their  cousins  Humfrey  and  Daniel  Hall,  sons  of  Thomas  and  Benet  Hall,  seem 
to  have  been  living  in  1691,  the  former  in  Hertfordshire  and  the  latter  at 
Gravesend.  In  a  future  number  I  hope  to  give  other  wills  referring  to  John 
Hall  of  Islington,  and  also  to  New  England.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


687 


JOHN  HALL  of  London  =  Ann,  da.  of  — 

marchant,  |         of  Horton  in  Kent 


Browne 


i 


John  Hall  of  London=Sarah,  only  da.  of  Sir 


merchant,  eldest 

sonne,  now  living 

a°  1633. 


Martyn  Luraley  Kt. 
Alderman  of  London. 


Thomas  Hall  of  London=Benet  da.  of  Thomas 


marchant,  a"  1633. 


Greene  of  Essex, 
sister  to  Mr.  John 
Greene,  the  coun- 
sellor, Judge  of 
Guildhall. 


Martin  Hall, 
sonne  and  heire. 


1  I    I 

2  John  Hall. 

3  Humfrey. 

4  James. 


1  Sarah. 

2  Alice. 

3  Elizabeth. 
4  Mary. 


'l  Thomas  Hall, 
aged  19  yeres. 


I    I   I    I 

2  John. 

3  Humfrey. 

4  Daniell. 

5  Joseph. 


Cicely  Hill  of  London,  widow,  7  August  1621,  proved  14  September 
1621.  I  give  to  the  daughter  of  my  late  deceased  sister  Alice,  dwelling  in 
Manchester  in  the  County  of  Lancaster,  twenty  shillings  and  two  of  my 
gowns,  two  petticoats,  a  kirtle  and  two  aprons.  To  Erne  ClyfFe  my  cham- 
lett  pettycoate.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Hanna  Jadwyn,  the  daughter  of 
Thomas  Jadwyn,  scrivener,  twenty  shillings.  .To  Dorothy  Marden  twenty 
shillings.  To  the  three  maiden  children  of  Mr.  George  Johnson,  citizen 
and  merchant  tailor  of  London,  ten  shillings  apiece.-  To  Mary,  Aiin  and 
Hester,  the  daughters  of  my  cousin  Peter  Hyude,  citizen  and  embroiderer 
of  London,  ten  shillings  apiece.  I  give  to  Elizabeth  Jadwin  the  wife  of  the 
aforesaid  Thomas  Jadwyn,  ten  shillings.  To  my  brother  James  Radley 
forty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Thomas  Harrison  of  Manchester  twenty 
shillings.  To  my  cousin  John  Harrison,  his  son,  twenty  shillings.  To  my 
good  friends  Mrs.  Alice  Bridgitt  and  to  the  aforesaid  Thomas  Jadwyn  ten 
shillings  apiece.  I  give  to  Mrs.  Owen  ten  shillings.  To  William  Johnson 
ten  shillings.  To  the  wife  of  William  Latham  ten  shillings.  To  George 
Latham  their  son  my  featherbed,  flockbed,  boulster  and  rugs.  To  Catherine 
Madoxe,  daughter  of  the  said  George  Johnson,  ten  shillings  and  all  my 
pewter.  To  Mr  Edward  Steney  clerk  ten  shillings.  To  Mr.  Young,  curate 
of  the  parish  where  I  now  dwell,  ten  shillings.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish 
ten  shillings.  Tothe  eldest  son  of  my  deceased  sister  Alice  twenty  shil- 
lings. To  my  kinsman  William  Radley  forty  shillings.  To  Winnifred 
Latham  daughter  of  William  Latham  ten  shillings.  To  Rebecca  Sayers 
ten  shillings.  The  residue  to  my  cousin  Peter  Hynde  and  Katherine  John- 
son, wife  of  George  Johnson,  whom  I  make  executors.  Dale,  77. 

William  Lynn,  citizen  and  carpenter  of  London,  20  July  1678,  proved 
10  June  1680.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Thomas 
the  Apostle,  Southwark.  To  my  wife  Mary  the  lease  of  my  ground  called 
The  Timber  Yard,  bearing  date  1  January  1658;  the  said  lease  given  me  by 
the  last  will  of  my  father,  Samuel  Lynn  deceased,  held  of  the  Governors  of 
the  Hospital  of  St.  Thomas  and  situate  in  the  parish  of  St.  Thomas  the 
Apostle  in  Southwark,  aforesaid.  I  give  her  also  the  lease  of  the  house  I 
now.  dwell  in  (in  the  same  parish)  held  of  John  Hall  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife  of  Islington,  Middlesex,  gent.  To  my  eldest  son  William  Lynn  my 
moiety  ot'  four  messuages  &c.  in  Church  Yard  Alley  near  Fetter  Lane,  he 
to  pay  twenty  pounds  to  my  daughter  Mary  Lynn,  fifty  pounds  to  my  son 
Samuel  aud  one  hundred  pounds  to  my  son  John.  To  my  daughter  Eliza- 
beth Lynn  my  messuage  &c,  now  divided  into  two  tenements,  in  Tooly 
Street,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Olaves,  Southwark,  she  to  pay  fifty  pounds  to 


688  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

my  daughter  Mary  and  one  hundred  pounds  to  my  son  Richard  Lynn.  My 
wife  Mary  to  be  sole  executrix  and  my  trusty  and  well  beloved  friends  Mr. 
John  Reve  and  my  brother  Mr.  John  Hall  of  Islington  to  assist  my  execu- 
trix.    A  codicil  dated  15  December  1G79. 

John  Hall  one  of  the  witnesses.  Bath,  82. 

[The  John  Hall  of  Islington  here  called  brother  was  the  goldsmith  whose  will 
wras  given  in  the  January  "number  of  the  Register  {ante,  p.  683).  The  follow- 
ing wdls  also  relate  to  his  family  and  their  connections,  as  a  reference  to  the 
pedigree  of  the  family  in  the  Visitation  of  London  (Harleian  Soc.  Pub.),  will 
show.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

John  Hall  the  elder,  citizen  and  draper  of  London,  16  January  1617, 
proved  19  December  1618.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of 
Sl  Nicholas  Aeon  in  London  where  I  now  dwell  and  have  remained  nine 
and  fifty  years  and  more,  I  praise  God.  To  my  son  John  my  three  mes- 
suages or  tenements  in  Lumbard  Street  and  S'  Nicholas  Lane,  whereof  one 
is  in  the  tenure  of  Edmond  Tennant,  citizen  and  clothworker  of  London, 
another  in  the  tenure  of  Richard  Mills,  draper,  and  the  other  in  the  tenure 
of  Benjamin  Buckstone,  grocer;  with  remainder. to  my  second  son  Hurafrey 
Hall,  and  next  to  my  third  son  Thomas.  My  wife  Anne  shall  have  her 
full  third  part  of  the  rents  of  the  said  three  messuages  during  her  natural 
life.  To  my  son  John  my  garden  and  a  fair  tenement  thereon  builded,  in 
the  parish  of  S'  Buttolph  without  Bishopsgate,  iu  an  Alley  there  called 
Lambe  Alley.  To  my  son  Thomas  &c.  a  yearly  rent  charge  of  thirty  three 
shillings  four  pence,  in  Pnlborow,  given  and  bequeathed  unto  me  by  the 
last  will  of  Thomas  Hall  of  Horsham  Sussex,  gen',  deceased.  To  the  said 
Thomas  all  other  my  lands  &c.  in  Sussex.  My  goods  to  be  divided  into 
three  parts,  of  which  one  part  to  my  wife  Anne.  Another  part  to  my  sou 
John,  for  that  I  have  advanced  all  the  rest  of  my  children  long  sithence  and 
have  not  given  any  advancement  or  child's  portion  unto  the  said  John.  To 
my  son  in  law  Richard  Bate  and  Anne  his  wife,  whom  I  have  already  fully 
advanced,  I  give  four  pounds,  to  my  son  in  law  Daniel  Gossege  and  Alice 
his  wife  the  like  legacy  of  four  pounds,  to  my  son  in  law  Miles  Corney  and 
Gartred  his  wife,  the  like  legacy,  to  my  son  Humfrey  the  like  legacy,  to 
my  son  Thomas  the  like.  To  my  son  Anthony  whom  I  have  advanced  and 
satisfied  his  child's  portion  since  his  full  age,  forty  shillings  and  to  my  son 
Daniel  Hall  the  same.  To  Elizabeth  daughter  of  Richard  Bate  four  pounds 
at  one  and  twenty  or  day  of  marriage.  My  son  John  to  be  full  and  sole 
executor  and  my  son  Humfrey  Hall  and  my  son  in  law  Daniel  Gossege  to 
be  overseers. 

By  a  codicil  dated  22  October  1618  he  gives  to  cousin  John  Englishe 
four  pounds  and  to  cousin  Mary  Kettelye  four  pounds  for  a  remembrance. 

Meade,  127. 

Thomas  Hall  citizen  and  haberdasher  of  London,  6  March  1634,  proved 
14  April  1635.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  church  of  $'  Nicholas  Aeon. 
My  worldly  goods  (my  debts  being  paid  and  funerals  discharged)  to  be 
divided  into  three  equal  parts,  according  to  the  custom  of  the  City  of  Lon- 
don;  oue  third  thereof  to  my  wife  Bennett  Hall,  another  third  to  my  chil- 
dren and  the  other  third  I  give  and  devise  &c.  To  my  brother  Daniel 
fifteen  pounds  if  my  other  brothers  will  give  him  so  much  to  set  him  fvee. 
If  not  then  I  give  him  live  pounds.  To  my  kinswoman  Anne  Lewis  forty 
shillings.  To  Mr.  John  Jones,  the  parson  of  Sl  Nicholas  Aeon  forty  shil- 
lings for  a  sermon  at  my  funeral  in  the  said  parish,   where  I  desire  to  be 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  689 

buried  by  my  father  and  mother.  The  residue  to  my  wife  and  children 
half  to  her  and  half  to  them  (other  bequests  omitted).  I  make  my  wife 
Bennett  Hall  sole  executrix  and  my  brothers  Mr  John  Greene  and  Mr  John 
Hall  my  overseers.  My  land  in  Enfield  Middlesex  to  my  eldest  son  Thomas 
and  his  heirs.  Sadler,  36. 

Sir  Martin  Lumley  knight,  citizen  and  Alderman  of  London  1  Sep- 
tember 7th  Charles,  A.  D.  1631,  proved  15  July  1634.  To  Sarah  Hall,  the 
daughter  of  my  son  in  law  John  Hall  and  Sarah  his  now  wife,  the  daughter 
of  me  the  said  Sir  Martyn  Lumley,  four  hundred  pounds  at  such  time  as 
she  shall  be  married,  upon  the  condition  that  it  be  with  the  consent  and 
approbation  of  my  son  and  heir  Martin  Lumley.  To  my  sister  Elizabeth 
Archer  ten  pounds  to  buy  her  some  token  and  I  also  give  her  mourning  to 
wear  at  my  funeral.  To  my  sister  Alice  Woodrove  two  parts  of  my  now 
wife's  gold  chain,  in  three  parts  being  divided;  that  is  to  say  so  much 
thereof  as  was  my  late  deceased  wife's  and  her  sister's  chain.  To  sundry 
poor.  To  Mr  Vowcher,  parson  of  S'  Peters  in  London,  whereof  I  am  a 
parishioner,  five  pounds,  and  I  give  him  mourning  to  wear  at  my  funeral. 
To  Mr  Walker,  preacher  of  God's  word,  ten  pounds.  To  my  son  in  law 
John  Hall  and  my  daughter  Sara  his  wife  and  all  their  children  mourning 
to  wear  at  my  funeral.  To  my  cousin  Inge  and  her  husband  mourning. 
To  Mr  Kertridge  and  his  wife  and  Mr  Hailes  atid  his  wife  mourning  to  wear 
at  my  funeral.  To  Richard  Rochdale  ten  pounds  and  mourning.  To 
Frances  Booren,  wife  of  John  Booren  one  annuity  of  five  pounds  by  the 
year  during  her  natural  life.  To  Edward  Litton  one  annuity  of  three 
pounds  for  life.  To  Judith  Raymond  the  like  annuity.  The  residue  to 
my  son  and  heir  Martyn  Lumley,  whom  I  appoint  full  executor  &c.  Twenty 
pounds  yearly  rent  charge  on  the  messuage  wherein  I  did  late  dwell,  in  the 
parish  of  Sl  John  the  Evangelist,  called  the  Black  Boy,  to  the  church 
wardens  of  Sl  Helen's  Bishopsgate  Street,  for  the  establishing  and  settling 
of  a  lecture  or  a  sermon  forever  to  be  preached  in  the  said  church  of  S 
Helen's  upon  the  Tuesday  in  every  week  weekly  and  in  the  evening  of  the 
same  day,  from  the  feast  day  of  St.  Michael  the  Archangel  unto  the  feast 
day  of  the  Annunciation  of  our  blessed  Lady  Sl  Mary,  to  the  honor  and 
glory  of  God  and.  comfort  of  the  auditory;  the  said  churchwardens  to  pay 
it  unto  a  good  and  godly,  religious  divine  in  consideration  of  his  pains  to  be 
taken  in  preaching  such  sermon  or  lecture.  The  said  sermon  or  lecture 
always  to  begin  about  five  of  the  clock  in  the  evening.  Another  yearly 
rent  charge  of  four  pounds  out  of  the  aforesaid  messuage  to  be  distributed 
annually  amongst  the  poor  householders  inhabiting  within  the  said  parish 
of  St.  Helen's.  To  my  daughter  Sarah  wife  of  John  Hall  one  hundred 
pounds  a  year  for  life.     Other  provisions  for  Sarah  Hall  the  grand  daughter. 

A  codicil  23  March  1631.  To  my  grandchildren  Martin  Hall,  John 
Hall,  Humphrey  Hall,  James  Hall,  Alice  Hall,  Mary  Hall  and  Elizabeth 
Hall,  the  children  of  the  said  John  Hall  by  my  said  daughter  Sarah,  his 
now  wife,  fourteen  hundred  pounds,  or  two  hundred  pounds  apiece  to  Mar- 
tyn, John,  Humphrey  and  James  at  their  several  ages  of  one  and  twenty 
and  to  Alice,  Mary  and  Elizabeth  at  one  and  twenty  or  days  of  marriage. 
To  my  grandchild  Prudence  Lumley  daughter  of  my  son  and  heir  Martin 
Lumley  by  Jone  his  late  wife  deceased,  one  hundred  pounds  wherewith  to 
buy  her  jewels. 

Another  codicil  30  June  1634.  My  kind  and  loving  wife  Dame  Mary 
Lumley  shall  have  the  use  of  all  my  mansion  and  dwelling  house  wherein 


690  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

I  now  dwell,  in  Wood  Street  Loudon  for  one  year  &c.  Other  provisions 
and  bequests.  Christ's  Hospital,  whereof  I  am  President.  To  Mr  Hall 
the  sword  bearer  twenty  nobles.  To  widow  Perkins  five  marks.  To 
Richard  Lurnley  fifty  pounds.  Seager,  65. 

[A  pedigree  of  this  family  (under  the  name  of  Lomley)  mav  be  found  in  the 
Visitation  of  Essex,  1634  (Harleian  Soc.  Pub.),  vol.  1,  p.  436.  His  daughter 
Sarah,  after  the  death  of  her  husband  John  Hall,  became  the  wife  of  Abraham 
Wraxall,  as  is  shown  by  her  will  which  here  follows.        Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Sarah  Wraxall  of  St.  Bartholomews  the  Little,  near  the  Royal  Ex- 
change in  London,  widow,  late  wife  and  relict  of  Abraham  Wraxall,  late 
of  Fleet  Street,  London,  gen.  deceased,  8  July  1665,  proved  14  December 
1668.  Calls  herself  of  great  age.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  Parish 
Church  of  St.  Hellens  in  Bishopsgate  Street,  London,  as  near  to  my  father 
Sir  Martin  Lurnley,  late  of  London,  alderman  deceased,  as  may  be.  To 
my  daughter  Sarah  Berry,  wife  of  Thomas  Berry  of  London  gen*,  twenty 
shillings  (and  sundry  wearing  apparell  &c).  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth 
Radham,  wife  of  John  Radham  of  Northumberland,  five  and  twenty  pounds 
of  lawful  money  of  England,  which  I  will,  after  her  decease,  shall  be  paid 
and  distributed  to  and  for  the  use  of  her  child  and  children.  To  my  daughter 
Mary  Oliver,  wife  of  Richard  Oliver,  five  and  twenty  pounds,  to  be  paid 
and  distributed  to  and  for  the  use  of  her  child  and  children.  To  my  grand- 
child Sarah  Bewley,  wife  of  John  Bewley,  twenty  shillings.  To  my  grand- 
children Edward,  Dorothy  and  Sarah  Blackwell,  children  of  my  late  daughter 
Alice  Blackwell  late  wife  of  Gervas  Blackwell  who  now  is  a  linen  draper 
in  Newgate  Market,  twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  grandson  John  Hall, 
merchant,  twenty  shillings.     To  my  maid  servant   Kath.   Bridges  three 

pounds.     To  one  ( )  Long,  daughter  of  M"  Bourne,  ten  shillings.     (To 

others.)  I  desire  that  Mr  Merriton,  the  minister  and  now  pastor  of  St. 
Michael  Cornhill  London,  may  preach  my  funeral  sermon,  and  I  give  him 
forty  shillings.  I  give  a  silver  pot  with  two  ears  (and  other  pieces  of  plate) 
to  my  son  James  Hall,  draper  in  Cannon  Street,  all  of  which  plate  are  in 
and  about  my  lodging  chamber.  The  residue  to  my  said  son  James  whom 
I  make  sole  executor  &c.  To  my  daughter  Sarah  Berry  my  wedding  ring 
with  a  diamond  in  it.  Hene,  162. 

Humphrey  Hall  citizen  and  girdler  of  London  29  December  1641, 
proved  21  November  1648.  By  deed  bearing  date  24  December  (this 
instant  month)  I  have  assigned  and  conveyed  unto  Richard  Bateman,  Wil- 
liam Bateman  and  Anthony  Bateman,  sons  of  the  Worshipful  my  good 
friend  Robert  Bateman  the  Chamberlain  of  London  all  my  estate  and  term 
of  years  in  my  two  tenements  situate  in  the  parishes  of  St.  Nicholas  Aeon 
and  St.  Mary  Abchurch  London,  to  me  demised  by  lease  by  my  late  father 
John  Hall  deceased,  upon  sundry  trusts.  To  my  daughters  Elizabeth 
Barnes  and  Sarah  Griffith  five  pounds.  To  my  wife  Mercy  Hall  one 
annuity  of  fourteen  pounds  issuing  out  of  the  said  two  tenements  in  Lon- 
don. To  Mary  Townley  now  the  wife  of  Mr.  Lawrence  Townely  of  Nor- 
wich, who  was  heretofore  the  wife  of  my  son  John  Hall  the  yearly  rent  of 
ten  pounds  payable  out  of  the  rents  of  the  said  two  houses.  Twenty  pounds 
per  annum  for  the  use  of  the  poor  in  the  Hospital  that  I  have  built  at 
Brandon  alias  Brandon  Ferry  in  Suffolk.  My  desire  and  direction  is  that 
my  brother  Danyell  Hall,  whom  God  hath  in  his  mercy  chastized  by  taking 
from  him  his  estate,  may  during  his  life  be  reader  of  divine  service  to  the 
poor  of  the  Hospital  and  to  receive  his  convenient  dwelling  in   the  said 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  691 

Hospital,  with  four  pounds  per  annum  as  Curate.     Reference  to  brother 
John  Hall  and  to  testator's  dwelling  house  at  Brandon.  Essex,  165. 

[A  reference  to  the  pedigree  of  Hall  of  London  will  show  what  relation  the 
testator  of  the  above  will  bore  to  our  John  Hall  of  Hampton,  and  to  John  Hall 
the  goldsmith  of  Islington.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Thomas  Snowe  of  East  Camell,  Somerset,  6  August  1583,  proved  5 
October  1 583.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  East  Camell. 
Son  Robert  (a  minor).  Son  William  (a  minor).  Wife  Jone.  Daughter 
Jane.  Daughter  Susan.  Daughter  Edith  (due  her  under  her  grandmother's 
will).     Son  John  Snowe. 

One  of  the  witnesses  was  Peter  Thatcher,  minister.  Butts,  2. 

Geffrey  Bigge  of  Patney,  Wilts,  clerk,  15  October  1630,  proved  3 
May  1632.  I  give  to  Mr.  Peter  Thatcher  a  little  to  help  his  too  small 
stipend  for  his  painful  and  profitable  ministry  in  the  parish  church  of  St. 
Edmunds  in  Sarum,  the  sum  of  five  pounds,  to  be  paid  within  half  a  year 
after  my  decease  if  he  shall  be  then  incumbent  there.  My  son  in  law  Joseph 
Bate  and  my  son  in  law  John  Dove.  My  daughter  Anne  Bate  and  her 
son  Joseph  Bate.  My  daughter  Elizabeth  Dove  and  her  eldest  daughter 
Anne  Dove.  My  wife  Hester  Bygge.  The  children  of  my  brother  Ed- 
mund Bygge  (saving  Edmond  and  Richard).  To  Mr.  Edward  Gough  the 
Concordance  that  my  Reverend  and  loving  father  gave  me  at  his  decease. 
My  loving  friend  and  neighbor  Mr.  John  White,  vicar  of  Chirton.  My 
nephew  Richard  Bigge.     My  brother  Edmund  Bigge  of   Wilfford  Clerk. 

Witnessed  by  John  White  clerk  and  the  probate  granted  by  Peter 
Thatcher  clerk,  by  virtue  of  a  Commission.  Audley,  55. 

[The  above  two  wills  I  thought  worth  saving  as  of  interest  to  the  Thachers 
of  New  England.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Margaret  Cheeseman  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen  Bermondsey  widow,  15 
January  1679,  proved  21  July  1680.     My  overseers  shall  disburse,  expend 
and  lay  out  for  my  funeral  expenses  and  charges  fifty  pounds.     To  the  poor 
of  this  parish  five  pounds.     To  all  the  children  of  my  very  loving  kinsman 
Mr  Lemuel  Mason  the  elder  in  Virginia  that  shall  be  living  in  Virginia  at 
the  time  of  my  decease  ten  pounds  apiece,  to  remain  in  the  hands  of  my 
executors  until  they  shall  attain  to  their  several  ages  of  one  and  twenty 
years  or  days  of  marriage.     To  my  Cousin  Elizabeth  Theleball,  now  living 
in  Virginia,  five  pounds.     To  all  her  children  living  at  time  of  my  decease 
five  pounds  apiece.     To  John  Matthews,  living  in  Virginia,  who  was  brother 
by  the  mother's  side  to  my  late  granddaughter  Anne  Cheeseman  deceased, 
five  pounds  and  a  diamond  ring  which  formerly  was  his  sister's.    To  my  kins- 
woman  Anne   Gayney   twelve   pence.       To   my  god  daughter   Margaret 
Mason,  who  lives  with  me,  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  and  the  lease  of 
my  house  and  all  the  plate  I  had  of  John  Harrison.     The  rest  of  my  plate 
I  give  to  the  children  of  my  said  cousin  Lemuel  Mason  as  followeth  (i.e.) 
to  Alice  Mason  a  great  beaker,  to  Elizabeth  a  tankard,  to  Anne  a  tankard 
and  to  Abigail,  Mary  and  Dynah  all  the  rest  of  my  plate,  to  be  equally 
divided  &c,  and  to  Lemuel  Mason  the  younger  my  best  great  ring.     -Five 
pounds  apiece  to  Mr  John  Samuel,  Mr.  Thomas  Gladwin,  my  said  cousin 
Margaret  Mason  and  Mrs.  Mary  Childe  widow;  and  they  to  be  overseers 
of  my  will.     All  the  residue  to  my  kinsman  Mr  Lemuel  Mason  in  Virginia; 
and  he  to  be  executor ;  and  my  said  god  daughter  Margaret  Mason  to  be 
executor  in  trust  only  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  Lemuel  her  father. 
Proved  by  Margaret  Mason.  Bath,  92. 


692  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

[Lieut.  John  Chisman  was  Of  Elizabeth  City  in  1624  then  aged  27,  he  had  come 
out  in  the  Flyinge  Hart  in  1621,  and  with  him  was  Edward  Chisman,  probably  his 
brother,  aged  22,  who  came  in  the  Providence  in  1623*  and,  in  the  last  named 
year,  a  Thomas  Chisman  was  also  of  Elizabeth  City.f  Lieut.  Chisman  had  a 
patent  for  200  acres  of  land  on  South  side  of  Elizabeth  River  in  1626$  &  was 
still  living  in  1635§  &  was  probably  the  same  John  Chisman  who,  9  Nov.  1646, 
is  witness  to  an  agreement  between  Lieut  Francis  Mason  &  William  Dounman.|| 

William  Gany  was  of  Elizabeth  City  in  1624,  aged  33,  he  came  out  in  the  George 
in  1616,  his  wife  Anna,  aged  24,  came  in  the  Bona  Nova  in  1620,  their  daughter 
Anna  was  born  in  Virginia  before  1623^[  query  if  not  the  legatee  of  12  d.  in  the 
will?  Henrie  Gany,  aged  21,  who  came  in  the  Dutie  in  1619,  is  in  the  roll  of 
servants  of  Francis  Mason  in  the  same  Muster.**  It  is  noteworthy  that  Alice 
&  Margarie  Gany  where  among  the  first  names  in  Lieut.  Francis  Mason's  list  of 
Head  Rights,  ft 

But  the  most  interesting  portion  of  this  valuable  will  lies  in  the  clue  which  it 
affords  to  the  probable  English  home  of  the  Mason  family  and  their  connections. 
Elizabeth  Theleball,  as  the  writer  has  shown, Jj  was  the  daughter  of  Lieut. 
Francis  Mason  &  sister  of  Col.  Lemuel  Mason;  the  Ganey  connection,  before 
indicated,  is  made  certain  &  the  daughter  Margaret  accounted  for.  Thomas  & 
George,  sons,  &  Frances  &  Mary,  dans,  of  Lemuel  Mason,  are  not  mentioned  by 
name  in  the  will,  but  were  of  course  included  in  the  gift  of  £10  to  all  the  chil- 
dren "  now  living  in  Va."§§ 

The  Registers  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen,  Bermondsey,  now  in  course  of  publica- 
tion in  the  Genealogist,  will  no  doubt  afford  information  of  very  great  value  in 
this  connection.     They  have  at  present,  however,  only  reached  the  year  1604.  |||| 

J.  Henry  Lea.] 

Dennis  Hollister  of  the  City  of  Bristol,  grocer,  1  September  1675, 
with  a  codicil  bearing  date  6  July  1676,  proved  21  July  1676.  To  my 
only  son  Dennis  Hollister  and  his  heirs  forever  my  corner  house  and  shop 
which  I  bought  of  Richard  Jones,  in  the  parish  called  Mary  Part  in  Bristol, 
in  which  I  now  dwell,  except  a  certain  pavement  over  the  kitchen,  the  full 
breadth  of  it  one  way  and  about  half  the  breadth  the  other  way,  which  shall 
be  forever  to  my  other  house  next  adjoining,  bought  of  James  Hughes  and 
Thomas  Haynes,  for  an  outlet  and  to  preserve  the  lights  of  the  said  house 
from  being  stopped  up.  I  give  him  also  two  low  and  ten  high  turkey  work 
chairs  with  red  leather  cases  standing  in  the  Parlor  (and  other  furniture). 
To  my  daughter  Hannah  Callowhill,  wife  of  Thomas  Callowhill,  during  her 
natural  life,  my  new  house,  lately  built  in  a  place  called  the  Fryars  Orchard 
in  the  parish  of  Jamessas  in  the  suburbs  of  the  city  of  Bristol  and  my  stable 
in  the  Fryars  and  my  houses  or  tenements  there,  bought  of  Henry  Lloyd, 
wherein  one  Nehemiah  Hollister  and  one  Jeane  Partridge,  widow,  now 
dwell,  and  my  warehouses  and  lofts  bought  of  William,  Robert  and  Thomas 
Challoner,  in  Peter's  Parish  near  the  East  end  of  the  Burying  yard  there ; 
and  after  her  death  these  warehouses  to  go  to  my  grand  daughter  Sarah 
Callowhill,  ber  eldest  daughter,  and  to  her  heirs,  with  remainder  to  my 
grand  daughter  Hannah  Callowhill.  The  houses  and  tenements  bought  of 
Henry  Lloyd  to  go  to  my  grand  daughter  Bridget  Callowhill,  with  re- 
mainder to  her  sister  Hannah.  And  the  new  house  to  go  to  Thomas  Cal- 
lowhill if  he  survive  his  wife,  to  hold  for  life,  and  then  to  my  grandson 
Dennis  Callowhill,  his  eldest  son,  with  remainder  to  Thomas  Callowhill, 
second  son  of  my  said  daughter  Hannah  &c.  To  my  daughter  Lydia  Jor- 
dan, wife  of  Thomas  Jordan  my  new  house  lately  built  at  Frampton  Cot- 

*  Hotten,  p.  252.  t  Ibid.  p.  185.  J  Ibid.  p.  274. 

§  Note  25  in  Head  Rights,  Reg.  Jan.  1893,  p.  70. 

j|  Lower  Norf.  Ct.  Rec.,  Book  iv.,  fo.  18b.  IT  Hotten,  p.  256. 

**  Ibid.  p.  251.  ft  Head  Rights,  Reg.  Jan.  1893,  p.  63. 

++  Ibid,  note  18,  p.  68.  ^  Ibid,  note  31,  p.  70. 

Illl  Genealogist,  vol.  vi.-ix.  and  in  progress. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  693 

terill,  Gloucestershire,  and  all  lands  and  pastures  thereunto  belonging,  which 
I  lately  bought  of  Humphrey  Hooke,  knight.  This  for  her  natural  life  and 
then  to  her  husband  Thomas  Jordan,  for  life,  and  next  to  my  grand  daughter 
Bridget  Jordan,  my  daughter  Lydia's  eldest  daughter,  and  a  portion  to  my 
grand  daughter  Lydia  Jordan.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Hollister  my  new 
house  bought  of  James  Hughes  and  Thomas  Haynes,  in  Mary  part  Street 
(and  the  outlet  or  pavement  before  referred  to),  and  other  property.  To 
my  daughter  Phebe  Hollister  half  of  my  Inn  called  the  Whitehart,  in 
Broad  Street,  one  fourth  part  of  which  was  my  wife's  inheritance  and  one 
fourth  I  lately  bought  of  Anne  Yeomans  deceased,  and  one  other  fourth 
part  I  lately  bought  of  Edmond  French,  son  and  heir  of  Elizabeth  French 
also  deceased,  and  the  other  fourth  part  I  lately  bought  of  Henry  Rowe 
and  Judith  his  wife,  which  said  Judith,  Elizabeth,  Ann  and  my  wife 
were  the  daughters  and  coheirs  of  Edmond  Popley,  merchant  deceased. 
To  my  said  daughter  (among  other  things)  "  my  lesser  silver  belly  pott." 
To  my  kinswoman  Lydia,  that  lately  served  me  and  is  now  become  the 
wife  of  Edward  Hackett,  one  hundred  pourds  over  and  above  what  I  have 
already  given  her  towards  her  marriage  portion.  To  "  my  Beloved  ffriends 
George  Fox,  William  Dewsbery,  Alexander  Parker,  George  Whitehead 
and  John  Storye  ten  pounds  apiece  and  unto  Thomas  Brigges,  John  Wil- 
kinson of  Westmoreland,  James  Porke,  Steeven  Crispe  and  John  Wilkin- 
son of  Cumberland  five  pounds  apiece  as  a  token  of  my  love  to  them  and 
the  service  they  have  done  for  the  Lord  and  for  his  people,  aud  to  the  in- 
tent none  my  claim  any  right  to  any  of  these  legacyes  last  mentioned  to 
whom  I  intended  it  not  I  do  declare  and  my  Will  is  that  it  be  payd  only  to 
that  Geo:  Fox,  Will.  Dewsbery,  Geo:  Whitehead,  Alex:  Parker,  John 
Story,  John  Wilkinson,  Tho:  Bridges,  James  Porke,  Steven  Crispe  and 
John  Wilkinson  who  hath  often  lodged  at  my  house  and  eaten  bread  at  my 
table  and  one  well  knowne  to  my  Executors  "  &c.  Bequests  to  Thomas 
Goulding  of  Bristol,  grocer,  and  his  wife  Mary,  and  to  John  Love  of  Bristol 
aud  his  wife  Magdalen.  To  each  of  my  natural  brothers  and  sisters  children 
that  survive  me,  except  Samuel  Hollister,  son  of  my  brother  Thomas,  and 
Nathaniel  Tovie,  the  only  son  of  my  sister  Margery  Tovie  deceased,  who, 
because  they  are  ill  husbands  and  are  like  to  mispend  it,  my  will  is  not  to 
give  it  to  either  of  them  but  to  Samuel  Hollister's  wife,  for  the  benefit  of 
his  children  and  to  Nathaniel  Tovie's  children  that  are  living  in  England 
at  the  time  of  my  decease.  To  Nem  Dawson,  widow,  Joane  Pillerne, 
widow,  Margaret  Price,  widow,  and  to  Mary  Evans,  widow.  My  servant 
Joseph  Smith.  My  daughter  Phebe  shall  possess  and  enjoy  my  house  and 
lands  called  Old  Fields,  at  Urcott  in  the  parish  of  Almesbury  Gloucr,  held 
by  lease  of  Edward  Browne.  My  son  Dennis  Hollister  and  my  two  sons 
in  law  Thomas  Callowhill  and  Thomas  Jordan  to  be  joint  executors  and 
Alexander  Parker,  George  Whitehead,  Walter  Clements  and  John  Story 
to  be  overseers. 

Witnesses  I.  Chauncy,  John  Eckly,  Rich.  Hawksworth. 

In  the  codicil  lie  bequeaths  to  his  grandchildren  Hannah,  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  Callowhill  a  messuage  at  Westerleigh,  with  the  lands  thereunto 
belonging,  held  of  the  Dean  aud  Chapter  of  Welles.  He  speaks  of  his 
grand  daughter  Lydia  Jordan  as  "  dead."  He  names  Samuel  Hollister,  son 
of  his  brother  William,  Dennis  Holllister  son  of  Abel  Hollister,  Samuel 
Hollister,  grandson  of  brother  William  and  son  of  Jacob  Hollister,  Thomas 
Speed,  and  others.  Bence,  91. 


694  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Anne  Yeamans  of  Bristol  widow  2  November  1664  proved  1  December 
1668.  My  son  William  Yeamans  to  be  full  and  sole  executor,  conditionally, 
and  if  he  fails  to  fulfill  the  conditions  then  my  sons  in  law  John  Haggat 
Esq.  and  Thomas  Speed  merchant.  I,  as  executrix  of  the  last  will  of  my 
late  husband  William  Yeamans,  gen'  deceased,  have  paid  the  two  hundred 
pounds  which  my  husband  gave  to  and  amongst  the  children  of  my  daughter 
Speed.  Now  I  give  to  every  one  of  her  children,  as  well  by  Robert 
Yeamans  as  by  Thomas  Speed,  which  shall  be  living  and  unmarried  at  the 
time  of  my  decease,  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  apiece,  that  is  to  say,  to  such  of 
them  as  she  had  by  the  said  Robert  Yeamans  to  the  children  themselves, 
and  to  such  of  them  as  she  had  by  Thomas  Speed  to  their  father  to  their 
use.  My  husband  gave  to  my  son  Hnggat's  children  John,  Mary  and  Na- 
thaniel, ten  pounds  apiece.  This  to  be  made  up  twenty  pounds  apiece. 
To  the  rest  of  the  children  of  my  said  son  Haggatt  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  the 
daughter  of  my  son  William  Yeamans  ten  pounds  besides  what  hath  "  bin  " 
given  to  her  by  my  said  husband.  My  husband  gave  to  his  grandchildren 
Matthew,  William  and  Joyce  Warren  ten  pounds  apiece,  and  William 
"sithence"  deceased,  whereby  his  legacy  is  ceased,  I  desire  that  ten  pounds 
apiece  may  be  added  to  the  said  legacies  of  the  said  Mathew  and  Joyce,  of 
my  gift,  to  make  them  up  twenty  pounds  apiece.  I  give  to  Anne  and 
Mehetabell,  the  two  other  children  of  my  daughter  Warren,  ten  pounds 
apiece.  I  give  to  the  (....)  children  of  my  son  Prigge  ten  pounds 
apiece.  To  my  grandchild  John  Morgan  ten  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Joyce 
Warren  and  Sarah  Prigge  five  pounds  apiece,  to  my  son  iu  law  Thomas 
Prigge  five  pounds,  to  my  son  William  ten  pounds  and  to  his  wife  five 
pounds  more  as  a  token  of  my  love.  To  my  cousin  Francis  Yeamans  five 
pounds.  To  my  sister  Jones  forty  shillings,  and  eight  pounds  to  be  divided 
amongst  such  of  her  children  as  my  executor  shall  think  meet.  To  my 
kinswomen  Mary  Topleafe,  Susan  Rider,  Elizabeth  Owen  and  Alice  Col- 
lins and  to  my  kinsmen  Thomas  Yeamans  and  John  Yeamans,  sons  and 
daughters  of  my  brother  in  law  Edward  Yeamans,  forty  shillings  apiece  and 
to  Anne  Owen,  the  daughter  of  my  cousin  Owen,  forty  shillings.  To  my 
sons  Haggatt  and  Speed  ten  pounds  apiece  and  to  my  said  son  Haggatt  all 
that  long  green  carpet  and  all  those  leathern  chairs  which  I  formerly  de- 
livered him  to  use  in  his  forestreet  parlor.  To  my  kinswoman  Mary  Hagatt 
all  that  great  cypress  chest  which  standeth  in  her  father's  best  forestreet 
chamber,  provided  that  her  father  shall  have  the  use  and  occupation  thereof 
during  his  life.  To  my  sister  in  law  Johane  Tomlinson  forty  shillings.  To 
my  cousin  William  Yeomans  and  my  cousin  his  wife,  my  cousin  Anne 
Curtis,  my  cousin  Mary  Westfield,  my  cousin  Bethshua  Speed  and  my  cousin 
Elizabeth  Milner  forty  shillings  apiece,  as  tokens  of  my  love,  and  to  Richard 
Speed  twenty  shillings.  To  all  the  daughters  of  my  brother  Robert  Tom- 
linson forty  shillings  apiece.  To  the  children  of  my  cousin  Elizabeth 
Milner  fifty  pounds.  To  Mary  Haggatt,  the  daughter  of  Richard  Haggatt 
gen1  deceased,  forty  shillings.  Five  pounds  to  be  distributed  amongst  the 
poor  of  the  parish  of  Stapleton.  I  desire  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  of 
Stapleton  as  near  my  husband  as  conveniently  may  be.  My  son  William 
to  be  executor.  Hene,  162. 

William  Roth  well  of  the  City  of  New  Sarum,  Wilts.,  gen*,  16- April 
1633,  proved  13  May  1634.  To  my  sons  Stephen,  Robert,  Henry  and 
William  Rothwell  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Rothwell 
two  hundred  pounds,  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Rothwell  one  hundred 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  695 

pounds  and  to  my  daughter  Martha  Rothwell  one  hundred  pounds,  to  be 
paid  at  their  several  ages  of  one  and  twenty  years.  To  the  children  of  my 
son  Stephen  now  living  (except  Margaret,  Elizabeth  and  Mary)  twelve 
pence  apiece  aud  to  the  children  of  my  son  William  now  living  twelve  pence 
apiece.  To  my  kinsman  John  Giles  ten  shillings.  To  my  kinsman  Jane 
May  ten  shillings.  To  my  first  wife's  kinswoman,  sometimes  called  Bridgett 
Swayne,  ten  shillings  and  to  Agnes  Tuggie,  widow,  ten  shillings,  to  be  paid 
unto  them  within  six  months  next  after  my  decease,  if  they  shall  be  then 
living,  and  not  otherwise.  The  residue  &c.  to  my  wife  Mary  Rothwell, 
whom  I  make  my  full  executrix,  and  I  appoint  my  loving  friends  Maurice 
Aylerugge,  woollen  draper,  and  Humfrey  Ditton,  mercer,  overseers,  and 
give  them  ten  shillings  apiece  for  their  pains  which  they  shall  take  in  this 
behalf.  Seager,  46. 

Benjamin  Fen  Senior  of  Milford  in  the  Colony  of  "  Conecticott "  in 
New  England,  14  September  1672,  proved  1  February  1674.     I  do  give 
and  bequeath  unto  my  eldest  son  Benjamin  Fen,  as  an  addition  to  his  por- 
tion that  he  hath  already  received,  to  the  value  of  three  hundred  pounds 
and  upwards,  that  farm  that  I  formerly  bought  of  Mr.  Samuel  Bach,  late 
of  New  Haven,  lying  on  the  East  side  of  East  River,  consisting  of  eighteen 
acres  of  meadow,  more  or  less,  with  all  the  upland  that  is  laid  out  thereto, 
he  paying,  or  causing  to  be  paid,  thirty  pounds  towards  the  purchase,  as 
was  agreed  upon,  besides  what  he  hath  already  paid.     To  my  second  son 
Samuel  Fen  my  dwelling  house  that  I  now  inhabit,  within  the  town  of 
Milford,  with  housing,  uplands  and  meadows  belonging,  with  that  piece  of 
upland  and  meadow  that  I  bought  of  the  Indians,  above  Pagasick,  called 
Plum  meadow,  and  the  uplands  adjacent  thereto.     To  my  youngest  son 
James  Fen  my  house  in  New  Haven,  with  the  warehouse  and  all  the 
land  belonging  thereto,  on  this  side  East  River,  and  that  parcel  of  meadow 
belonging  to  the  house,  on  the  other  side  of  the  River,  and  all  my  right  &c. 
in  that  farm  that  the  Hon.  General  Assembly  gave  to  me.     To  my  three 
eldest  daughters,  Sarah,  Mary  and  Martha,  besides  what  they  have  already 
received  for  their  portions,  twenty  pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid  within  one 
year  after  my  decease  out  of  my  estate  in  New  England.     To  my  youngest 
daughter  Susanna  Fen,  for  her  portion,  one  hundred  and  twenty  pounds,  to 
be  paid  at  eighteen  years  old  or  day  of  marriage.     To  my  grandchild  Ben- 
jamin Fen,  son  to  my  eldest  son  Benjamin,  the  house,  orchard  and  laud 
formerly  Joseph  Fenn's,  in  the  town  of  "  Norawake."     To  all  the  rest  of 
my  grandchildren  respectively  I  do  give  one  ewe  sheep  to  each  of  them. 
My  will  is  that  my  grandchild  Benjamin  should  enter  and  possess  his  house 
and  lands  at  Norawake  at  the  end  and  period  of  the  lease  that  it's  now  let 
for.     My  two  youngest  sons  Samuel  and  James  shall  come  to  enter  and 
possess  their  legacies  at  their  accomplishing  of  the  age  of  one  and  twenty 
years,  but,  in  case  my  dear  and  loving  wife  should  see  it  her  way  to  dispose 
of  herself  in  marriage  before  then,  it's  my  will  that  they  should  enter  upon 
the  one  half  of  their  housings  and  lands  at  eighteen,  and  at  one  aud  twenty 
the  whole  but  their  mother's  third.     To  my  son  Samuel  my  dwelling  house, 
lands  and  meadows  in  the  parishes  of  Chiddington,  Masworth,   Ivingho, 
Wing,  all  of  them  in  Buckinghamshire,  given  to  me  by  the  will  of  the  late 
deceased  Agnis  Seare  of  the  same  parish  and  Shire.     My  said  son,  if  he 
comes  to  the  full  possession  of  it  at  one  aud  twenty,  to  pay  to  his  brother 
James  forty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty  and  to  his  sister  Susanna  twenty 
pounds  at  one  and  twenty,  aud  twenty  pounds  to  his  eldest  brother  Ben- 


696  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

jamin  within  five  years  after  his  entrance  and  possession.  All  the  residue, 
whether  in  New  England  or  old,  I  give  to  my  wife  Susanna  Fen  and  I 
make  he.r  executrix.  My  will  is  that  within  five  years  after  my  decease 
she  pay  to  each  of  my  three  eldest  daughters,  Sarah,  Mary  and  Martha, 
ten  pounds  apiece,  to  be  laid  out  in  old  England  in  pewter  and  brass  for 
money  pay  and  sent  over  for  their  several  and  respective  uses,  they  bearing 
the  charge  of  transportation  and  the  danger  of  the  seas.  I  entreat  my 
honored,  loving  friends  Mr.  James  Bishop  of  New  Haven,  Mr.  Robert 
Treat.  Thomas  Wheeler  and  Daniel  Buckingham  to  lend  and  afford  their 
best  help,  council  and  advice  as  overseers  &c. 

Wit:      Robert  Treat,  Ephraim  Sanford.  Dycer,  14. 

[Benjamin  Fenn  settled  in  Dorchester  as  early  as  1638,  and  soon  after  re- 
moved to  New  Haven  and  to  Milford.  He  had  two  wives,  of  whom  the  first 
was  Sarah,  daughter  of  Sylvester  Baldwin,  and  the  second,  whom  he  married 
March  12,  1664,  was  Susannah  Ward.  He  died  in  1672.  For  other  details  see 
Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary,  Vol.  2,  p.  152. — Editor.] 

Thomas  Callowhill  of  the  city  of  Bristol,  linen  draper,  28  November 
1711,  proved  24  December  1712.  My  now  dwelling  house  in  St.  James 
within  the  suburbs  of  the  city.  I  stand  possessed  of  a  remainder  of  a  cer- 
tain term  of  one  thousand  years  granted  to  me  by  Edward  Baugh,  white 
tawer,  since  deceased,  interested  also  in  the  remaiuder  of  another  term  of 
one  thousand  years  lately  granted  to  me  by  Edward  Baugh  junr,  and  in  the 
residue  of  another  term  of  a  thousand  years  lately  granted    to  me  by  my 

daughter  Hanna, the  last  described  as  three  several  messuages  &c.  on 

the  South  side  of  a  certain  messuage  called  the  Quaker  Meeting  House,  in 
or  near  a  certain  place  called  the  Fryers,  and  now  or  late  in  the  several 
tenures  &c.  of  Simon  Barnes  Daniel  Kindall  and  William  Timbrell.  I 
gave  the  same  parcels  of  ground,  messuages  &c.  to  my  kinsman  Brice  Webb 
of  the  said  city  linen  draper  and  Charles  Harford  of  the  city  aforesaid  mer- 
chant upon  trust,  to  permit  the  same  premisses  to  be  held  and  enjoyed  and 
the  rents,  issues  and  profits  thereof  to  be  had,  received  and  taken  by  my 
wife  Hanna  als  Anna,  for  and  during  so  much  of  my  said  several  terms 
respectively  to  come  as  she  shall  live,  and,  after  her  decease,  by  my  grand 
daughter  Margaret  Penn,  daughter  of  Hannah  Penn  my  daughter  by  Wil- 
liam Penn,  Esqr  her  husband,  as  long  as  she  shall  live,  next  by  my  grand- 
son John  Penn  for  all  the  rest  of  the  several  terms  to  come.  By  deed 
indented  bearing  date  the  seven  and  twentieth  day  of  this  instant  month  I 
have  conveyed  to  Brice  Webb  and  Charles  Harford,  linen  drapers,  and 
Richard  Champion,  merchant,  divers  messuages,  lands  &c.  within  the  said 
city,  the  Co.  of  Somerset  and  other  places  in  England  and  in  Pennsylvania 
to  divers  uses,  limitations  and  appointments  therein  mentioned  and  con- 
tained, with  power  of  revocation.  I  hereby  ratify,  confirm  and  allow  the 
same  deed.  Provision  for  granting  to  grand  daughter  Margaret  Penn  cer- 
tain premisses  in  Broad  Meade,  in  the  parish  of  St  James,  part  of  my  wife's 
jointure,  with  remainder  to  grandson  John  Penn.  I  have  an  interest  in  the 
Province  of  Pennsylvania  as  a  security  for  one  thousand  pounds  sterling 
due  to  me  from  the  said  William  Penn,  interested  also  in  a  messuage  &c. 
in  Caldecott,  Monmouth,  as  a  security  for  one  hundred  and  sixty  pounds 
due  from  Mary  Herbert,  spinster,  sole  heir  of  Francis  Herbert  Esqr  de- 
ceased. Other  investments  also  described.  And  I  am  also  interested  in 
one  sixteenth  part  of  certain  Packett  Boats  now  sailing  or  trading  for  the 
Port  of  Bristol  to  New  York  and  other  places  in  America,  in  partnership 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  697 

with  Brice  Webb,  Richard  Champion  and  others.  All  these  interests  T  give 
to  Brice  Webb  and  James  Peters  upon  trust,  to  pay  to  the  said  William 
Penn  and  Hanna  his  wife,  and  the  survivor  of  them,  the  yearly  sum  of 
twenty  and  six  pounds,  clear  of  all  taxes  and  charges,  during  their  natural 
lives  (and  for  other  purposes  described).  Provision  for  Thomas  Penn,  an- 
other son  of  Hanna  Penn.  My  brother  Walter  Duffield  is  bound  to  me  by 
two  several  obligations,  one  of  12  January  1694,  for  payment  of  twenty 
five  pounds,  and  interest,  and  the  other,  of  13  August  1674,  for  payment  of 
fourteen  pounds  ten  shillings.  He  to  be  freed  from  the  payment  of  all  but 
twenty  five  pounds.  My  sister  Elizabeth  Javeling  to  be  conditionally  dis- 
charged of  certain  bonds.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  neices  Elizabeth 
Javelin,  Duffielcl  Javelin,  Sara  Gurnay  and  Mar)T  Gurnay  one  piece  of  gold 
apiece  of  the  value  of  twenty  three  shillings  six  pence.  My  wife  Hanna  als 
Anna  to  be  sole  executrix  and  the  said  Brice  Webb  and  Charles  Harford 
overseers. 

On  the  19th  of  October  1738  issued  forth  a  Com"  to  John  Penn  Esqr  the 
natural  and  lawful  son  and  admr  with  the  Will  annexed  of  the  goods  of 
Hannah  Penn  widow  deced.  (whilst  living)  the  natural  and  lawful  daughter 
and  only  child  and  admx  with  the  will  annexed  of  Thomas  Callowhill  late 
of  the  City  of  Bristol  widower  deced.  to  administer  the  goods  &c. 

Barnes,  231. 

George  Smith  of  London,  gen1,  10  January  1658,  proved  11  February 
1658.  Lately  freed  from  a  dangerous  illness.  To  Anne  Cox,  sister  to  my 
beloved  wife  deceased,  for  her  convenient  subsistance,  ten  pounds  per  annum, 
payable  quarterly.  To  Margaret  Thorpe,  another  of  my  wife's  sisters,  five 
pounds  per  annum,  payable  in  like  manner.  To  Elizabeth  Thorpe,  daughter 
of  the  said  Margaret  ten  pounds.  To  John  Thorpe  fifty  shillings  that  he 
oweth  me.  To  my  wife's  niece  Elizabeth  Chapman  three  score  and  five 
pounds,  besides  thirty  and  five  pounds  which  I  have  in  my  hands  in  trust 
for  her  and  owe  unto  her,  all  which  maketh  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds. 
To  Frances  Cheney  another  niece  of  my  wife,  ten  pounds.  To  my  cousin 
Bridget  Audley,  daughter  of  John  Hoddesdon  Esq.  deceased,  five  pounds. 
To  my  cousin  Mary  Gosslin  forty  shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  Judith 
Sandford,  late  wife  of  John  Sandford,  sometime  my  tenant,  fifty  shillings. 
To  my  beloved  cousin  Christopher  Hoddesdon  of  Lee  Gardens,  in  Horn- 
church  Essex,  Esq.,  ten  pounds  to  buy  a  piece  of  plate.  To  Martha  Hod- 
desdon, his  daughter,  forty  pounds.  To  Thomas,  his  younger  son,  forty 
pounds.  To  Christopher  Hoddesdon,  son  of  Thomas  Hoddesdon,  gentle- 
man, deceased,  four  pounds. 

Item  I  give  unto  the  three  daughters  of  my  beloved  brother  Master  Thomas 
Walley,  now  Pastor  of  the  Church  of  Whitechapel  in  the  Co.  of  Middlesex, 
as  followeth ;  to  Hannah  Walley  the  eldest  I  give  forty  pounds,  to  Eliza- 
beth, the  second  I  give  thirty  pounds,  to  Mary  the  youngest  daughter  I 
give  fifty  pounds.  I  give  unto  Master  Thomas  Wally,  my  beloved  brother, 
Pastor  of  Whitechapel,  twenty  pounds  to  buy  a  piece  of  plate.  To  Thomas 
Gilling,  my  dearly  beloved  wife's  son,  one  hundred  pounds,  but  with  this 
proviso,  that  he  be  a  truly  humbled  and  reformed  man  to  settle  himself  in 
some  honest  way  of  livelihood,  not  else  to  be  paid  him  to  waste  and  riot  to 
the  dishonor  of  God,  as  he  hath  done  his  former  estate,  and  for  the  dis- 
covery of  his  reformation  and  abandoning  all  his  lewd  and  wicked  company 
I  commit  to  the  judgment  of  my  executors  and  overseers  &c,  and  if  they 
find  not  a  real  change  in  him  my  will  is  that  my  executors  shall  only  pay  unto 


698         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

him  six  pounds  per  annum  interest  for  the  hundred  pounds,  but  if  he,  the 
said  Thomas  Gilling,  through  his  "  deboistnes  "  shall  happen  to  die  that 
then  the  said  hundred  pounds  shall  be  paid  to  my  two  cousins  Elizabeth 
Chapman  and  Frances  Cheney,  to  each  of  them  fifty  pounds.  To  Master 
Dicklosse  clerk  of  the  Church  of  Whitechapel  ten  shillings  and  to  sexton 
ten  shillings.  To  the  poor  of  Master  Wally'.-.  congregation  three  pounds. 
To  Margaret  Thorpe,  before  named,  and  to  her  children  (wearing  apparel). 
To  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Silver  wood,  wife  to  Capt.  John  Silver  wood,  forty  shil- 
lings to  buy  a  ring  and  to  his  three  daughters  each  ten  shilling  (for  rings), 
and  to  his  two  sons,  each  ten  shillings  to  buy  what  they  please.  And  I 
make,  ordain  &c.  my  beloved  and  trusty  friend  Capt.  John  Silverwood  of 
St.  Giles  Cripplegate,  London,  gentleman,  my  lawful  executor  &c,  and  my 
truly  beloved  friends  and  brethren  Master  Abraham  Jesson  and  Master 
Trustran  May  to  be  overseers,  both  of  them  being  members  of  Master 
Wallye's  church,  and  I  give  each  of  them  fifty  shillings  to  buy  rings. 

Wit.   Robert  Parrott,  Lenye  Mountgomery. 

Then  follows  a  paper  beginning This  is  a  perfect  Accompt  of  ffrances 

Cheyney  and  Rebeccah  Cheyney  of  monies  which  I  George  Smith  tooke 

into  my  hands  as  Guardian  to  improve  for  them.  — Memorandum, 

that  Richard  Cheney  died  the  last  day  of  October  One  thousand  six  hundred 
fifty  and  one.  The  goods  was  not  praised  till  the  tenth  day  of  November 
one  thousand  six  hundred  fifty  two,  but  by  reason  of  the  contravery  which 
was  not  divided  till  the  twenty  second  day  of  March  one  thousand  six  hun- 
dred fifty  two,  about  which  time  I  received  of  Frances  Cheney's  money  one 
hundred  and  twelve  pounds  seventeen  shillings  three  pence,  which  I  used 
to  her  best  advantage,  at  six  pounds  in  the  hundred,  till  about  the  third  of 
May  one  thousand  six  hundred  fifty  five  I  lost  fifty  pounds  of  her  money 
and  the  interest  by  one  Thomas  Gilling,  which,  notwithstanding  I  think  I 
was  not  bound  neither  by  Law  nor  conscience,  yet  I  have  made  it  up,  both 
principal  and  interest,  at  six  pounds  in  the  hundred,  which  next  March  is 
six  years,  and  is,  in  all,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  forty  eight  pounds  seven 
shillings  three  pence,  due  at  or  about  Lady  (day?)  one  thousand  six  hundred 
fifty  nine. 

Memorandum  That  Frances  Cheney's  mother  received  all  her  dividents 
for  her,  I  received  none — George  Smith. 

Then  follows  a  somewhat  similar  account  with  Rebecca  Cheyney,  by 
which  it  appears  that  testator  lost  by  one  Captain  Bushell  ten  pounds  and 
interest,  which  however  he  made  up  unto  her.  —  —  —  Received  of  my 
sister  Cheyney  about  January  1654  or  1655  for  a  divident  a  seventh  part 
of  two  year's  rent  for  Inglefield,  due  to  Rebecca  16.  00.  05^.  (Then  fol- 
low similar  receipts.)  Pell,  95. 

[As  the  testator  of  the  preceding  will  called  Mr.  Abraham  Jesson  brother, 
and  Jacob  Jesson  of  New  England,  who  called  Mr.  John  Walley  of  Boston, 
Mass.,  brother-in-lawr,  had  a  brother  Abraham  Jesson,  the  following  will  is 
worth  saving. — H.  F.  Waters. 

See  Mr.  Whitmore's  notes  on  the  Jesson  and  Walley  families  in  the  January 
Register,  pp.  104-6  (ante,  pp.  648-50).— Editor. ] 

Abraham  Jesson,  of  Bethnoll  Greene  in  the  parish  of  Stebouheath  als 
Stepney  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  ironmonger,  26  October  1666,  proved 
14  February  1666.  To  my  wife  Dorothy  Jesson  the  yearly  rents,  issues 
and  profits  of  all  my  lands  &c.  called  by  the  names  of  Stenfields  and  Cow- 
per's  Crofts,  lying  and  being  in  Wedensbury  in  the  Co.  of  Stafford,  late  in 
the  tenure  of  John   Tuncks   or   Thomas   Edwards,   which  I  purchased  of 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         699 

Frauds  Perry  of  Wedensbury  mercer  (and  of  other  estates  there).     This 
during  her  natural  life,  she  making  no  waste  &c.     After  her  death  they  are 
to  go  to  my  eldest  son  Abraham  Jesson   (with  other  estates  near    Woolver- 
hampton  and  in  the  City  of  Worcester  &c).     One  of  the    tenements  in 
Worcester  is  described  as  a  tavern  called  the  Myter  and  another  a?   a   tene- 
ment called  the  Cross  Keys.     To  my  son  Jacob  Jesson   and    his  heirs  all 
that  messuage,    tenement  or   dwelling   house    situate    or   being  in    White 
Chapel,  Middlesex,  commonly  called  or  known  by  the  name  or  sign   of  the 
Sythe  and  Dripping  Pan,  now  in  the  tenure  or  occupation  of  John    Ward, 
ironmonger,   which   I  purchased  of  Samuel   Abraham.      I  give  to   my   son 
Jacob  seven  hundred  and  sixty  pounds  &c,  to  be   paid  unto  him  when  and 
so  soon  as  he  shall  accomplish  his  full  age  of  one  and  twenty   years.     To 
my  son  Nathaniel  Jesson  eight  hundred  pounds  at  one  and  twenty.      To  my 
daughter  Rebecca  Jesson  seven  hundred  pounds  at  one  and   twenty  or  day 
of  marriage.     To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Jesson  seven  hundred   pounds  at 
one  and  twenty  or  day  of  marriage.     To  my  friends  Mr  George  Scott  and 
Richard  Loton  Esq.  twenty  pounds  apiece  and  to  my  friends  Mr.  John  Har- 
wood,  Mr.  Nathaniel  Taylor,  Mr.  Samuel  Short  and  Mr.  Myles  Cooke  fifty 
shillings  apiece  for  rings.     To  my  loving  sister  Rebecca  Cowper  twenty 
five  pounds.     To  William  Bird  the  son  of  Henry  Bird  and  of  my  said  sister 
Rebecca,  twenty  shillings.     To  Josiah  Bird,  sou  of  the  said  Henry  and 
Rebecca,  five  pounds.     To  Elenor  Newton,  the  wife  of  Stephen  Newton 
and  the  daughter  of  the  said  Henry  and  Rebecca,  five  pounds.     To  Sarah 
Cowper,  daughter  of  the  said  Rebekah,  five  pounds  at  one  and  twenty  or 
day  of  marriage.     Other  bequests.     My  friends  Mr.  George  Scott,  grocer, 
Richard  Loton  Esq.  and  my  son  Abraham  Jesson  to  be  executors,  and  my 
friends  Mr.  John  Harwood,  Mr.  Nathaniel  Taylor  Mr.  Samuel   Short  and 
Myles  Cooke  overseers. 

A  Codicil  was  added  20  January  1666,  in  which  he  bequeathed  his  then 
dwelling  house  in  Bednall  Green,  lately  bought  of  Mr.  John  Speering  and 
Katherine  his  wife,  to  his  wife  Dorothy  for  life  and  then  to  his  son  Abra- 
ham. Carr,  22. 

The  following  is  a  brief  abstract  of  the  will  of  Abraham  Jesson,  the  eldest 
son  of  the  preceding  testator,  and  brother  of  Jacob  Jesson  of  New  England. 

Abraham  Jesson  of  London,  ironmonger,  1  December  1678,  proved  22 
September  1680.  Wife  Elizabeth.  Grazeley  farm  near  Woolverhampton 
Co.  Stafford.  Dwelling  houses  in  or  near  Clarkenwell,  Middlesex.  Son 
Abraham.  Messuage  in  the  City  of  Worcester.  Tenement  called  the 
Cross  Keys  in  Bradderdine  near  Worcester.  Daughter  Mary  Jesson. 
Stanfeild's  Leasow  in  Wedensbury  in  Co.  Stafford  &c.  Daughter  Eliza- 
beth Jesson.  Lands  in  Wedensbury  held,  occupied  and  enjoyed  by  Richard 
Smith,  locksmith,  in  the  right  of  Anne,  his  wife,  relict  of  George  Jesson 
deceased.  Daughter  Rebecca  Jesson.  Messuages  in  or  near  Bednall 
Greene,  Stepney,  Middlesex,  late  in  the  tenure  of  my  honored  father  Abra- 
ham Jesson  deceased,  now  in  the  tenure  of  my  honored  mother  Dorothy 
Jesson  &c.  Children  all  under  age.  My  brother  Jacob  Jesson  and  his 
wife  Mary.  My  sister  Rebecca  Thomas  and  her  husband.  My  sister 
Elizabeth  Cockes  and  her  husband.  My  mother  in  law  Mary  Basse  and 
her  husband.  My  brother  Francis  Barkested  and  his  wife  Jane.  My 
brother  John  Barkested.  Jeremiah  Basse.  Mary  Basse,  Esther  Basse. 
My  Aunt  Rebecca  Cowper,  William  Bird,  Ellinor  Newton,  Joseph  Bird, 
.Samuel  Short,  John  Tomkins  and  Miles  Cooke.     My  nephew  James  Cockes. 


700  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Brother  Nathaniel  Jesson.  Wife  and  said  brother  Nathaniel  to  be  joint 
executors. 

The  will  was  proved  (as  above)  by  Elizabeth  Jesson,  power  reserved  for 
Nathaniel  Jesson. 

Commission  issued  15  March  1689  to  Francis  and  John  Bakstead  law- 
ful guardians  of  Abraham,  Elizabeth  and  Rebecca  Jesson,  minor  children 
of  the  deceased  to  administer  (during  their  minority)  the  goods  left  un- 
administerd  by  Elizabeth  Jesson  deceased,  Nathaniel  Jesson,  the  brother, 
renouncing. 

Commission  issued  19  July  1697  to  Abraham  Jesson  the  son,  who  had 
come  to  his  full  age.  Bath,  118. 

John  Smithier  of  Arlington  in  the  parish  of  Buybury  and  County  of 
Gloucester,  yeoman,  16  February  1618,  proved  31  October  1626.  All  my 
lands  of  inheritance  &c  to  John  Smithier,  eldest  son  of  my  son  John  Smithier 
deceased,  next  to  my  cousin  (sic)  Henry  Smithier,  his  brother,  then  to  my 
niece  Johan  Powell,  then  to  my  niece  (sic)  Thomaziue  Smithier,  daughter 
of  said  sou  John  deceased,  then  to  my  cousin  John  Custis  als  Cliffe,  then  to 
my  cousin  Henry  Custis  als  Cliffe,  then  to  my  right  heirs  forever.  I  give 
and  bequeath  my  lease  of  Camdens  unto  my  son  in  law  Edmond  Custis  als 
Cliffe  and  to  his  son  John  Custis  and  to  the  survivor  or  longest  liver  of 
them,  the  said  John  to  pay,  during  the  natural  life  of  the  said  father,  towards 
the  maintenance  of  Elizabeth,  his  sister,  twenty  shillings  yearly,  and  after 
the  decease  of  his  said  father,  if  he  survive,  forty  shillings  yearly  during  his 
own  natural  life.  Bequests  to  Thomas  Howse,  son  of  my  daughter  Anne 
Hovvse  late  of  Colne  Rogers  deceased,  to  Richard  Howse,  his  brother,  to 
my  cousiu  William  Hovvse,  their  brother,  to  James  Howse,  their  brother, 
to  Margaret  Howse.  their  sister,  and  to  Bridget  Howse,  their  sister.  I  give 
to  John  Custis  als  Cliffe  and  Henry  his  brother,  the  sons  of  Edmond  Custis 
now  of  Cirencester,  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  William  Custis,  their  brother, 
thirteen  pounds  six  shillings  eight  pence  and  my  best  shirt.  To  Nicholas 
Custis,  their  brother  and  to  Edmond  Custis,  their  brother,  each,  thirteen 
pounds  six  shillings  eight  pence.  Bequests  to  Elizabeth  and  Mary  Custis, 
their  sisters.  To  my  sister  Jones  forty  shillings.  Thomas  Smithier  and 
his  children.  Richard  Smithier.  Matthew  Smithier  and  his  children. 
Ellianor  Peirson  and  her  children.  William  Smithier  of  Northletch.  Mary 
Powell,  the  daughter  of  my  niece  Joane  Powell,  and  Elizabeth,  her  sister. 
My  cousin  Joane  Powell  to  be  sole  executrix. 

A  codicil  was  written  12  November  1619,  modifying  some  of  the  bequests 
made  in  the  will.  Hele,  133. 


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[The  foregoing  will  I  deem  well  worth  saving,  associating  together,  as  it  does, 
the  family  name  Custis  and  the  place  name  Arlington.      Henry  F.  Waters.] 


Math  ewe  Sillesbye  of  the  town  of  North'tou  in  the  County  of  North'- 
ton  gen1  18  Apiil  1662  proved  19  February  1662.  To  my  worthy  friend 
Salothiell  Lovell  of  Northampton  Esq.,  George  Norwood  of  Nothampton, 
gen'.,  and  Lawrence  Wollaston  of  the  same  town  gen'  and  to  their  heirs  and 
assigns  for  ever  all  that  my  messuage,  two  yard  land  and  close,  with  their 
and  every  of  their  appurtenances  now  in  the  occupation  of  Nathaniel  Basely, 
within  the  town  fields  and  parish  of  Duston  in  the  County  of  Northampton, 
as  also  one  close  of  pasture  situate  in  St.  James  End,  wilhin  the  same 
parish,  called  Dove  house  close,  and  another  close  called  Crowthorp  close 
lying  on  the  West  side  of  Dallington  Moor,  within  the  parish  of  Dalliugton, 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  701 

and  my  meadow  ground  called  Fleaten  Holme  within  the  parish  of  Hard- 
ingstone,  and  my  hook  of  meadow  called  Bull's  Hooke,  lying  in  Cotten 
Marsh  within  the  parish  of  Hardingston,  and  my  yard  land  and  close  in 
Milltou  als  Middleton  Malsor  in  the  said  County,  upon  this  intent  that  they 
shall  with  all  convenient  speed,  immediately  after  my  decease,  make  sale 
all  my  said  lands  and  premises  above  mentioned  for  the  best  price  they  can 
get,  and  with  the  moneys  raised  shall  pay  and  discharge  all  my  debts,  and 
the  remainder  shall  be  towards  the  payment  of  my  legacies  &c.  I  give  to 
my  son  Matthew  Sillesbye  the  messuage  &c.  wherein  I  now  live,  situate  in 
the  Drapery,  in  the  town  of  Northampton,  as  also  the  tenement  in  the  pos- 
session of  Samuel  Gibbs,  next  adjoining  to  the  same,  and  a  piece  of  ground, 
lying  my  backside,  which  I  purchased  of  the  town,  being  part  of  my  walk 
there.  And  I  give  him  two  hundred  pounds  over  and  above  what  I  have 
already  given  him.  I  give  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  four  hundred  pounds, 
to  my  daughter  Rebecca  three  hundred  pounds,  to  my  son  Samuel  all  my 
freehold  land  at  Wellingborrow  (my  son  Matthew  to  make  surrender  of 
the  same).  Also  I  do  give  unto  the  said  Samuel  my  messuage  in  North- 
ampton in  the  occupation  of  my  sister  Cricke,  near  the  great  Conduit  there, 
and  a  messuage  called  Collingtree  wood  House  and  the  three  pasture 
grounds  adjoining,  and  six  acres  of  arable  land  within  the  parish  fields  of 
Road.  And  I  give  him  one  hundred  pounds.  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto 
my  son  Nathaniel  Sillesbye  my  messuage  or  tenement  called  Thrupp  wood 
House,  with  the  several  closes  and  little  wood  ground  thereunto  adjoining, 
lying  and  being  in  the  parish  of  Roade,  and  six  acres  of  arable  land  in  the 
fields  of  Roade  near  unto  the  Hide  there.  And  I  give  unto  my  son  Na- 
thaniel all  my  books,  for  my  earnest  desire  is  that  if  it  shall  please  God  to 
make  him  capable  that  he  be  bred  up  a  scholar.  I  give  unto  my  sister 
Martin  five  pounds.  I  give  to  my  said  trustees  one  messuage  or  tenement 
&c.  in  Bridge  Street,  in  the  occupation  of  Edward  Martin,  another  messu- 
age or  tenement  in  a  place  called  the  New  Lane,  now  in  the  occupation  of 
Daniel  Sanders,  another  tenement  in  the  Horse  Market,  in  the  occupation 
of  Edward  Home,  and  an  orchard  or  garden  in  St.  John's  Lane,  in  the 
parish  of  All  Saints,  and  a  close  of  ground  in  St.  Edmond's  End,  in  the 
parish  of  St.  Giles,  both  in  the  occupation  of  George  Davies,  upon  this 
special  trust  that  they  shall  convey  the  said  messuage  &c,  now  in  the  occu- 
pation of  Edward  Martin,  to  some  honest  person  or  persons  in  trust  for  my 
said  sister  Bethia  Martyn  during  her  life,  and  after  her  decease  in  trust  for 
Thomas  Martin  her  son  and  his  lawful  issue,  failing  such  to  my  right  heirs 
for  ever ;  and,  as  for  the  other  messuages,  orchard  and  close,  that  they  shall 
permit  my  said  sister,  during  her  natural  life,  to  receive  the  rents  &c.  to  her 
own  proper  use  and  behoof;  and  after  her  decease  they  shall  convey  the 
fee  simple  of  the  said  messuages  or  tenements,  orchard  and  close  of  ground 
&c.  unto  the  Mayor,  bailiffs,  and  burgesses  of  the  said  town,  and  to  their 
successors  for  ever,  to  the  intent  and  purpose  that  they  shall  fit  and  prepare 
the  said  messuage  in  the  Horse  Market  for  the  comfortable  habitation  of 
two  poor  widows  or  widowers  of  good  honest  life  and  reputation,  natives  of 
the  said  town  of  Northampton,  and  more  especially  of  the  parish  of  All 
Saints,  to  be  elected  and  chosen  by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  for  the  time 
being,  or  the  major  part  of  them  and  all  the  rents  &c.  of  other  the  said 
premises  to  be  granted  as  aforesaid  to  be  equally  divided  between  the  said 
two  poor  people,  for  the  time  being  for  ever.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my 
aunt  Clarke  if  living  ten  pounds,  to  my  aunt  Ungley  if  living  five  pounds, 
to  my  sister  Harper  fifty  shillings,  the  rest  of  my  goods,  &c.  to  my  son 
Samuel  and  my  two  daughters  Elizabeth  and  Rebecca.  Juxon,  29. 


702  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

[The  above  abstract  was  taken  from  the  registers  of  the  Prerogative  Court  of 
Canterbury,  Somerset  House,  Strand,  London.  A  copy  of  the  same  will  is  also 
preserved  in  the  Probate  Registry  at  Northampton.  The  testator  was  baptized 
in  All  Saints'  Church  17  February  1610(11),  being  a  son  Mr.  Matthew  Sillesbye, 
the  elder,  a  scrivener  who  was  chosen  Mayor  of  Northampton  1631  and  was 
buried  (in  All  Saints')  29  March  1639.  The  son  seems  to  have  followed  closely 
in  his  father's  footsteps,  for  he  too  was  a  scrivener  and  was  Mayor  in  1649-50. 
The  signatures  of  both  of  them  may  be  found  in  many  of  the  wills  now  pre- 
served in  the  probate  registry  of  Northampton  and  are  so  much  alike  that  it 
would  puzzle  an  expert  to  distinguish  them  apart.  The  elder  Matthew  was 
probably  an  apprentice  of  Mr.  George  Coldwell,  common  clerk  of  Northampton 
about  a.d.  1596,  and  afterwards  Mayor. 

The  property  in  Horsemarket  left  by  Mr.  Matthew  Sillesbey  (the  younger) 
for  the  habitation  of  two  poor  widows  or  widowers,  is  described  as  follows  in 
a  case  between  Thomas  Chadwick,  of  Northampton  gen',  petitioner,  and  the 
Mayor,  Bailiffs  and  Burgesses  of  the  said  town  of  Northampton  and  the  parish- 
ioners of  All  Saints'  Parish  in  the  same  town,  defendants,  under  date  Saturday 
26  April  1684.*  The  petitioner  calls  himself  tenant  by  lease  of  a  toft,  piece  or 
parcel  of  ground,  with  the  backside  or  garden  and  the  appurtenances,  situate 
and  being  on  the  west  side  of  Horsemarket,  on  which  said  toft  stood  formerly 
a  messuage  or  tenement  burnt  down  and  demolished  by  the  late  dreadful  fire 
which  happened  in  said  town  of  Northampton,  a  tenement  lying  on  the  North 
formerly  called  the  Three  Tuns  and  certain  parish  land  lying  on  the  South ; 
which  said  messuage  or  tenement,  soe  burnt  down  as  aforesaid  is  in  the  front 
twenty  and  five  foot  in  the  length,  with  the  garden  or  backside  belonging  to  the 
same,  and  was  and  now  is,  parcel  of  the  lands  given  by  the  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  Matthew  Silesby,  late  alderman  of  the  said  town  of  Northampton  de- 
ceased, towards  the  maintenance  of  two  poor  widows,  to  be  appointed  by  the 
Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  the  said  town  of  Northampton.  The  other  property  in 
dispute  was  the  parish  land  next  adjoining  on  the  South.  The  Petitioner  was 
allowed  to  rebuild  and  hold  by  lease  for  ninety-nine  years  &c.  This  would  seem 
to  furnish  evidence  as  to  the  age  of  the  present  building  now  devoted  to  that 
charity  (No  35  Horsemarket).  Through  the  courtesy  of  Mr.  Samuel  Hull  I  was 
enabled  to  ascertain  that  the  estate  in  the  New  Lane  (i.e.  Newland)  was  sold  in 
1866  for  .£470  and  the  proceeds  (less  expenses)  invested  in  Consols  (£482  15s. 
6d.).  The  gentleman  who  bought  this  property  built  two  houses  thereon,  now 
numbered  27  and  27a  on  the  west  side  of  Newland.  The  laud  in  St.  John's  Lane 
was  sold  to  the  Bedford  Railway  Co.  for  £312  10s.  I  believe  the  Bedford  and 
Northampton  Railway  Station  stands  on  the  site.  The  front  part  of  the  close 
in  St.  Edmund's  End  was  sold  off  in  1869  to  the  Grammar  School  Trustees,  who 
built  the  School  House  thereon,  and  the  back  part  is  rented  (at  £10  per  ami.) 
as  a  playground  for  the  school.  The  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the  front  part 
(£665  10s.)  was  invested  in  Consols.  (£715  lis.  6d.)  I  understand  that  the 
income  of  the  Fund  now  supports  three  wTidows,  two  of  them  in  the  Horsemarket 
house. 

Contemporary  with  the  elder  Matthew  in  the  same  parish  of  All  Saints',  and 
undoubtedly  a  brother,  was  a  Henry  Sillesby,  sometimes  styled  linen  draper  and 
sometimes  mercer,  the  baptisms  of  whose  children  (Matthew,  John,  Robert, 
Henry,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  Samuel,  and  Thomas)  are  to  be  found  in  the  Registers 
of  that  parish.  In  his  indenture  of  apprenticeship  (1593),  enrolled  in  vol.  xiii. 
of  the  Town  Records,  he  is  described  as  a  son  of  Robert  Sillesbye  of  Duston. 
Another  contemporary  was  Anthony  Sillesbie  of  Duston,  whose  will  was  proved 
13  September,  1623.  The  name  of  his  brother  Henry  appears  as  a  witness. 
Still  another  was  their  brother  William  Silsbieof  Harleston,  whose  nuncupative 
will  was  proved  15  April,  1626.  Henry  Sillesby  was  one  of  the  bailiffs  in  1622. 
His  wife  (and  the  mother  of  all  his  children)  was  Mary  Randes  (married  20 
April,  1602,  and  buried  22  October,  1632).  Their  son  Henry  (baptized  at  All 
Saints',  20  May,  1613)  seems  to  have  emigrated  to  New  England,  and  finally 
settled  in  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died.  From  him  are  descended  a 
family  of  Silsby,  more  or  less  scattered  throughout  New  England,  and  the  in- 
fluential and  highly  respectable  family  of  Silsbee  of  Salem,  Massachusetts,  one 
of  whom,  Mr.  Edward  A.  Silsbee,  is  now  visiting  Northampton  in  search  of  the 

*  Book  of  Records  of  the  Commissioners  appointed  by  Act  of  Parliament  for  the  better 
and  more  easy  Rebuilding  of  the  Town  of  Northampton,  A.D.  1676. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  703 

traces  of  these  ancestors  of  his  who  were  flourishing  in  Duston  and  Northamp- 
ton nearly  three  hundred  years  ago.  Henry  F.  Waters. 
From  Northamptonshire  Notes  and  Queries,  vol.  v  ,  1892,  p.  104. 

The  foregoing  was  communicated  to  Northamptonshire  Notes  and  Queries  last 
Fall,  while  I  was  visiting  Northampton  with  my  friend  and  townsman,  Mr.  Ed- 
ward A.  Silsbee,  whose  guest  I  was. 

The  following  are  brief  abstracts  of  the  wills  of  William  and  Anthony  Sil- 
lesby,  above  referred  to.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

The  words  of  William  Silsbie  late  of  Harleston  deceased  that  he  spake 
a  litle  before  his  death  Beinge  demanded  whether  he  would  make  a  will 
he  answared  noe,  but  he  would  leaue  all  unto  his  wife  to  bringe  up  the 
Children  And  as  touchinge  William  his  eldest  sonne  if  he  would  be  ruled 
by  his  mother,  then  his  desier  was  that  he  should  haue  halfe  wth  her  Other- 
wise if  he  were  not  ruled  by  her  he  should  haue  but  only  that  five  pounds 
that  was  given  unto  him  by  his  Aunt  in  the  prsence  of  George  Nelson  & 
Richard  Knight  &  others. 

Decimo  quinto  die  Aprilis  Anno  dhi  1626  cora  dn6  Cane  comissa  fuit 

ad°  cu  hmoi  testam'0  annex Silsbie  eius  relictEe  et  princ"  legatar  in 

cod  nominat  de  bene  etc     Jurat  saluo  etc 

Iuventarii  Suj^a  lviteiis 

Book  av  (1621-28)  270.  Northampton  Wills. 

Will  of  Anthony  Sillesbie  of  Duston  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton,  hus- 
bandman 23  July  1623,  proved  12  Sept  1623 

My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  church  or  church  yard  of  Duston. 

I  will  &  bequeath  to  Anne  my  wife  ten  pounds  of  good  &  lawful  English 
money  and  ray  wool,  being  fourteen  fleeces  and  some  of  last  year's  wool  and 
the  bed  I  lie  on  with  the  furniture  and  a  chest  and  halfe  my  househole 
stuffe  throughout  and  two  beastes,  vid,  a  brown  cow  and  a  red  cow  and 
eighteen  sheeps.  Item  my  will  is  that  if  my  wife  will  sever  from  my  son 
in  diett  while  she  is  now  prsent  or  removing  from  hence  shall  return  again 
that  she  shall  have  a  quarterne  land  (she  paying  the  proportionable  rent 
for  it)  to  be  dressed  by  Robert  my  son  as  he  doth  his  own,  and  to  be 
brought  home  for  her  and  she  to  have  convenient  place  for  it  and  the  cattle 
belonging  to  it  as  also  for  her  own  dwelling. 

I  give  &  bequeath  to  ray  dau.  Sarah  Harrise  an  hive  of  bees,  which 
they  shall  choose.  I  give  to  my  grand  children  Rebeccah  &  Sarah  Sillesbie 
two  lambs  which  my  son  Rob1  shall  choose  as  also  two  coverlets  the  better 
to  Rebeccah  the  other  to  Sarah.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Will™  Sillesbie 
my  brother  &  Jane  Smallbone  my  sister  two  strikes  of  Barley  apiece,  to  be 
delivered  to  them  at  the  feast  of  St.  Michael  the  Arch-Angel  next  ensuing 
the  date  of  presents.  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  sister  Howett  a  strike  of 
barley  to  be  delivered  at  the  same  time. 

The  rest  of  my  goods  unbequeathed,  my  burial  discharged  &  my  debts 
paid,  I  give  &  bequeath  to  Robert  Sillesbie  my  son  whom  I  make  my  sole 
executor  of  this  my  last  will  &  testament. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  to  these  presents  set  my  hand  Date  the  23th 
day  of  July  1623. 

{  my  brother  Henrie  Sillesbie 
^  (  my  brother  in  law  Nicholas  Whiting 

Wit :     John  Coles 

Henrie  Sillesbye  The  mark    s\     of 

Edmund  James  Anthonyx     jSillesbie. 


704  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

[By  the  kind  permission  of  the  town  clerk,  William  Shoosmith,  Esq.,  to  whom 
I  was  introduced  by  Sir  Henry  Dryden,  Bar',  I  made  a  rather  extensive  exami- 
nation of  the  town  records  and  documents  in  his  keeping,  and  gathered  a  lot  of 
interesting  notes  about  the  Sillesby  family  and  other  names  of  interest  to  New 
England  genealogists.  I  have  to  thank  Mr.  Shoosmith  and  his  sons  for  the 
great  kindness  shown  by  them  during  and  after  this  search. — H.  F.  Waters.] 

[In  the  Book  of  Inrolments  of  Apprentices,  Indentures  and  Admissions  to  the 
Freedom  of  the  town  of  Northampton  (1562-1727),  I  found  the  following:] 

Md  that  Henry  Sillesbye  (sonne  of  Robert  Sillesbye  of  Duston  in  the 
Countie  of  North11)  by  Indenture  baring  datS  the  ffirste  daye  of  Maye  in  the 
fyve  and  thirtith  yeare  of  the  raign  of  our  souraign  Ladye  quene  Elizabeth 
etc.  bathe  putt  himse.lfe  apprentice  wth  Lawrence  Ball  of  the  towne  of 
Northampton,  grocer,  and  Margaret  his  wyfe  at  the  trade  of  a  grocer  ffor 
the  terme  of  eight  yeares,  to  begynne  at  the  daye  of  the  date  of  the  same* 
Indenture.  The  saide  Henry  Sillesbye  doth  covennte  to  doe  the  saide 
Lawrence  Ball  and  Margarett  true  and  diligent  service  during  the  saide 
terme.  And  the  said  Lawrence  and  Margarett  doen  covennte  to  teache  the 
saide  Henry  Sillesbye  the  said  trade  of  a  grocer,  to  fynde  him  all  things 
necessarie  during  the  terme,  and  to  geve  him  at  thende  of  his  terme  double 
apparell  etc. 

Irr  Primo  die  Decembris  A0  xxxvit0  rne  Elizabeth  etc.  1593. 

1622.  Richard  Woolleston,  mayor,  and  Henry  Sillesbye  and  William 
Brookes  bailiffs,  a  Festo  die  Sancti  Michaelis  Archangeli  anno  dm  1621 
An  loq  regni  dfvi  ftri  Jacobi  Regis  nunc  Anglie  etc.  ■vicesimo  etc  usque  ad 
eundem  festum  anno  Revolut. 

I  found  also,  during  the  Mayoralty  of  Wiliiam  Knight  (1626-7)  an  In- 
rolment  of  an  Indenture  whereby  Robert  Sillesby,  son  of  Henry  Sillesbye 
of  Northampton,  Linen  draper,  put  himself  apprentice  with  Thomas  Cowper 
the  younger,  of  the  said  town,  Ironmonger,  to  be  instructed  in  the  trade  of 
an  ironmonger  for  the  term  of  nine  years  from  the  date  of  the  Indenture, 
which  was  29  September  last  past. 

In  the  time  of  Laurence  Ball,  mayor  (1641-2)  Thomas  Sillesby,  son  of 
Henry  Sillesby  of  Northampton,  mercer,  by  indenture  dat.  14  October,  put 
himself  apprentice  to  Edward  Burgins  of  the  said  town,  barber,  for  eight 
years. 

Among  the  Admissions  to  Freedom  (beginning  A.D.  1606)  I  found  the 
following: 

Georgius  Randesnup.  appr.  Henrici  Sillesbie,  mercer,  et  iur.  natali  admiss. 
fait  decimo  die  Junii  A.°  1612  et  solvit  - iij3  iiijd. 

In  the  Mayoralty  of  Richard  Wollaston  (1622-3),  (Henry  Sillesby  one 
of  the  bailiffs,)  John  Luck  lately  apprentice  of  Matthew  Sillesby,  scrivener, 
was  admitted  to  Freedom  14  March,  22  James,  and  paid  ten  shillings.  Also, 
Richard  Dudley,  apprentice  of  John  Shingleton,  24  May  1623,  and  paid  ten 
shillings.  Again — Daniel  Washington,  taylor,  per  concessu.  colloquii  admiss. 
fuit  xxvii0  die  Septembr.  a0  prdco  et  solvit — xH. 

Later,  I  found  the  following: — 

Johes  Sillesbie  fill  us  Henrici  Sillesbie  iure  natali  admiss.  fuit  xx°  die  Jit  Hi 
1631,  et  solvit — iijs  iiijd. 

Still  later: — Robertus  Sillesby  Jilius  Henrici  Sillesby,  Lyanendra\)  Jur. 
natali  admiss.  fuit  xviij0  die  Novembris  Anno  Dfii  1636,  et  solvit — iiis  iiijd. 

Thomas  Silsbie  Jilius  Henric.  Silsbie  defi  iure  natali  admiss.  fuit  xxiij0 
die  Aprilis  1646,  et  solvit — iij3  iiijd. 

.In  a  Book  of  Orders  of  Assembly  (from  1616  to  1744)  appears  the  fol- 
lowing : 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         705 

At  an  Assemblie  of  John  Harbert,  maior  of  the  towne  of  Northampton, 
the  Aldermen  his  brethren,  hit.  maiors  of  the  same  towne,  the  bailiffs,  all 
those  that  have  been  bailiffs  and  the  fourtie  &  eight  Burgesses  of  the  Com. 
Councell  there  assembled  in  the  Guild  hall  the  sixteenth  day  of  Aprill  in 
the  Sixth  yeare  of  the  Raigne  of  our  Souraigne  Lord  Charles  now  King  of 
England  &c.  1630,  It  is  agreed  and  ordered  that  Henrie  Sillesbie  shall  haue 
a  leasse  of  a  part  of  Cap  lane,  now  in  his  occupation,  excepting  passage 
for  the  heires  of  George  Coldwell  dec,  for  xxi  years  from  the  feast  day 
of  the  Annunciation  last,  upon  the  Rent  of  viiiu  yearlie  upon  Covefints  as 
shalbe  thought  fit. 

At  an  Assembly  12  October  1635  I  noted  the  election  of  Mi.  Matthew 
Sillesbie  one  of  the  Auditors  and  Henrie  Sillesbie  Constable  of  the  Checker 
Ward. 

1637.  It  is  agreed  and  ordered  that  Mr.  Sillesbie,  late  Mayor  of  this 
town,  who  hath  disbursed  some  moneys  about  the  placing  of  poor  boys 
apprentices  in  the  time  of  his  Mayoralty,  shall  have  paid  him  the  iiiju  vi9 
viiid  he  hath  laid  out. 

Among  the  Leases  and  Conveyances  possessed  by  the  Town  I  found  one 
in  which  Henry  Travell  of  Coventry,  gen'  assigned  and  Surrendered,  24 
April  1622,  all  his  estate  &c.  in  and  to  the  moiety  of  Gobions  Manor  (for- 
merly belonging  to  the  Harrisons)  to  Thomas  Cowper,  the  then  Mayor  of 
Northampton,  Henry  Chadwick,  Raphael  Humphrey,  Abraham  Ventris, 
Thomas  Bradforde,  Thomas  Martyn,  Edward  Collis,  William  Knight, 
Richard  Woollaston,  Thomas  Guttridge,  John  Harbert,  John  Fisher  and 
Henry  Syllesby,  who  have  purchased  the  inheritance  and  reversion  of  the 
whole  manor. 

1621.  Counterpart  of  a  conveyance  from  the  Mayor,  Bailiffs  and  Bur- 
gesses of  Northampton  to  Henry  Sillesby  of  Northampton,  linendraper,  and 
John  Scryven  of  the  same,  shoemaker,  for  £53-6-8,  of  a  messuage,  tene- 
ment and  backside  lying  in  the  "  Checkerwarde,"  on  the  E.  side  of  the  street 
or  place  called  "  the  Cheker,"  sometime  in  the  occupation  of  Thomas  Bar- 
ges, since  in  the  tenure  of  Thomas  Crasbrooke  and  now  in  the  occupation 
of  Margaret  Ball  widow,  and  abutting  on  the  Street  called  the  "  Cheker  " 
on  the  W.,  the  land  of  said  Margaret  Ball  on  the  S.,  a  tenement  of  Joseph 
Brian  gen1,  called  "the  Holy  Lambe,"  now  in  the  occupation  of  Anthony 
Smith,  on  the  N.  and  the  land,  sometime  of  John  Brian  the  elder  deceased 
and  now  of  Edward  Burrows  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  on  the  E.  &c.  &c.  dat. 
20  December  1621.     Two  seals  attached. 

1645.  Counterpart  of  a  Conveyance  from  the  Corporation  to  Samuel 
Coldwell  of  Northampton,  gen'  (in  consideration  of  £15. 5s)  of  a  piece  ,of 
ground,  part  iu  the  parish  of  All  Saints  and  part  in  the  parish  of  St.  Sepul- 
chre's, abutting  upon  a  certain  lane  called  "  Sylver  Street"  and  the  land  of 
the  heirs  of  Abraham  Ventries  deceased  and  land  of  the  said  Samuel  Cold- 
well  and  land  belonging  to  the  Hospital  of  St.  Thomas  in  Northampton  on 
the  N.  E.  parts  and  a  certain  lane  leading  from  the  backside  of  an  Inn 
called  "The  Lyon"  leading  to  the  Castle  Hill  and  the  land  of  one  [ — ] 
Harris  and  the  land  of  the  heirs  of  Thomas  Pilkington  deceased  on  the  S. 

and  W.  parts  &c. ;  which  said  piece  of  ground  was  sometimes  a  lane 

long  siuce  enclosed  by  the  said  Mayor,  Bailiffs  and  Burgesses,  called  "  Cap 
Lane,"  and  was  sometimes  in  the  tenure  of  George  Coldwell,  Gentleman, 
deceased,  and  late  was  in  the  tenure  and  occupation  of  Henry  Syllesby,  also 
deceased,  and  now  in  the  occupation  of  one  Nathaniel  Benbow.  Convey- 
ance made  absolute.     Dat.  10  May  1645. 


706  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

I  examined  the  Registers  of  All  Saints  and  extracted  the  following  entries 
(among  others) : 

Baptisms. 

May  1603.  Mathewe  Alius  Henrici  Sillesby  baptizat.  fuit  xv°  die. 

April  1605.  Nathaniell  films  Mathei  Sillesby  bapt.  xxviii0  die. 

Dec.   1607.  Bethiah  filia  Mathei  Sillesby  bapt.  fuit  primo  die. 

"         "  John  filius  Henr.  Sillesby  bapt.  fuit  xxvij0  die. 

Sept.  1610.  Robert  filius  Henrici  Sillesby  bapt.  fuit  xxv°  die. 

Feb.  1610.  Mathew,  filius  Matthei  Sillesby  bapt.  fuit  xvij0  die. 

May  1613.  Henricus  filius  Henrici  Sillesby,  mrcer,  g  Maria  uxore  eius 

bapt.  fuit  eod.  die  (i.e.  xx°  die). 

Oct.  1615.  Abdiell  filius  Mathei  Sillesby  et  Katherine,  uxor,  xxix0  die. 

Jan.  1615.  Mary  filia  Henri  Sillesby,  Lynnendrag  et  Marie  uxor,  eius 
bapt.  fuit  xxviij0  die. 

April  1618.  Samuel  fil.  Matthei  Sillesbie,  Script.,  P  Katherin  uxor,  eius 

bapt.  fuit  xij°  die. 

Sept.  1618.  Elizabeth  filia  Henrici  Sillesby,  linendraper,  P  Maria  xx° 
die. 

Dec.  1621.  Thomas  filius  Mathei  Sillesby,  scrivener,  et  Katherin  xvi° 
die. 

Sept.  1622.  Samuel  filius  Henrici  Sillesbie  et  Marie  uxor,  eius  bapt. 
fuit  octavo  die. 

Feb.  1625.  Thomas  filius  Henrici  Sillesbie,  Linendraper,  et  Marie  uxor, 
eius  xij°  die. 

Marriages. 

April  1602.     Henry  Sillesbie  et  Maria  Randes  nupti  fuer  xx°  die. 
Oct.  1631.     Edward  Martin  et  Bethaia  Sillesbie  iij°  die. 
Sept.  1635.     Matthew  Sillesby  et  Eliz.  Gray  primo  die. 

Burials. 

July  1578.  Robert  Sylbye  sepultus  fuit  eodem  die  (i.e.  vicesimo  octavo). 

Feb.  1609.  Parvulus,  Mathei  Sillesby  sepultus  fuit  vi°  die. 

Sept.  1622.  Samuell  filius  Henric.  Sillesbie  sepultus  fuit  xxiiij0  die. 

Oct.  1624.  Agnes  filia  Henrici  Sillesby — quinto  die. 

Oct.  1632.  Mary  uxor  Henry  Sillesby  sepulta  fuit  xxij  die. 

March  1639.     Mr.  Matthew  Sillesby  sepultus  fail  xxix  die. 

May  1642.  Anne  uxor  Mr.  Henrici  Silles  fllta  fuit   .xiiij  die. 

Sept.  1643.  Mrs.  Katherine  Sillesby  sepulta  mit  xij  die. 

On  my  return  to  London  I  was  able  to  make  notes  of  the  following  wills 
of  members  of  this  family. 

Samuell  Sillesby,  Fellow  of  Queen's  College  in  Cambridge,  18  October 
1650,  proved  at  London  9  November  1650.  I  give  unto  my  sister  Bathiah 
Martin,  wife  to  Edward  Martain  of  Northampton  fifty  pounds  and  unto  her 
two  children  Thomas  Martin  and  to  John  Maitine  the  sum  of  ten  pounds 
apiece,  all  which  sum  of  seventy  pounds  my  will  is  shall  abide  in  the  hands 
of  my  executors  hereafter  to  be  named,  to  be  laid  out  for  the  use  and  bene- 
fit of  my  said  sister  and  her  two  Children,  according  as  they  my  said  execu- 
tors shall  in  their  judgments  and  conscience  shall  think  best  for  the  advan- 
tage and  benefit  of  my  said  sister  and  her  said  two  children.     I  give  to  my 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  707 

brother  Thomas  Sillesby,  Mr  of  Arts  of  Christ  Church  in  Oxford,  all  my 
books  and  papers  and  clothes,  with  every  other  thing  belonging  to  my 
chamber  and  study  at  Queen's  College  in  Cambridge  and  the  furniture  of 
my  chamber  or  whatsoever  is  mine  in  the  Gallery  thereto  belonging,  and 
what  else  I  have  lent  to  any  in  Cambridge  or  elsewhere  (money  only  ex- 
cepted). I  give  thirty  pounds  to  Queen's  College  in  Cambridge,  whereof 
ten  pounds  is  for  the  use  of  the  Library,  especially  for  the  buying  of  those 
Greek  fathers,  in  their  own  language,  as  yet  are  wanting  there,  and  the 
other  to  be  distributed  to  the  poorest  and  most  improving  and  pious  scholars 
in  the  said  College,  according  to  the  judgment  of  the  President  and  Fellows 
of  the  said  College.  I  give  to  my  cousin  Tymothy  Rushbrookeand  Ellenor 
his  wife  all  the  money  which  formerly  I  have  lent  them,  together  with  a 
lease  of  theirs  which  is  in  my  custody,  which,  my  will  is,  shall  be  restored 
unto  them.  I  give  to  the  young  "  scholeboy  of  my  Cozen  lues,  shoomaker 
in  Northampton  "  five  pounds  for  his  better  education  in  learning.  My 
will  is  that  five  pounds  be  laid  out  in  plate  to  be  given  as  a  memorial  of  my 
true  affection  to  my  very  good  friend  Mr  Ofspring.  I  give  to  Judith  Ball 
forty  shillings,  who  hath  attended  me  in  my  sickness.  The  rest  of  all  my 
estate,  my  funeral  charges  and  the  legacies  aforesaid  being  first  paid  and 
discharged,  I  give  to  my  two  brothers  Matthew  Sillesby  and  Thomas  Sillesby 
to  be  equally  divided  between  them,  whom  I  appoint  executors  of  this  my 
last  will  and  testament. 

Wit:     Charles  Ofspring,  Jeremiah  Whittaker.  Pembroke,  190. 

1650,  Oct.  21,  Samuel  Sillesby,  vice-president  of  Queen's  Coll.  Cambr., 
bur.  Registers  of  S'  Antholin,  London. 

In  the  year  1644,  according  to  an  old  parchment  register  of  Queen's  Col- 
lege, "Mr  Sillesby  (was)  chosen  Proctor  for  ye  yeere  ensuing,  beginning  at 
Michaelmasse  next,  by  ye  Consent  of  ye  President  and  maior  part  of  yc 
fellowes."  The  President  at  this  time  was  Edward  Martin  D.D.  On  the 
11th  day  of  June  1644  the  Earl  of  Manchester,  under  the  authority  of  an 
Act  of  Parliament,  appointed  nine  new  fellows,  to  fill  vacancies  that  had 
been  created  in  April.  Among  these  new  Fellows  was  Samuel  Sillesby. 
Another  was  William  Ames.  We  are  informed  that  all  these  new  Fellows 
were  from  Emmanuel  College,  except  John  Hoare  and  Samuel  Glover,  who 
were  from  Sl  Catherine's  Hall.  Mr.  Sillesby  was  then  styled  Master  of 
Art.     He  also  obtained  the  degree  of  B.D. 

His  brother  Thomas  was  entered  at  Queeu's  Coll.  as  a  Pensioner  15 
November  1644.     Tutor  Mr.  Sillesby.     B  A.  1647-8. 

I  have  not  examined  the  Oxford  records  to  find  traces  of  him  there.  His 
will  is  as  follows: 

Memorandum  that  Thomas  Sillesby  of  West  Thurrock  in  the  County 
of  Essex,  deceased,  on  or  about  the  eighth  day  of  September  1653  &c,  did 
utter  and  speak  these  words  following,  or  the  like  in  effect,  viz*,  I  give  unto 
my  brother  Matthew  Sillesby  the  moiety  or  one  half  part  of  all  my  estate; 
and  I  give  unto  my  sister  Bethia  Marten  and  her  children  the  other  moiety 
or  half  part  of  my  estate;  and  my  will  is  that  my  said  sister  shall  only  have 
the  benefit  and  increase  of  the  said  moiety  &c.  during  her  natural  life;  and 
after  her  decease  that  the  same  moiety  &c.  be  equally  divided  between  her 
two  children,  and  that  the  same  legacy  given  to  my  said  sister  and  her 
children  shall  remain  in  the  hands  of  John  Sandford  Esq.  to  their  use,  and 
she  to  have  the  yearly  use  thereof  during  her  life,  for  her  more  comfortable 
maintenance:  and  my  will  is  that  my  said  sister's  husband,  in  regard  of  his 


708  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

ill  husbandry,  shall  not  receive  or  intermeddle  with  any  part  of  the  said 
legacy  given  to  my  sister  and  her  children  :  and  I  make  and  appoint  my 
brother  Matthew  Sillesby  my  sole  executor  and  John  Sandford  Esq.  and 
John  Ashon  my  overseers:  which  words,  or  the  like  in  effect,  he  the  said 
Thomas  Sillesbv  uttered  and  declared  as  and  for  his  last  will  and  testament 
nuncupative  in  the  presence  and  hearing  of  the  said  Mr.  John  Sandford  and 
Elizabeth  Dickens,  whom  the  testator  desired  to  take  notice  thereof. 

The  above  will  was  proved  by  Mr  Matthew  Sillesby  the  sole  executor, 
who  in  the  registered  probate  act  is  wrongly  called  son  of  the  deceased. 

Brent,  28. 

Md  the  Xth  day  of  June  in  the  xijth  yere  of  the  reigne  of  or  Sauraine  Lady 
Quene  Elizabethe  etc. — Chadde  Browne  the  sone  of  Arthure  Browne  of 
Melcheborne  in  the  Countie  off  Bedford  yoman  hathe  put  himself  ap'rentice 
wth  Leonrd  Omston  of  North'ton  Curriar,  ffrom  the  day  off  the  makinge 
hereof  unto  the  ende  and  terme  off  eight  yeres.  And  Leonrd  to  him  eury 
quarter  iiijd  (sic).  And  it  is  farther  agreed  that  after  the  vij  yeres  be  doone 
the  seide  Chadde  Browne  shall  srue  the  viij,h  yere  as  a  Jorenyman  and  ffor 
that  yeres  seruice  shall  giue  the  saide  Chadde  Browne  ffyve  marks  off 
mouy  and  doble  apparrell  for  hollyday  and  workinge  day. 

[The  above  name,  well  known  to  New  England  genealogists,  caught  my  eye 
as  I  was  examining  the  book  wherein  is  contained  the  Inrolments  of  Indentures 
of  Apprenticeship  and  Admissions  to  Freedom  now  preserved  among  the  archives 
of  the  town  of  Northampton.  The  Indentures  of  apprenticeship  begin  with  the 
early  years  of  the  reign  of  Elizabeth;  the  Admissions  to  Freedom  begin  AD. 
1606.  Among  the  latter  I  found  the  following  interesting  items  referring  to 
another  well  kuown  name  : — ] 


1617-18     Egideus   Corey,   maulster,  J?  concessu    colloquii   admiss.  fuit 
decimo  die  Martii  et  solvit — x11. 

[This  entry  had  a  cross  against  it  on  the  margin,  but  the  next  year  appeared 
the  following  : — ] 


1619-19  Gyles  Corey  maulster,  P  concessu  colloquii  i  admiss.  fuit  xxij0 
die  Januarii  et  solvit — xIe. 

[I  considered  it  not  a  bad  day's  work  when  I  found  two  such  names  as  those, 
to  say  nothing  of  others  which  I  hope  to  present  to  the  readers  of  my  "  Glean- 
ings." Henry  F.  Waters. 

Mr.  William  H.  Whitmore  announced  these  discoveries  in  relatiou  to  Brown 
and  Corey,  in  the  New  York  Nation,  March  9.  In  relation  to  the  apprenticeship 
of  Chad  Browne,  he  says:  "The  year  is  A.D.  1570,  and  the  apprentice  was 
doubtless  fourteen  years  old.  It  is  well  known  that  a  Chad  Browne  came''  to 
Boston  "  in  1638,  in  the  ship  Martha,  when  his  oldest  son  John  was  eight  years 
old";  that  he  settled  at  Providence  the  same  year;  "that  he  and  his  son  and 
grandson  were  successively  elders  in  the  Baptist  church,  and  that  the  liberality 
of  his  descendants  is  commemorated  in  Brown  University.  It  is  hardly  probable 
that  the  apprentice,  Chad,  was  the  emigrant,  as  he  would  have  been  over  seventy 
when  his  son  was  born.  Coincidence  of  names  makes  it  highly  probable  that 
the  apprentice  was  father  of  the  emigrant.  As  the  general  work  of  Mr.  Waters 
for  the  Register  does  not  allow  of  special  searches,  will  not  some  of  the 
graduates  of  Brown  contribute  the  necessary  funds  to  investigate  the  clue  so 
that  Mr.  Waters  may  do  for  their  founder  what  he  has  clone  for  Harvard." 

In  relation  to  the  admission  to  freedom  of  Giles  Corey,  Mr.  Whitmore  re- 
marks :  "  Here  we  seem  to  be  on  the  track  of  the  father  of  that  stout-hearted 
victim  of  the  Salem  witchcraft,  Giles,  who  was  born  about  1616."  We  trust 
that  both  clues  will  be  followed. — Editor.] 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  709 

Walter  Light  of  Radway,  within  the  parish  of  Busshopper  Itchiugton 
and  County  of  Warwick,  gentleman,  16  March  1596,  proved  22  April  1597. 
My  will  is'that  my  body  shall  be  buried  in  the  chancel  of  the  parish  church 
of  Radwaye  aforesaid,  near  where  my  wife  lieth,  with  such  convenient 
funerals  as  shall  seem  good  to  my  executor.  I  give  to  the  mother  church 
of  Litchfield  twelve  pence.  I  give  towards  the  repair  of  the  parish  church 
of  Radwaye  ten  shillings  and  towards  the  repair  of  the  church  of  Chad- 
shunte  three  shillings  fourpence.  To  the  poor  in  Radwaye  tweuty  shillings, 
to  be  distributed  by  the  discretions  of  my  well  beloved  friends  Richard  Hill, 
vicar  there,  and  my  executor.  Whereas  my  cousin  Robert  Washington 
maketh  demand  of  divers  things  which  he  saith  was  given  by  his  grand- 
mother, in  recompense  and  discharge  thereof  and  of  my  further  good  will  I 
do  give  to  him  ten  pounds,  to  be  paid  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease. 
I  give  unto  Christopher  Washington  my  kinsman  five  pounds,  to  be  paid  to 
him  within  one  year  after  my  decease,  as  before.  To  my  kinsman  William 
Washington  five  pounds,  to  be  paid  in  like  sort.  To  Thomas  Washington 
my  kinsman  five  pounds,  to  be  paid  at  his  age  of  twenty  and  one  years.  To 
Amy  Wakelyn,  my  kinswoman,  seven  pounds,  to  be  paid  to  her  within  one 
year  after  my  decease.  To  Ursula  Adcocke,  my  kinswoman,  ten  pounds, 
to  be  paid  in  like  sort  and  manner.  To  Walter  Nicholls  my  godson  five 
pounds,  to  be  paid  to  him  when  he  shall  come  to  the  age  of  twenty  and  one 
years.  I  do  forgive  Thomas  Savadge.  my  kinsman,  of  Kyneton,  all  such 
debts  as  he  doth  owe  me  either  by  bill,  bond  or  otherwise.  I  do  give  to  all 
my  servants  that  shall  fortune  to  serve  in  house  with  me  at  the  time  of  my 
decease,  as  well  men  servants  as  maid  servants,  to  every  of  them  three 
shillings  four  pence,  to  be  paid  to  them  at  the  end  of  their  term.  Further- 
more I  do  give  to  every  of  my  god  children  three  shillings  four  pence. 

Moreover  whereas  I  have  taken  upon  me  to  be  executor  unto  my  brother 
Mr.  Christopher  Light  and  have  executed  the  same  till  this  time,  by  means 
whereof  there  are  divers  sums  of  money  come  into  my  hands  more  than  is 
laid  out,  to  the  value  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  or  thereabouts,  of 
which  said  sum  there  is  ten  pounds  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Edward  Yorke, 
which  I  delivered  to  John  Eborne  and  have  no  writing  to  show  for  the 
same,  now  my  will  is  that  if  Richard  Lighte,  son  of  the  said  Christopher, 
to  whom  if  he  shall  live  to  the  a<je  of  twentv  and  one  years  I  am  to  make 
accompte  of  the  said  money,  do  accept  and  allow  of  all  such  bills,  reckonings 
and  charges,  as  well  about  his  pretended  wardship  as  other  wise,  as  I  have 
left  in  writing  and  is  true  that  I  have  paid,  and  do  accept  of  the  said  sum 
which  shall  appear  by  those  reckonings  to  be  due  unto  him  in  full  discharge 
of  all  things  to  him  by  me  due  or  payable  or  which  I  may  be  charged  with 
as  executor  unto  his  father,  without  and  contrariety  or  suit  in  law  against 
my  executor  or  executors,  whomsoever  they  shall  be,  and  do  lawfully  and 
sufficiently  by  his  deed  in  writing  discharge  and  acquit  my  said  executor 
and  executors  of  and  from  all  debts,  "  dueties  "  and  demands  which  were 
due  by  me  unto  him  the  day  of  my  decease,  then  I  do,  of  my  own  free  gift, 
give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  kinsman  Richard  Light  all  such  plate  which 
came  and  yet  is  in  my  hands  which  was  his  said  fathers,  and  also  such  fine 
linens  which  be  in  a  coffer  in  my  house  at  this  present,  which  were  also  his 
fathers,  if  he  live  to  the  said  age  of  twenty  and  one  years,  then  and  upon 
performance  of  the  premisses  to  mine  executors  according  to  this  my  will 
to  be  delivered  to  him  and  not  otherwise.  But  if  he  shall  contend  in  law  or 
not  accept  of  the  said  sum,  as  before,  or  refuse  to  allow  of  such  bills  and 
reckonings  as  my  said  executor  or  executors  shall  offer  uuto  him,  or  not  make 


710  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

unto  him  or  them  such  discharge  as  is  afore  said,  or  if  he  shall  die  before 
his  said  age  of  twenty  and  one  years,  then  my  will  is  that  the  whole  legacy 
or  legacies  to  him  by  me  given  as  aforesaid  shall  be  utterly  void  and  of  no 
validity. 

And  also  whereas  my  kinsman  Lawrence  Washington  hath  procured  and 
gotten  administration,  after  the  decease  of  his  brother  Walter  Washington, 
of  the  goods  and  chattels  which  were  his  said  brothers,  so  that  it  is  yet 
doubtful  what  the  Law  will  determine  of  two  leases  of  the  farm  in  Radwaye 
(wherein  I  now  dwell)  the  state  whereof  was  in  the  said  Walter  Wash- 
ington at  the  time  of  his  decease,  which  leases  in  truth  I  always  did  mean 
and  intend  that  he  the  said  Walter  and  his  wife  and  children  should  have 
and  enjoy,  by  means  whereof  I  rest  uncertain  what  to  give  to  my  daughter 
Alice  Washington  the  late  wife  of  the  said  Walter  Washington  and  to  her 
two  children  John  and  Katherine  Washington  until  the  matter  be  decided 
either  by  law  or  other  ways  who  shall  have  the  said  leases.  Wherefore  I 
do  by  this  my  last  will  and  testament  give  and  commit  all  my  goods  and 
chattels  whatsoever  to  my  well  beloved  friend  John  Murden  of  Ratley  in 
the  County  of  Warwick,  who  is  natural  father  to  my  said  daughter  Alice 
Washington  and  grandfather  to  the  said  children,  to  the  end  and  intent  tliat 
when  it  is  determined  either  by  law  or  other  ways  what  will  become  of  the 
said  two  leases  that  then  the  said  John  Murden  shall  make  such  distri- 
bution, as  well  of  the  said  leases  as  of  all  my  other  said  goods  and  chattels 
and  other  things  aforesaid,  my  debts  and  legacies  being  discharged,  between 
my  said  daughter  Alice  and  her  children,  according  to  the  discretion  of  the 
said  John  Murden ;  which  I  mean  shall  be  in  discharge  of  certain  covenants 
and  agreements  which  were  made  between  me  the  said  Walter  Lijdite  and 
the  said  John  Murden  at  the  marriage  of  his  daughter  unto  my  kinsman 
Walter  Washington.  And  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  I  do  con- 
stitute and  make  my  said  friend  John  Murden  my  sole  executor  and  my 
well  beloved  cousin  George  Warner  and  my  very  good  neighbor  and  friend 
Richard  Aillmy  overseers.     And  I  give  to  either  of  them  forty  shillings. 

Cobham,  33. 

[As  this  family  of  Light  were  ancestors  of  our  Washington,  I  give  the  fol- 
lowing abstracts  of  wills  which  I  have  gathered  from  time  to  time.  Let  me, 
meanwhile,  improve  the  opportunity  by  calling  renewed  attention  to  the  error 
which  slipped  into  the  pedigree  of  Washington  presented  by  me  in  1889.  Robert 
of  Sulgrave  married  first,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Walter  (and  not  Robert)  Light. 

Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Thomas  Light  of  Horley  in  Oxfordshire  6  January  1520,  proved  30 
January  1520.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  church  of  S'  Awdrey  in  Hor- 
ley. To  the  high  altar  of  the  same  church,  for  my  tythes  negligently  for- 
gotten, six  shillings  eight  pence.  To  the  same  church  a  cope  and  a  pair  of 
vestments  of  black  velvet.  I  will  have  a  priest  singing  in  the  same  church 
for  me  two  years  next  ensuing  for  the  Welth  (sic)  of  my  soul  and  Christen 
souls.  I  will  that  there  be  bought  at  Loudon  a  great  marble  stone  to  lie 
upon  me  and  my  wife  both  after  her  decease,  and  therein  to  be  graven  I  and 
my  wife  in  brass  with  all  our  children.  To  the  mother  church  of  Lincoln 
three  shillings  four  pence.  To  the  church  of  Hornton  three  shillings  four 
pence.  To  the  church  of  Rotley  three  shillings  four  pence.  To  the  church 
of  Rodway  three  shillings  four  pence.  To  Thomas  Blencow  and  Joane  my 
daughter  six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  four  pence.  To  every  one  of  their 
children  ten  sheep.  To  John  Warner  and  Anne  my  daughter  six  pounds 
thirteen  shillings  four  pence.     To  every,  one  of  their  children   ten  sheep. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  711 

To  Master  William  Pargetour  my  Curate,  to  pray  for  me,  six  shillings 
eight  pence.  I  wolle  (sic)  that  John  Parsons,  an  old  servant  of  mine,  that 
he  remain  still  servant  with  my  wife  and  my  son  Christofer,  and  after  that 
he  is  no  longer  able  to  do  service  I  will  that  he  remain  still  in  my  house 
and  to  have  meet  and  drink,  or  else  six  pence  a  week  as  long  as  he  liveth 
and  be  at  his  pleasure.  I  will  that  Agnes  Warden,  an  old  woman  in  my 
house,  be  ordered  after  the  same  manner  as  John  Parsons.  To  Joane 
Heckes,  a  maid  servant  of  mine,  six  shillings  eight  pence.  To  Thomas 
Horsman  and  his  wife  of  Horneton  ten  shillings.  To  every  of  my  god- 
children one  sheep.  To  Richard  Mall  my  godchild  ten  sheep.  I  make 
mine  executors  my  wife  Agnes  Lyght  and  my  son  Christopher  Lyght.  I 
make  overseers  Thomas  Blencowe  and  William  Malle  of  Adderbery.  I  be- 
queath to  Thomas  Blenecowe  (sic)  for  his  labor  in  this  cause  twenty  shillings. 
To  William  Mall  other  twenty  shillings  and  my  best  gown.  All  the  rest  of 
my  goods  not  bequeathed,  my  debts  paid,  and  also  the  lease  and  occupying 
of  my  farm  for  the  years  that  be  to  come,  and  of  all  the  pastures  and  other 
profits  that  I  have  within  the  Lordship  of  Halse  within  the  County  of 
Northampton  I  will  that  my  wife  and  my  son  Christofer  have  them  and 
occupy  them  jointly  together,  to  the  use  of  them  both,  as  long  as  my  said 
wife  liveth;  and  after  the  decease  of  my  wife  I  will  that  my  son  Christofer 
shall  have  them  and  he  for  to  dispose  for  both  our  souls  after  his  discretion. 
William  Pargytur  Curate  and  Vicar  there  of  Horley  a  witness. 

May u waring,  4. 

Agnes  Lyght,  widow,  of  the  parish  of  Sl  Lawrence  Marston,  20  Novem- 
ber 1523,  proved  15  December  1523.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  church 
of  St.  Lawrence  Marston.  To  the  mother  church  of  Lincoln  four  pence. 
To  the  church  of  Lawrence  Marston  for  my  "  leyston  "  and  to  the  reparation 
of  the  church  twenty  shillings.  To  the  church  of  Hornton  six  shillings 
eight  pence.  To  every  one  of  my  godchildren  that  be  not  married  a  sheep. 
To  every  one  of  my  "childers  childern  "  four  sheep.  To  two  children  of 
William  Malle,  every  one,  four  sheep,  and  to  his  daughter  a  cow.  To 
Agnes  Lyght  my  daughter  my  red  saye  cloth.  To  Thomas  Lyght  my  great 
chest.  To  Margaret  Bleuckowe  (certain  household  effects)  and  a  cow.  To 
Julian  Malle,  daughter  to  William  Malle,  and  to  Ellynor  Warner  (house- 
hold effects).  To  the  son  of  William  Malles  wife  four  sheep.  To  Richard 
Burton  vicar  of  Horley  six  shillings  eight  pence,  to  pray  for  my  soul  and 
my  husband's  soul  in  his  "  bedroll."  Thomas  Brynknell  Doctor  of  Divinity, 
overseer  of  this  my  will,  to  have  to  the  profit  of  S*  John's  of  Banbury,  six 
shillings  eight  pence  and  four  sheep.  The  residue  of  my  goods  to  Thomas 
Blenckowe  and  William  Malle,  the  which  I  have  ordained  and  made  my 
executors,  that  they  dispose  them  after  their  will  for  the  wealth  of  my  soul. 

Edmunde  Pargytor  priest,  one  of  the  witnesses.  Bodfelde,  15. 

Christofer  Lyghte  28  March  1546,  proved  9  November  1546.  My 
body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Horley,  if  it  be  my  chance  to  die 
there,  as  near  to  my  father's  grave  as  may  be  conveniently.  To  the  high 
altar  of  the  same  church,  for  my  tythes  negligently  forgotten,  twelve  pence. 
T  owards  the  reparations  of  the  said  church  forty  shillings.  "  Item  I  will 
that  every  christian  creature  wthin  the  Parrishe  of  Horley  and  euery  other 
man  wooman  and  childe  thatdothe  thethur  resorte  at  the  day  of  my  buriall 
haue  euery  of  theyme  ijd  to  pray  for  my  soule,  and  euery  priste  that  is  at 
my  buriall  to  haue  viiid  and  his  Dynner."     "Item  I  will  to  haue  a  priste  to 


712  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

celebrate  and  to  pray  for  my  soule,  for  the  soules  of  my  ffather  and  mother, 
Thomas  and  Agnes,  and  other  my  freendes  and  for  Xpen  soules  the  space  of 
one  hole  yere  and  to  have  for  his  stipende  va  vi9  viijd."  I  will  that  Christo- 
fer  Lighte  my  son  have  my  whole  manor  of  Horneton  and  my  land  there 
called  Avenettes,  Little  Horneton  and  Waralles  &c.  with  proviso  that  he 
grant  to  his  brother  Walter  and  his  heirs  male  one  annuity  of  five  pounds 
sterling  to  be  paid  yearly  out  of  the  said  manor  of  Horneton.  The  said 
Christofer  to  have  more,  my  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Horley  and  the 
lands  appertaining,  within  the  towns  and  fields  of  Horley  and  Molington. 
I  give  to  Walter  Lighte  my  son  my  house  at  Salton's  corner  within  the 
town  of  Horley  that  William  Peter  now  dwelleth  in,  to  have  and  to  hold 
to  him  and  his  heirs  male  forever.  I  give  to  Thomas  Light  my  son  all  my 
lands  and  tenements  in  Baubery  and  in  Banbery  parish,  to  him  and  his 
heirs  male  forever.  Provision  for  entailing.  To  Christopher  my  lease  of 
the  manor  of  Horley,  my  lease  of  the  parsonage  of  Horley  and  my  leases 
of  Weescotte  (also  called  Wescotte)  and  Knight  Hardwick,  with  proviso 
that  he  keep  for  the  use  of  his  mother,  during  the  time  of  Mr.  Compton's 
lease  of  Wescotte  and  Hardwick,  three  score  wether  sheep  in  the  fields  of 
Horley  and  Horneton  and  twenty  ewes  aud  twenty  hog  sheep  in  Wescotte 
and  six  kyne  "  other"  at  Westcotte  or  in  Horley  field  and  a  nag,  to  be  kept 
as  he  keepeth  his  own,  certain  household  stuff  to  the  sons  and  to  Agues 
Pargetour  and  Johan  Savage.  And  I  will  that  both  my  daughters  have 
each  of  them  a  cow  and  twenty  couples  uso  that  I  separte  this  worlde  be- 
twene  carrying  tyrne  and  sammas."  To  a  poor  child  called  Thomas  Hayes 
six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  four  pence.  To  certain  others  and  to  servants 
in  the  house  and  to  godchildren.  I  will  that  Mr.  Crocker  have  my  best 
ring.  I  will  that  my  brother  Nicholas  Woodwarde  of  London  have  for  a 
remembrance  five  gilt  spoons  which  he  hath  in  his  own  keeping.  The 
residue  to  my  sons  Christopher  Lighte  and  Walter  Lighte  whom  I  make 
mine  executors,  willing  aud  desiring  my  brother  Robert  Pargetor  and  my 
cousin  Parson  Box  to  be  overseers  &c,  and  I  give  them  for  their  pains  and 
labors  in  so  doing  three  pounds  six  shillings  eight  pence. 

One  of  the  witnesses  was  John  Crocker  gen'.  Alen,  19. 

The  following  pedigree  of  this  family  is  taken  from  the  Visitation  of  Oxford- 
shire (Harleian  Soc.  Pub.)  p.  HI. 

Thomas  Light  of  Horley=Agnes 
in  Corn.  Oxon. 


Christopher  Light  of  Horley=Elizabeth  daur.  of  Henry  Warde  of 
iu  Cora.  Oxon.  1'illerton  in  Coin.  Warr.  yeoman. 

1  i  i  i  i 

1  Walter.         2  Christopher=Elizabeth  dr  Johanne  mar.  to  Henry  Savage  Agnes  to  VTillm 

Lighte  of        to  Thomas  of  Kynton  in  Com.  Warr.  after  Pargetor  of 

Horley.             Dale  of  to  John  Hawforde  of  Lamcott  Gritworth  in 

London  gen'.                    in  Com.  Warr.  Com.  North'ton. 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen  I  Martha  Hayward  of  the  County  of  Staf- 
ford being  sick  aud  weak  of  body  hut  of  perfect  sence  and  memory,  thanks 
be  given  to  God  therefor  Doe  make  and  ordaiue  this  my  last  Will  &  Testa- 
ment 

Irnpr8  I  give  and  bequeath  my  Soul  to  God  and  my  body  to  the  Earth 
to  be  buryed  in  Christianlike  and  Deceut  manner  att  the  disposition  of  my 
Exec"  hereafter  named  and  as  for  what  worldly  Estate  it  hath  pleased  God 
to  bless  me  w,h  all  I  give  devise  and  dispose  of  in  the  followiug  manner  & 
forme 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  713 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  two  cousins  John  and  Augustine  the 
sons  of  my  cozn  Lawrence  Washington  of  Westmoreland  County  one  negroe 
woman  named  Anne  and  her  future  increase  and  in  case  of  their  deaths 
before  they  come  of  age  then  I  give  the  sd  negroe  to  the  aforesd  Lawrence 
Washington  &  his  heirs  forever. 

Item  1  give  unto  mv  cozen  Lawrence  Washington  son  of  Mr  John  Wash- 
ington  of  Westmoreland  County  one  mallatto  girle  named  Suka  to  him  and 
his  heirs  forever. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  cozen  John  Washington  son  of  the 
said  John  Washington  of  Westmoreland  county  one  mallatto  Girle  named 
Kate  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  my  cozen  Nathaniel  Washington,  son  of  the  said 
John  Washington  one  Negroe  boy  named  John  to  him  &  his  heirs  forever. 

I  give  aud  bequeath  uuto  my  Cozn  Hen  :  Washington  son  of  the  said  John 
Washington  one  negroe  boy  named  George  William  to  him  &  his  heirs 
for  ever. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  uuto  my  kinsman  Mr  John  Washington  of 
Stafford  County  one  negroe  woman  named  Petty  and  her  future  Increase 
to  him  &  his  heirs  forever. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  kinsman  Mr  Richd  ffoot  two  thousands 
pnds  Tobbacco  to  him  &  his  heirs  for  ever. 

Item  it  is  my  will  &  desire  that  my  Extrs  wth  all  conven*  speed  after  my 
decease  doe  procure  and  purchase  for  each  of  my  two  sisters  in  Law  viz' 
Mary  King  and  Sarah  Todd  a  servant  man  or  woman  as  they  or  either  [of] 
them  shall  both  like  haveing  att  least  four  or  five  years  to  serve  wch  I  doe 
give  to  them  and  their  heirs  forever. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  aforesd  cozins  the  sous  of  my  two 
cozn8  Lawrence  and  John  Washington  of  Westmoreland  County  to  Each  of 
them  a  feather  bedd  aud  furniture  to  them  and  their  heirs  forever. 

Item  it  is  my  will  and  desire  that  my  Exectrs  with  all  Conven1  speed  send 
to  England  to  my  Eldest  sister  Mrs  Elizabeth  Rumbold  a  Tunne  of  good 
weight  of  Tobacco,  &  the  same  I  give  to  her  and  her  heirs  forever. 

Item  it  is  my  desire  that  my  said  Executors  Doe  likewise  take  freight 
send  for  England  to  my  other  sister  Mrs  Marg'  Galbut  [TalbutPJ  a  Tonne 
of  good  weight  of  Tobbacco  which  I  give  to  her  and  her  and  her  \_sic~]  heirs 
forever. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Mr  Wm  Pruckner  [?]  of  the  County  of 
York  my  gold  signett. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Capt  Law:  Washington  and  his  wife,  Mr 
John  Washington  of  Stafford  County  aud  his  wife,  Mr  John  Washington  of 
Westmoreland  County  and  his  wife,  Mary  King,  Sarah  Todd  and  Mary 
Wheatley,  each  of  them  a  gold  of  twenty  shillings  piece  To  be  procured 
with  all  Conven*  speed  after  my  decease. 

Item  [  give  and  bequeath  uuto  Samuel  Todd  son  of  Wm.  Todd  a  heiffer 
about  three  years  old. 

Lastly  after  all  my  just  Debts  are  pd  all  the  rest  of  my  Estate  what- 
soever and  wheresoever  I  doe  give  and  bequeath  unto  Cap*  Lawrence 
Washington,  Mr  John  Washington  of  Westmoreland  County,  &  Mr  John 
Washington  of  Stafford  County  to  be  Equall[y]  Divided  between  them 
and  I  doe  hereby   [  ]   Constitute  and  ordaine  the   aforesd    Lawrence 

Washington  &  John  Washington  of  Westmoreland  County  Execut"  of  this 
my  last  will  &  Testament.  In  Witnesse  whereof  I  have  hereunto  ^sett  my 
hand  and  &  ffixed  my  Seale  this  6th  day  of  May  anuoqe  Domi  1697. 

Martha   Haywaru. 


714  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Signed,  sealed  and  delivered  in  the  presence  of  us :  Geo.  Weedon,  Sarah 
Kelly,  Sarah  X  Powell,  her  marke,  John  Pike. 
Proved  and  Recorded  the  8th  of  December,  1697. 
Vera  copia  Teste 
J.  Perry 

D.  C  Cur.  Com.  Stafford. 

[The  above  will  of  Martha  Hayward,  sister  of  John  Washington  the  emi- 
grant ancestor  of  President  Washington,  was  found  among  the  Washington 
MSS.  in  the  United  States  Department  of  State,  by  Mr.  Worthington  C.  Ford  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  who  communicated  it  to  the  New  York  Nation  in  a  letter  dated 
Nov.  8,  1892,  which  appeared  in  the  Nation  Nov.  17,  1892.  Mr.  Ford,  in  his 
letter,  shows  the  importance  of  this  will  as  evidence  in  favor  of  Mr.  Waters's 
theory  of  the  Ancestry  of  Washington. 

In  the  Nation,  Dec.  22,  1892,  appears  a  letter  from  Mr  Ford,  dated  December 
1st,  in  which  he  quotes  from  a  communication  to  him  by  Mr  Waters,  as  follows  : 

"  It  is  certainly  (apart  from  its  great  value  for  the  light  it  throws  upon  the 
American  family)  the  greatest  discovery  that  has  been  made  since  I  found  that 
memorandum  upon  which  my  theory  of  the  solution  of  the  Washington  problem 
(i.e.,  as  to  the  English  connections)  was  chiefly  founded. 

••  That  theory  undertook  two  tasks  :  first,  to  identify  the  Virginians,  John  and 
Lawrence  Washington,  with  the  eldest  sons  of  Lawrence  and  Amphillis  Wash- 
ington, named  in  the  will  of  Andrew  Knowling  of  Tring;  secondly,  to  identify 
Lawrence,  the  husband  of  Amphillis  and  father  of  the  Virgianians,  with  Law- 
rence, the  Fellow  of  Brasenose  College  and  Rector  of  Purleigh.  When  the 
theory  was  published  we  did  not  know  that  there  was  any  evidence  existing  to 
show  that  the  parson  of  Purleigh  was  married.  Probably  (as  it  appears)  Col. 
Chester  knew;  but,  if  so,  his  knowledge  died  with  him.  Then  Mr.  Conway, 
looking  up  documents  referred  to  in  Chester's  MSS.,  came  upon  evidence  which 
established  the  fact  that  Lawrence  Washington  of  Purleigh  had  a  wife  living  as 
late  as  the  latter  part  of  September,  1649.  Afterwards  Miss  Walford  found 
the  burial  of  Mr.  Lawrence  Washington  at  Maldon  (the  date  being  21st  of  Jan- 
uary, 1652).  This  was  undoubtedly  the  burial  of  Lawrence  of  Purleigh,  who 
had  been  holding  a  poor  and  miserable  living  a  few  miles  from  Maldon,  to  which 
there  was  no  parsonage  attached.  He  was,  therefore,  in  all  probability,  making 
Maldon  his  headquarters.  With  these  new  facts  it  seemed  evident  that  nothing 
really  stood  in  the  way  of  eventually  establishing  a  complete  parallelism  between 
the  two.  Or-,  the  one  side  we  had  Lawrence,  the  husband  of  Amphillis.  un- 
doubtedly MA.,  in  all  probability  a  clergyman,  married  probably  in  1633  (if  we 
may  judge  from  the  age  of  his  eldest  son) ,  deceased  between  1650  and  1655 ;  on 
the  other  side,  Lawrence  of  Purleigh,  M  A.,  a  clergyman,  married  probably  in 
1633,  when  he  gave  up  his  Fellowship,  and  dead  in  1652. 

"  In  addition,  I  was  able  to  prove  an  interesting  connection  between  Lawrence 
of  Purleigh  and  his  family  and  Tring  and  Middle  Claydon,  the  homes  of 
Amphillis  and  her  brother.  Then  the  negative  testimony  was  of  tremendous 
value.  Not  another  Lawrence,  with  all  our  searching,  could  be  found,  except 
the  Purleigh  man,  who  could  meet  the  conditions ;  and  now  more  than  three 
years  have  elapsed,  and  we  can  still  make  the  same  assertion.  M.A's  do  not 
grow  on  every  bush.  The  records  of  Oxford  have  been  ransacked,  and  we  can 
pronounce  it  impossible  to  find  there  another  Lawrence  Washington,  MA.  (other 
than  the  parson  of  Purleigh) ;  and  those  at  Cambridge  have  been  so  well  ex- 
amined that  we  can  ceclare  it  altogether  improbable  that  one  will  be  found  there. 
And  nowhere  else  can  we  look  for  that  other  Lawrence  Washington,  M.A.  In 
fact,  there  was  no  other — so  you  may  imagine  I  felt  quite  sure  that  whatever 
evidence  should  turn  up  would  be  in  confirmation  of  my  theory,  or  certainly  not 
opposed  to  it. 

"  Take  the  case  of  that  sister  of  the  two  brothers  in  Virginia.  We  did  not 
know  what  her  name  was  uutil  the  will  of  her  brother  John  was  brought  to 
light.  According  to  my  theory,  she  must  have  borne  one  of  three  names — Eliza- 
beth, Margaret,  or  Martha.  If  any  other,  then  the  worse  for  my  theory.  We 
learned  from  that  will  that  she  was  Martha,  who,  according  to  my  theory,  was 
the  youngest  sister  of  John,  and  he,  as  the  youthful  head  of  the  orphaned  family, 
would  be  likely  to  assist  his  youngest  sister.  Then  came  your  discovery  of  that 
letter  written  in  1699  by  Johu  Washington  of  Stafford  Co.,  referring  to  an  Aunt 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  715 

Howard.  Of  course,  this  must  be  that  Martha  whom  we  have  been  discussing. 
Now  comes  your  last  discovery,  showing  us  that  this  Aunt  Howard  (or  Hayward, 
for  they  are  one  and  the  same)  was  that  Martha  Washington,  the  youngest  sister 
of  the  two  Virginians.  And  she  mentions  si>ters  in  England.  Here  would  be 
another  danger  to  my  theory  if  that  had  been  a  weak  one.  That  theory  de- 
manded that  Martha's  sisters  should  be  two  in  number,  and  named  Elizabeth  and 
Margaret.  Note  the  obliging  way  in  which  Mrs.  Howard  says  '  my  eldest  sister, 
Elizabeth  '  and  'my  other  sister,  Margaret,'  and  the  married  name  of  the  eldest 
caps  the  climax.  The  naming  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Rumbold  clinches  the  matter. 
It  is  the  keystone  of  the  arch  we  have  been  building,  securely  binding  the  two 
sides  together.  When  we  find  Mrs.  Mewce,  the  known  sister  of  Lawrence  of 
Purleigh,  calling  Mrs.  Rumbold  '  neice,'  and  Martha  Howard,  the  sister  of  John 
and  Lawrence  of  Virginia,  calling  her  '  sister,'  we  can  no  longer  doubt  the 
descent  of  our  Washington  from  Lawrence  Washington,  the  Rector  of  Purleigh  " 
The  editor  of  the  Register  trusts  that  further  evidence  bearing  on  this  sub- 
ject will  be  found  in  England  or  in  this  country.] 

John  Brewer  citizen  and  grocer  of  London  4  September  1631,  proved 
13  May  1636.  I  do  will  that  after  my  decease  my  body  be  buried  without 
any  mourning  apparel  or  gowns  given  to  any  but  those  of  mine  own  house- 
hold. To  my  dearly  beloved  father  Thomas  Brewer  eight  pounds  yearly 
and  every  year  so  long  as  he  shall  happen  to  live  after  my  decease  (payable 
quarterly).  I  do  will  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  John  Brewer  my  planta- 
tion in  Virginia  called  Stawley  Hundred  ah  Bruers  Borough,  only  the  third 
part  of  the  profits  thereof  arising  during  the  life  of  Mary  my  wife  I  do  give 
unto  her,  as  also  the  third  part  of  all  my  goods  and  chattels  besides  which 
is  also  due  unto  her  by  the  custom  of  the  City  of  London.  To  my  son 
Roger  Brewer  and  my  daughter  Margaret  Brewer  forty  pounds  apiece,  pay- 
able at  day  or  marriage  or  age  of  one  and  twenty.  To  my  brother  Thomas 
Brewer  forty  shillings  and  to  each  of  his  children  ten  shillings,  in  one  year 
after  my  decease.  The  residue  to  my  said  three  children  John,  Roger  and 
Margaret,  to  be  equally  divided  between  them,  and  I  make  them  executors, 
but  as  they  are  now  young  and  not  able  of  themselves  to  manage  and  dis- 
pose of  those  things  that  belong  unto  them  I  do  hereby  authorize  and  ap- 
point my  dearly  beloved  wife,  Mary  Brewer,  and  my  loving  uncle  Mr. 
Roger  Drake,  citizen  and  clothworker  of  London,  not  only  overseers  but 
also  full  and  absolute  guardians  unto  my  said  children.  If  my  son  John 
happen  to  die  before  he  attain  the  age  of  twenty  and  one  years  then  my 
plantation  to  go  unto  my  son  Roger  and  his  heirs  forever.  And  if  both 
my  said  sons  happen  to  die  before  they  attain  the  age  of  twenty  and  one 
years  then  my  said  plantation  to  descend  half  to  my  daughter  Margaret  and 
half  to  my  wife.  To  each  of  the  said  guardians  forty  shillings  to  buy  each 
of  them  a  ring  for  a  remembrance  of  me. 

Administration  was  granted  to  the  widow  Mary  Brewer  ah  Butler,  the 
testator  being  said  to  have  lately  died  in  Virginia.  Dale,  66. 

George  Cole  of  Dorchester,  Dorset,  merchant,  29  March  1659,  proved 
20  May  1659.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  trusty  and  loving  wife  Auue 
Cole  six  hundred  pounds,  she  to  give  bond  for  repayment  of  one  hundred 
pounds  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  my  younger  children  in  case  she 
marry  again.  To  said  wife  all  my  household  stuff  and  utensils  of  house- 
hold. To  my  eldest  son,  John  Cole,  and  his  heirs  all  that  my  lands  and 
real  estate  lying  and  being  in  New  England  in  America  and  also  the  sum 
of  five  hundred  pounds  in  money,  with  what  I  have  already  given  him 
towards  the  same  therein  included.  And  I  give  unto  my  said  son  all  my 
study  of  books.     In  case  he  renounce  his  right  in  the  said  lauds  within 


71G  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

eighteen  months  after  my  decease,  then  to  enjoy  his  equal  part  and  share 
in  all  the  residue  of  the  said  estate  with  my  younger  children,  over  and 
above  the  said  five  hundred  pounds.  I  give  all  my  other  estate  in  moneys, 
credits,  debts,  bills,  bonds,  accompts,  goods  of  merchandize  and  other  estate 
whatsoever  unto  my  younger  sons,  George,  Stephen,  Jacob  and  Symon, 
and  to  my  four  daughters,  Elianor,  Anne,  Mary  and  Sarah  Cole,  to  be 
equally  divided  amongst  all,  except  my  sou  George  Cole,  who,  my  will  is, 
shall  have  one  hundred  pouuds  less  than  my  otheryounger  children  in  respect 
of  the  moneys  already  bestowed  with  him  in  Apprenticeship.  My  will  and 
desire  is  that  the  house  for  which  I  have  lately  contracted  in  this  town  be 
forthwith  paid  for  out  of  my  said  estate  last  before  mentioned  (the  said 
suras  of  six  hundred  pounds  and  five  hundred  pounds  before  devised  being 
first  satisfied).  My  wife  shall  hold  and  enjoy  the  said  house  for  and  during 
her  natural  life  and  the  reversion  I  give  to  my  said  son  John  and  his  heirs, 
he  paying  (after  the  decease  of  my  wife)  one  hundred  pounds  to  my  younger 
children  &c.  Wife  Anne  and  son  John  to  be  executors,  and  friends  Mr. 
John  Bushead  the  elder,  Mr.  John  Heysome,  Master  Dawbeny  Williams 
and  Master  Erasmus  Baker  overseers.  To  the  poor  of  St.  Trinity  parish 
five  pounds  and  five  pounds  to  the  poor  of  St.  Peters  .  id  All  Saints.  A 
plot  of  garden  mentioned  as  near  the  Guildhall.  Elinor  Cole  one  of  the 
witnesses.  Pell,  267. 

Sir  Peter  Colleton  of  the  parish  of  St.  James,  Middlesex,  Bar1,  12 
January  1693-4,  proved  24  April  1694.  My  body  to  be  decently  buried 
without  pomp  or  solemnity  and  to  be  accompanied  to  the  grave  by  my  own 
family  only.  To  my  son  John  all  my  manors,  lands,  tenements  and  heredi- 
taments &c.  in  England,  and  my  lands,  tenements  and  plantations  in  the 
Island  of  Barbados  and  in  Carolina,  and  my  eighth  part  or  share  of  the 
Province  of  Carolina,  with  all  its  dominions,  royalties  and  jurisdictions,  to 
have  and  to  hold  to  him  and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  lawfully  begotten,  when 
he  shall  come  to  the  age  one  and  twenty  years.  In  the  mean  time  my  lov- 
ing brother  in  law  Col.  John  Leslie  of  the  Island  of  Barbados  and  Katherine 
Colleton  my  daughter  and  Mr.  William  Thornburgh  of  London,  merchant, 
or  such  of  them  as  shall  be  within  the  Kingdom  of  England  at  the  time  of 
my  death,  shall  have  the  guardianship,  care  and  tuition  of  the  said  John 
Colleton  and  shall  receive  the  rents,  issues  and  profits  of  the  premisses  till 
he  come  to  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years;  and  I  appoint  them  executors 
&c,  in  trust  for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  said  John,  until  he  shall 
arrive  at  the  age  aforesaid,  when  he  shall  be  my  only  executor.  If  he 
should  die  without  issue  before  then  I  leave  all  my  lands  &c.  in  England 
and  Carolina  to  my  brother  James  Colleton  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body 
lawfully  begotten.  To  my  daughter  Katherine  Colleton  one  thousand 
pounds  and  my  Tally  for  three  hundred  pounds  lent  by  me  and  paid  into 
their  Majesties'  Exchequer  in  the  name  of  the  said  Katherine  and  my  share 
and  dividend  thereof  by  virtue  of  an  Act  of  Parliament  made  in  the  fourth 
year  of  their  Majesties'  reign  entitled  an  Act  for  granting  to  their  Majesties 
certain  rates  and  duties  of  Excise  upon  Beer,  Ale  and  other  liquors,  for 
securing  certain  Recompences  and  Advantages,  in  the  said  Act  mentioned, 
to  such  persons  as  should  voluntarily  advance  the  sum  of  ten  hundred 
thousand  pounds  towards  carrying  on  the  War  against  France.  To  Anne 
Colleton,  my  younger  daughter,  fifteen  hundred  pounds  at  one  and  twenty 
or  day  of  marriage,  and  fifty  pounds  a  year  in  half  yearly  payments.  To 
Charles  Colleton,  my  natural  son,  a  rent  charge  of  thirty  pounds  a  year,  in 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  717 

quarterly  payments  out  of  my  lands  and  tenements  in  the  County  and  City 
of  Exon.  To  Elizabeth  Johnson  daughter  of  William  Johnson  and  Eliza- 
beth Johnson  heretofore  ray  wife  one  thousand  pounds.  To  Barbara 
Thacker  one  hundred  pounds  in  four  months  after  my  decease.  If  the  said 
John  Colleton  die  without  issue  (lawful)  before  coming  to  the  age  of 
twenty  one  then  all  my  persoual  estate  shall  be  equally  divided  between  my 
two  daughters  Katherine  Colleton  and  Ann  Colleton  and  the  said  Elizabeth 
Johnson.  And  in  such  case,  and  not  otherwise,  I  give  to  the  said  Charles 
Colleton  three  hundred  pounds.  If  the  said  John  die  without  lawful  issue 
male  before  coming  to  age  and  the  said  James  die  without  lawful  issue  male 
&c.  then  all  my  real  estate  shall  come  to  my  right  heirs  &c.  Anthony 
Weldon  of  the  Middle  Temple,  Esq.,  and  John  Hothershall  of  Guiddy  Hall, 
Rumford,  Essex,  Esq.  to  be  overseers.  The  son  proved  the  Will  31  Jau- 
uary,  1700.  Box,  72. 

Edward  Collington  of  St.  Saviour's,  Southwark,  Surrey,  joiner,  24 
February  1659,  proved  27  July  1660.  To  my  loving  wife  Perrin  Colling- 
ton the  lease  of  my  house,  with  all  the  profits  thereof,  during  the  term  not 
yet  expired,  if  she  shall  so  long  live  or  continue  a  widow.  In  case  of  her 
marriage  or  death  before  the  expiration  of  said  lease  it  shall  go  to  my 
grandchild,  Edward  Brookes,  if  then  living,  if  not  then  to  his  sister  Sarah. 
I  give  to  my  daughter  Sarah  ten  pounds,  in  twelve  months  after  my  de- 
cease. To  her  eldest  daughter,  called  Sarah,  ten  pounds  either  at  day  of 
marriage  or  at  twenty  four  years  of  age. 

Item — I  give  unto  my  daughter  Isabell  in  New  England  ten  pounds,  that 
is  to  say  five  shillings  unto  my  daughter  Isabell  and  nine  pounds  fifteen 
shillings,  the  remainder  of  the  ten  pounds,  to  be  divided  amongst  her  chil- 
dren. I  give  to  my  cousin  Mary  Collington  five  pounds,  in  a  twelve  month. 
To  my  cousins  William  and  Sarah  Collington  ten  shilling  apiece  in  a  year. 
In  case  my  cousin  Mary  die  before  the  year  be  expired  the  five  pounds 
given  unto  her  shall  be  equally  divided  between  my  cousins  William  and 
Sarah,  and  in  case  the  said  William  and  Sarah  die  then  it  shall  go  to  my 
brother  Robert  Collington  and  his  wife.  To  my  said  brother  Robert  and 
his  wife  five  shillings  each.  I  make  ray  wife  Perrin  Collington  whole  and 
sole  executrix  and  my  friends  Mr.  George  Ewer  and  Mr.  John  Wilmington 
overseers.  Nabbs,  109. 

William  Gregory,  of  the  town  and  County  of  Nottingham  gen4,  18 
June  1650,  proved  5  February  1651.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  George 
Gregory,  my  grandchild,  eldest  son  of  my  son  John  Gregory,  all  those  my 
three  Water  Corn  mills,  two  houses  or  tenements,  eight  crofts,  tofts,  closes 
or  pingles  and  eleven  acres  of  land  arable,  meadow  or  pasture,  be  the  same 
more  or  less,  to  the  said  mills  or  tenements  belonging,  which  I  purchased 
with  the  said  mills,  situate  &c.  in  Lenton  and  Radford  in  the  County  of 
Nottingham;  and  all  my  tythes  or  tenths  of  hay  &c.  in  the  fields  and  ter- 
ritories of  Lenton  and  Radford  &c,  to  the  said  George  Gregory  and  the 
heirs  male  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten  and  to  be  begotten,  and  for  want 
of  such  issue  to  Philip  Gregory,  second  son  of  the  said  John,  remainder  to 
Francis  Gregory,  third  son,  then  to  Edward  Gregory,  fourth  son  and  last 
to  my  right  heirs.  To  Philip  all  my  fourteen  selions  or  leyes  of  meadow 
or  pasture  ground,  containing  by  estimation  seven  acres,  in  the  town  of 
Notts,  aforesaid  at  or  upon  a  place  there  called  the  little  Rye  Hills  and  a 
close  of  five  acres  I  purchased  of  John  Heywood,  in  the  town  of  Nottiug- 


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ham  aforesaid,  near  a  place  called  St.  Anne  Well,  to  the  said  Philip  &c, 
then  to  Francis  then  Edward  and  lastly  to  my  right  heirs.  I  give  to  my 
brother  Henry  Gregory  twenty  marks  if  he  live  six  months  after  my  de- 
cease, and  to  every  child  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten  (except  my  cousin 
Perry,  his  daughter)  that  shall  be  living  at  the  end  of  six  months  after  my 
decease,  five  pounds,  to  be  paid  within  twelve  months  after  my  decease. 
I  also  give  and  bequeath  the  sum  of  four  pounds  to  be  paid  towards 
the  charges  of  fetching  of  the  said  legacies,  given  as  aforesaid  unto  my 
said  brother  Henry  and  his  children,  they  being  now,  as  I  am  informed, 
in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas  called  New  England.  I  give  and  bequeath  to 
my  said  Cousin  Perrie,  my  said  brother  Henry's  daughter,  the  sum  of  ten 
pounds,  to  be  paid  within  six  months  after  my  decease.  To  my  brother 
John  Gregory,  if  living  six  months  next  after  my  decease,  fifteen  pounds. 
To  Philip  Gregory,  Francis  Grtgory,  Edward  Gregory,  Elizabeth  Gregory, 
and  Anne  Gregory,  children  of  my  said  son  John,  to  every  of  them  one 
hundred  pounds,  as  they  attain  to  their  several  ages  of  eighteen  years.  To 
each  of  the  children  of  my  nephew  John  Gregory  twenty  shillings,  six 
months  after  my  decease.  To  Elizabeth  the  wife  of  my  said  son  John 
Gregory  and  to  my  said  son  Francis  Gregory  and  Anne  his  wife,  to  every 
of  them  twenty  shillings  in  six  months  &c,  to  buy  each  of  them  a  gold 
ring.  To  my  cousin  William  Baylye  of  Grimston,  in  the  County  of  Leices- 
ter, three  pounds  and  ten  shillings  and  to  every  one  of  his  children  six 
shillings  eight  pence  in  three  months  &c.  To  James  Chad  wick  Esq.  and 
to  my  brother  Alderman  James  to  either  of  them  a  piece  of  gold  of  twenty 
and  two  shillings,  in  six  months  &c,  to  buy  either  of  them  a  gold  ring.  To 
my  honored  friends  Col.  Francis  Pierrepont  Esq.  and  Col.  John  Hutchin- 
son Esq.,  in  six  months  &c,  forty  shillings  each,  to  buy  either  of  them  a 
gold  ring.  To  my  much  esteemed  good  friend  Huntington  Plumptree  Esq., 
in  six  months  &c,  a  piece  of  gold  of  twenty  two  shillings  to  buy  him  a  gold 
ring.  To  my  loving  friends  Nicholas  Charleton  Esq.,  John  Mason  geu1, 
William  Flamsteedegen4,  and  to  my  god  daughter  Mary  Edge,  in  six  months 
&c,  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  buy  each  of  them  a  gold  ring.  To  Mr. 
Walter  Edge  and  M"  Edge  his  wife  and  to  Mr.  Randolphe  Miller,  William 
Jackson,  Adam  Jackson  and  John  Jackson,  in  six  months  &c,  ten  shillings 
each.  To  Thomas  Widoson  ten  shillings.  The  rest  of  my  lands  to  my 
wife  Anne.  The  residue  of  my  goods  &c.  to  my  son  John  whom  I  consti- 
tute sole  executor.  Bowyer,  30. 

Valentine  Ludwell  of  Wells  in  Somerset,  2  June,  9th  of  James,  proved 
9  May  1623.  To  St.  Andrews  Cathedral  of  Welles  twelve  pence.  To 
the  poor  people  of  St.  Cutberts  in  Welles  three  shilling  and  four.  To  my 
son  Thomas  twenty  pounds  in  one  year,  my  best  bed,  with  the  covering 
sheets  and  blankets  thereunto  belonging,  my  best  brasen  crock,  my  best 
pan  of  brass,  three  platters,  three  porrengers  and  three  saucers  of  "Tynne," 
and  one  of  my  candlesticks  of  copper.  To  Ellinor  my  daughter  one  little 
vessel  called  a  skyllet  of  brass,  one  pottenger,  one  saucer  and  candlestick 
and  ten  shillings  in  money.  The  residue  of  my  goods,  chattels  and  debts 
I  give  unto  Christian  my  wife,  whom  I  make  my  sole  and  whole  executrix. 

Wit:  Thomas  Jenkius  the  elder,  Thomas  Jenkiens,  William  Jenkins, 
Elizabeth  Poulen.  Swann,  49. 

Thomas  Ludwell  of  Bruton  in  Somerset,  gen',  10  November  1676, 
proved  17  January  1678.  The  whole  interest  of  all  the  money  I  am  pos- 
sessed of  in  London  to  be  paid  to  my  dear  mother  during  her  natural  life, 


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excepting  two  hundred  pounds  sterling  out  of  the  principal,  to  be  paid  to 
my  dear  friend  Mrs.  Margaret  Hayes  of  Hallyport,  near  Maidenhead,  and 
these  legacies  following,  viz'  to  Mr  James  Hayes  of  Hallyport  ten  pounds, 
and  to  John  Jefferyes,  Mr.  Edward  Leman  and  Mr.  John  Browne  (my 
executors  in  trust)  to  each  of  them  ten  pounds,  and  to  the  poor  of  Bruton 
ten  pounds.  After  the  decease  of  my  mother  the  principal  sum  shall  be 
equally  divided  between  my  four  sisters,  Mary,  Margaret,  Sarah  and  Jane. 
I  give  unto  my  brother  Philip  Ludwell  and  to  his  heirs  forever  all  my 
lands  and  other  estate  in  Virginia.  If  he  die  before  me,  then  I  give  all  my 
land  in  Virginia  to  his  son  Philip  and  my  personal  estate  to  be  equally 
divided  between  him  and  his  sister  Jane,  except  thirty  pounds  sterling  which 
I  order  to  be  paid  to  the  Vestry  of  Bruton  Parish  in  Virginia,  to  be  em- 
ployed towards  the  building  a  church ;  and  I  do  appoint  Major  Theophilus 
Hone  Capt.  Thomas  Thorp  and  Mr.  Henry  Hartwell  my  executors  in  trust 
for  Virginia  part  of  my  will,  giving  each  of  them,  out  of  that  estate,  five 
pounds.  King,  7. 

Robert  Ludwell  of  Brewton  in  Somerset,  mercer,  16  November  1678, 
proved  14  February  1678.  Have  settled  upon  wife  the  tenement  wherein 
I  now  live,  called  Roper's  tenement,  with  two  pieces  of  meadow  lately  Mr 
Jarvis',  situate  in  Brewton,  and  the  tenement  in  Stoke  Hollway,  in  the 
County  aforesaid,  which  I  hold  of  Sir  Stephen  Fox.  My  wife  to  enjoy  all 
this  for  life,  the  remainder  being  settled  on  eldest  son  Robert.  I  nominate 
and  appoint  my  brother  John  Ludwell  of  Wadham  College  in  Oxford, 
Doctor  of  Physick,  and  my  brother  Thomas  Ludwed  the  executors  of  this 
my  last  will  and  testament.  To  my  son  James  Ludwell  all  such  estate  as 
I  have  or  claim,  after  the  decease  of  my  mother,  of  and  in  two  grounds  in 
Brewton,  the  one  called  School  House  Close  and  the  other  Rye  Ash,  my 
son  James  to  hold  them  when  he  shall  attain  the  age  of  one  and  twenty. 
To  son  John  three  acres  in  the  North  Field  of  Brewton  at  his  age  of  one 
and  twenty,  and  all  such  benefit  and  advantage  that  may  happen  unto  me 
from  any  of  the  estate  of  my  brother  Thomas  Ludwell  by  the  will  of  my 
father.  To  son  Lewis  Ludwell  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  at  one  and 
twenty,  and  all  the  benefit  &c.  that  may  happen  unto  me  from  any  estate  of 
my  brother  John  Ludwell  by  the  will  of  my  father.  To  my  daughter 
Christian  Ludwell  two  hundred  pounds  at  one  and  twenty  or  day  of  mar- 
riage. A  similar  bequest  to  daughter  Mary.  A  broad  twenty  shilling 
piece  of  gold  to  each  child.  To  brother  Thomas  Ludwell  my  black  gelding 
and  hair  camlet  cloak.  To  brother  in  law  James  Albyn  my  best  hat  if  he 
please  to  accept  it.  King,  20. 

Christian  Ludwell  of  Brewton  in  Somerset,  widow,  24  April  1691, 
proved  19  February  1695.  All  the  personal  estate  &c.  either  of  mine  own 
or  my  late  husband's  Robert  Ludwell  properly  belongs  to  my  six  children 
by  virtue  of  their  father's  last  Will  &c.  and  I  give  them  all  my  right,  title 
and  interest  &c.  and  appoint  my  brothers  in  law  John  Ludwell  of  Oxford, 
Doctor  of  Physick,  and  Thomas  Ludwell  of  Brewton,  mercer,  my  execu- 
tors. I  give  to  my  daughters  Christian  and  Mary  Ludwell  all  my  rings 
and  wearing  apparel.  Bond,  16. 

Augustin  Lyndon,  late  of  Boston  in  New  England  and  now  of  the 
parish  of  St.  Paul,  Shadwell,  Middlesex,  shipwright,  10  April  1699,  proved 
29  August  1699.  To  my  beloved  son  Josias  Lyndon,  now  or  late  of  Rhode 
Island  in  New  England,  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  forever  all  those  parts 


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and  proportions  of  my  house  and  lands  near  the  Town  Dock  in  Boston  in 
New  England  which  I  bought  of  John  Scotto  and  Mahittabell  his  sister, 
and  all  other  of  my  estate  iu  New  England.  To  Anne  Bellamy,  for  life,  a 
tenement  in  Plough  St.,  St.  Mary  Whitechapel,  now  iu  possession  of  Mr. 
Sparke,  she  paying  the  ground  rent  of  fifty  shillings  per  annum  ;  afterwards 
to  my  cousin  Johu  Johnson,  joiner.  To  him  also  all  my  messuages  &c.  in 
St.  Mary  Whitechapel,  provided  if  my  son  Josias  or  my  grandson  Samuel 
Lyndon  come  over  at  any  time  the  said  John  shall  pay  my  said  sou  or 
grandson  twelve  pounds  for  clothing  him  and  paying  his  passage  back  again. 
John  Johnson  to  be  sole  executor.  Pett,  136. 

Grace  Tyler  the  now  wife  of  John  Tyler  of  Colchester,  Essex,  say- 
weaver,  24  May  1647,  proved  19  July  1647.  All  that  my  copyhold  mes- 
suage or  tenement  given  me  in  and  by  the  last  will  and  testament  of  James 
Aldous,  late  of  Denuington  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  carpenter,  my  late 
husband  deceased,  together  with  all  and  singular  the  lands,  meadows,  pas- 
tures and  feedings  thereunto  belonging  &c,  shall  be  sold  within  one  whole 
year  next  after  my  decease  by  mine  executors  &c,  together  with  Richard 
Aldous  of  Winkfield,  Suffolk,  yeoman  &c.  as  expressed  in  the  will  of  my 
said  late  husband,  and  the  moiety  of  the  money  raised  by  such  sale  shall  be 
disposed  of  as  follows: — To  Sauina  Mouser,  my  sister,  ten  pounds  within 
one  month  after  said  sale.  All  the  residue  of  the  said  moiety  of  the  money 
so  raised  shall  then  be  put  out  and  improved  for  the  benefit  and  commodity 
of  my  said  husband  John  Tyler  during  his  natural  life,  and  the  profits  &c. 
paid  to  him  every  half  year.  After  his  decease  I  give  all  the  residue  of 
the  said  moiety  as  follows,  viz1  to  ray  sister  PLlizabeth  Brock  of  Dedham  in 
New  England  five  pounds  within  a  half  year  after  the  decease  of  my  said 
husband,  and  to  John  Brock,  Elizabeth  Brocke  and  Anne  Brock,  the  chil- 
dren of  my  said  sister  Elizabeth,  ten  pounds  to  be  equally  divided  amongst 
them,  within  one  half  year  &e.  To  Sauina  Mouser  my  sister  and  to 
Samuel  Smith,  Richard  Smith,  Sauina  Smith,  William  Mouser  and  Henry 
Mouser,  the  five  children  of  the  said  Sauina  my  sister,  thirty  pounds  to  be 
equally  divided  amongst  them  within  one  half  year  &c.  To  John  Burgesse, 
eldest  son  of  my  late  sister  Sibilla  Burgesse  deceased,  five  pounds  within 
one  half  year  &c.  To  James  Burgesse,  Peter  Burgesse,  Sibilla  Burgesse 
and  Elizabeth  Burgesse,  the  children  of  my  said  sister  Sibilla,  ten  pounds, 
to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them  &c.  And,  with  my  husband's  consent, 
I  will  that  the  residue  of  my  goods  and  household  stuff  shall  be  equally 
divided  and  parted  amongst  the  said  four  children  of  my  sister  Sibilla,  im- 
mediately after  the  decease  of  my  said  husband.  All  the  gifts,  legacies  and 
sums  of  money  herein  formerly  given  shall  be  paid  at  or  in  the  South  porch 
of  the  parish  Church  of  Winckfield  aforesaid.  I  appoint  my  cousins  John 
Browne  of  Brundish  and  William  Younges  of  Cratfield,  Suffolk,  to  be  execu- 
tors. All  the  overplus  or  surplusage  of  the  aforesaid  moiety  remaining 
shall  be  equally  divided  ami  parted  amongst  the  children  of  Elizabeth 
Brocke  and  Sibilla  Burgesse  my  sisters  and  Sauina  Mouser  my  sister. 

Consented  to  by  John  Tyler  husband  of  the  abovenamed  Grace  Tyler. 

Fines,  165. 

Gekvase  Partrich  citizen  and  cordwainer  of  London,  11  June  1647, 
proved  20  August  1647.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving  wife  Kath- 
erine  Partrich,  for  life,  all  my  messuages,  lands  and  tenements  in  London 
and  the  towne  and  parishes  of  Barking,  Essex,  and  Leneham,  Kent,  she 


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keeping  the  same  in  good  reparacions  during  that  time.     After  her  decease 
my  messuage  or  tenement,  with  the  yard,  garden,  orchard,  &c,  in  Axe 
Street  in  the  town  of  Barking,  now  in  the  tenure  of  William  Kensum, 
butcher,  which  I  purchased  of  Robert  Knaresborough,  and  also  those  my 
two  parcels  of  land  containing  by  estimation  five  acres  of  land  called  Cul- 
verhouse  Crofts  lying  at  Loxfoord  gate,  Barking,  now   in  the  tenure  or 
occupation  of  Richard  Reeue  of  Barking,  shall  remain,  come  and  be  unto 
my  brother  Ralph  Partrich,  clerk,  for  life,  and  after  his  decease  I  give,  will 
and  appoint  the  same  unto  and  amongst  the  two  daughters  of  my  said  brother 
Ralph,  viz'  Mary  the  wife  of  John  Marshall  of  Leneham,   Kent,  mercer, 
and  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Thatcher,  clerk,  equally  to  be  parted 
and  divided  between  them.     After  the  decease  of  my  said  wife  my  mes- 
suage, with  garden  and  orchard,  called  Davie's  house,  and  the  two  closes 
called  Pinnell's,  at  or  near  Great  Uford  in  Barking,  now  in  the  tenure  of 
William  Payne,  shall  remain  and  come  unto  my  brother  Randolph  Partrich 
of  the  town  and  port  of  Dover,  Kent,  apothecary,  for  life,  and  after  his 
decease  to  and  amongst  the  three  sons  of  my  said  brother  (that  is  to  say) 
John,  James  and  Samuel  Partrich,  equally  to  be  parted  and  divided  amongst 
them.     After  my  wife's  decease  my  messuage,  with  the  outhouses  &c,  in 
North    Street,    Barking,   and   my  piece  of  land  near  Loxford  Bridge,  in 
Barking,  which  I  purchased  of  Robert  Kuaresboiough,  shall  remain  and 
come  unto  Robert  Partrich  and  Elizabeth  Partrich,  the  two  children  of 
Gervase  Partrich,  citizen  and  haberdasher  of  London,  deceased,  equally  to 
be  parted  and  divided  &c.     After  my  wife's  decease  my  messuage,  with 
barn,  stable,  yard  &c,  in  Leneham,  Kent,  which  I  purchased  of  Benjamin 
Brooker,  and  that  my  piece  of  meadow  called  Millmead  in  Leneham  shall 
remain  and  come  unto  my  sister  Elizabeth  Fydge  widow,  late  the  wife  of 
David  Fidge  of  Feversham,  Kent,  Kerseymaker,  deceased,  for  life,  and, 
after  her  decease,  to   three  of  the  children  of  the  said  David  Fidge  and 
Elizabeth  his  late  wife  (that  is  to  say)  James,  Jeremy  and  Mary  Fido-e. 
After  my  wife's  decease  my  messuage  &c,  in  All  Hallows  the  Less,  Lon- 
don, the  which  I  purchased  of  Michael  Lowe  Esq.,  shall  remain  and  come 
unto  James  Partrich,  citizen  and  vintner   of   London,   son  of  my   brother 
James  Partrich  late  of  Leneham  deceased.     After  my  wife's  decease  my 
messuage  or  tenement  and  garden  &c.  in  Heath  Street  Barking,  which  I 
purchased  of  Nicholas  Welding  and  Triamore  Sparke,  shall  remain  and 
come  unto  Mary  Fidg,  the  daughter  of  my  said  sister  Elizabeth.     I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  my  masters,  the  Company  of  Containers  of  London,  for  a 
dinner  or  supper  to  be  made  for  them  on  the  day  of  my  funeral,  ten  pounds. 
To   Matthew   Tarleton  and   Daniel  Pen,  beadles,  of  the   said  Company, 
twenty  shillings  apiece.     I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  kinswoman  Anne 
Gillowe,  the   wife  of  Francis   Gillowe,   gen',  five  pounds.     To  my  kins- 
woman Edith  Richardson,  to  be  paid  into  her  own  hands,  forty  shillings. 
To  Edward   Richardson    forty  shillings.      To   Dorothy  Nayler,  Nicholas 
Plowman  and  Elizabeth  Plowman  forty  shillings  apiece.     To  Mrs.  Anne 
Carter,  widow,  forty  shillings.     To  my  friends  William  Frith,  citizen  and 
draper  of  London,  and  William  New  bold,  citizen  and  cordwainer  of  Lon- 
don, forty  shillings  apiece  in  token  of  my  love.     To  Francis  Gillowe  and 
Thomas  Floyd  sometimes  my  servants,  forty  shillings  apiece.     To  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Lichfield  and  Mr.  William  Geare,  citizens  and  cordwainers  of  London, 
thirteen  shillings  and  fourpence  apiece.     To  Rachel  Granger,  the  daughter 
of  -Judith  Granger  deceased,  forty  shillings.     To   Gervase  Michell  twenty 
shillings.     To  Bridget  Iugland,  my  now  maid  servant,  fifty  shillings.     To 


722  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

the  poor  of  the  parish  of  St.  Margaret  Moses  in  London  forty  shillings. 
To  Joan  Aynsworth  ten  shillings.  I  make  my  brother  Randolph  Partrich 
of  Dover,  apothecary,  sole  executor,  and  give  him  five  pounds  for  his  pains. 
The  residue  of  my  goods  &c.  to  my  wife  Katherine,  in  full  satisfaction  of 
such  part  of  my  personal  estate  as  to  her  may  appertain  and  belong  by  the 
custom  of  the  City  of  Loudon.  Fines,  172. 

William  Haddocke,  planter,  now  bound  on  a  voyage  to  Virginia,  4 
October  1648,  proved  27  August  1649.  My  brother  Richard  Haddocke, 
girdler,  standeth  bound  and  engaged  for  me  by  obligation,  dated  29th  Sep- 
tember last,  unto  John  Corey,  stiller,  for  the  payment  of  forty  six  shillings 
sterling,  at  the  end  of  ten  months  now  next  coming,  or  within  ten  days  next 
after  the  arrival  of  the  ship  William  and  Anne  from  her  now  intended 
voyage  to  Virginia  first  happening;  and  also  by  one  other  obligation,  dated 
the[?]of  the  date  hereof,  with  condition  of  the  payment  of  eighteen  pounds 
to  William  Lucke,  Mr  of  the  said  ship,  at  the  return  thereof  from  Virginia, 
or  at  the  end  of  nine  months  now  next  coming,  which  shall  first  happen.  I 
have  left  in  the  custody  of  William  Whitbye  at  Virginia  an  order  of  Court 
for  the  recovering  and  receiving  of  all  such  moneys  and  portion  as  is  yet 
due  and  unpaid  to  me  for  my  last  wife's  portion.  By  my  Letter  of  Attor- 
ney I  have  given  full  power  unto  Arthur  Purnell  of  Virginia  to  receive, 
keep  and  dispose  for  my  use  all  my  goods,  chattels,  debts  and  estate  what- 
soever in  Virginia.  I  stand  indebted  to  Ellen  Ady,  spinster,  for  the  sum 
of  twelve  pounds.  I  give  to  my  said  brother  Richard  all  my  goods  and 
estate  whatsoever  in  Virginia  or  elsewhere  for  the  payment  and  discharge 
of  the  said  debts  and  obligations.     The  remainder  to  go  to  my  said  brother. 

Wit :  Thomas  Huger,  Matthew  Burchfield  and  James  Windus  Scr. 

Fairfax,  122. 

Joseph  Collyer  the  elder,  citizen  and  grocer  of  London,  21  August 
1648,  proved  28  September  1649.  To  the  poor  of  St.  Saviours  South wark, 
where  I  dwell,  ten  pounds.  Twenty  pounds  to  be  distributed  to  ten  or 
twenty  poor  Godly  Christians,  as'  my  executors,  in  their  discretions  shall 
think  fit.  To  my  brother  Abel  Collyer  twenty  pounds.  To  my  niece 
Elizabeth  Bourne,  the  daughter  of  my  sister  Elizabeth  Bourne,  ten  pounds. 
To  my  sister  Judith  Warner  ten  pounds.  To  my  sister  Rhoda  Dorton,  ten 
pounds.  I  give  to  my  sister  Mary  Browninge  in  New  England  the  sum  of 
ten  pounds.  To  my  sister  Dorcas  Slingsby  thirty  pounds,  by  three  pounds 
per  annum,  for  the  space  of  ten  years.  If  she  dies  before  the  expiration  of 
the  said  ten  years  it  shall  be  disposed  towards  the  bringing  up  of  her  youngest 
child.  Fifty  pounds  to  be  distributed  amongst  the  children  of  my  brother 
Abel  and  my  sisters.  Whereas  I  had  threescore  pounds  in  money  of  my 
sister  Rachaell,  now  the  wife  of  Richard  Parnell  of  Epsham,  unto  which  I 
added  one  hundred  and  therewith  purchased  a  house  and  lands  in  Epsham 
wherein  my  said  sister  and  her  husband  have  dwelt  and  enjoyed  about  ten 
or  twelve  years  and  have  not  paid  any  rent  (the  said  house  being  worth 
ten  pounds  per  annum)  I  do  hereby  remit  unto  the  said  Richard  and 
Rachaell  all  the  rent  that  is  past  and  will  that  they  shall  or  may  hold  the 
said  house  and  land  during  her  life,  paying  only  forty  shillings  per  annum 
unto  my  son  Joseph.  And  I  give  my  said  sister  Rachaell  ten  pounds. 
Reference  to  a  grant  made  to  testator,  19  May  1647,  by  Marlyon  Rithe  of 
Chipstead  Surrey,  gen',  of  a  house  and  farm  called  Storracks,  containing 
by  estimation  one  hundred  and  three  acres  (evidently  a  mortgage  as  security 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  723 

for  payment  at  my  now  dwelling  house  in  Southwark  of  five  hundred 
pounds  27  March  1654).  On  the  redemption  of  the  said  messuage  I  give 
three  hundred  pounds  to  my  son  Samuel  (to  be  paid  at  one  and  twenty) 
and  the  other  two  hundred  pounds  to  my  sons  Joseph  and  Benjamin.  To 
Joseph  and  Benjamin  the  lease  of  my  dwelling  house  in  Southwark  &c. 
and  of  my  garden  house  near  the  upper  ground  in  St.  Saviours.^  To  sons 
Joseph,  Abel  and  Samuel  all  my  household  stuff  and  plate  which  I  was 
possessed  of  before  I  was  last  married,  to  Elizabeth  my  now  wife.  To  the 
said  Elizabeth  one  third  of  my  personal  estate  &c,  and  all  the  household 
stuff  and  plate  which  was  her  own  before  our  intermarriage.  To  my 
daughter  in  law  Anna  Harris  ten  pounds  at  one  and  twenty  or  marriage. 
To  my  niece  Susan  Warner,  daughter  of  my  sister  Judith  "Warner,  ten 
pounds  if  unmarried  at  the  time  of  my  decease.  To  the  two  daughters  ot 
my  daughter  Savage,  Hannah  and  Elizabeth  Savage,  one  hundred  pounds, 
fifty  pounds  each,  at  one  and  twenty  or  marriage.  The  residue  to  my  four 
children  Elizabeth  Savage,  Joseph,  Benjamin  and  Nathaniel  Collyer,  equally 
to  be  divided  amongst  them.  Fairfax,  136. 

Henry  Smith  of  Wraysbury,  Bucics.,  1  August  1681,  proved  24  October 
1682.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  a  decent  manner.  I  do  give  unto  my 
daughter  Martha  Cafnock  five  shillings.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Lord  in 
New  England  five  shillings.  To  my  daughter  Rebecca  Lee  five  shillings. 
To  my  son  Elisha  Smith  five  shillings.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Smith, 
not  yet  disposed  of  in  marriage,  I  do  give  fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  at  the 
time  of  her  marriage,  if  she  survive  alter  her  mother.  I  do,  out  of  that 
dear  and  tender  Iuvj  I  bear  unto  my  beloved  wife,  Mrs.  Anna  Smith,  give 
and  bequeath  all  and  singular  my  goods,  chattels,  leases,  debts,  ready  money, 
plate,  rings,  household  stuff,  apparel,  brass,  pewter,  bedding  and  all  other 
my  substance  whatsoever",  movable  or  immovable,  quick  and  dead,  of  what 
nature,  quality  or  condition  the  same  are  or  be,  as  well  in  my  own  posses- 
sion as  in  the  hands  and  possession  of  any  other  person  whatsoever,  to  her 
own  proper  use  and  behoof,  whom  I  do  hereby  ordain  and  appoint  to  be 
my  only  executrix. 

xxiv0  Octobris  1682.  Which  day  appeared  personally  Cuthbert  Walker 
of  the  parish  of  St.  Gregories'  London,  haberdasher,  aged  about  fifty,  and 
Rebecca  Lee,  of  Wraysbury  in  the  County  of  Bucks.,  widow,  aged  about 
thirty  years, .one  of  the  daughters  of  the  deceased,  being  severally  sworn 
upon  the  Holy  Evangelists  deposed  that  they  were  well  acquainted  with 
the  within  named  Henry  Smith,  the  testator  deceased,  and  with  his  manner 
or  character  of  handwriting,  and  having  perused  the  will  within  writte'n 
and  the  name  Henry  Smith  thereto  subscribed  believe  the  same  to  be  all 
wrote  with  the  proper  handwriting  of  the  said  deceased.  Jurati  coram 
Rich  Lloyd  Surr.  Cottle,'  123. 

Brian  Janson  of  London  Esq.  5  November  1634,  proved  13  December 
1634.  The  poor  of  the  parishes  of  St.  Margaret  Moses  and  of  Becconsfield. 
My  body  to  be  interred  in  the  chancel  of  the  parish  church  of  Ashby  leegors 
in  the  Co.  of  Northampton.  My  son  in  law  Robert  Thorpe  to  be  sole 
executor,  anil  I  give  unto  him  and  Anne  his  wife  all  my  lands  in  Oxford- 
shire which  I  had  in  trust  for  me  of  and  from  one  Whytinge,  and  all  my 
other  lands,  tenements  &c,  and  my  interest  in  lands  &c.  in  Ireland  belong- 
ing to  the  Company  of  Drapers  in  London,  and  my  share  out  of  the  rents 
due  for  the  same. 


724         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Commission  issued  9  December  1664  to  Henry  Janson  grandson  of  the 
deceased  to  administer,  according  to  the  tenor  of  the  will,  the  goods  &c.  not 
fully  administered  by  Robert  Thorpe  the  executor,  now  also  deceased. 

Seager,  116. 

Mary  Goddard  of  St.  Bennett  Fincke,  London,  widow,  12  March 
1635,  proved  6  July  1638.  My  body  to  he  buried  as  near  unto  my  pew 
door  in  said  parish  church  as  conveniently  may  be,  in  such  decent  manner  as 
my  executor  shall  think  fit  for  my  degree.  To  Mr.  Roger  Warfield,  min- 
ister and  curate  of  the  said  parish  of  St.  Bennett  Fincke,  and  to  the  poor 
of  the  said  parish.  To  my  cousin  William  Campion  Esquire,  the  son  of 
Sir  William  Campion,  knight,  all  my  lands  &c.  in  Thawite  ( ?)  Suffolk. 
The  Lady  Elizabeth  Campion,  the  Lady  Ann  Campion  and  Mrs.  Barbara 
Springett.  My  cousins  Elizabeth  Campion,  daughter  of  Sir  William 
Campion,  and  Elizabeth  Campion  daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Campion.  My 
two  cousins  Henry  and  Edward,  sons  of  the  said  Sir  William.  Bryan  Jan- 
son son  of  my  cousin  Mr.  John  Janson,  and  Anue  Janson,  daughter  of  my 
said  cousin  Mr.  John  Janson.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Campion  daughter  of  Mr. 
Edward  Campion.  My  friend  Mr.  Eleazar  Hudson  M.D.  My  cousin 
Francis  Stone.  My  two  brothers  in  law  John  and  Christopher  Goddard 
and  their  sister  Susan  Dawes.  Mrs.  Fenton  widow,  and  her  daughter 
Wright,  and  her  daughter  Sara.  Mrs.  Rose  Parker,  widow,  and  Mrs. 
Mary  Webbe,  widow.  Mr.  Henry  Huchenson  scrivener  and  Mercy  his 
wife.     My  faithful  and  painful  servant  Susan  Dawes.  Lee,  91. 

Thorazine  J:anson  the  relict  of  John  J:anson  of  London  Esquire  de- 
ceased, 27  December  1658,  with  codicils  (the  last  dated  29  December) 
proved  18  February  1658.  My  body  to  be  decently  interred  within  two 
days  after  my  decease,  at  Katherine  Creechurch,  in  the  chancel  near  my 
friends.  To  my  sister  the  Lady  Katherine  Oldfield,  for  mourning,  ten 
pounds.  To  my  nephew  William  Oldfield  Esquire,  and  his  wife,  son  to 
the  Lady  Oldfield,  for  mourning,  twenty  pounds.  To  my  nieces  Elizabeth 
and  Sarah  Oldfield,  the  children  of  my  brother  Joseph  Oldfield  deceased, 
twenty  pounds,  to  be  equally  divided  &c.  To  my  sister  Martha  Smith 
twenty  pounds  and  to  her  husband,  for  mourning,  ten  pounds.  To  my 
niece  Katherine  Oldfield  a  ruby  ring  which  was  my  mother's.  To  my  sou 
in  law  Bryan  J  ranson  Esquire  one  hundred  pounds,  within  a  year.  To 
my  nephew  Robert  Winch  five  pounds.  To  Daniel  and  Rebecca  Winch, 
the  children  of  my  niece  Thomasiue  Winch  deceased,  ten  pounds  apiece. 
To  Susan,  Mary  and  Thomasiue  Harrington,  the  children  of  my  nephew 
Isaac  Harrington  deceased,  thirteen  pounds. 

I  give  to  Judith  Towser  of  New  England,  daughter  to  my  nephew 
Thomas  Smith  deceased,  ten  pounds,  but  in  case  the  said  Judith  Towser 
should  die  before  it  be  due  them  I  give  it  to  her  child  or  children.  I  give 
to  John  Wryeth,  Samuel  Wryeth,  Mary  Wryeth,  the  children  of  my  niece 
Mary  Wryeth  deceased,  thirty  pounds,  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them, 
but  in  case  any  one  of  them  shall  die  before  his  or  her  portion  shall  become 
due  and  payable  then  I  give  the  part  of  liim  or  her  so  dying  to  their  brother 
Marlion,  son  to  my  said  niece  Mary.  If  any  two  of  them  die  I  give  their 
parts  to  the  survivor  and  the  said  Marlion  (equally).  To  John,  Samuel, 
Ebenezer,  Martha,  Mary  and  Rebecca  Wyeth,  the  children  of  my  niece 
Thomazine  Wyeth  deceased,  threescore  pounds  (equally  &c).  To  John 
Barlee  and  his  wife  and  daughter,  for  mourning,  twenty  pounds.  To  Master 
William  Taylor,  minister  of  Coleman  Street,  Loudon,  five  pounds,  and  in 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  725 

case  he  preach  my  funeral  sermon  I  give  him  forty  shillings  more.  To 
Master  Thomas  Gouge,  minister  of  St.  Sepulchres  Church  near  Newgate, 
five  pounds.  To  Master  Bates,  Minister  of  Dunstan  in  the  West,  three 
pounds  and  to  Master  Peirce,  the  Lecturer  there,  forty  shillings,  unless  I 
give  it  to  them  in  my  live  time.  To  Master  Samuel  Winston,  Minister  of 
Everdon  in  Northamptonshire,  five  pounds.  To  the  poor  children  of 
Ledgers  Ashhy  in  Northamptonshire  ten  pounds,'  to  be  disposed  of  at  the 
discretion  of  my  son  J  :auson  and  the  churchwardens  for  the  education  of  the 
same  children.  (To  other  poor  and  to  servants).  To  John,  Mary  and 
Abigail  Shorte,  the  children  of  my  nephew  Thomas  Shorte  deceased,  thirty 
pounds  (equally  &c).  To  Eusebas  Shorte,'  daughter  to  my  nephew  John 
Shorte  deceased,  ten  pounds,  but  if  she  die  before  it  be  due  to  go  to  her 
sister Shorte.  I  will  that  the  legacies  given  to  the  aforesaid  Harring- 
tons, Wryeths,  Wyeths,  John  Shorte  and  Thomas  Shorte's  children  shall 
be  disposed  for  putting  them  forth  to  be  apprentices  or  to  be  paid  at  their 
respective  ages  of  one  aud  twenty  years  or  days  of  marriage  &c. 

Item  I  give  unto  my  niece  Elizabeth  Winthropp  (sic)  of  New  England, 
daughter  unto  my  sister  Sarah  Glover  deceased,  the  sum  often  pounds,  but 
in  case  she  dies  before  it  be  paid  to  her  hands  then  to  go  to  her  child  or 
children.  Item  I  give  unto  Adam  Winthropp,  nephew  unto  the/  aforesaid 
Sarah  Winthropp  and  son  to  my  niece  Elizabeth  Winthropp  deceased,  the 
sum  of  ten  pounds.  To  my  nephew  Richard  Stapers  five  pounds  to  buy 
him  a  ring.  I  will  that  my  executors  or  overseers  do  invite  those  persons 
unto  my  funeral  which  are  set  down  in  a  Roll  of  paper  bearing  date  with 
this  my  will,  and  in  case  they  come  upon  such  invitation  to  give  unto  each 
of  them  a  gold  ring  of  ten  shillings  price  with  the  poesy  in  them  as  those 
have  that  have  by  me  at  my  death  (sic).  My  kindred  aud  friends  which 
are  likewise  mentioned  in  a  papenbearing  date  also  with  these  presents,  to 
have  rings  sent  unto  them  by  my  executors  or  overseers  of  the  same  value 
before  mentioned.  Aud  I  do  make,  constitute  and  ordain  my  son  in  law 
Thomas  Essington  of  Brightwell  Hall,  Suffolk,  Esq.  and  my  nephew 
Thomas  Oldfield,  of  Exon,  Devon,  merchant,  executors  &c,  and  my  friends 
Master  Robert  Winch,  silkman  in  Cheapside  London,  and  Master  John 
Barlee  of  Fleet  Street  leather  seller,  overseers. 

Then  follows  a  list  of  those  invited  to  the  funeral :  Mr.  Bates  and  his 
wife,  Mr  Christopher  Wryeth  of  Clements  Inn,  Mr  George  and  his  wife,  Dr. 
Reynoldes,  Minister  of  St.  Laurence  Church,  and  his  wife,  Mr.  Taylor  aud 
his  wife,  Mr.  Robert  Winch  and  his  wife  with  their  son  Daniel  and  daughter 
Rebecca  at  the  Cross  Keys  in  Cheapside,  Mr.  George  Cooper  and  wife  in 
Billiter  Lane,  the  minister  of  Creechurch  and  the  dark,  Mistress  Lee,  widow 
at  Dowgate  and  her  son  aud  daughter  Reeve,  Mrs.  Kempe  and  her  eldest 
son  Mr.  William  Kempe,  linen  draper  on  Cornhill,  Mrs.  Sarah  Robinson, 
in  case  she  be  then  resident  at  Mr.  Barlee's  house,  Mr.  Drew  and  his  wife, 
soap  boiler,  living  in  Thames  Street  near  Dowgate,  Mr.  Lant,  merchant, 
and  his  son,  if  in  town,  Mr.  Jackson,  minister  of  Faith's  under  Paul's 
Church,  and  his  wife,  Mr.  John  Watson  and  his  wife  iu  St.  Clement's  Lane 
without  Temple  Bar,  my  own  servant  or  servants,  Mr.  Barlee's  man  and 
maid  servant,  Mr.  Needier  and  his  wife,  Minister  of  Fryday  Street,  Hannah 
Monford. 

Next  comes  the  list  of  kindred  and  friends  who  were  to  have  gold  rings 
sent  or  delivered  unto  them :  BryanJ:ausou  Esq.  and  his  wife  and  their 
five  children  and  Mistress  Robinson  their  kinswoman,  Mr.  Samuel  Winston, 
mimster„of  Everdon,  and  his  wife,  Mr.  Smith,  minister  of  Ashbey  Ledgers 


726  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

and  his  wife,  Thomas  Essington  Esq.  and  his  wife,  with  their  four  children 
brother  Smith  aud  sister,  with  their  grandchild  Mistress  Jea  at  Stepney,  the* 
Lady  Kathenne  Oldtield  at  Elsam  in  Lincolnshire,  William  Oldtield  Esq 
and  his  wife,  with  the  rest  of  the  Lady's  children  {videlicet)  Mrs.  Katherine 
Mrs.  Margaret,  Mrs.  Mary,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  Master  Good  wine  and  wife' 
Mr.  Blouut  aud  wife  aud  Mr.  James  Oldfield,  Mr.  Richard  Stapers  at 
Kensington  and  his  friend  Mr.  Hughett,  Mrs.  Thomas  Oldfield,  Mrs  Eliza- 
beth Oldfield  at  Mrs.  Sarah  Oldfield's,  at  Mr.  Richard  Crossing's  (sic),  my 
executors,  Mr.  William  Greeuhill  minister  at  Stewney,  Thomazine  Smith 
of  Welton  daughter  of  George  Walker  of  Ashby  deceased,  Mr.  Samuel 
Oldfield  of  Staple  Inn,  Mrs.  Williams  my  son  J  :anson's  mother  in  law,  Mr. 
John  Barlee  and  his  wife  and  their  daughter  Dorothy. 

Ou  the  codicil  of  later  date  she  bequeaths  her  gold  watch  to  her  daughter 
in  law  Mrs.  Anne  Essington,  her  diamond  ring  to  her  daughter  Mrs.  Mary 
J  anson,  wife  unto  her  son  Bryan  J:anson,  her  cabinet  which  was  her 
mother's  to  her  niece  Elizabeth  Oldfield  of  Exon,  daughter  to  her  brother 
Joseph  Oldfield,  her  sable  muff  to  her  niece  Katherine  Oldfield,  ten  pounds 
to  be  equally  divided  between  Paul  and  James  Poole,  the  children  of  her 
cousin  Elizabeth  Poole  deceased,  for  the  putting  of  them  forth  to  be  ap- 
prentices or  to  be  paid  at  their  ages  of  one  and  twenty.  To  Sarah,  Mary 
and  Thomazine  Harrington  ten  pounds  more  than  what  is  expressed  in  the 
will,  to  be  equally  divided  &c.  To  John,  Samuel  and  Mary  Wryeth  ten 
pounds  more  (equally  &c.)  and  a  conditional  additional  bequest  to  Marlyon 
Wryeth.  To  John,  Samuel,  Ebenezar,  Martha,  Mary  and  Rebecca  Wyeth 
twenty  pounds  more  (equally  &c).  To  John,  Mary  and  Abigail  Short  ten 
pounds  more.  To  Eusebas  Short  three  pounds.  To  Mr.  John  Barlee's 
man  and  maid  servant  forty  shillings  apiece  and  to  the  Sexton  of  St.  Dun- 
stan's  in  the  West  ten  shillings.  Pell,  95. 

[The  following  will  imparts  a  value  to  the  following  collection  of  wills  which 
I  have  gathered  at  different  times  the  last  few  years,  on  account  of  their  evident 
connection  with  each  other,  as  shown  by  the  recurrence  of  some  name  or  names 
common  to  all  or  a  part  of  them.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Richard  Walter,  citizen  andgirdlerof  London,  4  March  1587  proved 
16  March  1587.  By  the  laudable  custom  of  the  City  of  London  my  wife 
Elizabeth  is  to  have  one  third  part  of  my  goods  after  my  debts  and  funerals 
are  paid  and  borne.  I  further  give  unto  her,  out  of  my  own  third  part, 
five  hundred  pounds  and  the  lease  of  my  house  upon  London  Bridge  which 
I  now  dwell  in  and  my  interest  and  term  of  years  yet  to  come  of  my  garden 
and  house  within  the  mint  in  Southwark,  and  all  my  lands,  tenements  &c. 
in  Hartford.  Having  at  this  time  but  only  one  son  whose  name  is  Nathan- 
iel I  not  only  will  and  devise  unto  him  the  third  part  that  to  him  belongeth 
by  the  custom  but  also,  out  my  third  part,  five  hundred  pounds  more,  to  be 
employed  and  bestowed  upon  such  lands,  tenements  &c.  as  my  well  beloved 
cousin  William  Walter  the  elder,  my  well  beloved  brother  in  law  Thomas 
Kempe,  John  Feeld,  preacher,  George  Cheston,  preacher,  Richard  Dennam 
of  the  Bridge  and  William  Clayton  of  the  same,  my  very  good  friends. 
And  if  my  said  son  should  die  without  lawful  heir  of  his  body,  then  forty 
pounds  a  year  thereof  shall  be  employed  by  my  said  friends  towards  the 
building  of  a  school-house  in  Thingdon,  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton,  where 
I  was  born,  and  after  it  is  built  and  paid  for  then  the  forty  pounds  a  year 
to  be  employed  towards  the  maintenance  of  the  schoolmaster  and  usher  ap- 
pointed for  that  purpose.     Of  the  residue  one  fourth  part  shall  be  conveyed 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  727- 

to  the  Governors  of  St.  Thomas  Hospital  in  South vvark  for  the  use  of  the 
poor  there  for  ever,  another  fourth  to  the  Governors  of  Christ  Hospital, 
Loudon,  for  the  use  of  the  poor   there  for  ever,  another  fourth  part  to  the 
Governors  of  St.  Bartholomew's    Hospital,  for  the  poor  there  forever,  ami 
the  other  fourth  part  to  the  Governors  of  Bridewell  in  Loudon  for  the  poor 
there  forever.     During  the    minority  of   my  said  son  my  said  trustees  shall 
collect  and  receive  the  profits   and   cause  my  son  to  be  brought  up  in  the 
fear  of  God  &c.  and  of  the  residue   that  shall  remain  in  their  hands  at  his 
full  age  make  an  account  to   him  and  deliver  the  same  into  his  hands,  he 
giving  them  a  sufficient  discharge.      If  I  shall  have  any  more  children  living 
at  the  time  of  my  decease,   or  my  wife  "  privyment  or  grosement  Incent 
with  childe  "  and  after  delivered  then  so  much  of  the  said  third  part  as  shall 
so  appertain  to  such  child  or  children  shall  be  paid  unto  it  or  them  accord- 
ing to  the  custom  of  the  said  City,  and  the  five  hundred  pounds  shall  also 
be  divided  between  Nathaniel  and  the  rest  of  all  my  children.     Bequests 
to  certain  preachers,  poor  scholars  at  the  Universities  &c.  &c,  to  the  com- 
pany of  girdlers,  whereof  I  am  a  member  (to  help  five  honest,  poor  men  of 
that    Company).      To  my  cousin  Belderbye  and  his  now  wife.     To  my 
brother   Edmond   Walter.       To    Mr.   Christofer    and    his    wife   and  Mrs. 
Wrothe,  her  daughter.     To  my  neighbor  Mr  Taylor  and  his  wife  and  Mr. 
Rumneye,   their  son  in  law,  and  his  wife.     To  my  grandfather  Gardner. 
To  my  mother  Moore.     To  my   brother   Kempe  and  his  wife.     To  my 
brother  Ofield  and  his  wife.     To  my  sister  Margaret  Moore.    To  my  brother 
Walker  (sic)  and  his  wife.     To  my  brother  Walgrave  and  his  wife.     To 
Thomas  Bulbman  and  his  wife.     To  my  brother  Henry  Walter  and  his 
wife.     To  my  sister  Waxham.     To  my  brother  Dawes  and  his  wife.     To 
my  cousin  William  Walter.     To  my  friend  William  Clayton.     To  Richard 
Northcote.     To  Mary  Bagford.     To  my  cousin  Mary  Gibbes.     To  John 
Heyton.     To  William  Heathe  of  Bath  if  his  sister  Johane,  my  servant,  do 
not  marry  with  Mr  Prowde.     To  Humfrey  Basse.     All  these  legacies  to  my 
kindred  and  friend  to  be  paid  within  three  years.     To  my  cousin  John 
Walter,  son  of  my  brother  Edmond.     To  Abigail  Walter,  daughter  of  my 
cousin  William  Walter,  and  to  the  residue  of  his  children.     To  the  children 
of  my  brother  Henry  Walter.     To  the  rest  of  my  sister  Dawes'  children 
(except  Mary  Gibbes).     To  my  cousin  Belderbrie's  children.     To  the  rest 
of  my  cousin  Garrette's,  by  his  first  wife  (except  Belderbie's  wife).     To 
Katherine  Bell  daughter  of  my  sister  Waxham.     To  Robert  Bell  my  ser- 
vant.    To  Nathaniel  son  of  Richard  Northcote.      (Others  named).     My 
wife  Elizabeth  to  be  sole  executrix. 

One  of  the  witnesses  was  Robert  Washborne.  Rutland,  20. 

John  Moore  of  Ipswich,  Suffolk,  merchant  27  October  1587,  proved  2 
May  1588.  Refer  to  deed  of  27  May  22a  Elizabeth,  between  said  John 
Moore  on  the  one  part,  and  Thomas  Kempe  my  son  in  law,  on  the  other 
part,  by  which  one  moiety  of  my  manor  of  Little  Brisett,  after  the  deaths 
of  me,  the  said  John,  and  Joane  now  my  wife,  was  to  go  to  the  said  Thomas 
Kempe  and  Anne  his  wife  &c.  John  Kempe,  son  of  said  Anne.  To  wife 
Joane  my  capital  messuage  and  mansion  house  in  Ipswich,  for  her  life,  and 
afterwards  to  Roger  Ofield,  my  son  in  law  and  Thomasine  his  wife,  my 
daughter.  To  Margaret  Moore  my  daughter.  My  messuage  &c.  called 
Topsfield  Hall  in  Hadley,  Suffolk,  to  wife,  for  life,  and  then  to  Joane 
Walker  and  daughter  &e.  My  executors  shall  sell  all  my  tenements  &c. 
in  Little  Waldingfielcl,  Much  Waldingfield   &c.    which  I  lately  had  and 


728  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

purchased  of  Isaac  Wincolde  gen'  and  Mary  his  wife  (for  payment  of  lega- 
cies). To  my  daughter  Mary  Walgrave  fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  to  her 
within  one  year  after  George  Walgrave  gen',  her  husband  shall  accomplish 
the  full  age  of  one  and  twenty.  I  am  bound  to  pay  unto  Richard  Walter 
of  London,  merchant,  my  son  in  law,  four  hundred  pounds,  the  residue  of 
nine  hundred  pounds  which  I  gave  him  in  marriage  with  Elizabeth  Walter 
my  daughter,  his  wife.  My  executor  shall  pay  it.  To  my  brother  Ralfe 
Moore  twenty  pounds  and  to  John  Moore  his  eldest  son  fifty  pounds.  To 
every  one  of  the  six  children  my  brother  Ralfe  now  hath  five  pounds,  at 
one  and  twenty  or  days  of  marriage.  Bequests  to  the  Bailiffs  and  Portmen 
of  Ipswich  for  the  poor.  To  the  repair  of  the  church  of  Beccles.  To  Mr. 
Negose  now  minister  of  Lighe  in  Essex.  To  Mr.  Warde  pastor  of  the 
Tower  Church  in  Ipswich.  To  Mr.  Carter  pastor  of  Bramford,  and  others. 
I  make  and  ordain  Robert  Derehaugh  gen'  my  cousin  Robert  Barker  and 
Samuel  Smithe  of  the  said  town  of  Ipswich  my  brothers  in  law  supervisors 
and  Joaue  my  wife  sole  executor. 

Wit:     Thomas  Knapp  and  George  Dowueinge.  Rutland,  36. 

Elizabeth  Walter  of  Christ  Church  next  unto  Algate,  London,  widow, 
4  December  1588,  proved  23  December  1588.  Reference  to  last  will  of 
late  husband  Richard  Walter  deceased.  I  his  executrix.  His  only  child 
Nathaniel  Walter.  My  said  son  is  very  young.  I  most  earnestly  intreat 
my  loving  brother  and  sister  Kempe  that  they  would  take  upon  them  the 
care  and  charge  of  his  bringing  up.  I  lately  bought  and  purchased  to  me 
and  my  heirs  of  my  loving  mother  Joane  More  and  my  sister  Margaret 
Moo'  e  a  messuage  or  mansion  house  &c.  in  Ipswich,  Suffolk,  in  which  my 
father  John  Moore  did  inhabit  and  dwell.  I  give  it  to  my  mother  to  have 
and  enjoy  for  life,  and,  after  her  decease,  to  my  said  son  Nathaniel  and  his 
heirs,  with  remainder  to  my  sister  Kempe,  my  sister  Walker,  my  sister 
Owfeld,  my  sister  Waldgrave,  my  sister  Margaret  Moore  and  their  heirs 
forever,  as  next  and  coheirs  unto  me  the  said  Elizabeth  Walter.  I  give  to 
my  son  my  ring  of  gold  which  was  my  late  husband's  seal  of  arras,  and  all 
my  plate  whatsoever,  as  all  my  pots  of  silver,  bowls,  goblets,  salts,  spoons 
of  silver,  parcel  and  double  gilt,  and  also  one  stone  pot  garnished  with  sil- 
ver gilt,  excepting  only  my  silver  casting  bottle,  double  gilt,  when  he  shall 
accomplish  his  age  of  twenty  and  one  years.  Other  gifts  to  son  and  mother 
and  sisters.  To  my  brother  Kempe,  my  brother  Walker,  my  brother 
Owfeild  and  my  brother  Waldgrave,  each  a  ring  of  gold  of  the  price  of 
thirty  shillings.  To  my  loving  grandfather  Gardyner  a  ring  of  the  price  of 
fourty  shillings.  To  my  uncle  Robert  Barker  and  my  aunt  his  wife,  each 
a  ring  of  the  price  of  thirty  shillings.  To  my  uncle  Samuel  Smith  and 
mine  aunt  his  wife,  each  a  ring  of  thirty  shillings.  To  mine  aunt  Crane  a 
rin"  of  the  price  of  thirty  shillings.  To  my  brother  Henry  Walter  a  rin« 
of  thirty  shillings.  To  sister  Waxam,  my  sister  Dawes  and  my  cousin 
Gibbes  his  wife,  each  a  ring  of  thirty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  William 
Walter  of  Wimbleton  and  his  wife,  each  a  ring  of  thirty  shillings.  To  Mr. 
Robert  Taylor  of  the  Bridge  and  his  wife,  each  a  ring  of  forty  shillings. 
Rings  of  twenty  shillings  each  to  Mr.  Rumney  and  his  wife,  Mr.  Clayton 
and  his  mother,  Mrs.  Greene,  Mrs.  Johnson  dwelling  on  the  Bridge,  Mr. 
William  Chambers'  wife,  Mr.  Richard  Norcott  and  his  wife  and  Mrs.  Hixon. 
To  Mr  John  Eaton  a  ring  of  thirty  shillings.  To  and  amongst  my  uncle 
Samuel  Smithe's  children  one  hundred  pounds,  at  one  and  twenty  or  days 
of  marriage.      Forty  pounds   amongst  my  uncle  Raphe  Moore's  children. 


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Ten  pounds  amongst  my  uncle  Godfrey  Moore's  children.  Ten  pounds  to 
my  cousin  John  Gardener  and  five  pounds  to  my  cousin  Steven  Gardyner, 
each  at  twenty  and  six  years.  Ten  pounds  to  my  cousin  Margaret  Gardyner 
and  five  pounds  to  my  cousin  Judith  Gardener,  each  at  one  and  twenty  or 
day  of  marriage.  Other  bequests  to  nephew  John  Kempe,  nieces  Elizabeth 
Walter  and  Elizabeth  Owfelde,  William  Walter  son  to  brother  Henry 
Walter,  cousin  John  Walter  (and  sundry  preachers  and  others).  I 'give  to 
Mr.  Downing,  Schoolmaster  of  Ipswich,  ten  pounds,  to  Mr.  Catlyn,  a 
student  in  the  University  of  Cambridge  ten  pounds.  Fifty  pounds  to  be 
employed  for  and  towards  the  maintenance  of  a  Godly,  learned  preacher  in 
the  parish  of  St.  Laurence  in  the  town  of  Ipswich.  Three  hundred  pounds 
for  the  relief  of  such  vertuous  preachers  of  God's  Word  as  presently  do  or 
hereafter  shall  stand  in  any  need  or  be  in  poor  estate  &c.  Four  hundred 
pounds  to  be  employed  either  in  purchasing  lands  or  tenements  to  be  con- 
veyed unto  the  Master,  Fellows  and  Scholars  of  Emanuel  College  in  Cam- 
bridge to  maintain  scholars  and  fellows  studying  and  professing  Divinity  &c. 
Fifty  pounds  towards  the  relief  of  Godly  poor  widows  and  fatherless  chil- 
dren in  London  and  Ipswich,  fifty  pounds  for  the  relief  of  poor  and  godly 
householders  in  London  and  Ipswich,  one  hundred  pounds  for  the  relief  of 
poor  and  godly  strangers  and  foreigners  that  live  either  in  London  and 
Ipswich  to  enjoy  the  freedom  of  their  conscience,  and  twenty  pounds  for  the 
relief  of  poor  prisoners  in  London  and  Ipswich.  To  Mr.  Stoughton  and 
Mr.  Carter,  ministers  of  God's  Word  in  Suffolk,  each  five  pounds.  To 
Mrs.  Crane,  widow,  three  pounds,  so  that  she  shall  continue  the  hearing  of 
the  Word  in  public  assemblies.  To  one  Inglishe,  a  Frenchman,  five  pounds. 
(To  others).  To  the  poor  in  the  Hospital  in  Ipswich  ten  pounds.  My 
executors  to  be  Mr.  Robert  Wrighte,  preacher  of  Ipswich,  my  loving  brother 
Thomas  Kempe  and  Mr.  Charke,  preacher. 

The  Probate  Act  shows  that  the  Christian  name  of  Mr  Charke  was 
Robert.  Leicester,  15. 

Margaret  Gardener  of  Ipswich,  Suffolk,  spinster  5  April  1596,  proved 
26  April  1596.  To  my  brother  John  Gardener  five  score  pounds  of  money. 
To  my  two  cousins  Mary  and  Susan  Hunting  forty  pounds  betwixt  them. 
To  my  aunt  Thomasin  Smith  ten  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Susan  Winkoll, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Winkoll,  ten  pounds  at  twenty  or  day  of  marriage. 
The  rest  of  her  sisters.  To  Mr.  John  Burges,  preacher  of  Ipswich,  forty 
shillings.  To  my  uncle  Stephen  Gardener  five  pounds,  now  in  the  hands 
of  my  grandfather  John  Gardener.  To  Eliazer  Dunkon,  M.D.  forty  shil- 
lings. To  Thomas  Hunting  of  Ipswich,  merchant,  forty  shillings.  To 
Thomasine  Diser,  the  daughter  of  my  aunt  Dyser,  forty  shillings.  To 
Thomasine  Lawrauuce  the  daughter  of  my  auut  Lawrance  forty  shillings. 
To  Samuel  Maddocke  the  son  of  my  uncle  William  Maddocke  forty  shillings. 
To  the  poor  of  St.  Nicholas  and  St.  Mary  at  the  Elms,  Ipswich,  forty  shil- 
lings. To  Annis  Runting,  now  servant  with  my  uncle  Hunting,  fifteen 
shillings.  My  uucle  Edward  Huutiug  and  my  cousin  William  Bloyes  to 
be  my  executors. 

Wit:     Edmond  Barker  aud  Robert  Barker.  Drake,  23. 

John  Gardyner,  visited  by  the  hand  of  God,  in  Saphia  23  July  1601, 
proved  21  October  1601.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  Saphia.  I  left  with 
my  cousin  Roger  Owffield,  about  Christides  was  seven  years,  as  will  appear 
by  a  bill  of  his  hand  in  my  power  in  Morroccus,  two  hundred  and  thirty  pounds 
sterling :  more  for  one  hundred  pounds  sterling  which  my  sister  Margaret 


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Gardener  at  her  death  bequeathed  me,  the  which  how  long  it  is  since  my 
aforesaid  cousin  received  it  I  refer  to  his  own  declaration  :  more  for  my 
wages  since  I  went  into  Italy  about  his  affairs,  being  upwards  of  seven 
years,  at  one  hundred  marks  sterling  money  (after  thirteen  shillings  four 
pence  per  mark)  the  year;  which  he  always  promised  me,  as  it  will  appear 
by  his  letters  in  my  portmantua,  which  my  good  cousin  his  wife  hath  in  her 
power,  and  that  it  should  be  always  better  unto  me  than  the  wages  I  should 
have  of  my  Mr.  Stone,  which  was  the  abovesaid  sum,  as  he  himself  (I 
mean  my  cousin  Owfneld)  is  not  unacquainted  with:  more  some  sixteen 
thousand  ounces  Barbary  money,  the  King  allowing  me  for  Thomas  Pate's 
chests  of  drugs,  and  some  other  odd  things  of  my  own,  as  pictures  and  other 
drugs  out  of  Italy,  the  Alcaide,  Azus,  for  the  King,  offering  me  ten  thousand 
ounces  and  at  his  last  speech  with  me  promised  me  twelve  thousand  ounces 
to  be  got  as  I  can:  for  the  said  chests  of  drugs  of  Thomas  Pate's  my  will 
is  that  he  be  allowed  after  eighteen  ounces  the  pound  sterling,  free  of  all 
charges,  whereof  I  have  sent  him  home  one  thousand  ounces  long  since.  I 
desire  that  John  Wakemanand  William  Bolderoe  may  make  up  the  accompt, 
which  is  very  plain.  I  remember  not  that  I  am  indebted  unto  Christian, 
Moor  or  Jew,  but  only  to  Mr.  Gore's  house  for  odd  toys  of  John  Walter's 
son :  for  a  cloth  that  Sir  Sampson  Cotton  demandeth,  Nicholas  Ensworthe 
received  it  of  him  and  must  answer  him  for  it.  I  do  will  and  ordain  John 
Skerroe  and  William  Belderoe  with  full  authority  to  pay  and  receive  what 
shall  any  manner  of  way  to  me  belong.  William  Bolderoe's  wages  and 
charges  to  be  paid  out  of  my  cousin  Roger  Owffeilde's  estate.  Bequests  to 
sundry  individuals  and  to  the  poor  of  Moroccus  and  Sus.  To  my  grand- 
father John  Gardner  two  hundred  pounds,  arid  one  hundred  pounds  to  his 
son  Stephen  Gardner,  and  if  my  grandfather  should  be  deceased  the  whole 
to  come  to  his  son  and  his  heirs.  To  my  uncle  John  Maddock  fifty  pounds. 
One  hundred  pounds  to  be  distributed  by  my  cousin  William  Bloyes  and 
my  uncle  Edward  Huntington  either  upon  our  poor  kindred  in  Ipswich  or 
otherwise,  as  they  shall  think  good.  (To  other  individuals).  The  residue 
to  my  cousin  Roger  OwfFeild  his  wife  and  children. 

Commission  issued  21  October  1601  to  Roger  Owfeild,  cousin  and  legatee 
named  in  the  will.  Woodhall,  69. 

Roger  Owfeilde  citizen  and  fishmonger  of  London,  26  November 
1608,  proved  1  December  1608.  My  goods  to  be  divided  into  three  parts 
according  to  the  laudable  custom  of  the  city  of  London,  whereof  one  third 
part  I  leave  unto  Thomasine,  my  well  beloved  wife,  to  her  own  proper  use. 
Another  third  part  I  give  and  leave  to  and  amongst  all  my  children,  Sam- 
uel, Joseph,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Martha,  Abigail,  Thomasine,  Hanna,  Sara  and 
Rebecca.  A  marriage  to  be  had  between  Hewytt  Stephens  (sic),  merchant, 
and  my  daughter  Elizabeth.  Of  my  own  third  part  I  give  unto  Thomasine 
my  wife  one  thousand  marks.  To  my  son  Samuel  Owfeilde  one  thousand 
pounds.  To  my  son  Joseph  one  thousand  pounds.  To  my  said  daughter 
Elizabeth  Owfeild  for  increase  of  her  portion  and  better  preferment,  if  the 
said  marriage  do  not  take  effect  betweea  her  and  the  said  Hewytt  Stapers 
(sic),  the  sum  of  five  hundred  pounds.  To  my  mother  in  law  Jone  Moore 
fifty  shillings,  to  make  her  a  ring.  To  every  one  of  my  wife's  sisters  and 
to  every  one  of  their  husbands  forty  shillings  apiece  to  make  them  rings. 
To  my  brother  in  law  Robert  Washebourne  five  pounds.  I  remit  and  for- 
give my  brother  John  Owfeilde  of  Asheborne  iu  the  County  of  Darby  all 
such  debts  and  sums  of  money  as  he  oweth  me.     Reference  to  a  purchase 


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of  lands  in  Asheborne  and  to  John.  Owfeilde's  wife  and  sons  John,  Roger 
and  William  and  daughters  Elizabeth  and  Anne.  To  Richard  Owfeilde, 
one  of  the  sons  of  my  late  brother  William  Owfeilde  deceased,  forty  pounds 
and  to  Elizabeth  Temple,  daughter  of  my  said  brother  William  Owfeilde, 
thirty  pounds.  To  the  five  children  of  my  late  sister  Dorothy  Washeboui  ne 
deceased,  Daniel,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Anne  and  Dorcas,  ten  pounds  apiece,  to 
Daniel  as  soon  as  may  be  conveniently  and  to  the  daughters  at  'one  and 
twenty  or  days  of  marriage.  To  certain  preachers  and  others.  To  poor 
students  at  Cambridge  and  Oxford,  and  to  poor  ministers.  To  poor  house- 
holders in  London  that  do  fear  God.  To  the  poor  of  Ashborne  and  the 
erecting  of  an  Almshouse  there.  For  the  support  of  a  Lecturer  in  the 
parish  of  St.  Catherine  Cree  church.  To  the  Company  of  Fishmongers  in 
London.  To  the  relief  of  poor  children  harbored  in  Christ's  Hospital,  of 
poor  impotent  people  in  St.  Bartholomew's  Hospital  and  the  poor  of  St. 
Thomas  Hospital  Southwark.  The  residue  to  my  children,  Samuel,  Joseph, 
Elizabeth,  Mary,  Martha,  Abigail,  Thomazine,  Hanna,  Sarah  and  Rebecca. 
Reference  to  the  marriage  to  take  effect  between  the  said  Hewyt  Stapers 
and  my  daughter  Elizabeth.  Wife  Thomazine  and  sons  Samuel  and  Joseph 
to  be  sole  executors. 

In  a  codicil  of  same  date  he  bequeaths  his  messuage  and  Inn  called  the 
Spread  Eagle  in  Gracious  Street  ah  Grace  Church  Street,  Loudon,  to  son 
Joseph  Owfeild.  Windebanck,  111. 

Abell  Makepeace  of  Chipping  <Varden  in  the  county  of  Northampton, 
yeoman,  16  June  1601,  proved  14  October  1602.  My  body  to  be  buried 
in  the  church  of  Chipping  Warden.  To  that  church  four  pounds.  To  the 
poor  in  Warden  four  pounds,  to  be  paid  in  eight  years,  ten  shillings  a  year 
at  Christmas.  To  my  daughter  Dorothy  Makepeace  two  hundred  pounds, 
one  hundred  at  day  of  marriage  and  one  hundred  that  day  twelve  month 
next  following,  and  her  wedding  apparel.  To  my  daughter  Bridget  two 
hundred  pounds  and  her  wedding  apparel  (paid  in  the  same  way).  Refer- 
ence made  to  three  daughters  already  married,  viz1  Lucy,  Jane  and  Amye. 
To  my  son  Lawrence  Makepeace  eight  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  him  at 
the  age  of  four  and  twenty  years,  and  all  my  lands  and  rents  which  I  late 
purchased  of  Robert  Catesbye  and  Hugh  Catesbye,  gen1,  he  paying  to  my 
wife  Mary  Makepeace,  during  her  natural  life  ten  pounds  at  two  leasts  in 
the  year,  viz1  the  Annunciation  &c.  and  St.  Michael  &c.  Other  bequests 
to  him.  He  to  be  sent  to  the  Inns  of  Court.  I  desire  that  he  may  live  as 
a  modest  student  without  wasteful  or  idle  expenses.  I  most  heartily  pi  ay 
and  intreat  my  good  friends  and  cousin  Symon  Haynes  gen1,  Basil  1  Tryn> 
nyll  gen*  Thomas  Hollowaye,  clerk,  George  Makepeace,  Richard  Blason 
to  be  my  overseers  and  to  help  to  assist  my  wife  and  my  son.  if  it  please 
God  they  can,  by  their  good  counsel  and  advice.  To  my  daughter  Butler's 
two  daughters  ten  shillings  apiece  and  to  my  godson  Abel  Nycolls  twenty 
shillings.  To  my  godson  Abel  Makepeace  ten  shillings.  To  Abel  "Waide 
five  shillings.  To  Richard,  son  of  Thomas  Makepeace  three  pounds.  Be- 
quests to  John  Phippes,  Elizabeth  Bradford  and  Mary  Lester.  Wife  Mary 
to  be  sole  executrix. 

William  Harris,  William  Parsons  and  John  Heathe  wit. 

Northampton  Wills,  W.  306. 

Thomas  Campian  of  Althrop  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton,  clerk,  2  Au- 
gust 1613,  proved  17  November  1613.  My  bod v  to  be  buried  in  the  parish 
church  of  Brington.     I  do  give  to  my  sister  An  Robertes  ten  pounds.      I  do 


732  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

give  unto  ner  son  Valentine  Robertes  five  pounds  and  to  her  daughter  five 
pounds.  I  do  give  unto  all  the  rest  of  her  sons,  Tliomas  excepted,  twenty 
shillings  apiece.  I  do  give  unto  my  sister  An  Blan  (  ?)  twenty  shillings. 
To  the  poor  of  Overson  twenty  shillings.  To  Francis  Write,  my  brother, 
forty  shillings.  To  Edward  Write,  my  brother,  twenty  shillings.  To  the 
poor  of  Brington  parish  forty  shillings.  To  my  Aunt  Lane  of  Boughton 
ten  shillings.  To  Mrs.  Segrave  twenty  shillings.  To  Mr.  Butler,  Mr. 
Corbet,  Mr.  Pill,  Mr.  Patrick,  Richard  Carter,  Thomas  Dodridge,  John 
Nichols,  Richard  Warwick,  Hugh  Cranfield,  Peter  Mackernes,  Alexander 
Tayler  and  William  Tarleton,  to  each  of  them  two  shillings  and  six  pence 
apiece  to  buy  them  gloves.  To  the  rest  of  my  Lord's  yeomen  about  Al- 
thorp  eighteen  pence  to  buy  them  gloves.  To  George  Hollis  of  Daventree 
twenty  shillings.  To  the  poor  of  Wick  Dive  and  Wick  Ham  forty  shil- 
lings. To  the  maidservants  of  Althrop  eighteen  pence  apiece  to  buy  them 
gloves.  I  do  give  to  Mrs.  Jane  Wasshington  and  Elizabeth  Kelly,  to  each 
of  them  two  shillings  and  six  pence  to  buy  them  gloves.  To  Mr.  Ryall  of 
Pasman  (Passenham?)  my  best  gown  furred  with  "  Cunny."  To  Mr. 
Phillipps  of  Whilton  my  best  sleeved  cloak.  I  do  give  to  Mr  Robert  Wassh- 
ington my  embroidered  chair.  To  all  my  god  children  twelve  pence  apiece. 
All  the  rest  of  my  goods  and  substance  unbequeathed  I  do  give  to  Thomas 
Robertes,  my  nephew,  whom  I  do  make  my  sole  executor.  I  do  appoint 
Mr.  Robert  Wasshington  and  Mr.  Phillipps  overseers  of  this  my  last  will. 
Debts  owing  to  the  testator.  Imprimis  Mr  Lawrence  Wasshington  35s. 
It.  Mr  Jerome  Lambert  of  Wickham  30s,  Mr.  Andry  Ward  of  West  Had- 
don  o£,  William  Witmell  of  Cosgrave  26s  8d,  Old  Foster  the  plufiier  of 
Northampton,  13s  4d:  — 10*  5s. 
Witnesses  to  this  will 

Wm.  Phillipps  Northampton  Wills,  T.  121. 

Robert  Wasshington 


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Mary  Makepeace  of  Sulgrave,  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton,  widow,  the 
last  day  of  July  1621,  proved  16  January  1622.  My  body  to  be  buried  in 
the  church  or  church  yard  of  Sulgrave.  To  the  church  of  Sulgrave  ten 
shillings  and  to  the  poor  ten  shillings.  To  my  three  daughters  Amy  Edens, 
Dorothy  Pultuey  and  Bridget  Colls,  to  every  one  of  them  five  pounds 
apiece.  To  my  daughter  Makepeace,  my  son's  wife,  one  piece  of  gold  of 
thirty  shillings.  To  my  daughter  Trimnell  one  piece  of  gold  of  fifteen 
shillings.  To  my  daughter  Butler  one  piece  of  gold  of  fifteen  shillings. 
To  Mary  Nicolls  the  bed  in  the  blue  chamber,  with  all  things  belonging 
thereto,  as  mattress,  two  bolsters,  a  pair  of  blankets,  two  pairs  of  sheets, 
one  pair  of  pillowbeers;  one  table  cloth  one  dozen  napkins  one  towel 
and  ten  pounds.  To  Mary  Pultney  two  pairs  of  sheets,  one  pair  of  pil- 
lowbeers, one  table  cloth,  one  dozen  of  napkins  one  towel  and  five  pounds. 
To  Mary  Colls  one  pair  of  sheets,  one  pair  of  pillowbeers,  one  dozen  nap- 
kins and  one  towel.  To  Frances  Makepeace  my  embroidered  stamell  chair 
and  the  stools  belonging  to  it  and  a  pair  of  sheets,  a  pair  of  pillowbeers, 
one  table  cloth,  one  dozen  napkins  and  a  towell.  To  Abel  Makepeace, 
Abel  Nicolls,  Michael  Pultney  and  Abel  Colls,  to  every  one  of  them  an 
apostle  spoon.  To  every  one  of  my  children's  children  to  whom  I  have 
not  bequeathed  anything  five  shillings  apiece. 

It.     I  give  to  my  [*sister  Ilumfre  and  my  sister  Butler  to  either  of  them] 

*  The  words  in  brackets  were  interlined,  the  following  having  been  scratched  through, 
viz. :  "  thre  sisters  to  every  on  of  them." 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  733 

tea  shillings  apiece.  To  Alis  Glover,  my  servant,  ten  shillings.  To  my 
daughter  Bridget  Colls  my  Holland  sheets  and  pillowbeers  after  that  I  am 
brought  to  the  ground  and  ana  buried  my  will  is  that  she  shall  have  them 
so  long  as  she  hath  use  for  them  and  after  my  will  is  that  she  give  them  to 
Mary  Colls  her  daughter.  The  rest  of  my  goods  ungiven  and  unbequeathed 
I  give  unto  Lawrence  Makepeace  my  son  whom  I  make  my  sole  executor, 
he  to  see  my  body  reverently  brought  to  the  ground  and  my  legacies  per- 
formed. And  I  would  intreat  my  good  and  loving  cousins  Mr.  William 
Pargiter  of  Gretworth  and  Mr.  Christopher  Pergiter  of  Sulgrave  to  be 
overseers,  to  whom  ten  shillings  each.  None  of  these  legacies  to  be  paid 
till  two  years  after  my  death. 

John  Trelawny,  Elizabeth  Court  and  Jane  Pargiter  wit. 

Northampton  Wills,  P  (1617-20),  147. 

Thomas  Leeson  of  Sulgrave  in  the  County  of  Northampton,  gentleman, 
13  August  1614,  proved  27  September  1614.  My  body  to  be  buried  in 
the  parish  churchyard  of  Sulgrave  near  my  late  wife.  Bequests  to  son 
Thomas  Leeson,  daughter  Susan  and  son  in  law  William  Steavens.  I  give 
and  bequeath  to  my  daughter  Jane  Pargiter  one  of  my  best  silver  spoons, 
the  press  and  the  "courte  cubbarte"  which  standeth  in  my  chamber  and  a 
wainscot  chest.  My  daughter  Elner  Leeson  wife  to  my  son  Aither  Leeson. 
My  sister  Bridget  Haynes  wife  of  Thomas  Haines  of  Mollington.  Every 
one  of  my  children's  children.  My  servant  Alice  Page.  The  rest  to  my 
son  Arther  Leeson,  whom  I  make  and  ordain  sole  executor.  And  I  do 
ordain  and  constitute  my  well  beloved  friends  Mr  Thomas  Courte,  vicar  of 
Sulgrave,  and  Mr.  Robart  Wasshington  of  the  same,  Esquire,  to  be  over- 
seers, aud  to  either  of  them  I  give  two  shillings  for  their  pains. 

Northampton  Wills,  Book  S.,  96. 

Thomas  Watkyn  of  Watford  in  the  County  of  Northampton,  30  Sep- 
tember 1630,  proved  22  October  1630.     My  will  is  the  ten  pounds  that  I 

owe  to  my  brother  Waterhowse  should  be  paid  unto  him;  that  five 

and  twenty  shillings  should  be  paid  to  the  widow  of  Samuel  Lemm  (  ?)  if 
she  be  living,  but  if  she  be  dead  then  my  will  is  that  it  be  paid  to  her 
executors,  if  any  can  be  found,  and  for  default  of  them  to  be  paid  unto  any 
of  her  poor  kindred,  but  if  none  of  them  can  be  found  then  the  money  to  be 

distributed  to  the  poor  according  to  the  discretion  of  my  executors that 

the  sword  which  I  have,  or  five  and  twenty  shillings  in  money  should  be 
delivered  to  the  executor  of  Richard  Wolfe,  sometimes  vintner  on  Lambath 
Hill  near  Old  Fish  Street  London,  but  if  no  executor  can  be  found  then  my 
will  is  that  the  said  sword  and  money  be  delivered  to  Thomas  Wolfe,  the 
father  of  the  said  Richard  Wolfe,  dwelling  at  Norton  by  Dainntre,  to  take 
either  five  and  twenty  shillings  or  the  sword  at  his  discretion.     To  the  poor 
of  Long  Boughby  thirty  pounds,  to  be  disposed  of  for  their  benefit,  accord- 
ing to  the  discretion  of  my  cousin  Gifford  Watkyn,  or  his  deputy,  within 
one  twelve  months  after  that  the  said  money  shall  be  paid  into  his  hands  &c. 
And  the  money  shall  not  be  put  out  to  usury  after  the  rate  of  eight  in  the 
hundred  &c.      I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  uncle  William  Hale  and  my 
aunt  Roase  to  each  of  them  five  pounds  to  buy  them  rings,  as  a  small  token 
of  my  love  and  thankfulness  unto  them  for  their  especial  care  of  me  from 
my  youth,  whom  I  pray  God  eternally  to  bless.     To  my  cousin  Richard 
Walcott  five  pounds  to  buy  him  a  ring.     To  my  cousin  John  Watkyn  ten 
pounds  to  buy  him  a  nag.     To  my  cousin  Gifford  Watkyn  of  Watford  forty 
pounds.     Aud  whereas  he  saith  he  oweth  me  ten  pounds  I  freely  forgive  it 


734  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

him.  To  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Watkyn,  his  wife,  twenty  pounds.  To  my 
cousin  Elizabeth  Watkyu,  his  daughter,  ten  pounds.  To  Abigail  Watkyn, 
his  sister,  forty  shillings.     To  Wenifride  Reeve,  his  sister,  forty  shillings. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Mr.  John  Ireton  of  East  Hadden  forty 
shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring.  To  Katherine  Ireton,  wife  unto  the  said  John 
Ireton,  forty  shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  my  god  daughter  Elizabeth 
Ireton,  his  daughter,  forty  shillings.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Mrs. 
Anne  Washington  mother  unto  ye  aforenamed  Katherine  Ireton  forty  shil- 
lings to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  Mr.  Bourne,  minister  of  East  Hadden,  forty 
shillings.  To  Mr.  John  Stringer  and  Mary  his  wife,  to  each  of  them  forty 
shillings,  to  buy  them  rings.  I  give  and  bequeath  three  hundred  pounds 
unto  my  sister  Eliza  Waterhowse  her  children,  which  money  I  will  shall  be 
paid  out  of  my  lease  of  Long  Boughby,  so  soon  as  it  shall  arise  out  of  the 
profits  of  my  land,  provided  always  that  the  King's  rent  be  first  paid  out  of 
the  profits  of  my  land  before  this  or  any  other  legacy  whatsoever.  My  will 
is  that  these  former  legacies  which  I  have  given  and  bequeathed  shall  be 
paid  out  of  the  profits  of  my  lease  at  Boughby,  in  order  as  they  are  set 
down,  unless  my  brother  William  Watkyn  do  otherwise  agree  with  the 
parties.  The  remainder  of  my  Lease  shall  be  wholly  to  the  benefit  and 
behoof  of  my  brother  William  or  his  assigns.  And  I  constitute  and  appoint 
him  sole  executor.  I  appoint  and  desire  my  cousin  Richard  Walcot  of 
London  and  my  cousin  Gifford  Watkyn  of  Watford  overseers  for  the  per- 
formance of  this  my  last  will  and  testament. 

Northampton  Wills,  Book  OE,  1626-30,  273. 

[The  pedigree  of  Watkyn  is  to  be  found  in  the  Visitation  of  London,  1633-4, 
while  that  of  Ireton,  showing  the  connection  with  Watkin,  appears  in  the  Visita- 
tions of  Northamptonshire  (Metcalfe).  Catherine  Washington  was  the  youngest 
(probably)  of  the  children  of  Robert  Washington  of  Sulgrave  by  his  second 
wife  Anne  (Fisher).  Her  brother  Robert  was  living  at  East  Haddon,  and,  most 
probably,  her  mother  also,  who  is  referred  to  in  the  above  will. — Henry  F. 
Waters.] 

Robert  Aldworth  merchant,  one  of  the  aldermen  of  the  city  of  Bris- 
tol, 30  August  1634,  proved  12  January  1634.  My  body  to  be  laid  in 
Christian  burial  in  the  vault  in  mine  own  aisle  in  the  church  of  S'  Peter  in 
Bristol  where  my  late  loving  wife  Martha  lieth  buried.  I  give  to  and  for 
the  beautifying  of  the  church  of  Wantwich  in  Berks  twenty  pounds.  To 
the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Bristol  twenty  pounds  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Gauntes  Hospital  in  the  suburbs  of  Bristol  and  of  the  poor 
children  therein.  To  poor  tuckers  and  shermen  within  the  city  twenty 
pounds.  To  the  poor  in  all  the  almshouses  in  Bristol  twenty  pounds.  To 
my  sister  Elizabeth  Crockhay  wife  of  Benjamin  Crockhay,  merchant,  yearly 
during  her  natural  life,  fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  to  her  own  hands  for  her 
own  proper  use  and  maintenance.  To  my  kinswoman  Martha  Barker, 
yearly  for  life,  an  annuity  of  twenty  four  pounds;  and  after  her  decease 
there  shall  be  divided  equally  amongst  her  children  then  living  the  sum  of 
three  hundred  pounds,  those  under  eighteen  to  have  their  parts  payable  at 
that  age.  To  my  sister's  daughter  Sara  Crockhay  thirty  pounds  at  th<^ 
day  of  the  "  solempnization  "  of  her  marriage,  or  within  two  years  next  after 
mf  decease.  To  every  of  the  children  of  my  kinsman  Edward  Knight, 
living  at  the  time  of  my  decease,  five  pounds  apiece,  to  the  sons  at  twenty 
one  and  the  daughters  at  eighteen.  To  my  kinsman  John  Ballow  of  Lon- 
don,  merchant,  once   my   servant,   twenty   pounds.     To   my   late   servant 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  735 

Thomas  Neathway,  merchant,  ten  pounds.  To  every  of  the  children  of 
Erasmus  Aldworth,  mariner,  living  at  time  of  my  decease,  five  pounds 
apiece.  To  William  Lyons,  once  my  servant,  ten  pounds.  I  give  and  be- 
queath to  the  six  children  of  my  kinsman  Giles  PLlbridge,  merchant,  that  is 
to  say,  Robert,  John,  Thomas,  Aldworth,  Martha  and  Elizabeth,  the  sum 
of  one  hundred  pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid,  the  sons,  at  one  and  twenty  aud 
the  daughters,  at  eighteen.  Bequests  to  godson  Rowland  Tucker,  son  of 
Thomas  Tucker,  clerk,  to  Abel  Lovering,  clerk,  to  servant  Rowland  Search- 
field.  To  my  kinsman  Thomas  Aldworth  of  Wantwich  (Wantage?)  twenty 
pounds.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Abraham  Shurt,  my  servant,  if  he  live 
till  my  decease  and  shall  return  to  Bristol,  the  sum  of  two  hundred  pounds, 
to  be  paid  within  two  years  next  after  my  decease.  To  my  kinsman  George 
Payne,  who  married  my  kinswoman  Elizabeth  Crockhay,  twenty  pounds. 
To  Matthew  Morgan,  carpenter.  To  my  godson  Robert  Aldworth,  son  of 
Richard  Aldworth,  mercer,  ten  pounds,  at  one  and  twenty.  To  Elizabeth 
Mericke  the  daughter  of  Elizabeth  Mericke,  twenty  pounds.  To  the  poor 
of  St.  James  in  Bristol  ten  pounds  and  the  same  to  the  poor  of  St.  Philip. 
A  provision  for  the  poor  in  the  Almshouse  of  S*  Peter's. 

The  residue  to  my  well  beloved  kinsman  Giles  Eilbridge,  merchant,  whom 
I  do  make  and  ordain  to  be  full  and  sole  executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and 
Testament,  confidently  believing  and  assuredly  persuading  myself  that,  as  I 
have  found  him  always  true,  honest  and  careful  in  the  managing  of  my 
businesses  and  in  his  employment  in  mine  affairs  in  my  life  time,  so  he  will 
be  as  honest  and  careful  in  the  payment  of  my  legacies  and  performance  of 
this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  after  my  decease,  according  to  my  true 
meaning.  I  give  to  my  said  kinsman  Giles  Elbridge  and  to  his  heirs  for- 
ever my  house  wherein  Job  Willowby  dwelleth  on  the  Bridge  in  Bristol. 

Among  the  witnesses  were  William  Yeomans  and  Francis  Yeomans. 

Sadler,  3. 

[Abraham  Shurt,  mentioned  in  this  will,  was  probably  the  settler  at  Pemaquid, 
Me.,  of  this  name.  See  note  on  page  58  of  the  "Trelawney  Papers,"  edited  by 
Hon.  James  Phinney  Baxter.  His  name  often  appears  in  early  colonial  history. 
—Editor.] 

Aldworth  Elbridge  of  the  City  of  Bristol  merchant,  now  bound  upon 
a  voyage  for  the  West  Indies,  1  September  1653,  proved  10  July  1680. 
To  my  cousin  Thomas  Moore  twenty  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Elizabeth 
Cugley  twenty  pounds.  To  my  sisters  Martha  Cugley  and  Elizabeth 
Moore  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  buy  them  rings.  All  the  rest  of  my 
moneys,  goods,  debts  (or  legacies  or  what  estate  soever)  due  unto  me  from 
the  will  of  my  uncle  Robert  Aldworth,  merchant,  deceased,  or  from  the 
will  of  my  father  Giles  Elbridge,  merchant  deceased,  or  from  the  will  of 
my  brother  John  Elbridge,  merchant  deceased,  my  debts  and  legacies  being 
paid  and  funeral  expenses  discharged,  all  the  rest  of  my  estate  I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  my  brother  in  law  Thomas  Moore,  whom  I  do  hereby  nomi- 
nate and  appoint  to  be  my  sole  executor. 

Adinon.  with  the  will  annexed  was  granted  (as  above)  to  Thomas  Moore, 

nephew  by  the  sister  of  the  deceased,  Thomas  Moore,  the  executor  named 

in  the  will,  having  died  during  the  life  time  of  the  deceased  testator. 

Bath,  95. 

[See  Aldworth  and  Elbridge  wills  already  published  (Reg.  Vol.  46,  pp.  440-5: 
ante,  pp.  632-637.)— H.  F.  W.] 


736         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Frances  Guy  of  St.  Mary  Spittle,  Middlesex,  widow,  20  June  1680, 
proved  5  August  1680.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving  brother  Wil- 
liam Clutterbuck  of  Boston  in  New  England  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  twenty 
shillings  each  to  buy  them  rings.  To  my  niece  Frances  Ding  ten  pounds. 
To  my  nephew  William  Bing  and  his  wife  each  ten  shillings  to  buy  them 
rings.  To  my  sister  Bing  and  her  husband  and  their  two  sous  Bartholo- 
mew and  George  twelve  pence  apiece.  The  rest  to  my  friend  John  Heyth 
of  the  place  and  Co.  aforesaid,  M.D.  whom  I  have  appointed  executor. 

Bath,  107. 

[I  would  suggest  that  there  may  have  been  a  confusion  of  the  two  names  Bing 
and  Ding  in  the  above.  I  copied  them  as  I  found  them  written  in  the  Register. 
Any  one  especially  interested  can  at  any  time,  on  the  payment  of  the  proper 
official  fees,  have  the  original  will  examined  to  see  if  the  registered  copy  is  cor- 
rect. Henry  F.  Waters. 

For  an  account  of  William  Clutterbuck,  named  in  this  will,  see  Wyman's 
Charlestown  Genealogies  and  Estates,  vol.  1,  page  223. — Editor.] 

Henry  Smith  of  Stratford  upon  Avon  in  the  County  of  Warwick,  gen- 
tleman, 4  February  1638,  proved  18  November  1650.  My  body  to  be 
buried  in  the  church  of  Stratford  near  the  place  where  my  loving  wife 
Anne  Smith  was  buried.  To  the  poor  of  Stratford  five  pounds.  To  my 
son  in  law  William  Hicks  and  Anne  his  wife  lands  in  the  townfields  of 
Bishopton  and  the  "meddowing"  and  grass  thereunto  belonging  lying  in 
the  meadows  of  Shottery,  Welcome  and  Hampton  which  was  sometime  the 
land  of  one  Rogers  and  by  me  purchased  of  Mr.  Nicholas  and  John  Lane. 
To  the  said  William  and  An-ne  the  closes  in  Bishopton  and  the  tenements 
standing  therein,  with  the  barn  of  five  bays  standing  next  to  Simon  Homes, 
all  in  the  holding  of  Robert  Howes.  To  Thomas  Dighton  and  my  daughter 
Margaret  his  wife  my  messuage  &c.  iu  Bishopton  with  one  other  new  barn 
of  five  bays,  also  certain  land  and  pasture  sometimes  younges  land  &c.  in 
Bishopton  and  certain  meadowing  and  grass  iu  Shottery,  Welcome  and 
Hampton,  also  my  yard  land  &c.  in  the  common  fields  of  old  Stratford  and 
Hampton  meadow.  To  Henry  Smith,  sou  of  brother  Roger  Smith,  three 
score  pounds.  To  the  eldest  son  of  my  nephew  Francis  Smith,  son  of  said 
Henry,  ten  pounds,  and  to  the  two  younger  sons  of  said  Francis  ten  pounds, 
viz1  five  pounds  apiece.  To  Richard  Smith,  his  brother,  ten  pounds.  To 
Anne  Smith,  their  sister,  ten  pounds,  and  to  Mary,  their  sister,  twenty 
pounds.  To  the  wife  of  Francis  Smith,  my  brother  William's  son,  five 
pounds  and  to  their  children  five  pounds  more.  To  Thomas  Smith,  brother 
of  said  Francis,  ten  pounds.  To  my  sister  Joane  Breiit  twenty  shillings 
and  also  forty  shillings  more  yearly,  to  be  paid  quarterly  during  her  life. 
To  my  god  daughter  Elizabeth  Ainge,  daughter  of  my  cousin  Francis 
Ainge,  three  pounds.  To  my  god  daughter,  the  daughter  of  William 
Hickes,  twenty  shillings.  To  my  old  servant  Elizabeth  the  wife  of  Wil- 
liam Bradley  forty  shillings.  To  my  servant  Margery  Grove  forty  shillings. 
Other  servants.  To  Joane  wife  of  Arthur  Brogden,  butcher,  twenty  shil- 
lings yearly  for  life,  to  pay  her  house  rent.  I  give  and  bequeath,  will  and 
devise  unto  Thomas  Dighton,  my  son  in  law,  and  to  my  said  daughter 
Margaret  his  wife  and  to  the  heirs  of  their  bodies  lawfully  begotten,  or  to 
be  begotten,  for  evermore  all  the  close  or  inclosed  grounds,  with  the  appur- 
tenances and  hereditaments  thereunto  belonging,  by  me  lately  purchased, 
situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  liberties  of  Welcome,  in  the  said  County  of 
Warwick,  to  this  intent  and  purpose,  that  they  shall  cheerfully  and  lovingly, 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  737 

as  occasion  shall  be  offered,  entertain  and  bid  welcome  to  the  house  I  now 
live  in  my  said  son  William  Hickes  and  his  said  wife  and  children  and  my 
said  kindred  at  London.  To  my  son  Hickes  and  Anne  his  wife  the  mes- 
suage &c.  in  old  Stratford  now  in  the  tenure  and  holding  of  one  Mr  Fluellin. 

Pembroke,  189. 

[See  wills  of  other  members  of  this  family  already  published  (Reg.  Vol.  46, 
pp.  419-23;  ante,  pp.  611-615).  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Nathaniel  Burrough  of  Limehouse  in  Stepney,  Middlesex,  merchant, 
13  December  1681,  proved  23  March,  1682.  My  body  to  be  interred  at 
the  discretion  of  my  executrix.  And  for  my  temporal  estate,  goods  and 
chattels  (my  debts  and  funeral  charges  first  paid)  I  give  the  same  in  man- 
ner following.  I  give  unto  my  son  George  Burrough  of  New  England  the 
sum  of  twenty  pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England.  I  give  unto  Anne 
Wheeler  of  Limehouse,  widow  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  and  also  all  such 
debts  as  are  justly  due  unto  me  from  any  person  or  persons  whersoever. 
And  I  do  nominate  and  appoint  the  said  Anne  Wheeler  sole  executrix  of 
this  my  last  will.  Drax,  32. 

[Here  we  have  the  will  of  the  father  of  George  Burrough  who  was  tried  for 
witchcraft,  condemned,  and  hung  19  August  1692,  on  Gallows  Hill,  Salem  (see 
Reg.  Vol.  45,  p.  233;  ante,  p.  516).  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Edmond  Aspinall,  at  Priaman,  31  December  1615,  proved  20  Sep- 
tember 1617.  I  give  unto  my  friend  William  Leightonn,  late  the  Secretary 
to  the  Right  Honorable  East  India  Company,  twenty  five  pounds  according 
to  a  note  set  down  in  their  book  at  my  departure  from  England.  I  give 
unto  William  Aspinall  of  Blackwell  Hall,  clothier,  all  the  remainder  due 
unto  me  in  the  hands  of  the  Right  Hon.  East  India  Company  of  my  wages 
due  in  England.  I  would  entreat  Mr.  John  Myllerd  and  Mr.  John  Sand- 
croft  to  make  sale  (of  certain  oriental  goods)  and  to  send  the  proceeds 
thereof  unto  Mr.  Francis  Sadller,  Sec.  to  the  Rl  Hon.  E.  I.  Com  p.,  and  to 
Mr.  Atkinson,  servant  to  the  said  Comp.,  also  the  proceeds  of  my  apparel 
and  other  goods  whatsoever;  out  of  the  which  I  give  unto  Mr.  Atkinsonne 
six  pounds  and  unto  Mr.  Sadler  forty  shillings;  the  remainder  of  all  those 
goods  I  give  unto  the  youngest  daughter  of  my  brother  James  Aspynall  of 
Merley  in  the  Co.  of  Lancaster,  gentleman.  I  give  unto  Mr.  John  Sand- 
croft  one  diamond  ring  and  unto  Mr.  John  Myller,  one  ring  with  nine 
rubies.  Also  I  give  unto  Thomas  Brighous  one  "  Tapsell  chist"  of  clothes, 
unto  Robert  Burdon  one  gown.  I  desire  Mr.  John  Myllerd  and  Mr.  John 
Sandcroft  to  send  to  Mr.  Sadller  and  Mr.  Atkinsonne  the  rest  of  my  wages 
due  here  unto  me,  either  in  goods  or  per  exchange  as  they  shall  think 
fitting. 

Also  what  I  have  set  down  in  a  former  will,  made  at  my  coming  out  of 
England,  my  will  is  that,  according  to  the  said,  the  said  land  mentioned 
therein  may  take  effect  and  for  debts  standing  out  due  unto  me  I  desire 
John  Halsted  of  Merlle  do  enjoy  and  recover  one  debt  due  unto  me  by 
Sir  Robert  Young,  knight,  and  one  debt  due  unto  me  by  Larence  Halsted 
of  London,  merchant,  for  four  pieces  velvet  he  hud  of  Henry  Nowell  of 
mine;  all  other  debts,  as  well  beyond  the  sea  as  in  England,  I  freely  give 
unto  the  abovesaid  William  Aspinall. 

Commission  issued  to  William  Aspinall  of  Standinge,  Lancashire,  a 
cousin,  James  Aspinall,  the  brother,  renouncing.  Weldon,  83. 


738  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

William  Ambrose,  clerk,  of  Stepney,  Midd.,  10  February  1637  proved 
18  June  1638.  Ten  pounds  for  and  towards  a  stock  to  set  some  poor  people 
in  Stepney  on  work,  for  their  better  relief  and  succor.  To  my  cousin, 
Timothy  Aspinwall,  Perkins'  two  volumes  now  in  my  study  and  twenty 
shillings.  To  my  wife's  sister  Margaret  Bouch  three  pounds.  To  the 
children  of  my  uncle  Thomas  Aspinwall,  Samuel,  Peter,  Elizabeth,  Thomas 
and  the  rest,  I  give  five  pounds  to  be  paid  out  of  such  moneys  as  are  due 
to  me  in  Lancashire.  And  to  Peter  Aspinwall  I  give  the  money  I  formerly 
lent  him.  To  Mrs.  Jane  Goldman,  late  wife  of  Mr  Doctor  Goldman  dec'd., 
my  death's  head  ring  in  which  her  husband's  and  my  name  are  written  and 
two  twenty  shilling  pieces,  as  a  remembrance  of  my  thankfulness.  To  Mr 
Henry  Glover  an  angel,  my  striking  clock  and  my  cypress  standish.  To 
Mr  Torbock  an  angel.  To  Mr  Edgworth  twenty  shillings.  To  Mr  Robert 
Goldman  my  standish  set  with  pearls  and  to  Mr  Cullam  a  ring.  To  my 
cousin  Thomas  Aspinwall  (certain  household  stuff)  and  five  pounds  to  be 
paid  out  of  moneys  due  me  in  Lancashire.  I  will  that  such  moneys  as  are 
due  to  me  by  any  in  Lancashire,  except  John  Bird's  moneys,  be  divided 
amongst  the  children  of  my  brother  Peter  Ambrose.  The  residue  to  be 
divided  into  two  portions  of  which  one  to  my  wife  Ciceley  Ambrose  and 
the  other  to  my  brother  Peter  Ambrose  and  his  children.  And  I  make  my 
said  brother  Peter,  Mr  Henry  Glover  aud  my  wife  Cicely  executors.  To 
Dr.  Douglasse  twenty  shillings  and  my  best  standish  and  to  my  cousin 
Jirehiah  Aspinall  a  twenty  shilling  piece. 

Thomas  Aspinwall  was  one  of  the  Witnesses.  Lee,  79. 

Cicely  Ambrose  of  Stepney  als  Stebonheath,  Middlesex,  widow,  26 
June  1639,  proved  8  July  1  639.  To  the  poor  of  Stepney  to  increase  their 
stock  five  pounds.  To  twenty  poor  widows  two  shillings  aud  sixpence 
apiece  at  my  funeral.  Mr  Dr.  Douglasse  and  his  wife  and  Mr.  Edgworth 
his  curate.  George  French,  clerk.  Twenty  shillings  apiece  to  my  cousin 
Harman's  children,  my  cousin  Heughe's  children  and  my  cousin  Webster's 
grandchildren.  To  William  Ryall,  now  in  New  England,  my  sister's  son, 
I  give  ten  pounds  and  to  Jane  Browne,  my  brother  Browne's  daughter, 
five  pounds.  To  Peter  Ambrose,  my  late  dear  husband's  brother,  I  be- 
queath the  twenty  pounds  I  am  bound  to  give  him  at  my  death  and  ten 
pounds  more  to  his  two  children.  Likewise  to  the  said  Peter  Ambrose  I 
give  my  sealed  ring.  To  Cicely  Joanes,  my  god  daughter,  living  at  the 
Bankside,  forty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Thomas  Heughes  forty  shillings. 
To  my  cousin  John  Webster  forty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Thomas  Har- 
man  thirty  shillings,  to  buy  them  rings.  To  John  Perkins,  son  of  Mrs. 
Perkins  of  Poplar  ten  pounds.  To  John  Swanley,  to  buy  him  a  piece  of 
plate,  five  pounds.  Gifts  to  Ellen  Camball,  in  Painter's  Rents,  George 
Goldman,  my  cousin  Sarah  Cropp,  George  Heyward,  grandchild  to  Mr. 
Colly  more,  George  March,  George  Hall,  Mr.  Fletcher,  Mr.  Glover,  Mr. 
Hopkinson  the  bookbinder  in  Aldgate  parish  and  Mary  wife  of  Walter 
Holloway.  To  Abraham  Adams  the  four  pounds  in  his  Mr'  hande  if  it 
please  God  to  take  me  before  his  return.  To  my  loving  sister  Margaret 
Bouch  I  give  forty  pounds  and  I  do  make  and  constitute  my  said  sister  the 
sole  and  alone  executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament. 

Wit:   George  French  and  Thomas  Norton. 

Commissary  Court  of  London,  B.  28  (1639-42),  fol.  67. 

[This  mention  of  William  Ryall  or  Royall  as  the  testator's  sister's  son  may 
help  to  locate  the  place  in  England  from  which  he  came.     An  account  of  him 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  739 

and  his  descendants,  by  Mr.  Edward  Doubleday  Harris,  will  be  found  in  the 
Register,  vol.  39,  page  348. — Editor.] 

Timothy  Aspinwall,  Lecturer  at  St.  Michael's  in  Coventry,  30  Jan- 
uary 1643,  proved  24  May  1645.  Have  "bin"  afflicted  in  body  and  not 
yet  recovered.  I  give  all  my  books,  moneys,  plate,  chattels,  leases,  bonds, 
bills,  annuities  or  legacies  due  or  that  may  be  due  to  me  &c.  by  my  father's 
will  or  any  others,  and  all  goods  &c.  in  mine  own  possession  or  in  the  pos- 
session of  any  of  my  brothers  or  other  friends  for  mine  use,  unto  my  dearly 
beloved  wife  Katherine  Aspinwall,  who  by  her  carriage,  goodness  and  un- 
wearied pains  about  me  in  such  a  long  and  tedious  sickness  hath  deserved 
much  more  at  my  hands  than  I  can  give  her.  Next  unto  God  Almighty, 
vvith  whom  I  chiefly  trust  my  beloved  wife  I  commend  her  to  the  love, 
advice  and  care  of  her  mother  and  brethren,  from  amongst  whom  I  received 
her,  from  whom  I  have  received  such  natural  love  and  sweetness  that  I 
doubt  not  but  the  beams  of  their  love  with  all  unite  much  more  upon  their 
deserving  sister,  to  yield  her  their  best  advice  and  comfort.  My  friend  Mr. 
Mackworth,  or  any  others  who  have  been  my  friends,  I  desire  may  be  also 
hers  and  that  none  of  my  own  kindred  do  offer  to  hinder  any  legacy  by  me 
given  or  devised  to  her  &c.  &c.     I  make  her  my  sole  executrix. 

Rivers,  69. 

Peter  Ambrose  of  Toxteth,  Lancashire,  gen4,  22  December  1653, 
proved  10  January  1653.  The  poor  of  Ormeskirke,  of  Toxteth  Park,  of 
Much  Crosby,  of  Orrell  &c.  Sarah  Webster,  my  wife's  sister,  and  her 
children.  Sarah  Borth.  To  Ellen,  late  wife  of  Richard  Dicconson  of 
Eccleston,  daughter  of  Peter  Aspinwall,  late  of  Ormeskirke,  ten  shillings. 
My  cousins  John,  William,  Richard  and  Elizabeth  Ambrose,  sons  and 
daughters  of  Thomas  Ambrose  late  of  Ormeskirke.  Isaac,  Thomas,  Mary, 
Anne,  Elizabeth  and  Rebecca,  sons  and  daughters  of  Thomas  Ambrose  now 
of  Ormeskirke.  Anne  Robinson  sister  of  the  last  named  Thomas  Ambrose. 
Three  of  the  youngest  children  of  Henry  Ellison,  late  of  Wannertee. 

Also  my  will  and  mind  is  and  I  hereby  give  and  bequeath  to  Joshua  and 
Daniel  Henshawe,  late  sons  of  William  Henshawe,  late  of  Toxteth  afore- 
said deceased,  who  are  now  in  New  England,  so  much  money  as  shall  make 
up  what  already  hath  "  ben  "  by  me  laid  forth  for  them  and  expended  for 
them  for  their  voyage  to  New  England  and  otherwise,  the  sum  of  thirty 
pounds,  to  be  paid  them  at  such  time  as  they  shall  have  attained  full  age 
and  shall  give  a  sufficient  discharge  for  the  whole  thirty  pounds.  Sarah 
Warreckes  widow.  Alexander,  James  and  Ellen  Warrecks,  sons  and 
daughters  of  John  Warrecks  late  of  Toxteth.  They  to  quitclaim  all  title 
to  a  certain  messuage  &c.  in  Toxteth  Park  called  Wharrocks  Tenement, 
now  in  my  possession  and  in  possession  of  Richard  Johnson  of  Everton, 
which  he  holdeth  in  right  of  his  wife;  which  messuage  &c.  was  heretofore 
bargained  to  me  by  the  said  John  Wharrocks  and  the  said  Sarah  his  wife, 
administratrix  of  the  said  John.  My  wife  Judith.  Her  former  husband's 
estate  in  the  County  Palatine  of  Chester  and  the  County  of  the  City  of 
Chester  &c.  Her  son  John  Bird.  Joshua  and  Nehemiah  Ambrose  my 
sons.  Nehemiah  my  younger  sou.  My  freehold  inheritance  in  Walton  in 
the  County  of  Lancaster.  To  Joshua  Ambrose  my  elder  son  that  capital 
messuage  &c.  called  Wautree  House  or  Wautree  Hall  &c.  (copyhold). 
Thomas  Bannester  ah  Rose,  reputed  son  of  Joseph  Rose.  Wife  Judith  and 
younger  son  Nehemiah  executors.     Proved  by  Judith  Ambrose  the  relict, 


740  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

power  reserved  for  Nehemiah  Ambrose,  the  other  executor,  when  he  should 
come  in  and  legally  demand  the  same.  Brent,  394. 

[William  Henshaw,  named  in  this  will  as  the  father  of  Joshua  and  Daniel 
Henshaw  in  New  England,  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Henshaw  of  Derby  in  Lan- 
cashire.    See  tabular  pedigree  in  the  Register,  vol.  22,  p.  115. — Editor.] 

James  Fletcher,  citizen  and  haberdasher  of  London,  of  the  parish  of 
St.  Lawrence  in  the  old  Jewry,  being  very  aged  &c,  13  January  1654, 
proved  22  May  1656.  My  body  to  be  in  fitting  and  decent  manner  interred 
in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Lawrence  aforesaid,  as  near  the  body  of  my 
dear  wife  late  deceased  as  conveniently  may  be.  And  my  mind  and  desire 
is  that  my  funeral  be  kept  and  celebrated  at  Haberdashers  Hall  or  else 
Brewers  Hall  (which  I  had  rather)  and  my  body  to  be  thence  brought  in 
the  day  time,  and  not  in  the  night,  to  the  desired  place  of  burial,  accompa- 
nied with  such  friends  and  acquaintances  as  my  executors,  hereafter  named 
shall  think  fit  to  invite  and  four  score  poor  people  iu  gowns  ;  for  defraying  of 
which  charges  I  do  appoint  the  sum  of  two  hundred  pounds.  To  my  sister 
Alice  Fletcher  of  Ormskirke,  spinster,  two  hundred  pounds,  not  doubting  but 
that  she  will  give  and  bestow  the  same  at  her  death  unto  and  amongst  her  sis- 
ter's children  and  grandchildren  which  shall  have  most  need  and  best  de- 
serve the  same.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  nephew  William  Aspinall, 
minister  of  God's  word  in  Lancashire  two  hundred  pounds.  Whereas  I 
have  heretofore  disbursed  and  paid  several  sums  of  money  for  my  nephew 
Thomas  Aspinall  and  he  now  oweth  me  by  bond  or  otherwise  two  hundred 
and  fifty  pounds  I  do  freely  forgive  the  said  debt  &e.  Certain  adventures 
in  Ireland  to  nephew  Richard  Aspinall.  Fifty  pounds  each  to  the  four 
daughters  of  my  loving  sister  Elizabeth  Aspinall  late  deceased.  The 
children  of  my  sister  Mary  (which  1  take  to  be  three).  The  children  of 
my  sister  Jane  deceased,  viz'  Alice  Barton  of  Ormeskirke  and  Catharine 
Morecroft  of  Ormeskirke,  in  Lancashire.  To  my  half  sister  Jennet  Hunt 
one  hundred  pounds,  with  which  her  husband  is  not  to  intermeddle.  All  her 
children.  Towards  the  maintenance  or  augmentation  of  the  maintenance 
of  the  freeschool  iu  Ormeskirke  (where  I  was  born)  one  hundred  pounds. 
To  the  poor  of  Ormeskirke  five  pounds,  to  be  distributed  by  my  nephew 
William  Aspinall,  Richard  Zouch,  Miles  Barton,  Richard  Morecrofte  and 
my  cousin  Hugh  Cooper.  To  the  poor  of  St.  Lawrence  (where  I  now  live) 
three  pounds.  Jane  Cumberbatch,  widow' (my  late  wife's  near  kinswoman) 
now  resident  with  me,  and  her  children  John,  James  and  Elizabeth.  My 
cousin  Elizabeth  Stone.  Richard  Fletcher  of  Ormeskirke  and  his  son 
Miles  Fletcher  now  dwelling  at  Islington,  and  his  son  James  Fletcher. 
Hugh  Fletcher,  another  of  his  sons.  Christopher,  son  of  my  cousin  Love. 
Abraham  Drye  who  married  my  cousin  Jane  Barton.  The  son  or  daughter 
of  my  niece  Margaret  Fletcher  who  married  one  Stone  in  Cheshire.  My 
niece  Anne  Fletcher.  Hugh  Fletcher  my  nephew's  son.  Mrs.  Dorothy 
Hatt  wife  of  Mr  John  Hatt,  attorney.  The  grandchildren  of  my  late  sister 
Elizabeth  Aspinall,  of  my  late  sister  Mary  deceased  and  of  my  late  sister 
Jane  deceased.  My  late  wife's  friends  and  poor  kindred.  The  town  of 
Bretherton  where  she  was  born.  Cousins  John,  Ellen,  Alice  and  Margaret 
Haddock.  Cousin  Richard  Sharpies  and  his  wife  and  daughter.  Cousin 
Ellen  Crossen  and  her  two  children.  Richard  Rose  and  his  sister  Jane 
and  their  two  younger  sisters.  Cousin  John  Hough  and  my  cousin  Wil- 
liam Hough.  Her  mother.  Her  cousin  Porter.  Others  of  her  friends 
and  kindred. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         741 

Mv  cousin  William  Aspinall's  children.  To  my  cousin  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Stone  my  silver  can  marked  with  these  letters  T:  •"?  E :.  Mary  Laurence, 
my  uncle  Miles'  his  grand  daughter.  My  kinswoman  Abraham  Drye's 
wife  of  Orsett  and  her  children.  Dorothy,  the  daughter  of  my  cousin  Jane 
Dry  of  Orsett.  John  Barton  son  of  Miles  Barton.  My  kinsman  Thomas 
Aspinall  of  Chester  now  oweth  me  by  bonds  one  hundred  pounds,  whereof  I 
give  fifty  pounds  to  Jame  [«*'<?]  Aspinall  sou  to  the  said  Thomas  by  his  now 
wife  (at  21),  and  twenty  five  pounds  to  Elizabeth  Eden  (who  now  dwelleth 
with  me)  and  the  remaining  twenty  five  pounds  to  Jane  Sutch  daughter  of 
my  kinsman  Richard  Sutch  of  Ormskirke.  All  those  two  messuages  (in 
St.  Lawreuce  old  Jewry)  now  in  my  own  occupation  and  in  the  tenure  of 
John  Wells,  I  give  and  devise  unto  my  loving  nephew  William  Aspinall, 
minister  of  God's  Word  in  Lancashire,  for  and  during  the  term  of  his 
natural  life,  and  after  his  decease  to  Peter  Aspinall,  eldest  son  of  the  said 
William,  aud  to  the  heirs  male  of  his  body  &c,  remainder  to  my  nephew 
Thomas  Aspinall  of  Chester  &c.  then  to  the  right  heirs  of  the  said  William 
Aspinall  forever.  Another  messuage  to  kinsman  Silvester  Sutch.  Other 
two  messuages  to  kinswoman  Jane  Comberbatch,  for  life,  then  to  Silvester 
Sutch  and  his  heirs  forever.  The  two  messuages  given  to  cousin  William 
Aspinall  shall  be  chargeable  with  the  payment  of  two  several  annuities,  to 
my  sister  Alice  Fletcher,  spinster,  ten  pounds  for  life,  and  to  my  sister 
Jenuet  Hunt,  wife  of  Thomas  Hunt,  five  pounds  for  life  (both  by  quarterly 
payments).  I  am  interested  in  several  messuages  in  the  minories  without 
Aldgate.  My  two  kinsmen  Thomas  and  Samuel  Aspinall  sons  of  my 
nephew  Thomas  Aspinall  of  Chester  (under  24).  My  niece's  son  Henry 
Moorcroft  now  of  Ormskirke.  My  cousin  Hugh  Fletcher  now  (as  I  con- 
ceive) in  the  Barbados  Islands.  My  cousin  Jane  Fletcher  son  of  Miles 
Fletcher  of  Islington.  John  Fletcher,  brother  of  the  said  James.  Others. 
All  the  rest  of  my  estate,  real  aud  personal,  to  the  poor  of  Ormskirke.  My 
very  loving  and  cordial  friend  Mr.  John  Hatt,  attorney,  and  my  loving 
kinsman  Mr  William  Aspinall,  minister  &c.  to  be  my  executors  and  my 
cousin  Thomas  Aspinall  and  John  Hough  (sometimes  my  servant)  to  be 
my  overseers.  Berkley,  140. 

[The  foregoing  half  dozen  wills  must  be  considered  by  all  New  England  gen- 
ealogists a  very  valuable  group  of  wills,  as  they  show  the  English  connections 
of  the  families  of  Ambrose,  Aspinwall,  Henshaw,  Ryal  (Royal),  &c.  The  wills 
of  William  and  Ciceley  Ambrose  I  have  had  by  me  a  great  many  years,  hoping 
to  come  across  that  of  the  brother  Peter  Ambrose  referred  to.  Fortunately  I 
was  saved  from  the  trouble  of  a  direct  search  for  it  by  the  kindness  of  our 
friend  Mr.  William  S.  Appleton,  who  found  it  and  gave  me  the  reference. 

Henry  F.  Waters. 

P.S.  I  And  that  there  was  a  Nicholas  Haspinall,  rector  of  Stepney  30  May 
1652.  H."  F.  W. 

There  were  two  early  New  England  immigrants  by  the  name  of  Aspinwall. 
William  came  in  1630  and  settled  at  Charlestown,  removed  to  Boston,  Avas  ban- 
ished as  a  supporter  of  Mr.  Hutchinson,  lived  awhile  in  Rhode  Island  and  New 
Haven,  and  about  1643  returned  to  Boston,  where  he  was  clerk  of  the  writs  and 
member  of  the  artillery  company.  He  returned  to  England,  and  published  at 
least  two  books,  besides  reprinting  Cotton's  "  Abstract  of  Laws"  for  New  Eng- 
land with  a  preface.  Savage  says  that  his  wife  Elizabeth  was  "  somehow  sister 
of  Christopher  Stanley,  more  probably  of  his  wife  Susanna,  who  became  wife 
of  Lieut.  William  Phillips." 

The  other  emigrant,  Peter  Aspinwall,  came  here  from  Toxteth  Park,  and 
settled  first  at  Dorchester,  and  finally  in  Muddy  River,  now  Brookline.  An 
article  on  him  and  his  descendants,  by  Mr.  Edward  A.  Bowen,  is  printed  in 
the  Register  for  July,  1893. — Editor.] 


742  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Dame  Katherine  Barnardiston  wife  of  William  Towse  Sergeant  at 
the  Law,  25  February  8th  of  Charles,  proved  19  March  1632,  confirmed  by- 
sentence  2  March  1633.     At  time  of  marriage  of  the  said  Dame  Katherine 
with  the  said  William  Towse  she  had  assigned  certain  goods  &c.  unto 
Richard  Deane,  now  citizen  and  alderman  of  London,  by  the  name  of 
Richard  Dearie  citizen  and  skinner  of  London,  John  Banckes  citizen  and 
mercer  of  London  and  Robert  Tytchborne  citizen  and  skinner  of  London, 
upon  Trust  &c.  to  this  intent  &c.  that  the  said  Dame  Katherine  might  at 
any  time  devise,  give,  bequeath  and  dispose  the  same  at  her  will  and  pleasure. 
This  with  the  full  consent  of  her  now  husband.     Reference  to  the  present 
dwelling  house  of  the  said  Dame  Katherine  and  her  husband  as  at  Witham 
in  Essex.     To  William  and  Nathaniel  Matthew  if  dwelling  with  me  &c. 
six   pounds   for   blacks.     To  other  men   and  women   servants.     To   Mrs. 
Nicholls  of  Witham  for  blacks  five  pounds.     To  Katherine  Banckes,  George 
Banckes'  daughter,  three  pounds.     To  the  Lady  Fishe  and  her  daughter 
Barnardiston   Fishe  and  her  man,  for  blacks,  fifteen  pounds.     To  Mary 
Banckes,   my  uncle   Christopher   Banckes  his  daughter,   for  blacks,   five 
pounds.     To  Alice  Banckes  her  sister  for  blacks  five  pounds.     My  desire 
is  that  my  body  be  decently  kept  till  my  funeral  and  if  George  Dunn  be 
then  living  that  he  does  then  " imballe  me"  as  he  did  my  late  brother 
Banckes,  not  diminishing  or  opening  any  part  of  my  body  by  any  means, 
allowing  him  linnen  of  all  sorts  and  for  his  pains  aud  charge  otherways  and 
for  blacks  I  allow  him  twenty  pounds.     To  my  husband's  grandchild  Wil- 
liam Towse  five  pounds  and  to  his  daughter  Towse  eight  pounds.     And  to 
his  grandchild  Margaret  Towse  eight  pounds.     To  my  son  Skott  and  his 
wife  thirteen  pounds  and  to  Mary  Skott  my  god  daughter  five  pounds.     To 
my  son  Warrine  and  his  wife  and  his  eldest  son  fifteen  pounds.     To  my 
daughter  Mary   Griges  six  pounds.     To  Sir  Richard  Deane  and  his  lady 
&c.     To  my  nephew  Mildmey  and  his  wife.     To  my  nephew  Rollfe  and 
his  wife.     To  my  nephew  John  Goodwine  and  niece  Goodwine.     To  my 
brother  Titchborne  and  my  sister  and  their  children  unmarried.     To  my 
sister  Draper  and  her  husband  and  Mary  Draper.     My  nephew  Moungay 
and  his  wife.     My  nephew  Smyth  and  his  wife.     To  my  nephew  Fogge 
and  his  wife  and  his  son.     My  nephew  Waller  and  his  wife.     Sir  Nathaniel 
Barnardiston  and  his  lady  and  eldest  son  and  daughter.     My  son   Arthur 
Barnardiston.     My  son  Thomas  Barnardiston  and  his  wife  aud  daughter 
Katherine.     My  cousin  Thomas  Soame  of  London.     My  cousin  Austine 
and  his  wife  and   daughter   Mary.     Christopher   Banckes   and  his   wife. 
Richard  Banckes.     Thomas  Banckes.     George  Banckes.     John  Bigg  and 
his  wife  and  eldest  daughter  and  eldest  son.     To  ten  poor  scholars  of  Cam- 
bridge, four  of  them  to  be  of  Trinity  College.     The  parish  of  Se  Michael's 
in  the  Querne  London  where  I  was  born.     The  poor  of  Witham.     The 
poor  of  Hadstock  where  my  father  was  born.     The  poor  of  Little  Bradley 
where  my  first  loving  husband  was  born.     The  poor  of  Could  church  in 
the  parish  where  I  dwelt.     Other  parishes  named.     My  husband,  Sergeant 
Towse  and  my  brother  Sir  Richard  Deane  to  be  overseers.     A  nephew 
Rolfe  mentioned.     Bartholomew  Bigg  eldest  sou  of  John  and  Anne  Bigg. 
Susan   Fogg  and   Mary    Draper,  daughters   of  my   sister   Susan    Draper. 
Provision  for  three   scholarships  at   Katharine  Hall,   Cambridge.     Ralfe 
Fogg  the  husband  of  my  niece.     John  Fogg  her  eldest  son.     My  late  hus- 
band, Sir  Thomas  Barnardiston  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Ketton, 
Suffolk.     Present  husband  to  pay  a  certain  yearly  sum  to  his  daughter  the 
Lady  Elliott.     Kinswoman  Mary  Raugton  the  elder,  and  her  sons  Thomas 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         743 

and  Christopher.  Cousin  Thomas  his  wife  at  London.  Cousin  Thomas 
his  wife's  sister  at  Maulden.  Kinsman  William  Pettitt  and  John  Pettitt 
his  brother.     Kinswomen  Mary,  Margaret  and  Alice   Pettitt.      Kinsman 

Addams.     Niece  Water.     I  give  her  my  great  bason  and  ewer,  my 

two  great  flagons  and  three  caudlesticks  and  one  dozen  plate  trenchers, 
being  all  silver,  which  were  given  me  by  her  father,  my  brother.  To  niece 
Rolfe  my  silver  chafer,  to  niece  Goodin  my  other  silver  bason  and  spout 
pot  and  my  half  dozen  of  silver  plate  trenchers  which  are  unmarked.  To 
niece  Mildmay  my  three  silver  fruit  dishes  parcel  gilt  and  my  silver  morter 
and  pestel  and  my  diamoud  chain  &c.  To  sister  Draper  three  little  oxe 
eyes  (and  other  silver).  To  Christopher  Banckes  my  silver  Colledge  Pot 
(and  other  silver).  To  husband  a  diamond  wedding  ring.  Toson  Thomas 
Barnardistou  my  sergeant's  ring.  To  niece  Mountjoy  my  silver  stuffkirtle 
&c.     An  immense  lot  of  other  silver  &c  given  to  kindred  and  friends. 

Russell,  25. 

[See  Bancks  wills  published  in  January  number,  pages  107-10  {ante,  pp.  652- 
654).     Note  that  our  Ralph  Fogg  had  an  elder  son  John.  H.  F.  W. 

Wootton's  Baronetage,  London,  1741,  vol.  4,  p.  399,  says  that  Dame  Catherine 
Barnardistou  was  the  second  wife  of  Sir  Nathaniel,  evidently  a  mistake  for  Sir 
Thomas  Barnardiston,  and  died  s.p.  3  March,  1632,  i.e.  1632-3.  The  children  of 
Sir  Thomas  Barnardiston  by  his  first  wife  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard 
Knightley,  were:  1,  Sir  Nathaniel;  2,  Thomas;  3,  Arthur;  4,  Stephen;  5, 
Thomas;  6,  John;  7,  William;  and  several  daughters,  of  whom  one  married  Sir 
William  Fish,  knt.,  and  another,  Hannah,  married  Sir  John  Brograve. — Editor.] 

Elizabeth  Bingham  of  St.  Martin  le  Grand,  London,  in  the  parish  of 
St.  Leonard  in  Foster  Lane,  spinster,  on  or  about  the  second  or  third  days 
of  November  1636  declared  her  will,  nuncupative,  proved  20  May  1637. 
She  gave  and  bequeathed  to  her  master,  James  Lindell  five  pounds,  to  her 
Mrs.,  Mary  Lindell  five  pounds,  to  Joshua  Lindell  five  pounds,  to  Caleb 
Lindell  five  pounds,  to  Thomas  Benn  five  pounds,  to  Susan  Smith  three 
pounds,  to  Margaret  Harvyy  fifty  shillings.  And  she  did  give  and  bequeath 
to  Francis  Butcher  threescore  pounds.  Her  estate  was  in  the  hands  of 
Mr.  Thomas  Boyland,  genf.  The  remainder  to  him.  Which  words,  or  to 
the  same  purpose,  she  uttered  and  spake  in  the  presence  and  hearing  of 
Mary  Lindell,  Susan  Smith  and  Joane  Swanstone. 

Commission  issued  (as  above)  to  Francis  Butcher,  the  principal  legatee, 
to  administer  the  goods  &c.  according  to  the  tenor  of  the  will,  no  executor 
having  been  named,  and  sentence  was  passed  to  establish  the  will,  in  a  case 
between  Francis  Butcher,  on  the  one  part,  and  Thomas  Bingham,  Elizabeth 
Browne  ah  Bingham  and  Bridget  Bingham,  next  akin.  Goare,  74. 

[It  will  be  readily  believed  how  gladly  I  saved  the  above  reference,  as  show- 
ing the  English  home  of  the  well  known  Salem  family  of  Lindall,  from  which 
some  of  our  good  Bostonians,  as  well  as  Salemites,  derive  their  descent. 

Henry  F.  Waters.] 

John  Bradshawe  of  Westminster,  Middlesex,  brewer,  3  November  1606, 
with  codicil  added  20th  of  the  same  month,  proved  6  March  1606.  Wife 
Elizabeth.  Eldest  son  and  heir.  My  brewhouse  and  other  my  houses  in 
Westminster.  My  wife  shall  have  the  government  of  my  five  younger 
children.  I  have  now  two  sons  scholars  in  the  University  of  Cambridge. 
To  each  of  my  clerks,  the  master  brewer  Pasco,  Margaret  and  goodwife 
Person,  my  nurse,  twenty  shillings  apiece,  and  to  all  the  rest  of  my  servants, 
both  men  and  maids  that  have  "  bene  "  with  me  by  the  space  of  one  year 


744  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

last  past,  ten  shillings  apiece.  I  desire  mine  executors  to  deal  kindly  with 
Henry  Wood,  one  of  my  ancient  clerks,  and  that  he  might  still  continue  his 
place  and  that  my  executors  pay  unto  him  yearly  the  sum  of  five  and  thirty 
pounds  for  his  service  therein  whiles  he  possesseth  the  said  place.  To  my 
mother  Emson  twenty  pounds  and  to  her  two  sons  Thomas  and  William 
Empson  ten  pounds  apiece. 

Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  Ephraim,  Josuah 
and  Elizabeth  Child  and  to  Abigail  Warren,  all  the  children  of  my  sister 
Warren,  forty  shilling  apiece.  Fifty  pounds  (five  pounds  apiece)  to  ten 
ministers,  viz*  Mr.  Egei  ton,  Mr.  Wilcockes,  Mr.  Wotton,  Mr.  Bamford, 
Mr  Jacob,  Mr.  Hopkins,  Mr.  Smith,  Mr.  Bradshawe,  Mr.  Lewes  and  Mr. 
Witheman.  Whereas  I  have  in  my  hands  ten  pounds  of  one  Fortune,  a 
kinswoman  of  mine,  and  certain  stuff  in  a  chest  that  did  belong  unto  her 
my  will  is  that  notwithstanding  the  said  Fortune  is  dead  yet  that  mine 
executors  pay  the  said  money  and  deliver  the  said  stuff  to  the  next  of  kin 
to  the  said  Fortune  on  the  mother's  side.  To  Evan  Bridgett,  my  kinsman, 
five  pounds.  I  make  and  ordain  my  beloved  and  Christian  friends  George 
Pope  of  the  Inner  Temple,  London,  Andrew  Wilmore  of  Stratford  Bow, 
Midd.,  gentleman,  William  Fynch  of  Watford,  Herts.,  tanner,  Andrew 
Ellam  and  Syraon  Gereing  of  London,  merchants,  my  joint  executors,  to 
whom,  in  token  of  my  love,  I  hereby  give  and  devise  five  pounds  apiece 
over  and  above  such  charges  and  expences  they  may  be  at  &c.  I  earnestly 
entreat  them  to  continue  the  trade  of  brewing  in  my  said  brew  houses  (in 
Westminster)  and  to  maintain  my  other  stocks  for  the  term  of  four  years 
after  my  decease,  and,  because  some  of  mine  executors  be  "uuexpert"  in 
that  course  and  dwell  far  from  my  said  brew  houses  and  other  stocks,  my 
request  and  desire  is  that  the  disposing  and  managing  of  the  said  businesses 
may  be  principally  acted  and  effected  by  my  brother  Simon  Gereing,  one 
of  my  said  executors,  and  for  his  pains  he  shall  have  forty  pounds  yearly, 
with  his  house  room,  meat  and  drink  for  himself,  his  wife  and  children  as 
long  as  as  he  shall  inhabit  there  and  take  upon  him  the  special  charge  and 
care  of  the  said  brewing  and  continue  faithful  in  effecting  my  will  therein. 
Direction  made  for  yearly  balance  sheets.  Property  to  be  divided  when 
youngest  son  Abraham  comes  to  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  Ten 
pounds  a  year  for  four  years  to  be  paid  to  sister  Ellen  Rowe  for  her  proper 
maintenance.  Further  conditional  bequest  to  her.  Reference  made  to 
"  my  "  five  sons  (not  named).  Again  a  reference  to  "  my  2'  seven  children. 
Anne  Geringe  one  of  the  witnesses. 

In  the  codicil  he  refers  to  his  dwelling  house  as  over  against  his  brew- 
house  in  Westminster.  He  calls  Henry  Wood  one  of  his  chief  clerks,  "  my 
cozen."  He  desires  to  be  buried  in  the  new  churchyard  as  near  as  may  be 
to  Mr  Rogers,  sometime  my  faithful  pastor  at  Stratford  Bow. 

Hudleston,  25. 

[The  names  of  Benjamin,  Ephraim  and  Josuah  Child  are  so  suggestive  of  one  of 
the  New  England  families  of  that  name  that  I  have  felt  it  my  duty  to  preserve 
the  foregoing  will.  The  will  of  Simon  Geering  of  Lachlade,  Co.  Gloucester, 
registered  in  the  same  volume  (Hudlestone,  46) ,  mentions  a  son  Symon  and  a 
son  John  as  of  London,  a  daughter  Elizabeth  Evans,  and  others. 

Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Zacheus  Breedon  of  Croulton,  in  the  County  of  Northampton,  clerk, 
10  December  1662,  proved  1  October  1663.  The  poor  of  Croulton.  To 
my  son  Zacheus  Bredon  the  close  of  pasture  in  Apeley  Guise,  Beds.,  called 
Woods  Close,  and  a  cottage  thereunto  adjoining  &c,  he  paying  to  Margery 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  745 

my  wife  five  pounds  yearly  during  her  life,  in  lieu  of  Thirds.  To  my  son 
John  Breedon  twenty  pounds  to  be  by  him  employed  in  the  best  manner 
and  for  the  best  advantage  to  and  for  the  only  use,  benefit  and  behoof  of 
my  daughter  Elizabeth  Sedgwicke,  and  to  be  at  her  own  dispose  during  her 
life  and  also  for  her  disposing  thereof  to  such  of  her  children  as  she  shall 
please  after  her  death,  and  her  husband  to  have  no  right  or  title  thereunto 
or  to  intermeddle  with  the  same.  To  my  said  son  Zacheus  the  messuage 
in  Aspeley  Guise  now  or  late  in  the  tenure  of  Francis  Coleman  &c.  I 
give  him  also  all  and  every  of  my  books  in  Hebrew,  Greek  and  Latin.  To 
John  Johnson  my  son  in  law  ^nd  my  daughter  Martha  his  wife  two  cows 
commons  &c.  in  Aspeley  Guise.  To  my  said  son  in  law  and  his  wife 
Martha  and  to  my  son  in  law  William  Richardson  and  my  daughter  Lydia 
his  wife  a  messuage  &c.  in  Aspeley  Guise,  to  be  held  jointly.  To  my  son 
Robert  Breedon  three  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  To  my  son  Charles 
Breedon  ten  pounds,  I  having  formerly  given  him  three-hundred  and  fifty 
pounds  to  set  up  his  trade.  The  lesser  of  two  pastures  in  Aspeley  Guise 
to  my  wife  Margery ;  and  of  the  greater  of  the  two  I  give  one  half  to  my 
son  Thomas  Breedon  and  the  other  half  to  my  sou  John  Breedon,  upon 
trust  that  he  shall  sell  the  same  for  the  best  price  that  can  be  had  and  the 
one  half  of  the  money  so  raised  to  have  and  keep  to  his  own  use  and  the 
other  half  to  employ  for  the  benefit  of  my  said  daughter  Elizabeth  Sedg- 
wick &c.  The  residue  to  wife  Margery  and  she  to  be  executrix  and  my 
brothers  Robert  Lawson  and  Charles  Michell  to  be  overseers,  to  whom,  for 
their  pains,  twenty  shillings  apiece. 

Ric.  Kent  a  witness.  Juxon,  117. 

Rose  Brumpsted  of  St.  Martin  in  the  Fields,  Middlesex,  spinster,  18 
August  1665,  proved  12  July  1666.  To  the  poor  of  St.  Martin's  forty 
pounds,  to  be  distributed  as  my  brother  in  law  Mr  John  Breedon,  Mr.  Robert 
Burgh  and  Mr  Samuel  Maurice  shall  think  fit,  none  having  under  ten  shil- 
lings. The  poor  of  Kew  Green.  My  god  daughter  Rose  Preston,  Charles, 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Robinson.  To  Mr  Charles  and  Mr.  Robert  Breedon, 
to  the  use  and  for  the  benefit  of  such  children  of  Mr.  Stephen  Sedgwicke 
when  and  as  they  shall  think  fit,  forty  pounds  with  what  proceeds  or  advan- 
tage can  be  made  thereof  in  the  mean  time.  To  my  god  son  Robert  Breedon 
all  those  goods  or  adventure  and  advantage  thereby  arising  which  I  lately 
sent  to  New  England  and  came  safe  to  the  possession  of  his  father,  Captain 
Thomas  Breedon.  To  my  good  friend  Mr  Francis  Throckmorton  five 
pounds  out  of  the  money  he  owes  me  on  bond.  Mr.  Dodington,  clerk,  and 
Mr.  S4  John,  clerk.  To  my  worthy  good  friend  Mr.  Volentine,  clerk,  to 
distribute  to  such  of  his  children  as  he  shall  think  fit,  fifty  pounds,  out  of 
and  as  soon  as  my  executors  shall  receive  five  hundred  pounds  (or  satisfac- 
tion for  the  same)  remaining  still  due  to  me  by  obligation  from  Col.  Wil- 
liam Legg,  and  not  otherwise.  To  my  honored  friend  Mrs  Markeham  twenty 
pounds  she  had  of  me  for  a  friend.  To  my  worthy  good  friend  Mr  John 
Markham,  for  the  use  of  his  daughter  Mrs.  Mary  Markham,  fifty  pounds 
(on  the  same  conditions  as  the  bequest  to  Mr.  Volentine).  To  my  good 
friends  Mr.  Stephen  Sedgwick  and  his  wife,  Mr.  Zacheus  Breedon,  Mr. 
Charles  Breedon,  Mr.  Johnson  and  his  wife,  Mr.  Richardson  and  his  wife, 
young  Mr.  Thomas  Breedon,  Mr.  Sampson  Harborne,  Mis.  Elizabeth 
Evans,  Mrs.  Burgh,  Mrs.  Maurice,  Mrs.  Wakefield,  cousin  Helme  and  his 
wife,  Mrs.  Fenney  and  his  wife  twenty  shillings  apiece,  or  rings  to  that 
value.     To  my  dear  nephew  Thomas  Brumpsted,  the  eldest  son  of  my 


746  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

[brother]  Brumpsted,  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  and  to  my  other  dear 
nephew,  Charles  Brumpsted,  brother  of  the  said  Thomas  Brumpsted  the 
like  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  unto  them,  with  in- 
terest and  proceeds  thereof,  from  the  time  of  my  death  when  and  as  they 
shall  attain  his  or  their  several  and  respective  ages  of  one  and  twenty  years 
&c.  To  my  worthy  good  friends  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Griffith,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Leigh,  Mrs.  Elianor  Bust  and  Mr.  Maurice  Griffith  rings  to  the  value  of 
twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  said  nephew  Thomas  Brumpsted  one  table 
diamond  ring  that  was  his  grandfather  Harborne's  and  to  my  said  nephew 
Charles  Brumpsted  one  silver  plate  and  eight  spoons.  I  make  and  consti- 
tute my  said  brother  in  law  Mr.  John  Breedon,  Edward  Edkins,  Esq.  Mr. 
Edward  Noell  executors  and  give  to  them  for  their  care  and  pains  ten 
pounds  apiece,  and  ten  pounds  apiece  more  for  mournings.  I  make  Mr. 
Robert  Burgh  and  Mr.  Samuel  Maurice  overseers  and  give  them  for  their 
pains  fifty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  brother  Brumpsted  and  my  sister 
Breedon  ten  pounds  apiece  for  mournings  and  to  my  said  nephews  ten 
pounds  between  them  for  mourning.  The  residue  to  my  executors  in  trust 
for  my  said  nephews  &c.  And  I  earnestly  desire,  according  to  their  late 
dear  mother's  chiefest  care,  that  both  my  said  nephews  be  brought  up  and 
instructed,  in  their  youth,  in  the  fear  and  love  of  God  &c. 
Wit :  Peter  Griffith,  Rich :  Flexney,  Rob1  Breedon. 

Commission  issued,  12  July  1666,  to  Thomas  Brumpsted,  senior,  natural 
and  lawful  father  and  lawfully  appointed  guardian  of  Thomas  and  Charles 
Brumpsted  &c.  to  administer  &c,  the  executors  first  renouncing. 

Mico,  111. 

John  Breedon  of  Pangbourn,  Berks.  Esq.,  24  March  1684,  with  a 
codicil  dated  5  July  1685,  proved  21  October  1685.  To  my  wife  Mary, 
for  life,  my  annual  or  fee-farm  rents  issuing  out  of  divers  lands,  tenements 
and  hereditaments  in  the  County  Palatine  of  Durham,  which  rents  I  have 
settled  in  reversion,  after  the  several  deceases  of  my  self  and  my  said  wife, 
upon  my  loving  nephew  Mr.  Thomas  Brumpstead  and  his  heirs.  To  my 
said  loving  wife  also  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  per  annum,  issuing  and 
payable  out  of  my  estate  in  the  Strand  and  Hartshorn  Lane,  St.  Martin's 
in  the  Fields,  Middlesex,  now  in  lease  unto  my  loving  brother  Robert 
Breedon  for  the  remainder  of  a  term  for  one  aud  twenty  years  at  the  rent 
of  three  hundred  and  twenty  pounds  per  annum.  To  wife  for  life  also  my 
manor  of  Pangbourne  &c  and  all  my  other  estate  in  Berks.,  except  the  house 
or  toft  of  ground  adjoining  &c.  late  in  the  occupation  of  one  Spencer.  And 
my  desire  is  that  my  wife  do  live  in  my  mansion  house  of  Beare  Court  in 
Pangbourne,  &c.,  my  said  wife  to  make  a  release  to  my  nephew  Mr  Thomas 
Brumpsted  and  my  cousin  Mr  Zacheus  Sedgwick  of  all  her  dower  and  thirds 
&c.  To  my  cousin  John  Breedon,  8on  of  my  nephew  Elkanah  Breedon 
deceased,  my  said  manor  of  Pangbourne  and  all  other  my  estate  in  Berks, 
from  and  after  the  decease  of  my  said  loving  wife,  except  as  aforesaid  (with 
provisions  for  entail),  remainder  to  John  Breedon,  one  of  the  sons  of  brother 
Thomas  Breedon  by  his  now  wife,  next  to  Zacheus  Breedon,  another  son  of 
brother  Thomas,  then  Robert  Breedon,  another  son  of  brother  Thomas,  and 
lastly  to  my  right  heirs  for  ever.  In  case  my  nephew  John  Breedon,  son  of 
my  cousin  Elkanah  Breedon,  shall  happen  to  die  without  issue,  whereby  the 
estate  aforesaid  shall  descend  to  John,  Zacheus  or  Robert  Breedon,  sons  of 
my  brother  Thomas  Breedon,  or  to  any  other  my  right  heirs,  that  then  and 
in  such  case  I  do  charge  the  said  estate  with  the  payment  of  two  thousand 


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pounds  to  Mrs.  Mary  Breedon,  daughter  of  any  said  [brother  ?]  Thomas  Bree- 

don  and  now  wife  to  one  Mr Elmore  in  the  Kingdom  of  Ireland,  which 

sum  is  and  shall  be  in  full  discharge  of  the  trust  reposed  in  me  by  the  last  will 
ard  testament  of  my  nephew  Elkauah  Breedon  and  a  discharge  of  a  mort- 
gage of  houses  in  the  Strand  and  Hartshorne  Lane  for  securing  the  said 
sum.  To  John,  son  of  the  said  Elkanah  Breedon  that  farm  &c.  called  Old 
Stockhouse  in  Rickmersworth,  Herts.,  now  in  the  occupation  of  James 
Weedon,  heretofore  purchased  of  M'  Fotherley  of  Rickmersworth  in  my 
name  in  trust  for  the  said  Elkanah  his  father,  subject  nevertheless  to  the 
payment  of  seventy  pounds  per  annum  unto  Mrs  Bridget  Brasier,  formerly 
wife  to  the  said  Elkanah  Breedon,  as  part  of  her  jointure  during  her  natural 
life.  To  my  said  wife  Mary  and  my  nephew  Mr  Thomas  Brumpsted  and 
my  cousin  Zacheus  Sedgwioke,  whom  I  appoint  executors,  my  rectory  or 
parsonage  of  Rickmersworth  which  I  hold  by.lease  of  several  lives  of  the 
Bishop  of  London  (and  other  estates  &c)  in  trust  that  they  pay  to  my 
nephew  Charles  Brumpstead  five  hundred  pounds  which  I  owe  him  by 
obligation  &c.  as  one  of  the  executors  to  his  father.  To  John,  Zacheus 
and  Robert  Breedon,  sons  of  my  brother  Thomas,  five  hundred  pounds 
each,  payable  out  of  my  estate  as  aforesaid.  To  my  nephew  Charles 
Brumpstead  one  thousand  pounds,  one  half  within  five  years  and  the  other 
half  within  six  years  after  my  decease.  To  my  brother  in  law  Mr  Richard- 
son, to  be  divided  amongst  all  his  children  (except  his  eldest  son  William) 
seven  hundred  pounds  in  six  years  &c.  I  do  further  give  to  my  said  brother 
William  Richardson  three  hundred  pounds  which  he  oweth  me  &c.  To 
the  children  of  my  brother  Zacheus  Breedon,  clerk,  one  thousand  pounds, 
to  be  divided  amongst  them  equally,  viz1  Grace,  Elizabeth,  Jane,  Margaret, 
Thomas,  Martha,  Lydia  and  Mary  Breedon,  one  hundred  twenty  five  pounds 
apiece.  Ten  pounds  per  annum  to  be  paid  to  the  wife  of  William  Richard- 
son. junr  for  and  towards  her  separate  maintenance,  during  her  natural  life, 
if  she  continue  separate,  and  her  husband  not  to  intermeddle  with  the  same. 
To  my  very  loving  nephew  Mr.  Zacheus  Sedgewicke  one  thousand  pounds 
in  seven  years  &c.  and  he  to  have  the  right  to  will  it  in  the  mean  time. 
To  my  executors  that  parcel  of  ground  in  Pangbourne  late  in  the  occupa- 
tion of Spencer,  containing  half  an  acre  more  or  less,  which  I  have 

enclosed  with  a  flint  wall  and  on  which  I  have  built  a  messuage  or  tene- 
ment containing  one  hundred  feet  in  length  and  fifteen  feet  in  breadth, 
which  I  hereby  direct  and  appoint  shall  be  for  a  free  school  house  and 
habitation  for  a  schoolmaster  forever.  Provision  for  an  endowment  of  forty 
pounds  a  year  for  the  said  school  (for  twelve  boys)  &c.  &c.  Brother 
Zacheus  Breedon  minister  of  Southmorton.  To  my  nephews  Stephen  Sedg- 
wick, Francis  Sedgwick  and  Robert  Sedgwick  ten  pounds  apiece  for  to  buy 
them  mourning.  And  ten  pounds  apiece  also  to  my  brothers  Thomas, 
Zacheus  and  Robert  Breedon  and  my  brothers  in  law  Mr  William  Richard- 
son and  Mr.  Johnson  ten  pounds  apiece  for  mourning.  The  residue  to  my 
cousin  John  Breedon,  son  of  my  cousin  Elkanah  Breedon. 

In  the  codicil  reference  is  made  to  the  death  of  his  wife  Mary  since  the 
will  was  written.  He  now  gives  to  brother  Thomas  Breedon  Esq.  and  to 
Mary  his  now  wife  the  yearly  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  for  life. 

Commission  issued  2  March  1697  to  John  Breedon  Esq.  grand-nephew 
of  the  deceased,  to  administer  &c,  Thomas  Brumpstead  and  Zacheus  Sedg- 
wicke,  executors,  having  deceased.  Cann,  117. 

[To  one  posted  as  I  have  been  in  the  records  of  Boston  and  of  Suffolk  County, 
Massachusetts,  the  name  of  Captain  Thomas  Breedon  comes  up  like  that  of  an 


748  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

old  friend.  And  most  unexpectedly  too  there  turn  up,  in  his  company,  a  lot  of 
other  old  friends  in  the  persons  of  Stephen,  Francis,  Robert  and  Zacheus  Sedg- 
wick, who  have  all  appeared  in  previous  pages  of  my  Gleanings.  See  Register, 
vol.  42,  pp.  67-9,  184  (ante,  pp.  259-61,  277).  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Anne  Coggeshall  of  Castle  Hedingham,  Essex,  widow,  16  April  1645, 
proved  10  November  1648.  I  give  unto  my  son  John  Coggeshall,  now 
dwelling  in  New  England,  my  house  and  lands  at  Sibble  Hedingham,  now 
in  the  occupation  of  Nathan  Browne  and  George  Germin,  with  this  proviso 
that  the  said  John  Coggeshall  shall  no  way  molest  my  executors  for  the 
forty  pounds  received  by  appointment  from  him,  being  a  legacy  given  him 
by  his  uncle  John  Batter.  But  if  he  shall  molest  my  executors  then  this 
demise  shall  be  void  and  he  shall  have  only  twenty  shillings;  and  then  I 
give  the  said  house  and  lands  unto  Henry  Raymond  (the  son  of  Richard 
Raymond  deceased)  my  grandchild.  To  my  grand  child  Anne  Raymond, 
eldest  daughter  of  said  Richard,  forty  pounds.  Of  the  seventy  two  pounds 
lent  to  the  Parliament  upon  the  Public  Faith  twenty  pounds  to  my  grand- 
child Henry  Raymond,  and  fifty  pounds  to  be  divided  equally  between  my 
eight  grandchildren,  John,  Anne,  Mary  Jos  (sic)  and  James  Coggeshall, 
the  children  of  my  son  John,  before  mentioned,  and  John,  Richard  and 
Elizabeth  Raymond,  the  children  of  Aune  Raymond  my  daughter.  The 
remainder  of  said  money  I  give  to  my  executor.  I  give  my  watch  to  my 
daughter  Anne  Raymond  for  life  and  afterwards  to  my  grandchild  John 
Raymond.  A  bequest  to  grandchild  Anne  Raymond.  To  my  aunt 
Morphew  forty  shillings.     My  daughter  Anne  to  be  sole  executor. 

Wit:  Vere  Harcourt,  Henry  Carew,  John  Belgroue.  Essex,  171. 

[For  an  account  of  John  Coggeshall  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  see  address  of  Hon. 
Henry  T.  Coggeshall  in  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Magazine  for  October,  1884, 
vol.  v.,  pp  144-72;  for  his  descendants  see  genealogy  by  Mr.  C.  P.  Coggeshall 
in  the  same  volume,  pp.  173-90. — Editor.] 

Sir  Thomas  Dale  of  London,  knight,  20  February  1617,  proved  15 
January  1620.  For  the  disposing  of  such  worldly  substance  as  it  hath 
pleased  God  to  bestow  upon  me,  forasmuch  as  I  do  find  the  same  to  be 
scarcely  sufficient  for  the  convenient  maintenance  and  stay  of  living  of  my 
dear  and  loving  wife,  Dame  Elizabeth  Dale,  I  do  therefore  give  and  be- 
queath all  my  plate  money,  household  stuff,  goods  and  chattels  whatsoever 
unto  my  said  dear  wife  &c.  whom  I  do  also  make  and  ordain  the  sole  execu- 
trix &c,  and  I  do  desire  the  Right  Hon.  Henry  Earl  of  Southampton  and 
my  loving  brother  in  law  Sir  William  Throckmorton,  knl,  and  Bar'  and  my 
loving  friends  Sir  Thomas  Smythe,  knight,  and  Sir  William  Cooke,  knight, 
to  be  overseers.  Dale,  1. 

Dame  Elizabeth  Dale,  widow,  late  the  wife  and  sole  executrix  of  Sir 
Thomas  Dale  knight,  deceased,  her  will  made  4  July  1640,  proved  2  De- 
cember 1640.  My  will  and  mind  is  that  out  of  my  estate  in  the  hands  of 
the  East  India  Company  and  out  of  my  estate  in  Virginia  my  just  debts 
shall  be  paid.  To  my  niece  Mrs.  Dorothy  Throckmorton  five  hundred 
acres  of  land  in  Virginia,  with  the  appurtenances.  To  Edward  Hamby, 
son  of  Mr.  Richard  Hamby  all  my  land,  with  the  appurtenances,  in  Charles 
Hundred  in  Virginia  and  all  my  estate  and  interest  therein.  To  Richard 
Hamby,  son  likewise  of  the  said  Mr.  Richaid  Hamby,  all  my  land  &c.  in 
Shirley  Hundred  in  Virginia.  To  Hanna  Pickering,  my  old  servant,  one 
hundred  pounds.     All  my  lands  and  tenements,  goods  chattels  &c.  both  in 


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England,  Virginia  and  elsewhere,  my  debts  and  legacies  being  paid  and 
performed,  and  all  charges  of  prosecution  and  recovery  deducted,  shall  be 
divided  into  two  equal  parts.  The  one  moiety  of  the  same  I  give  to  the 
children  of  Sir  William  Throckmorton,  knight  and  Baronet  deceased,  and 
William  Samborne,  to  be  disposed  at  the  discretion  of  my  executors,  and 
the  other  moiety  I  give  to  my  worthy,  deserving  friends  Mr.  Richard 
Hamby  and  Mr.  William  Shrimpton,  whom  I  do  make  and  ordain  sole 
executors.  I  give  to  my  nephew  the  Lord  Viscount  Scudamore  a  ring  of 
ten  pounds  price.  Coventry,  162. 

[Sir  Thomas  Dale,  whose  will  and  that  of  his  widow  are  here  given,  was  one 
of  the  early  governors  of  Virginia.  His  wife  was  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir 
Thomas  Throckmorton.  For  an  account  of  Sir  Thomas  Dale,  see  Mr.  Alexan- 
der Brown's  Genesis  of  the  United  States,  vol.  2,  pp.  869-74:. — Editor.] 

William  Gray  of  Harrow  on  the  Hill,  Middlesex,  yeoman,  27  January 
1647,  proved  4  Jauuary  1648.  To  my  son  John  Graye  twenty  pounds. 
To  son  Henry  twenty  pounds.  To  son  Isaac  that  cottage  or  tenement,  now 
or  lately  in  the  occupation  of  Michell  Anderson,  lying  and  being  in  Hob- 
goblins Lane  near  Sudbury  Green  in  the  parish  of  Harrow  on  the  Hill  &c, 
being  freehold  &c.  To  my  daughter  in  law  Susanna  Gray,  the  wife  of  my 
son  William,  five  pounds  as  a  token  of  love  to  her.  To  my  grandchild 
Abraham  Gray,  son  of  William,  forty  shillings,  and  to  Josiah  forty  shillings 
and  to  Rebecca,  daughter  of  my  son  William,  all  my  pewter,  and  to  his 
youngest  daughter,  Priscilla,  all  my  brass,  as  one  pot  one  kettle  &c.  To 
my  sister  Rose  Wight  five  pounds  out  of  a  greater  sum  she  oweth  me, 
which  five  pounds  I  give  her  as  a  token  of  my  love  unto  her.  To  my 
cousins  Thomas  Ashwell  and  Mary  his  wife  five  pounds,  to  be  distributed 
amongst  their  three  children,  as  a  token  of  my  love.  To  Elizabeth  Carde 
that  three  pounds  that  is  in  the  hands  of  John  Page  of  Aperton,  yeoman. 
To  William  Peache  son  of  John  Peache  of  Greenford  twenty  shillings,  to 
be  deducted  out  of  a  greater  sum  his  father  John  Peache  oweth  me.  I 
make  my  son  William  Gray  of  London,  merchant  taylor,  full  and  sole 
executor  and  give  unto  him  all  and  singular  my  moneys,  cattle,  chattels, 
goods  and  lands,  and  whatsoever  is  mine  that  is  not  yet  heretofore  disposed 
of  &c.  I  further  will  that  the  five  pounds  I  give  my  sister  Rose  Wight, 
after  her  decease  shall  be  given  to  Thomas  Ashwell's  children. 

Fairfax,  12, 

[The  first  two  sons  named  in  the  foregoing  will  were  doubtless  the  John  and 
Henry  Gray  who  Avere  found  in  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  A.D.  1643  or  thereabouts 
(see  will  of  William  Gray,  their  brotheivand  eldest  son  of  the  foregoing  testator, 
ante,,  p.  264).  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Symon  Smith  of  Stepney,  formerly  citizen  and  merchant  of  London, 
aged  fourscore  and  two  years,  3.0ctober  1665  proved  2  January  1665.  To 
my  loving  wife  Martha,  with  whom  I  have  lived  fifty  five  years  in  wedlock 
all  my  goods  and  household  stuff  and  my  rents  in  Seethiug  Lane  and  Step- 
ney for  her  better  maintenance  during  her  life,  she  having  twenty  pounds 
annuity  settled  on  her  by  her  mother  Mrs.  Thomazine  Oldfield,  deceased, 
and  twenty  pounds  annuity  settled  on  her  by  Mr  George  Payne.  I  give 
her  also  my  tenement  in  Robinhood  Lane  in  Poplar.  To  my  grandson 
Thomas  Smith  fifty  pounds.  To  my  grand  daughter  Thomazine  Jaye  fifty 
pounds  and  to  her  husband  James  Jay  twenty  pounds.  To  her  son  Symon 
Jaye  twenty  pounds  and  to  his  brothers  James  and  John  Jaye  ten  pounds 
apiece.     To  the  five  children  of  my  cousin  William  Seaman  that  married 


750  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

my  niece  Judith  Pearce,  the  daughter  of  my  sister  Katherine  Pearse  de- 
ceased, fifty  pounds,  to  be  equally  divided  unto  them. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  cousin  Judith  Toozer,  the  wife  of 
Richard  Toozer,  the  daughter  of  my  son  Thomas  Smith,  now  at  New  Eng- 
land, the  sum  of  fifty  pounds,  to  be  equally  divided  to  and  amongst  her 
children.  To  my  daughter  Emma  Smith  the  wife  of  my  son  Symon  Smith, 
my  executor,  twenty  pounds.  To  ten  poor  families  in  Stepney  aud  five 
poor  families  in  St.  Olave's  Hart  Street.  To  my  son  Symon,  my  executor, 
all  my  rents  in  Seething  Lane  and  Stepney,  after  bis  mother's  decease,  to 
be  employed  towards  the  maintenance  and  education  of  his  children  and 
raising  of  portions  for  them,  share  and  share  alike.  To  poor  prisoners  &c. 
My  friends  Mr.  William  Greenhill  and  Mr.  Henry  Barton  to  be  overseers. 

Owing  to  me  by  Squire  Dennis  Gawde,  his  majesty's  victualler  of  the 
Royal  Navy,  on  account  of  my  wharf  and  buildings  at  Deptford,  the  lease 
whereof  I  have  sold  him  for  1600£,  whereof  he  hath  paid  me  500£,  so 
there  remains  due  to  me  1100£. 

Among  the  debts  of  the  testator  was  one  to  Samuel  Elliott's  estate,  as 
his  guardian,  300£.  Mico,  14. 

[The  will  of  Thomasine  J  ranson,  already  published  (see  Register,  vol.  47, 
p.  282,  ante,  p.  724),  shows  clearly  enough  to  what  family  Mr.  Symon  Smith's 
wife  Martha  belonged  and  her  relationship  to  the  Glovers,  the  Winthrops  and  the 
other  families  mentioned  in  the  group  of  wills  presented  in  that  number  of  the 
Register.  In  Savage's  Gen.  Diet.  (vol.  iv.,  p.  320) ,  wiH  be  found  some  account 
of  Richard  Tozer.  Mr.  Savage  suggests  that  Simon  Tozer  of  Watertown  may 
have  been  a  son  of  Richard.  This  is  now  rendered  more  probable  by  the  dis- 
covery of  the  foregoing  will,  which  shows  that  Simon  was  an  ancestral  name. 
I  would  add  that,  so  far  as  my  observation  goes,  Tozer  seems  to  be  a  Devonshire 
name. 

Since  gathering  the  above  I  have  come  upon  the  following  will,  which,  by  its 
mention  of  Robin  Hood  Lane  in  connection  with  the  fact  that  the  testator  had 
an  "uncle  Mr.  Symon  Smith,"  becomes  of  importance  to  all  interested  in  this 
Tozer  family  of  New  England.  H.  F.  W.] 

John  Elliott  (will  drawn  in  his  own  hand  writing)  1663,  proved  3 
February  1663.  I  nominate  and  appoint  Mr.  Henry  Johnson  and  Mr. 
Robert  Mordant  and  my  uncle  Mr.  Symon  Smyth  my  full  whole  executors 
&c,  and,  in  case  any  of  those  three  shall  die,  to  take  in  his  room  Mr. 
Richard  Whittall.  To  my  son  Samuel  Elliott  all  my  land  and  "  housen  " 
at  Sibelliningame  (Sibell  Hedingham?),  called  by  name  of  Brookehouse, 
aud  my  house  in  Robin  Hood  Lane  and  twenty  hundred  pound  in  money. 
To  my  son  John  thirteen  hundred  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Elliott 
thirteen  hundred  pound.  To  my  daughter  Hannah  Elliott  ten  hundred 
pound.  To  my  daughter  Margaret  Elliott  ten  hundred  pound.  And  as 
for  my  household  stuff  and  plate  and  linen,  which  is  six  hundred  and  eighty 
pound,  I  desire  it  may  be  equally  divided  amongst  them,  part  and  part 
alike,  either  in  goods  or  money,  as  my  executors  shall  see  to  be  best  for 
their  good ;  the  particulars  I  have  in  my  book  or  journal  in  my  study  at 
Ilford.  Further,  it  is  my  will  and  desire  that  if  my  son  Samuel  Elliot 
should  die  before  he  come  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years  all  the  land  and 
housen  I  give  to  my  son  John  Elliott,  and  the  money  and  goods  as  did  be- 
long to  him  to  be  equally  divided  among  the  other  four,  part  and  part  alike ; 
and  if  John  should  die  &c.  &c.  then  their  estate  in  land  and  goods  to  be 
divided  and  sold  and  parted  among  my  three  daughters,  part  and  part  alike. 
Provision  also  in  case  of  death  of  any  of  the  daughters  before  marriage  or 
age  of  twenty  years.  Ten  pounds  to  the  poor  of  Poplar.  Ten  pounds  to 
the  poor  of  Ilford  and  ten  pounds  apiece  to  each  of  my  executors. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS  IN    ENGLAND.  75 1 

Die  Mercurii  3tl"  Februarii  1663,  etc.  *  Which  day  &c.  personally  ap- 
peared Mary  Elliott,  spinster,  aged  seventeen  years  or  thereabouts,  being 
the  daughter  of  John  Elliott  late  of  Barking  in  Essex  deceased,  Henry 
Osbaston,  clerk,  of  Little  Ilford,  Essex,  aged  forty  five  years,  or  there- 
abouts, John  Lovell  of  Barking,  Essex,  gen4,  aged  sixty  four  years  or 
thereabouts,  and  George  Fenney  of  Stepney,  Middlesex,  mariner  and  did 
severally  depose  &c. 

By  the  deposition  of  the  daughter  it  appears  that  her  father  died  28 
January  1663,  English  Style.  On  the  other  hand  Messrs  Osbaston  and 
Lovell  and  Mary  Elliott  herself  did  depose  that  upon  Wednesday  in  the 
evening,  being  the  twenty  seventh  day  of  February  1663,  they  were  with 
the  said  John  Elliot  at  his  house  in  Ilford,  who  had  the  said  day  received  a 
hurt  and  was  in  one  of  the  lower  rooms  of  the  house.  Again,  George  Fen- 
ney and  Mary  Elliott  deposed  that  upon  Friday  morning  the  twenty  seventh 
of  February  1663,  being  the  next  morning  after  his  death  the  will  was 
found  in  a  screetore  in  the  closet  &c.  Bruce,  14. 

[The  above  is  the  strangest  muddling  of  dates  I  think  I  ever  met  with.  I 
veuture  to  suggest  the  following  as  the  correct  statement  of  the  events  as  they 
occurred.  He  received  his  hurt  on  Wednesday  the  twenty  seventh  day  of  Jan- 
uary, 1663,  and  his  friends  were  with  him  that  evening;  he  died  the  next  day, 
(Thursday)  28th  January ;  they  found  his  will  on  Friday  morning,  29th  January 
1663,  being  the  next  morning  after  his  death ;  and  they  all  made  their  deposi- 
tions and  probate  was  granted  Wednesday  3d  February  1663. 

Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Samuel  Robinson  of  Boston  in  New  England,  merchant,  13  January 
1661-2,  proved  20  April  1664.  To  my  honored  father  Thomas  Robinson, 
to  be  paid  forthwith  after  certain  advice  of  all  my  debts  fully  satisfied, 
whether  in  England  or  elsewhere.  To  my  brothers  Thomas,  James  and 
Joseph  and  to  my  sister  Mary  Robinson,  each  ten  pounds,  to  be  paid  as  my 
legacy  to  my  father  aforesaid.  To  my  cousin  Mary  Rocke  in  consideration 
of  my  conjugal  love  to  her  and  her  great  love  to  me,  manifested  by  her  care 
and  pains  in  my  sickness  of  me,  the  one  third  part  of  all  my  estate  after  my 
just  debts  paid  and  satisfied ;  and  my  legacies  are  to  be  paid  out  of  the  other 
two  thirds  of  my  estate.  To  Ann  Ervell,  my  father's  servant  maid,  four 
pounds.  To  John  Noyes  and  Elizabeth  Lugg,  each  twenty  shillings,  to  be 
paid  within  two  months  after  my  decease.  I  appoint  my  honored  father 
and  my  brother  John  Robinson  executors  of  this  my  will  and  my  uncle 
Joseph  Rocke  and  my  loving  friend  Mr.  Peter  Oliver  overseers,  to  each  of 
whom  I  give  and  bequeath  twenty  shillings  apiece. 

Wit:  John  Clarke,  Thomas  Bumsteed,  Anthony  Checkley. 

Bruce,  36. 

[This  enables  us  to  correct  Savage.  Thomas  of  Boston  and  Thomas  of 
Scituate  were  one  and  the  same.  And  Joseph  Eocke,  it  seems,  had  a  daughter 
Mary.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Charles  Lidgett,  late  of  Boston  in  N.  E.,  but  now  of  the  City  of 
London  Esq.,  9  April  1698,  proved  16  May  1698.  Before  and  at  my 
marriage  with  my  dear  wife  Mary  I  confessed  a  judgment  of  six  thousand 
pounds,  or  some  other  considerable  sum,  to  her  father  William  Hester  of 
the  Borough  of  Southwark,  soapmaker,  since  deceased,  "  defeasanced  "  for 
the  payment  of  three  thousand  pounds  sterling  to  my  said  wife  at  my  death. 
I  give  my  said  wife  all  my  lands,  tenements  &c.  in  New  England  and  all 
my  other  estate,  real  and  personal,  except  what  is  hereinafter  given  to  my 


752  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

brother  in  law  John  Hester  of  the  said  Borough  of  Southwark,  soapboiler, 
for  the  present  support  and  maintenance  of  ray  children.  My  said  wife 
shall  first  pay  and  satisfy  herself  the  said  sum  of  three  thousand  pounds 
and  then  the  overplus  of  my  said  real  and  personal  estate  shall  be  paid  to 
and  equally  divided  amongst  my  three  children,  Peter,  Charles  and  Ann, 
whom  I  do  heartily  recommend  to  the  care  and  kindness  of  my  said  brother 
in  law,  their  uncle,  John  Hester,  until  my  said  wife  shall  send  for  them  or 
dispose  of  them.  And  whereas  I  expect  some  money  or  effects  to  be  sud- 
denly remitted  from  New  England  I  do  hereby  order  the  same,  when  they 
arrive,  to  be  paid  and  delivered  to  my  said  brother  in  law  for  the  support 
and  maintenance  of  my  said  children,  and  do  make  my  said  brother  in  law 
executor  of  all  my  goods  and  chattels  in  England  until  my  said  wife  shall 
arrive  from  New  England,  and  I  do  hereby  recommend  my  said  wife  to  the 
advice  and  kindness  of  Mr.  Francis  Foxcroft  of  Boston  in  New  England, 
in  whose  justice  and  friendship  I  have  always  had  great  satisfaction;  and 
lastly  I  do  make  my  said  wife  full  and  sole  executrix  of  all  my  goods  and 
chattels  in  New  England  and  also  of  my  goods  and  chattels  in  England, 
after  her  arrival  here. 

Wit:  Tho:  Richards.  Jn°  Joursey,  Wm  Wharton. 

The  will  was  proved  by  John  Hester  at  the  date  already  given,  with 
power  reserved  for  Mary  Lidget,  the  relict  of  the  deceased,  when  she  should 
come  to  demand  it.     She  took  probate  24  May  1701.  Lort,  126. 

[Charles  Lidget  was  a  son  of  Peter  and  Elizabeth  (Scammon)  Lidget.  See 
Savage  and  Register,  xiu.,  133. — Editor.] 

Elizabeth  Smith  of  Taunton,  Somerset,  widow,  7  March  1653,  with  a 
codicil  dated  31  March  1654,  proved  17  July  1654.  My  kinswoman  Eliza- 
beth wife  of  Lawrence  Richardson  of  Taunton,  who  liveth  with  me.  Joaue 
Westouer  the  younger  who  liveth  with  me.  Johane  Westouer  the  elder 
who  liveth  with  me  and  Jane  Williams  of  New  England.  The  said  Johane 
Westouer  the  elder,  my  kinswoman.  I  give  to  the  aforesaid  Jane  Williams 
(the  wife  of  William  Williams  of  New  England)  my  sister's  daughter, 
(certain  articles  of  apparel)  and  six  diaper  napkins  marked  with  R:  S:  E:; 
to  Elizabeth  Williams  (the  daughter  of  the  said  Jane  Williams)  a  piece  of 
gold  of  eleven  shillings.  To  my  kinswoman  [?]  Jonas  Westouer  of  New 
England  a  piece  of  gold  of  two  and  twenty  shillings.  To'my  kinsman  John 
Westouer  of  London  a  piece  of  gold  of  twenty  shillings.  To  Judith  West- 
ouer (wife  of  Richard  Westouer  of  Taunton,  my  kinsman)  and  the  three 
children  of  the  said  Richard,  who  dwell  with  him.  Johane  Westouer  the 
younger,  who  liveth  with  me  (the  daughter  of  the  said  Richard)  Richard, 
Gabriel  and  Jane  Westouer,  her  brothers  and  sister.  Alchin,  247. 

[William  "Williams,  named  in  this  will,  was  of  Hartford,  Ct.  as  early  as  1645. 
He  was  a  cooper,  born  about  1625;  married  Nov.  20,  1617,  Jane  "Westover,  and 
died  Dec.  17,  1689.  His  widow  died  Dec.  25,  1689.  They  had  9  children.  See 
Memorial  History  of  Hartford  County,  vol.  1,  p.  276.  There  was  a  Jonas  West- 
over  at  Windsor,  Ct.  in  1649,  who  removed  to  Kellingworth.  See  Savage's 
Genealogical  Dictionary. — Editor.] 

William  Waltham  als  Mason  of  Loudon,  gen'  19  May  1600,  proved 
7  January  1606.  Brother  Richard  and  his  children,  married  and  unmarried. 
Mr.  William  Gilbert,  preacher.  My  cousin  Mr.  Richard  Worne,  preacher 
and  parson  of  Hemm  Magna.  My  cousin  Mayo.  My  cousin  Thuruall. 
My  cousin  Joseph  Haynes  the  elder  and  my  cousin  his  wife.     My  godson 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  753 

Symon  Haynes,  son  of  the  said  Joseph.  My  cousin  Joseph  Heynes  the 
younger,  Ills  son,  and  iny  cousin  Thomas  Haynes,  the  youngest  son  of  the 
said  Joseph.  Elizabeth,  Jane,  Mary  and  Margaret,  the  daughters  of  my 
said  cousin  Joseph  Haynes  the  elder.  My  cousin  Mr.  Symon  Heynes  dwel- 
ling in  Lurston  in  Berkshire  and  my  cousin  his  wife.  Henry  Heynes  their 
son  and  Jone  Heynes  their  daughter.  My  cousin  Mr.  William  Mey, 
preacher  in  Carlyle  and  my  cousin  his  wife  and  Mary  their  daughter.  My 
cousin  William  Wall  gen'  and  my  good  cousin  Mrs.  Joane,  his  wife.  My 
good  cousin  Mr.  Doctor  Farraud  and  my  cousin  Mary  Farrand,  his  wife. 
My  cousin  Edward  Orwell  and  my  cousin  Richard  Farrand  and  their  chil- 
dren. My  cousin  Jone  Hill,  wife  to  Mr.  Jonas  Hill  gen'.  My  god  daughter 
Mary  Hill.  My  cousin  Mr.  John  Tedcastle,  and  my  good  cousin  his  wife. 
My  cousin  William,  the  son  of  my  said  cousin  John  Tedcastle,  my  godson. 
My  loving  sister  Elizabeth  Harte,  widow,  and  her  children,  William  John 
and  Henry  Harte.  My  godson  William  Harte,  son  of  the  foresaid  William 
Harte.  My  loving  cousin  Alice  Hart,  wife  of  my  said  cousin  William. 
Every  one  of  the  children  of  my  sister  Luce,  late  the  wife  of  John  Hogge. 
Item,  I  give  to  every  one  of  the  children  of  Alice  ffirman,  my  sister  de- 
ceased, five  marks  apiece,  to  be  paid  upon  every  one  of  their  acquittances, 
which  I  will  shall  be  sufficient  discharges  for  the  same.  My  sister  Mar- 
garet Praunell,  wife  of  Robert  Prauuell.  My  cousin  Henry  Prannell,  son 
of  my  said  sister,  and  his  brother,  my  cousin  George  Prannelb  My  brother 
in  law  George  Bagset,  aud  his  son  George,  by  my  sister  Agues  his  wife. 
My  cousin  Randall  Fenton  and  my  cousin  his  wife.  My  brother  Richard 
to  be  sole  executor.  Hudleston,  4. 

Rose  Mason  als  Waltham  late  of  Shimplinge.  widow,  10  April  1610, 
proved  9  January  1610.  To  William  Mason  als  Waltham,  my  eldest  son, 
twenty  pounds  and  one  double  bell  salt  of  Silver,  six  new  silver  spoons,  one 
of  my  silver  vessells  called  a  beaker  and  my  two  small  "  pownced  "  cups  of 
silver.  To  my  son  John  Mason  his  debt  of  fifty  five  pounds  due  to  my  late 
husband,  aud  when  he  shall  return  again  from  beyond  the  seas  ten  pounds 
shall  be  given  unto  him  within  six  months  after  his  return.  To  my  son 
Richard  one  silver  goblet  or  bowl  of  silver  pounced,  two  great  kncpped  silver 
spoons  and  ten  pounds  of  current  money  at  twenty  one.  To  my  daughter 
Rose  wife  of  Roger  Mayhewe  ten  pouuds.  To  my  daughter  Margaret  wife 
of  John  Thurnoll  of  Stansfield  ten  pounds.  To  the  children  of  my  daughter 
Margaret  the  twenty  pounds  appointed  unto  them  out  of  the  sale  of  the 
tenement  in  Cavendish  by  my  late  husband  Mr.  Richard  Mason  als  Waltham 
at  their  several  ages  of  twenty  one,  part  and  part  alike.  To  my  daughter 
Bridget  ten  pounds  and  two  of  my  apostle  spoons.  A  similar  bequest  to 
youngest  daughter  Rebecca.  To  my  brother  Henry  Lesse,  Clerk,  towards 
his  maintenance,  thirteen  pounds  six  shillings  eight  pence.  The  legacies 
given  to  my  son  Richard  Mason,  daughters  Bridget  and  Rebecc-a  and  brother 
Henry  Lessey  shall  be  delivered  into  the  hands  and  custody  of  my  brother 
in  law  John  Fyrmyn,  clerk,  and  of  William  Gilbert,  Clerk,  my  son  in  law, 
within  six  months  next  after  my  decease  to  the  several  uses  of  them.  I 
give  unto  Thomas  James  my  sou  in  law  the  sum  of  forty  shillings,  to  be 
I iaid  unto  him  when  he  cometh  to  the  age  of  one  and  twenty.  Sou  William 
Mason  to  be  my  sole  executor. 

Wit:  John  Fyrmyn,   Christopher  Firmen,   Edward  Stallon,  and  signwn 
Roberti  Everad."  Wood,  4. 


754  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Joan  Etheridge,  wife  of  William  Etheridge,  of  Burley  in  the  parish 
of  Ringwood  in  the  County  of  Southampton,  yeoman,  3  January  1712, 
proved  1  March  1715.  Makes  reference  to  an  obligation  of  four  hundred 
pounds  bearing  date  16  May  1695,  given  under  said  husband's  hand  and 
seal  before  the  day  of  marriage.  To  my  kinsman  Thomas  Heath  of  the 
town  and  County  of  Poole  five  pounds  sterling,  one  silver  caudle  cup,  one 
silver  spoon  marked  I  °  I,  my  truckle  bed  and  bedstead  &c.  To  my  kins- 
woman Elizabeth  Post,  wife  of  Ben :  Post  of  London  one  red  rug  &c.  To 
my  kinswoman  Joan  Wice  my  small  silver  tankard  marked  I  °  I.  To  my 
kinswoman  Francis  Sto'akes,  wife  of  Henry  Stoakes  of  Rederiffe  London, 
(certain  apparel).  To  my  daughter  in  law  Mary  Fizwell,  widow,  formerly 
the  wife  of  my  son  James  Gilbert  five  pounds.  To  my  kinswoman  Melli- 
cent  Fisher,  widow,  part  of  my  wearing  apparel.  To  my  cousin  John 
Fisher  one  broad  piece  of  gold,  one  feather  bed,  bolster  and  bedstead  (now 
in  the  possession  of  my  kinswoman  Mellicent  Fisher)  &c.  To  my  kins- 
woman Margaret  Morris  one  broad  piece  of  gold  (and  other  things).  To 
my  cousin  Joan  Nickleson  one  broad  piece  of  gold  &c.  To  my  kinsman 
Josiah  Nickleson  my  biggest  silver  salt  marked  I  G  I  &c.  To  my  cousin 
Elizabeth  Nickleson  one  broad  piece  of  gold  and  one  silver  spoon.  To  my 
cousin  Elinor  Jones  my  large  fringed  chest  of  drawers  cloth.  To  my  cousins 
John  and  Mary  Jones,  each  of  them  a  silver  spoon.  To  my  kinswoman 
Mary  Rolles,  widow,  one  broad  piece  of  gold  &c,  and  to  my  cousins  Mary 
and  Elizabeth  Rolles,  each  a  small  silver  salt  and  one  silver  spoon,  and  to 
my  cousin  John  Rolles  one  silver  spoon.  To  my  kinswoman  Elizabeth 
Phippard  one  piece  of  Spanish  gold  &C.  and  my  map  of  Virginia.  Other 
bequests  to  cousin  Mellicent  Smith,  cousin  John  Smith,  cousin  Cicely  Clark, 
widow,  and  others.  Residue  to  kinsmen  Nicholas  Diamond  of  London, 
merchant,  and  Thomas  Nickleson  of  Poole,  merchant,  who  are  appointed 
executors.  In  codicil,  of  same  date,  she  makes  bequest  (among  others  )  to 
the  Men's  Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends  iu  Poole.  She  gives  to  John  Phip- 
pard Senior  her  book  of  Martyrs,  to  cousin  Joan  Wice  William  Dewsberry's 
Book,  to  Jeremiah  Colborne  Stephen  Crisp's  journal  and  Robert  Barclay's 
Apology,  to  cousin  John  Fisher  Wm  Penn's  No  Cross  no  Crown.  To  my 
cousin  Eliz:  Phippard  Wm  Penn's  Journal,  to  cousin  Mell.  Smith  Eliz: 
Bathurst's  Book.  Fox,  48. 

John  Dennison  of  Stortford  in  the  County  of  Hertford,  Gen1,  7  Jan- 
uary 1676,  proved  21  March  1676.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Edward 
Brograve,  son  of  Henry  Brograve  gen4,  all  that  messuage  and  farm  situate 
in  Southminster  in  the  Co.  of  Essex,  together  with  the  lands  and  pasture 
ground  thereunto  belonging,  now  in  the  occupation  of  William  Chamber- 
lain, to  have  and  to  hold  forever.  I  give  unto  my  loving  father  George 
Dennison  and  his  heirs  forever  all  that  my  messuage  and  farm,  with  the 
laud  and  pasture  ground  thereunto  belonging,  and  all  other  messuages  and 
lands  in  Southminster  aforesaid,  now  in  occupation  of  Jonas  Mincks  and 
other  tenants,  not  herein  before  bequeathed.  I  give  all  my  Clothes  and 
Cravatts  to  Richard  Osborne.  I  give  unto  Susan  Gyver  my  sleeves  and  all 
my  linen.  I  give  my  gelding  unto  William  Powell  and  I  do  make  the  said 
George  Dennison,  my  father,  sole  executor. 

Chelmsford  Registry 
Com.  Court  of  Essex  and  Herts., 
Book  Heydon  (1676-80),  Leaf  29 

["  167G,  Mr.  John  Denison  ye  son  of  Mr.  George  Denison,  Jan.  10th."    Burials 
at  Bishops'  Stortford.     Register,  vol.  4G,  p.  354. — Editor.] 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  755 

George  Dennison  of  Bishops  Stortford,  Herts,  tanner,  30  Nov.  1678, 
proved  at  Stortford  24  January  1678.  I  give  all  my  lands  at  Pigotts,  in 
said  parish,  which  I  purchased  of  Mr.  Robert  Wolley,  unto  my  cousin  Wil- 
liam Powell  until  Anne  Read  (the  daughter  of  my  cousin  Anne  Read 
widow)  shall  attain  unto  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  Then  the  said 
land  to  belong  to  said  Anne  Read  and  her  heirs  forever.  To  my  sister 
Anne  Powell,  for  life,  my  messuage  or  tenement  called  the  Anchor  &c. 
lying  and  being  at  Puckeridge  in  the  parish  of  Stondon,  and  after  her  de- 
cease I  give  the  said  messuage  &c.  to  my  cousin  William  Powell  and  his 
heirs  forever.  I  give  to  Constance  Plash,  the  wife  of  Richard  Plash,  my 
cottage  &c.  in  Braughin,  Herts.  I  give  the  lease  of  the  lands  held  of  the 
widow  Eve  unto  William  Powell,  he  paying  the  rent.  To  my  brother 
Thomas  Goose  ten  pounds  which  he  owes  me.  To  William  Powell  my 
mare.  To  my  cousin  Anne  Read  widow  my  gelt  colt.  I  appoint  Matthew 
Wolley  of  Stortford  gen*  my  sole  executor. 

Hey  don  (as  above),  Leaf  212. 

[For  a  pedigree  of  the  Denison  family  see  Register,  vol.  46,  pp.  352-4.  See 
also  Autobiography  of  Gen.  Daniel  Denison,  Ibid.  pp.  127-33. — Editor.] 

Richard  Fouldger  of  St.  Lawrence  Essex,  yeoman,  20  June  1678, 
proved  at  Chelmsford,  19  July  1678.  To  wife  Margaret  twenty  pounds, 
for  to  be  paid  29  September  1679.  To  the  child  which  is  now  in  her  womb 
twenty  pounds  for  to  be  paid  likewise  29  Sept.  1679.  I  give  and  bequeath 
to  Hopestill  Munnings  my  son  the  full  sum  of  twenty  pounds,  for  to  be 
paid  at  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years,  and  the  child  to  be  brought  up  at 
the  charge  of  my  executor  till  he  come  to  that  age.  To  my  sou  Rich 
Fouldger  twenty  pounds,  at  one  at  twenty  &c.  I  nominate  and  ordain 
my  loving  brother  Takeheed  Munnings  for  to  be  my  sole  executor  &c. 

Book  Heydon  (as  above),  Leaf  154. 

Thomas  Smyth  of  London,  merchant,  17  October  1663,  proved  12  Jan- 
uary 1663.  I  give  the  one  moiety  of  all  that  my  messuage  or  tenement 
&c.  in  Smithfould  in  the  Co.  of  Lancaster  to  Anne,  my  dear  and  loving 
wife,  for  and  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life;  and  the  other  moiety  I 
give  to  my  eldest  son  Thomas  Smith,  for  and  during  the  term  of  his  natural 
life;  afterwards  to  the  heirs  of  the  body  of  my  said  son.  All  my  goods, 
chattels  &c.  shall  be  divided  into  three  equal  parts,  one  part  whereof  I  give 
to  my  said  wife  and  the  other  two  parts  as  follows.  To  my  son  in  law 
John  Wiswall,  his  wife  and  children,  five  pounds  apiece.  To  my  son 
Thomas  Smyth  all  the  profits  he  hath  had  of  the  house  and  ground  in 
Smythfould  for  this  eighteen  or  nineteen  years  last  past,  and  to  him  and 
his  children  five  pounds  apiece.  To  my  son  in  law  John  Cliffe  and  his 
children  forty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  daughter  in  law  Bridget  Smith  and 
her  children  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  my  son  in  law  James  Wilson,  his  wife 
and  children  forty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  son  Adam  Smith,  his  wife  and 
children  forty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  son  Samuel  Smyth,  his  wife  and 
children  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  my  son  Jonathan  Smyth  twenty  pounds. 
To  my  son  Abiel  Smyth  thirty  pounds.  To  my  sister  Ellen  Bowker  ten 
pounds,  if  living  at  time  of  my  decease.  To  my  cousins  Samuel  Borsett 
and  Abiel  Borsett  three  pounds  apiece.  To  my  brother  Abraham  Hilton, 
his  wife  and  children  forty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  brother  Richard's 
children,  living  at  my  decease,  twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  the  poor  of 
Little  Hulton,  Lancashire,  fifteen  pounds.     All  my  children  and  grand- 


756  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

children  in  and  about  London  and  in  Lancashire  shall  have  mourning.  To 
my  servant  Jane  Rowson  five  pounds  and  mourning.  To  Ellen  Boulton 
mourning.  One  hundred  or  one  hundred  and  twenty  shall  have  rings  at 
my  funeral.  The  residue  to  my  two  grand  daughters  Mary  and  Lydia 
Smyth,  which  are  the  daughters  of  Bridget  Smyth  aforementioned,  and  to 
all  my  grandchildren  living  at  the  time  of  my  decease,  which  are  the  chil- 
dren of  my  son  and  daughter  John  Wiswall  and  Margaret  Wiswall  in  New 
England,  to  be  equally  divided  among  them.  I  make  my  son  Thomas  sole 
executor  and  I  desire  my  loving  friend  Mr.  Henry  Ashurst  of  Watling 
Street,  London,  woollen  draper,  and  my  loving  son  in  law  James  Wilson  to 
be  my  overseers.     Samuel  Smith  and  James  Smith  witnesses. 

Bruce,  8. 

[The  above  will  I  was  quite  prepared  to  find,  sooner  or  later,  for  I  brought 
over  with  me  the  recollection  of  a  letter  which  I  had  seen  in  the  Massachusetts 
State  Archives  years  ago.  It  was  written  by  Thomas  and  Ann  Smith  to  John 
Wiswall  and  his  wife,  their  daughter,  and  is  to  be  found  in  Vol.  57,  No.  4  of  the 
State  Archives.  I  hope  some  good  antiquary,  possessed  of  sufficient  leisure, 
will  have  the  goodness  to  append  a  copy  of  it  to  this  note.  I  recall  that  a 
reference  was  made  to  Wiswall's  son  Mnnninge.  Henry  F.  Waters. 

The  letter  of  Thomas  and  Ann  Smith  referred  to  by  Mr.  Waters,  is  dated 
"  May  the  11th  1660,"  and  is  printed  in  the  Register,  vol.  7,  pp.  273-4.  Refer- 
ence is  made  to  goods  sent  from  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wiswall 
by  Mr.  Woodgreen  in  the  ship  Prudent  Mary.  In  the  trunk  containing  the  goods 
was  a  letter  dated  April  18,  1660.  A  packet  from  Mr.  [Henry]  Ashurst  for  Henry 
Webb  was  also  enclosed.  Mention  is  made  of  your  brother  Cliffe,  sister  Wil- 
son, brother  Adam,  brother  Jonathan, -and  brother  Abiel,  and  of  Mr.  Glover, 
Mr.  Withington  and  Mr.  Waldo.  Reference  is  made  to  the  drowning  of  "  your 
sonn  Munnings."  This  was  Mahalaleel  Munuings,  drowned  Feb.  27,  1659-60. 
An  abstract  of  Munnines's  will  is  printed  in  the  Register,  vol.  10,  pp.  176-7. 
For  a  genealogy  of  the  Wiswall  family  see  Register,  vol.  40,  pp.  58-62.  A  de- 
position of  John  Wiswall,  Jr.,  is  in  vol.  18,  p.  70. — Editor.] 

Thomas  Slayne  of  Kings  Linne  in  the  County  of  Norfolk  merchant, 
20  November  1648,  proved  7  June  1649.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the 
churchyard  of  Margarets  in  Lynne,  by  my  dear  and  loving  wife  deceased. 
To  ray  eldest  son  John  Slayne  my  house  and  garden  &c.  wherein  my  son 
in  law  Daniel  Goodwin,  merchant,  now  dwelleth,  bought  of  Henry  Robin- 
son and  Lawrence  Collins,  being  near  Margarets  church  in  Kings  Linn. 
To  my  son  John  Slanye  my  warehouse  in  Kingstaire  Lane,  bought  of  Mr. 
James  Grennaye,  mariner,  provided  he  let  my  loving  daughter  Sarah  Lynge, 
wife  of  Thomas  Lynge,  merchant,  take  and  enjoy  the  rent  of  the  tenement 
wherein  one  Sparrow  now  liveth,  being  part  of  the  house  before  bequeathed 
him,  during  her  natural  life.  I  give  to  the  daughters  of  my  son  John  Slayne 
the  eight  acres  of  pasture  ground  both  of  Sampson  Cleathers  lying  in  South 
Lynn  abutting  upon  Hardwick  Common,  and  the  tenement  and  close  bought 
of  Thomas  Dunham  in  the  parish  of  Roumton,  my  said  son  to  take  the 
rents  as  long  as  he  liveth  and  after  his  decease  both  to  be  sold  for  the  por- 
tions of  his  said  daughters,  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them.  I  have 
been  offered  one  hundred  eighty  five  pounds  for  both.  To  my  said  son  John 
ten  pounds.  To  my  son  Thomas  Slayne  and  his  heirs  forever  all  the  free 
and  copyhold  land  and  dwelling  houses,  barns,  stables,  orchards  &c.  in 
Islington  bought  of  Thomas  Smith  of  Herefordshire  wherein  one  Howling 
now  dwelleth  and  payeth  twenty  pounds  per  annum.  The  whole  farm  is 
about  thirty  three  acres;  he  to  enjoy  the  same  at  four  and  twenty.  To  my 
said  son  Thomas,  at  twenty  four,  the  messuage  with  fourteen  acres  of 
ground  &c.  bought  of  Robert  Sparrowe  of  Watlington,  clerk,  now  in  the 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  757 

occupation  of  Thomas  Palmer,  lying  in  Terrington  Sl  Johns.  I  give  to  my 
said  son  Thomas  Slayne  my  mansion  house  wherein  I  now  dwell  in  Kings 
Linn,  in  the  street  called  Woollmarket,  bought  of  Beatrice  Waters,  with 
the  malt  houses,  warehouses,  yards  and  gardens  belonging,  to  enjoy  the 
same  after  the  decease  of  my  wife  Mary  Slayne,  and  the  iron  cradles  and 
other  household  stuff  in  the  same,  he  to  pay  unto  my  daughter  Mary  Slayne 
fifty  pounds  of  currant  money,  if  she  be  living;  but  if  not  then  he  to  pay 
ten  pounds  apiece  to  my  daughters  or  their  children,  viz1,  Joane  King  ten 
pounds,  Annie  Goodwyn  ten  pounds,  Anne  Hudson  ten  pounds,  Sarah 
Linge  ten  pounds,  and  to  my  daughter  Slayne,  wife  of  John  Slayne  ten 
pounds,  all  for  the  use  of  their  children ;  to  be  instead  of  twenty  five  pounds 
given  him  by  my  brother  William  Atkyn  deceased  and  of  ten  pounds  given 
him  by  his  dear  mother.  To  my  youngest  son  Samuel  Slayne  my  lands  in 
Terrington  or  elsewhere,  copy  and  free,  being  about  fifty  five  acres  and  a 
half  bought  of  William  Champney  of  Lynn,  merchant,  and  the  six  acres 
and  three  roods  &c.  in  Terrington,  bought  of  Thomas  Adamson,  clerk,  and 
the  piece  of  pasture  ground  in  Terrington,  bought  of  Dorothy  Robbinson 
lately  containing  two  acres  and  one  rood,  to  have  and  to  hold  the  same  at 
the  age  of  twenty  and  four  years.  To  my  daughter  Amye  Goodwyn 
twenty  younds,  to  my  daughter  Anne  Hudson  twenty  pounds,  to  my  daughter 
Sarah  Linge  twenty  pounds,  and  to  my  daughter  Slanie  wife  of  John  Slanye 
twenty  pounds,  for  the  use  of  their  children.  Other  bequests  to  them.  To 
my  wife  Mary  Slanye  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  and  one  third  part  of 
my  brass,  linen  and  pewter,  the  other  two  thirds  to  be  divided  equally  be- 
tween my  daughters,  viz1  Amye  Goodwin,  Anne  Hudsou,  Sarah  Linge  and 
my  daughter  Slanye.  My  wife  shall  have  and  enjoy  all  her  own  house- 
hold stuff  that  is  in  the  house  which  was  her  own  before  I  married  her.  I 
give  to  my  daughter  Sarah  Linge  the  sum  of  twenty  five  pounds  which  was 
the  gift  of  her  uncle  Mr.  William  Atkin.  I  give  to  her  also  that  which  I 
promised  her  husband  in  marriage  and  which  he  now  hath  the  possession 
of,  the  mansion  house  &c.  in  South  Lynue  wherein  one  Leonard  Bowes 
now  dwelleth,  bought  of  one  William  Furnish. 

I  will  and  desire  that  the  sum  of  forty  pounds  be  paid  to  my  daughter 
Joane  Kinge  according  to  a  bond  entered  to  her  husband  before  marriage 
for  payment  of  fifty  pounds,  according  to  the  condition  of  the  said  bond; 
there  being  ten  pounds  paid  of  it  iu  New  England  already,  so  there  is  forty 
pounds  remaining  if  my  said  daughter  be  liviug  at  my  decease;  and  if  she 
depart  this  life  before  my  decease  then  my  desire  is  that  her  children  may 
have  the  said  forty  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Amye  Goodwyn  twenty  five 
pounds,  the  gift  of  her  uncle  Mr  William  Atkin.  To  my  daughter  Anne 
Hudson  (a  similar  gift  of  her  uncle).  My  daughter  Kinge  hath  had  her 
part,  and  John  Slanye  and  William  Slanye.  To  the  children  of  John  New- 
borne  dwelling  in  Essex  forty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  sister  Hodgekyn 
twenty  shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  John  Jackler  and  Mary  Jackler, 
the  two  children  of  my  wife  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  buy  rings.  To  four 
of  the  poorest  people  in  Snail  well  where  I  was  born  five  shillings  apiece. 
To  Mr.  Home  twenty  shillings  and  I  desire  him  to  preach  at  my  funeral. 
1  make  my  son  in  law  Thomas  Linge  of  Kings  Lynne,  merchant,  and  my 
friend  Thomas  Moore  of  Wisbitch  executors  and  my  friend  Mr  John  May, 
alderman,  overseer.  Fairfax,  82. 

James  Goffe  of  Clements  East  Cheap  in  London,  citizen  and. leather- 
seller  of  London,  17  January  1656,  proved  (with  Codicil  of  18  January) 


758  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

the  4th  February  1656.  Upou  marrying  with  my  dear  and  loving  wife 
Anne  Goffe  I  did  settle  and  convey  upon  her  for  life,  in  case  she  did  sur- 
vive me,  my  farm  and  lands  in  New  Alresford,  Southampton,  of  the  yearly 
value  of  four  score  pounds  or  thereabouts.  I  give  her  five  hundred  pounds 
besides,  she  not  to  claim  any  further  part,  either  by  law  or  by  the  Custom 
of  the  City  of  London.  Of  all  the  rest  my  four  children,  James,  Elizabeth, 
Mary  and  Deborah,  shall  have  one  full  third  part,  according  to  the  Custom 
of  the  City  of  London  (personal  estate).  And  the  rest  I  leave  as  follows 
&c.  To  wife  the  lease  of  my  house  at  Peckham,  Surrey,  and  the  goods, 
household  stuff  and  furniture  in  said  house,  except  the  wrought  cabinet  and 
the  several  things  in  the  same,  which  I  give  to  my  three  daughters,  only  my 
watch  therein,  which  I  give  to  my  son  James.  To  wife  certain  goods  in 
my  now  dwelling  house  in  Cannon  Street,  except  goods  &c.  in  the  shop  &c. 
To  son  James  my  farm  &c.  in  Alresford,  Co.  Southampton,  after  the  de- 
cease of  my  wife.  To  son  James,  towards  his  education  and  breeding 
abroad  till  he  shall  attain  his  full  age  of  sixteen  years,  the  yearly  sum  of 
fourteen  pounds  out  of  the  rents  &c.  of  my  farm  called  Shuttlehurst,  Sussex. 
To  my  eldest  daughter  Elizabeth,  for  and  towards  her  maintenance  and 
education,  the  lease  of  my  farm  which  I  hold  of  William  Marsh  in  Prittle- 
well  Essex,  taken  in  the  name  of  my  brother  Nicholas  Ady  (for  me).  I 
make  my  loving  brothers  Major  General  William  Goffe,  Nicholas  Ady,  and 
Edward  Bovery  executors  &c.  and  give  them  five  pounds  ten  shillings  apiece 
to  buy  them  diamond  rings  therewith,  to  wear  for  a  loving  remembrance  of 
me.  In  the  codicil  he  refers  to  a  former  wife  and  gives  to  Elizabeth  the 
chest  of  drawers  that  was  her  own  mothers.  Ruthen,  63. 

[Major-General  William  Goffe,  the  Regicide,  mentioned  as  his  brother  by  the 
testator,  came  to  New  England  with  his  father-in-law,  Col.  Edward  Whalley,  a 
cousin  of  Oliver  Cromwell,  the  Protector,  and  died  here.  See  Stiles's  "History 
of  Three  of  the  Judges  of  King  Charles  I." ;  and  "Letters  and  Papers  relating 
to  the  Regicides,"  in  the  Collections  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society, 
4th  series,  vol.  8,  pp.  122  to  225.  The  traditionary  story  of  Gen.  Goffe's  ap- 
pearance in  an  attack  by  the  Indians  on  Hadley,  where  he  was  then  concealed, 
and  leading  the  soldiers  to  repel  the  assault,  is  conclusively  disproved  by  Hon. 
George  Sheldon  in  the  Register,  vol.  28,  pp.  379-391.  Gen.  Goffe  was  a  son  of 
Rev.  Stephen  Goffe,  a  Puritan  divine,  rector  of  Stanmer,  Sussex,  England. — 
Editor.] 

Mildred  Hitch  of  London  widow,  11  February  1657,  proved  23  March 
1657.  To  my  brother  in  law  Maurice  Hitch  ten  pounds.  To  William 
Hitch,  his  son,  ten  pounds,  and  to  William  Hitch,  his  son,  grandchild  of 
the  said  Maurice,  ten  pounds.  To  my  kinsman  John  Hitch  ten  pounds  and 
to  his  son  John  Hitch  ten  pounds.  To  my  sister  Bridget  Bennett  an 
annuity  or  yearly  sum  of  five  and  twenty  pounds  to  be  issuing  and  payable 
out  my  lands,  tenements  &c.  in  Chilworth  in  the  parish  of  Milton  in  the 
County  of  Oxford.  To  my  niece  Martha  Andrewes  wife  of  John  Andrewes 
forty  pounds,  to  be  paid  into  her  own  hands  by  my  kinsman  William  Gibbs 
or  my  executor.  To  my  niece  Martha  Andrewes  an  annuity  of  four 
pounds  sterling  per  annum  for  fifteen  years  if  she  lives  so  long.  To  the 
said  John  Andrewes  and  his  eldest  son  five  shillings  and  to  his  sons  Ezekiel 
and  Francis  Andrewes  five  pounds  apiece.  To  my  kinsman  William  Gibbs 
five  shillings  as  a  remembrance.  To  my  kinswoman  Clemence  Gibbs, 
daughter  of  the  said  William,  one  hundred  pounds  at  one  and  twenty  or  day 
of  marriage.  To  my  kinswoman  Mary  Johnson  of  New  England,  formerly 
by  the  name  of  Mary  Hazard,  twenty  pounds.  To  every  of  them,  John 
Hazard,  Rebecca  Hazard  and  Hannah  Hazard,  children  of  my  said  kins- 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         759 

woman  Mary  Johnson,  by  a  former  husband,  twenty  pounds  apiece.  To 
my  kinswoman  Anne  daughter  of  John  Peircevall  five  pounds.  To  Mary 
late  wife  of  John  Peircevall  five  shillings.  My  friend  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hard- 
win  wife  of  Master  Grace  Hardwin.  To  Anne  Hitch,  sister  of  my  execu- 
tor, five  pounds.  To  my  kinsman  and  servant  Thomas  Hitch,  living  with 
me,  all  the  rest  and  residue  and  I  make  him  full  and  sole  executor,  and  my 
friends  Thomas  Staines  and  Grace  Hardwin,  waxchandlers,  overseers.  To 
the  said  Thomas  Hitch  my  messuage  &c.  in  Hehsley,  Oxon.  One  of  the 
witnesses  was  a  Grace  Hardwick.  Wootton,  115. 

Elizabeth  Kent  of  Sunning,  Berks,  widow,  16  September  1679,  proved 
8  June  1680.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  brother  Carey  Latham  of  New 
England  five  pounds ;  and  if  he  should  die  before  it  be  paid  the  five  pounds 
I  give  to  his  eldest  son.  To  my  cousin  Jesper  Latham  of  London,  stone- 
cutter, five  pounds  (with  the  same  proviso).  To  my  cousin  Christopher 
Smith  of  London,  gold  wyer  drawer,  five  pounds;  and  in  case  of  his  death 
before  it  be  paid  the  said  five  pounds  to  his  wife.  To  my  brother  John 
Latham  his  son's  daughter  five  pounds.  To  my  brother  Pagett  Latham 
his  son's  son  five  pounds.  To  my  son  John  Kent  of  London,  merchant, 
my  silver  tankard.  To  my  grand  daughter  Ruth  Kent  my  silver  porringer 
and  spoon.  To  my  grandson  John  Kent  my  wedding  ring.  To  my  grand- 
son Walter  Kent  my  great  bible.  To  the  wife  of  my  cousin  Jesper  Latham 
my  East  India  gown  lined  with  yellow.  To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Latham 
my  "mantow"  gown  lined  with  black  and  a  petticoat.  To  my  brother 
Carey  Latham  my  father's  picture.  To  the  wife  of  my  cousin  Christopher 
Smith  my  silver  bowl  and  one  of  my  best  green  petticoats.  To  M™  Anne 
Goffe  (certain  household  stuff).  To  eight  poor  widows  of  Sunning  town 
two  shillings  six  pence  apiece.  To  my  god  daughter  Hannah  Pearcy  five 
pounds.  To  my  godson  Henry  Young  twenty  shillings.  To  my  godson 
Richard  Newland  ten  shillings.  To  my  god  daughter  Elizabeth  Breach  and 
my  god  daughter  Small,  daughter  of  Thomas  Small  of  Burway,  ten  shillings 
each.  To  my  sister  M"  Katherine  Hunt  all  the  residue  of  my  moneys  and 
goods  &c,  and  she  to  be  my  whole  and  sole  executrix. 

Ralph  Pearcy  a  witness.  Bath,  82. 

[Carey  Latham,  called  a  brother  by  the  testator,  resided  at  Cambridge  as 
early  as  1639.  He  had  a  wife  Elizabeth.  He  removed  to  New  London,  Ct.,  and 
died  in  1685.     See  Paige's  Cambridge,  page  398. — Editor.] 

Walter  Kelway  of  Chelmsford,  Essex,  1  October  1650,  proved  28 
February  1650.  To  my  wife  Joanna  all  the  movable  goods  which  she 
brought  with  her  to  me,  and  certain  household  stuff  (including  a  wicker 
chair),  also  a  parcel  of  land  in  Writtle  and  three  score  pounds  of  money. 
He  culls  her  "  my  faithfull  yokefellowe."  Certain  property  to  be  sold  or 
disposed  of  for  the  best  advantage  of  my  three  daughters  in  New  England, 
namely  my  daughter  Margaret  Mountague,  my  daughter  Melcas  Snow  and 
my  daughter  Mary  Lane,  by  equal  portions.  Reference  to  grandchildren 
now  in  New  England  and  to  grandchildren  now  born  in  old  England.  My 
grand  child  Elizabeth  Kelway.  My  grand  child  John  Roper.  As  for  my 
two  houses  which  I  have  in  Rayleigh  in  Essex,  which  by  right  belongs  to 
my  two  daughters  Ruth  Caunte  and  to  my  daughter  Mary  Lane  of  Boston 
in  New  Fngland,  for  which  two  houses  I  have  taken  order  that  my  two 
daughters  8hall  yield  up  all  their  right  that  they  have  in  the  two  houses  to 
me  to  dispose  of  them,  and  then,  if  I  can  sell  them  in  my  life  time,  I  will 


760  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

the  moneys  for  which  they  be  sold  it  shall  be  divided  into  three  parts  and 
shall  be  for  my  three  daughters  in  New  England  before  mentioned;  but  if 
I  cannot  sell  the  two  houses  in  my  life  time  then  it  must  rest  to  be  dis- 
posed of  by  my  daughter  Mary  Lane  after  my  death,  and  she  must  take  the 
two  houses  for  her  portion  if  no  more  will  fall  to  her  share.  But  yet  in 
the  meantime  I  give  and  do  bequeath  to  my  three  daughters  in  New  Eng- 
land twenty  pounds  apiece.  To  my  grandchildren  in  New  England  already 
born  before  this  1  October  1650  four  pounds  apiece.  To  my  grandchild 
Elizabeth  Kelway,  the  daughter  of  my  son  Jonathan  Kelway  deceased,  for 
her  better  bringing  up,  twenty  pouuds,  and  three  pounds  of  this  twenty  the 
mother  of  the  child  has  already  received,  and  twenty  shillings  more  every 
quarter  shall  the  mother  of  this  my  grandchild  receive  &c.  To  my  grand- 
child John  Roper  four  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  Chelmsford  and  Moulsham. 
Wife,  to  be  executrix  and  Mr.  Richard  Holbrough  to  be  my  overseer. 
One  of  the  witnesses  was  a  Sarah  Kellum.  Grey,  26. 

[The  reference  to  the  above  will  was  given  me  by  our  friend  Mr.  W.  S. 
Appleton.  H.  F.  W.] 

Since  Mr.  Waters  has  mentioned  my  name,  I  will  add  that  I  noted  this  will 
in  1888,  and  lately  asked  him  to  include  it  in  the  "  Gleanings,"  as  possibly  in- 
teresting to  three  families  in  this  country.  According  to  Savage  the  three 
daughters  were  evidently  the  wives  respectively  of  Griffin  Mountague,  Thomas 
Snow  and  William  Lane. — William  S.  Appleton.] 

Charles  Frothingham  of  Birchhanger  Hall  in  the  Co.  of  Essex,  gen- 
tleman, 24  July  1652,  proved  22  May  1656.  To  wife  Margaret  twenty 
pounds  (over  and  above  the  benefit  of  the  two  hundred  pounds  during  her 
life  in  her  brother  Rant's  hand)  and  the  annuity  of  forty  pounds  a  year  for 
life.  To  son  Charles  my  leases  of  the  mauor  and  mill  of  Birch  hanger. 
To  son  Christopher  two  hundred  pounds  at  four  and  twenty.  If  he  die 
before  attaining  to  that  age  then  it  shall  go  to  my  eldest  son  and  executor. 
To  second  son  Stephen  a  yearly  sum  of  twenty  pounds  for  life  &c.  To 
daughter  Anne  Evans,  wife  of  William  Evans  an  annuity  of  twenty  pounds 
for  life.  To  grandchild  Charles  Evans  ten  pounds  to  bind  him  an  appren- 
tice. To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Frothingham  five  pounds.  To  Bridget 
Frothingham  twenty  shillings.  To  Peter  Frothingham  twenty  shillings. 
To  Katherine  Stampe,  wife  of  Martin  Stampe  living  at  Heddington  near 
Oxford,  twenty  shillings.  To  my  two  sisters  in  Yorkshire  five  pouuds 
apiece  if  it  be  demanded.  To  my  friend  Robert  Abbott  of  London,  scri- 
vener, five  pounds  and  to  his  wife  twenty  shillings  for  a  ring,  as  a  token  of 
my  love.  To  Stephen  Rant  of  Quie  (Quy)  in  Cambridge,  clerk,  twenty 
shillings  in  token  of  my  love  and  respect.  To  my  cousin  Mr  Goldsmith 
twenty  shillings.  To  my  friend  Richard  Tisdale,  taylor,  in  Gray's  Inn  Lane 
ten  shillings.  To  my  brother  John  Frothingham,  if  living,  ten  pounds,  to 
be  paid  when  he  shall  demand  the  same.  The  residue  to  my  son  Charles 
Frothingham,  whom  I  make  executor,  and  I  desire  my  said  brother  Stephen 
Rant  and  my  friend  Robert  Abbott  to  be  overseers  &c.        Berkley,  181. 

[The  recurrence  of  the  name  Peter  Frothingham  in  the  above  will  made  me 
deem  it  worth  preserving.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Tobias  Fellgate  being  in  Westover  in  Virginia  aud  having  been  for 
the  space  of  eight  days  or  thereabouts,  sick  in  body  and  so  then  continuing, 
but  of  sound  and  perfect  memory,  being  requested  by  one  Mr  Jeremy  Black- 
man  and  others  then  present,  made  his  will  April  1635,  proved  23  April 
1635.     To  his  eldest  son  William  Fellgate  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds, 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  761 

to  be  paid  upon  demand.  To  his  daughter  Sarah  Fellgate  two  hundred 
and  fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  at  her  day  of  marriage  and  if  she  died  before 
she  were  married  (sic)  then  the  said  legacy  to  be  paid  to  the  said  William 
his  son.  If  William  should  die  before  demanding  his  legacy  then  he  be- 
queathed the  said  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  unto  Sarah  his  wife.  And 
if  both  children  died  then  the  said  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  to  come  to 
his  wife.  To  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Minifie  dwelling  in  Virginia  ten  pounds.  To 
a  youth  called  Tobias  of  Berry  forty  pounds.  Wife  Sarah  to  be  sole  execu- 
trix and  William  Fellgate  and  Mr  Greene  his  overseers. 

The  witnesses  were  Jeremy  Blackman,  Peter  Swyer,  James  Jones  and 
Robert  Page,  in  the  presence  of  Salomon  Smith.  Sadler,  38. 

John  Deeslet  of  Stepney,  Middlesex,  shipwright,  2  June  1634,  proved 
19  January  1634.  To  my  reverend  friend  Mr.  Richard  Sedgwicke,  preacher 
of  God's  word  in  Wapping,  five  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  the  hamlet  other 
five  pounds.  My  wife  Frances  shall  hold  and  enjoy  the  tenements  and 
gardens  in  Wapping  which  I  hold  by  five  several  leases,  according  to  the 
agreement  between  her  and  me  upon  our  marriage.  This  for  her  life;  and 
after  her  decease  I  bequeath  to  my  son  Thomas  my  interest  in  my  now 
dwelling  house  &c.  which  I  hold  of  Mrs.  Heard  and  my  interest  in  the 
garden  which  I  hold  of  one  Tibballs,  and  my  interest  in  the  tenements  in 
Gun  Alley  in  Wapping  now  in  the  several  occupations  of  John  Hughes, 
widow  Clawson,  goodman  Minstrell,  goodman  Salter,  goodman  Webb,  good- 
man  Bromage  and  one  Mills.  To  son  John,  after  my  wife's  death,  my 
interest  in  the  Gun  Tavern  in  Wapping  and  in  the  tenements  now  or  late 
in  the  occupation  of  John  Taylor  and  the  shops  under  it  and  in  the  two 
tenements  in  the  plank  yard  &c.  I  am  part  owner  in  divers  ships  and 
vessels.  Composition  money  to  be  paid  for  the  houses  dock  and  wharfs  &c. 
now  in  the  occupations  of  John  Dersley  aud  Thomas  Hawkins,  out  of  the 
sale  of  some  of  the  shipping.  Of  the  rest  of  my  shipping,  tackle,  furniture 
&c.  I  give  one  moiety  to  my  wife  and  the  other  to  my  two  sons.  The  rest 
of  my  goods  &c.  to  my  wife  and  sons.  As  touching  the  disposing  of  my 
freehold  lands,  tenements  &c.  in  the  several  occupations  of  my  son  John 
Dersley  and  the  said  Thomas  Hawkins,  lying  between  the  tenement  o  Sir 
John  Winter,  in  the  occupation  of  John  Brady,  on  the  West  and  a  tene- 
ment of  the  Hospital  of  S'  Thomas  in  Southwark,  in  the  occupation  of  one 
Dogget  on  the  East,  one  third  thereof  I  give  to  my  wife  Frances  for  term 
of  life,  in  lieu  of  her  dower,  and  the  other  two  parts  I  give  to  my  two  sons. 

And  my  will  and  mind  is  that  the  assurances  of  my  said  freehold  lands 
&c.  which  are  to  be  made  upon  the  said  composition  shall  be  taken  in  the 
names  of  my  son  Ting  and  of  Mr  Syse  and  Gibbs  and  others,  according  to 
a  book  and  directions  already  drawn  by  my  counsel  to  the  uses  specified  in 
this  my  will.  I  make  the  said  Frances  my  wife  sole  executrix  and  my 
friends  Thomas  Wright  of  Ipswich  and  my  brother  Robert  Risley  overseers. 
And  whereas  I  have  demised  to  Thomas  Hawkins  a  plank  yard  &c.  for 
which  he  pays  me  twenty  pounds  per  annum,  I  give  the  said  plankeyard  to 
my  wife  and  my  two  sons.  I  give  to  my  overseers  five  pounds  apiece,  to 
my  sister  Bowie  forty  shillings,  to  Captain  Edward  Johnson  my  watch,  to 
my  brother  Bowie  my  seal  ring,  to  my  son  William  Ting  and  Anne  his 
wife  fifty  shillings  apiece,  to  Thomasine  Humfrey  the  sawyer's  wife  twenty 
shillings.     Son  Thomas  under  twenty  one.  Sadler,  4. 


762  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

John  Johnson  of  Chart  next  Sutton  Valence,  Kent,  gentleman,  5  Nov- 
ember 1627,  proved  12  November  1627.  I  stand  seized  of  forty  acres  of 
woodland  ground  in  Hollingborne  Kent  and  three  score  acres  of  arable  and 
pasture  land  in  Chart.  My  wife  Katalyna  Johnson  now  with  child.  I  give 
and  bequeath  unto  my  brother  Edward  Johnson,  gen4,  twenty  pounds,  in 
one  year  after  my  decease.  To  my  sister  Rose  Chylld  ten  pounds,  in  one 
year  and  a  half  &c.  To  her  four  children,  viz*  Thomas,  Dorothy,  Robert 
and  Elizabeth  Chyld,  to  every  of  them  thirty  shillings,  in  one  year  and  a 
half  &c.  To  my  brother  Robert  Johnson's  four  children,  Johu,  Elizabeth, 
Robert  and  Katheriue  Johnson  forty  pounds,  to  be  equally  divided  &c. 
when  they  shall  [have]  accomplished  their  ages  of  eighteen  years  apiece. 
To  wife  Katalyna  for  her  jointure,  out  of  my  lands,  six  score  pounds  by 
the  year. 

Item,  I  geeue  and  bequeath  unto  my  sister  Susanna  Locke's  fower  chil- 
dren, viz.  Ann,  Mary,  Susanna  and  Margaret,  to  euery  of  them  the  sum  of 
five  shillings.  To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Asquew's  two  daughters  two  shillings 
and  six  pence  apiece.  The  child  my  wife  now  goeth  with.  To  my  said 
wife  the  household  stuff  which  I  now  possess  and  was  sent  down  into  Kent 
unto  me  and  my  said  wife  by  my  mother  in  law  Ann  Cole.  To  her  also 
my  brown  nag  with  the  side  saddle.  To  my  brother  in  law  Alexander 
Chyld  forty  shillings  to  make  him  a  ring.  I  do  in  duty  which  I  do  bear 
unto  Thomas  Johnson,  my  father,  make  him  my  said  father,  Thomas  John- 
son, my  sole  executor,  and  he  shall  bestow  one  hundred  pounds  upon  my 
funeral  and  my  brother  Alexander  Child  shall  help  to  manage  the  same 
business.  If  my  father  do  happen  to  depart  this  life  before  my  child,  if  it 
be  a  man  child,  do  accomplish  the  age  of  eighteen  years  then  my  brother 
Edward  Johnson  shall  take  and  have^the  executorship. 

A  codicil  added  6  November  1627  (affecting  the  jointure). 

Proved  by  the  father,  Thomas  Johnson;  but  on  the  8th  of  June  1630 
probate  was  granted  to  Edward  Johnson,  by  reason  of  the  death  of  the 
father.  Skynner,  113. 

Thomas  Johnson  of  Chart  next  Sutton  Vallence  in  the  County  of  Kent, 
gentleman,  21  January  4th  Charles,  proved  8  May  1630.  To  be  buried  in 
the  church  of  Chart  near  unto  the  body  of  my  deceased  wife.  The  poor  of 
Chart.  My  son  Robert  Johnson.  John,  one  of  the  sous  of  my  said  son 
Robert.  Robert,  Elizabeth  and  Katheriue,  other  the  children  of  my  said 
son  Robert  (at  their  several  ages  of  one  and  twenty  years).  Item,  I  give 
to  my  son  Edward  Johnson  twenty  shillings,  to  be  paid  within  four  years 
after  my  decease.  Item,  I  give  to  my  daughter  Rosanna  Childes  ten  pounds, 
to  be  paid  also  within  four  years  &c.  To  my  said  daughter  Rosanna's 
children,  Thomas,  Robert,  Dorothy  and  Elizabeth,  viz1  to  Thomas  five 
pounds,  to  Robert  forty  shillings,  to  Dorothy  ten  shillings  and  to  Elizabeth 
forty  shillings,  to  be  severally  paid  unto  them  at  their  several  ages  of  one 
and  twenty.  My  servant  John  Hide.  My  servant  Elizabeth  Goldwier. 
To  my  son  in  law  Alexander  Childe  forty  shillings  to  make  him  a  ring. 
To  my  grandchild  Stephen  Johnson,  the  son  of  John  Johnson  late  deceased, 
twenty  shillings,  at  one  and  twenty.  The  residue  to  my  son  Thomas  John- 
son, whom  I  do  make,  constitute,  ordain  and  appoint  the  sole  executor  of 
this  my  last  will  and  testament,  and  I  hereby  give  and  bequeath  unto  my 
said  son  Thomas  my  messuage  or  tenement,  and  the  lands  thereunto  be- 
longing &c.  in  the  parish  of  Yaldinge,  Kent,  and  called  or  known  by  the 
name  of  Pickfishe,  and  all  other  my  messuages,  lands  &c.  in  Kent. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  763 

Sententia  pro  valore  &c,  8  May  1630,  &c,  in  judicio  inter  Tltomam 
Johnson,  Jilium  naturalem  et  Itimu.  et  executorem  "Qmoven.  ex  una  et  Ed- 
wardum  Johnson,  Jilium  nellem  et  Itimu.  eiusdem  defuncti,  partem  contra 
quam  hoi.  negotium  promovetur,  necnon  Johannem  Fish  notarium  pubcum. 
curatorem  ad  lites  Stephano  Johnson  nepoti  ex  filio  &c  Scroop©,  47. 

William  Lock  of  Wimbledon,  Surrey,  gen',  10  June  1661,  proved  7 
June  1664.  Certain  houses,  with  their  appurtenances,  standing  and  being 
in  the  parish  of  St.  Savior's  Southwark  given  and  bequeathed  by  Mr  Roger 
Cole,  my  father  in  law,  to  Susanna,  my  well  beloved  wife,  and  her  children. 
My  three  eldest  daughters,  Hannah,  Susanna  and  Margaret,  I  have  be- 
stowed in  marriage.  I  shall  leave  an  estate  in  land  for  my  son  Thomas 
and  by  this  my  will  provide  for  my  daughter  Elizabeth.  To  my  daughter 
Sarah  Lock  five  brick  tenements  and  another  house,  known  formerly  by 
the  name  of  the  Gaden  House,  all  standing  upon  the  ground  given  by  Mr 
Roger  Cole.  To  my  daughter  Jane  Locke  two  houses  next  the  Thames, 
in  the  said  parish,  now  or  late  in  the  tenure  of  Mr.  Robert  Bowes  or 
his  assigns.  To  my  wife  Susanna  that  parcel  of  land  with  four  brick 
tenements  thereon  built,  commonly  called  the  Beane  Acre,  in  Lambeth, 
Surrey,  she  to  give  two  hundred  pounds  to  ray  daughter  Elizabeth,  towards 
a  portion  for  her.  And  I  also  give  and  bequeath  to  my  wife  all  other  my 
personal  estate  &c,  she  paying  my  debts  and  legacies  and  discharging  my 
funeral;  and  I  make  my  said  wife  Susanna  full  and  sole  executrix.  To  the 
poor  of  Wimbledon  three  pounds. 

On  the  margin  is  written — "  7  Junii  j'664  Recepi  testament  originat. 
Su:  Lock."     (This  signature  is  evidently  in  her  own  handwriting). 

Bruce,  37. 

Jane  Locke  one  of  the  daughters  of  William  Lock,  gen*,  deceased,  hav- 
ing one  hundred  pounds  in  money  at  my  own  dispose,  make  my  last  will 
and  testament  19  March  1669,  proved  25  October  1670.  I  give  and  be- 
queath the  sum  of  twenty  pounds  to  my  dear  and  honobIe  mother  Mrs. 
Susanna  Lock.  I  give  and  bequeath  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  to  my  brother 
Mr  Thomas  Lock.  I  give  and  bequeath  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds  to  my 
sister  Mrs.  Hannah  Bragne.  I  give  and  bequeath  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  to 
my  sister  Mrs.  Margaret  Willoughby.  I  give  and  bequeath  the  sum  of  twenty 
pounds  to  my  sister  M"  Elizabeth  Lock.  I  give  and  bequeath  the  sum  of 
five  pounds  to  be  divided  between  the  two  children  of  my  sister  Willoughby, 
that  is  to  say,  to  Francis  and  Susanna  fifty  shillings  apiece.  I  give  to 
Susannah  Lock  and  Hanna  Lock,  children  of  my  brother,  twenty  shillings 
apiece  and  also  to  the  children  of  my  sister  Stephenson,  Susanna  and  Mary, 
twenty  shillings  apiece.  I  give  the  sum  of  five  pounds  to  be  paid  to  some 
poor,  honest  people  as  my  brother,  Mr  Thomas  Bragne  shall  see  fit,  desir- 
ing him  to  distribute  it.  I  also  give  the  sum  of  forty  shilling  to  be  dis- 
tributed to  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Wimbledon  at  the  discretion  of  my 
executrix.  Lastly  I  give  and  bequeath  the  little  remainder  of  my  hundred 
pounds,  not  herein  given,  to  my  dear  mother  Mrs.  Susanna  Lock,  whom  I, 
with  her  leave,  make  full  and  sole  executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  testa- 
ment. Penn,  136. 

[The  four  preceding  wills  have  a  value  as  bearing  on  the  connections  of  our 
Deputy  Governor,  Francis  Willoughby.  The  two  Johnson  wills  may  also  ac- 
quire an  additional  interest  hereafter  if  we  are  so  lucky  as  to  trace  any  connec- 
tion between  them  and  our  famous  Captain  Edward  Johnson  and  Dr.  Robert 
Chyld,  who  were  both  men  of  Kent.  Henry  F.  Watbrs.] 


764  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Henry  Peyton  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  Middlesex,  Esq.  10  December  1655, 
proved  6  May  1656.  To  my  faithfully  loving  and  dearly  beloved  wife 
Katherine  four  thousand  pounds  and  the  lease  of  my  house  wherein  I  now 
dwell  in  Chancery  Lane,  which  I  hold  of  Magdalen  College  in  Oxford,  and 
all  my  estate,  right,  title  and  term  of  years  therein  to  come,  for  her  better 
support  and  livelihood.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Peyton  one  thousand  pounds 
at  eighteen  or  day  of  marriage.  To  my  sons  Vallentine,  Laurauce  and  John 
five  hundred  pounds  apiece  within  four  years  after  my  decease.  To  my 
sons  Saudis  Peyton  and  Charles  Peyton  eight  hundred  pounds  apiece,  to 
Sandis  at  six  and  twenty  and  to  Charles  at  one  and  twenty:  and  my  execu- 
trix to  allow  to  my  son  Charles  thirty  pounds  a  year  for  his  educatiou  and 
maintenance  at  school,  out  of  the  proceeds  of  his  said  portion,  until  he  shall 
accomplish  his  said  age.  To  my  daughters  Margaret  Raven  and  Bridget 
Humphry  a  hundred  pounds  apiece,  to  buy  them  and  their  husbands  mourn- 
ing. To  Mistrese  Mary  Bateman,  my  wife's  sister,  one  hundred  pounds,  in 
one  year,  but  her  husband  to  have  nothing  to  do  with  it  or  any  part  of  it. 
To  my  grand  children  John  Raven,  Henry  Raven  and  Edmund  Humphry 
fifty  pounds  apiece,  at  eighteen  years  of  age  respectively,  and  to  Katherine 
Humphry,  daughter  of  my  said  son  and  daughter  Humphry,  fifty  pounds, 
at  eighteen  or  day  of  marriage.  To  my  brother  Master  William  Peyton 
twenty  pounds,  to  buy  him  and  his  son  William  mourning,  and  to  my 
cousins  William  and  Henry  Peyton,  sons  of  my  brother  Edmond,  ten 
pounds  apiece,  to  buy  them  mourning  or  rings  to  wear  for  my  sake.  The 
rest  of  my  estate  to  my  wife  Katherine,  whom  I  make  and  ordain  to  be 
sole  and  only  executrix. 

Wit:   William  Bampfeild,  Philip  Bamfeild.  Berkley,  145. 

Giles  Davis  of  Chippiuge  Sodbury,  Co.  Gloucester,  yeoman,  5  Jan- 
uary 1640,  proved  27  May  1641.  Wife  Margaret.  Two  daughters  Mary 
and  Anne.  My  loving  father  Tobias  Davis  and  loving  brother  Robert  to 
be  executors  of  my  will  and  guardians  of  my  children.  William  Ellery 
one  of  the  witnesses.  Evelyn,  60. 

[This,  I  think,  is  the  only  will  in  which  I  have  found  the  name  of  Tobias 
Davis,  well  known  in  New  England.  Understanding  that  Mr.  J.  H.  Lea  was 
taking  notes  of  the  name  I  gave  the  reference  to  him,  and  called  attention  to 
the  mention  of  Tobias  as  a  christian  name.  Afterwards  I  learned  from  him 
that  he  could  not  get  any  more  light  on  the  question  of  a  possible  connection 
of  this  family  with  our  Roxbury  family  of  Davis.  The  will  of  Robert  Davis  of 
Little  Sodbury  was  proved  1680  (Bath,  78).  In  both  cases  the  signature  was 
Avritten  Davis,  although  in  the  copy  of  the  above  will  it  was  written  Davies. 

Henry  F.  Waters.] 

William  Weare  of  Tregonye,  Cornwall,  yeoman,  8  January  1619, 
proved  20  May  1G23.  To  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Cubie.  To  the 
church  of  Cuby.  To  my  daughter  Margery,  wife  of  Arthur  Eustis  twenty 
shillings.  To  my  daughter  Margery's  four  children,  viz'  Arthur  Lypping- 
cott,  Richard  Lyppingcott,  Maude  Lyppingcott  and  Johane  Lyppingcott, 
two  shillings  and  six  pence  apiece.  To  Otes  Tillam  als  Jeles  the  like  sum. 
The  residue  to  Susan  Weare,  my  now  wife,  whom  I  make  full  and  whole 
executrix. 

Wit:  John  Williams  and  Philip  Cooke.  Swann,  38. 

[The  foregoing  will,  also,  I  have  preserved  for  the  reason  that  it  contains 
the  only  reference,  thus  far,  to  a  Richard  Lippincott  which  I  have  found  in  my 
researches  here.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  765 

Philip  Hampson,  citizen  and  merchant  tailor  of  London,  2  June  1654, 
proved  4  July  1654.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St. 
Michael  Queenhithe  London.  To  Samuel  Hampson,  my  eldest  son,  one 
hundred  pounds,  at  twenty  one,  together  with  fifty  pounds  more  of  the  debts 
now  owing  me  by  Sir  William  Killigrew,  if  the  same  debts  shall  be  had  and 
received.  To  Jonathan,  my  youngest  son,  one  hundred  and  twenty  pounds 
at  twenty  one,  and  fifty  pounds  of  the  same  debt  &c.     Household  effects  to 

each. 

Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  daughter  Beatrice  Josselyne  the  wife  of 
Abraham  Josselyn  the  sum  of  five  pounds  and  unto  the  said  Abraham  Josselin 
I  give  ten  shillings  and  all  such  debts  and  sums  of  money  which  he  oweth 
me  except  one  of  thirty  one  pounds  that  he  oweth  me  upon  bond.  I  give 
and  bequeath  unto  Abraham  Josselin  and  Philip  Josselyn  my  grand  chil- 
dren five  pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid  unto  them  when  and  as  they  shall  sev- 
erally and  respectively  attain  unto  the  age  of  twenty  one  years.  To  my 
daughter  Hannah  Philipps  twenty  shillings  and  to  Hugh  Philipps  her  hus- 
band ten  shillings  and  to  Hugh  Philipps  my  grandchild  five  pounds  at 
twenty  one.  To  Anne  Webb  my  wife's  kinswoman  five  pounds  at  her  day 
of  marriage.  To  my  sister  Mary  Delfe  twenty  shillings.  To  my  sister  in 
law  Elizabeth  Talbott  twenty  shillings.  To  John  and  Nicholas  Hampson, 
the  two  sous  of  my  late  brother  Richard,  ten  shillings  apiece,  if  they  come 
and  demand  it,  and  to  Margaret  and  Anne  daughters  of  my  said  late  brother 
Richard  twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  brother  Mr  Robert  Bedford  of 
Coventry  and  my  friend  Mr  Henry  Madocks,  dyer,  my  overseers  &c,  twenty 
shillings  apiece  as  a  remembrance  of  my  love  unto  them.  The  rest  to  my 
wife  Anne  whom  I  make  sole  executrix.  Alchin,  41. 

[Abraham  Josselyn  of  Hingham,  Mass.,  supposed  to  be  a  son  of  Thomas  of 
the  same  place,  had  a  wife  Beatrice  (See  Savage's  Dictionary).  It  is  not  known 
whether  this  family  is  related  to  Henry  Josselyn,  "the  first  and  only  Royal 
Chief  Magistrate  of  Maine,"  whose  pedigree  with  an  account  of  himself  will  be 
found  in  the  Register,  vol.  40,  pp.  290-4.  — Editor.] 

John  Fry  of  Combe  Sl  Nicholas,  Somerset,  gen',  2  January  1635,  proved 
20  November  1638.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Combe  S* 
Nichola's.  The  children  of  my  sisters  that  are  now  living.  My  wife  Dor- 
othy. My  kinsman  Robert  Chute  and  Julyan,  his  wife.  My  servant  John 
Luffe.  Lands  in  Combe  S*  Nicholas  lately  purchased  of  Edward  Rossiter, 
gen1,  deceased.     Brother  in  law  Johu  Richards.     Cousin  David  Yea. 

Lee,  166. 

[George  Frye  of  Weymouth,  Mass.  was  from  Combe  St.  Nicholas  and  March 
5,  1673-4,  being  then  about  58  years  old,  testified  in  relation  to  William  Torrey 
and  his  son  Samuel  Avho  were  of  Combe  St.  Nicholas  and  came  in  the  same  ship 
with  him  in  1640.  See  Suffolk  Deeds,  viii.  392,  and  Gleanings  in  the  Register, 
vol.  45,  page  302  (ante,  p.  550).  John  Erye  of  Newbury  and  Andover,  Mass. 
from  Basing,  Hants.,  who  came  to  New  England  in  the  Bevis  of  Hampton  in 
1635,  is  not  known  to  be  related  to  George.  A  tabular  pedigree  of  his  descen- 
dants is  printed  in  the  Register,  vol.  8,  pp.  226-7. — Editor.] 

Jonas  de  Peister,  born  at  Ghaunt,  at  present  dwelling  at  London,  son 
of  late  Jooas  de  Peister,  also  of  Gaunte,  5  December  1638,  proved  29  De- 
cember 1638.  "  Findinge  myself  weakned  with  an  Ague."  Wife  to  be 
executrix.  Poor  of  the  Dutch  Congregation.  Poor  of  the  Congregation 
at  Haerlem.  My  cousin  William  de  Peister  that  dwelleth  with  me  (at  24). 
Peter  de  Peister,  brother  of  William,  "because  he  is  sickley."  Elizabeth 
de  Key,  my  niece,  daughter  of  my  sister  Mary,  begotten  by  Jacob  de  Key, 


766         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

the  son  of  Michael.  George  Barker,  serving  with  me.  Our  daughter 
Anne.  Wife,  if  with  child.  At  death  of  child  or  children  and  marriage  of 
wife  to  my  right  heirs,  viz',  John,  James  and  Lieueu  de  Peister  the  children 
of  Joos  de  Peister,  the  children  of  Mary  de  Peister.  My  wife's  brothers 
Peter  and  Josias  Crosse.  I  most  friendly  require  my  brother  James  and 
Lieuen  de  Peyster  and  first  my  father  in  law  William  Crosse,  Mr.  Nicholas 
Corselis,  cousin  William  de  Peister  and  George  Barker  for  to  be  overseers 
of  this  my  testament.  [Among  the  names  of  witnesses  was  that  of  George 
Parker  (not  Barker).     The  widow's  name  not  given  in  Probate  Act.] 

Lee,  172. 

Priscilla  Harris  of  Northam,  Devon,  spinster,  11  January  1650, 
proved  12  September  1651.  The  poor  of  Northam  and  of  Barnestable.  I 
give  and  bequeath  unto  my  sister  Agnes  living  in  New  England  twenty 
pounds  and  to  her  children  thirty  pounds,  equally  to  be  divided  amongst 
them.  My  sister  Mary  Gribble.  My  dwelling  houses  in  Budporte  in 
Barnstable.  My  cousin  Priscilla  Baker.  My  cousin  Bartholomew  Stra- 
bridge.  My  brother  Richard  Harris  his  daughters.  My  cousin  Rebecca 
Harris.  My  sister  Philip  Greade.  My  master  and  mistress  Leigh  and 
their  son  in  law  Mr.  John  Berry.  My  brother  in  law  John  Gread  and 
sister  Philip  his  wife.  Mr.  William  Berry  and  his  sister  Honor.  The  rest 
of  their  brothers  and  sisters.  Bartholomew  Shapton  the  younger  and  his 
two  sisters  and  brother  John  Shapton.  My  master  William  Leigh.  Brother 
Richard  Harris  to  be  sole  executor.  Grey,  173. 

John  Cooke  of  Sprowston,  Norfolk,  yeoman,  29  January  1650,  proved 
13  November  1C54.  To  my  wife  Elizabeth  all  my  houses  and  lands  in 
Norwich,  which  I  bought  of  Erasmus  Alesson,  clerk,  lying  and  being  in  the 
parish  of  St.  George,  Colgate ;  also  two  closes  in  Burston  for  her  natural 
life.  To  Dorothy  wife  of  Edward  Potts  of  Cambridge  all  my  houses  &c. 
after  the  decease  of  my  wife  Elizabeth,  subject  to  certain  legacies.  To 
Elizabeth  Parlet  wife  James  Parlitte  of  Hingham  ten  pounds,  to  Anne  the 
wife  of  Edmund  Pitts  in  New  England,  if  she  come  to  demand  it,  ten 
pounds,  to  Mary  Pitcher  daughter  of  Isaac  Pitcher  the  elder,  of  Hingham, 
ten  pounds  and  to  Sarah  (another  daughter)  ten  pounds.  To  Isaac  Jyssoppe 
(Jessopp?)  son  of  Thomas  Jyssoppe  the  elder  my  two  closes  in  Burston  he 
to  pay  to  his  brother's  four  eldest  children  five  pounds  apiece  at  eighteen 
years  of  age.     Wife  Elizabeth  executrix.  Alchin,  270. 

John  Smith  of  South  wold,  Suffolk,  gentleman,  4  November  1650,  proved 
8  February  1650.  To  John  Smith,  my  eldest  son,  at  his  age  of  four  and 
twenty  years,  the  house  called  the  Lyon  in  Southwold,  he  to  pay  out  of  it 
ten  pounds  apiece  to  my  daughter  Anne  and  my  son  Robert  and  to  my 
daughter  Mary.  My  request  is  Mr.  Harrison  should  give  a  release  of  the 
Lyon  according  to  his  promise,  otherwise  that  the  two  hundred  pound 
bonds  due  to  me  from  him  should  be  prosecuted  for  the  good  of  my  children. 
To  my  daughter  Anne,  after  the  decease  of  my  wife,  those  houses  that 
were  lately  Webb's  and  Cockerell's,  and  my  wife  shall  pay  out  of  those 
houses  three  pounds  every  year  during  her  life  to  my  daughter  Anne.  To 
my  daughter  Phebe  the  house  upon  the  Common  after  the  decease  of  my 
wife.  To  my  son  Robert  the  house  in  the  Lane  that  was  lately  Pinne's, 
after  the  decease  of  my  wife.  To  my  daughter  Mary  the  house  that  was 
lately  Mason's  after  the  decease  of  my  wife.  To  my  wife  all  my  movable 
goods,  stock,  shipping,  for  the  payment  of  my  debts  and  for  the  bringing  up 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  767 

of  uiy  children.  Aud  after  her  decease  my  daughter  Anne  shall  have  out 
of  the  same  ten  pounds,  my  daughter  Phebe  ten  pounds,  my  son  Robert 
twenty  pounds  and  my  daughter  Mary  twenty  pounds.  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  my  wife  a  house  and  all  debts  in  estate  in  New  England  during  her 
life,  and  after  her  decease  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  my  children.  To 
my  sister  Phebe  Smith  a  gold  ring  and  twenty  shillings.  I  make  my  wife 
Hellen  Smith  executrix  and  desire  Mr  Thomas  Spurdauce  my  son  in  law 
and  Mr.  William  Smith  my  cousin  to  be  supervisors.  Grey,  39. 

Claree  Thatcher  of  Woolsackaller  in  Hounsditch,  St.  Buttolph's 
without  Aldgate,  London,  widow,  9  April  1656,  proved  19  April  1656. 
To  my  loving  sister  Mary  Langham,  wife  of  Richard  Langham,  twenty 
gilders  sterling  money.  To  my  loving  friend  and  brother  in  the  faith 
Anthony  Trayford,  five  pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England.  To  my  nurse 
Margery  Beale  forty  shillings.  To  Elenor  Shilcock  twenty  shillings.  To 
my  daughter  Sarah  Hancocke,  wife  of  Robert  Hancock  of  Amsterdam,  silk 
dyer,  the  sum  of  five  shillings  and  no  more.  All  which  legacies  my  desire 
is  shall  be  paid  unto  the  several  and  respective  legatees  aforesaid  within 
six  months  next  after  the  death  or  departure  out  of  this  mortal  life  of  me 
the  said  Claree  Thatcher.  I  give,  will  and  bequeath  unto  Mary  Moody 
daughter  of  James  Moody  of  Stepney,  mariner,  a  debt  of  forty  shillings  due 
unto  me  from  her  said  father.  All  the  rest  and  residue  of  my  goods  &c.  to 
my  loving  son  Humble  Thatcher,  whom  I  ordain  and  make  sole  executor  &c. 

Wit:  Ralph  Grafton,  William  Cock,  John  Butler  Scr. 

Berkley,  128. 

[I  would  suggest  that  the  testatrix  of  the  above  will  was  the  widow  of  An- 
thony Thatcher  referred  to  by  his  brother  Thomas  as  "in  the  Seperation "  (see 
Reg.  vol.  47,  p.  131,  ante,  p.  676).  The  rather  odd  name  Clarey  (Claree),  the 
bequest  of  twenty  "gilders,"  the  reference  to  a  friend  as  a  "Brother  in  the 
fayth,"  and  to  a  son-in-law  as  "of  Amsterdam,"  all  seem  to  show  this.  Let 
me  say,  too,  that  I  have  had  the  references  to  those  Thatcher  wills  already 
printed,  for  nearly  ten  years,  and  only  refrained  from  publishing  them  long  ago 
for  the  reason  that  I  felt  so  extremely  doubtful  as  to  the  identity  of  Anthony 
Thatcher.  I  could  not  believe  that  the  Anthony  Thatcher  who  was  "in  the 
Seperation  "  was  our  man  who  was  wrecked  off  Cape  Ann. 

Henry  F.  Waters.] 

John  Burton  of  London,  gen1,  7  December  1626,  proved  23  June  1627. 
I  give  and  bequeath  my  manor  of  Barons  in  Essex  and  all  messuages,  lands, 
tenements  &c.  thereunto  belonging,  situate  in  the  parishes  of  Purleigh  and 
Haseley,  Essex,  unto  my  son  William  Burton  for  life,  and  then  to  the  heirs 
male  and  female  of  his  body  &c,  next  to  John  Russell  &c,  then  to  Henry 
Rawlinson,  clerk  &c.  And  for  default  of  such  issue  &c.  I  give  the  half 
part  of  the  said  manor,  messuages,  lands  &c.  to  the  Company  of  Vintners, 
and  their  successors  forever ;  and  the  other  moiety  I  give  and  bequeath  for 
and  towards  a  yearly  maintenance  of  such  preachers  which  shall  from  time 
to  time  preach  at  "  Powles  Crosse  "  London,  and  also  for  a  yearly  main- 
tenance of  the  poor  of  St.  Brides  ah  Bridget,  London,  equally  to  be  divided. 
Other  bequests  to  son  William  (including  a  messuage  or  tenement  called 
the  Three  Tuns,  on  the  Bankside,  Surrey).  Also  my  sword  and  inlaid 
musket  and  bandileers  and  my  horsemans  pistol  and  all  my  Latin  and  French 
books,  together  with  my  Prayer  book  which  my  father  left  unto  me  as  my 
whole  legacy.  To  wife  Elizabeth  my  lease  of  certain  tenements  on  the 
millbank  at  Westminster,  and  of  a  lease  of  certain  cellars  under  the  long 
Armory  in  Milk  Street  (and  other  property).  To  my  brother  in  law  Wil- 
liam Handcorne  five  pounds  (for  a  ring)  and  to  his  two  daughters  twenty 


768  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

pounds  apiece,  at  sixteen  or  days  of  marriage.  The  Company  of  the 
Vintners  ten  pounds  to  buy  them  a  cup  in  form  of  a  Tun,  with  a  burr  on 
the  top  of  it. 

Item,  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  Knot  of  my  cousins,  viz'  Mr. 
Henry  Fryer,  Mr.  Windevor,  Mr.  Mavericke,  Mr.  Symon  Younge,  Mr. 
John  Burton  in  Gracious  Street,  London,  Mr.  Paul  Chapman,  Mr.  Thomas 
Wentworth,  Mr.  Walter  Meeke,  Mr.  Lowe,  Mr.  Haughfen,  Mr.  Richard 
Hewlett,  Mr.  Carre  Coventry,  Mr.  Richard  March  and  Mr.  Andrew  Bur- 
ton, four  pounds  to  pay  for  a  supper  for  them  to  meet  together.  To  every 
one  of  my  said  cousins  ten  shillings  apiece  to  buy  them  bandstring  rings  to 
wear  in  remembrance  of  me.  Two  hundred  pounds  to  the  said  John  Russell 
if  he  live  to  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  To  Mr.  Felix  Wilson  of  the 
White  Friers,  London,  forty  shillings  (for  a  ring);  also  to  Mr.  George 
Vernon  and  his  wife.  My  wife's  now  daughter  by  her  former  husband. 
My  son  William  to  be  sole  executor  and  the  said  Mr.  Henry  Fryer,  Mr. 
Felix  Wilson,  Mr.  Edward  Weudover,  Mr.  Symon  Younge  citizen  and 
embroider  of  London,  Mr.  John  Lane  of  London  haberdasher,  Mr.  Andrew 
Burton  of  Gray's  Inn  and  Mr.  Thomas  Wentworth  the  younger  overseers. 

Commission  issued  23  June  1627  to  Elizabeth  Burton  the  relict  to  ad- 
minister during  the  minority  of  the  executor,  who  took  upon  himself  the 
executorship  22  May  1640.  Skynner,  60. 

[The  above  will  and  that  which  follows  contain  the  only  references  to  the 
name  of  Maverick  which  I  have  noticed  during  my  examination  of  probably 
more  than  a  quarter  of  a  million  wills  in  England.  Hexry  F.  Waters.] 

Moses  Maverick,  on  board  the  good  ship  Phoeneas  and  Margaret,  6 
January  1678-9,  at  9  or  thereabouts  of  the  clock  at  night,  proved  23  July 
1679,  by  Elizabeth  Downing  als  Dunning.  To  my  landlady  Mrs  Elizabeth 
Downing  the  sum  I  owe  her  (seven  pounds  eight  shillings),  and  a  ring  of 
the  value  of  one  "  Ackye  "  and  a  half.  To  Mr  Thomas  Nelson  the  sum  of 
five  pounds  I  owe  him  and  a  ring  of  two  "  Ackyes  "  and  a  half.  A  riug  of 
same  value  each  to  Mrs  Deale  aud  her  two  daughters.  To  my  father  and 
mother,  brothers  aud  sisters,  each  of  them,  one  riug  of  the  value  of  one 
u  Acky  "  and  a  halfe.  To  every  officer  in  this  said  ship  Phineas  and  Mar- 
garet a  ring  of  the  value  of  two  "  Ackyes  "  and  a  half.  To  Mrs  Ligh  two 
rings  of  that  value.  To  Robert  Hall  one  ring  of  the  value  of  two  "  Ackyes." 
Upon  sundry  occasions  to  myself  best  known  I  make  my  landlady  Elizabeth 
Downing  my  heir  and  executrix  and  to  see  this  will  performed  within  ten 
days  of  the  arrival  of  the  ship  at  London.  Kmg>  88. 

[The  Probate  Act  Book  gives  me  no  help  as  to  his  former  place  of  abode. 

H.  F.  W.] 

John  Lowers  of  Darnth,  Kent,  husbandman,  8  June  1645  proved  5 
February  1650.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Thomas  Lowers  half  my  part 
of  Roxly  Wood,  which  I  hold,  and  my  sister  Scudder  and  Henry  Scudder 
her  son,  of  Mr  Bugings  in  lease,  paying  yearly  for  that  part  the  sum  of  four 
pounds  ten  shillings  during  the  full  term  thereof.  To  my  sister  Scudder's 
sons,  Thomas,  Henry,  William  and  John  Scudder,  twenty  shillings  apiece 
and  to  her  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  and  Martha  Scudder,  ten  shillings 
apiece,  to  be  paid  within  one  year  after  my  decease  by  my  executor.  To 
my  cousin  Thomas  Lowers  twenty  shillings  within  one  year  &c.  Wife 
Mary  to  be  full  executor  and  John  Umphrey  of  Darnth  yeoman  and  Thomas 
Lowers  of  Dartford  husbandman  to  be  overseers.  Grey,  27. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  769 

[Since  our  Thomas  Scudder  of  Salem  (1648)  had  children  named  John, 
Thomas,  Henry,  William  and  Elizabeth,  I  can  not  but  think  I  have  found  traces 
of  his  family  in  the  above  will.  If  that  should  turn  out  to  be  correct,  the  fol- 
lowing will  should  also  be  saved.  H.  F.  W.] 

William  Scudder  of  Dareuthe,  Kent,  yeoman,  27  July  1607  proved  4 
November  1607.  My  body  to  be  buried  "  solempely,"  according  to  the 
custom  of  the  church  of  England,  within  the  parish  churchyard  of  Darenthe, 
as  near  as  may  be  unto  my  father's  grave.  To  wife  Margery  all  my  lands 
and  tenements  whatsoever  and  whereever,  during  only  her  natural  life. 
After  that  to  Parnell  Scoodder,  my  eldest  daughter,  my  lands  in  Dartford 
and  Wilmington  now  in  the  tenure  &c.  of  James  Pinden,  with  remainder 
to  Mary  Scudder,  my  youngest  daughter.  To  my  two  next  daughters, 
Margaret  and  Joane  Scudder,  my  messuage  of  tenement  called  Frog  Lane 
(with  mault  houses  &c.  belonging),  now  in  the  tenure  of  John  Ellis  &c.  in 
Sutton  at  Hone.  To  daughter  Mary  a  parcel  of  land  called  Pricles  Meade 
(six  acres  or  more)  in  Sutton  at  Hone,  with  remainder  to  Parnell,  my 
eldest  daughter.  And  if  they  two  both  happen  to  die  without  issue  &c. 
then  to  my  other  two  daughters.  If  all  my  four  daughters  shall  happen  to 
die  without  heirs  of  their  bodies  lawfully  begotten  then  I  give  Parnell 's 
portion  to  Henry  Scudder,  son  of  John  Scudder,  my  natural  brother  de- 
ceased, and  to  his  heirs  forever.  The  lands  and  teuements  bequeathed  my 
daughters  Margaret  and  Joane  I  then  give  to  Henry  and  Thomas  Scudder, 
sons  of  m^  natural  brother  Henry  Scudder  deceased,  equally  to  be  divided. 
The  land  bequeathed  to  Mary  I  give  to  John  Scudder,  the  son  of  Henry 
Scudder  my  natural  brother  deceased  &c.  To  my  eldest  daughter,  Par- 
nell, one  hundred  and  twenty  pounds.  To  my  second  daughter,  Margaret, 
fifty  pounds.  To  my  third  daughter  Joane  fifty  pounds.  To  my  fourth 
daughter,  Mary,  one  hundred  pounds.  These  to  be  paid  at  their  respective 
ages  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  days  of  marriage.  To  Judith  West 
daughter  of  Will:  West  six  pounds  at  age  of  eighteen.  If  she  die  before 
that  then  three  pounds  of  it  to  Thomas  Austyn  of  Darenthe  and  the  other 
three  pounds  to  my  executrix.  To  John  Johnson  the  elder  ten  shillings; 
to  John  Johnson  the  younger  twenty  shillings ;  both  of  the  parish  of  Wil- 
mington. To  the  children  of  Will:  Gascoiue  begotten  of  his  wife  Bridget 
Walter  twenty  shillings.  To  the  poor  of  Darenthe  twenty  shillings,  of 
Sutton  at  Hone  ten  shillings  and  of  Horton  Kyrby  ten  shillings.  The  rest 
to  Margerie  my  wife,  whom  I  ordain  full  and  sole  executrix  &c,  desiring 
and  entreating  my  trusty  and  well  beloved  cousins  and  neighbors  Robert 
Walter,  John  Humfrey  and  Thomas  Scudder  to  be  overseers  and  assisters 
&c,  and,  for  their  care  &c,  I  give  them  twenty  shillings  apiece. 

Hudleston,  85. 

Henry  Atkins  (without  date)  proved  6  November  1630.  To  my  niece 
Margaret  Wildon  sixty  pounds  at  the  one  and  twentieth  year  of  her  age, 
and  if  it  please  God  to  call  her  out  of  this  life  before  she  come  to  age  it  is 
my  will  that  the  said  legacy  be  given  to  my  nephew  George  Wildon,  her 
brother.  To  my  nephew  George  twenty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty,  and  if 
he  die  before  he  attain  to  those  years  my  will  is  that  it  be  given  to  my  niece 
Margaret  Wildon  his  sister.  To  Jane  Pate  ten  pounds.  To  the  three 
under  cooks  in  the  kitchen,  to  each  of  them  ten  shillings.  Small  bequests 
to  Mr  Ralph  Catlyn,  Mr  Francis  Patrick,  Mr.  George  Neale,  Gilbert  the 
butler  and  Elizabeth  Kemball.  To  the  poor  of  Northampton  ten  shillings. 
To  Edward  Lawrence  one  silver  porringer  and  one  silver  spoon.     To  Mrs. 


770  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Elizabeth  Mewce  two  silver  dishes,  two  saucers,  one  silver  bowl,  one  silver 
gilt  salt,  five  spoons,  one  down  bed,  one  down  bolster,  one  down  pillow,  one 
pair  of  Holland  sheets,  one  Holland  pillow  beer.  I  give  to  Mrs.  Francis 
Washington  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds.  To  William,  the  Keeper  of  Al- 
thorpe  Park,  my  bedfellow,  forty  shillings.  To  Edward,  Mr.  Mewce  bis 
man,  ten  shillings.  To  William,  Mr.  Mewce  his  man,  ten  shillings.  And 
I  make  my  loving  and  worthy  friend  Mr.  Francis  Mewce  my  sole  executor. 
These  words  were  spoken  by  the  Testator  the  night  before  his  death, 
while  he  was  in  perfect  memory  &c. 

Northampton  Wills,  OE.  (1626-30),  298. 

Thomasine  Owfield  of  London,  widow,  16  June  1637,  proved  9  No- 
vember 1638.  My  body  to  be  decently  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St. 
Katherine  Cree  Church  als  Christ  Church  in  London,  as  near  to  the  body 
of  my  late  deceased  husband  Roger  Owfield  as  conveniently  may  be.  To 
my  son  Samuel  Owfield  all  my  lauds  &c.  in  Lincoln  which  I  purchased  of 
the  Right  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Hertford.  A  provision  for  children  of  daughter 
Elizabeth  Staper.  To  my  son  Joseph  Owfield  eight  hundred  pounds,  my 
seal  ring  of  gold  (and  some  silver  plate).  To  John  Janson,  eldest  son  of 
my  daughter  Thomasine  Janson,  one  hundred  pounds  at  one  and  twenty. 
To  my  daughter  Rebecca  Geering's  child,  if  she  have  any,  one  hundred 
pounds.  To  the  four  sons  of  my  daughter  Martha,  wife  of  Symon  Smith, 
six  hundred  pounds,  after  the  decease  of  their  mother,  viz :  Samuel  and 
Thomas  one  hundred  pounds  each  and  John  and  Symon  two  hundred 
pounds  each.  To  Samuel,  (eldest  son),  and  Thomas  Smith  one  hundred 
pounds  each  in  six  months  after  my  decease.  To  my  grandchild  Elizabeth 
Smith  one  hundred  pounds  at  one  and  twenty  or  day  of  marriage.  To 
Thomas  Wyeth  my  grandchild  one  hundred  pounds  to  be  employed  for  the 
use  of  his  daughter  Thomasine  Wyeth,  daughter  of  my  grandchild  Martha 
Wyeth  deceased.  To  my  daughter  Thomasine  Janson,  wife  of  John  Jan- 
Bon,  my  cabinet.  To  John  Short,  eldest  son  of  my  late  sou  in  law  Join 
Short  deceased,  sixty  pounds  and  to  his  brother  Thomas  Short  forty  pounds. 
To  the  four  children  of  my  daughter  Abigail  Harrington  deceased,  late 
wife  of  Francis  Harrington,  likewise  deceased,  eight  hundred  pounds.  To 
my  executors  two  hundred  pounds  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  Francis  Har- 
rington, to  Isaac  two  hundred  pounds,  to  Abigail  two  hundred  pounds  and 
to  Mary  two  hundred  pounds. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Roger  Glover,  eldest  son  of  my  daughter 
Sara  Glover  deceased,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds,  to  be  paid  him  at 
the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years,  and  to  Elizabeth  Glover,  eldest  daughter 
of  Sara  Glover  deceased,  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds,  and  to  Sara  Glover, 
youngest  daughter  of  Sara  Glover  deceased,  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  to  be 
paid  unto  them  at  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  days  of  marriage, 
which  first  shall  happen.  To  Richard  Staper,  eldest  son  of  Hewit  Staper, 
three  hundred  pounds,  to  Samuel  Staper  two  hundred  pounds,  to  Josua 
Staper  two  hundred  pounds,  to  Benjamin  Staper  two  hundred  pounds.  To 
certain  ministers  (including  Adoniram  Bifield).  To  the  two  children  of 
my  niece  Martha  Valentine  deceased,  forty  pounds,  i.e.  to  the  eldest  daughter 
Ann  twenty  pounds  and  to  the  other  daughter  twenty  pounds,  at  one  and 
twenty  or  days  of  marriage.  To  my  son  in  law  John  Geeriuge  ten  pounds 
to  make  him  a  ring.  To  John  Owfield,  my  kinsman  in  Billiter  Lane,  and 
his  wife  ten  pounds  apiece  to  make  them  rings.  To  sundry  servants  and 
others  and  to  the  poor  in  Hospitals  and  elsewhere.      Sous  Samuel  and 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  771 

Joseph  to  be  executors.  I  give  unto  the  Wor11  Company  of  Fishmongers 
as  a  remembrance  of  my  hearty  love  and  good  affection  unto  them  the  sum 
of  twenty  pounds  to  be  spent  at  a  dinner  amongst  them  upon  the  day  of  my 
funeral  or  at  some  other  convenient  time,  at  their  pleasure.  To  Richard 
Staper,  eldest  son  of  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Staper,  the  lease  of  my  house 
at  Istleworth  which  I  bought  of  John  Juxon,  he  to  permit  his  mother  to 
dwell  in  it  so  long  as  she  shall  live,  if  she  like  to  dwell  there,  she  paying 
the  rent  &c.  And  my  express  will  and  desire  is  that  my  executors  do  bury 
me  in  the  afternoon  without  any  heralds.  Lee,  1 42. 

[This  will  binds  the  Walter,  Moore,  Gardiner  and  Owfleld  wills  on  pages  726 
-31  to  that  of  Thomasine  J:  anson  {ante,  p.  724)  already  given.  The  following 
Wills  relate  more  closely  to  the  Glover  side  of  the  connection. —  H.  F.  W.] 

Robert  Goodwin  citizen  and  Salter  of  London,  4  August  1610,  proved 
16  October  1610.  To  my  son  Peter  Goodwin  (certain  household  fixtures 
&c.)  a  pair  of  brass  andirons  a  fire  shovel  and  a  pair  of  tongs  all  of  brass, 
a  pair  of  bellows,  the  boards  being  of  Cipres  wood,  one  table  and  a  court 
cubbard  of  Walnut  tree,  another  court  cubbard  with  three  cubbards  in  the 
same,  six  wainscot  stools,  a  picture  of  the  ten  virgins  and  my  own  picture. 
To  my  son  John  Goodwin  (certain  household  goods)  and  (a  similar  bequest) 
to  my  daughter  Mary.  To  son  John  three  hundred  pounds  within  three 
months  after  he  shall  be  made  a  freeman  of  London  or  shall  have  attained 
to  the  age  of  six  and  twenty  years,  which  first  shall  happen.  To  my 
daughter  Mary,  wife  of  Richard  Jennye,  eight  pounds  a  year.  To  the  poor 
of  the  Dutch  church  fiee  pounds. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  in  law  Roger  Glover  forty  shil- 
lings to  make  him  a  ring;  also  I  give  unto  him  a  mourning  gown.  Item 
I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Susan  Glover  a  white  pepper  box  of  silver.  Item 
I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Ellen  Glover  two  gilt  spoons.  To  Anthony  Guy 
a  debt  of  forty  shillings  which  he  oweth  unto  me  by  his  bond.  To  Richard 
Jenny,  my  son  in  law  a  debt  of  thirty  one  pounds  which  I  paid  to  Ballard 
for  him  and  also  another  debt  of  ten  pounds  which  I  paid  to  Sir  John 
Wattes  for  him.  To  the  Compauy  of  Salters,  whereof  I  am  a  member, 
that  shall  accompany  my  body  to  the  church,  ten  pounds  to  make  them  a 
dinner  at  Salters'  Hall.  Item  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  daughter 
Glover  a  mourning  gown  and  forty  shillings  to  make  her  a  ring.  Other 
bequests  to  children  and  other  individuals.  My  son  Peter  Goodwin  to  be 
my  full  and  sole  executor  and  my  friend  John  Highlord  to  be  overseer. 

Wingfield,  91. 

Robert  Pemberton  of  the  Borough  of  St.  Albans  in  the  County  of 
Hertford,  gentleman,  25  May  1628,  proved  3  July  1628.  Lands  in  Shen- 
ley,  Herts,  in  the  tenure  of  Henry  Sharpe,  and  my  messuage  and  fields  in 
Shenley  in  the  tenure  of  William  Carter,  and  my  fields  &c.  in  Shenley  late 
in  the  tenure  of  William  Harris  shall  be  sold  by  my  brother  in  law  John 
Glover  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  Middlesex,  Esq.  and  by  my  brother  Raphe  Pem- 
berton gentleman,  now  mayor  of  the  Borough  of  St.  Albans  within  con- 
venient time  after  my  decease  for  and  towards  the  payment  of  such  moneys 
as  is  now  or  hereafter  shall  be  due  unto  my  father  in  law  Roger  Glover  of 
Bewcott  in  the  Co.  of  Berks  Esq.,  upon  a  Mortgage  of  my  houses  and  tene- 
ments in  Bow  Lane  in  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  le  Bow  London,  and  unto 
Roger  Marsh  for  the  discharging  of  the  debts  which  shall  be  due  unto  him 
for  the  Mortgage  of  certain  lands  in  Shenley  Herts.  Any  overplus  shall 
go  towards  the  performance  of  this  my  will  &c.     My  wife  Susan  shall  have 


772  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

one  hundred  pounds  yearly  out  of  my  messuages  &c.  in  Bow  Lane,  for  and 
during  her  natural  life.  And  the  rest  of  the  rents  &c  she  shall  take  and  re- 
ceive  during  all  the  time  she  shall  remain  sole  and  unmarried,  until  my  eldest 
son  Roger  shall  accomplish  the  full  age  of  twenty  and  one  years,  for  and 
towards  the  maintenance  of  my  three  children  Roger,  Robert  and  Elizabeth 
(and  for  certain  other  specified  purposes).  Then  follow  elaborate  provi- 
sions for  the  children.  Reference  to  a  debt  due  from  Randolph  Willey 
citizen  and  vintner  of  London  and  one  due  to  Mr.  Valentine  Moretoft  of 
London,  and  debts  due  to  testator  beyond  the  seas  &c.  To  the  poor  of  St. 
Peters  in  St.  Albans  of  Sheuley  and  of  St.  Mary  le  Bow,  London.  To 
Mr.  Jeremy  Leech,  parson  of  St.  Mary  le  Bow  one  ring  of  gold,  with  a 
death's  head,  of  the  value  of  twenty  shillings.  To  my  well  beloved  father 
in  law  Master  Roger  Glover  the  like  ring  of  gold  of  the  value  of  thirteen 
shillings  and  four  pence,  and  to  my  brother  in  law  John  Glover  the  like 
ring  of  the  value  of  thirteen  shillings  four  pence.  To  my  dear  mother 
Mistress  Elizabeth  Pemberton,  widow,  and  to  my  loving  brother  John 
.  Pemberton  and  Katherine  his  wife,  and  my  loving  brother  Raphe  and 
Frances  his  wife,  and  my  loving  brother  in  law  Mr.  Robert  Woolley  and 
Tecla  his  wife,  each  of  them  the  like  ring  of  the  value  of  thirteen  shillings 
four  pence  apiece.  Rings  to  wife,  to  cousin  Ellen  Woolley,  to  son  Robert 
to  daughter  Elizabeth  and  to  Robert,  son  of  brother  Mr.  Robert  Woolley. 
To  son  Roger  my  ring  bequeathed  unto  me  by  my  father  Mr.  Roger  Pem- 
berton deceased.  Son  Roger  to  be  executor  and  brothers  John  Glover 
and  Raphe  Pemberton  to  be  overseers.  Barrington,  69. 

[Robert  Pemberton,  the  testator,  was  a  son  of  Roger  Pemberton  of  St.  Albans 
by  his  wife  Elizabeth  dau.  of  Raffe.  Moore,  and  was  a  cousin  of  Roger  Williams. 
His  father's  will  printed  on  p.  331  mentions  him,  though  he  is  omitted  in  the 
pedigree,  copied  on  the  same  page  from  the  Visitations  of  Hertfordshire  of 
1634.  Robert  Pemberton,  the  testator,  was  baptized  at  St.  Albans,  Herts., 
Dec.  23,  1586,  and  was  buried  there  May  29,  1628.  His  sisters  were  also 
baptized  there,  namely,  Elizabeth,  Dec.  27,  1585,  prob.  d.  young;  Elizabeth, 
May  26,  1590 ;  and  Tecla,  Sept.  27,  1592.     Of  these,  Tecla  m.  Robert  Wooley. 

Mr.  Watkins,  in  his  article  on  the  Pemberton  Family,  vol.  46,  pp.  392-8  of 
the  Register,  supposes  Ralph  Pemberton,  born  about  1609,  who  is  regarded 
as  the  ancestor  of  the  Pemberton  Family  of-  Pennsylvania,  to  be  "  Ralfe  "  men- 
tioned in  the  Pemberton  pedigree  abo  /e  referred*  to  as  the  son  of  RafTe  and 
Frances  (Kempe)  Pemberton;  but  from  information  he  has  since  received,  he 
is  convinced  that  the  supposition  is  erroneous,  the  father  of  Ralph,  the  Pennsyl- 
vania emigrant,  being  named  William. —  Editor.] 

Roger  Glover  of  London  Esq.  9  January  1633,  proved  7  August  1634. 
Daughter  Elizabeth  Glover  to  be  full  and  sole  executrix.  Reference  to  a 
mortgage  made  to  testator  by  son  in  law  Robert  Pemberton,  of  certain 
houses  in  Bow  Lane  for  the  sum  of  eleven  hundred  and  forty  five  pounds 
principal  lent  to  the  said  Robert  at  the  time  of  the  said  mortgage,  on  which 
testator  has  recently  received  eight  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.*  If  the  execu- 
tor shall  receive  the  remainder  of  the  principal  money  which  is  unpaid  and 
the  forbearance  of  the  eight  hundred  and  fifty  pounds*  which  is  already  paid 
me,  during  the  time  it  was  in  the  hands  of  my  son  John  Glover  and  Mr 
Ralph  Pemberton  then  she  shall  reconvey  the  said  houses  unto  the  heirs  of 
the  said  Robert  Pemberton  my  late  son  in  law.  "  And  if  neede  shall  soe 
require  I  desire  my  eldest  sonue  Josse  Glover  to  ioyne  wth  my  said  executor 
in  the  reconvayinge  of  the  said  houses  the  wch  I  trust  hee  will  not  deny  in 
regard  hee  hath  given  me  a  release  "  &c. 

I  give  my  household  stuff  and  plate  unto  my  two  daughters  Elizabeth 
and  Sarah  to  be  divided  equally  between  them  at'  the  time  of  either  of  their 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  773 

marriages  and  my  will  is  that  my  wife  shall  have  the  use  of  the  said  plate 
&c  during  her  natural  life  &c.  Reference  made  to  a  bond  of  son  John 
Glover  for  the  payment  of  twelve  hundred  pounds  to  Sir  William  Hewitt 
(which  he  did  not  pay)  and  for  the  payment  of  five  hundred  pounds  to  my 
daughter  Sarah  and  five  hundred  pounds  to  my  son  Ralphe  after  my  decease. 
The  lease  of  my  house  in  Drury  Laue  to  my  daughter  Sarah. 

Whereas  I  have  disbursed  threescore  and  sixteen  pounds  for  and  towards 
a  ship  called  the  Coslet  for  which  ship  I  have  a  bill  of  sale,  my  will  is  that 
my  son  Roger  be  presently  furnished  with  one  hundred  twenty  four  pounds 
more  to  make  up  the  same  two  hundred  pounds  towards  setting  out  of  him 
and  the  said  ship,  and  my  will  is  that  the  said  ship  be  insured  during  this 
voyage  &c.  Seager,  78. 

Elizabeth  Glover  of  the  parish  of  Aune  Blackfriars  London  4  May 
1643,  proved  7  May  1643.  To  my  brother  Francis  Collins  and  my  sister 
Sara  Collins  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  my  mother  Mrs  Anne  Glover  teu 
pounds  and  my  pair  of  brass  andirons  that  are  at  Amy  Collins's  house  and  a 
cap  pan  of  Brass  to  them.  To  my  three  nieces  Elizabeth,  Sara  and  Anne 
Collins,  daughters  of  my  said  sister  Sarah  Collins,  one  hundred  pounds 
apiece.  To  my  niece  Elizabeth  Peniberton  fifty  pounds  (and  certaiu 
goods).  To  my  nephew  Robert  Peniberton  fifty  pounds.  To  my  brother 
John  Glover  and  his  wife  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  my  said  brother  John 
Glover,  for  the  use  of  his  son  Charles,  my  nephew  and  godson,  thirty 
pounds  of  lawful  English  money.  I  do  will  that  if  my  nephew  William 
Moretoft  shall  live  to  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years  then  I  do  give  him 
thirty  pounds,  but  if  he  shall  die  before  he  attain  to  that  age  then  I  do  will 
the  said  legacy  last  mentioned  to  my  said  Nephew  Robert  Pembertou.  To 
my  uncle  Roulte,  to  the  Lady  Abigail  Darcy,  to  Mr.  Morris  and  his  wife, 
to  Mr.  Coppinger,  to  Mr.  Duuton  and  his  wife,  Mr.  Smyth  and  Mr.  Miller 
and  their  wives  and  to  Sir  Edward  Leech  and  his  lady,  to  each  of  them  a 
ring  enamelled,  with  a  death's  head,  of  the  price  of  forty  shillings  for  each 
ring.  To  the  poor  of  Istle worth  five  pounds.  To  Dr.  Gouge  forty  shil- 
lings. To  my  said  sister  Sara  Collins  all  my  linen  and  woollen  clothes,  to 
dispose  of  them  all  to  her  own  proper  use  &c.  To  my  nurce  Cushion 
twenty  shillings,  besides  her  wages.  I  make  and  ordain  my  nephew  Roger 
Pemberton  sole  executor,  to  whom  I  give  one  hundred  pounds.  The  rest 
&c.  to  my  niece  Elizabeth  Pemberton.  Crane,  38. 

John  Glover  of  Lincoln's  Inn  Middlesex  "  Petter  "  Barrister,  23  Oc- 
tober 1648,  proved  19  October  1649.  I  devise  my  manor  of  Water  New- 
ton, with  the  appurtenances,  in  the  Co.  of  Huntingdon  and  all  my  binds, 
tenements  &c.  in  that  county  unto  Gamaliel  Catlnier  of  Lincoln's  Inn  Esq., 
Richard  Broughton  of  the  Middle  Temple  gen',  my  nephew  Robert  Pem- 
berton of  Lincolns  Inn  gen',  and  certain  estates  in  Whaddou  and  other 
towns  in  Cambridgeshire  to  be  conveyed  to  my  said  three  friends  by  Wil- 
liam Vaughan  of  Gray's  Iun  gen.,  my  late  servant,  in  whose  name  they 
stand-  as  my  trustee.  All  these  upon  trust  to  allow  my  wife  to  takr  the 
profits  of  her  jointure,  to  pay  for  the  maintenance  and  education  of  my 
eight  children  in  such  proportion  as  my  wife  shall  think  meet.  And  there 
shall  be  raised  for  the  portions  of  my  seven  younger  children  as  follow  3,  to 
every  of  my  three  younger  sons,  Charles,  John  and  Richard,  five  hundred 
pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid  them  at  their  respective  ages  of  one  and  twi  nty. 
To   every   of  my   four  daughters  as   follows;   to   Elizabeth  one  thou  and 


774  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND. 

pounds,  to  Dorothy  one  thousand  pounds,  to  Sara  six  hundred  pounds  and 
to  Deborah  five  hundred  pounds,  at  their  respective  ages  of  twenty  years  or 
days  of  marriage.  The  inheritance  of  certain  estates  in  Highgate  which  I 
have  purchased  to  be  surrendered  to  my  wife.  And  whereas  my  brother 
in  law  Mr  George  Griffith  did  heretofore  pretend  that  I  was  indebted  to 
him  I  do  clear  my  self  and,  to  give  my  mother  in  law  and  others  satisfac- 
tion, protest  before  God  that  I  owe  him  not  one  penny.  My  friend  and 
kinsman  Philip  Smith  Esq.  hath  in  his  hands  and  keeping  an  ancient 
Statute  of  Sir  John  Whitbrookes  for  which  I  have  paid  many  years  since 
one  thousand  pounds,  for  the  debts  of  my  said  brother  in  law.  Lands  in 
Surrey  to  descend  to  my  eldest  son  Francis  Glover.  I  make  my  wife 
executrix.  By  a  codicil  he  relieves  his  wife  of  the  trouble  of  acting  as 
executrix  and  appoints  his  son  Francis  executor,  and  I  wish  him  to  take 
administration  of  the  goods  &c.  of  my  brother  Richard  Glover  deceased. 

Fairfax,  150. 

[The  name  of  the  testator's  wife  does  not  appear  in  the  above  will,  and  the 
change  of  mind  as  to  the  executorship  prevents  our  learning  it  through  the 
Probate  Act.  But  he  is  known  to  have  married  Joane,  one  of  the  daughters  of 
Francis  Dorrington  of  London,  merchant,  for  whose  pedigree  see  the  Visita- 
tion of  London  (1633-34),  Harleian  Society's  Publications,  vol.  15,  p.  235.  Her 
mother  was  a  daughter  of  Simon  Horspoole.  H.  F.  W.] 

Anne  Glover  of  St.  Stephen,  Colman  Street,  London,  5  July  1650 
with  codicil  made  22  January  1651,  proved  26  June  1654.  My  body  shall 
be  carried  to  Milton  Hervy  in  Bedfordshire  and  buried  in  the  parish  church 
near  unto  my  dear  and  loving  husband  Francis  Barty  in  decent  and  comely 
manner.  To  my  nephew  William  Portington,  the  son  of  my  sister  Judith 
Portington,  the  lease  of  my  house  the  which  I  hold  of  the  Right  Hon.  the 
Earl  of  Bedford,  in  the  Strand  &c,  paying  the  lord's  rent,  which  is  eight 
pounds  a  year;  also  the  lease  of  my  house  in  Colman  Street.  Other  gifts 
to  him.  I  give  also  to  my  nephew  Portington  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds 
of  the  money  due  to  me  out  of  Ratcliffe  from  John  Glover,  the  which  made 
over  to  me  for  fifty  pound  a  year  that  his  father  in  Beckett  he  sold,  the 
which  my  husband  Glover  made  over  to  me  out  of  Beckett  for  part  of  my 
jointure,  being  part  of  my  jointure  he  made  in  Ratcliffe  fifty. pound  a  year 
which  was  to  be  paid  yearly  by  his  father's  executor  to  me  as  long  as  I 
lived;  for  want  of  payment  the  whole  is  forfeited  to  me,  which  is  my 
jointure.  To  Sir  Thomas  Hartopp  five  pounds  to  make  him  a  ring.  To 
my  niece  Dorothy  one  dozen  of  gold  buttons  enamelled  and  six  of  them 
with  rubies  and  six  with  diamonds.  To  my  niece  Mary  Hartopp  a  dozen 
gold  buttons  set  with  rubies  &c.  (They  have  them  already).  To  my 
nephew  William  five  pounds  to  make  him  a  ring.  Gifts  to  sister  Rodd  and 
niece  Rodd.  To  Sir  John  Rolt  my  Arras  hangings,  five  in  number,  and 
my  best  cabinet.  To  his  lady  a  dozen  and  a  half  of  gold  buttons  set  with 
three  diamonds  apiece.  To  my  daughter  Dorothy  my  pointed  diamond 
ring.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Glover  my  gold  bracelet  set  with  dia- 
monds. To  my  niece  Judith  fifty  shillings.  To  her  sister  Susan  and 
Margaret  ten  pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid  to  their  brother  (Judith  to  be  in 
his  hand).  To  Elizabeth,  Mary  and  Anne  Ebbs.  To  my  servant  Robert 
Darnton  ten  pounds  of  the  money  due  to  me  at  Ratcliffe  from  my  son  John 
and  John  Glover  grandchild  to  my  husband  Roger  Glover.  To  my  niece 
Baynam  twenty  pounds  due  to  me  from  the  House  of  Parliament.  My 
daughter  Seward's  children.     My  daughter  Knightbridge.     My  son  Anthony 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  775 

Knightbridge.  My  niece  Elizabeth  Rolt.  My  nephew  George  Fitz  Jef- 
fery.  My  son  John  Glover  the  heir  of  Ratcliffe  &c.  My  son  Collins' 
children.  Sarah  Prophet.  To  my  nephew  Sir  John  Rolt  the  third  part 
of  the  money  due  to  me  from  my  grandchild  John  Glover  and  John  Glover 
that  their  father  did  tie  over  for  the  fifty  pound  a  year  to  have  been  paid 
to  me  yearly,  but  was  paid  but  one  year.  Cousin  Robert  Tanisse.  My 
three  nephews  Thomas,  Walter  and  Richard.  My  nephew  William  Port- 
ington. 

In  the  codicil  she  says  "  whereas  heretofore  Josse  Glover  Clerke  sur- 
rendered the  Revercon  of  certaine  Coppiehold  Messuages,  Tenements  and 
hereditaments  with  their  appurtenances  holden  of  the  Manuor  of  Stebon- 
heath  (which  I  have  in  Joyncture)  to  the  use  of  my  brother  Thomas  Rolt 
Esquire,  Nevertheless  upon  condicon  that  the  said  Josse  Glover  and  his 
should  pay  me  fiftie  pounds  a  yeare  duringe  my  life  &c."  Reference  to 
John  Glover,  son  and  heir  of  said  Josse  Glover.  Aylett,  156. 

Francis  Glover  of  Westminster,  Middlesex,  gentleman,  12  October 
1659,  proved  16  July  1666.  Reference  to  will  of  late  father  John  Glover 
of  Lincoln's  Inn,  utter  barister,  lately  deceased  (about  1648)  and  his  devise 
to  Gamaliell  Catliue  of  Lincoln's  Inn  Esq.  and  others,  in  trust  &c.  To  my 
wife  six  hundred  pounds,  and  also  forty  pounds  to  buy  her  mourning.  To 
my  sister  Skynner  one  hundred  pounds,  seven  years  hence,  if  her  husband's 
late  eldest  brother's  child  be  then  living,  otherwise  not  to  be.paid.  Twenty 
pounds  to  be  paid  to  my  sister  Skynner  and  her  husband  over  and  above 
the  one  hundred  pounds.  Twenty  pounds  between  my  sister  Sarah  and 
Deborah.  Ten  pounds  to  my  brother  John  and  ten  pounds  to  my  brother 
Richard  Glover.  And  ten  pounds  to  my  cousin  John  Glover,  Doctor  of 
Phisick.  Twenty  pounds  to  my  cousin  Pemberton  and  thirty  pounds  to 
my  brother  Church  and  his  wife.  Ten  pounds  to  my  Aunt  Ferrars  in 
Yorkshire.  Twenty  pounds  to  be  laid  ou  my  burial  and  three  pounds  to 
the  minister  that  preacheth  my  funeral  sermon.  The  overplus  to  my 
brother  Charles  Glover.  I  make  him  executor  and  my  cousin  Robert 
Pemberton  and  my  brother  Church  overseers. 

Decimo  sexto  die  mensis  Julii  Anno  Domini  Millesimo  Sexcentesimo 
Sexagesimo  Sexto  Emanat  Comissio  Theodora?  Glover  Relctae  diet:  de- 
functi  habentis  dum  vixit  et  mortis  sua?  tempore  bona  jura  sive  credita  in 
diversis  Diocess.  sive  Jurisbus  Ad  Administrand.  bona  jura  et  credita 
ejusdem  defuncti  juxta  tenorem  et  effectum  Testamenti  ipsius  defuncti, 
Eo  quod  Carolus  Glover,  Executor  in  dicto  Testamento  uominat.,  autequam 
onus  Executionis  in  se  acceptasset,  ab  hac  luce  etiam  migrault  etc. 

Mico,  117. 

Charles  Glover,  late  of  Princes  Street  in  the  parish  of  St.  Giles  in 
the  Fields,  Middlesex,  declared  his  will  nuncupative  or  by  word  of  mouth 
on  or  about  4  December  1663;  he  the  said  deceased  speaking  while  Jane 
Glover,  his  wife,  at  the  same  time  with  several  of  his  friends  and  acquaint- 
ances were  then  present,  said  I  give  my  whole  estate  to  my  wife  for  the 
good  of  my  children. 

Adnlon.  with  the  will  annexed  was  granted  to  his  widow  Jane  Glover 
15  December  1663.  Juxon,  145. 

Mense  Augusti  1 684.  Vicesimo  primo  die  Em1  Com0  Carolo  Gloveb 
ffratri  nrali  et  ltimo  Richardi  Glover  nup  de  Virginia  sed  sup  alto  mari  in 
nave  vocata  The  Maryland  vidui  defuncti  habe3  etc. 


776  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Mense  Novembris  1684.  Undecimo  die  em'  Corn0  Carolo  Glover,  nepoti 
ex  fratre  RichI  Glover,  imp  de  Virginia  in  ptibus  trausmarinis  sed  in  nave 
vocata  The  Maryland  vidui  defuncti  haben  etc.  ad  adstrand  bona  jura  et 
credita  dicti  defuncti  p  Carolum  Glover  fratrem  nralem  et  ltifnum  died 
defuncti  modo  etiam  demortuum  inadministrat  etc. 

Admon.  A.  B.  1684. 

Whether  the  following  will  refers  to  the  same  family  I  am  unable  to  say. 

Mary  Glover  ot  the  City  of  London,  widow,  21  March  1660,  proved 
2  July  1661.  To  my  daughter  Bennett  Glover  now  of  Virginia  in  parts 
beyond  the  seas,  twenty  shillings.  I  give  unto  her  my  two  mourning  rings, 
now  in  the  custody  of  my  daughter  Anne  Glover,  if  she  the  said  Bennett 
shall  fortune  to  come  over  the  seas  and  to  this  City  of  London  to  l'eceive 
and  enjoy  the  same  rings  herself.  To  my  son  Richard  Glover  ten  pounds 
to  put  him  forth  au  apprentice,  at  the  care,  discretion  and  good  liking  of  my 
loving  brother  Mr.  Isaac  Perkins,  minister  of  God's  Word.  To  my  said 
son  Richard  (certain  household  stuff). 

Item,  my  will  and  mind  is  that  all  such  moneys,  goods,  commodities  and 
other  things  now  due  or  hereafter  to  be  due  to  me  as  Adventure  or  as  part 
of  my  late  husband  Richard  Glover's  estate  from  beyond  the  seas,  aud  also 
all  benefit  and  profit  to  be  recovered  and  received  of  the  debt  now  due  to 
me  from  Thomas  Cooper,  shall  be  both  equally  had,  parted  and  received  by 
my  son  and  daughter  Richard  and  Anne  Glover,  part  and  part  alike.  The 
residue  to  my  daughter  Anne  Glover.  I  do  desire,  nominate  aud  appoint 
my  very  loving  cousin  John  Watson  full  and  sole  executor. 

Among  the  witnesses  were  Henry  Cope  aud  Elizabeth  Cope.  Proved 
by  John  Watson.  May,  111. 

[With  reference  to  the  family  of  Mr.  Josse  Glover,  the  following  notes  taken 
some  years  ago  from  the  Suffolk  Court  files  (with  the  kindly  assistance  of  my 
friend  Mr.  William  P.  Up  ham,  who  called  them  to  my  notice)  ought  to 
be  preserved;  and  no  better  occasion  has  ever  occurred  than  now  when  I  have 
given  so  many  wills  bearing  on  the  ancestry  of  Mrs.  Sarah  Winthrope,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Winthrop  and  Mrs.  Priscilla  Appleton,  daughters  of  Mr  Glover,  and 
the  parties  concerned  in  the  suit  about  the  estate  of  Dr.  John  Glover,  the  son 
of  the  Revd  Josse  Glover.  Some  account  of  him,  by  the  way,  will  be  found  in 
Munck's  History  of  the  College  of  Physicians.  Henry  F.  Waters. 

See  Register,  vol.  13,  pp.  135-7,  and  vol.  30,  pp.  26-8,  for  notices  of  Rev. 
Josse  Glover;  also  Miss  Anna  Glover's  Glover  Memorials  and  Genealogies 
(Boston,  1867),  pp.  560-72.— Editor.] 

John  Glouer  sonn  of  Mr  Josse  Glouer  &  Priscilla  his  wife  died  in- 
testate (in  Loudon  1668)  seized  of  a  farme  at  Sudbury  leaueinge  one  only 
Sister  Priscilla  the  wife  of  Jo:  Appleton  who  in  her  right  claimeth  the  In- 
heritance of  the  said  Laud  as  his  next  heire  the  said  Glouer  dyinge  with 
out  Ishshewe. 

This  said  Mr.  Josse  Glouer  by  a  former  venter  had  two  daughters  Sarah 
ye  wife  of  Mr  Deane  Wiutrop  &  Elizabeth  the  wife  of  Mr  Adam  Wintrop 
deceased  Leaueinge  Issue  Adam  Wintrop  now  liueinge,  neither  of  wch  aut 
to  claime  any  part  of  the  said  Land  of  Josse  Glouer  beinge  but  of  the  halfe 
bloud  at  the  least  &  for  other  reasons : 

1  Because  John  Glouer  enjoyed  these  Lands  in  his  Mothers  right  his 
ffather  beinge  neuer  possessed  of  them  and  the  said  daughters  Sarah  & 
Elizabeth  cannot  claime  any  right  by  descent  from  a  Mother  in  Law:  nor 
halfe  sisters  claime  as  particulars  wtu  a  sister  of  the  whole  bloud. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         777 

2  Because  ye  said  Sarah  &  Elizabeth  had  large  portiones  bequeathed 
them  by  there  ffather  Mr  Josse  Glouer  wch  they  also  receiued,  but  ye  s1* 
Priscilla  the  wife  of  Jo:  Appleton  receiued  not  her  portion  giuen  by  her 
ffather  but  lost  thereof  150lb 

3  Because  uppon  ye  marriage  of  ye  said  Priscilla  wth  Jo  :  Appleton  :  there 
was  a  Couenant  made  that  if  ye  sd  Priscilla  died  wthin  a  yeare  the  said 
Glouer  should  enjoy  halfe  her  estate  which  was  to  be  retornd  to  him  &  no 
Concideratione  had  of  the  other  sister  by  the  same  Reason :  were  there  no 
other  might  the  said  Priscilla  expect  the  sole  benifit  of  the  Estate  dyinge 
wthout  Issue  intestate  &  therefore  humbly  prayeth  the  assistance  of  this 
Court  to  put  her  into  a  Legall  possession  thereof  by  granting  the  sd  Jo: 
Appleton:  her  husband  Administration:  or  by  any  other  meanes  w^in  there 
wisdome  they  shall  thinke  meet 

witnesse  my  hand  John  Appleton 

Vera  Copia  Attest 

P  Edw:  Rawson  Secret 

In  the  Case  wherein  Capt  John  Appelton  is  ptt :  agt :  Thomas  Danforth 
as  Administrator  to  Dr.  John  Glouer  deceased,  the  said  Thomas  Danforth 
doth  owne  &  confes  in  Court,  that  M™  Priscilla  Appelton  the  wife  of  the 
said  Capt:  Appelton  is  the  reputed  daughter  of  Mr  Josse  Glouer,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  his  wife,  &  that  the  aboue  named  Dr.  John  Glouer  was  her  re- 
puted Brother,  &  that  the  said  Dr.  Glouer  was  seized  of  a  farme  neere 
Sudbury  &  that  for  many  yeares,  before  hee  died,  &  that  hee  the  said  Dr. 
Glouer,  sold  a  part  thereof,  &  the  remainder  as  Atturney  to  Dr.  Glouer, 
tho  said  Thomas  Danforth  leased  it  out  to  the  tennant  that  is  now  in  pos- 
session of  it : 

This  is  owned  in  Court  &  Attested  to  bee  true: 

Capt  John  Appleton  et  ux.  Priscilla  v.  Tho8  Danforth  admr  Est  of  John 
Glover  dec'd.     Attachment  dated  3d  Nov.  1668.     Middx  Co. 
Court  held  at  Charlestown  15  Dec.  1668. 

Copy  of  letter. 
Louiug  Brother  I  am  sorry  that  Providence  hath  soe  ordered  it,  that 

I  could  not  see  you.  I  am  sorry  that  you  gave  such  a  release,  but  now  it 
cannot  be  helpt.  I  am  now  come  out  of  Scotland  my  Grandmother  being 
dead.  I  am  to  pay  a  great  deale  of  moneys  before  I  can  enjoy  my  Estate 
if  it  should  please  the  Lord  to  take  mee  out  of  this  world.  I  shall  take 
sume  course  that  you  may  understand  how  my  busines  is  here  for  it  is  my 
desire  that  my  sister  youre  wife  should  haue  all  that  I  haue  both  in  old  & 
new  England.  I  pray  giue  mee  an  Account  how  my  Estate  is  there  &c 
concerning  priuate  matters. 

I  rest  youre  very  affectionate  Brother  till  death 

J:  Glouer 
London  March:  5 
1655 
Superscribed  Directed  to  Capt:  John  Appelton  of  Ipswich.     Ex- 

tracted out  of  a  letter  on  file,  &  is  a  true  Copie  so  farr  as  it  refers  to  the 
Case  in  question 

As  Attests  Tho:  Danforth,  R. 

15:  10:  1668:  By  mee  Tho:  Danforth 

Vera  Copia  Tho.  Danforth :  R : 
Vera  Copia  Attest  :  p  Edw.  Rawson  Secret. 


778  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Att  a  Generall  Court  held  at  Boston  :  22 :  May:  68     The  Court  granted 
Mr  Hugh  Peters  ffiue  hundred  Acres.     To  Mr  Thomas  Allen  ffive  hundred 
Acres:  in  regard  of  Mr  Harwards  Gift:    To  Mrs  Glouer  six  hundred  Acres. 
To  Leift  Sprage  one  hundred  Acres,  having  borne  difficulties:  &c. 
That  this  is  a  true  Copie  taken  out  of  the  Court  Booke  of  Records 

As  Attests     Edw.  Rawson  Secret. 
Vera  Copia  Attest' 

P  Edw.  Rawson  Secret. 

From  Papers  in  a  suit  concerning  the  estate  of  Dr.  John  Glover — taken 
from  the  files  of  Suffolk  Co.  Court. 

Peter  Sohier  (translated  out  of  the  French)  Will  made  3  April  1576 
proved  30  July  1576.  Wife  Anne  de  la  Fontaine  alias  Wicarte.  Property 
on  this  side  as  on  the  other  side  of  the  sea.  My  children  (not  named). 
My  administrators  and  executors  to  be  Anna  de  la  Fontaine  alias  Wicarte, 
my  wife  and  bedfellow,  my  brother  Matthew  Sohier,  presently  dwelling  at 
Southampton,  and  my  brother  in  law  Erasme  de  la  Fontaine. 

Commission  issued  to  Matthew  Sohier,  Erasmus  de  la  Fontaine,  Cornelius 
Sohier  and  Thomas  Fountaine  to  administer  &c.  during  the  minority  of 
Anne,  Mary  and  Peter  Sohier,  children  of  the  deceased,  for  the  reason  that 
Matthew  Sohier  and  Erasmus  de  la  Fountaine,  executors,  had  renounced 
and  Anna  the  relict  and  other  executor  had  died.  Carew,  19. 

Mary  Sohier  born  of  Andwerp,  at  this  present  dwelling  at  London, 
widow  of  late  Augustine  de  Beaulioii  (?)  (translated  out  of  the  French)  will 
made  10  March  1602  (stile  of  England)  proved  11  February  1603.  One 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds  in  my  hands  appertaining  unto  John,  Paul  and 
Peter  le  Clercq,  children  of  the  honest  John  le  Clercq  my  sou  in  law,  which 
he  had  by  Susan  de  Falloyse  my  deceased  daughter,  and  the  which  sum 
hath  "  bine  "  by  the  testament  and  last  will  of  late  James  de  Falloise,  my 
son,  bequeathed  unto  the  said  children  and  of  which  he  hath  given  me  the 
use  during  my  life.  The  poor  of  the  French  church  in  Loudon.  The 
children  of  Samuel  de  Falloise  my  son  (at  five  and  twenty  or  estate  of 
marriage).     I  make  the  said  John  Le  Clercq,  my  son  in  law,  sole  executor. 

Dean  and  Chapter  of  St.  Paul's 

Book  C,  Leaf  194. 

Matthew  Sohier  the  elder,  son  of  late  Matthew,  merchant,  born  of 
Valenchienne,  at  this  present  dwelling  in  this  city  of  London  &c  (translated 
out  of  the  French)  will  made  the  last  day  of  February  1593  (stile  of  Eng- 
land) proved  17  October  1605.  My  body  to  be  buried  and  put  into  the 
ground  after  the  Christian  manner  of  the  reformed  churches.  The  poor  of 
the  French  Church  in  London.  The  poor  of  the  parish  where  I  dwell. 
To  my  nephew  Daniel  Resteau  son  of  John  Resteau,  my  brother  in  law, 
all  the  linen  which  Catherine  Resteau,  my  wife  deceased,  hath  had  of  her 
mother.  To  Nicholas  Cuper,  merchant  dwelling  in  London,  one  silver  cup 
of  a  Dolphin  fashion.  To  James  de  Valloise  one  silver  cup  of  an  Eagle 
fashion  upon  the  olive  tree.  Mary  Coppine,  daughter  of  late  William 
Coppin  and  Mary  Sohier,  daughter  of  late  Peter  Sohier,  my  nieces.  John 
and  Cornelius  Sohier,  my  brothers  deceased.  Mrs.  Woudrien  Sohier,  my 
sister,  and  her  children.  My  sister  Mary  Sohier.  The  kindred  of  late 
Catherine  Resteau  my  wife  deceased.  John  Resteau,  her  brother,  my  sole 
executor.  Mr.  Augustine  de  Beaulieu,  merchant  dwelling  at  London;  and 
the  abovesaid  Nicholas  Cuper  to  be  assistants.  Hayes,  67. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  779 

Mary  Sohier,  the  relict  widow  of  late  Francis  de  Behaulte  deceased,  in 
his  life  time  merchant  dwelling  in  London,  her  will  made  1 0  May  1614  proved 
15  July  1614.  The  poor  of  the  French  Congregation  in  London.  Alice 
Coyfe,  sometime  my  maid  servant  and  now  wife  of  John  Franck.  My 
cousin  Cornelius  Spyrinck,  Magdalen  de  Behaulte,  my  sister  in  law.  Jane 
Sohier  my  sister,  wife  of  James  Godscall,  merchant.  Adrian  Mary,  book- 
seller, my  son  in  law.  My  son  John  de  Behaulte.  To  him  his  father's 
sealing  ring  of  gold  whereon  is  engraven  his  father's  arms  and  those  two 
cushions  whereon  are  wrought  the  said  arms.  My  daughter  Elizabeth  de 
Behaulte  at  one  and  twenty  or  marriage.  William  Langer  my  grandson,  the 
son  of  Leonard  Langer  and  the  late  Mary  de  Behaulte,  my  daughter  de- 
ceased. My  brother  in  law  James  Godscall  and  Daniel  Van  Harinckhoeck, 
merchant,  his  son  in  law,  to  be  my  executors  and  my  brother  in  law  John 
du  Quesne  and  my  said  cousin  Cornelius  Spirink  overseers.  Proved  by 
Daniel  Van  Haringhooke,  one  of  the  executors,  James  Godscall,  the  other, 
renouncing.  Lawe,  85. 


Thomas  Hall  of  the  Precinct  of  St.  Katherine's  near  the  Tower  of 
London,  citizen  and  turner  of  London,  7  October  1662,  proved  9  May 
1663.  I  give  to  my  loving  son  Joseph  Hall  my  freehold  lands  and  tene- 
ments in  Tilbury,  Essex,  which  I  lately  bought  of  Henneage  Feathefstone, 
of  Gray's  Inn  Middlesex,  esquire,  upon  condition  that  he  pay  unto  my 
executrix  within  two  years  next  after  my  decease,  six  hundred  pounds  for 
and  towards  the  payment  and  discharge  of  the  debts  which  I  shall  owe  at 
my  decease  and  of  such  legacies  as  I  have,  by  this  my  last  will  &c,  given 
and  bequeathed  unto  the  several  persons  named.  To  my  eldest  son  Timothy 
Hall  one  hundred  pounds  (having  already  given  him  above  five  hundred 
pounds)  to  be  paid  by  twenty  pounds  a  year  yearly  during  five  years.  To 
my  youngest  son  Thomas  Hall  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  by  ten  pounds 
a  yearly  until  the  same  sum  shall  be  satisfied  and  paid.  To  my  son  Joseph 
my  lease  which  J  hold  from  the  Co.  of  Fishmongers  of  my  shop  and  house 
in  the  Precinct  of  St.  Katherine's,  and  one  moiety  and  equal  half  part  of 
the  wares,  wood  and  working  tools  in  my  said  dwelling  house.  The  other 
half  of  said  wares  &c.  I  give  to  my  executrix  towards  the  payment  of  my 
debts  and  legacies.  To  my  grandson  Joseph  Hall,  son  of  the  said  Joseph 
forty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty.  To  the  eldest  child  of  my  son  Timothy 
twenty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty  or  marriage.  To  my  two  sons  Timothy 
and  Joseph  my  lease  of  one  thousand  years  of  lands  in  Tilbury,  Essex,  with 
the  messuages  &c,  thereby  demised;  they  to  pay, out  to  my  cousin  Anne 
Smith  and  my  sister  in  law  Aveline  Lister,  and  the  longest  liver  of  them, 
sixteen  pounds  a  year,  that  is  to  say  to  my  cousin  Anne  Smith  for  life  and, 
after  her  decease,  to  my  sister  Aveline  Lister  for  life,  if  she  shall  survive 
the  said  Anne.  To  my  said  cousin  and  sister  twenty  shillings  each,  to  buy 
them  lings.  To  Mr.  Samuel  Slator  thirty  shillings  and  to  Mr.  Richard 
Kentish  twenty  shillings  to  buy  each  of  them  rings.  To  sister  Elizabeth 
Cox  forty  shillings,  and  I  release  unto  her,  if  living  at  the  time  of  my  de- 
cease, the  ten  pounds  which  she  oweth  unto  me  by  bond.  To  my  brother 
David  Hall  in  Gloucestershire  ten  shillings  and  unto  my  brother  John  Hall 
in  New  England  ten  shillings  and  to  my  Aunt  Hall  at  Gravesend  twenty 
shillings.  To  the  poor  of  St.  Katherine's  forty  shillings.  To  my  wife 
Judith  my  lease  which  I  hold  from  the  Master,  Brothers  and  Sisters  of  the 
Hospital  of  St.  Katherine's  and  the  messuage  &c.  therein  demised,  in  St. 


780  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Katherine's,  and  my  lease  of  a  tenement  at  the  Tower  ditch  side  and  all 
the  rest  of  my  goods  &c,  and  I  make  her  full  and  sole  executrix. 

Juxou,  65. 

Here  follow  some  other  wills  of  Halls  connected  with  New  England. 

Samuel  Hall  of  Langford,  Essex,  gen',  13  November  1679,  proved  25 
January  .1680.  To  my  wife  Sarah  the  whole  profits  and  rents  of  my  dwell- 
ing house  and  lands  in  Langford  and  all  the  rents  and  profits  of  my  land  in 
Bentley  in  the  Co.  of  York  during  her  natural  life.  I  give  her  all  my 
goods  and  movables  and  all  debts  owing  to  me  in  New  England  or  upon 
any  bonds  or  mortgages  whatsoever.  I  give  the  five  acres  of  meadow  in 
Bentley,  York,  which  I  purchased  of  Roger  Perkins  of  Doncaster,  apothe- 
cary, (by  deed  of  1  Feb.  1676)  to  the  use  of  the  poor  of  that  parish  for 
ever,  and  have  settled  by  a  deed  to  feoffees  in  Trust,  bearing  date  10  Jan- 
uary 1677  to  the  use  of  the  poor  of  Bentley  cum  Arksay  and  Stockbridge. 
I  give  unto  John  Hall  of  Islington  in  the  County  of  Middx,  gen',  and  to  his 
heirs  forever  all  my  messuage  and  laud  &c,  in  Langford  Essex  that  I  pur- 
chased of  John  Ponder  gen'  deceased  upon  condition  that  within  one  year 
after  my  wife's  decease  shall  make  sale  of  the  messuage  and  lands  that  I 
have  devised  and  given  to  him  and  his  heirs,  to  pay  all  the  legacies  that  I 
have  bequeathed  in  this  will  &c  within  one  year  after  my  wife's  decease. 
To  my  cousiu  Daniel  Hall  of  Doncaster  and  his  two  sons  Thomas  (sic) 
thirty  pounds  equally  to  be  divided  amongst  them.  To  Daniel  Hall's  wife 
five  pounds  to  buy  her  a  gown.  To  Daniel  Hall's  brother's  wife  and  her 
children  thirty  pounds  equally  to  be  divided  amongst  them.  To  my  wife's 
sister  Beatrice  Graves  fifteen  pounds.  To  her  two  daughters,  Halvester's 
wife  and  Henrietta,  ten  pounds  each.  To  her  son  Francis  Graves  and  to 
her  youngest  son  five  pounds  each.  To  her  son  Ralph  Graves  one  shilling 
if  it  be  demanded.  To  my  cousin  John  Hall  of  Stockbridge  five  pounds  in 
full  satisfaction  of  all  his  right,  title,  interest  and  demand  whatsoever  which 
he  may  challenge  or  demand  out  of  all  or  any  part  of  my  lands,  goods, 
credits  and  debts  whatsoever.  To  three  of  his  sisters  ten  pounds  equally 
to  be  divided  amongst  them.  To  my  cousin  Richard  Nicholson  twenty 
shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring.  To  his  two  daughters  ten  pounds  equally  to 
be  divided  amongst  them.  To  my  cousin  Mary  and  my  brother  Richard 
Hall's  and  her  children  fifteen  pounds  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them. 
To  Samuel  Cocking,  son  of  Joseph  Cocking  deceased,  my  wife's  brother, 
fifteen  pounds.  To  John  Ellis  his  children  ten  pounds  equally  to  be  divided 
&c.  To  my  cousin  Nathaniel  Revell  twenty  shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring 
and  my  best  wearing  suit.  To  my  cousin  Thomas  Bradford  of  Doncaster 
twenty  shillings  if  he  be  living  when  my  other  legacies  are  paid.  To  my 
adopted  cousin  AT  John  Hall  of  Islington  twenty  pounds  and  to  his  daughter 
Elizabeth  twenty  pounds  to  be  paid  to  her  upon  the  sale  of  my  land  and  to 
be  improved  by  her  father  for  her  sole  use  until  she  shall  marry.  To 
twenty  silenced  ministers  ten  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Hall's  wife  one  great 
silver  spoon  and  ten  shillings  to  buy  her  a  mourning  ring.  To  my  cousin 
Richard  Hall  of  Bentley  and  his  eldest  daughter  and  Robert  Hall,  his 
brother,  each  of  them  twenty  shillings.  To  Mrs.  Robinson  ten  shillings  to 
buy  her  a  mourning  ring.  To  her  daughter  Mrs.  Hickford  ten  shillings  to 
buy  her  a  mourning  ring.  To  my  friends  Mr.  John  and  Mr.  Thomas  Fresh- 
water each  ten  shillings  to  buy  mourning  rings. 

I  give  out  of  my  estate  unto  Boston  in  New  England  and  other  towns  in 


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that  Colony  that  hath  most  suffered  by  the  wars  and  by  that  late  great 
happening  in  Boston  one  hundred  pounds,  fifty  pounds  to  Boston  and  the 
other  fifty  pounds  to  the  poorest  that  suffered  by  the  wars,  to  bo  sent  over 
for  those  uses  at  the  will  and  discretion  of  my  executor,  as  money  can  be 
raised  out  of  my  estate.  To  Elizabeth  Thompson,  Joseph  Peachey  and 
John  Thompson,  each  half  a  crown  to  buy  their  gloves.  To  John  Bear- 
block  ten  shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring.  To  the  poor  of  Great  Totham,  Little 
Totham,  Heybridge  and  Wickham  Bishop,  each  parish,  twenty  shillings,  to 
be  given  to  their  most  aged  poor  by  their  officers.  To  the  poor  of  Maiden 
twenty  shillings.  To  the  poor  of  Langford  four  pounds,  the  said  four  pounds 
to  be  laid  out  in  cloth  for  them.  1  make  my  wife  and  Mr.  John  Hall  of 
Islington  joint  executors.  Commissary  of  London, 

Essex,  Herts.     Book  Heydon,  L.  375. 

["  1682  Mr.  Samuel  Hall,  some  time  a  resident  in  Massachusetts,  had  died  at 
Langford  near  Maiden,  Essex  County,  England.  He  bequeathed  £100  to  those, 
who  lost  by  the  great  fire  in  Boston  and  by  Indian  wars  in  this  Colony.  Mr. 
John  Hall  of  Islington,  near  London,  was  his  executor,  who  sent  an  order  to  his 
mother,  Mrs.  Rebeccah  Symonds  of  Ipswich,  to  dispose  of  the  bequest.  She 
gave  to  individuals  who  had  suffered  by  Indians,  as  follows : — £8  to  Martha 
Graves;  £10  to  Moses,  of  Newichiwanack,  son  of  the  Rev.  William  Worcester; 
£5  to  Frances  Graves  of  Ipswich ;  £3  to  Martha  Coy,  fled  to  Boston,  widow  of 
John  Coy  of  Brookfield,  slain;  33s.  to  Susannah,  widow  of  Thomas  Ayres,  also 
slain."— (Felt's  History  of  Ipswich,  p.  62.) 

Rev.  Dr.  Felt  probably  compiled  this  account  from  papers  now  in  the  Ameri- 
can Antiquarian  Society's  Library,  the  substance  of  which  is  given  by  Mr. 
Abraham  Hammatt  in  his  Early  Inhabitants  of  Ipswich,  pp.  130. 

Samuel  Hall,  the  testator,  came  to  New  England  about  1633.  In  that  year  he, 
with  John  Oldham  and  another  person,  set  out  on  an  exploring  expedition  and 
went  as  far  as  the  Connecticut  River.  They  returned  Januaay  20,  1633-4,  having 
endured  much  misery.  Mr.  Savage  thinks  he  may  have  returned  to  England  and 
have  come  back  in  the  spring  of  1G35,  aged  25,  in  the  Elizabeth  and  Ann.  He 
was  at  Ipswich  in  1635',  and  his  name  with  that  of  John  Hall  is  on  the  original 
list  of  townsmen  of  Salisbury,  1640.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Artillery  Com- 
pany, 1638.  The  date  of  his  return  to  England  I  do  not  find.  (See  Savage's 
Dictionary,  vol.  2,  p.  337;  Rev.  David  B.  Hall's  Halls  of  New  England,  pp. 
720-1 ;  Hammatt's  Early  Inhabitants  of  Ipswich,  pp.  129-31 ;  Winthrop's  New 
England,  vol.  1,  p.  123  (146  new  ed.)  ;  Hutchinson's  Massachusetts,  vol.  1,  p. 
43,  first  ed.,  p.  46,  third  ed. ;  Hubbard's  New  England,  pp.  169-70). 

The  will  of  John  Hall  of  Islington,  the  executor  of  Samuel  Hall,  and  some 
facts  concerning  him,  will  be  found  in  these  Gleanings,  ante  pp.  683-4.  His 
pedigree  is  printed,  ante  p.  687. 

The  wrill  which  follows  is  that  of  the  testator's  widow. — Editor.] 

Sarah  Hall  of  Langford,  Essex,  widow,  8  November  1680,  proved  at 
Chelmsford  25  January  1680.  My  body  I  bequeath  to  the  Earth  until  the 
General  resurrection  at  the  last  day  to  be  decently  buried  by  my  loving  and 
much  respected  friend  Mr.  Henry  Robinson,  minister  of  the  parish  of  Lang- 
ford, at  his  discretion,  in  the  parish  church  of  Langford  in  linen.  I  give 
up  and  resign  all  my  right,  title  &c.  in  my  deed  of  gift  which  my  late  hus- 
band Mr.  Samuel  Hall  sealed  unto  me  of  the  house  and  land  &c.  in  Lang- 
ford called  Custaynes  and  Springers  (containing  twenty  two  acres  more  or 
less)  to  pay  off  my  husband's  legacies.  If  not  enough  then  it  shall  be  made 
good  out  of  my  own  personal  estate.  I  give  five  and  twenty  pounds  to  be 
expended  about  my  funeral.  To  my  friend  Mr.  Henry  Robinson,  minister 
of  Langford  twenty  pounds.  To  Samuel  Cockin,  my  brother  Joseph's  son, 
and  his  two  children  (now  dwelling  in  Hull)  forty  pounds  and  two  silver 
spoons,  i.e.  twenty  to  bim  and  ten  to  each  of  his  children  and  one  of  the 
Bpoons  to  each  of  the  children.     To  Mrs  Mundaye's  daughter  of  Boreham, 


782  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

Essex,  spinster,  ten  pounds  and  unto  Mrs  Mundaye,  her  mother,  forty  shil- 
lings. Gifts  to  Mr.  Heckford  of  Langford,  to  Mr  Thomas  Freshwater  of 
Heybridge,  to  twenty  nonconformist  ministers  or  their  widows,  now  living 
in  Essex,  the  latter  (ten  pounds)  to  be  paid  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Martyne 
Carter  the  elder  of  Maldon,  hoyman,  to  be  by  him  disposed  of  (in  sums  of 
ten  shillings  apiece).  To  the  poor  of  certain  parishes.  I  give  my  customary 
cottage  in  Langford  called  Foster's  Garden  to  the  parish  of  Langford  for 
the  use  of  the  poor  of  the  parish.  To  Mrs  Robinson  of  Langford  my 
thumbring  &c.  To  Daniel  Hall  of  Doncaster  forty  shillings  to  buy  him 
four  rings,  one  for  him,  one  for  each  of  his  two  sons  and  one  for  his  son's 
wife.  To  my  brother  in  law  William  Graves  of  Bentley  ten  pounds.  To 
twenty  of  the  poor  nonconformist  ministers,  or  their  widows,  in  or  about 
the  City  of  London.  To  John  Hall  of  Bentley,  my  late  husband's  kinsman 
in  Yorkshire,  five  pounds.  To  Henrietta  Graves,  my  kinswoman,  of  Lon- 
don, twenty  shillings. 

And  lastly  I  do  constitute  and  appoint  my  loving  friends  Mr.  Thomas 
Glover,  a  New  England  merchant,  living  in  St.  Clement's  Lane  near  Lum- 
bard  Street  London  and  Mr.  John  Hall  of  Ilington  (Islington?)  to  be  joint 
executors.  Item,  my  further  mind  and  will  is  that  after  my  debts  and 
legacies  are  paid  and  all  other  charges  defrayed  I  do  give  the  overplus  of 
my  estate  to  be  left  in  the  said  Mr.  Thomas  Glover's  hands,  to  be  laid  out 
in  cloth  for  the  use  of  the  poor  of  Newbury,  Hampton  and  Amesbury  in 
New  England  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them,  part  and  part  alike. 

Memorandum  before  the  sealing  and  delivery  hereof.  I  do  give  to  Mrs 
Robinson  my  silver  tankard  and  I  do  give  a  small  trunk  of  linen  to  be  sent 
to  my  sister  Beatrice  Graves  at  Bentley  in  Yorkshire  for  her  use. 

Book  Heydon,  L.  483,  Com.  of  Lon- 
don for  Essex  and  Herts. 

[Thomas  Glover,  a  New  England  merchant  mentioned  in  this  -will,  was,  I 
presume,  Thomas,  son  of  John  Glover  of  Dorchester,  Mass.,  who  at  the  age  of 
three  years  was  brought  to  New  England  by  his  father.  He  returned  to  Eng- 
land, and  died  in  the  parish  of  St.  John,  Hackney,  London,  Oct.  6,  1707,  aged 
80  yrs.  and  9  mo.  (See  Miss  Anna  Glover's  Glover  Memorial,  pp.  81-95).  His 
will  is  printed  on  pp.  90-4  of  that  work. — Editor.] 

Nicholas  Moreton,  minister  of  the  word  of  God  at  St.  Saviours  South- 
wark  in  the  Co.  of  Surrey,  29  May  1640,  proved  18  August  1640.  To  my 
wife  Elizabeth  Morton  her  third  part  of  those  tenements  at  Shipyard  near 
Chain  Gate  in  Long  Southwark  that  descended  upon  her  by  the  death  of 
her  late  father  Mr.  Nicholas  King;  also  the  rents  of  the  two  leases  I  hold 
at  St.  Katherine's  Hospital  near  the  Tower  of  London,  forty  pounds  a 
year,  during  her  life.  Except  two  pair  of  sheets  to  each  of  my  sons  I  give 
her  all  my  household  stuff.  I  give  her  fifty  pounds  in  money,  with  all  her 
own  apparel,  plate,  jewels,  except  one  silver  salt,  the  late  gift  of  my  sister 
in  law  Margaret  King  to  Nicholas  Morton,  my  young  son,  and  a  piece  of 
plate  to  each  of  my  other  sons  at  her  own  discretion.  To  Charles,  John 
and  Nicholas  Morton,  my  three  sons,  I  give  to  each  of  them  thirty  pounds 
a  year,  to  be  paid  them  or  their  guardians  by  half  year  payments  during 
the  widowhood  of  my  said  now  wife  Elizabeth,  or,  when  she  marrieth,  by 
quarterly  payments.  Upon  the  marriage  of  the  said  Elizabeth  all  her  estate, 
right,  claim,  use  and  possession  of  any  and  every  part  of  my  estate,  as  my 
executrix  or  otherwise,  shall  wholly  cease  and  be  void  and  remain  only  to 
the  use  of  my  children,  except  those  above-named  legacies  to  her  bequeathed 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  783 

by  this  my  will.  Upon  the  death  of  either  of  my  children  in  his  minority 
his  estate  shall  descend  upon  the  survivors.  Or  if  it  happen  that  they  all 
die  in  their  minority,  if  my  said  wife  continue  a  widow  at  that  time,  then 
one  third  of  their  estate  shall  fall  to  her  and  the  other  two  parts  to  be 
bestowed  upon  and  amongst  the  children  of  my  brother  William  Morton  of 
Coventry,  or  such  of  them  as  shall  then  be  in  England;  or  if  they  be  not 
in  England  then  to  the  two  daughters  of  my  late  sister  Joane  Smith  of 
Long  Wharton  or  to  Agnes  Slyman,  my  sister  Slyman's  daughter,  or  the 
survivor  or  survivors  of  them. 

I  appoint  my  said  beloved  wife  Elizabeth  Moreton  my  executrix  of  this 
my  last  will  and  my  loving  father  in  law  Mr.  Thomas  Kestle  of  Plendevie 
(Pendevie?)  by  Wadebridge  in  Cornwall  and  my  good  friend  Mr  Pitt  of 
Clifford's  Inn,  gen1,  my  executors  in  trust.  I  appoint  Mr  Richard  Tuffnaile 
of  St.  Olave's  Parish  in  South wark,  brewer,  and  Mr.  Philip  Parker  of 
Crutched  Fryers,  London,  merchant,  to  be  overseers  of  this  my  last  will, 
desiring  my  said  wife  to  present  them,  my  father  in  law  and  friends,  with  a 
ring  to  each  of  them  as  a  poor  token  of  my  love. 

Mrs  Margaret  King  was  one  of  the  witnesses.  Coventry,  115. 

[Rev.  Nicholas  Moreton,  the  testator,  was  the  pastor  of  John  Harvard,  the 
founder  of  Harvard  College  (Register,  vol.  39,  pp.  284;  ante,  p.  134).  He  is 
mentioned  in  the  will  of  Thomas  Harvard,  1638,  brother  of  John  (ante,  pp.  128 
-9),  and  in  that  of  John  Sedgwick,  1638  (vol.  38,  p.  207;  ante,  p.  48). 

Rev.  Charles  Morton,  the  eldest  son  of  the  testator,  was  educated  at  Oxford 
University,  B.A.  Nov.  6,  1649,  M.A.  June  24,  1652,  was  rector  of  Blisland  1656, 
from  which  living  he  was  ejected  for  non-conformity  in  1662,  removed  to  the 
parish  of  St.  Ives  and  preached  privately  to  a  few  people  of  a  neighboring  parish 
till  the  great  fire  of  1666,  when  he  established  an  academy  at  Newington  Green, 
where  DeFoe  was  his  pupil.  In  July,  1686,  he  came  to  New  England,  and  was 
pastor  of  the  church  at  Charlestown  from  Nov.  5,  1686,  till  his  death  April  11, 
1698,  aged  72.  He  wras  vice-president  of  Harvard  College  (with  the  founder  of 
which  institution  he  had  been  doubtless  acquainted)  from  June  4,  1697,  till  his 
death.  "  He  was  grandson  by  his  mother's  side,  of  Mr.  Kestle  of  Pendavy, 
Cornwall,  and  was  born  in  his  house  about  the  year  1626."  (See  Drake's 
Dictionary  of  American  Biography,  p.  640 ;  Palmer's  Non-conformist's  Memorial, 
ed.  1778,  vol.  1,  pp.  273-5;  Frothingham's  History  of  Charlestown,  pp.  193-6; 
Wyman's  Genealogies  and  Estates  of  Charlestown,  vol.  2,  pp.  687-8;  Buding- 
ton's  First  Church  of  Charlestown,  pp.  106-9,  222,  224 ;  Foster's  Alumni  Ox- 
onienses  (1500-1714)  p.  1038).  Another  son  of  the  testator,  Nicholas  Morton, 
was  also  a  graduate  of  Oxford  University  (see  Foster's  Alumni  Oxonienses 
(1500-1714),  p.  1039).— Editor.] 

Peter  Pryaulx  of  the  town  and  County  of  Southampton,  merchant, 
15  November  1643,  proved  31  December  1644.  The  poor  of  the  English 
Church  of  Southampton.  The  poor  of  the  French  church  there.  The 
poor  of  St.  Peter  Port  in  the  Isle  of  Guernsey.  To  my  son  Peter  Pryaulx 
the  fee  simple  of  a  house  and  garden  I  have  near  unto  littles  (sic)  gate; 
lease  of  my  now  dwelling  house  next  to  the  Star  in  Southampton  &c, 
according  to  what  I  have  conditioned  with  Mr  Peter  Seale  before  the  mar- 
riage of  his  daughter  to  my  said  sou.  I  give  him  my  great  gilt  bowl  which 
his  grandmother  gave  me,  together  with  my  scarlet  gown  and  my  two  other 
black  gowns.  To  Jeaue  Pryaulx,  Mary  Pryaulx,  John  P./aulx  and  Jacob 
Pryaulx,  the  four  children  of  my  said  son,  one  hundred  pounds  apiece,  at 
one  and  twenty  or  day  of  marriage;  and  these  sums  shall  remain  in  the 
hands  of  Mr  Paul  Mercer  and  William  Pryaulx,  two  of  my  executors,  to 
be  put  forth  to  the  best  profit  &c.  To  my  son  William  Pryaulx  two  hun- 
dred pounds  that  I  stand  bound  by  bond  unto   Henry  Stoue  and  others  at 


784  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

the  making  up  of  the  marriage  with  Jeane  Stoue,  his  wife.  To  his  sou 
Peter  Pryaulx  and  his  daughter  Frances  Pryaulx  each  a  hundred  pounds 
(as  above),  to  remain  in  the  hands  of  Mr  Paul  Mercer  &c.  To  my  son 
Robert  five  hundred  pouuds.  To  my  son  John  eight  hundred  pounds,  and 
the  patronage  of  the  parish  church  of  Elsteed.  To  my  son  Paul  seven 
hundred  pounds  and  my  house,  land  and  copse  in  the  tything  of  Bitterne, 
according  to  the  Custom  of  the  manor.  Anne  and  Jacob  Fortery  the  two 
children  of  Jacob  Fortery  merchant  of  London.  Reference  to  contract  of 
marriage  of  my  daughter  Elizabeth,  late  wife  unto  the  said  Jacob  Fortery. 
To  my  daughter  Frances  Pryaulx  a  thousand  pounds  &c.  My  wife  desired 
me,  at  her  death,  to  give  unto  her  son  Peter  her  best  diamond  ring,  to  her 
daughter  Elizabeth  her  best  rose  of  diamonds,  to  her  daughter  Frances  her 
other  rose  of  diamonds,  to  her  son  William  her  best  saphire,  to  her  son 
Robert  her  other  saphire,  to  her  son  John  her  emeraud,  and  to  her  son 
Paul  her  ruby,  and  for  her  three  wine  bowls  (parcel  gilt)  oue  to  William, 
one  to  Robert  and  oue  to  her  daughter  Elizabeth.  Other  provisions.  I 
make  Mr  Paul  Mercer,  my  loving  brother  in  law,  and  Peter  Pryaulx  and 
William  Pryaulx,  my  sons,  my  joint  executors  &c.  I  give  to  my  said 
brother  Mercer  twenty  pounds  to  be  bestowed  in  a  piece  of  plate  to  his 
own  liking,  in  remembrance  of  me.  My  overseers  to  be  my  son  Robert 
and  my  sou  John.  Rivers,  12. 

Daniel  Mercer  of  St.  Olave,  Southwark,  Surrey,  dier,  28  August 
1650,  proved  6  September  1650,  by  Peter  Hublou,  one  of  the  executors, 
and  by  Paul  Mercer,  the  other  executor,  2  May  1651.  To  the  poor  of 
St.  Olave  twenty  pounds  sterling.  To  my  cousin  Cooper,  minister  of  the 
said  parish,  five  pouuds.  To  Mistress  Woocock  forty  shillings.  To  my 
cousin  Francis  Batchellor  three  score  pounds  sterling,  to  be  paid  him  at 
his  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  To  my  brother  Peter  Mercer  threescore 
pounds,  to  be  paid  unto  him  by  my  brother  Paul  Mercer  as  he  shall  see 
occasion  and  in  his  discretion  think  fit,  and  not  otherwise.  To  my  brother 
and  sister  Johnson  I  give  ten  pounds,  between  them  to  be  divided.  To  my 
wife  Sarah  all  such  goods,  leases  and  estate  as  were  her  own  when  I  mar- 
ried her,  besides  her  children's  portions,  to  be  assigned  over  to  ray  wife  to 
her  children's  use  and  benefit.  I  give  her  also  five  hundred  pounds  out  of 
my  own  neat  estate,  she  to  secure  my  executors  from  such  debts  as  she  or 
her  former  husband  did  owe.  To  my  brother  Paul  Mercer  and  my  brother 
in  law  Peter  Ilublon,  whom  I  make  sole  executors  &c,  five  pounds  apiece. 
To  my  son  Daniel  my  messuages  &c.  in  Sussex  which  I  lately  purchased 
of  John  Middleton  gentleman.  The  rest  to  my  children  Elizabeth  and 
Benjamin  Mercer  and  such  other  child  or  children  as  my  wife  now  goeth 
with.  Provisional  legacy  to  brother  Peter  Hublou  and  sister  Luparte  and 
their  children  and  to  my  own  kindred,  brothers  Paul,  Peter  and  Francis 
Mercer,  my  sister  Priaulx  children,  my  sister  Blanchard,  my  sister  John- 
son, my  sister  Strowde  and  my  sister  Batchellor's  childreu. 

Pembroke,  147. 

Paul  Mercer  of  Southampton,  merchant,  6  June  1661,  with  a  codicil 
dated  7  June,  proved  9  September  1661.  To  be  buried,  in  Godshouse 
Chapped  within  Southampton  town.  Thirty  cloth  mourning  gowns  to  be 
distributed  amongst  thirty  poor  men  and  women  inhabitants  of  said  town, 
every  gown  being  worth  near  upon  thirty  shillings  apiece.     To  Mr.  William 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         785 

Bernard,  vicar  of  Holywoods  church  five  pounds.  To  the  common  poor  of 
the  English  and  French  churches  gathered  in  said  town  one  hundred  pounds. 
For  a  remembrance  to  John,  Jacob  and  Paul  Pryaulx,  Mary  the  wife  of 
John  Lamport,  Elizabeth,  Catherine  and  Thomasine  Pryaulx,  the  son  and 
daughters  of  late  Capt.  Peter  Pryaulx,  my  cousins,  to  each  of  them  the  sum 
of  ten  pounds  at  one  and  twenty  years  of  age.  To  my  sister  Elizabeth 
Blanchard,  for  a  remembrance,  my  second  best  diamond  ring.  And  as 
concerning  the  hundred  pounds  (principal)  due  by  her  son  John  Stroad, 
his  obligation  dated  2  February  1645,  my  will  is  that  out  of  it  he  shall  pay 
unto  Francis  Mercer,  my  brother  and  executor,  thirty  pounds  and  another 
thirty  pouuds  unto  Jane  and  Elizabeth  Godsall  the  daughters  of  his  sister 
Jane,  now  the  wife  of  John  Hill,  or  the  survivor  of  them,  at  twenty  one  or 
days  of  marriage.  The  remaiuder  of  the  said  John  Stroad's  debt  is  hereby 
discharged  and  acquitted  him  forever.  To  my  sister  Judith  Johnson,  widow, 
a  yearly  annuity  of  twenty  pounds  during  her  natural  life;  and  to  her 
daughter  Mary  the  relict  of  late  James  Chipchase,  my  niece,  and  after  her 
decease  to  her  child  or  children  equally  to  be  divided,  the  sum  of  two  hun- 
dred pouuds.  To  her  sister  Jane,  the  relict  of  late  Gideon  de  Lawne,  my 
niece,  and  after  to  her  child  or  children  my  jewel  of  pendent  diamonds  &c, 
valued  at  one  hundred  pounds,  with  one  hundred  pounds  in  money.  To 
my  brother  Peter  Mercer,  during  his  natural  life,  a  yearly  pension  of  forty 
pounds,  providing  that  the  legacy  given  him  by  the  last  will  of  our  deceased 
brother  Daniel  Mercer  shall  remain  properly  for  my  use  as  my  own  and 
proper  goods.  As  for  his  only  daughter  Hester,  now  the  wife  of  Thomas 
Cary,  my  dear  niece,  I  having  already  fully  paid  and  satisfied  her  debts  &c. 
— (reference  to  her  contract  of  marriage  dated  12  May  1660),  she  shall 
have  two  hundred  pounds  &c. 

Item,  I  do  give  to  her  brother  my  nephew  Thomas  Mercer,  and  after  his 
decease  to  his  children  or  child  begotten  in  wedlock,  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds. 
To  Susan  and  Anna  Mercer,  the  daughters  of  my  deceased  nephew  William 
Mercer,  one  hundred  pounds  equally  to  be  divided  &c.  And  if  anything 
can  be  produced  by  their  mother  Susan  Mercer,  widow,  from  her  late  de- 
ceased husband's  debtors  it  shall  be  (after  decease)  equally  divided  by  her 
three  children.,  named  Paul,  Susan  and  Anna  Mercer,  upon  an  account  of  a 
judgment  of  eleven  hundred  pounds  by  their  said  mother  acknowledged 
heretofore  unto  me.  To  the  children  of  my  brother  Francis  Mercer,  clerk, 
named  Peter,  John,  Francis,  Jane  and  Hester  Mercer,  to  every  one  of  them 
one  hundred  pouuds  at  twenty  one  or  days  of  marriage  &c.  To  the  four 
children  of  my  deceased  brother  Daniel  Mercer,  for  a  remembrance,  five 
pounds  apiece  at  twenty  one. 

Item,  I  give  unto  "  my  niepce  Anna  de  (sic)  daughter  of  late  Nathaniel 
and  Hester  Bachiler  now  the  wife  of  Daniel  du  Cornet  of  Middlebrough, 
merchant,"  as  a  marriage  portion,  three  hundred  pounds  current  Flemish 
money  or,  in  lieu  thereof,  one  hundred  and  four  score  pounds  current  Eng- 
lish money,  at  my  executors  choice.  To  her  three  younger  brothers,  my 
nephews,  named  Francis,  Nathaniel  and  Benjamin  Bachiler,  two  hundred 
pounds,  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them  or  the  survivors  of  them.  I 
give  unto  the  grandchildren  of  my  deceased  sister  Anna,  begotten  on  the 
body  of  my  late  "niepce"  Mary  the  wife  of  late  John  Bachiler,  viz'  unto 
their  eldest  son,  named  John  Bachiler,  sixty  pounds,  unto  his  sisters  Mary, 
Anna  and  Margaret  Bachiler  and  unto  their  brother  Paul  Bacheler  six  hun- 
ilred,  to  be  by  them  four  equally  divided  (they  under  twenty  one  years  of 
age).     To  Hester  Mansbridge,  the  relict  of  late  Richard  Mausbridge,  for  a 


786         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

remembrance,  thirty  pounds;  and  I  acquit  and  discharge  her  of  all  debts 
&c.  which  she  or  her  late  husband  owe  to  me ;  and  if  she  happea  to  decease 
before  me  my  will  is  that  her  daughter  Hester  Cushing,  or  her  child  or 
children  lawfully  begotten  on  her  body,  shall  have  and  enjoy  the  above 
mentioned  legacy  bequeathed  unto  her  above-named  mother.  Certain  ser- 
vants. The  residue  to  my  dear  brother  Francis  Mercer,  Clerk,  and  his  for- 
ever, whom  I  make  the  only  executor  &c. ;  but  in  case  he  shall  happen  to 
decease  before  the  accomplishing  and  perfecting  of  it  then  my  desire  is  that 
my  dear  nephews  Dr.  John  Pryaulx  and  Paul  Pryaulx  of  London,  mer- 
chant, with  Mr.  Henry  Pitt  and  Mr.  Joseph  de  la  mott  of  Southhampton, 
merchants,  or  any  three  or  two  of  them,  will  be  pleased  and  are  hereby 
empowered  and  authorized  to  accomplish  and  perform  the  contents  of  this 
my  present  will  &c,  as  being  selected  to  be  my  overseers. 

In  the  codicil  he  provides  that  in  case  his  clear  estate  should  not  amount 
to  three  thousaud  two  hundred  pounds,  proportional  deductions  and  abate- 
ments should  be  made  on  the  legacies  (pious  uses,  Hester  Cary  and  Anna 
du  Cornet's  sums  excepted).  May,  142. 

[Mr.  Waters  deserves  the  sincere  gratitude  of  every  descendant  of  Rev. 
Stephen  Bachiler  in  America  for  filling  so  conclusively  the  provoking  gap  be- 
tween the  minister  and  his  grandson,  Nathaniel  Bachiler,  senior,  of  Hampton, 
N.  H.,  besides  furnishing  other  valuable  information. 

No  one  can  examine  these  Mercer  and  Pryaulx  wills  in  connection  with  the 
letter  referred  to  by  Mr.  Waters  (see  Register,  vol.  27,  p.  368),  without  feeling 
sure  that  the  father  of  Nathaniel  Bachiler,  senior,  of  Hampton,  was  Nathaniel, 
the  son  of  Rev.  Stephen  Bachiler,  and  that  the  mother  of  Nathaniel  Bachiler, 
senior,  of  Hampton,  was  Hester  Mercer.  The  following  will  show  the  connec- 
tion between  Rev.  Stephen  Bachiler  and  Nathaniel  Bachiler,  senior,  of  Hamp- 
ton, N.H. : 

1.  Rev.  Stephen1  Bachiler,  of  Lynn  and  Hampton,  b.  1561  in  England;  he 

m.  (1) ;  he  m.  (2)  Helen ^,  who  was  b.  1583,  d.  about 

1641 ;  he  m.  (3)  in  1647  or  1648,  Mary  :  he  d.  1660,  at  Hackney, 

now  a  part  of  London,  Eng.     Their  children  were : 
i.        Theodate,  m.  Christopher  Hussey;  d.  20  Oct.  1649. 
2.    ii.       Nathaniel. 

iii.      Deborah,  b.  1592 ;  m.  Rev.  John  Wing,  pastor  of  the  English  Purl- 
tan  Church  at  Middleburgh,  Zealand, 
iv.      Stephen,  b.  1594. 
v.       Ann,  b.  1601 ;  m.  John  Sanborn. 

2.  Nathaniel2  Bachiler,  m.  Hester  Mercer.    Their  children  were: 

i.        Stephen,  of  London,  Eng.  in  1685. 

ii.       Anna,  m.  Daniel  DuCornet  of  Middleburgh. 

iii.      Francis. 

iv.      Nathaniel,  of  Hampton,  N.  H.,  b.  1630;  d.  19  Jan.  1709-10. 

v.       Benjamin. 

Perhaps  another  daughter  married  Thomas  Wenborne. 

C.  E.  Batchelder,  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.] 

Francis  Mercer,  clerk,  rector  of  Godmanston,  Dorset,  25  January 
1667,  proved  31  January  1668.  To  be  buried  in  the  Chancel  of  the  parish 
church  of  Godmanston.  Frances  the  daughter  of  William  Highmore,  my 
god  daughter.  To  John  Pryaulx,  Doctor  in  Divinity,  my  beloved  nephew, 
all  the  books  belonging  unto  me  that  are  remaining  in  his  custody.  To  my 
beloved  son  in  law  Robert  Browne  Esq.  the  pictures  of  Sir  Robert  Browne 
and  Dame  Frances  his  lady  and  of  Mrs.  Ann  Browne  the  daughter  of  the 
said  Sir  Robert.     To  Mr.  Richard  Capeline  of  Southampton,  merchant,  Sir 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  787 

Walter  Rawleigh  his  History  of  the  World  and  to  his  wife  my  great  gold 
ring  with  a  death's  head  cut  in  the  stone,  therein  set,  and  to  Mrs  Sarah 
Capeline,  their  daughter,  I  give  my  desk,  as  also  my  round  and  long  table 
boards  which  I  left  in  the  custody  of  her  father  at  my  removal  from  his 
house  in  Southampton ;  all  which  I  bequeath  unto  them  as  remembrances 
from  their  friend.  My  son  Francis  Mercer  shall  annually  pay  fifteen 
pounds  unto  or  for  the  use  of  Katherine,  my  wife,  during  the  time  of  her 
natural  life.  I  give  thirty  pounds  to  the  children  or  child  of  my  son  Peter 
Mercer,  another  thirty  pounds  to  the  children  or  child  of  my  daughter  Jane 
now  the  unhappy  wife  of  Edward  Furber,  another  thirty  to  the  children  or 
child  of  my  daughter  Esther  now  the  wife  of  John  Willis  and  another  thirty 
to  the  children  or  child  of  Francis  Mercer  my  son.  My  will  and  desire  is 
that  the  annuity  of  forty  pounds  per  annum  which  was  bequeathed  to  Peter 
Mercer,  my  brother,  by  the  last  will  of  Paul  Mercer,  my  late  brother,  to 
be  paid  unto  him  by  ten  pounds  quarterly  during  his  natural  life,  shall  be 
well  and  truly  performed  by  my  executors,  and  at  or  within  forty  days  after 
the  decease  of  the  said  Peter,  my  brother,  and  the  determination  of  his  said 
annuity,  I  give  and  bequeath  the  sum  of  six  hundred  sixty  and  six  pounds 
to  be  divided  and  distributed  to  and  amongst  the  children  of  Peter,  Jane, 
Esther  and  Francis  aforesaid,  my  sons  and  daughters.  Other  bequests  to 
Jane  and  the  others.  My  wife  Katherine  shall  have  the  use  of  such  house- 
hold stuff  of  mine  as  did  belong  unto  her  before  my  marriage  with  her  or 
hath  since  been  given  unto  her  by  Robert  Browne  Esq.,  her  son.  Other 
bequests  to  her.  Reference  to  sums  lent  to  son  Peter  in  his  necessity.  To 
son  Francis  (among  other  things)  the  picture  of  my  mother  and  her  wed- 
ding ring  of  gold  and  one  other  gold  ring  having  a  coat  of  arms  cut  in  the 
stone  that  is  set  therein,  my  silver  seal  of  arms,  my  steel  glass,  my  best 
gold  weights,  my  agate  picture,  the  picture  of  Henry  the  Fourth,  the  late 
French  King,  the  pictures  of  my  late  brother  Samuel  and  of  two  gentle- 
women, with  all  the  cases  that  belonging  to  them ;  and  to  Abigail,  his  wife, 
my  case  for  rings,  with  a  small  ring  of  gold  with  a  death's  head  therein. 
To  Edward  Furber,  my  son  in  law,  my  black  cloak  of  proof  serge,  my  black 
pair  of  boots,  my  cart  and  wheels  and  harness  and  pigs-trough.  Certain 
jewels  and  silver  to  daughter  Jane.  Bequests  to  son  in  law  John  Willis 
and  daughter  Esther  (among  which)  a  silver  tooth-pick  with  a  claw  of  a 
bird  set  therein,  my  eye-cup  of  silver,  my  clock  and  the  plummets  thereof 
and  twelve  small  pictures,  in  frames,  of  Moses  and  the  prophets.  To  son 
Peter  (among  other  things)  the  picture  of  my  father  and  the  case  thereof. 
The  residue  to  my  sons  and  daughters,  Peter,  Jane,  Esther  and  Francis 
(equally).  Mention  of  trusts  under  the  will  of  brother  Paul  Mercer  de- 
ceased. My  son  Francis  Mercer  of  the  City  of  Sarum,  Wilts,  ironmonger, 
to  be  my  executor  and  my  approved  friends  John  Pryaulx,  Doctor  in 
Divinity,  and  Canon  of  the  Cathedral  Church  of  Sarum,  and  Robert  Browne 
ofBlandford  St.  Mary  Esq.,  my  son  in  law,  to  be  overseers.  Published 
and  declared  20  August  1668.  Coke,  8. 

[It  is  evident  that  John,  one  of  the  sons  of  the  above  Francis  Mercer,  had 
predeceased  his  father.    The  following  is  a  brief  summary  of  his  will.] 

John  Mercer  of  London,  mariner,  bound  on  a  voyage  to  Bantam  in  the 
East  Indies  in  the  good  ship  or  vessel  called  the  Constantinople  Marchant, 
26  January  1662,  proved  23  March  1663.  To  my  loving  father,  Francis 
Mercer,  five  pounds.     To  my  loving  brother  Francis  Mercer  twenty  pounds. 


788         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

To  my  very  loviug  brother  Captain  Robert  Browne  ten  pounds  to  buy  him  a 
ring  to  wear  in  my  remembrance.  To  the  rest  of  my  brothers  and  sisters 
living  at  the  time  of  my  decease  twenty  shillings  apiece  to  buy  them  rings  &c. 
To  my  friend  Clem'  Witham,  scrivener,  forty  shillings  (for  a  ring).  To 
my  very  loving  mother  Katherine  Mercer  forty  pounds.  To  my  loving 
sister  Anne  Mead,  wife  of  Josuah  Mead  all  the  rest- and  residue  ot  my 
estate;  and  I  make  the  said  Anne  my  sister  sole,  executrix;  but  if  she  die 
before  me  then  I  make  Anne  Meade,  daughter  of  my  said  sister,  executrix 
and  I  bequeath  to  her  all  my  goods  so  given  and  bequeathed  unto  her  said 
mother.  And  I  appoint  my  said  brother  Josuah  to  be  aiding  and  assisting 
unto  his  said  daughter  in  the  executing  of  this  will.  Bruce,  32. 

[The  foregoing  Pryaulx  and  Mercer  wills  are  sent  in  reply  to  the  friendly 
challenge  of  W.  H.  Whitmore  (see  Reg.,  vol.  45,  p.  237;  ante,  p.  520).  One 
must  refer  also  to  the  Register  for  October,  1873,  page  368,  and  read  that  letter 
referred  to  by  my  friend  W.  H.  W.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Margery  Angur  (or  Augur)  of  London,  widow,  3  January  1653  proved 
9  October  1658.  To  my  son  John  Angur  forty  shillings.  To  my  son 
Nicholas  Angur  now  residing  in  New  England  (certain  household  goods) 
and  also  one  messuage  &c.  in  Plastowe  in  Westham,  Essex,  formerly  given 
unto  me  by  Mistress  Mary  Guilliams  &c.  If  Nicholas  happen  to  die  be- 
fore such  time  as  he  should  return  into  England  then  my  daughter  Hester 
Angur  shall  have  the  aforesaid  messuage  &c.  To  Ann,  the  wife  of  my  son 
John  Angur  my  little  gold  ring  with  a  Bristol  stone  in  it.  And  all  the 
residue  I  leave  to  my  said  daughter  Hester  whom  I  make  sole  executrix, 
and  I  appoint  my  brother  Gabriell  Bynnion,  citizen  and  tallow  chandler  of 
Loudon,  overseer.  Wootton,  540. 

[Nicholas  Auger  of  New  Haven,  Ct.,  1643,  was  a  physician  and  trader.  He 
swore  allegiance  August  5,  1644.  He  made  a  will  Sept.  20,  1669.  He  had  a  sis- 
ter Esther  Coster  and  a  brother  John  probably  then  in  England,  who  had  a  son 
Nicholas.  He  had  also  a  relative  Robert,  probably  a  nephew.  His  inventory 
dated  Feb.  26,  1677-8  amounts  to  £1638.  Mrs.  Hester  Coster,  to  whom  he  left 
the  larger  part  of  his  estate,  died  at  New  Haven,  April  5,  1691.  After  her  death 
Robert  Auger  "  the  next  of  kin  resisted  probate  of  her  will  containing  some  be- 
quests for  the  '  support  of  religion  and  learning ' ;  but  he  met  with  not  success." 

See,  for  other  facts,  Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary,  vol.  I.,  page  79,  and 
Rev.  Stephen  Dodd's  East  Haven  Register,  p.  102. — Editor.] 

Parnell  Feake  of  St.  John  Zachary  in  London  (nuncupative)  25th  or 
26th  October  1593,  proved  8  November  1593.  She  lying  sick  in  her  house 
did  declare  to  her  three  daughters,  Margaret,  Judith  and  Anne  Feake,  be- 
ing attendant  upon  her,  that  her  mind  and  will  was  that  William  Feake 
her  son  should  have  the  disposition  of  all  whatsoever  she  had.  And  she 
did  also  declare  unto  them  that  she  had  locked  up  all  that  she  had  in  a 
chest,  saving  that  which  she  willed  should  be  bestowed  at  her  funeral,  and 
willed  and  charged  her  daughters  that  they  should  deliver  the  key  of  the 
said  chest  unto  her  son  William.  And  that  her  said  son  William  should 
bestow  so  much  of  her  goods  upon  every  of  her  said  daughters  and  her  son 
James  as  he  thought  good.  And  made  the  said  William  Feake  her  son 
sole  executor  of  the  said  her  will.  And  also  made  William  Feake,  her 
husband's  brother,  Mr  Padmere  and  Robert  Padmere  overseers. 

Novell,  80. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  789 

William  Feake  the  elder,  citizen  and  goldsmith  of  London,  7  May 
1595,  proved  19  May  1595.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St. 
Edmund  the  King  in  Lumbard  Street,  London,  where  I  am  a  parishioner, 
at  my  pew  door.  To  twenty  poor  men  of  the  poorest  of  my  Company  of 
Goldsmiths  twenty  gowns  of  twenty  shillings  price  apiece  and  twelve  pence 
apiece  for  their  dinner.  To  ten  other  poor  men  ten  gowns  of  like  price 
and  twelve  pence  apiece  for  their  dinner.  To  every  of  my  brethren's  chil- 
dren now  in  London  and  every  of  my  men  and  women  servants  a  cloak  or 
gown.  My  goods  &c.  (after  debts  paid  and  funerals  discharged)  to  be 
divided  into  three  equal  parts,  according  to  the  ancient  and  laudable  use 
and  custom  of  the  City  of  London,  one  part  whereof  I  give  to  my  beloved 
wife  Mary,  the  second  part  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  and  amongst  Thomas, 
John,  Edward,  Sarah  and  Rebecca,  my  children  (minors).  The  third  part 
I  reserve  unto  myself  to  be  disposed  of  &c.  To  poor  prisoners  in  seven 
prisons,  the  hospitals,  poor  and  towardly  scholars  in  Cambridge  the  Gold- 
smiths' Company  &c.  A  house  for  six  poor  men  or  women  at  Wighton  in 
Norfolk  where  I  was  born.  Poor  goldsmiths'  widows.  The  Governors 
of  Bridewell.  To  James,  Parnell,  Mary,  Margaret,  Judith  aud  Anne,  the 
children  of  my  brother  James  Feake  deceased,  ten  pounds  apiece.  I  have 
heretofore  given  to  some  of  the  children  of  my  brother  Edmond  Feake  ten 
pounds  apiece.  I  do  now  give  to  every  of  his  other  children  (saving  Anne 
Feake  now  dwelling  with  me)  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  the  same  Anne  six- 
teen pounds,  besides  the  four  pounds  I  have  in  my  hands  and  received  to 
her  use  of  the  gift  and  bequest  of  her  mother's  brother.  I  have  already 
given  to  some  of  my  sister  Jygg's  children  forty  shillings  apiece.  I  now 
give  forty  shillings  apiece  to  every  of  her  other  children.  I  have  hereto- 
fore given  to  some  of  the  children  of  my  brother  John  Angell  forty  shillings 
apiece.  I  do  now  give  the  like  sum  to  every  of  his  other  children.  I  have 
heretofore  given  unto  some  of  the  children  of  my  brother  William  Angell 
forty  shillings  apiece.  I  now  give  the  like  sum  to  every  of  his  other  chil- 
dren. Three  pounds  six  shillings  and  eight  pence  to  every  of  the  children 
of  my  brother  Simon  Feake  to  whom  I  have  not  already  given  the  like 
sum.  To  my  son  James  Feake  three  hundred  pounds,  he  entering  into 
bond  to  my  executrix  to  pay  unto  my  son  William  and  Mary  his  wife,  dur- 
ing their  lives  and  the  life  of  the  longer  liver  of  them,  ten  shillings  weekly. 
To  my  soil  in  law  Thomas  Barneham  and  Mary  his  wife  two  hundred 
pounds.  I  hold  for  divers  years  yet  to  come,  by  virtue  of  two  several 
leases,  one  from  the  Goldsmiths  Company  and  the  other  from  Mr.  Younge, 
grocer,  all  my  now  dwelling  house  in  Lumbard  Street  and  three  tenements 
in  Birchen  Lane.  My  wife  Mary  shall  hold  and  enjoy  my  said  now  dwel- 
ling house  for  life  and  then  the  remainder  of  the  years  to  come  in  the  said 
dwelling  house  and  three  tenements  I  give  and  devise  unto  the  said  James 
Feake,  my  son.  My  wife  shall  at  her  own  charges  keep  and  maintain  my 
son  Thomas  at  his  learning  and  study  in  the  University  until  he  shall  attain 
the  age  of  thirty  years.  She  shall  put  out  my  sou  John  apprentice  to  some 
honest  merchant  fearing  God  and  of  good  trade  and  credit  and  for  his  better 
preferment  shall  deliver  out  with  him  one  huudred  pounds.  My  sou  in  law 
Thomas  Barneham  standeth  bound  to  me  by  obligation  to  pay  to  my  son 
Edward  two  hundred  pounds  at  his  age  of  one  and  twenty,  and  my  son 
James  is  likewise  bound  to  pay  two  hundred  pounds  to  my  son  John  at  his 
age  of  one  and  twenty.  The  residue  to  wife  Mary  whom  I  make  sole 
executrix.  I -give  to  her  my  messuage  in  Lumbard  Street  called  or  known 
by  the  name  of  the  sign  of  Noah,  now  in  the  occupation  of  Noah  Farmer, 


790  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND. 

goldsmith,  and  my  two  tenements,  divided  into  three,  being  in  St.  Swythens 
Lane,  which  I  bought  of  Mr.  Nicholas  Herrick,  to  hold  for  life,  the  re- 
mainder to  my  son  Thomas,  then  to  my  son  William,  then  to  my  son  James, 
next  to  my  son  John,  next  to  my  son  Edward,  lastly  to  my  daughters  Mary, 
Sara  and  Rebecca. 

Commission  issued  20  May  1625  to  Judith  Feake,  relict  and  administra- 
trix of  James  Feake  deceased,  while  he  lived  executor  of  the  will  of  Mary 
Feake  deceased,  while  she  lived  relict  and  executrix  of  William  Freake 
likewise  deceased,  to  administer  the  goods  &c.  of  the  said  William,  accord- 
ing to  the  tenor  of  his  will  not  fully  administered  by  the  said  Mary  Feake 
his  relict.  Scott,  34. 

Robert  Feake,  citizen  and  goldsmith  of  London,  4  July  1612,  proved 
10  July  1612.  To  my  son  James  Feke  a  hundred  and  twenty  pounds,  to 
be  put  forth  to  and  for  his  use  and  behalf  until  he  come  to  the  full  age  of 
twenty  and  one  years.  To  my  brother  William  Feake  twenty  shillings. 
To  my  sister  Ann  Bullocke  ten  shillings.  To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Gregorye 
ten  shillings.  To  my  sister  Susann  Feke  ten  shillings.  To  my  sister 
Audlea  Feke  ten  shillings.  My  man  Anthony  Bradshawe.  To  my  brother 
in  law  William  Sales  and  my  brother  in  law  William  Audlea  twenty  shil- 
lings apiece  for  to  buy  them  rings  for  a  remembrance.  They  two  to  be 
overseers.  All  the  residue  &c.  to  my  loving  wife  that  now.  is,  Judith  Feke, 
whom  I  do  make  full  and  sole  executrix. 

Wit:  Walter  Awdlerey,  William  Sales,  William  Sayles  junior. 

Fenner,  65. 

Mary  Feake  of  London,  widow,  the  late  wife  and  executrix  of  William 
Feake  late  citizen  and  goldsmith  of  London  deceased,  her  will  made  9 
March  1618  (Stilo  Anglice)  proved  23  August  1619.  To  be  buried  in  the 
church  of  St.  Edmond  the  King  in  Lumbard  Street,  London,  near  to  the 
place  where  my  late  husband  lieth  buried.  Every  of  my  sons  and  daughters 
and  their  wives  and  husbands,  and  every  of  their  children.  Sarah  Bullock 
my  servant.  The  poor  prisoners  of  eight  prisons.  The  hospitals.  Other 
poor  and  needy  people.  The  parish  of  Wighton  in  Norfolk,  where  my 
husband  was  born.  The  Company  of  Goldsmiths.  The  Governors  of 
Bridewell.  My  son  James  Feake.  My  son  Edward  Feake.  To  the  latter 
twenty  acres  in  Home,  Surrey  (called  the  Moores)  which  I  lately  bought 
of  one  Nicholas  Hurling.  Son  John  Feake  to  have  the  messuage  known 
by  the  sign  of  the  Noah,  in  Lumbard  Street  and  the  two  tenements  (divided 
into  three)  in  St.  Swithins  Lane  which  I  bought  of  my  son  Thomas  Feake. 
To  John,  for  life,  certain  property  in  Godstone  ah  Walcombstead,  Surrey 
(a  messuage  called  Maynard's  &c)  which  messuage  and  lands  I  late  bought 
of  my  son  in  law  William  Smythe  of  London,  mercer;  after  his  decease  I 
give  the  said  messuage  &c.  to  my  grandchild  Samuel  Feake,  son  of  my  said 
son  John,  remainder  to  Judith  Feake,  daughter  of  the  said  John  and  lastly 
to  the  right  heirs  of  the  said  John  for  ever.  To  my  son  James  those  two 
messuages  in  Lumbard  Street  now  in  the  several  tenures  or  occupations  of 
Anthony  Bradshaw  and  Robert  Davies,  goldsmiths.  To  every  of  the  chil- 
dren of  my  son  John  twenty  pounds  apiece.  To  my  daughter  Rebecca 
Bournford  six  hundred  pounds  and  certain  goods  of  my  daughter's  late 
husband,  sold  unto  me  by  the  late  Sherriffes  of  London,  by  force  of  an  Ex- 
tent. The  said  Rebecca  to  occupy  the  house  in  Bow  Lane  which  I  hold  of 
the  Company  of  Goldsmiths,  and  after  her  decease  I  bequeath  the  said  lease 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  791 

unto  Samuel  and  Henry  Bournford,  her  children.  To  Alice  Feake,  daugh- 
ter of  my  son  James,  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  son  in  law  William 
Smithe  three  hundred  pounds  upon  condition  he  shall  pay  to  my  son  Wil- 
liam Feake,  during  his  natural  life,  twenty  pounds  a  year.  To  Katherine 
Smith,  the  daughter  of  the  said  William  and  Sara  Smithe  his  wife,  one 
hundred  pounds.  My  daughter  in  law  Mary  Feake,  wife  unto  my  said  son 
William.  Reference  to  a  daughter  Barnham.  Reference  to  the  now  dwel- 
ling house  of  son  James  Feake  in  Lumbard  Street. 

Item,  I  give  to  James  Feake  and  Robert  Feake  my  grandchildren,  to 
either  of  them  one  hundred  pounds  &c.  I  make  my  son  James  Feake  sole 
executor.     Reference  to  the  lunacy  of  Mary  Barnham. 

Then  follows  a  memorandum  evidently  written  by  James  Feake,  referring 
to  things  left  out  of  his  mother's  will.  Reference  to  Mrs.  Blacklicke  and 
her  sister  Ransom,  to  Barnaby  Gregorye  and  his  sister  Amey,  to  "my 
cousin  Sale,"  to  "  my  brother  Edward  Boyes,  my  sister  Bournford  and 
cousin  Bullock.  Parker,  97. 

[There  can  be  but  very  little  question  that  to  the  above  family  belonged  Lieut. 
Eobert  Feke  of  Watertown,  Mass.,  who  with  Serg'  William  Palmer  of  Yar- 
mouth, N.  E.,  and  Judith  his  wife,  and  Tobias  Feke  (aged  17),  son  and  daughter 
of  James  Feke  late  of  London,  goldsmith,  deceased,  mai'.e  a  letter  of  attorney 
(5  10bris  1639)  to  Tobias  Dixon,  citizen  and  mercer  of  London,  to  sell  one  tene- 
ment or  house  and  shop  in  Lumbard  Street,  London,  held  of  the  Company  of 
Goldsmiths  in  London  (see  Thomas  Lechford's  Note-Book,  pp.  228-9).  And  I 
have  little  doubt  that  he  was  akin  to  the  John  Feke  of  London,  goldsmith, 
whose  pedigree  is  given  in  the  Visitation  of  London  (1633-4),  published  by  the 
Harleian  Society  (vol.  1,  p.  268).  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Richard  Atweecke  als  Weecke  of  Stanes,  Midd.,  yeoman,  11  Septem- 
ber 1592,  proved  18  December  1592.  To  be  buried  in  the  church  or 
churchyard  of  Staines.  To  son  Richard  a  tenement  in  Thorpe  (copy-hold) 
and  land  in  the  parish  of  Thorpe,  with  remainder  to  son  William,  next  to 
son  John  the  elder,  then  to  son  Poole  Weeckes,  then  to  son  John  the 
younger,  next  to  son  Josias,  then  to  son  Robert  and  lastly  to  my  right  heirs 
forever.  To  son  William  a  tenement  in  Strowde  in  the  parish  of  Egham, 
Surrey,  late  in  the  tenure  of  William  Hole  (and  other  property).  To  son 
John  the  elder  a  close  of  meadow  in  Egham  &c.  To  sou  John  the  younger 
(certain  tenements  &c.  in  Staines).  To  his  other  sons.  To  Alice  Weeckes, 
a  daughter,  ten  pounds.  To  Joan  Weeckes,  a  daughter,  forty  pounds  at 
day  of  marriage  or  age  of  twenty.  To  Rose  Weeckes,  a  daughter  forty 
pounds  (as  above).  To  my  brother  George  Weeckes  twenty  pounds.  To 
either  of  my  two  brethren,  William  and  Thomas,  forty  shillings  apiece. 
To  my  sister  Susan  forty  shillings.  Sons  Richard,  William,  John  the  elder, 
Poole,  John  the  younger,  evidently  minors.  The  residue  of  lands  to  eldest 
son  Robert  and  to  his  (Robert's)  mother.  The  residue  of  goods  &c.  to 
wife  Florence  and  son  Robert,  whom  I  make  executors ;  and  I  make  Wil- 
liam Atkins,  John  Aldridge,  Thomas  Saunders  and  my  brother  George 
Wickes  overseers.     George  Wickes  one  of  the  witnesses. 

Harrington,  68. 

George  Wickes  of  New  Windsor,  Berks,  gentleman,  13  December 
1608,  proved  10  January  1608.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of 
New  Windsor.  To  my  wife  Judith  my  close  of  meadow  in  Stanes,  Midd., 
and  a  close  in  Egham,  Surrey  &c.  and  certain  grounds  in  Hartley  Rowe  in 
Wiltshire  and  my  lease  of  a  messuage  in  Peascod  Street,  New  Windsor. 
But  if  she  marry  and  take  a  husband  then  I  give  the  said  premises  to  my 


792  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

brother  Thomas  Wickes  and  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  he  to  pay  her  a 
certain  sum  at  the  Bell  in  New  Windsor  &c.  My  brother  Thomas  Carter. 
His  son  William  Carter,  his  daughter  Lydia  and  the  rest  of  his  children. 
My  mother  Margaret  Welles.  Richard  Springe  son  of  my  brother  Francis 
Springe.  The  children  of  Robert  Wickea  of  Stanes.  My  cousin  Raphe 
Feilde's  children  which  he  hath  by  his  now  wife.  My  sister,  their  grand 
mother.  Richard  Wickes  son  of  my  cousin  Richard  Wickes.  My  brother 
Thomas  Wickes  his  three  children.  Raphe  Berry  of  New  Windsor.  My 
cousin  Elizabeth  Maunsell.  My  mother  Margaret  Sinytbe  of  Henley. 
William  Jarman  the  younger  of  Eaton.  William,  John,  Poole  and  Josias 
Wickes.  My  sister  Florence  Wickes  at  Stanes.  Martha  Steynton.  Mr 
Barde  (my  book  of  Peter  Martir)  and  his  son  William  Bard.  John  Bart- 
lett  and  Philip  Bartlett  sons  of  Mr  Francis  Bartlett.  Sundry  others.  I 
give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  brother  Thomas  Wickes  &c.  all  such  estate, 
right,  title,  interest  &c.  which  I  have  or  shall  have  in  the  goods  and  chat- 
tells  late  my  brother  Paule  Welles  by  force  and  virtue  of  the  last  will  and 
testament  of  the  said  Paul  Welles.  My  wife  Judith  to  be  sole  executrix; 
and  I  desire  my  trusty  and  loving  brother  Thomas  Wickes,  Mr.  Hughe 

Evans  his  neighhour  in  London  mercer,  Turner  of  Cookeham  Berks, 

gent,  and Lawrence  of  Wick  ham  Bucks  to  be  overseers. 

Dorset,  7. 

Henry  Wickes  of  Stanes,  Midd.,  miller,  18  August  1610,  proved  23 
October  1610.  To  daughter  Johane  twenty  pounds,  and  also  one  peck  of 
mault  and  one  peck  of  rye  to  be  paid  unto  her  weekly  during  the  time  that 
she  doth  keep  herself  widow.  To  Johane  Durdent,  my  daughter's  daughter, 
ten  pounds  at  marriage  or  age  of  one  and  twenty.  To  the  poor  of  Stanes 
forty  shillings.  To  wife  Johane  annuity  of  twenty  pounds,  with  a  chamber 
as  it  is  furnished,  to  herself,  and  her  competent  diet  during  her  natural  life, 
to  be  paid  out  of  my  mills  in  Stanes.  To  son  Thomas  Wickes  all  my  mills, 
called  Hale  mill  houses  &c.  in  Stanes  (and  other  property)  —  and  a  great 
brass  pot  which  was  my  father's.  The  goods  unbequeathed  I  give  unto 
Johane  my  wife  and  Thomas  my  son,  whom  I  make  executors ;  and  1  make 
Philip  Morgan  gen*  and  Edward  Evans  gen1  overseers.        Wingfield,  83. 

William  Atwick  ah  Wickes  of  Stanes,  Midd.  tanner,  22  September 
1613,  proved  11  Aug.  1620.  To  wife  Judith  the  profits  of  all  my  lands, 
tenements  &c.  for  eighteen  years,  if  she  live  so  long,  for  and  towards  the 
bringing  up  of  my  children  till  they  come  to  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  or 
day  of  marriage  &c.  My  children  Obadiah,  Sara.  My  brothers  and  sisters 
and  their  children.  My  Inn  called  the  George.  To  my  mother  Florence 
Wickes  forty  shillings.  My  uncle  Rubin  Bicknell.  My  aunt  Susan.  My 
6ister  Feild's  children.  For  overseers  I  ordain  and  make  Mr  George  Bard 
and  my  brothers  Robert  and  Richard  Wickes.  My  wife  Judith  I  make 
executrix.  And  it  is  my  will  that  my  wife  shall,  before  her  marriage  to 
any  other,  give  good  security  unto  my  brothers  Edmoud  Baker  and  William 
Fioche  for  the  true  payment  of  three  hundred  pounds  unto  my  children  &c. 

Soame,  80. 

Josias  Wickes  of  Lambeth,  Surrey,  brewer,  15  April  1621,  proved  11 
September  1621.  To  my  brethren  Robert,  Richard  and  John  Wickes  and 
to  my  sister  Joane  Field,  widow,  and  to  my  sister  Judith  Wickes,  widow, 
and  to  Robert  Field,  to  every  of  them  forty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  aunt 
Susan  Worrall  widow  sixpence  a  week  during  her  widowhood.     My  cousin 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  793 

Elisha  Knollesley,  her  son.  I  give  the  sum  of  five  pounds  to  be  spent  among 
all  my  brethren  K>  begin  again  their  quarterly  meeting,  heretofore  by  them 
used,  which  five  pounds  I  desire  may  be  spent  at  my  uncle  Thomas  Wickes 
his  house  in  Staynes,  Midd.,  within  three  months  after  my  decease.  The 
residue  to  my  brother  Poole  Wickes,  whom  I  make  and  ordain  the  sole  and 
only  executor  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament;  and  I  make  my  uncle 
Thomas  Wickes  and  my  loving  friend  Thomas  Harris  the  elder,  [overseers] 
and  I  give  to  each  ten  shillings.  Dale,  77. 

Paul  Wells  of  New  Windsor,  Berks.,  gent.,  11  July  1604,  proved 
30  July  1604.  My  brothers  Timothy  Wells  and  Thomas  Symnell,  gen1. 
My  lands,  tenements  &c.  at  Boveny  Dorney  or  Burnham,  Bucks.  To  my 
brother  George  Weekes  fifty  pounds  which  I  now  owe  unto  him.  My  wife 
Anne.  The  child  with  which  she  is  now  grossement  ensent  and  great.  My 
sisters.  My  mother  Margaret  Wells.  My  brother  Carter.  His  wife  my 
sister.  William  Carter,  their  son,  and  Margaret  Carter,  their  daughter. 
My  sister  Springe.  My  sister  Symnell.  My  sister  Weekes.  My  three 
sisters  children  Margaret  Symnell,  Mary  Carter  and  Elizabeth  Springe. 
My  sister  Elizabeth  Springe  wife  of  Francis  Springe,  gen*.  Brothers 
Timothy  Wells  and  Thomas  Symnell  to  be  executors  and  brothers  George 
Weekes  and  Thomas  Carter  supervisors.  Harte,  69. 

William  Finch  the  elder,  of  the  Town  of  Watford  in  the  Diocese 
of  London  and  liberty  of  St.  Albans,  17  July  1613,  proved  4  September 
1613.  Son  William.  Wife  Rose.  Son  John.  William,  son  of  Edward 
Finch.  Son  in  law  Thomas  Tanner.  Edmund  Baker  and  his  children. 
William  Atwicke  and  his  children.  Ezekiel,  son  of  Thomas  Tanner.  My 
sons,  William,  Edward,  Raphe,  and  John  Finch.  My  daughters  Audrie 
Baker  and  Rose  Tanner.  My  daughter  Judith  Atwicke.  My  cousin 
Francis  Finch  to  be  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Brother  in  law  John  Edliu. 
Wife  Rose  Finch  to  be  sole  executor. 

Book  Dainty  L.  41,  Arch,  of  St.  Albans. 

Rose  Finch  of  Waterford,  Herts.,  widow  13  April  1630,  proved 
22  May  1630.  The  children  of  my  daughter  Judith  which  she  had  by  her 
husband  William  Wickes  als  Atwicke.  My  son  William  Finch.  My 
daughter  Awdrey  Baker.  William  son  of  Edward  Finch  and  Bethia,  his 
daughter.  My  son  John  Finch.  John  son  of  John  Finch  and  Hannah, 
his  daughter.  John,  Symon,  Isaac  and  Raph,  children  of  my  son  Raph 
Finch.     My  daughters  Awdrey  Baker  and  Rose  Tanner.     Others. 

B.  Dainty  L.  204,  Arch,  of  St.  Albans. 

Poole  Wickes  of  Lambeth,  Surrey,  brewer,  2  June  1632,  proved 
28  June  1632.  To  my  three  brothers,  my  sister  and  my  uncle  Wickes 
twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  Mr.  Taylor  of  Clapham,  my  brother  William 
Harris,  my  cousin  Samuel  Wickes  the  brewer,  and  the  clerk,  twenty  shil- 
lings apiece.  To  all  the  brewing  servants  (named)  ten  shillings  apiece. 
The  rest  of  my  estate,  my  debts  being  paid  and  funeral  charges  discharged, 
I  divide  between  my  wife  and  my  children,  she  to  have  one-half  and  my 
children  the  other,  the  boys  at  twenty  one  and  the  girls  at  twenty  one  or 
day  of  marriage.  The  said  children,  to  wit,  John,  Josias,  Paul,  Margaret 
and  Elizabeth.  My  wife  to  be  sole  Executrix.  The  wife's  christian 
name  not  given  in  Probate  Act  following.  Awdley,  78. 


794  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

Robert  Wickes  of  Stanes,  Midd.,  gen*.,  1  August  1G38,  proved  8  Nov- 
ember 1638.  To  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Stanes.  To  my  son 
Tbomas  Wickes  the  messuage  &c.  in  the  tenure  of  Francis  Gyles  &c,  he 
to  pay  to  my  son  John  Wickes,  now  living  in  New  England,  two  hundred 
pounds  at  the  Feast  of  the  birth  of  our  Lord  God  next  coming  &c,  and 
if  the  said  John  happen  to  die  before  the  receipt  of  the  said  sum  then  it 
shall  be  to  the  use  of  his  children,  equally,  to  remain  in  the  hands  of  the 
said  Thomas  until  they  accomplish  their  several  ages  of  one  and  twenty, 
and  he  to  pay  sixteen  pounds  a  year  for  the  use  and  bringing  up  of  the 
said  children.  To  my  said  son  Thomas  the  parcel  called  Newes  and  those 
called  Sharlandes  and  Cullverhall,  he  to  pay  to  my  wife  Sarah  twenty  two 
pounds  yearly  during  her  natural  life,  and  to  pay  her  also  two  hundred 
pounds  within  six  months  next  after  my  decease.  I  give  to  my  son 
William  three  hundred  pounds  in  manner  and  form  following,  i.  e.  thirty 
pounds  in  three  months  and  the  remainder  in  three  years,  and  he  to  have 
ten  pounds  paid  him  every  half  year  in  the  mean  time.  And  if  he 
should  die  or  never  come  to  demand  the  said  sum  then  the  said  three  hun- 
dred pounds  shall  be  paid  to  my  said  son  John  Wickes  and  my  son  Robert 
Wickes  and  their  children,  to  be  equally  divided.  To  my  son  Thomas  the 
parcel  called  Wheatcrofts,  adjoining  to  Culvershall  he 'to  pay  my  son  John 
Wickes,  one  hundred  and  twenty  pounds,  at  or  on  the  26th  of  March  1640, 
if  the  said  John  shall  demand  the  same.  I  give  to  my  son  Robert 
one  hundred  pounds,  to  be  paid  within  eight  months  after  my  decease.  To 
wife  Sarah  all  the  household  goods  that  were  hers  before  the  time  of  our 
marriage.  To  the  poor  of  Stanes  four  pounds.  To  all  my  now  servants 
two  shillings  apiece.  My  son  Thomas  to  be  sole  executor  and  my  cousin 
Thomas  Wickes  and  Daniel  Enderbey  overseers,  giving  them  five  shillings 
apiece  for  their  love  and  care  therein  &c.  Lee,  140. 

Thomas  Wicks  the  elder  of  Stanes,  Midd.,  yeoman,  4  March  1647, 
proved  15  March  1647.  The  poor  of  Stanes,  the  poor  of  Egham,  and  the 
poor  of  Ashford,  Laleham  and  Thorpe.  Andrew  Sanders.  Gartred 
Cole  my  wife's  daughter.  Edward  Holmes  and  Sarah  Holmes.  John 
Norwood  and  Sarah  Rolls.  Amye  Whiting.  My  wife  Mary.  My  mill  in 
Staines.  My  cousin  John  Higdon  the  elder.  My  nephew  Andrew  Dur- 
dant  the  elder.  My  messuage  and  malt  house  in  Staines.  My  brother 
Henry  Wicks.     Cousin  Robert  Durdant,  son  of  Andrew.  Essex,  48. 

Henry  Wickes  of  Sheere  in  Surrey  Esq.,  6  June  1657,  proved 
23  November  1657.  To  the  poor  of  Stanes  ten  pounds.  The  poor  of 
St.  Martins  in  the  Fields  and  of  Sheere.  The  poor  of  Albury.  My 
friend  Mr.  William  Oughtred,  now  rector  of  Albury.  My  honored  friend 
the  Lady  Baskervell.  My  cousin  John  Higdon  the  elder  and  Johane  hi& 
wife,  my  niece.  My  messuages  &c.  in  Covent  Garden  and  Vinegar  Yard  in 
the  parishes  of  St.  Martins  in  the  Fields  and  St.  Pauls  Covent  Garden. 
Robert  Durdant,  my  kinsman,  eldest  son  of  my  nephew  Andrew  Durdant 
deceased.  Lands  and  messuages  &c.  in  Stanes  and  Stanwell,  Midd.,  and  in 
Chobham,  Surrey.  Grace,  the  wife  of  Robert  Durdant.  My  godson 
Henry  Haughton.  My  friend  James  Rice  and  his  wife.  My  servaut 
Arthur  Haughton.  My  friend  Mrs.  Susanna  Smith  and  her  children, 
Thomas,  Andrew,  Mary,  Susan,  Margaret.  —  Her  other  daughter,  Kathe- 
rine  Smith,  my  god  daughter.  My  cousin  John  Harbert,  William  Atlee 
and  Sarah  his  wife,  my  kinswoman.     I  do  remit  and  discharge  all  such 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         795 

moneys  as  are  due  and  owing  to  me  from  Nicholas  Haughton  deceased.  To 
my  godson  Nicholas  Haughton  ten  pounds.  My  cousin  John  Higdon  to  be 
executor.     Money  due  for  my  fee  as  Paymaster  of  His  Majesty's  Works. 

Ruthen,  440. 

[A  pedigree  of  this  family  will  be  found  in  the  published  Visitation  of  Mid- 
dlesex. John  Wickes,  a  friend  of  Gorton's,  was  of  Plymouth  and  afterwards 
of  Bhode  Island.  He  drew  a  bill  of  exchange,  dated  24  Sept.  1639,  for  thirty- 
one  pounds,  on  his  brother  Mr.  Thomas  Wickes'  dwelling  in  Stanes  in  the 
County  of  Middlesex  (England)  in  favor  of  William  Withington  of  Aquednecke 
in  New  England,  planter  (see  Thomas  Lechford's  Note-Book,  pp.  188-9). 

Henry  F.  Waters.] 

[The  following  extracts  from  the  Register  of  Jesus  Chapel,  in  the  parish  of 
St.  Mary  Extra,  co.  Southampton,  have  been  furnished  me  by  Major  F.  W.  T. 
Attree,  R.  E.,  who  has  before  helped  me.  See  Register,  vol.  46,  pp.  306-7; 
ante,  pp.  576-7.  H.  F.  Waters.] 

1738  April   23rd   this  is  the    lrt   Couple   for    Georgia.     Wra   Cowel   and 

Susannah  Lester  were  married  at  J.  C.  (Jesus  Chapel). 
"      May  5th  John  Tindall  and  Ann   Mewle,  John  Gray  and  Mary  Slade, 

John    Hebbs   and    Mary   Reynolds,   Edward    Hebbs   and    Elizabeth 

Hartoff,  Joseph  Salmon  and  Ann  Smith  all  bound  for  Georgia  were 

married  at  J.  C. 
"      May  8.    Zachariah  Raby  and  Mary  Taylor,  Thomas  Newman  and 

Lydia  West  bound  for  Georgia  were  married  at  J.  C. 
"     May  10th  Ephraim  Gordon  and  Sarah  Coombs,  Richard  Bigford  and 

Sarah  Goodfellow  for  Georgia  were  married  at  J.  C. 
"      May  ye  18th  John  Fox  and  Elizabeth   Buckle,  David  Marlar  and 

Martha  Heath  for  Georgia  were  married  at  J.  C. 
"      May  ye   218t  Richard  Ellit  and  Margaret  Gardiner,  Robert  Collins 

and  Lucey  Tanner  for  Georgia  were  married  at  J.  C. 
"      May  ye  25th  Charles  Martin  and  Elizabeth  Griffiths,  Jnn  Wakefield 

and  Sarah  Todd,  Roger  Usherwood  and  Mary  Huntsman,  William 

Owen  and  Mary  Smith,  Thomas  Goss  and  Martha  Smith  all  bound 

for  Georgia  were  married  at  Jesus  Chappel. 

I  cannot  find  any  of  these  (which  are,  I  believe,  all  that  are  contained 
in  the  Register)  in  Mr  Moen's  Marriage  Licenses,  Hampshire,  Vol.  I,  men's 
names,  A  to  L. 

William  Nicholles  of  Witbam,  Essex,  gentleman,  4  August  1638, 
proved  29  November  1638.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Witham. 
An  inventory  to  be  made  of  my  goods,  &c.  in  my  now  dwelling  house  in 
Witham,  there  to  remain  during  the  natural  life  of  Dorothy  my  wife.  I 
give  to  my  wife  all  the  goods  of  household  &c.  that  she  had  and  brought 
to  me  and  that  were  her  goods  at  the  time  of  our  marriage.  My  son 
William  Nicholles  of  Witham  shall  pay  her  ten  pounds  a  year  during  the 
lease  granted  by  the  Right  Worshipful  Serg4  Darcy  of  the  farm  called  the 
manor  of  Benton's  in  Witham,  now  in  the  possession  of  the  said  William 
my  son,  if  the  said  Dorothy  shall  so  long  live.  And  my  said  son  William 
shall,  the  first  year  after  my  decease,  give,  bring  in  and  deliver  unto  the 
said  Dorothy  my  wife  four  seams  of  mislin,  four  seams  of  wheat  and  four 
Beams  of  barley,  good  and  sweet  corn.  Other  bequests  to  wife  and  son 
William. 

Ttem,  I  give,  will  and  bequeath  in  and  by  this  my  last  will  and  testament 
unto   Sibrian   Nicholles   my  son   the   sum  of  one   hundred   pounds  at  the 


796  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

expiration  of  three  years  after  my  decease,  to  be  paid  unto  him  by  William 
my  son.  And  my  son  William  shall  pay  unto  the  said  Sibrian  ten  pounds 
every  year,  for  three  years  next  after  my  decease,  (to  be  paid  half  yearly) 
for  and  towards  the  maintenance  and  bringing  up  my  said  son  Sibrian  at 
Cambridge.  I  give  Sibrian  also  fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  him,  within  a  year 
after  the  decease  of  Dorothy  my  wife,  by  the  said  William  ray  son.  To 
my  brother  John  Nicholles  of  Coggeshall,  webster,  five  pounds.  To 
Matthew  Baxter  daughter  of  William  Baxter  of  Witham  four  pounds. 
To  Thomas  Haiword  my  servant  twenty  shillings.  The  residue  to  my  son 
William  whom  I  make  executor  and  I  make  my  wife  Dorothy  executrix. 
Proved  by  William  Nicholles,  power  reserved  for  Dorothy,  the  relict  &c. 

Lee,  155. 

Anne  Farmer,  wife  of  George  Farmer  of  St.  Andrew,  Holborne, 
London,  Esq,,  heretofore  the  wife  and  administratrix  of  Thomas  Gate,  late 
one  of  the  Barons  of  the  Court  of  Exchequer,  deceased,  &c:  her  will  made 
24  June  1668,  proved  2  November  1669.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the 
Temple  Church,  London,  as  near  the  body  of  my  said  late  deceased 
husband  as  conveniently  may  be,  in  decent  and  comely  manner.  To  my 
grandchild  Anne  Farmer,  wife  of  Thomas  Farmer  of  the  Inner  Temple, 
gent.,  my  best  Jewell  of  diamonds,  my  silver  bason  and  my  silver  salt  &c. 
&c,  and  all  manner  of  furniture  in  the  chamber  next  the  Dining-room, 
towards  the  street,  in  my  house  at  Endfield  in  the  Co.  of  Midd.,  as  also  my 
picture  of  myself  &c.  Whereas  I  am  seized  in  fee,  according  to  the  custom 
of  the  manor  of  Cheshunt,  Herts.,  of  one  messuage  or  tenement  at  Lucas 
End  and  nine  acres  of  meadow  or  pasture  and  common  of  pasture  for 
cattle  in  Cheshunt  Leyes  &c  —  and  whereas  I  have  surrendered  the  said 
messuage  and  lands  into  the  hands  of  Sir  Clement  Farnham  Knight, 
Steward  of  the  said  manor,  to  the  use  of  such  person  or  persons  and  for 
such  estate  and  estates  as  I  shall  by  my  last  will  and  testament  nominate, 
declare  or  appoint,  in  which  Surrender  my  husband,  Mr  George  Farmer, 
hath  joined,  I  do  declare  and  appoint  that  my  said  grandchild  Anne 
Farmer  shall  be  admitted  tenant  &c. ;  but  the  rents  and  profits  shall  be 
paid  or  transmitted  unto  Constant  Morley,  late  wife  and  relict  of  John 
Morley  deceased,  my  late  brother  &c,  during  her  life,  and  after  her  decease 
to  be  and  remain  to  the  said  Anne  Farmer  and  her  heirs  forever.  To  my 
grandchild  Edward  Payne  one  hundred  pounds  at  one  and  twenty.  To  my 
grandchildren  Elizabeth  and  Catherine  Payne  ten  pounds  apiece  (and  the 
rest  of  my  plate).  They  the  daughters  of  my  son  in  law  Mr  John  Payne. 
Certain  jewels  to  grandchild  Anne  Lane.  To  my  sou  in  law  Sir  Edward 
Farmer  my  picture  of  his  father,  drawn  in  little,  which  I  used  to  wear. 
A  gift  to  his  lady.  My  son  in  law  Mr  Thomas  Farmer.  My  daughter  in 
law  Mra  Elizabeth  Beamond,  wife  of  Henry  Beamond  Esq.  My  cousin 
Frances  Norwood.     Mrs.  Hester  Mason.     Others.  Coke,  139. 

[This  will  of  Mrs.  Ann  Farmer  is  a  gratifying  confirmation  of  the  suggestion 
advanced  by  me,  in  Gleanings  of  April,  18§2,  as  to  the  ancestry  of  John  Morley 
of  Charlestown,  Mass.  (See  Register,  Vol.  46,  p.  156;  ante,  p.  568).  Mrs. 
Farmer,  by  referring  to  her  former  husband  Thomas  Gate  and  also  mentioning 
Constant  Morley,  the  relict  of  her  late  brother  John  Morley,  settles  the  matter 
completely.  H.  F.  Waters  ] 

Richard  Qutney  of  Shottery,  Warwick,  gentleman,  25  May  1682, 
proved  21  November  1684.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  old 
Stratford,  in  the  vault  wherein  my  father  and  mother  were  laid.     To  my 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  797 

brother  Adrian  Quyney  gent.,  all  my  messuages  &c.  in  old  Stratford,  Shot- 
tery  and   Clopton   (with  certain  exceptions)  hoping  the  said  Adrian  will  be 
as  kind  to  my  brother  Thomas  Quyney,  gent.,  as  I  have  been  to  him  the  said 
Adrian,  if  Thomas  shall  survive  him.     To  Adrian  the  gold  seal  ring  which 
was  my  father's,  to  my  brother  Thomas  my  plate  hilt  rapier,  to  my  brother 
in    law    Edward    Pilkiugton    my   silver    plate   for    sweatmeats,    curiously 
embossed,  to  my  sister  Elianor   Pilkiugton  my  garter  ring  with  a  diamond 
therein,  to  my  brother  in  law  Mr.  Richard  Pyle  my  china  cup  curiously 
footed  with  silver,  to  my  sister  Elizabeth  Pyle  my  curious  Indian  shell  with 
a  silver  foot,  to  my  brother  in  law  Mr.  Jar  vis  Cooper  my  universal  ring  dial, 
to  my  sister  Sarah  Cooper  my  stone  jug  curiously  covered  and  footed  with 
silver,  to  my  nephew  Mr.  Robert  Harvey  an  azimuth  Equinoctial  universal 
dial,  to  my  niece  Barbara  Harvey  a  china  bason  and  my  china  cup,  to  my 
nephew  Mr.  Richard  Cooper  my  silver  tobacco  box,  to  my  nephew  George 
Lilburue  a  tortoise  shell   box  with   the  late  King's  picture  thereon,  with 
scales  and  weights  therein  for  gold,  to  my  niece  Elianor,  daughter  to  my 
late  brother  Mr.  John  Lilburue  a  tortoise  shell  looking  glass  with  pictures 
of  embossed  work  gilded,  to  my  niece  Katherine  Booth  a  box  of  Indian 
painted  dishes  and  a  silver  spoon,  to  my  niece   Sarah  Cooper  my  silver 
money  box  and  a  silver  spoon  gilt,  to  my  niece  Elianor  Cooper  a  pair  of 
"  sysers,"  with   silver  tops  and   chain,  and   a  silver  spoon.     Rings  of  ten 
shillings  cost  each  to  my  cousin    Richard  Chandler,  my  cousins  Richard, 
William,   Charles   and    James    Watts,   my   cousins  John   Sadler,   William 
Baker  and  Margaret  Jones,  my  cousin   Henry  Dighton  and  his  wife,  my 
cousin  William  Challoner  and  his  wife,  my  cousin   Reginald   Forster  Esq. 
and  his  wife,  my  cousins  Francis  Watts  of  Clifford  and  his  wife,  my  cousins 
William  and  John  Smith  and  their  wives,  my  cousius  Anne  Mitchell  aud 
Elizabeth  Baylye,  my  cousin  John  Frogmere,  my  good  friends  Sir  William 
Bishop  kul  and  Mr.  Edward  Harrison,  Mr.  Samuel  Tyler  and  Mr.  William 
Gibson,  Mr.  Robert  Watkins  and  his  wife,  Capt.  Richard  Kiusey,  William 
Maior,  Ralph  Izard  and  Mr.  John  Combes,  my  godson  Job  Watts  and  my 
god    daughter    P^lizabeth    Danvers.     I    commit    the    custody    my    brother 
William -Quyney  (whom  it  hath  pleased  God  to  deprive  of  his  reason)  to 
my  said  brother  Adrian  Quyney,  earnestly  desiring  and  strictly  charging 
him  to  use  his  utmost  care  and  diligence  for  the  good  and  preservation  of 
my  said  brother  William  Quyney  according  to  the  tender  bowels  of  com- 
passion which  a  good  Christian  and  a  brother  ought  to  have  to  so  near  a 
relation.     The  residue  to  my  brother  Adrian  whom  I  appoint  sole  executor, 
and  I  make  my  brother  Thomas  Quyney  overseer.  Hare,  153. 

[The  testator  of  the  above  will  was  the  oldest  son  of  Richard  Quioey  of 
London,  grocer,  by  Ellen  daughter  of  John  Sadler  of  Stratford  upon  Avon.  The 
wills  of  his  father  and  his  brother  Adrian  have  already  been  given  in  these 
Gleanings,  ante,  pp.  197,  621.  His  brother  Thomas  Quiney  inherited  their 
father's  land  and  other  property  in  Virginia.  In  the  Register  for  October,  1892, 
ante,  pp.  618-621,  may  be  found  the  Avills  of  sundry  relatives  of  this  family. 
Their  connection  with  Shakespeare  and  indirectly  with  John  Harvard  and 
Governor  Willys  of  Connecticut  makes  them  interesting.  H.  F.  Waters.] 

Axn  Quinsie  of  Wigstrapp  in  the  parish  of  Lillford  in  the  County  of 
Northampton,  widow,  29  January  1630,  proved  6  April  1631.  To  my  son 
in  law  Gabriel  Munnes  all.  my  goods  and  household  stuff  now  in  my  little 
parlor  in  Wigstrapp  &c.  (and  other  property)  upon  condition  the  said 
Gabriel  Munnes  and  Christian  his  wife  shall  release  unto  my  executor  ten 
pounds,  part  of  the  legacy  of  threescore  pounds  bequeathed  unto  her  the 


798  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

said  Christian  by  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Edmond  Quinsie  my  late 
husband  deceased.  My  executor  shall  permit  and  suffer  my  daughter 
Munues  to  have  and  enjoy  free  liberty  in  my  house  and  to  have  her  diet 
and  sufficient  provision  until  such  time  as  it  shall  please  God  she  be  deliv- 
ered of  the  child  she  now  goeth  with  all  and  for  the  space  of  six  weeks 
after  her  delivery  at  the  only  proper  charges  of  my  executor.  My  execu- 
tor shall  also  at  his  charge  board  and  harbor  in  my  house  at  Wigstrapp  my 
daughter  Roodinge  and  her  four  children  for  three  years  after  my  death, 
she  paying  him  ten  pounds  yearly.  To  my  son  William  Quinsie  five  and 
forty  pounds  at  two  and  twenty.  To  my  son  Thomas  five  and  twenty 
pounds  at  one  and  twenty.  My  grandchildren  Ellenor  Holdich,  Charity 
Holdich,  John  Holdich  and  John  Quinsie.  To  my  daughter  in  law  Eliza- 
beth Quinsie  four  yards  of  that  woollen  cloth  which  is  in  my  house  and  one 
of  my  smocks.  My  daughter  Roodinge's  son  and  her  three  daughters. 
My  daughter  Binge's  five  sons  and  her  daughter.  My  four  daughters 
Annie  Hilles,  Ellen  Binge,  Alice  Roodinge  and  Christian  Munnes.  To 
my  son  Edmund's  son  twelve  pence  in  money  and  to  his  daughter  one  pair 
of  hurden*  sheets  and  twelve  pence  in  money.  Towards  the  reparation  of 
the  parish  church  of  Lilford  ten  shillings  and  to  the  poor  of  Wigstrapp 
six  pence  a  family.  All  the  rest  of  my  goods  &c.  to  John  Quinsie  my  son, 
whom  I  make  and  ordain  sole  executor  &c. ;  and  I  appoint  as  supervisors 
John  Quinsie  the  elder  and  James  Holdich,  and  for  their  pains  herein  to  be 
taken  I  give  them  two  shillings  apiece. 

Among  the  witnesses  were  John  Quinsie  Sen'  (by  mark)  and  Francis 
Quinsy.  St.  John,  44. 

[*  This  word,  written  horden  several  times  in  this  Will,  should  be  harden,  I 
suppose.    These  sheets  probably  were  made  of  hards  or  coarse  flax.    H.  F.  W.] 

John  Quince y  of  Widgthorpe,  Northampthon,  husbandman  18  October 
1651,  proved  10  December  1651.  To  John,  my  eldest  son,  my  lease  at  A- 
church  in  the  county  aforesaid,  to  enter  upon  it  at  the  age  of  one  and  twen- 
ty years.  To  Edmund,  my  second  son,  twenty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty. 
Theophilus  my  third  son.  Gidderrill  my  fourth  son.  Joslife  my  fifth  son. 
William  my  sixth  son.  Francis  my  seventh  son.  Alice  my  eldest  daugh- 
ter (under  21).  Elenor  my  second  daughter.  Ann  my  third  daughter. 
My  sister  Lewes  daughter  Alee  Lewes.  My  brother  Francis  Quincey. 
My  brother  Thomas  Quincey.  Anne  my  now  loving  wife  to  be  sole  executor 
and  my  brother  Francis  Quincey  and  my  cousin  John  Gidderrill  to  be  super- 
visors.    James  Quincey  one  of  the  witnesses.  Grey,  246. 

[These  two  wills  are  those  of  the  mother  and  a  brother  of  Edmund  Quincy, 
born  1602,  died  1G35,  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  distinguished  New  England 
family  of  that  name.  An  exhaustive  account  of  this  family  by  Prof.  Edward 
Elbridge  Salisbury,  LL.D.,  will  be  found  in  his  Family  Memorials  (1885),  Part 
I.  pp.  295-371,  with  a  tabular  pedigree. — Editor.] 

John  Palmer  of  London,  mercer,  1  November  1631,  proved  12  Feb- 
ruary 1632.  One  third  part  of  my  estate,  according  to  the  laudable  custom 
of  this  City  of  London,  to  my  wife  Elizabeth  Palmer,  another  third  to  such 
child  or  children  as  I  shall  have  by  my  wife,  and  to  be  paid  them  when 
they  come  to  one  and  twenty  years  of  age,  and  in  case  of  their  death,  the 
said  portion  to  be  given  to  my  wife;  the  remaining  third  part  of  my  estate 
I  give  as  follows.  To  Mr.  Googe,  Mr.  Sibbs,  Mr.  Davenport  and  Mr.  Off- 
spring who  are  Feoffees,  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds  to  be  disbursed  about 
the    buying   of   impropriations    or    the    like    as    they    think    fit   for    the 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  799 

church  of  God.  To  my  brother  Millburne  Palmer  teu  pounds.  The  rest 
to  wife  Elizabeth  whom  I  make   sole  executrix  &c.     And  I  desire  Mr. 

Davenport,  minister,  Mr. Freuch,  warehouseman  in  Lumber  and  Mr. 

Edward  Hopkins  of  London,  merchant,  that  they  would  be  pleased  (after 
my  wife's  decease)  to  take  into  their  custody  my  sous  in  law,  Samuel 
and  Nathaniel  Browning  and  to  educate  and  bring  them  up  in  the  fear  of 
the  Lord  and  likewise  to  have  within  your  own  custodies  their  portions 
given  them  of  their  father  for  their  maintenance  and  education,  which  por- 
tion of  theirs  is  about  six  hundred  three  score  and  sixteen  pounds  or  there- 
abouts, three  hundred  whereof  is  in  the  Chamberlain's  hands,  which  I  re- 
ceived fifteen  pounds  per  annum  for,  the  other  three  hundred  threescore  and 
sixteen  pounds  is  in  my  own  haud,  whereof  I  have  given  a  bond  to  Mr. 
Thomas  Frel  for  a  hundred  of  it  to  be  paid  to  him  for  them ;  all  which  I 
desire  may  be  put  into  their  hands  for  their  maintenance.  To  Matthew 
Barnard,  porter,  fifty  shillings.  To  Ezekiell  Hollyman  five  pounds  to  be 
bestowed  upon  neccessaries  for  the  church  of  Wigginton.  And  five  pounds 
more  I  desire  my  wife  to  give  to  two  silenced  ministers  whom  she  thinks 
for.  I  also  give  five  of  my  great  books  to  my  brother  Francis,  which  he 
may  make  choice  among  my  books.  Russell,  8. 

Thomas  Quinet,  citizen  and  brewer  of  London,  20  May  1701,  proved 
13  June  1701.  As  for  the  Harveys  they  shall  have  no  reason  to  expect  any- 
thing from  me  considering  what  they  enjoy  at  present  which  of  right  be- 
longs to  me  and  what  more  they  will  at  my  death.  I  give  to  my  loving 
6ister  Elizabeth  Pyle,  wife  of  Richard  Pyle  of  Edmonton,  Middlesex,  Esqr, 
for  her  separate  maintenance  all  that  messuage  or  tenement  &c.  in  Stratford 
upon  Avon  in  the  Co.  of  Warwick,  now  in  the  occupation  of  William  Martin 
&c,  to  hold  during  her  natural  life,  and  after  her  decease  I  devise  the  same 
messuage  &c.  to  my  niece  Elianor  Richardson,  wife  of  Joshua  Richardson, 
clerk,  Rector  of  All  Hallows  the  Wall  London,  for  life,  then  to  her  eldest 
son  Joshua  Richardson  for  life,  next  to  his  heirs  male  &c,  failing  such 
to  George  Richarson  second  son  of  my  said  niece  Elianor  Richardson,  then 
to  his  male  issue,  next  to  Robert  Richardson,  the  third  son  &c,  and  lastly  to 
the  right  heirs  of  my  said  niece  Elianor  Richardson  forever. 

Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  all  that  my  moyety  of  two  plantations  in  Vir- 
ginia, in  parts  beyond  the  Seas,  lying  on  James  River,  the  one  called  Mer- 
chants Hope,  the  other  Martins  Brandon  (the  other  moyety  whereof,  equal- 
ly divided,  belongs  to  Mr.  John  Sadler  late  of  London,  druggist)  unto  my 
said  niece  Elianor  Richardson  until  her  youngest  son,  the  said  Robert  Rich- 
ardson, shall  attain  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years,  when  I  give  and  de- 
vise the  same  to  him  &  his  male  issue,  remainder  to  Joshua  then  to  George 
and  lastly  to  the  right  heirs  of  the  said  Elianor  Richardson  &c.  To  my  niece 
Ellen  Cooper,  daughter  of  my  sister  Sarah  Cooper  deceased,  twenty  five 
pounds.  To  my  said  niece  Elianor  Richardson  all  my  share  &c.  in  the  ship 
Plymouth,  now  out  on  a  voyage  at  or  returning  from  Virginia.  To  my 
kinswoman  Elizabeth  Richardson,  daughter  of  my  said  niece  Elianor,  twen- 
ty five  pounds,  to  be  paid  at  her  age  of  four  and  twenty  years  or  day  of 
marriage.  The  use  of  all  the  residue  of  my  estate  to  my  said  niece  Elianor 
Richardson  and  after  her  death  I  give  the  same  outright  to  her  children. 
My  said  niece  to  be  sole  executrix.  Dyer,  83. 

[This  of  course  is  the  Thomas  Quyney  or  Quiney,  brother  of  Richard  whose 
will  I  have  just  given  and  of  Adrian  whose  will  appeared  ante,  p.  621. 

H.  F.  Waters.] 


800  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

William  Smith  of  Bristol,  merchant,  27  September  1704,  proved 
20  November  1704.  To  the  poor  of  Bristol  one  hundred  pounds.  To  the 
Work  house  in  the  Lamb  Grounds,  Bristol,  fifty  pounds  for  employing  the 
poor  there.  To  my  friends  Arthur  Thomas,  John  Dyer,  Thomas  Dixon 
and  Jeffry  Pinnell  fifty  pounds  to  be  employed  by  the  advice  and  direction 
of  the  Men's  Meeting  of  the  people  called  Quakers  within  the  said  City  of 
Bristol  in  such  manner  as  they  shall  think  fit.  To  Mary  wife  of  John 
Harrode  ten  pounds  and  to  my  cousin  Robert  Wilcox  ten  pounds. 

Item,  I  give  unto  my  sister  Elizabeth  Wilson  in  Virginia  thirty  pounds 
and  all  my  late  wife's  wearing  apparel,  both  linen  and  woollen  and  silk. 
And  my  will  is  that  my  said  sister  shall  be  continued  to  live  on  my  planta- 
tion in  Virginia  during  her  life  and  that  she  be  supplied  with  necessaries 
from  England,  by  my  executor,  as  formerly  it  hath  been  done.  To  my 
cousin  Abraham  Wilson  five  hundred  acres  of  land,  to  be  laid  out  and 
taken  from  my  tract  of  land  in  Virginia  of  eight  and  twenty  hundred  acres. 
And  it  shall  be  taken  where  it  shall  least  incommode  my  said  plantation, 
lying  near  Mattopony  near  York  River  in  Virginia  aforesaid.  I  give  the 
said  Abraham  Wilson  also  fifty  pounds.  To  my  cousin  John  Wilson  three 
hundred  acres  to  be  taken  out  (as  above).  The  remainder  of  my  said 
plantation,  being  two  thousand  acres,  with  all  buildings,  warehouses,  negroes, 
and  stock  of  cattle  thereon,  I  give  to  my  sou  Joseph  for  life,  and  then 
to  his  children.  I  give  two  thousand  pounds  to  my  said  friends  (Thomas, 
Dyer,  Dixon  and  Pinnell)  in  trust  to  purchase  houses  and  lands  &c.  and 
apply  and  pay  the  clear  income  thereof  unto  and  amongst  the  children  of 
my  son  Joseph,  born  of  his  present  wife  &c.  during  their  minorities  and 
afterwards  such  estates  to  be  conveyed  to  them  &c.  To  my  daughter 
Hester,  wife  of  the  said  Joseph  five  broad  pieces  of  gold.  Son  Joseph  to 
be  sole  executor.     Proved  by  Affirmation  or  solemn  Declaration. 

Ash,  242. 

William  Shaw,  citizen  and  weaver  of  London  5  April  1687,  proved 
11  May  1693.  To  my  brother  Thomas  Shaw  eighty  pounds.  To  my 
brother  Godfrey  Shaw  eighty  pounds  and  I  release  unto  him  the  sum  of 
ten  pounds  principal  which  he  oweth  me  upon  Bond  and  all  interest  due  at 
my  decease  and  also  ten  pounds  more  lent  unto  him  as  may  appear  by 
letters  from  him  to  me. 

Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  brother  John  Shaw  of  Boston  in 
New  England  the  sum  of  forty  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Zachariah  Shaw 
son  of  my  said  brother  Thomas  sixty  pounds.  To  my  cousins  Mary  and 
Elizabeth,  daughters  of  my  said  cousin  Zachariah  ten  pounds  apiece.  To 
my  cousin    Tabitha  Wilson   daughter  of  my  said   brother  Godfrey  thirty 

pounds.     To Sales  daughter  of  my  said  cousin  Tabitha  ten  pounds. 

To  my  cousin  Martha  Blush  of  Boston  aforesaid,  daughter  of  my  said 
brother  John  Shaw,  ten  pounds.  To  two  grandchildren  of  my  said  brother 
John  Shaw  by  his  son  John  five  pounds  apiece.  To  my  cousin  Elizabeth 
Shaw  daughter  of  my  late  brother  Richard  Shaw  deceased  thirty  pounds. 
To  my  cousins  John  and  Martha  Barker,  son  and  daughter  of  my  late 
sister  Elizabeth  Barker  deceased,  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  my  cousins 
Christian  Smith,  Mary  Binks,  James  Hewett  the  younger,  James  Smith 
and  William  Parkin,  of  Attercliffe  in  the  Co.  of  York,  forty  shillings 
apiece.  To  the  poor  of  Atterclife  five  pounds.  To  my  cousin  William 
Shawe,  son  of  my  brother  Thomas,  five  hundred  pounds.  To  Richard 
Shaw,  son  of  my  said  cousin  William,  fifty  pouuds,  to  be  improved  by  his 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  801 

parents  until  he  attain  the  age  o'f  one  and  twenty  years.  To  my  said 
cousin  William  Shaw  my  messuage  or  tenement  &c.  wherein  Mr  Christmas 
Holloway  lately  dwelt,  in  Fetter  Lane,  London,  to  hold  during  the  rest  of 
the  lease  by  which  I  hold  the  same  from  Sir  Nicholas  Bacon,  knight.  And 
if  the  said  William  shall  happen  to  depart  this  life  before  the  expiration  of 
the  said  lease  then  I  give  and  bequeath  the  said  messuage  &c.  unto  Debora 
Shaw,  wife  of  the  said  William,  and  to  Richard  Shaw,  son  of  the  said 
William.  To  my  said  cousin  William  my  two  messuages  &c.  in  Baldwin's 
Gardens,  St.  Andrew's  Holborn,  London,  held  by  lease  from  Thomas 
Bedford,  citizen  and  merchant  taylor  of  London,  he  paying  to  my  brother 
Thomas  Shaw  and  his  assigns  out  of  the  rent  &c.  three  pounds  per  annum 
during  the  natural  life  of  the  said  Thomas,  if  the  lease  shall  so  long  con- 
tinue. To  my  cousin  David  Williams,  husband  to  my  cousin  Mary 
Williams,  daughter  of  my  said  brother  Thomas  Shaw,  three  hundred 
pounds.  To  my  said  cousin  Mary  Williams  one  hundred  pounds  and  to 
her  two  children,  William  and  Mary,  and  to  such  child  as  she  is  now 
"ensient"  with,  to  each  of  them  fifty  pounds.  To  the  said  Mary  Williams, 
the  mother,  my  messuage  &c.  in  Gunpowder  Alley,  New  Street,  near 
Fetter  Lane,  now  in  the  occupation  of  the  Widow  Balland  &c.  held  by 
lease  from  the  Company  of  Goldsmiths,  next  to  William  Williams  her  son. 
My  executors  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  to  be  expended  in  my 
funeral.     My  cousins  William  Shaw  and  Mary  Williams  to  be  executors. 

Coker,  87. 

[John  Shaw,  butcher,  of  Boston,  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  Artillery 
Company  in  1646.  He  had  children  by  wife  Martha:  John,  b.  16  May,  1646,  d. 
young;  John,  b.  1648;  Samuel,  b.  4  Nov.  1651,  d.  aged  10  months;  Martha,  b. 
16  Sept.  1655;  Joseph,  b.  11  Nov.  1657.  In  1670  he  liad  a  wife  Elizabeth.  He 
died  July  23,  1687. — (Savage).  The  christian  name  of  the  husband  of  his 
daughter,  Martha  Blush,  I  presume  was  Abraham,  as  children  of  Abraham  and 
Martha  Blish  are  on  record  at  Boston. — Editor.] 

Hannah  Walker  of  London,  widow,  10  April  1675,  proved  2  Novem- 
ber 1675.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  Thomas  Walker  of  Sudbury 
in  New  England,' in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas,  merchant,  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England,  to  be  paid  to  him 
or  his  assigns  Within  twelve  months  next  after  my  decease.  In  case  of  his 
death  before  it  becomes  payable  I  give  the  said  sum  to  his  wife  Mary  for 
the  use  of  their  children,  if  she  be  then  living,  but  if  dead  then  to  the 
Executors  of  my  son  Thomas,  for  the  use  of  the  children  &c.  To  my  son 
in  law  Mr.  Paul  Strange  five  pounds  to  buy  him  mourning.  A  writing  as 
to  the  disposition  of  goods  &c.  deposited  in  the  hands  of  my  dear  daughter 
Hannah  Strange,  wife  of  the  aforesaid  Paul  Strange.  To  my  loving  friend 
Mr.  John  Jackson  of  London  merchant  three  hundred  pounds,  to  be  paid 
from  time  to  time  to  such  persons  as  my  daughter  Hannah  may  direct  and 
appoint;  and  if  she  die  before  her  husband  then  I  give  two  thirds  of 
the  said  three  hundred  pounds  to  the  aforesaid  Thomas  Walker  in  New 
England,  or  to  his  executors  for  the  use  of  his  children,  if  he  be  dead.  The 
other  third  I  give  to  my  said  son  in  law  Paul  Strange.  But  if  my  daugh- 
ter survive  her  husband  then  it  shall  be  all  at  her  dispose,  living  or  dying. 
My  friend  Mr.  John  Jackson  to  be  executor  and  Mr.  John  Smith  of  Lam- 
beth, Surrey,  gen'.,  to  be  overseer. 

Wit:     John  Ward,  Hester  Ward. 


802  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

Commission  issued  20  December  1700  to  Hanna  Strange  widow,  daugh- 
ter and  residuary  legatee,  John  Jackson,  the  executor,  having  died. 

Dycer,  119. 

[Thomas  Walker,  of  Sudbury,  and  wife  Mary  had  eleven  children,  statistics 
tof  which  will  be  found  in  Barry's  History  of  Framingham,  page  430.  In  1664, 
the  town  of  Sudbury  considered  if  they  would  give  Mr.  Walker  land  for  his 
encouragement  to  keep  a  free  school  in  Sudbury.  In  1672  he  kept  an  ordinary 
there.    His  descendants  are  numerous  in  Sudbury  and  Framingham. — Editor.] 

Richard  Wells  Senior  of  the  Co.  of  Ann  Arundell  in  the  Province  of 
Maryland,  22  June  1667,  proved  in  Maryland  31  August  16(57  and  in  Lon- 
don 14  November  1668.  To  my  son  Richard  that  plantation  I  do  now 
live  upon,  at  Herring  Creek,  being  called  by  the  name  of  Wells  and  laid 
out  for  six  hundred  acres  (and  other  tracts  or  parcels).  To  my  sou 
George  my  land  in  Baltimore  County,  namely  three  hundred  acres,  pur- 
chased of  Capt.  George  Goldsmith,  called  the  Planters  Delight  "  being  now 
seated."  To  my  son  John  that  parcel  called  Langford's  Neck,  on  the  N. 
side  of  Chester  River  in  Talbot  Co.,  being  "  pattented  "  and  laid  out  for 
fifteen  hundred  acres,  and  was  purchased  of  John  Langford  gen'.  To  my 
son  Robert  three  hundred  and  fifty  acres  called  West  Wells,  lying  on  the 
W.  side  of  the  plantation  I  now  live  on,  in  Herring  Creek  Bay.  To  my 
son  Benjamin  that  parcel  called  Benjamin's  Choice,  being  Patented  and 
laid  out  for  two  hundred  and  eighty  acres,  lying  W.  of  a  Divident  belong- 
ing unto  Mr  Francis  Holland  of  Herring  Creek.  To  my  daughter  Martha, 
sometime  the  wife  of  Mr.  Anthony  Salaway,  twelve  pence.  To  my  daugh- 
ter Anne,  supposed  wife  unto  Mr.  John  Stansby,  Chirurgeon,  twelve  pence 
as  a  reward  for  her  disobedience.  To  my  daughter  Mary,  wife  unto  Mr. 
Thomas  Stockett,  three  cows  to  be  delivered,  after  my  decease,  in  the  Co. 
of  Ann  Aruudel,  and  one  hundred  pounds  of  money,  to  be  paid  in  the  City 
of  London  within  twelve  months  after  my  decease.  To  my  five  sons  all 
my  whole  estate  remaining,  to  be  divided  amongst  them,  both  cattle,  goods, 
moneys  in  England,  tobacco,  debts,  servants,  negroes  and  all  things  what- 
soever belongeth  unto  me  in  Maryland,  Virginia  or  in  England.  And  they 
to  be  my  executors.  Wit:  Francis  Stockett,  Bonham  Turner,  the  mark 
of  Wm  Linckhorne. 

Probate  was  granted  (in  London)  to  Richard  Wells  the  eldest  son,  with 
power  reserved  for  the  others  &c.  Hene,  148. 

Thomas  Busby  of  Meyford,  Staffordshire,  gen'.,  proved  19  November 
1584.  Wife  Isabell  Busby  shall  enjoy,  during  her  natural  life,  the  revenues 
&c.  of  my  farms,  messuages  &c.  in  Keybulston  and  Meyford,  lying  in  the 
Lordship  of  Keybulston  (and  other  property).  Agnes  Haste  ah  Harrison 
ah  Busby  shall  have  the  issues,  revenues  &c  of  those  farms  &c.  during  the 
residue  of  the  term  of  years,  during  the  life  of  the  said  Agnes,  my  daughter, 
and  she  keeping  herself  unmarried.  My  son  in  law  Gabriel  Mermyon  gen'. 
My  brother  in  law  John  Bradshaw.  My  kinsman  Geoffrey  Busby.  To  my 
Lady  Margaret  Standley  and  Mr.  Mather  two  gilt  silver  spoons,  besides 
their  "  herriates  "  due  to  them.  To  Mr.  Edward  Standley,  her  son,  my  silver 
cup,  gilt.  To  Isabell  my  wife  my  best  silver  salt,  parcel  gilt,  and  one  doz- 
en of  silver  spoons  lately  bought  of  her  son  Mr.  Mermyon.  My  daughter 
in  law  Ellen  Thacker.  Oliver  Thacker.  Mr.  Robert  Thacker.  Christo- 
pher Thacker.  My  daughter  in  law  and  her  husband  my  cousin  Calwell. 
My  cousin  John  Clerke,  gen'.,  and  his  wife.     Every  child  which  my  son  in 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND.  803 

law  Richard  Holland  had,  before  his  decease,  by  my  daughter  in  law  Mar- 
garet, his  wife,  besides  my  godson  Thomas  Holland.  My  brother  in  law 
William  Bradshaw.  My  cousin  John  Sarson  and  his  wife.  My  cousin 
Robert  Quernby  of  Nottingham  and  his  wife.  To  my  cousin  William  Boyls- 
ton  three  pounds  six  shillings  eight  pence.  Ann  Ames,  my  wife's  kinswo- 
man. My  kinswoman  Mary  Busby  (her  father  dead).  Henry  Waters,  if 
he  continue  with  my  wife  until  his  years  be  expired.  My  executors  to  be 
Isabell  Busby,  my  wife,  Richard  Winnington  of  London  gen*.,  and  Geoffrey 
Busby,  my  kinsman  and  servant.  My  overseer  to  be  Mr.  Doctor  Good- 
man, Dean  of  Westminister.  To  each  of  them  three  "Ryalls"  apiece,  of 
fifteen  shillings  apiece,  to  make  them  rings.  Lands  &c.  in  counties  of  Der- 
by, Stafford,  Leicester  and  Rutland.  Watson,  34. 

William  Munsey,  iremonger,  9  July  1583,  proved  12  November  1584. 
I  make  my  two  sons  William  and  Richard  my  executors  and  my  brother 
James  and  my  brother  Chamberlayn  and  my  cousin  Boylson  my  overseers. 
My  brother  Chamberlayn  may  bring  up  William  and  my  brother  James, 
Richard.  My  brother  Humprey,  my  daughter  Margaret.  The  land  to 
my  son  William  when  he  comes  to  age.  Of  my  goods,  according  to  the 
orders  of  the  City,  one  third  part  to  my  wife  one  third  part  to  my  children 
(equally)  and  out  of  my  third  part  I  give  to  my  brother  James,  my 
brother  Chamberlayn,  my  brother  Samuel,  my  brother  Daniel,  my  two 
6isters,  my  brother  Humprey,  my  father  Pipe  and  my  cousin  Boylson  each 
a  ring  and  a  gown  valued  worth  six  pounds  to  each,  and  to  my  mother  one 
also,  and  to  her  twenty  pounds  in  money.  To  my  wife  all  the  plate  this 
day  in  my  house.  The  rest  to  my  children  equally.  If  it  please  God  to 
send  that  the  debt  of  Stafford's  causes  may  be  recovered  then  I  will  that 
there  be  given  to  the  Town  of  Cambridge  ten  pounds  that  the  Mayor  of 
the  Town  and  his  brethern  may  put  it  to  three  men,  five  marks  apiece,  to 
have  it  upon  good  sureties  for  two  years,  and  so  others  after  to  have  the 
like  from  time  to  time.  Also  I  give  five  marks  to  the  mayor  to  make  a 
dinner  to  the  chief  of  the  town ;  also  ten  pounds  which  the  mayor  and 
brethren  shall  cause  twenty  sermons  to  be  made  and  to  allow  ten  shillings 
for  every  one;  and  also  twenty  pounds  to  the  town,  which  I  have  promised 
them.  Also  I  give  ten  pounds  for  a  dinner  at  the  Iremongers  Hall  and  to 
the  Hospital  five  pounds  and  forty  shillings  to  the  poor  of  the  parish.  This 
to  take  effect  if  that  the  money  which  I  have  disbursed  for  Stafford's  cause 
may  be  recovered,  or  if  but  the  half  thereof.  Earlier  in  the  will  he  says 
"  I  haue  hadd  greate  losse." 

Commission  issued  to  Susanna  Mounsey,  his  relict,  to  administer  accord- 
ing to  the  tenor  of  the  Will  during  the  minorities  of  William  and  Richard, 
the  sons.  Watson,  36. 

John  Boilston  late  of  London,  citizen  and  leatherseller  and  free  of 
the  Worshipful  Company  of  Merchant  Adventurers,  now  dwelling  in  New- 
ton Sowney  in  the  Co.  of  Derby,  17  December  1600,  proved  4  November 
1601.  To  my  wife  the  third  part  of  my  goods  here  at  Newton  Sowney 
and  at  Aldarley  in  Gloucestershire  and  the  old  rent  that  Master  Romene 
payeth  more  than  he  payeth  to  my  cousin  Chamberlein ;  and  my  land  at 
Newton  Sowney  during  her  life,  and  after  her  decease  I  do  bequeath  and 
give  it  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Ducye.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth 
Ducye  a  silver  chain  and  the  great  silver  spoon,  and  the  best  coverlet  at 
London.     To  my  son  Richard  Ducye  twenty  shillings.     To  my  son  Robert 


804  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Berrye  my  best  gown,  and  my  best  doublet  at  London.  To  his  wife  six 
great  cushions  at  London.  To  John  Boilston  the  son  of  Henry  Boilston, 
my  brother  which  is  deceased,  my  lease  of  this  house,  with  the  years  that 
remain  after  my  decease,  and  all  the  land  that  belongeth  to  the  same  of 
Master  Harper's,  to  him  and  his  heirs  conditionally  that  he  do  give  unto 
his  three  youngest  sisters,  Joane,  Jane  and  Katherine  Boilston,  ten  pounds 
apiece,  and  unto  his  two  brethren,  Thomas  and  Edward  Boilston,  five 
pounds  apiece,  which  is  forty  pounds  in  all.  To  the  said  John  all  my  hus- 
bandry ware  &c.  To  John  Pratt  two  heifers  of  two  years  old  and  two  of 
my  best  yearling  ox  calves.  To  my  sisters  eldest  two  daughters  twenty 
shillings  apiece.  To  my  sister  Ellin  and  my  cousin  Alman  twenty  shillings 
apiece.  To  my  cousin  Thomas  Dewkesbery  the  rooms  that  he  now  dwell- 
eth  in  for  the  term  of  years  to  come.  To  Sir  William  Hauline  twenty 
shillings.  To  Walter  Kinnersley  twenty  shillings.  I  make  and  ordain 
Walter  Kinnersley,  Richard  Alman  and  Sir  William  Hauline  my  execu- 
tors. 

In  the  sententia  pro  Valore  the  widow's  name  is  given  as  Agnes. 

Woodhall,  73. 

Thomas  Botlsonn  of  Bewdley  in  the  parish  of  Ribesfourd,  in  the  Co. 
of  Worcester,  gen1  14  October  1621,  proved  30  November  1621.  To  my 
eldest  son,  William,  fifty  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Ann  Brasier,  wife  of 
Edward  Brasier,  ten  pounds  and  to  their  children  twenty  pounds.  To  the 
children  of  my  daughter  Joane  deceased,  late  wife  of  Thomas  Brasier, 
twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  Isabel  Boulson,  my  youngest  daughter,  two 
huudred  marks.  To  the  children  of  Joane  Paulmer  my  daughter,  wife  of 
Thomas  Paulmer,  five  pounds.  To  the  children  of  my  daughter  Jane,  wife 
of  John  Milton,  live  pounds.  To  John  Soley  and  Mary  his  wife,  my 
daughter,  my  messuage  &c.  in  Ludlow,  Salop,  in  a  street  there  called  Ould 
Street.  To  Thomas  Boylsonn,  the  son  of  Edmand  Boylsonn,  forty  shillings 
and  to  Joane,  the  daughter  of  said  Edmond  twenty  shillings,  to  be  employed 
tor  their  several  uses  until  they  shall  come  to  age.  To  the  daughters  of 
Alice  Cooke,  my  daughter,  wife  of  William  Cooke  deceased,  twenty  shil- 
lings. To  my  grandchild  Thomas  Boylsonn,  the  son  of  Thomas  Boylson 
deceased,  my  son,  all  my  houses  &c.  in  the  City  of  Gloucester  in  a  certain 
parish  there  called  the  Holy  or  Blessed  Trinity,  in  a  street  called  the  Gorle 
(?)  Lane  and  Milk  Street.  My  will  is  that  Edmond  Boylsonn,  my  son, 
shall  have  and  receive  the  profits  &c.  wherewith  he  shall  maintain  and  keep 
the  said  Thomas  at  school  until  he  shall  be  of  ability  and  strength  to  be 
placed  to  some  honest  and  good  trade,  whereunto  the  said  Thomas  shall 
have  some  liking  or  affection.  To  Joane,  my  wife,  all  my  copy  hold  lands 
and  tenements  for  life;  afterwards  to  my  son  Edmond.  Other  bequests. 
Son  Edmond  to  be  executor,  and  Thomas  Paulmer  of  Higgley  and  John 
Soley  of  Bewdley,  tanner,  two  of  my  sons  in  law,  to  be  my  overseers. 

Dale,  94. 

Edward  Boylson  citizen  and  pewterer  of  London  18  August  1625, 
proved  12  November  1625.  My  goods,  chattels  &c.  and  other  my  personal 
estate  (all  just  debts  aud  duties  paid  and  discharged)  shall  be  praised  and  val- 
ued according  to  the  custom  of  the  City  of  London,  one  third  part  whereof  I  do 
leave  unto  Elizabeth  my  wife,  as  to  her  due  and  belonging,  by  the  custom  of  the 
said  city,  another  third  I  do  leave  amongst  my  children,  as  likewise  belong- 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.         805 

ing  or  due  by  the  custom  of  the  same  city,  and  the  other  third  part,  being 
in  mine  power  to  dispose,  I  do  reserve  to  pay  and  perform  my  gifts  and 
legacies.  The  poor  of  St.  Dionis  Backchurch.  To  my  loving  brother 
Thomas  Boylson,  clothworker,  and  Mr.  Talbott  Fitch,  merchant,  whom  I 
do  intend  shall  be  executors  of  this  my  will,  to  either  of  them  live  pounds 
apiece.  Forty  shillings  apiece  to  my  two  apprentices  and  a  maidservant. 
The  rest  to  all  my  children  equally.  If  all  my  children  happen  to  die 
before  their  portions  for  Orphanage  shall  be  due  by  the  custom  of  the  City 
of  London  all  their  parts  to  be  paid  unto  my  said  brother  Thomas  Boylson, 
upon  trust  and  confidence  that  he  shall  give  and  dispose  a  reasonable  part 
thereof  unto  and  between  my  brother  John  Boylson  and  my  four  sisters, 
according  as  he  shall  think  fit.  Clarke,  118. 

John  Dudley  of  St.  Dionis  Backchurch,  London,  citizen  and  cloth- 
worker  of  London,  10  April  1646,  proved  4  May  1646.  To  my  wife 
Judith  ten  pounds.  To  my  brother  Robert  Holmes  and  my  sister  Kathe- 
rine  his  wife  six  pounds  apiece.  To  my  cousin  Mary  Roberts,  widow,  four 
pounds.  To  Giles  Hubbard  forty  shillings.  To  Dorothy  Yard,  my  present 
servant,  three  pounds.  To  Thomas  Boylson,  son  of  Edmond  (sic)  Boyl- 
ston, late  citizen  and  pewterer  of  London  deceased,  forty  shillings.  To  my 
wife  Judith  Dudley  a  thousand  and  two  hundred  pounds  &c.  and  the  lease 
of  my  now  dwelling  house  &c.  in  Fenchurch  Street,  parcel  of  the  Bridge- 
house  Rents  of  the  said  City  of  London.  If  she  should  die  before  the 
expiration  of  the  said  lease  then  I  give  and  bequeath  it  to  my  sister  Kathe- 
rine  Holmes.  To  my  said*  sister  two  hundred  pounds.  To  my  said  brother 
Robert  Holmes  five  pounds.  To  Andrew  Harris,  the  son  of  my  said  sister 
Katherine  Holmes,  by  her  former  husband,  fifty  pounds.  To  John  Wilmot 
and  James  Wilmot  the  sons  of  Symon  Wilmott,  citizen  and  haberdasher  of 
London,  fifty  pounds  apiece.  To  my  cousin  Mary  Roberts  fifty  pounds 
To  Thomas  Jefiinges  son  of  Robert  Jeninges,  clothworker,  and  to  Gyles 
Hubbard  fifty  pounds  apiece.  To  the  said  Thomas  Boylston,  the  sou  ot 
the  said  Edmond  Boylston,  and  to  the  children  of  the  said  Thomas  Boyl- 
ston fifty  pounds,  to  be  equally  parted,  shared  and  divided  between  the  said 
father  and  children,  part  and  part  alike,  the  part  accruing  unto  the  said 
Thomas  to  be  paid  unto  him  and  the  parts  and  shares  accruing  to  the  said 
children  at  the  end  of  twelve  months  next  after  my  death  to  be  paid  unto 
Thomas  Boylston  of  the  parish  of  Gabriel  Fenchurch,  Loudon,  cloth- 
worker, for  the  use  of  the  said  children,  to  be  by  him  issued  and  paid  to 
them  at  their  sevcal  accomplishments  of  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years, 
he  allowing  the  interest  for  the  same  after  the  rate  of  six  per  cent  per 
annum.  To  Thomas  Allsopp  forty  shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring  in  remem- 
brance of  me  and  to  Elizabeth  Barkham  wife  of  William  Barkham  three 
pounds.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  ten  pounds.  Wife  Judith  to  be  execu- 
trix and  brother  Robert  Holmes  overseer.  Twisse,  58. 

Jonas  Wellins,  citizen  and  stationer  of  London  12  January  1646, 
proved  26  April  1647.  Wife  and  two  daughters.  To  my  son  in  law 
Thomas  Boylestone  twenty  shillings  and  to  Johane  his  wife,  being  my 
natural  daughter,  twenty  shillings  aud  to  my  cousin  Thomas  Boylestone 
their  son,  my  grandchild,  forty  shillings  at  one  and  twenty,  to  buy  him  a 
ring  of  gold  &c.  To  my  second  daughter  Mary  five  pounds.  Wife  Mar* 
garett  to  be  the  residuary  legatee  and  sole  executrix.  Fines,  63. 


806  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Thomas  Boylson  citizen   and   clothworker   of  London,   1   July   1G48, 
proved   19   August  1648.     I  do  intend  and  purpose  to  settle  a  sermon  or 
lecture  within  the  parish  church  of  Burton  upon  Trent  in  the   County  of 
Staff,  upon  the  third  day  in  every  week  forever,  to  be  preached  by  an  able, 
learned  and  Orthodox  preacher  of  the  Protestant  Religion,  to  begin  about 
nine  of  the  clock  in  the  forenoon,  and  for  maintenance  of  the  same  have 
delivered  into    the   hands   of   the   Right    Worshipful    Company   of   Cloth- 
workers,   whereof  I    am   a   member,   the   sum  of  eight    hundred    pounds. 
They  shall  make  a  yearly  payment  of  one  and  thirty  pounds  and  four  shil- 
lings for  the  maintaining  of  the  said  sermon  &c,  and  to  the  Clerk  or  Sex- 
ton  sixteen  shillings  per  annum  for  his  attendance  and  toleing  of  the  bell 
for  the  said  Lecture.     In  case  the  said  Lecture  be  not  continued,  with  an 
Orthodox  divine   minister  of  the    Protestant    Religion,   according  to   my 
desire,  the  one  half  of  the  said  yearly  payment  shall  be  yearly  paid  to  the 
Treasurer  ot  Christ's  Hospital,  for  the  better  maintenance  of  the  poor  children 
harbored  in  the  said  Hospital,  and  the  other  half  to  the  use  of  the  poor  of 
the  said.  Company  of   Clothworkers  &c.     To   my  nephew  John   Boylson 
(whom  in  another  clause  he  describes  as  Minister  of  Wesson)  my  lands, 
tenements  &c.  in  Ansley  in  the  parish  of  Rolleston,  Staff.,  his  mother  to 
receive  the  rents  during  her  Widowhood  and  have  her  habitation  in  the 
dwelling  house  there.     To  my  nephew   Henry  Boylson,  brother  of  said 
John,  my  lands  and  tenements  &c.  called  Lawrence  Hey,  in  Rollston  afore- 
said.    To  Richard  Boylston  my  messuage  wherein  I  now  dwell,  in  Fan- 
church  Street  London,  out  of  which  he  shall  pay  to  my  old  maid  Margery, 
during  her  life,  a  yearly  sum  often  pounds,  by  fifty  shillings  a  quarter.     I 
give  to  my  sister  in  law,  widow  of  John  Boylson  deceased,  five  pounds.     To 
my  sister  Jane  Cotchett,  widow,  at  Burton,  fifty  pounds.     To  my  sister 
Katherine  Jackson  twenty  pounds.     To  my  brother  Jackson,  her  husband, 
five  pounds.     To  my  kinsman  Samuel  Brackley  and  his  wife  one  hundred 
pounds  and  to  their  daughter  thirty  pounds.     To  the  sons  of  my  said  brother 
John  deceased  I  give  as  followeth,  viz4  to  Edward  Boylston,  who  was  mine 
apprentice,  five  hundred  pounds,  so  as  he  discharge  his  brother  Thomas 
Boylson,  pevvterer,  of  all  such  money  as  he  now  oweth  unto  him,  otherwise 
so  much  abated  out  of  the  five  hundred;  to  the  said  Thomas  three  hundred 
pounds  over  and  above  that  which  is  to  be  abated  out  of  the  said  five  hun- 
dred pounds,  and  the  lease  of  the  house  wherein  he  dwelleth,  in  Fanchurch 
Street.     To  William  Boylson  lately  apprentice  with  his  brother,  the  said 
Thomas   Boylson    pewterer,    three  hundred  pounds.     To   my  kinswoman 
Mary,  now  wife  of  William  Ball,  one  hundred  pounds  and  to  her  husband 
five  pounds.     To  Catharine  Boylson  one  hundred  pounds.     To  Elizabeth 
Boylson  one  hundred  pounds.     To  Thomas  Boylson,  son  of  my  brother 
Edward  Boylson  deceased,  and  to  his  wife  and  children  (the  said  Thomas 
being  a  bad  husband)   eight  hundred  pounds,  to  remain  in  my  executor's 
hands,  to  be  paid  &c.  in  his  good  discretion.     To  Thomas  Jennings,  son  of 
Robert  Jennings,   who  was  mine  apprentice  and  is  now  my  partner,  two 
hundred  aud  fifty  pounds,  desiring  my  executor  to  have  a  care  of  him,  that 
he  be  brought  up  in  the  fear  of  God.     My  will  is  that  his  father,   Robert 
Jennings,  shall  remain  partner  with  the  said  Edward  and  Richard  Boylson 
and  five  years  more  &c.     To  the  said  Robert  Jennings  fifty  pounds.     To 
the  daughter  of  my  late  brother  in  law  Thomas  Ducksberry  ten  pounds. 
To  the  widow  of  Thomas  Ducksberry,  son  of  the  said  Thomas  deceased, 
twenty  pounds.     To  her  daughter  Elizabeth  Ducksberry,  which  lived  with 
me,  fifty  pounds.     To  her  other  daughter,  Mary  Ducksberry,  thirty  pounds. 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  807 

To  the  widow  of  William  Hewes  five  pounds.  To  Margaret  Gooday,  for 
herself  and  her  son  George,  thirty  pounds.  To  the  widow  of  Daniel  Hewes 
five  pounds.  To  the  Parish  fifty  pounds.  To  the  said  John  Boylsou  one 
hundred  pounds  and  to  his  wife  twenty  pounds.  To  the  said  Richard 
Boylson  one  hundred  pounds.  The  rest  and  residue  of  my  personal  estate 
to  my  said  kinsman  Richard  Boylson  and  I  make  him  sole  executor.  I 
name  and  entreat  my  loving  friends  Mr  Thomas  Burnell  and  Mr.  Talbot 
Fitch  to  be  overseers,  and  give  to  the  first  twenty  pounds  and  to  the  other 
ten  pounds. 

A  codicil  was  added  17  July  1648.  Essex,  128. 

Jane  Breare  of  London,  widow,  29  May  1665,  proved  15  June  1665. 
Reference  to  a  debt  of  two  hundred  pounds  due  by  bond  from  one  Jonathan 
Newton.  Testatrix  indebted  to  cousin  Thomas  Blamer  one  hundred  and 
sixteen  pounds.  To  my  uncle  Thomas  Boylstone  and  to  Katherine  his 
wife  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  my  cousins  Elizabeth  Smith  and  Anne  Boyl- 
stone, daughters  of  the  said  Thomas  Boylstone  and  Katherine  his  wife,  ten 
pounds  apiece.  I  have  a  bond  from  my  father  John  Butten  for  payment  of 
two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  Out  of  it  I  give  to  my  sister  Mary  Butten 
one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  and  to  my  sister  Katherine  Butten  one  hun- 
dred pounds.  I  give  to  my  father  my  silver  tankard  and  six  silver  spoons 
and  to  my  mother,  Katherine  Butten  my  diamond  ring.  To  Jane  Rycroft 
twenty  shillings.  To  John  Marshall  and  Nicholas  Beebee  ten  shillings 
apiece.  To  John  Becke  five  shillings.  The  said  Jane  Rycroft,  John  Mar- 
shall, Nicholas  Beebee  and  John  Becke  being  the  servants  of  the  said 
Thomas  Boylstone.  To  the  said  Ann  Boylston,  my  cousin,  my  gold  ring 
enamelled  with  blue.  The  residue  to  my  uncle  Thomas  Boylstone,  whom 
I  make  sole  executor  &c.  Hyde,  60. 

Thomas  Boylston,  citizen  and  cooper  of  London,  11  July  1668,  proved 
7  December  1668.  My  body  to  be  buried  at  the  discretion  of  wife  Kath- 
erine, whom  I  make  sole  executrix,  and  she  shall  bestow  but  one  hundred 
pounds  upon  my  funeral.  My  wife  shall  receive  the  rents  &c.  of  my  mes- 
suage or  tenement,  with  the  yard,  garden  &c,  wherein  I  now  dwell,  and  the 
rents  &c.  of  the  tenement  now  in  the  occupation  of  Robert  Dix,  iu  the 
parish  of  St.  Gabriel  Fanchurch  in  London,  which  I  lately  purchased  of 
Sir  John  Lee,  until  my  son  Allen  Boylston  shall  attain  the  full  age  of  one 
and  twenty  years,  towards  the  maintenance  of  herself  and  my  said  son; 
and,  after  he  shall  attain  his  said  age,  then  the  full  moiety  of  the  said  mes- 
suage &c.  wherein  I  now  dwell  unto  my  said  wife,  so  long  as  she  shall  re- 
main my  widow,  for  her  own  habitation,  with  her  family  only.  The  other 
moiety  I  give  to  my  son  Allen  Boylston.  I  give  so  much  of  the  said  mes- 
suages &c.  whereof  I  am  seized  in  fee  simple,  immediately  after  the  de- 
termination of  the  estate  and  estates  hereby  given  unto  my  said  wife,  unto 
my  son  Samuel  and  my  daughter  Anne  Boylston  forever,  to  be  parted  and 
divided  betwixt  them,  and  so  much  as  I  hold  by  lease  I  give  to  them  dur- 
ing my  lease.  (Other  property  in  the  same  parish  bequeathed.)  I  give  to 
my  wife  Catherine  the  rents  &c.  of  my  messuages,  lands  &c.  which  I  pur- 
chased of  my  brother  Henry  Boylston,  being  in  the  City  of  Lichfield,  and 
of  a  house  and  land  at  or  near  Fenny  Stratford  in  Bucks  which  I  bought  of 
one  John  Somers,  until  my  daughter  Anne  attain  her  full  age  of  one  and 
twenty  or  be  married.  After  that  I  give  them  to  Anne.  In  the  event  of 
the  said  three  children  dying  before  attaining  full  age  &c.  I  give  my  said 
messuages  &c.  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Smyth  and  all  her  children,  she 


808  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

to  pay  to  my  sail  brother  Henry  Boylston  one  thousand  pounds.  The  per- 
sonal estate  to  be  divided  into  three  equal  parts  (according  to  the  Custom 
of  the  City  of  London)  of  which  one  third  to  my  wife  another  third  to  my 
said  three  children,  Allen,  Samuel  and  Anne  (my  said  daughter  Elizabeth 
Smith  having  already  received  her  portion  upon  her  marriage)  and  the 
remaining  third  is  at  my  own  disposing.  Then  follow  certain  bequests, 
among  which  one  to  son  in  law  John  Smith  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  to 
grandchildren  John  and  Thomas  Smith  and  Catherine  Smyth,  to  sister 
Anne  Serieant,  to  the  poor  in  the  Almshouses,  belonging  to  the  Company  of 
Coopers  of  London,  at  Radcliffe,  to  the  poor  of  Lichfield  (on  S'  Thomas' 
day)  and  to  Francis  Rose  and  John  Marshall.  Reference  to  a  gift  made 
by  an  aunt  Sibell  Allen  deceased  to  testator's  children  and  a  bond  given  to 
cousin  Thomas  Marshall  that  this  gift  shall  be  discharged.  Wife  Catherine 
to  be  executrix.  Heue,  152. 

Thomas  Boylston  of  Bewdley  in  the  Co.  of  Worcester  gen',  29  August 
1667,  proved  16  July  1669.  I  give  &c.  all  my  goods  &c.  to  my  dear  and 
loving  wife  Alice  and  make  her  my  sole  executrix  &c. 

Among  the  witnesses  were  Margaret  Boylston,  Mary  Boylston  and  Su- 
sanna Boylston.  Coke,  82. 

Edward  Boylston  of  St.  Gabriel,  Fenchurch,  London,  citizen  and 
cloth  worker  of  London,  11  December  1675,  proved  20  December  1675. 
My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Dionis  Backchurch  Lon- 
don, in  or  near  the  grave  of  my  uncle  Mr.  Thomas  Boylston,  there  interred. 
To  my  sister  MrB  Sarah  Boylston,  the  widow  of  my  brother  Mr.  Richard 
Boylston  deceased,  five  hundred  pounds.  To  the  eight  children  which  she 
had  by  my  said  brother,  her  late  husband,  one  hundred  pounds  apiece.  To 
every  of  the  children  of  my  brother  Henry  Boylston  one  hundred  pounds 
apiece.  To  every  of  the  children  of  my  sister  Elizabeth  Wakefield  one 
hundred  pounds  apieee.  To  my  brother  John  Boylston,  Doctor  in  Divinity, 
one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  loving  friend  John  Alsop  of  St.  Dionis,  &c, 
scrivener,  fifty  pounds,  and  also  ten  pounds  to  buy  him  mourning,  to  be 
worn  at  my  funeral.  The  residue  to  my  friend  Thomas  Stansall,  citizen 
and  clothworker  of  London,  whom  I  appoint  sole  executor.    Dycer,  122. 

[The  following  extracts  are  from  the  Register  Book  of  St.  Dionis  Backchurch,. 
London  (vol.  3  of  the  Register  Series  of  the  Harleian  Society's  Publications). 
The  wills  of  the  persons  whose  names  are  in  italics  are  printed  in  this  group. 
Christenings  St.  Dionis  Backchurch. 
12  Feb.  1614  |  5,  Thomas  son  of  Edward  Boylson. 
30  June  1616  Edward  "     " 

3  May  1618  John  "     "         "  " 

12  Dec.  1619,  Elizabeth  dau.     " 
Burials. 
11  May  1621,  Anne  wife  of  Edward  Boylson  buried. 
22  Aug.  1625,  Edward  Boylsonne  buried. 
6  Sept.  1625,  John  Boylson  and  Edward  Boylsoune,  sons  of  Edward  Boyl- 
soune,  buried. 

18  Aug.  1648,  Tliomas  Boylston  of  Fenchurch  parish,  buried. 
29  Dec.    1675  Edward  Boylston,  brought  from  the  St.  Gabriell  Fenchurch, 
buried  in  the  North  Isle,  10  feet  deep. 

They  are  evidently  the  New  England  family  of  Boylstons,  a  pedigree  of 
which,  by  Thomas  B.  Wyrnan,  is  printed  in  the  Register,  vol.  7,  pp.  145-50. 
Thomas  Boylston  the  ancestor  of  the  New  England  family  came  here  in  the 
Defence  in  1635,  aged  20,  and  settled  at  Watertown.  In  a  deed  dated  26th  of  the 
5th  mo.  1 652,  he  names  his  kinsman  "  Richard  Boyson, "  citizen  and  cloth-worker 
of  London.  See  Suffolk  Deeds,  vol.  1,  p.  247.  See  also  Bond's  Watertown 
and  Wyman's  Charlestown,  under  Boylston. — Editor.] 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  809 

WilliamJHarman  of  Moore  Hall  in  the  parish  of  Sutton  Canfield,  in 
the  County  of  Warwick,  gen',  1  August  1592,  proved  9  October  1592.  To 
be  buried  in  Sutton  church  at  the  feet  of  my  cousin  Francis  Atkinson  late 
deceased.  I  have  dwelt  the  most  part  of  my  time  at  Hampton  in  Arden, 
in  the  County  Warwick.  To  Thomas  Wyrley  son  to  Thomas  Wyrley,  late 
deceased  Esq.,  and  Dorothy  his  wife,  my  sister,  five  pounds.  Ellinor  At- 
kinson daughter  to  Thomas  Atkinson  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  both  late  de- 
ceased.    Abraham  Harman  alias  Cupp  my  reputed  son. 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  "  cozenn"  Mr.  Henry  Sewell  of  Coventrie, 
alderman,  four  pounds  and  to  Mr.  Henry  Briers  of  Coventry,  alderman, 
four  pounds,  whom  I  do  constitute  and  make  my  overseers  of  this  my  last 
will  and  testament.  The  residue  to  Sibell  Foxall,  widow,  late  wife  to 
Richard  Foxall  of  Coventry,  mercer,  late  deceased,  whom  I  make  my  sole 
executrix  &c.  Harrington,  177. 

[William  Harman,  son  of  Hugh  of  Morehall;  his  elder  brother  John  married 
Sibbell  Fowler;  on  his  decease  she  doubtless  married  Richard  Foxall.  Their 
sister  Dorothy  married  Thomas  Wirley  of  Hampsted  in  Staffordshire. 

For  the  pedigree  of  this  family,  see  Harleian  Society's  Vol.  XII.  Visitation 
of  Warwickshire,  p.  105. 

Henry  Sewall  mentioned  in  the  will,  married  Margaret  Grazebrook,  daughter 
of  Margaret  (Keene)  Grazebrook,  a  greatniece  of  Hugh  Harman,  probably  by  his 
sister  Margaret  (Harman)  Luson ;  hence  the  relationship  mentioned  of  cousin. 
See  Salisbury  Memorial,  Pt.  1,  p.  156. — Walter  K.  Watkins.] 

William  Hall  of  Borton  in  the  parish  of  Crepredie,  6  August  1596, 
proved  21  October  1596.  My  two  daughters  Joane  and  Mary  Haull.  My 
son  William  Haull.  If  my  wife  marry  before  my  son  be  at  the  age  of 
twenty  one  years  she  shall  deliver  these  things  before  mentioned  (certain 
personal  property)  unto  Henry  Sewell  my  brother  in  law,  whom  I  do  will 
shall  have  the  education  and  bringing  up  of  my  said  son  William  from  the 
time  of  her  marriage  until  he  shall  accomplish  the  age  of  twenty  one  year3 
&c.     John  Haull  (a  brother).     Henry  Showell  a  witness.  Drake,  69. 

[William  Hall  was  probably  of  the  Hall  family  of  Oxfordshire,  of  which  a 
partial  pedigree  of  the  Banbury  branch  of  the  family  is  given  in  Harleian 
Society  publications,  regular  series,  vol.  5. — W.  K.  Watkins.] 

Johane  Brownell  of  St.  Michael  the  Archangel,  Coventry,  widow,  22 
July  1588,  proved  22  April  1590.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of 
St.  Michael  near  unto  my  late  husband  there.  My  son  William.  My  son 
Sampson  Brownell.  My  son  in  law  Robert  Bagnalde  and  Margaret  his 
wife,  my  daughter.  Their  children  Elizabeth  Bagnalde  and  Edmond  Bag- 
nalde and  the  other  six,  Ellen,  Thomas,  Wynifred,  Robert,  Francis  and 
Richard.  Richard  Butler  and  Elizabeth  my  daughter.  I  give  to  the  said 
Elizabeth  my  gold  ring  with  five  stones  fixed  in  the  same  asd  my  little 
beer  pot  gilt.  To  Richard  Butler  and  Elizabeth  their  daughter,  to  either 
of  them  one  silver  spoon  with  a  "  Lyon  "  on  the  end  of  them  and  to  Rachel 
their  daughter  five  shillings  in  money.  Thomas  Salter,  my  sou  in  law,  and 
Sence  his  wife.  Johane  their  daughter.  To  my  sister  Alice  Saunders  a 
white  silver  pot  with  a  cover  and  to  Richard  Shewell  my  godson  a  silver 
spoon  with  a  maiden  head  upon  it;  and  to  Anne  Howcott  my  god  daughter 
a  silver  spoon  with  a  maiden  head  upon  it.  The  poor  of  the  said  city.  To 
my  "  coo^en  "  Samuel  Saunders  a  hoop  ring  of  gold  with  these  letters  upon 
it  T.  M.  E.  I  do  give  and  bequeath  to  my  cousin  Joice  Shewell  a  hoop 
ring  of  gold.     To  the  said  Robert  Bagnalde  and  Margaret  his  wife  a  stone 


310  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

pot  garnished  with  silver,  with  a  cover  gilt  without,  a  ring  of  silver  and 
gilt  about  the  neck  thereof.  My  will  is  that  my  daughter  Margaret  should 
have  the  cover  of  the  standing  cup  which  my  husband  did  give  her.  My 
cousins  Richard  Saunders,  Thomas  Saunders,  Isabel  Saunders  and  Bridget 
Saunders.  My  said  two  daughters  Margaret  and  Elizabeth.  My  said  son 
William  Brownell  to  be  full  and  sole  executor.  Drury,  24. 

William  Sewall  of  the  city  of  Coventry,  vintner,  29  June  1624, 
proved  11  September  1624.  To  be  buried  in  tbe  parish  church  of  St. 
Michael's  Coventry.  Elizabeth  Symes,  wife  of  Thomas  Symes  of  Coven- 
try brasier,  and  Anne  Sewall  both  natural  daughters  of  me  the  said  William 
Sewall  to  be  mine  executors.  To  Elizabeth  my  messuage  in  the  High 
Street  wherein  I  now  dwell,  with  the  shops  thereunto  belonging  &c.  (and 
other  property).  Reference  to  a  deed,  bearing  date  17  December  17 
James,  made  between  Samuel  Miles  of  the  one  part  and  me  the  said  Wil- 
liam, by  the  name  of  William  Sewall  of  the  city  of  Coventry  draper,  of  the 
other  part.  To  my  said  daughter  Anne  the  messuage  &c.  now  or  lately  in 
the  tenure  of  Agnes  Dudly,  widow,  or  her  assigns  (and  other  property). 
A  messuage  in  Well  Street  in  the  tenure  of  Richard  Saunders,  baker. 
Samuel  Simes  my  godson,  one  of  the  sons  of  my  son  in  law  Thomas  Symes. 
John,  Thomas,  Ellen  and  Elizabeth  Symes  (other)  sons  and  daughters  of 
Thomas  Symes  my  son  and  Elizabeth  his  wife.     Others. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  brother  Henry  Sewall  and  Margaret  his  wife 
twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  sister  Gibbous,  wife  of  Mr.  William  Gib- 
bons, to  buy  her  a  ring  in  which  my  name  shall  be  engraven,  forty  shillings. 
To  my  daughter  Lucy  Tadlowe,  wife  of  Mr.  Henry  Tadlowe,  three  pounds 
six  shillings  eight  pence  to  buy  her  a  cup  of  plate  on  which  my  name  shall 
be  cut.  To  the  band  of  Artillery  soldiers  in  Coventry  forty  shillings  to  buy 
them  powder,  to  be  paid  them  upon  the  day  of  my  fuueral.  Bequests  to 
the  poor  in  Bablacke  &c.  My  two  kinsmen  Henry  and  Richard  Sewall, 
sons  of  my  brother  Henry  Sewall.  Byrde,  79. 

Anthony  Power  of  Kenellworth,  Warwick,  gen',  21  December  1632, 
proved  1  May  1  633.  To  Anne  Power,  my  beloved  wife,  all  my  right  and 
title  that  I  have  by  virtue  of  any  mortagege  &c.  to  this  intent  that  she  shall 
be  a  good  mother  to  my  younger  children  to  raise  them  portions  and  that 
my  eldest  son  shall  have  no  hand  in  the  forenamed  mortgages.  My  two 
daughters  Hanna  and  Mary  Power.  Stephen  Power  my  second  son. 
William  Power  my  third  son.  Anthony  Power  my  fourth  son.  My  brother 
Thomas  Power.  To  Henry  Power  my  eldest  son  all  my  inheritance  lands 
in  Kenellworth  and  my  signet  gold  ring.  Wife  Anne  to  be  executrix  and 
my  friends  Thomas  Devis  and  Thomas  Wright,  both  of  Kenellworth,  yeo- 
men, to  be  overseers. 

Commission  issued,  1  May  1633,  to  Richard  Sewell,  uncle  (avunculo)  of 
Stephen  Power,  son  and  executor  of  the  will  of  Anue  Power  deceased  who 
while  living  was  relict  and  executrix  of  the  above  Anthony  Power  de- 
ceased &c. 

Commission  issued,  11  May  1640,  to  Stephen  Power  (the  son)  to  ad- 
minister de  bonis  non,  Richard  Sewell  the  former  administrator  being  now 
also  dead.  Russell,  38. 

Anne  Power  of  Kenellworth,  Warwick,  widow,  15  January  1632. 
William  Power  my  third  son.  Anthony  Power  my  fourth  son.  My  two 
daughters  Hanna  and  Mary  Power.     My  brother  in  law  William  Power. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  811 

My  two  brothers  in  law  Thomas  Power  and  George  Hill.  Mr.  Henry- 
Wright,  Richard  Walton  and  Elizabeth  Ambler.  The  poor  of  the  Aug- 
mentation. Heriry  West  my  brother  in  law.  Mr.  Francis  Phippes  Mr. 
Richard  Shewell  Mr.  Abraham  Randall  and  William  Power  my  mothers 
and  dear  friends. 

Administration  granted,  1  May  1633,  to  Richard  Sewell  uncle  of  Stephen 
Power  the  natural  and  lawful  son  of  the  deceased  during  his  minority. 
The  will  was  proved  5  February  1638  by  Stephen  Power  the  son  &c. 

Russell,  39. 

Margaret  Randell  of  the  City  of  Coventry,  widow,  4  May  1646 
proved  22  May  1646.  To  be  buried  in  the  Drapers'  Chapel  within  St. 
Michael's  Church,  Coventry,  near  the  bodies  of  my  father  and  mother.  My 
nephew  Stephen  Power.  My  two  nieces,  the  daughters  of  my  sister  Power, 
namely  Hannah  Lee,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Lee,  and  Mary  Holbech,  the  wife 
of  Amilian  Holhech.  My  nephew  Anthony  Power.  To  my  nephew  Samuel 
Sewall,  son  of  my  brother  Richard  Sewall,  my  close  or  pasture  called 
Quarry  field,  without  Newgate  on  the  West  side  of  the  Cawsey  or  pave- 
ment leading  from  Coventry  towards  Whitley  on  the  London  road.  To  my 
niece  Elizabeth  Seires,  daughter  of  my  brother  Richard  Sewall  and  wife  of 
Edmond  Seires,  my  close  &c.  on  the  back  side  of  the  said  Cawsey.  To  my 
niece  Anne  Sewall,  daughter  of  my  brother  Richard  Sewall  a  tenement  on 
the  south  side  of  St.  Michael's  Church.  Another  tenement  to  niece  Pru- 
dence Sewall,  daughter  of  my  said  brother  Richard.  To  my  nephew  Stephen 
Power  my  parcel  of  land  called  Rowley  Hill  in  Stoke,  in  the  County  of  the 
city  of  Coventry.  The  residue  to  Stephen  Power,  Hannah  Lee  Mary  Hol- 
bech and  Prudence  Sewall  equally.  The  said  Stephen  Power  to  be  sole 
executor. 

John  Brownell  one  of  the  witnesses.  Twisse,  59. 

Stephen  Power  of  Kennel  worth,  Warwick,  gen',  25  July  1648  proved 
15  May  1655.  To  my  brother  in  law  Thomas  Lee  of  Kennel  worth,  gent1, 
the  yearly  rent  arising  out  of  certain  lands  near  Coventry  called  Barons 
Fields  (in  trust).  My  brother  Henry  Power.  The  said  Thomas  Lee's 
children.  The  two  children  of  my  sister  Mary  Holbech.  My  brother  Wil- 
liam Power.  My  uncle  Thomas  Power.  The  poor  of  Killingworth  [m'c] 
aforesaid.  My  brother  Anthony  Power.  As  for  my  debts  owing  to  me  by 
the  State  of  Euglaud  for  arrears  due  to  me  for  my  service  as  a  soldier,  being 
two  debentures,  one  of  them  of  two  hundred  forty  five  pounds  nine  shillings 
two  pence,  the  other  of  thirty  seven  pounds  or  thereabouts  now  in  the 
hands  or  custody  of  my  cousin  Valentine  Hill,  I  devise  and  bequeath  the 
same  as  followeth:  seven  pounds  thereof  to  the  said  Valentine  Hill,  twenty 
pounds  to  William  Pynson  of  Coventry,  geu1,  five  pounds  to  my  said  uncle 
Power  .and  the  rest  to  my  three  brothers  and  two  sisters,  to  be  equally 
divided  amongst  them.  I  am  engaged  and  stand  bound,  as  surety  with  the 
said  Valentine  Hill  and  for  the  proper  debt  of  the  said  Valentine,  unto 
Major  Tackington,  in  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds  for  the  payment  of  ten 
pounds  &c.  My  brother  Thomas  Lee  to  be  sole  executor  and  my  brother 
Henry  Power  and  my  brother  Amillyon  Holbech  to  be  overseers. 

Aylett,  144. 

[The  preceding  eight  wills  seem  to  refer  to  the  Sewall  family  of  Coventry 
(England)  to  whom  the  father  of  Judge  Samuel  Sewall  of  Boston  and  Major 
Stephen  Sewall  of  Salem  belonged.  Henry  F.  Waters. 


812  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

William  Sewall,  whose  will  is  given,  was  brother  of  Henry  Sewall  the  Mayor 
of  Coventry  1589  and  1606,  who  was  the  great-grandfather  of  Chief  Justice 
Samuel  Sewall  of  Boston.  Anne,  wife  of  Anthony  Power  and  mother  of 
Stephen  Power,  was  a  daughter  of  Henry  Sewall,  Mayor  of  Coventry,  as  was 
also  Margaret  wife  of  Abraham  Randall. 

A  pedigree  of  the  Sewall  family,  compiled  by  Mr.  William  H.  Whitmore,  can 
be  found  on  pp.  xi.  to  xxi.  of  the  introduction  to  the  Sewall's  Diary,  published 
in  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  Fifth  Series,  Vol.  V. 

Prof.  E.  E.  Salisbury,  LL.D.,  has  also  given  a  pedigree  in  Vol.  I.  of  the 
Salisbury  Memorial,  and  also  referred  to  these  wills. — Walter  K.  Watkins.] 

William  Blande  of  London  gentleman,  31  July  1596,  proved  17  Sep- 
tember 1596.  My  body  to  be  buried  at  Whitechapel  with  my  two  children. 
Two  parts  of  my  land  of  my  manor  of  Tattingston  to  be  sold  by  my  execu- 
trix and  all  my  goods  &c.  to  be  sold  towards  the  payment  of  my  debts.  My 
debts  paid,  of  the  overplus  my  wife  Judith  shall  have  the  one  moiety,  and 
my  son  William  to  have  the  third  part  and  the  child  that  she  now  goeth 
withall  to  have  the  other  fourth  part.  My  wife  Judith  to  be  executrix,  and 
I  do  request  my  brother  Thomas  to  be  my  overseer. 

Thomas  Blande  was  one  of  the  witnesses. 

Confirmed  by  sentence  diffinitive  the  second  session  of  the  Paschal  Term 
A.D.  1600.  Drake,  63. 

Elizabeth  Bland,  now  wife  of  Thomas  Bland  of  St.  Martin's  within 
Luctgate  gen1,  and  late  executrix  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Mar- 
gare  Smithe  my  late  mother  deceased.  Will  made  19  July  1593  and  proved 
20  July  1593  One  hundred  pounds  to  be  divided  amongst  my  children 
had  by  my  late  husband  William  Yeardly,  gen1,  deceased,  viz1  Jasper  Yeard- 
ley,  Margaret  Yeardley,  Anne  Yeardly,  Elizabeth  Yeardley  and  Mary 
Yeardley,  to  be  paid  at  days  of  marriage  &c.  To  my  brother  Michael 
Harrison's  children.  My  sister  Sara  Sawle.  To  Alice  Haiwarde  for  her 
pains  taken  with  me.  My  Aunt  Alice  Eccles.  My  husband  Thomas 
Bland  to  be  my  whole  executor.  Nevell,  57. 

Thomas  Bland  of  Sundridge,  Kent,  gen',  18  Nouember  1617,  proved 
15  May  1618.  The  poor  of  Sundridge  and  of  St.  Bennet's  near  Paul's 
Wharf.  The  children  of  my  brother  John  Bland  and  of  my  brother  Greg- 
ory Bland.  My  sister  Elizabeth  Burye  and  her  children.  My  god  daugh- 
ter Judith  Gilbie  and  the  children  of  my  sister  Gilbie.  My  god  daughter 
Jone  Hope.  My  daughter  in  law  Ellen  Lewis,  Margaret  Ball  and  Emme 
Whitlatche.  My  brother  Peter  Blande  and  his  children.  My  wife  Mary. 
My  son  George  Blande.  My  daughter  Elizabeth  Blande.  My  wife  to 
have  the  occupation-  and  use  of  the  house  and  lands  which  I  hold  by  lease 
of  Mrs.  Cranwell  and  her  son.  My  son  George  to  be  executor  and  I  do 
nominate  as  overseers  my  sons  in  law  William  Ball  and  John  Lewis  and 
John  Blande.  To  son  George  my  messuages  &c.  in  the  parishes  of  St. 
Peter's  and  St.  Bennet's  near  Paul's  Wharf,  with  remainder  to  the  heir 
male  of  my  brother  John  Blande,  and  next  to  my  right  heirs.  My  mes- 
suages in  Shoreditch  to  my  son  George  and  his  son  Thomas  Blande.  John 
Sale  referred  to.  The  children  of  my  son  in  law  William  Ball.  My 
daughter  in  law  Margaret  Sale.  My  son  in  law  Jasper  Yardley  and  my 
daughters  in  law  Elizabeth  Cooper  and  Mary  Yardley. 

Wit.  John  Blande,  Thomas  Langhorne,  Elizabeth  Blande,  the  mark  of 
Raphe  Farrington  and  the  mark  of  Sibbell  Farrington,  his  wife. 

Meade,  47. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  813 

[A  pedigree  of  this  family  of  Bland  appears  in  the  Visitation  of  London, 
1633-4  (Harleian  So.  Pub.,  Vol.  1,  p,  79).  To  it  evidently  belonged  the  Virginia 
family  of  that  name,  and  perhaps  the  Maryland  family.  The  following  notes 
relate  to  these  families.  The  printed  Registers  of  the  parish  of  St.  Antholins, 
London  (also  published  by  the  Harleian  Society),  give  baptisms  &c.  of  the 
family  of  John  Bland,  the  father  of  the  Virginians.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

John  Blande  of  London,  grocer,. 24  September  1627,  proved  20  April 
1632.  I  will  that  my  body  be  decently  carried  to  the  church  between  3 
and  4  clock  in  the  afternoon  with  some  few  of  my  friends  and  neighbors 
and  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Sl  Antholin's  where  I  dwell.  I  will  not 
have  above  fifty  pounds  bestowed  at  the  most  upon  my  said  burial  besides 
mourning  for  my  children  and  others.  Gifts  to  Christ  Hospital  and  to 
poor  prisoners.  According  to  the  city  of  London  laws  my  wife  is  to  have 
the  thirds  of  my  estate  and  the  other  third  my  children,  and  the  other  third 
is  at  my  dispose.  Out  of  my  third  I  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  wife 
Susan  Blande  five  hundred  pounds  towards  her  widowship.  If  she  marry 
then  my  son  Thomas  shall  have  one  hundred  pounds  of  it,  John  fifty  and 
Susan  Blande,  my  daughter,  fifty  pounds,  if  unmarried;  the  rest  of  the  five 
hundred  pounds  to  be  divided  amongst  the  rest  of  my  children  unmarried, 
by  equal  portions,  at  twenty  one,  the  sons  and  the  daughters  at  eighteen. 
To  daughters  Anne  and  Elizabeth  Blande  twenty  pounds  apiece  over  and 
above  their  parts  of  the  children's  third.  My  wife  Susan  to  allow  her 
mother  fifteen  pounds  per  annum  during  life,  if  she  continues  a  widow,  so 
long  as  her  mother  liveth.  If  she  chanceth  to  marry  and  her  mother  living 
then  during  my  mother's  life.  The  five  hundred  pounds  bequeathed  to  my 
children  they  shall  enjoy  till  their  grandmother  be  dead  and  buried.  Sons 
Thomas  and  John  and  daughter  Susau  under  twenty  one.  Son  in  law 
Emanuell  Probie  and  my  daughter  Mary  Probie.  I  give  and  bequeath  my 
Ham  house,  after  my  wife's  decease,  among  my  youngest  children  resting 
from  Edward  Blande  and  so  to  the  youngest,  according  to  a  surrender  I 
make  in  the  court  for  the  use  of  my  will.  Thomas,  John  and  Susan  Blande 
shall  allow  to  their  grandmother  Mary  de  Deblere,  out  of  their  legacies, 
three  pounds  per  cent  per-  annum,  for  every  hundred  pounds  so  long  as  she 
shall  live;  and  if  they  be  not  of  age  then  their  legacies  to  be  put  out  to  use 
and  my  mother  to  have  three  per  cent  per  annum  out  of  it,  the  rest  to  be 
towards  the  bringing  them  up  which  are  not  of  years.  To  Grace  Bonde  a 
mourning  gown.  Mr.  Robert  Edwardes'  son  Thomas.  I  give  unto  all  my 
godchildren  twenty  shillings  apiece  except  Lawrence  Lowne's  daughter  and 
Gregory  Blande's  son  or  daughter,  for  Lownes  played  the  knave  with  me 
and  Gregory  Blande  likewise  deceaved  me,  so  they  nor  theirs  shall  have  one 
penny  of  mine.  To  my  brother  Gillye  forty  shillings,  and  to  each  of  his 
children  by  my  sister  forty  shillings  apiece,  Judith  Lownes  not  to  have  any 
thing,  the  wife  of  Lawrence  Lownes.  To  Bedlam  ten  shillings.  To  St. 
Gregory's  Church  where  I  was  christened,  to  make  a  stock  for  the  poor  to 
buy  flax  with,  five  pounds.  Similar  bequests  to  St.  Antholin's  church, 
West  ham  church,  Aldermary  church,  St.  Stephen's  church,  Coleman  St., 
for  the  purchase  of  flax  to  spin  or  woollen  yarn  to  knit.  Johane  Lang- 
horne,  my  cousin  Thomas  Langhorne's  daughter,  Susan  Northers  and 
Frances  Langhorne.  To  my  son  Thomas  Bland  my  gold  seal  ring  with 
my  arms  upon  it.  To  Johu  my  silver  mark  to  seal  letters  with.  My 
cousin  Samuel  Bland.  My  cousin  William  Blande's  children  and  my 
cousin  Mary,  his  late  wife.  My  cousin  George  Blande  and  Thomas,  his 
son.  Elizabeth  my  cousin  Holmwood  and  each  of  her  children.  My  sister 
Burie.     Edward  Burye.     Margaret  Everett,  my  sister's  daughter.     Cousin 


814  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Rosse,  my  sister's  daughter.  Elizabeth  Burye,  my  sister's  daughter.  (All 
referred  to  as  sisters  of  cousin  Burye.)  The  Lady  Harbert,  my  niece,  and 
each  of  her  children.  My  cousin  Robert  Brawler  and  his  wife  and  daugh- 
ter. Thomas  Northey,  Mr.  Isaac  Jones,  Mr.  William  Cookaine,  John 
Duckett,  Mr.  Isaac  Pennington,  the  Trinity  House  for  old  sailors.  The 
executors  to  be  my  loving  wife  Susan  and  Thomas  my  son  and  John  my 
second  son,  and  the  overseers  to  be  my  son  in  law  Emanuel  Probye,  my 
cousin  Samuel  Blande  Robert  Edwardes  and  Thomas  Northey. 

Audley,  44. 

John  Bland  of  London  merchant,  3  May  1680,  proved  23  June  1680. 
I  do  give  and  bequeath  all  the  jewels  plate  and  household  stuff  belonging 
to  me  to  my  dear  wife  Sarah  Bland,  feeling  no  greater  grief  under  my 
many  adversities  and  infirmities  I  now  labor  under  than  her  necessary 
absence  in  Virginia  about  my  unhappy  affairs  and  estates  there,  she  having 
"bin"  the  principal  comfort  of  my  past  life"  and  by  her  exemplary  virtue, 
discretion,  affliction  (sic),  prudence  and  patience  having  deserved  much 
more  from  me  than  I  am  able  to  give,  being  worthy  of  my  whole  confidence 
and  entire  trust,  which  nevertheless  by  reason  of  the  great  distance  she  is 
now  at  and  the  many  contingencies  and  accidents  which  may  happen  thereby 
I  do  think  fit  by  a  conjunction  with  her  to  commit  to  my  choicest  friend 
Thomas  Povey  Esquire,  one  of  the  Masters  of  Requests  to  the  King's 
Majesty,  who  best  understands  all  my  affairs,  interests  and  intentions,  I  do 
therefore  make  and  constitute  my  said  dear  wife  Sarah  Bland  and  my  said 
worthy  friend  Thomas  Povey  to  be  the  executors  &c.  Many  years  since  I 
purchased  a  house  &c.  at  Tangier  and  have  laid  out  upon  it  several  con- 
siderable sums  of  money  for  the  improvement  thereof.  It  has  been  taken 
and  seized  upon  in  my  absence  and  without  my  privity  by  the  Governor 
there  and  is  still  possessed  and  applied  to  the  service  of  his  Majesty,  for 
which  I  have  not  yet  obtained  satisfaction  &c.  This  entrusted  to  Thomas 
Povey.  All  other  lands  and  tenements  &c.  to  the  two  executors,  who  are 
to  raise  money  to  pay  the  debts  I  shall  be  found  to  owe  and  a  competent 
provision  for  my  daughter  in  law  Frances  Bland  and  my  grandson  John 
Bland,  her  sou,  yet  being  in  his  infancy. 

The  first  grant  of  probate  was  made,  as  above,  to  Thomas  Povey,  power 
reserved  for  Sarah  Bland,  the  widow,  to  whom  a  grant  of  probate  was  issued 
27  May  1682.  Bath,  76. 

Thomas  Bland  of  London,  gen1  26  August  1674,  with  a  codicil  dated 
30  October,  1674,  proved  29  January  1674.  To  my  grand  children  Jane 
and  Sarah  Moyser  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  apiece,  to  be  employed  at 
interest  or  laid  out  in  buying  of  several  annuities  for  them.  To  my  grand- 
son Joseph  Day  fifty  pounds,  to  be  employed  to  put  him  out  to  some  decent 
calling  when  he  shall  attain  to  fifteen  years  of  age.  To  my  daughter  Sarah 
Day  the  wife  of  Joseph  Day  one  annuity  or  yearly  rent  charge  of  ten 
pounds  by  the  year  during  her  natural  life,  issuable  and  payable  out  of  my 
lauds  and  tenement  at  Mildenhall  in  Suffolk.  I  give  to  my  son  in  law 
Joseph  Day  and  Sarah  his  wife  ten  pounds  apiece  to  buy  them  mourning. 
I  appoint  my  son  Richard  Bland  and  my  son  in  law  Joseph  Day  and  Sarah 
his  wife  to  be  executors  and  do  appoint  them  to  give  all  my  linen  to  my 
grandchildren. 

In  the  codicil  he  speaks  of  his  grandson  Joseph  Day  as  "  now  deceased." 

Dycer,  2. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  815 

Thomas  Bland  of  London,  merchant,  25  November  1700,  proved  13 
January  1700.  To  my  sister  Sarah  Day  ten  pounds  every  year  during  her 
natural  life,  she  was  living   with   my   executors.      Ten   pounds   to   Mary 

Keemish  if  she  shall  live  to  be  lawfully  married.     Ten  pounds  to 

Keenish,  my  sister's  grandson,  at  one  and  twenty.  Twenty  pounds  each  to 
Sarah  and  Margaret  Bland,  my  brother's  two  daughters  if  they  live  to  be 

lawfully  married.     My  cousin   Lawrance  Pendrill.      To  Ann  ■  the 

servant  in  my  cousin  Pendrill's  house  forty  shillings.  To  my  said  sister 
Sarah  Day  ten  pounds  for  her  mourning  cloths  at  my  funeral.  To  every 
person  whose  name  is  inserted  on  the  back  of  this  will  one  gold  ring  of  the 
value  about  ten  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Sarah  Pindrell  the  wife  of  Mr.  Law- 
rance Pindrell  all  my  lands,  plantations  mortgages,  houses,  tobacco  houses 
&c.  in  Ann  Arundell  County  in  he  Province  of  Maryland,  and  also  (after 
the  payment  or  other  accomplishment  of  the  said  contingentlegacies)  all  my 
negroes,  cattle,  horses,  mares,  household  stuff,  debts  in  money  and  tobacco, 
ready  money,  plate,  goods  and  chattels  whatsover,  either  in  England  or 
Maryland  or  elsewhere.  And  I  make  my  cousin  Lawrance  Pindrell  and 
Sarah  his  wife  my  sole  executors.  Dyer,  2. 

July  1652.  The  twelvth  day  Adeon  issued  forth  to  John  Bland  ye  nl'all 
&  lawful  Brother  of  Edward  Bland  late  in  Verginia  Batchelor  deed  haveing 
goodes  etc.  to  Adster  ye  goodes,  chatties  &  debets  of  ye  said  deed  hee  being 
sworne  freely  Adster  etc. 

Fol.  134  Admon.  Act  Book,  1652. 

[John  Bland,  London,  Grocer,  will  proved  1632,  was  son  of  Adam  and  Jane 
(Atkyns)  Bland.  He  married  Susan  Deblere  or  Duclere  of  the  City  of  Ham- 
burg, and  had  twelve  children;  he  is  spoken  of  as  of  Syth  Lane,  London  and 
Plaistow,  Essex,  Eng. 

Emanuel  Proby  mentioned,  was  fourth  son  of  Sir  Peter  Proby,  Lord  Mayor 
of  London,  afterward  Lord  Carysfort.  His  sister  Elizabeth  married  Wm.  Bury, 
gent. 

William  Blande  of  London,  gent.,  an  elder  brother  of  John,  married  Judith 
Woodery,  daughter  of  Thomas  of  Groby,  Eng.  Elizabeth,  wrife  of  Thomas 
Bland  of  St.  Martin's,  was  the  sister-in-law  of  the  above  William  and  John  Bland. 
Her  husband  was  under-sheriff  of  Middlesex.  His  will  follows  hers,  by  which 
we  see  that  he  had  at  least  three  wives ;  his  first  was  Alice  Germaine.  (See  p. 
147,  Slaughter's  History  of  Bristol  Parish,  Va.,  1879.) 

John  Bland  of  London,  merchant,  whose  will  was  proved  1680,  had  with  other 
issue  Giles  whose  wife  Frances  and  son  John  are  mentioned.  Frances  was 
daughter  of  Thomas  Probey  [Povey],  Master  of  Requests.  The  wife  of  the 
testator  was  Sarah,  daughter  of  Giles  Green,  a  member  of  Parliament  for  Corfe 
Castle,  Dorset,  time  of  Charles  I. — See  Richmond  Critic,  9  July,  1888. — W.  K. 
Watkixs.] 

Richard  Bennett  of  Noansamond  River  in  Virginia  15  March  1674, 
proved  3  August  1676.  To  the  parish  where  I  now  live  and  have  so  long 
lived  three  hundred  acres  which  Thomas  Bolton  holdeth  by  lease  and  on 
which  he  now  lives;  the  rents  to  be  received  yearly  by  the  churchwardens 
of  the  parish  and  disposed  towards  the  relief  of  four  poor  aged  or  im- 
potent persons  whom  they  judge  to  stand  in  most  need  of  help;  and  this 
to  continue  and  be  done  forever  as  long  as  the  land  continues.  To  Richard, 
son  of  Thomas  Buxton  the  rents  and  profits  of  that  parcel  of  land  on  which 
Edmoud  Belson  now  liveth,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever,  the  same  to  be 
paid  unto  him  when  he  shall  come  to  be  twenty  years  of  age;  but  if  he 
lives  not  to  that  time  or  afterwards  die  without  issue.  To  my  daughter 
Anne  fifty  pounds  sterling  besides  her  debts  which  she  now  oweth  me.     To 


81(3  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

my  grandchildren  Elizabeth,  Anne  and  Bennett  Scarburgh,  or  any  other  of 
my  daughter  Scarburgh's  children  which  shall  be  born  hereafter,  all  that 
parcel  of  land  lying  on  Pocomoke  River  on  the  Eastern  shore  in  Maryland, 
being  two  thousand  eight  hundred  acres  by  Patent,  to  thern  and  either  of 
them,  their,  or  either  of  their,  heirs  forever,  and  also  two  thousand  five 
hundred  acres  by  Patent,  lying  in  Wiccomoco  River  on  the  Eastern  shore 
in  Maryland.  To  my  cousin  Silvester  the  wife  of  major  Nicholas  Hill 
twelve  thousand  pounds  of  tobacco.  To  my  cousin  Mary  the  wife  of  Mr. 
Luke  Cropley  of  London  twenty  pounds  sterling.  To  Richard  Ilubard  of 
Pigg  Point  one  thousand  pounds  of  tobacco.  To  Michael  Ward  and  the 
widow  of  John  Lewis,  to  each  of  them  one  thousand  pounds  of  tobacco. 
To  Charles  Howard  and  Richard  Higgins,  to  each  of  them  one  thousand 
pounds  of  tobacco,  and,  more  to  Charles  Howard,  the  land  which  he  lives 
of  (sic)  for  eleven  years.  To  John  Chilcotes  and  Thomas  Garratt,  to 
each  of  them  two  thousand  pounds  of  tobacco.  To  William  Kitchen  and 
John  Blye,  to  each  of  theai  one  thousand  pounds  of  tobacco.  To  Pat- 
rick Edmonston  and  the  widow  Reddick,  to  each  of  them  one  thousand 
pounds  of  tobacco.  To  John  Worter  who  married  the  relict  of  John 
Salsbury  one  thousand  pounds  of  tobacco.  To  William  Yearret  of  Pagan 
Creek  and  to  the  wife  of  Mr.  Thomas  Taberer,  to  each  of  them  two 
thousand  pounds  of  tobacco.  To  Elizabeth  Cutlaud  of  Chuchatuke  Creek 
and  Thomas  Jordan  of  the  same  place,  to  each  of  them  two  thousand 
pounds  of  tobacco.  To  James  Day  twelve  thousand  pounds  of  tobacco. 
And  if  Mr.  Tabbarer  see  cause  he  may  add  three  thousand  more  to  it.  I 
give  to  all  my  servants  that  now  liveth  with  me,  both  Christians  and 
Negroes,  to  each  of  them  one  thousand  pounds  of  tobacco,  only  the  two 
hirelings  excepted,  viz'  Richard  Higgins  and  John  Turner. 

The  rest  of  my  personal  and  real  estate  and  all  lands,  stock,  of  what 
nature  or  kind  soever  it  be,  to  go  to  my  grand  child  Richard  Bennett,  to  him 
and  his  heirs  forever,  my  said  grandchild  now  residing  in  Bristol,  and  in 
default  of  such  heirs  then  to  come  to  the  children  of  Theodarick  Bland  and 
Charles  Scarburgh.  Lastly  I  do  declare  and  ordain  and  appoint  James 
Jofey,  Mr  Thomas  Hodges  and  Edmond  Belson,  or  any  two  of  them,  also 
Robert  Peellee  to  be  overseers. 

Wit:  John  Speire,  En0  Tarle,  Charles  Howard,  George  Davis.  Proved 
in  Nansamond  court  the  twelvth  of  April  1675,  by  the  oaths  of  Mr  En0 
Tarte  (sic)  Charles  Howard  and  George  Davis  to  be  the  last  will  and  testa- 
ment of  Major  General  R:  Bennett.      Teste  Jn°  Lear  Cler:  Cur. 

Bence,  99. 

[Richard  Bennett  was  a  nephew  of  Edward  Bennett,  who  resided  for  a  time 
at  Delft  and  was  largely  engaged  in  the  Virginia  trade,  being  a  member  of  the 
Virginia  company.  The  nephew,  being  his  partner,  came  over  to  supervise  his 
plantations. 

Richard  was  a  Burgess  1629  to  1631,  member  of  the  Council  1642-9,  Governor 
1652  to  1655  when  he  went  to  England  as  agent  for  the  Colony.  Returning  in  a 
few  years  he  held  various  offices,  and  was  in  1666  made  Major  General  of  the 
train  bands. 

In  1642  he  had  been  one  of' those  Virginia  Puritans  who  had  sent  to  New 
England  for  ministers,  but  in  the  last  part  of  his  life  he  became  a  Quaker. 

His  daughter  Ann  married  Theoderick  Bland,  a  son  of  John  and  Susan 
(Duclere)  Bland,  a  man  said  to  have  been  "in  fortune  and  understanding 
inferior  to  no  man  in  Virginia."  See  Richmond  Critic,  9  July,  1888.  See  also 
note  by  R.  A.  Brock  in  these  Gleanings,  Register,  vol.  42,  p.*394  {ante,  p.  290)  ; 
and  Appleton's  Cyclopedia  of  American  Biography,  vol.  1,  p.  237.—  W.  K. 
Watkins.] 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS   IN    ENGLAND.  817 

William  Seabright  of  London  Esq.  19  January  1618,  proved  7 
November  1620.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Edmund  the 
King  in  Lumbard  street,  where  I  do  dwell,  in  the  chancel  within  the  vault 
there  where  the  body  of  my  most  dear,  virtuous  and  late  loving  wife  doth 
rest  in  the  Lord,  as  near  unto  her  as  possibly  and  conveniently  may  be 
placed.  My  said  wife's  grandchild  Elizabeth,  the  elder  daughter  of  Sir 
James  Boucher,  knight.  Frances  Boucher  one  of  his  daughters.  My 
godson  Thomas  Boucher,  eldest  son  of  the  said  Sir  James,  James  Boucher, 
his  second  son,  John,  his  third  son,  Richard,  his  fourth  sou,  William,  his  fifth 
son,  and  Henry  Boucher,  the  youngest  of  the  said  Sir  James.  The  good 
will  I  bear  to  every  of  them,  chiefly  for  their  good  grandmother's  sake. 
My  will  and  desire  is  that  after  such  time  as  the  portions  given  to  the  said 
sons  shall  be  paid  by  mine  executors,  then  by  the  judgments  of  my  loving 
and  kind  brother  in  law  Thomas  Morley  their  uncle,  John  Burnell,  Richard 
Brigges,  Edmond  Page  and  Thomas  Freeman  their  friends  and  cousins,  or 
the  more  part  of  them  for  the  time  being,  every  of  their  said  positions  shall 
be  put  forth  at  use  at  the  best  rates  they  can  upon  as  good  security  as  they 
can  for  every  hundred  pounds  by  the  year  for  and  towards  their  mainte- 
nance until  such  time  as  the  said  friends  &c.  shall  in  their  discretions  think 
fit.  My  niece  Sarah  Astin  one  of  the  daughters  of  my  late  loving  sister 
Eleanor  Astin,  widow  deceased,  (to  whose  last  will  and  testament  reference 
is  made).  My  nephew  Edward  Seabright.  Reference  to  will  of  "my  good 
father  " — "  whose  executor  I  am."  My  late  brother  in  law  Thomas  Astin. 
My  late  brother  Thomas  Seabright,  gen',  deceased,  made  me  his  only 
executor.  Have  brought  up  all  his  five  children.  My  cousin  Edward 
Broad  Esq.  who  married  with  my  niece  Judith.  Elizabeth  Blounte  the 
late  widow  and  administratrix  of  my  nephew  William  Seabright  deceased. 
My  best  and  loving  cousin  Sir  Thomas  Coventrye,  knight,  H.  M.  Soli- 
citor General  who  married  with  my  niece  Sara,  sithence  deceased.  My 
cousin  John  Burnell  who  married  Anne  my  said  brother's  youngest  daugh- 
ter. Reference  to  "  my  good  father  Edward  Seabright."  The  two  children 
of  my  niece  Sarah  Coventrye,  Thomas  and  Elizabeth.  My  loving  sister  in 
law  Anne  late  the  widow  of  my  said  brother  and  now  the  wife  of  Thomas 
Walsh,  gentleman.  The  parish  of  Woolverley  in  the  Co.  of  Worcester  the 
place  of  my  birth,  where  I  was  bred  up  a  great  part  of  my  youth.  I  give 
and  bequeath  to  my  brother  Thomas  Morley  a  gown.  To  my  sister  his 
wife  and  to  one  of  his  daughters,  being  my  god  daughter,  two  gowns  of 
silk  "grogaron."  To  my  brother  Isaac  Morley  a  cloak.  Others.  My 
cousin  Mrs.  Burnell,  widow.  My  cousin  John  Huntbach  and  my  niece  his 
wife.  My  brother  Walshe  and  my  sister  his  wife.  My  cousin  Page  and 
his  wife.  My  cousin  Brigges  and  my  cousin  his  wife.  My  cousin  Simon 
Jenckes  and  his  wife.  My  servant  Edmund  Nuttinge.  My  late  servant 
Thomas  Hale.  My  loving  cousin  Edward 'Broad  Esq.  and  my  loving  niece 
his  wife  and  their  three  children.  My  niece  Anne  Burnell  and  her  chil- 
dren. My  niece  Theodicia  Seabright.  My  nephew  Edward  Seabright's 
children  and  hers.  My  nephew  William  Astin's  children  (as  I  take  it  four 
in  number).  My  loving  and  kind  cousin  Mrs  Susan  Colles  widow.  My 
loving  sister  in  law  Alice  Boucher.  Soame,  97. 

[The  testator  of  the  above  was  Town  Clerk  of  London  and  married  Eliza- 
beth, sister  of  Thomas  Morley  of  London  and  aunt  of  John  Morley  of  Charles- 
town,  Mass.  The  pedigree  of  the  family  of  Seabright  or  Sebright  is  given  in 
the  Visitation  of  Worcestershire  (printed  by  the  Harleian  Society)  and  also  in 
the  Visitation  of  Essex  for  1612  (Harleian  So.).  See  also  Register  for  April, 
1802  (ante,  p.  568),  in  the  pedigrees  of  Burnell  and  Morley,  there  published. 

Henry  F.  Waters. 


818  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

,  By  deed  dated  April  2,  1624,  "Edward  Sebright  of  Prestwood,  in  y«  Coun- 
tie  of  Stafford  Esqr  ye  Cozen  &  next  heire  of  William  Sebright  Late  of  ye  Cittie  of 
London  Esqr  deceased  &  Theodosea  ye  wife  of  ye  sd  Edward"  convey  to 
"Henry  Cullicke  of  ye  HamLett  of  Milton  in  ye  Townshipp  Parish  or  ffeilds  of 
Prittlewell  in  ye  Hundred  of  Rotchford,  in  ye  Countie  of  Essex  yeoman",  lands 
in  the  parishes  of  Northshoberie,  Much  Wakering  alias  Wakering  Magna  and 
other  parishes  in  the  Hundred  of  Rotchford,  Co.  Essex,  England;  also  lands  in 
Strayfield  (late  Carters  alias  Friends)  :  land  called  Bangold  Land ;  the  moiety 
of  Yokefleete  and  Carters  Lanes. 

This  deed  was  recorded  in  Boston  "in  ye  Booke  of  Records  for  deeds  [IV. 
325]  for  ye  Countie  of  Suffolke  in  New  England"  at  the  request  of  "  Richard 
Ely,  &  Elizabeth  his  wife,  ye  wife  of  &  executrix  vnto  ye  Late  John  Cullicke  of 
Boston  mrchant."  John  T.  Hassam.] 

Henry  Wilkinson  of  Nottingham  town,  skinner,  25  November  1642, 
proved  27  March  1646.  To  be  buried  in  St.  Peter's  church  within  the 
town  of  Nottingham.  To  Mr.  Robert  Buckland,  citizen  and  leatherseller 
of  London,  fifty  shillings  to  make  him  a  gold  ring  to  wear  for  my  sake. 
To  Mrs.  Anne  Ball  of  London  fifty  shillings,  to  Mr.  John  Ball  of  London 
forty  shillings  and  to  Mr.  Richard  Ball  of  London  forty  shillings  (for 
rings  &c).  To  my  cousin  Alice  Barense  of  Gedlinge  three  pounds.  To 
my  cousin  Dorothy  Johnson  of   Ratcliffe   three   pounds.     To   my  cousin 

Joane  Skelinton  of  Roudington  three  pounds.    To  my  cousin Asher 

of  Roudington  three  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Anne  Wilkinson  at  the  Black 
Wall  three  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Isabel  Blood  in  New  England  three 
pounds.  To  my  cousin  Margaret  Atkinson  of  Nottingham  four  pounds.  To 
my  brother  John  Wilkinson  forty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Robert  Wilkinson 
three  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Richard  Wilkinson  three  pounds.  To  my 
cousin  Jeffery  Wilkinson  three  pounds.  To  my  cousin  John  Wilkinson, 
my  brother  John's  son,  three  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Mary  Wilkinson  four 
pounds.  To  my  brother  George  Attenborowe  twenty  shillings  and  to  my 
sister  Mary  his  wife  five  pounds.  Also  to  William,  Jarvis,  George  and 
Richard  Attenborowe,  my  sister's  sons,  to  every  one  of  them  three  pounds. 
To  Anne  Kirke  and  Elizabeth  Cripel,  my  sister's  daughters,  three  pounds 
each.  To  Richard  Barnes  of  Gedlinge,  my  sister's  son,  three  pounds.  To 
my  sister  Jane  Hardnett  five  pounds  and  my  gimball  gold  ring  and  one  pair 
spoon  silver  and  double  gilt.  To  my  cousin  Anne  Beke  one  hoop  ring  of 
gold.  My  cousins  Richard  and  Jeffery  Wilkinson  and  their  brother  John. 
William  and  Henry  Wilkinson  and  their  other  brother  at  London.  Henry 
the  son  of  Robert  Wilkinson,  my  godson.  Mybrother  Hardnett  and  Mary 
his  wife.  My  cousin  Gelstrape  Carpenter  at  Wilford.  John  Wilkinson,  my 
cousin,  citizen  and  blacksmith  of  London  and  my  cousin  George  Wilkinson 
of  Roudington,  his  brother.  My  loving  friend  Mr.  Richard  Hardnett 
citizen  and  skinner  of  London.  My  brother  in  law  Richard  Hardnett, 
skinner,  to  be  executor. 

Admon.  granted  (as  above)  to  Richard  Hardnett  the  executor  of  Richard 
Hardnett  &c.  to  administer  the  goods  &c.  Twisse,  37. 

[Isabel  Blood  was  the  wife  of  Richard  Blood  of  Groton,  Mass.— Editor.] 

Judith  Morris  of  Dedham,  Essex,  widow,  25  January  1645,  proved 
17  March  1645.  To  certain  preachers  of  the  Word,  viz1  MrNewcome  and 
Mr.  Smith  of  Dedham,  Mr.  Stanton  of  Ipswich,  Mr.  Edes  of  Lafford  (Law- 
ford?)  Mr.  Carr  of  Ardleigh,  Mr.  Seaborne  of  Langham,  Mr.  Cooke  who 
was  sometimes  preacher  at  Boxted  and  Mr.  Astey,  forty  shillings  apiece. 
To  Richard  Jacomond's  son,  late  of  East  Marsye,  forty  shillings.  To 
Richard  Jacomond  forty   shillings  and  to   his  daughter  that  is  blind  four 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS   IN   ENGLAND.  819 

pounds.  To  Martha  and  Elizabeth  Jacomond,  daughters  of  Richard 
Jacomond,  all  my  wearing  apparel.  To  Judith  Coffeild  my  god  daughter 
twenty  shillings  and  a  flockbed.  To  the  iiijor  children  of  Stephen  Hart, 
that  is  to  say,  John,  Steven,  Sarah  and  the  youngest  that  went  with  her 
father  to  New  England,  five  pounds  apiece  Anne  Willes,  my  god  daugh- 
ter, and  her  brothers.  To  John  Collens  son  of  the  widow  Collins  of 
Higham  forty  shillings,  to  be  paid  to  his  mother.  My  goddaughter  Mary 
Warren  and  her  brothers  and  sisters.  John  Morris.  My  brother  Josuah 
Warren.  William  Morris  at  four  and  twenty.  Thomas  Morris,  servant 
with  Goodman  Groome  of  Colchester.  Sarah  Groome  my  god  daughter. 
Her  father  William  Groome.  Mary  Groome.  The  four  children  of  Josua 
Warren,  viz1  Josua,  Sarah,  Elizabeth  and  Hester.  Mr.  Strangmanes  three 
children.  The  widow  Woodward  dwelling  in  St.  James  Parish  in  Col- 
chester. Goodman  Chapline  of  the  same  parish.  Goodman  Munson  of 
Colchester.  Thomas  Roofe  of  Colchester,  carrier,  and  his  children.  To 
the  town  of  Copford  five  pounds  towards  the  binding  forth  of  two  poor  chil- 
dren apprentices.  Certain  poor  widows  in  Copford.  The  eldest  son  of 
Parnell  Cutler,  sometimes  my  servant.  Mary  Harrison  that  dwelleth  with 
Mr.  Burrowes.  To  Rebecca  Scolding,  my  god  daughter  now  in  New  Eng- 
land, twenty  shillings.  The  widow  Pease  of  Colchester.  To  Simon  Stone 
in  New  England  forty  shillings.  The  wife  of  Nathaniel  Baker  of  Strat- 
ford. William  Groome,  my  girl's  father.  Goodman  Wood  of  Dedham, 
shoemaker,  and  his  children.  The  poor  of  Stratford.  The  widow  Frende 
and  the  widow  Beckwaye.  Mr.  Nicholas  Prigg.  I  give  unto  Joseph 
Morse  in  New  England  twenty  shillings  if  he  be  living ;  if  he  be  dead  then 
my  will  is  that  William  Stone  in  New  England  shall  have  the  twenty  shil- 
lings. Thomas  Jacomond  now  servant  to  Mr.  Barnton  of  Colchester.  To 
John  Bentley  my  bible.  Robert  Maken  of  Dedham.  Sarah  Warren,  the 
wile  of  Thomas  Beale,  and  her  two  children.  Hester  the  wife  of  Mr. 
Strangeman  above  mentioned.  I  nominate  and  appoint  Clement  Fenne  of 
Dedham,  clothier,  and  John  Morris  of  Colchester,  merchant,  to  be  my 
executors  and  Christopher  Vyne  of  Langham  supervisor. 

All  that  my  sixteenth  part  which  I  have  in  a  ship  wherein  John  Hay- 
ward  goes  master  and  all  that  I  lent  to  the  Parliament,  with  the  profits,  if 
any  be,  and  all  my  other  goods  and  chattels  &c.  not  before  bequeathed  and 
given,  except  twenty  shillings  not  before  mentioned,  which  twenty  shillings 
I  now  give  to  a  kinswoman  in  Colchester,  but  all  the  rest  of  my  estate  un- 
bequeathed  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  cousin  Stephen  Harte's  chil- 
dren in  New  England,  to  be  equally  divided  between  them,  my  funeral  be- 
ing discharged  and  all  other  necessaries  and  expences  being  allowed  to  my 
executors.  And  my  executors  shall  have  power  to  make  sale  of  that  six- 
teenth part  in  the  ship  abovesaid  and  send  the  money  to  New  England  to 
those  children  to  whom  it  is  given. 

Witnessed  by  Isaac  Ham  and  Samuel  Deacon.  Probate  was  granted  to 
John  Morris,  Clement  Fenne,  the  other  executor,  being  dead. 

Twisse,  33. 

[The  above  will,  it  will  be  noticed,  contains  a  number  of  New  England  names. 

H.  F.  W. 

Stephen  Hart,  named  in  this  will,  came  to  New  England  (it  is  said  in  1632,) 
and  settled  at  Cambridge  (then  Newtown).  He  removed  soon  afterwards  to 
Hartford  and  thence  to  Farmington.  A  volume  was  published  in  1875  entitled 
"  Genealogical  History  of  Deacon  Stephen  Hart  and  his  Descendants  by  Alfred 
Andrews. "  Published  by  Austin  Hart.  The  compiler  states  that  Stephen  Hart  was 


820  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

born  about  1605  at  Braintree  in  Essex  county,  England.  See  also  Paige's  History 
of  Cambridge,  page  574;  Memorial  History  of  Hartford  County,  Conn.,  vol.  i.. 
p.  242  ;  and  Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary,  vol.  2,  p.  367-8. 

Simon  Stone,  also  named,  settled  at  Watertown,  Mass.  See  Bond's  History 
of  Watertown,  pp.  584  to  591,  for  an  account  of  him  and  bis  descendants. 
"William  Stone  was,  I  presume,  the  person  who  settled  at  Guilford  in  Connecti- 
cut in  1639.  See  Smith's  History  of  Guilford  and  Savage's  Genealogical  Dic- 
tionary. —  Editor.] 

Francis  Doughtie  of  Hampsteed  in  the  parish  of  Oldsbury  and  County 
and  Diocese  of  Gloucester,  gen',  16  May  1634,  proved  31  October  1634. 
To  my  son  Francis  my  white  horse  or  nag.  To  Spencer  Achley,  my 
daughter  Frances'  sou,  twenty  shillings,  to  be  paid  by  my  executrix  within 
six  months  next  after  my  decease.  To  John  Dauyes,  the  son  of  my  daugh- 
ter Margaret,  ten  shillings,  to  be  paid  in  like  manner.  To  the  three  chil- 
dren of  my  son  Francis,  that  is  to  say,  Mary,  his  daughter,  and  Francis 
and  Eliah,  his  sons,  thirty  shillings,  to  be  paid  in  like  manner.  The  rest 
of  my  goods,  moveable  and  immoveable  whatsoever,  I  give  and  bequeath 
to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  (excepting  what  I  have  passed  by  my  deed  bear- 
ing date  15  May  1634,  made  to  certain  uses  to  Humfrey  Hooke,  alderman 
of  the  City  of  Bristol,  Thomas  Lloyd  of  the  same,  Adam  Baynham  of  Yate 
gen1  and  William  Maye  of  Cherefield  gen1,  this  excepted)  and  I  make  my 
daughter  Elizabeth  my  whole  and  sole  executrix  &c. 

One  of  the  witnesses  was  Fr :  Doughtie  minist/.  Seager,  86. 

[The  above  will  and  the  deed  to  Humfrey  Hooke  and  others,  to  which  it  re- 
fers, gave  rise  to  a  great  contention  in  New  England,  as  appears  from  Lech- 
ford's  Note-Book,  pp.  133-5,  137,  171-3  and  256  (I  refer  to  the  pages  of  the 
printed  book).  Elizabeth  Doughtie,  the  daughter  and  sole  executrix  of  the 
above  testator,  became  the  wife  of  William  Cole  of  Sutton  in  the  parish  of 
Chew  Magna,  in  the  County  of  Somerset,  gentleman  (as  he  calls  himself  in  a 
bill  of  complaint  to  the  Gov.,  Council  and  Assistants  of  the  Jurisdiction  of 
Massachusetts  Bay)  and  brother  of  John  Cole  of  Farrington,  Somerset,  yeoman, 
who  made  a  deposition  about  Hamsteed  Farm  in  1639.  William  and  Elizabeth 
Cole  were  then  in  New  England,  as  was  also  her  brother  Francis  Doughty,  who 
at  that  time  called  himself  a  planter  of  Dorchester  in  New  England.  He  was 
called  a  clerk  in  the  bill  of  complaint  by  William  Cole  and  us  wife,  and  seems 
to  have  been  a  minister  at  Taunton  (Mass.),  and  afterwards  to  have  removed 
to  Long  Island.  Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Timothy  S*  Nicholas  of  the  parish  of  St.  Marys  in  the  Isle  of  Ely 
within  the  Co.  of  Cambridge  gen1,  13  June  1606,  proved  17  September 
1606.  Testator  calls  himself  the  youngest  son  of  Vincent  St.  Nicholas, 
late  of  Ashe  next  Sandwich  in  the  Co.  of  Kent,  gen1  deceased,  and  declares 
his  age  to  be  about  thirty  years,  wishes  his  bony  to  be  buried  within  the 
parish  church  of  Ahe  near  the  grave  of  his  father,  (if  it  should  please  God 
to  call  him  out  of  this  transitory  world  at  or  near  Ashe)  and  orders  a  monu- 
ment to  be  laid  upon  the  resting  place  of  his  body  not  exceeding  the  value 
of  thirteen  pounds  six  shillings  eight  pence.  To  the  poor  of  Ospringe  in 
Kent  and  of  St.  Marys.  To  every  godchild.  "  I  promised  for  them  they 
shoulde  constantlie  professe  renouncinge  all  poperye  and  Romishe  Relictes 
and  supstition."  Loving  brother  Henry  Harfleete  and  Thomas,  his  son. 
Brother  Thomas  St.  Nicholas.  Niece  and  god  daughter  Dorothy  Brett  (at 
her  age  of  sixteen  years).  Sister  Brett's  other  daughter  Deborah  B  rett. 
Niece  and  god  daughter  Deborah  St.  Nicholas,  eldest  daughter  of  brother 
Thomas.  Niece  Dorothy  St.  Nicholas  (another  daughter).  Brother  Steb- 
binge.  Nephew  Henry"  Harfleete.  My  nieces  Mary,  Omer  (sic),  Susan 
and  Martha  Harfleete.     Godson  John  Harfleete  son  of  William  Harflete  of 


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Sandwich  gen'.  Cousin  Parries  children,  James,  Ellen,  Francis  and  Judith, 
and  his  wife  (my  niece  and  faithful  cousin).  Linen  &c.  in  their  house  at 
St.  Mary  Magdalens  in  Barmondsey  near  London.  My  cousin  Christopher 
Lasheforde.  Cousin  Francis  Maunocke  and  her  children.  Mary  Lashe- 
ford  daughter  of  my  uncle  Lasheford  (if  she  survive  her  husband)  and  her 
children.  "And  I  doe  geve  unto  my  reverend  and  deere  frendes  the  zeal- 
ous preachers  of  Gods  Worde  and  his  faithefull  myuisters  (vize)  to  Mr. 
Thomas  Willson  my  reverend  teacher  &  instructer  sixe  Angells  to  my 
deere  frend  Mr.  Anthony  ffeilde  of  Chittenden  sixe  Angells  To  Mr. 
Willm  Syms  my  faithefull  frend  fower  Angells  To  my  deere  and  lovinge 
brother  Stebbinge  and  my  moste  approoved  faithefull  fiend  sixe  Angells 
To  Mr  Beniamyn  Solley  my  oulde  schoole  fellowe  and  Christian  frend 
Thirtie  shillings  To  Mr  Jacob  Twentye  shillinges.  To  Mr  Snape  Twentye 
shillinges  To  Mr  Dampard  Twentie  shillinges  To  Mr  Stoughton  Twentie 
shillinges  To  Mr  Egerton  Twentie  shillinges  To  Mr  Brownesmithe 
Twentye  shillings  moste  humblie  thanckinge  them  for  their  faithefull  en- 
devor  and  for  their  earnest  labour  and  paines  for  the  instructyon  of  my 
conscience  and  the  consciences  of  many  men  in  the  knowledge  of  Gods 
truthe  and  relligion.  And  their  legacies  I  bestowe  uppon  them  as  a  testi- 
monie  of  my  love  and  thanckfullnes  towerdes  them."  Sundry  servants  &c. 
To  Mr  James  Pallraer  the  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Pallmer,  knight,  my  vyoll 
which  I  have  often  promised  him.  My  loving  friend  Mr.  Thomas  Gelli- 
brand  of  Sandwich.  Cousin  Rowland  Engeham  and  cousin  William  Euge- 
ham. 

"  And  whereas  I  haue  in  truste  heretofore  receaved  of  my  aforesaid  deere 
frend  Mr  Willm  Syms  ffiftye  powndes  of  lawfull  money  of  Englande  to  the 
intente  that  I  shoulde  prchase  therewith  to  the  onely  use  of  his  two  sonnes 
(viz')  Zacharye  and  Willm  Syms  and  of  their  heires  landes  or  heredyta- 
mentes  of  the  yearelie  valewe  at  the  tyme  of  the  purchase  thereof  of  Three 
poundes  of  lyke  money  and  that  untill  suche  purchase  should  be  so  made 
there  shoolde  be  by  me  payd  towerdes  the  education  or  mayntennce  of  the 
said  Zacharie  and  Willm  Syms  the  sonnes  Three  poundes  of  lawefull  money 
of  Englande  yearelie  at  the  ffeastes  of  the  natyuitie  of  Ste  John  Baptiste 
and  of  the  nativitye  of  oure  Lord  Christe  by  even  porcons:  nowe  therefore 
to  thintent  that  I  maie  faithefullie  pforme  the  said  truste  I  doe  geve  "  &c. 
(Then  follows  a  lengthy  provision  lor  raising  three  pounds  a  year  for  them.) 
Nephew  John  St.  Nicholas,  second  son  of  brother  Thomas.  Cousin  Edward 
Upcher  of  Soham  in  Cambridgeshire.  Brother  Thomas  and  said  nephew 
John  St.  Nicholas  to  be  executors.  Stafford,  66. 

Margaret  Fulalove  of  London,  widow,  25  September  1 629,  proved  14 
October  1629.  Imprimis  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  cosen  Zacherie 
Siines,  whom  I  do  make  and  ordain  sole  executor  of  this  my  last  will  and 
testament,  the  sum  of  forty  shillings  and  to  my  cosen  his  wife  my  Phillip 
and  Cheany  gown  and  best  stuff  petticoat,  my  stuff  kertle  and  waistcoat, 
all  my  wearing  linen  and  twenty  shillings  to  make  her  a  ring.  To  my  said 
cosen  Simes'  three  children  I  do  give  and  bequeath  as  followed! ;  unto 
William  Simes  three  shillings  of  lawful  money  of  England,  unto  Sarah 
Simes  also  forty  shillings  of  like  money  and  to  Mary  Simes  twenty  shillings 
of  like  money.  I  do  also  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  said  Sara  Simes  (a 
lot  of  bedding  and  household  stuff,  among  others)  two  sallet  dishes,  one 
maudlin  cup,  a  brass  scummer  and  a  brass  warming  pan.  If  any  surplusage 
be  remaining  I  give  to  my  brethren  Thomas  and  John  Hickman,  to  each 


822  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

twenty  shillings  and  twenty  shillings  to  each  of  my  own  sisters  and  forty 
shillings  to  be  distributed  amongst  my  said  own  sisters  children.  To  Mar- 
garet Hayes  ten  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Grantham  twenty  shillings  and 
to  bis  wife  twenty  shillings.  To  Hulda  Crooke  twenty  shillings.  To  Sara 
Grantham  twenty  shillings.  To  Caleb  Grantham  twenty  shillings.  To  my 
cousin  Attaloone  an  angel  and  to  his  wife  forty  shillings  and  a  Kersey 
cubbord  cloth.  Forty  shillings  to  her  daughter.  To  my  cousin  Godkin's 
wife  twenty  shillings  and  twenty  shillings  to  Mr.  William  Simes.  A  silver 
spoon  for  Mary  Simmes  and  tipt  pot  for  my  cousin  Zachary. 

Wit:  William  Symmes,  Mary  Symmes,  her  mark,  Elner  Godkin. 

Archd.  of  London,  B.  7  L.  62. 

Against  this  is  entered,  on  margin,  Parish  of  St.  Michael  Bassingshawe. 
Married  at  St.  Saviours  Southwark,  13  August  1622,  Zachery  Simmes 
and  Sara  Baker. 

[Zacharie  Simes,  named  by  the  testator  as  a  cousin  or  nephew,  and  as  execu- 
tor of  her  will,  was  evidently  the  Rev.  Zechariah  Syms  or  Symmes,  who  was 
the  minister  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  from  Dec.  22,  1634  till  his  death  Feb.  4, 
1670-1.  He  was  the  son  of  Rev.  William  Symmes,  whose  father,  William 
Symmes,  was  a  firm  protestant  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Mary. 

Rev.  Zechariah  Symmes  was  born  in  Canterbury,  Kent,  April  5,  1599,  was 
educated  at  Emmanuel  College,  Cambridge  University,  and  received  his  A.B.  in 
1620.  In  1621  he  was  chosen  lecturer  at  St.  Antholiu's  in  London.  About  1625 
he  removed  to  Dunstable,  Beds.,  where  he  was  rector  for  eight  years.  He  came 
to  New  England  in  the  Griffin,  which  arrived  Sept.  18,  1634.  He  had  a  brother 
William  who  was  living,  probably  in  England,  in  1664,  as  he  names  him  in  his 
will  of  that  date. 

The  William  Syms  who  had  sons  Zacharye  and  William,  according  to  the 
preceding  will  of  Timothy  St.  Nicholas,  1606;  as  well  as  the  Mr.  William  Simes 
named  by  the  above  Margaret  Fulalove,  was,  I  presume,  the  father  of  our  New 
England  minister.  See  The  Symmes  Memorial,  by  Rev.  John  A.  Vinton,  Bos- 
ton, 1873. — Editor.] 

Ludlow  (Register,  vol.  42,  pp.  181-184;  ante,  pp.  274-277)  : 

[On  page  183  of  Vol.  42  of  the  Register  {ante,  p.  277),  in  the  English 
Ludlow  genealogy  published  by  you,  with  special  reference  to  Roger  Ludlow  of 
Massachusetts  and  Connecticut,  I  find  the  following  foot-note  appended  to  the 
name  of  Gabriel  [Ludlow]8,  of  Frome,  bapt.  at  Warminster,  27  Aug.  1634: — 

"He  is  said  to  have  been  the  ancestor  of  the  New  York  Ludlows. — G.  D. 
Scui.l." 

1  do  not  know  whether  the  exact  connection  of  the  New  York  Ludlows  with 
the  English  genealogy  can  be  a  matter  of  interest  to  any  of  your  readers.  If 
so,  here  it  is  : — 

The  New  York  Ludlows,  together  with  the  Philadelphia  branch  of  the  family, 
to  which  belonged  the  Rev.  John  Ludlow,  D.D.,  Provost  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  from  1834  to  1852,  and  his  sons  John  Livingston  Ludlow,  M.D., 
and  Judge  James  Ryley  Ludlow,  are  descended  from  Gabriel  Ludlow,  who 
landed  in  New  York,  in  his  32d  year,  on  Nov.  24,  1694,  and  on  April  5,  1697,  was 
married  in  New  Y'ork  to  Sarah,  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Hanmer,  D.D. 

In  a  memorandum-book  belonging  to  Gabriel  Ludlow,  the  entries  in  which  are 
in  his  handwriting,  which  book  is  in  the  possession  of  Alfred  Ludlow  Carroll, 
M.D.,  of  New  York,  appears  the  following  note  : — 

"  Gabriel  Ludlow,  son  of  Gabriel  Ludlow,  was  born  Nov.  the  2d,  1663,  which 
was  on  Monday  night  at  12  o'clock,  at  Castle  Cary." 

The  next  note  in  the  memorandum-book  chronicles  the  birth  of  a  brother,  M. 
Ludlow,  at  "  flroom"  [Frome],  on  Dec.  2,  1666. 

A  letter  written  early  in  1883  to  the  Vicar  of  Castle  Cary,  enquiring  whether 
anv  record  survived  of  the  baptism  in  his  parish  of  Gabriel  Ludlow,  son  of 
Gabriel,  in  1663,  brought  the  satisfactory  response  that  the  record  does  survive, 
and  the  following  certified  copy  of  it : 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  823 

"  Copy  of  the  baptismal  certificate  of  Gabriel  Ludlow. 
'  Christenings  in  the  year  1663. 
December. 

The  first  day  of  this  moneth  Gabriell  the  sonne  of  Gabriell  Ludlow  of  froome 
and  of  Martha  his  wife  was  Christened.' 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  above  is  a  true  copy  of  an  entry  in  the  Register  of 
Baptisms  for  the  Parish  of  Castle  Cary  in  the  County  of  Somerset. 
Revenue  As  witness  my  hand  this  10th  day  of  March,  1883. 

Stamp,  Id.  A.  W.  Grafton,  Vicar." 

Thomas  W.  Ludlow,  Cottage  Lawn,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

— Editor]. 

Francis  Scrogges  of  Patmar  hall  in  the  parish  of  Aldebury,  Herts, 
gentleman,  3  June  1585,  proved  4  November  1585.  To  my  wife  Dionise 
(certain  grain  &c)  and  my  whole  team  of  horses  being  in  number  five,  mostly 
in  the  keeping  of  John  Anthony  my  servant  and  esteemed  at  the  value  of 
sixteen  pounds  (and  other  property).  To  my  son  Henry  one  hundred  pounds, 
to  my  son  Thomas  twenty  pounds,  to  my  son  William  forty  pounds,  all 
within  two  years  next  after  my  desease.  To  my  son  Francis  one  hundred 
pounds,  to  be  paid  him  at  his  full  age  of  two  and  twenty  years.  To  my 
daughter  Susan  twenty  pounds  within  oue  quarter  of  a  year  next  after  my 
decease.  To  my  daughters  Grace  and  Lettece  Scrogges  one  hundred  pounds 
apiece  at  one  and  twenty  or  days  of  marriage.  I  give  to  my  son  John 
Scrogges  all  that  my  manor  called  Patmar  hall  and  all  my  other  lands  &c 
to  hold  for  three  years  after  my  decease  upon  condition  that  he  shall  stand 
bound  unto  Thomas  Meade  of  Bardene,  Essex,  yeoman,  and  unto  William 
Deane  my  son  in  law  in  the  sum  of  five  hundred  pounds  to  pay  the  legacies 

I  have  given  to  his  brothers  and  sisters,  and  then  he  shall  hold  the 
manor  and  lands  absolutely  and  without  condition.  Provision  made  if  he 
refuses  &c.  Henry  the  second  son,  Thomas  the  third  son,  then  William, 
then  Francis  the  fifth  son,  then  the  daughters,  Alice,  Elizabeth,  Susan, 
Jane,  Grace  and  Lettece.  To  my  sister  Katherine  Surrye  forty  shillings 
and  to  Raff  Surrye  her  son  four  pounds.  Dionise  my  wife  shall  have  her 
abode  and  dwelling  in  the  three  chambers  next  the  kitcheu  in  the  said 
manor  house,  that  is  to  say,  over  the  larder  there.  Certain  tenements  &c. 
at  Watton  at  Stone,  Great  Munden  and  Little  Mundeu  made  over  to  the 
use  of  said  wife,  she  to  release  to  my  son  John  all  her  right  of  dower  in 
my  manor,  &c.     Sou  John  to  be  executor.  Brudenell,  48. 

Thomas  Scrogges  of  Trymley  Sl  Mary,  Suffolk,  28  May  1589,  proved 

II  June  1589.  To  be  buried  in  the  church  of  Trimley  St.  Mary.  My 
servants  Jane  Lambe,  Elizabeth  Fowles,  Ann  Battle  and  William  Batle. 
Barnaby  Gowldinge.  Thomas  Lambe  gen'.  Lawrence  Hudson  of  Trim- 
ley  Sl  Mary.  Thomas  Sagar  my  godchild.  I  am  to  pay  to  the  widow 
Shemynge's  sister  in  Hertfordshire  and  to  Philip  Newman  and  to  one  of 
Thomas  Newman's  children  (for  parcel  of  the  purchase  of  Melton  mill)  &c. 
Bennett  Newman  my  tenant.  I  give  my  lands,  tenements  &c.  in  Shotley 
to  my  brothers  William  and  Henry  and  my  sisters  Elizabeth  Anton  and 
Susan  Paye  and  their  heirs  forever.  My  brothers  William  and  Henry 
Scrogges  to  be  executors  and  William  Smith  ah  Randes  of  Walton  and 
John  Talbott  overseers.  If  the  said  Bennett  Newman  shall  think  good  to 
take  my  mill  and  lands  in  Melton  I  give  him  towards  the  purchase  the  seven 
pounds  ten  shillings  which  he  shall  owe  me  at  Michaelmas  next. 

Leicester,  59. 


824  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

John  Scrogges  of  Patmer  Hall  in  the  parish  of  Alberry  in  the  Co.  of 
Hartford  gen1,  13  August  1592,  proved  14  May  1593.  To  be  buried  in 
the  parish  church  of  Albery.  To  Mary  Scrogges  my  loving  wife  all  my 
goods,  debts,  ready  money  and  all  such  plate  as  she  brought  with  her  &c. 
To  my  cousin  Edward  Newporte  one  ounce  of  gold  for  a  remembrance. 
To  my  three  brothers,  Henry,  William  and  Francis  Scrogges,  to  each  of 
them  one  ounce  of  gold  for  a  remembrance.  To  my  three  sisters,  Alice 
Leake,  Elizabeth  Anton  and  Susan  Pave,  forty  shillings  apiece  for  a  re- 
membrance. To  my  three  sisters,  Jane  Deane,  Grace  Crabbe  and  Lettice 
Scrogges,  to  each  of  them  half  an  ounce  of  gold,  to  be  paid  and  delivered 
by  my  executor,  also  for  a  remembrance.  To  my  mother  in  law  Dyonice 
Burton  ten  pounds,  to  buy  her  a  mourning  gown  and  a  ring  for  a  remem- 
brance. To  my  brother  in  law  Mr.  Randolfe  Symmes  one  ounce  of  gold 
for  a  remembrance  and  unto  my  sister  in  law  Anne  Symmes,  the  wife  of 
the  said  Randolfe,  forty  shillings  likewise  for  a  remembrance.  My  ser- 
vants. The  parish  of  Albury.  To  my  loving  cousin  Edward  Turnor  Esq. 
an  ounce  of  gold  for  a  remembrance.  '  To  my  niece  Dorothy  Symmes,  the 
daughter  of  my  brother  Symes,  one  ounce  of  gold.  To  my  mother  in  law 
Dennice  Scrogges  forty  shillings  for  a  remembrance. 

Now  concerning  the  custody  and  bringing  up  of  my  son  Edward  Scrogges, 
of  whose  education  and  good  nurture,  both  of  body  and  mind,  I  have 
especial  care  and  regard,  and  of  whose  inheritance,  concerning  the  well 
ordering  thereof,  I  have  also  great  respect,  I  commit  unto  my  most  kind 
and  loving  mother  in  law  Dyonice  Burton,  to  whom  I  have  takeu  order 
that  the  wardship  of  my  son  shall  be  assigned  and  made  over,  either  medi- 
ately or  immediately  from  Mr  Sergeant  Spencer  who  hath  the  grant  thereof 
&c.  &c.  she  to  bring  up  my  said  son  in  good  letters  and  nurture.  My  wife 
to  be  executor  and  my  cousin  Edward  Turner  overseer.  Philip  Godwynne 
one  of  the  witnesses. 

Proved  by  M"  Mary  Scrogges.  Nevell,  36. 

Sir  Thomas  Stanley,  knight,  26  February  1605,  proved  13  May  1607. 
To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Albury,  near  my  pew  door,  iu  the 
county  of  Hertford.  The  poor  of  that  parish.  I  do  give  and  bequeath 
all  my  lands  in  Sussex  or  elsewhere,  as  also  my  house  without  Temple  Bar 
near  London,  to  my  brother  Richard  Stanley  and  his  heirs  forever,  paying 
out  of  the  said  lands  and  house  to  my  wife  one  hundred  marks  yearly  during 
her  life.  To  Dyonis  Sims,  my  wife's  kinswoman,  ferity  pounds,  within  forty 
days  after  her  marriage.  To  my  wife's  son  Edward  Scroogs,  a  black  cloak 
and  one  to  his  uncle  Henry  Scroogs.  To  my  cousin  Joane,  wife  of  Richard 
Scarlett  of  London,  a  gown  of  cloth.  To  my  cousin  Jone  Gambell  of 
London  a  gown  of  cloth.  My  servants.  Six  poor  men  that  shall  carry  me 
to  the  church.  My  wife  Mary  to  be  full  executrix.  One  little  table  of 
"currall "  that  standeth  at  Lee  House  in  Sussex,  which  is  my  wife's  mother's. 
Mistress  Burton,  my  will  and  mind  is  that  the  same  table  shall  be  delivered 
to  her  again.  To  my  cousin  Edward  Stanley  in  the  Co.  of  Cumberland  a 
gray  gelding  called  Roger.  Hudleston,  40. 

Edward  Scrogges  of  Aldbury,  Herts.,  Esq.  2  April  1622,  proved 
9  October  1622.  My  body  to  be  buried  amongst  my  ancestors  in  Aldbury 
church.  I  do  will  and  appoint  that  my  loving  wife  Penelope  (if  it  please 
God  of  his  goodness  and  mercy  to  restore  her  to  her  health  and  perfect 
senses  again  and  that  she  shall  and  do  live  and  continue  unmarried  in  my 


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house  called  Patraer  Hull,  of  perfect  sense  and  understanding  fit  and  able 
to  govern,  maintain  and  bring  up  my  children  in  learning  and  virtue)  for 
and  towards  the  maintenance  and  the  bringing  up  of  my  said  children  shall 
have  the  use  and  occupation  of  all  my  movable  goods  &c.  within  my  house 
of  Patmer  Hall  and  so  much  of  my  lands,  tenements  and  rents  (except 
Patiner  Hall  woods  and  Shaw  woods)  as  are  now  in  my  hands  and  pos- 
session by  lease  or  otherwise  till  John  Scrogges,  mine  eldest  son,  shall  ac- 
complish his  full  age  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  be  married.  My  two 
younger  sons  Edward  and  Francis  Scrogges.  To  my  daughters  Penelope 
Scrogges,  Smythie  Scrogges,  Emlyn  Scrogges,  Susan  Scrogges  and  Ann 
Scrogges  two  hundred  pounds  apiece.  Reference  to  jointures  settled  on 
mother,  Dame  Mary  Stanley,  and  wife  Penelope  Scrogges.  Provisions  for 
descent  of  property.  The  residue  to  John  Smythe  Esq.  my  father  in  law 
and  my  loving  mother  his  wife,  Dame  Mary  Stanley,  whom  I  do  make, 
ordain  and  constitute  my  executors  &c.  Savile,  91. 

Anne  Scroggs  of  Earles  Colne,  Essex,  maiden,  28  August  1641,  proved 
18  September  1641.  I  the  daughter  of  Edward  Scroggs  late  of  Aldbury, 
Herts.,  Esq.  To  my  brother  John  Scroggs  Esq.  fifty  pounds,  he  to  pay 
unto  my  brother  William  Harlakenden,  executor,  my  whole  portion  of  six 
hundred  pounds,  together  with  all  the  interest  thereof  due  unto  me  upon 
accompt  to  the  day  of  my  death.  My  sister  Goad's  legacy  shall  be  paid  by  my 
executor  and  my  brother  Edward's  legacy  likewise,  viz1,  one  hundred  pounds 
to  my  sister  Goad  and  to  my  brother  Edward  Scroggs  filty  pounds.  Small 
bequests  to  Sister  Scroggs,  to  nieces  Margaret  Scroggs  and  Susanna  Goade, 
to  Christopher  Purple  my  nephew  and  Mary  Purple  my  niece  and  old  Mr. 
Purple  their  grandfather  and  to  his  wife,  to  Richard  Harlakenden  of  Colne 
Prior  Esq.  and  his  wife,  and  to  Jane  Clench  and  to  my  aunt  Hawkesbee, 
widow,  and  her  daughter  Ludgater.  And  to  my  cousin  Sara  Simmes  (who 
is  now  in  New  England)  five  pounds.  To  Mr.  Daniel  Rogers  of  Wethers- 
field  five  pounds.  To  Mr.  Till,  preacher  of  the  Word,  twenty  shillings 
and  to  my  brother  Sutton  twenty  shillings.  To  Mr.  Josselin  minister  of 
Earles  Colne  forty  shillings  and  to  my  cousin  Dracott  five  pounds.  Jacob 
Garret  of  Colne  Wake,  Avery  Saunders  of  Earles  Colne  and  John  Viall 
of  Wethersfield.  To  Samuel  Burton  my  godson  forty  shillings  and  to  Mrs. 
Cosen  of  Earles  Colne  twenty  shillings.  To  my  sister  Smith  the  wife  of 
William  Harlakenden  the  full  sum  of  three  hundred  pounds  and  all  such 
money  and  other  goods  as  are  now  in  her  custody  and  keeping.  And  if 
any  of  those  parties  to  whom  any  legacies  are  formerly  given  do  depart  this 
life  before  they  be  clue  and  payable  then  the  said  legacies  shall  remain  and 
be  due  to  my  sister  Smith  Harlakenden  ;  and  I  make  and  ordain  Mr.  Stephen 
Marshall,  preacher  of  God's  word  at  Finchingfield,  and  my  brother  in  law 
Mr.  William  Harlakenden  of  Earles  Colne,  gentleman,  executors  &c. 

Evelyn,  115. 

[The  cousin  Sara  Simmes,  described  as  "  now  in  New  England,"  was,  I  sup- 
pose, the  "  Mrs.  Sarah  Symmes"  who  had  a  grant  of  land  in  Cambridge,  1689, 
and  died  there  10  June  1653  (Savage).  She  was  undoubtedly  oue  of  the  daughters 
of  the  Randolph  Symmes  referred  to  in  the  preceding  wills.  Her  relationship 
with  these  parties  must  have  been,  I  think,  through  th.3  Burtons  and  not 
through  the  Scrogges  line.  The  match  of  Sir  Thomas  Stanley  with  the  widow 
Scroggs  is  shown  in  the  Stanley  pedigree,  printed  in  the  Visitation  of  Cumber- 
land for  1615  (Harleian  Society's  Publications.)  A  very  imperfect  pedigree  of 
Scrogges  may  be  found  in  the  Visitation  of  Hertfordshire,  also  published  by 
the  Harleian  Society.     It  may  prove  an  interesting  piece  of  genealogical  work  to 


826         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

attempt  to  enlarge  and  amend  that  pedigree  with  the  help  of  the  notes  I  have 
here  given. 

The  reference  to  "  Randall  Symmes  "  and  his  wife  in  the  following  will  would 
seem  to  make  that  worthy  of  preservation  in  connection  with  the  foregoing 
wills.  Hexry  F.  Waters. 

Anne  Scroggs,  the  daughter  of  Edward,  whose  will  precedes  hers,  had  a 
sister  Smith  or  Smithee  who  married  William  Harlakenden,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Dorothy  (Cheney)  Harlakenden.  William,  who  was  executor  of  his  sister 
in  law's  will,  died  18  March  1674.  His  wife  Smithee  was  buried  28  June  1651, 
as  we  find  by  the  diary  of  Ralph  Josselin,  who  preached  her  funeral  sermon, 
published  in  1652 : 

"26  June  1651.  Mrs  Harlakenden  died;  ye  28,  Mrs  Smitha  Har.  [buried,  4 
Justices  wch  had  each  bur'd  a  wife  carried  her  to  ye  grave,  2  Thess.  iv.  13,  18." 

This  Ralph  Josselin  is  of  the  same  family  as  John,  the  author  of  Two  Voy- 
ages to  New  England  and  New  England's  Rarities  (whose  pedigree  is  printed  in 
the  Register,  Vol.  xl.,  p.  290,  and  in  Josselyn's  Voyages,  ed.  of  1865),  and  of 
Henry  who  was  identified  with  Capt.  John  Mason  in  New  England.  He  is  the 
beneficiary  mentioned  for  the  sum  of  forty  shillings.  In  his  dairy  is  also  to  be 
found  "  Roger  Har.  ob.  in  New  England  1637,  or  thereabts."  This  refers  to 
Roger  Harlakenden,  who  came  in  the  Defence,  1635,  with  wife  Elizabeth,  who 
at  his  death  married  Herbert  Pelham.  For  will  of  Roger  Harlakenden  see  Re- 
gister, ii.,  p.  181.  In  the  Defence  also  came  Rev.  Thomas  Shepard,  of  Cam- 
bridge, who  had  been  at  Earles  Colne;  as  is  evidenced  by  the  ghost  story  in 
which  he  is  mentioned,  in  Richard  Baxter's  "  Certainty  of  the  world  of  Spirits 
fully  evinced." 

Richard  Harlakenden,  mentioned  in  the  will,  was  brother  of  Roger  of  New 
England ;  he  married  for  a  second  wife  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Denny. 

The  sister  of  Roger  and  Richard,  Mabel,  married  Gov.  John  Haynes  of  Con- 
necticut. As  suggested  by  Mr.  Waters,  we  find  Sarah  Simes  of  Cambridge 
died  10  June,  1653.  Her  will,  dated  4  April,  1653,  mentions  "  brother  John 
Stedman"  and  "brother  William  French"  (born  in  Halsted,  Essex  County, 
Eng.),  but  no  relative  of  the  name  of  Simes.  French  was  one  of  those  who 
came  in  the  Defence,  and  is  put  down  as  servant  to  Harlakenden,  probably 
to  avoid  detection.  The  age  of  Sarah  Simes,  who  was  also  of  the  party,  was 
given  as  thirty. 

(See  Topographer  and  Genealogist,  Vol.  i,  pp.  228-258,  edited  by  John  Gough 
Nichols  F.  S.  A.,  for  a  full  pedigree  of  Harlakenden  families;  also  Register, 
Vol.  xv.,  pp.  327-329).  W.  K.  Watkixs.] 

Thomas  Hewett,  citizen  and  clothmaker  of  London,  10  October  1575, 
proved  19  June  1576.  My  body  is  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St. 
Clement  where  I  am  a  parishioner.  The  poor  of  the  parish  of  Wales  in 
the  Co.  of  York  where  I  was  born.  To  my  worshipful  and  loving  friends 
and  cousins  Mr.  Edward  Osborne  and  Anne  his  wife,  to  either  of  them  a 
ring  of  gold,  price  three  pounds.  To  my  godson  Hewett  Osborne  five 
pounds.  My  cousin  William  Hewett,  clothworker,  and  my  cousin  his  wife. 
My  cousin  Nicholas  Hewett,  clothworker  and  my  cousin  his  wife.  To  my 
cousin  Randall  Syfnes  a  ring  of  gold,  price  forty  shillings,  and  to  his  wife 
a  ring  of  gold,  price  twenty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Richard  Syfnes  of 
Welforde  a  yard  and  half  of  pewke,  price  twelve  shillings  a  yard.  My 
son  in  law  John  Hawkes,  draper.  Richard  Foster,  clothworker.  My  ap- 
prentices William  Dawkes,  Robert  Bate,  Henry  Parker  and  Thomas  White. 
My  cousin  George  Monnox,  gen1,  and  his  wife.  Mr.  Anthony  Bridges  of 
Ham  and  his  wife  and  Thomas  Bridges  my  godson.  My  cousin  Sturdi- 
vaunt,  swordbearer  of  London.  Mr.  Lewsey,  gent'.  To  my  cousin  Dum- 
mer  a  ring,  price  thirty  shillings.  My  cousin  Sandforde.  Mr.  Megges, 
draper.  My  son  in  law  Richard  Staper  and  his  wife.  My  sons  Henry  and 
William  Hewett.  Henry  Clyderowe.  My  daughter  Bridget  Hewett.  Mr. 
Richard  Raynolde,  draper.  Robert  Dove,  merchant  taylor.  Thomas  Hewett, 
wiredrawer.     Nicholas  Hewett,  scrivener.     The  house  I  now  live  in,  with 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  827 

shop,  &c.  I  give  to  my  well  beloved  wife  Elizabeth,  to  have  and  hold  during 
her  natural  life,  remainder  to  Henry  Hewett  my  son  and  heir  apparent. 
To  my  said  wife  Elizabeth  my  manor  or  grange  of  Sherox  in  the  county 
of  Nottingham  or  York  or  elsewhere,  now  in  the  tenure  or  occupation 
of  John  Raines  and  others,  to  hold  for  her  life,  remainder  to  my  son  Henry 
&c.  Others  mentioned,  among  whom,  cousin  John  Wyghte's  wife,  Jasper 
Wraye  and  Mrs  Wraye  of  Edmundton  and  Thomas  Wraye  her  son,  John 
Browne  and  his  wife  &c.  My  daughter  Staper's  four  children  now  living. 
Mr.  William  Saye  of  Yesnam  and  my  cousin  Robert  Saye  his  eldest  son. 
Mr.  Edmund  Burton.  My  very  friend  Mr.  Boswell  of  the  Court  of  Wards. 
To  my  son  William  one  hundred  pounds  over  and  besides  his  portion.  I 
make  and  ordain  my  dear  and  well  beloved  friend  and  cousin  Mr.  Edward 
Osborne,  alderman,  and  Henry  Hewett  my  son  my  executors,  and  give  to 
the  said  Mr.  Edward  Osborne,  for  his  painstaking,  twenty  pounds.  And  I 
make  and  ordain  my  loving  friends  William  Dummer  and  John  Browne  my 
overseers  to  see  this  my  last  will  and  testament  in  all  points  performed,  as 
my  special  trust  is  in  them.  And  I  give  to  each  of  them  six  pounds  thirteen 
shillings  four  pence.  Carew,  14. 

[Tne  Edward  Osborne  above  referred  to  was  the  well-known  Lord  Mayor  of 
Loudon,  and  ancestor  of  the  Duke  of  Leeds,  about  whom  the  romantic  story  is 
told  of  his  leaping  into  the  Thames  from  Loudon  Bridge  to  save  from  drowning 
the  only  daughter  of  Sir  William  Hewett,  then  Lord  Mayor,  to  whom  young 
Osborne  was  at  that  time  apprenticed.  The  damsel  afterwards  became  the  wife 
of  her  preserver  with  the  full  consent  of  her  father,  who  is  reported  to  have 
refused  her  hand  to  certain  of  the  nobility  and  others,  and  to  have  bestowed  it, 
together  with  a  great  dower,  upon  his  former  apprentice  with  the  declaration 
that  "  Osborne  saved  her  life  and  Osborne  shall  have  her."  Richard  Staper 
Mho  married  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Hewett,  was  probably  the  father  of  the 
Hewyt  Staper  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Eoger  Owfeilde. 

Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Ann  Brumpstead  of  St.  Martin  in  the  Fields,  Middlesex,  widow,  5  June 
1658,  proved  30  September  1658.  To  be  buried  in  St.  Martin's  near  late 
husband  John  Brumpstead  deceased.  To  my  two  daughters  Mary  Breedon, 
wife  of  John  Breedon,  and  Rose  Brumpstead  iive  pounds  apiece,  to  buy 
them  mourning,  and  all  my  household  goods  in  the  Kings  Head  except  my 
plate  and  the  standards  belonging  to  the  house.  To  my  daughter  Rose  a 
silver  tankard  of  the  value  of  five  pounds  and  six  silver  spoons.  To  my 
daughter  Mary  Breedon  six  silver  spoons.  To  my  son  in  law  Master  John 
Breedon,  her  husband,  five  pounds  to  buy  him  mourning  and  the  sum  of  ten 
pounds  more.  To  my  daughter  in  law  Lucy  Brumpstead  ten  pounds  and 
also  (for  my  grandchild  Thomas  Brumpstead)  six  silver  spoons.  To  my 
cousin  Thomas  Pearson  ten  pounds.  To  my  son  Thomas  Brumpstead  my 
dwelling  house  known  as  the  King's  Head  and  all  the  residue  of  my  goods 
and  chattels  &c.  Wootten,  524. 

Thomas  Breedon,  22  October  1682,  proved  1  April  1689.  Wife  Mary 
to  be  sole  executrix  and  to  have  all  my  outward  estate  &c,  she  to  pay  all 
my  debts  and  to  pay  to  my  son  John  when  he  shall  come  to  the  age  of 
twenty-four  years  two  hundred  pounds  and  the  same  to  sons  Zaccheus  and 
Robert  at  twenty-four,  and  to  my  daughter  Mary  Aylemer  and  her  three 
children  twenty  shillings  apiece  and  to  my  grandson  John  Breedon  twenty 
shillings. 

In  presence  of  Z.  Sedgwicke,  Thomas  Jenings. 

[The  Probate  Act  Book  shows  that  the  testator  was  of  Crowton  in 
Northampton].  Ent.  48 


828  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

Zacheus  Brekdon  of  London,  mariner,  now  bound  to  Carolina  and 
Maryland,  21  September  1685,  proved  1  September  1686.  I  give  and  be- 
queath unto  my  loving  cousin  Lawrence  Stephenson,  citizen  and  ironmonger 
of  London,  twenty  pounds,  to  buy  him  mourning,  and  twenty  pounds  more. 
The  residue  to  my  honored  father  Thomas  Breedon  of  Southmorton,  Oxon, 
gen1.  And  I  appoint  my  said  cousin  Lawrence  Stevenson  full  and  sole 
executor.  Lloyd,  114. 

Thomas  Brumpsted  of  Midgham,  Berks  Esq.  26  February  1689, 
proved  20  October  1690.  Two  leases  I  hold  from  the  Dean  and  Chapter 
of  Westminster  settled  on  my  wife  in  part  of  her  jointure.  My  brother 
Mr  Charles  Brumpsted  and  my  friend  Mr  Edward  Noell  to  sell  the  manor 
of  Midgham  and  the  lands  which  I  lately  purchased  from  Mr.  Richard 
Garrett  and  all  other  my  estate  in  Berks.  After  payment  of  my  debts  the 
residue  to  be  equally  divided  between  my  daughter  Lucy  Brumpsted  and 
my  son  Charles  (both  under  twenty-one).  If  either  die  the  share  of  him 
or  her  so  dieing  to  go  to  the  survivor  and  my  son  John.  If  both  die  then 
both  shares  to  my  son  John.  To  the  said  John  the  messuage  or  inn  called 
the  King's  Head,  in  the  Strand,  after  the  death  of  my  wife  Martha.  ,( Other 
property,  including  the  Greyhound  Tavern  in  the  Strand.)  Brother  and 
sister  in  law  Sir  John  Friend  and  the  Lady  Anne  his  wife.  Brother  in  law 
and  sister  Timothy  Dodd  and  Elizabeth  his  wife.  My  brother  in  law 
Robert  Breedon.  Dyke,  146. 

Jane  Breedon  of  Great  Chesham,  Bucks,  widow,  15  September  1628, 
proved  15  February  1632.  To  my  two  sons  Zacheus  and  Benaia  Breedon, 
ten  shillings  apiece.  To  Bethsheba  Grover,  my  daughter,  twenty  pounds 
(and  certain  household  stuff).  Priscilla  Grover,  her  daughter.  To  Hanna 
Wigge,  my  daughter,  other  twenty  pounds  &c.  To  Obadiah  Tailer,  my 
grandchild,  twenty  pounds  if  he  shall  live  to  have  children  &c.  The  poor 
of  Great  Chesham.  The  residue  to  my  daughter  Abigail  Gladman.  I 
make  Elkana  Gladman,  my  son  in  law,  full  and  sole  executor,  and  my  well 
beloved  kinsmen  Humphrey  Greeneway  of  Great  Chesham,  Glover,  and 
Isaac  Raveninge  ah  Carter,  of  West  Wickcombe,  overseers.     Russell,  12. 

[The  above  seemed  worth  saving  on  account  of  the  mention  of  a  son  Zacheus 
Breedon,  thus  suggesting  a  relationship  with  our  Capt.  Thomas  Breedon  of 
Bostou.  H.  F.  W.] 

Robert  Dalyber  of  Selliettes  in  the  parish  of  Stoke  Abbot,  Dorset, 
yeoman,  20  March  1632,  proved  27  May  1633.  To  be  buried  in  the 
churchyard  of  Stoke  Abbot  before  the  church  porch,  between  the  Thorn 
and  the  Church  porch  there,  near  the  place  where  my  father  was  buried. 
And  my  will  and  desire  is  that  I  may  have  a  tomb  set  over  me,  and  towards 
that  charge  I  give  thirteen  shillings  four  pence.  The  poor  and  the  church 
remembered.  I  give  to  my  second  son  Tristran  Daliber  fifty  pounds;  to 
be  paid  in  two  years  and  ten  pounds  more  of  the  money  due  upon  bond  by 
Edward  Cotherington,  gen1,  at  Michaelmas  1640.  To  son  Samuel  fifty 
pounds  and  also  twenty  pounds  (as  above)  in  May  1635.  To  son  Joseph 
fifty  pounds  and  also  ten  pounds  (as  above)  1640.  To  my  daughter  Mary 
Dalyber  fifty  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Sara  Daliber  fifty  pounds.  To 
my  youngest  daughter  Rebecca  Daliber  fifty  pouuds.  My  two  sons  in  law 
Walter  Burt  and  John  Lesty.  Josias  Burt  eldest  son  of  Walter.  The 
three  sons  of  John  Lesty,  John,  Edward  and  William.  My  wife.  The 
residue  to  my  eldest  son  Robert  Daliber  whom  I  make  sole  executor. 

Russell,  48. 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  829 

George  Salter  of  Dedharn,  Essex,  grazier,  7  September  1653,  proved 
18  July  1654.  To  my  son  Samuel  Salter  my  house  and  lands  in  Rattles- 
den,  Suffolk,  he  paying  to  my  loving  wife  four  pounds  a  year  during  her 
natural  life,  she  paying  the  fine  at  his  admittance.  And  my  son  Samuel 
shall  pay  unto  my  daughter  Abigail  in  New  England,  if  she  be  yet  living 
or  if  she  hath  any  children,  ten  pounds  within  two  years  after  my  decease, 
and  to  give  to  my  daughter  Hanna  in  New  England,  if  she  be  yet  living 
or  if  she  have  any  children,  ten  pounds  within  four  years  after  my  wife's 
decease.  If  either  of  them  die  and  leave  no  children  her  portion  shall  be 
given,  half  of  it  to  my  son  Theophilus  and  half  of  it  to  my  daughter  surviving  ; 
and  if  both  of  them  depart  and  leave  no  children  I  give  it  unto  my  son 
Samuel.  To  my  son  Thomas  five  pounds  and  to  Theophilus  five  pounds. 
Five  shillings  each  to  my  daughters  Abigail  and  Hannah.  The  remainder 
to  my  wife  whom  I  ordain  to  be  my  sole  executrix. 

Proved  by  the  oath  of  Mary  Salter  the  relict  and  executrix. 

Alchin,  65. 

[A  Theophilus  Salter,  of  Ipswich  1618,  was  on  June  30,  1653,  sentenced  to 
pay  £5,  the  witness  and  fees,  for  endeavoring  to  marry  Mary  Smith  without 
her  friends'  consent,  according  to  Felt. — W.  K.  Watkins.] 

Edward  Bullocke  of  Queen's  College,  Oxford,  Bachelor  of  Arts,  10 
October  19th  James,  proved  2  November  1621.  My  body  to  be  buried  in 
the  church  of  the  parish  of  St.  Peter's  in  the  East,  Oxford.  To  my  aunt 
Mrs.  Priscilla  Bullocke  one  hundred  pounds.  To  aunt  Mrs.  Sarah  Knighte, 
wife  of  Thomas  Knighte,  of  Worlingham  Suffolk,  parson,  forty  pounds. 
To  my  uncle  Rowland  Wilson,  citizen  and  vintner  of  Loudon,  and  to  Mary 
his  wife  five  pounds  apiece  to  buy  them  rings.  To  my  uncle  Richard  Newell 
of  London,  cloth  worker,  and  Jane  his  wife  five  pounds  apiece  to  buy  them 
rings.  To  the  aforesaid  Thomas  Knighte  ten  pounds.  To  Michael  Dover 
of  London,  scrivener,  forty  pounds,  and  I  forgive  him  twenty  pounds  he 
oweth  me  &c.  To  William  Tiffin  of  London,  mercer,  his  three  children, 
viz*  Benjamin,  Mary  and  Alice,  five  pounds  apiece.  To  the  children  of 
the  within  specified  Rowland  Wilson,  viz1,  Rowland  and  John,  Mary  Eliza- 
beth, Jane,  Sarah  and  Mabel,  five  pounds  apiece.  To  Sarah  Tiffine's  four 
children,  John,  Richard,  Mary  and  Jane,  twenty  pounds  apiece.  To  the  poor 
of  St.  Pancras  in  Soper  Lane,  London,  ten  pounds  and  of  St.  Peter's  the 
East  in  Oxford  five  pounds.  Five  pounds  to  be  bestowed  in  books  towards 
the  Library  of  Queen's  College,  Oxford.  To  my  loving  friend  Mr.  Tomp- 
son,  who  was  my  tutor,  forty  shillings  to  buy  him  a  ring.  To  the  minister 
that  shall  preach  at  my  funeral  twenty  shillings.  The  residue  to  my  loving 
uncles  Melchesidick  Bullocke  and  William  Tiffine,  whom  I  make  my  sole 
executors  &c,  and  I  do  make  Rowland  Wilson  and  Richard  Newell  super- 
visors. 

Wit:  Adam  Airay,  Avery  Thompson,  Thomas  Midleton.       Dale,  96. 

George  Benson.  Will  written  and  subscribed  with  my  own  hand  at 
my  house  at  Patchinge  July  seventh  1629,  proved  30  April  1632.  My 
wife  (whom  I  make  my  executor)  shall  have  one  fourth  part  of  the  clear 
temporal  estate  which  it  shall  please  God  to  grant  me  at  my  decease,  and 
the  rest  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  my  children,  whom  I  hope  she  will 
be  careful  to  bring  up  in  the  nurture  and  admonition  of  the  Lord.  To  the 
poor  of  each  of  the  two  parishes  committed  to  my  charge  I  do  give  twenty 
shillings.  To  every  of  them  that  shall  be  my  covenant  servants  at  my  decease 


830  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

I  do  give  five  shillings.  Overseers  of  this  my  will  I  do  appoint  my  trusty 
friends  and  loving  brethren  Mr.  Henry  Carleton  and  Mr.  Thomas  Vicers. 
And  I  do  desire  and  hope  my  loving  nephew  Mr.  Rowland  Wilson  will  be 
a  friend  unto  my  children  as  he  hath  been  to  me  at  all  times. 

Commission  issued  to  Henry  Carlton  to  administer  the  goods  &c.  during 
the  minorities  of  George  Michael,  Edward  and  Alice  Benson,  the  children, 
for  the  reason  that  he  named  no  executor.  Audley,  40. 

Robert  Wilson  citizen  and  draper  of  London,  2  January  1639,  proved 
18  January  1G39.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Bennett 
Sherhogg  in  Cheap  Ward  in  London,  if  I  shall  die  in  London  or  no  further 
out  of  the  said  city  than  Stoke  Newington,  Midd.  Mention  of  Theophilus 
Biddulye  and  Robert  Birkenad,  now  copartners  with  me.  My  goods  &c. 
to  be  divided  into  three  equal  parts,  according  to  the  ancient  custom  of  the 
city  of  London,  one  part'  for  Catharine  Wilson  my  well  beloved  wife,  one 
to  and  among  all  my  now  children  &c.  and  the  third  I  reserve  for  the 
performance  of  my  will,  in  legacies  &c.  I  give  to  my  wife  my  lease  and 
interest  of  and  in  my  now  dwelling  house  in  Cheap  Side  London  and  the 
lease  of  my  house  in  Stoke  Newington  &c.  Son  Thomas  (under  twenty- 
one)  to  have  my  lease  &c.  of  two  messuages  &c.  in  Pater  Noster  Row,  now 

or  late  in  the  tenure  &c.  of Row  and  Edward  Johnson,  he  to  pay  a 

certain  annuity  to  my  sister  Margaret  Verney.  If  Thomas  should  die  before 
he  reaches  the  said  age  then  the  lease  to  go  to  my  son  Richard  (subject  to 
the  same  condition).  To  my  sister  in  law  Anne  Wilson,  widow,  late  the 
wife  of  Samuel  Wilson  my  brother  deceased,  forty  pounds,  and  six  pounds 
for  mourning.  To  her  son  Samuel  Wilson,  whom  I  have  placed  appren- 
tice with  Mr.  Roland  Wilson,  fifty  pounds  &c,  and  forty  shillings  also  for 
mourning.  To  every  other  of  the  six  children  of  my  said  late  brother 
Samuel,  viz*  Anne,  Roda,  Sara,  Symon,  Rowland  and  Robert  Wilson,  fifty 
pounds  apiece  (with  provision  for  education  &c.  during  their  minorities). 
I  give  seventeen  pounds  to  be  bestowed  in  mourning  for  the  said  six  other 
children. 

Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  brother  Richard  Wilson  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  marks,  to  be  paid  him  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease, 
or  sooner  if  his  urgent  occasions  require  the  same  and  he  make  request 
therefor  to  my  executrix.  And,  if  he  come  not  over  from  Virginia,  if  he  send 
sufficient  authority  for  the  same  his  legacy  shall  be  sent  unto  him  in  such 
commodities  as  he  shall  send  for.  I  forgive  him  also  and  acquit  and  dis- 
charge him  from  all  such  sums  as  he  doth  now  owe  me  by  bond,  book  or 
any  other  obligation  whatsoever.  And  I  give  him  my  interest  in  the  shop 
in  Soper  Lane  which  I  hold  by  lease  from  him.  I  give  to  my  godson 
Robert  Wilson,  son  of  my  said  brother  Richard,  fifty  pounds,  to  be  paid  at 
the  accomplishment  of  his  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  I  give  to  my 
brother  Richard's  other  son,  Richard  Wilson,  fifty  pounds  (as  before).  I 
give  to  the  first  child  of  my  said  brother  Richard  which  was  born  in  Vir- 
ginia, begotten  of  the  body  of  Katherine,  now  or  late  his  wife,  twenty-five 
pounds,  to  be  paid  at  the  accomplishment  of  his  or  her  age  of  twenty-one. 
To  my  sister  Margaret  Varney  one  annuity  of  twelve  pounds,  payable  £o 
the  messuages  &c.  in  Pater  Noster  Row  aforesaid,  to  hold  during  her 
natural  life,  &c,  and  I  forgive  and  remit  unto  her  all  the  debts  she 
oweth  me,  by  book  or  otherwise.  I  give  to  John  Varney,  son  of  my  sister 
Varney,  fifty  pounds  (at  one  and  twenty)  and  to  Katherine  Varney,  her 
daughter,  fifty  pounds.     To  my  sister,  for  mourning,  six  pounds  and  to  each 


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of  her  two  children  forty  shillings  apiece.     To  my  brother  in  law  Edward 
Lycoris  and  to  Mary  his  wife,  my  sister,  fifty  pounds  ;  and  twelve  pounds  to 
them  also  for  mourning.  I  forgive  unto  my  brother  in  law  Edward  Browninge 
twenty  pounds  which  he  did  borrow  of  me  and  twenty  pounds  more.     I 
also  give  to  my  said  brother  in  law  Edward  Browning  and  his  wife,  my 
sister,  twelve  pounds  for  mourning ;  and  to  such  child  of  my  said  brother 
Browninge  and  his  now  wife   as  shall   be  living  at  my  decease,  twenty 
pounds.     To  Sarah  Watson,  my  said  sister's  daughter  by  a  former  husband 
deceased,  fifty  pounds  (at  one  and  twenty)  and  my  executrix  to  allow  four 
pounds  a  year  toward  the  better  education  and  maintenance  of  the  same 
Sara  &c.     Provision  in  case  she  be  put  to  service  and  bound  apprentice. 
To  Mary  Watson,  sister  of  the  said  Sarah,  twenty  pounds  &c.     To  Ann 
Smith,  daughter  unto  my  sister  Anne  Smith  deceased,  fifty  pounds  (at  one 
and  twenty).     To  my  mother  in  law  Mrs.   Rudd  ten  pounds  and  also  six 
pounds  for  mourning.     To  my  sister  in  law  Margaret  Rudd  four  pounds 
for  mourning.     To  my  sister  Anne  Rudd  ten  pounds  in  money  and  also  five 
pounds  for  mourning.     To  my  brother  in  law  William  Williams  and  Eliza- 
beth his  wife  ten  pounds  for  mourning  and  also  to  the  said  Elizabeth  five 
pounds.     I  forgive  to  my  brother  Thomas  Rudd,  my  wife's  own  brother,  the 
money  he  oweth  me  by  book,  for  goods  he  had  of  me  (about  three  score 
pounds)  and  I  give  him  five  pounds  for  mourning,  and  five  pounds  more  as 
a  legacy.     Sundry  bequests  to  friends.     To  my  cousin  John  Awbrey  the 
elder  forty  shillings.     To  cousin  Mr.  Gilbert  Harrison,  alderman,  and  to  my 
loving  kinswoman,  his  wife,  four  pounds  apiece  to  make  them  rings.     To 
my  cousin  Christopher  Clarke  four  pounds  to  make  him  a  ring.     To  my 
cousin   Mary  Morgan   three  pounds.     To  Magdalen  Burnett  widow,    my 
wife's  aunt,  forty  shillings.     To  Elizabeth  Burton  .daughter  of  Elizabeth 
Burton,  my  wife's  kinswoman  dwelling  with  me,  ten  pounds.     To  my  aunt 
Ferris  and  her  daughter  forty  shillings  apiece.     One  hundred  pounds  to 
the  Company  of  Drapers.     To  sundry  Hospitals  and  parishes  &c.     To  my 
cousin  Ledingham  and  his  wife  twelve  pounds  for  mourning.     To  his  son 
my  godson  thirty  pounds.     The  residue  to  my  wife  Catharine  whom  I  make 
sole  executrix.     I  give  my  lands  called  Gallyons,  lying  in  Eastham  and 
Woolwich,  which  I  purchased  of  the  Lord  Savage,  to  my  son  Robert  Wil- 
son, with  remainder  to  sons  Richard  and  Thomas  and  next  to  my  two  eldest 
daughters  Anne  and  Katharine  Wilson.     A  messuage  &c.  in  Swan  Alley 
near  Coleman  Street  to  my  son  Richard.  Coventry,  11. 

[Hotten  gives  in  his  original  lists,  p.  105,  under  date  of  6  July,  1635,  in  the 
Paul  of  London  bound  for  Virginia,  Katherine  Wilson,  aged  28  years,  and 
two  children,  Robert  and  Richard  Wilson,  age  6  and  5  years  respectively. 

On  p.  94,  under  date  20  June,  1635,  in  the  Philip  for  Virginia,  was  Richard 
Wilson.  The  age  of  this  Richard  is  given  as  19  years,  which,  however,  may  be 
an  error,  and  the  above  the  Wilson  family  of  Virginia  alluded  to  in  the  will  of 
Robert  Wilson. — W.  K.  Watkins.] 

Raph  (Randolph)  Ingram  citizen  and  iremonger  of  London,  14  June 
1644,  proved  19  December  1644.  Wife  Mary.  My  four  sons,  Rowland, 
John,  Raph  and  George  Ingram  (all  under  one  and  twenty  years  of  age). 
To  my  mother,  Mary  Ingram,  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.-  My  brother 
William  Ingram  and  his  wife.  My  brother  Robert  Ingram  and  his  wife 
and  six  children,  viz1  Mary,  Anne,  Richard,  Sarah  and  one  other  whose 
name  I  do  not  remember.  My  brother  iu  law  William  Harrison.  My 
brother  Thomas  Ingram.  My  brother  Arthur  Ingram.  The  children  of 
my  brother  and  sister  Harrison,  viz1  Mary  and  Alice.     Mr.  Rowland  Wil- 


832  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

son  the  elder  and  his  wife  and  Mr.  Rowland  Wilson  the  younger  and  his 
wife.  My  cousin  Mary  Crispe  the  wife  of  doctor  Crispe  deceased.  Mr. 
Henry  St.  John  and  his  wife.  Mr.  John  Wood  and  his  wife.  Others 
named.  Wife  Mary  to  be  executrix  and  Mr.  Rowland  Wilson  the  elder, 
Rowland  Wilson  the  younger,  Mr.  Henry  St.  John  and  my  brother  Robert 
Ingram  to  be  overseers.  To  old  Mrs.  Carleton  at  Rotterdam  ten  pounds 
and  to  Mr.  Edmand  White  of  Rotterdam  ten  pounds.  To  Mary  Soames 
now  dwelling  in  Duke's  Place  five  pounds.  And  my  desire  is,  in  regard 
of  these  troblesome  times,  to  be  privately  buried  in  a  decent  manner,  and 
no  mourners  to  be  thereat  but  my  own  family. 

Commission  issued  to  Rowland  Wilson  Senr  and  Rowland  Wilson  jun 
executors  of  the  will  of  Mary  Ingram  who  had  departed  this  life  before 
taking  upon  herself  the  burden  of  executorship.  Rivers,  16. 

Mary  Ingram  widow,  10  October  1644,  proved  19  December  1644. 
My  three  sisters,  Katherine,  Jane  and  Dorothy.  My  mother  in  law  Mary 
Ingram.  My  brother  Robert  and  his  wife  and  their  children.  My  brother 
William  Ingram  and  his  wife.  My  brother  Harrison  'end  his  wife  and  their 
two  daughters.  Thomas  and  Arthur  Ingram.  My  loving  kinsman  Rowland 
Wilson  the  elder  and  Rowland  Wilson  the  younger  to  be  full  and  sole 
executors  &c.  Mrs.  Mary  Crispe  the  elder.  Mrs.  Mary  Soame.  Mrs. 
Boylston.  All  the  children  of  Mary  Crispe.  Others.  For  mourning  I 
leave  to  my  uncle  and  cousin  Wilson  to  take  care  of  and  order  and  to  see 
me  decently  interred.  Rivers,  16. 

Katherine  Highlord  of  London  widow,  22  May  1648.  proved  20  July 
1648.  My  bodv  to  be  buried  in  a  strong-  wainscot  coffin  within  the  parish 
church  of  Bennet  Sherrug,  London,  as  near  unto  the  place  there  where  my 
first  husband,  Robert  Wilson,  lyeth  buried  as  conveniently  may  be.  It 
shall  be  buried  by  night,  within  three  days  after  my  decease,  without  any 
vain  glory  or  pomp,  and  no  more  than  friends  and  near  acquaintance  to  be 
invited  to  my  burial.  Bequests  to  the  poor  and  to  sundry  prisons.  The 
poor  where  I  sometimes  lived  in  Mark  Lane.  To  my  dear  mother  Mrs. 
Anne  Rudd  twenty  pounds  for  a  ring  and  ten  pounds  for  mourning.  To 
my  sister  Margaret  Rudd,  for  a  ring  and  mourning,  one  hundred  pounds. 
To  my  sister  Martin  twenty  pounds  for  a  ring  and  ten  pounds  for  mourning. 
To  my  sister  Williams  twenty  pounds  and  ten  pounds  for  mourning.  To 
my  sister  Gower  ten  pounds  for  mourning.  To  my  brothers  in  law  Mr 
Gower,  Mr.  Martin  and  Mr.  Williams  six  pounds  apiece  for  mourning  cloaks. 
To  my  brother  Thomas  Rudd  one  hundred  pounds  and  ten  pounds  for 
mourning  and  to  my  sister,  his  wife,  five  pounds  for  mourning  and  ten 
pounds  for  a  ring.  To  William  and  Anne  Williams,  my  sister's  children, 
twenty  pounds  apiece  to  be  paid  at  the  accomplishment  of  their  several  ages 
of  one  and  twenty  years,  and  to  Katherine  and  Margaret  Williams  my 
cousins  (at  one  and  twenty)  fifty  pounds  apiece.  To  Robert  Birkinhead, 
my  sister's  son,  fifty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty.  To  Theophilus  Birken- 
head and  Susan  Birkenhead  twenty  pounds  (at  one  and  twenty).  To 
Thomas  Rudd  son  of  my  brother  Thomas  one  hundred  pounds  at  twenty 
one".  To  Anne  Rudd,  his  daughter,  twenty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty.  To 
my  aunt  Mainwareing  and  my  aunt  Ferris  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  my  cousin 
Samuel  Wilson  for  mourning  ten  pounds.  To  my  sister  in  law  Anne  Wil- 
son ten  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Sara  Fowke  twenty  pounds.  To  my  cousins 
Robert  Wilson  and  Rowland  Wilson  fifty  pounds  apiece  at  one  and  twenty. 
To  John  Warney,  Katherine  Warney,  Sarah  Watson,  Mary  Watson,  my 


GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  833 

cousins,  and  to  the  son  of  my  cousin  Anne  Wilson  deceased  twenty  pounds 
apiece  at  one  and  twenty.  To  Robert  Wilson  and  Richard  Wilson,  my 
cousins  now  in  Virginia  fifty  pounds  apiece  at  one  and  twenty.  To  my 
sister  Greene  and  my  sister  Browning  twenty  pounds  apiece  to  make  them 
rings  and  for  mourning.  My  cousin  Sarah  Parham.  Mr.  Taylor  in  Cole- 
man St.  minister.  My  cousin  Anne  Smith.  My  daughter  Katherine  Aus- 
tin and  her  now  husband.  My  daughter  Mary  Wilson  (under  seventeen 
years  of  age).  My  daughter  Martha  Wilson  (under  sixteen).  My  son 
Robert  Wilson.  My  grandchild  Thomas  Awsten.  My  cousins  Margaret, 
Katherine  and  Edith  Rudd.  Elizabeth,  John,  Robert  and  Richard  Rudd. 
My  cousin  Thomas  Rudd,  son  of  my  Uncle  Thomas.  Certain  messuages 
&c,  the  manor  of  Keythorpe  in  the  County  of  Leicester  which  I  purchased 
of  Francis  Wayte  Genf  the  one  half  I  give  to  my  son  Richard  Wilson  and 
the  other  half  to  Thomas,  my  son  Robert  to  have  it  all  in  his  custody  until 
both  my  sons  accomplish  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  My  said  son 
Robert  to  be  full  and  sole  executor  and  my  son  in  law  Thomas  Awsten  and 
my  brother  Thomas  Rudd  overseers.  Essex,  11G. 

Rowland  Wilson  the  younger  of  London  Esq.,  one  of  the  sheriffs  of  the 
City  of  London,  16  February  1649.  First  I  do  request  my  dear  and  loving 
wife  that  she  accept  of  three  thousand  five  hundred  pounds  (being  the  por- 
tion 1  had  with  her)  and  all  my  Jewells,  plate  and  household  stuff  (besides 
her  jointure  which  I  do  hereby  confirm)  in  lieu  and  satisfaction  of  her  cus- 
tomary part  appertaining  to  her  by  the  custom  of  London  out  of  my  per- 
sonal estate,  which  if  she  will  accept  of  then  I  do  will  my  father  shall  bear 
the  funeral  charges  for  my  burial  and  satisfy  and  pay  all  my  debts  out  of 
the  residue  of  my  estate  hereafter  in  this  will  bequeathed  to  him.  To  my 
brother  in  law  Samuel  Wilson  and  his  wife  one  hundred  pounds  apiece. 
To  my  brother  John  Carleton  and  his  wife  one  hundred  pounds  apiece  and 
to  Bigley  Carleton  one  hundred  pounds  and  to  Samuel  Carleton  .my  best 
saddle  horse.  To  my  sister  Mary  Crispe  three  hundred  pounds.  To 
William  Hirdson  and  his  wife  fifty  pounds  apiece.  To  Anne  Coxe  and  her 
daughter  fifty  pounds  in  lieu  of  what  I  owe  them.  To  Joanne  Hasell  ten 
pounds.  To  Mrs  Ingram,  my  cousin  Raphe  Ingram's  mother,  fifty  pounds. 
To  Mr.  George  Cokaine  and  his  wife,  now  being  with  me,  fifty  pounds 
apiece.  Certain  bequests  to  the  poor  &c.  To  my  brother  White,  for  the 
nse  of  his  three  eldest  children,  three  hundred  pounds.  To  my  cousin 
George  Wilson  ten  pounds.  Others.  The  rest  to  my  father  Rowland 
Wilson  Esq.  My  wife  Mary  to  be  sole  executrix  and  Mr  Thomas  Smith 
the  accomptant  overseer. 

Commission  2  April  1650  to  Rowland  Wilson  the  father  to  administer 
(with  the  will  annexed)  Mary  Wilson  the  relict  and  executrix  having  re- 
nounced. Pembroke,  56. 

John  Carter  of  London,  gentleman,  25  July  1649,  proved  4  October 
1650.  Brother  William  Carter  and  his  wife  and  their  son  William  Carter. 
My  brother  in  law  Gabriel  Miller  and  his  son  William  Miller.  William's 
mother,  my  sister,  Anne  Miller.  Her  two  children  Anne  and  Matthew  Miller. 
My  brother  in  law  Richard  Aspelin  and  my  sister  Aspelin,  his  wife  and  her 
two  daughters.  My  brother  in  law  Thomas  Sminell  and  his  wife,  my  sister, 
Elizabeth  Sminell.  My  sister  in  law  Edith  Carter,  late  wife  of  my  brother 
Nicholas  Carter,  and  her  daughter  Barbara  Carter.  My  brother  in  law 
Thomas  Colpott  and   his  sons  John  Colpott  and  Thomas   Colpott.     The 


834  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

parish  of  Eaton  in  Bedfordshire  where  I  was  born.  My  cousin  Francis 
Wilton  of  that  parish.  My  cousin  Anne  Wilson.  Mrs.  Wilkinson  whose 
son  lives  with  my  said  cousin  Wilson.  My  cousin  Samuel  Wilson's  wife. 
My  cousin  Thomas  Fowke's  wife.  My  cousin  Symon  Wilson.  My  cousins 
Rowland  Wilson  and  Robert  Wilson.  I  make  said  cousins  Anne  Wilson, 
Samuel  Wilson  and  Thomas  Fowke  executors  &c. 

Then  follows  a  letter —  For  my  couzin  Anne  Wilson  at  the  Naggs- 

head  Tavern  near  Blackwell  Hall,  and  for  my  cozen  Samuel  Wilson  mer- 
chant in  Bishopsgate  Street  near  Gressum  College  and  to  my  cozen  Thomas 
Fooke  grocer  near  Lawrence  Church  &c.  Reference  made  to  his  departure 
from  England.     My  cozen  William  Miller  I  hear  is  now  come  for  Ireland. 

Pembroke,  165. 

Rowland  Wilson  of  London,  Esq.  and  citizen  and  vintner  of  London, 
5  February  1651  proved  1  June  1654.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish 
church  of  St.  Martin  Outwich,  where  I  now  dwell.  My  wife  Mary  shall 
hold  for  life  my  house  and  site  of  the  late  Priory  of  Merton  alias  Marten  &c. 
in  Surrey  which  I  purchased  of  Sir  Francis  Clarke,  knight,  on  or  about  19 
June  1624,  and  lands  purchased  of  William  Carpenter  16  August  1635  and 
3  January  1628.  After  her  decease  I  give  said  premises  in  trust  to  Samuel 
Wilson  merchant  and  Thomas  Boulton  cooper  (my  friends)  to  sell  the  same 
and  dispose  of  the  proceeds  according  to  my  will.  To  Ellis  Crispe  son  ot 
my  daughter  Mary  Rowe  my  tenements  in  Wimbledon,  Barnes,  Mortlake, 
and  Wandsworth  Surrey  &c.  chargeable  with  annuities  unto  his  brethren 
and  sisters,  Tobias,  Samuel,  Edward,  Rowland  and  Hester  Crispe.  I  give 
my  messuage  or  dwelling  house  &c.  in  St.  Martyn  Outwich  unto  my  grand- 
child, Ellis  Crispe,  and  the  two  tenements  thereunto  adjoining  unto  my 
grandchild  Tobias  Crispe.  I  give  to  my  two  grandchildren  Edmond 
White  and  Rowland  White,  sons  of  my  late  daughter  Elizabeth  White,  my 
copyhold  lands  at  Tottenham  High  Cross  in  Middlesex.  My  lands  at  Bowe 
and  Bromly  in  Middlesex  I  give  to  my  daughter  Mary  Rowe,  now  wife  of 
Col.  Owen  Rowe,  for  life  and  after  her  decease  to  my  grandchildren  Edward 
Crispe  and  Rowland  Crispe.  To  my  grandchild  Samuel  Crispe  the  Tavern 
called  the  Kings  Arms  over  against  Iremonger  Lane's  End  in  St.  Lawrence 
in  the  Old  Jewry,  London,  and  the  two  tenements  adjoining,  in  Basishaw 
Street  in  the  parish  of  St.  Michael  Basishaw.  Other  lands  and  houses 
bequeathed.  A  yearly  annuity  to  William  Heardson  and  Anne  his  wife. 
The  Worshipful  Company  of  Vintners  whereof  I  am  a  member.  My 
lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  in  Greegarth  in  the  parish  of  Kendall 
in  Westmoreland  to  my  grandchild  Ellis  Crispe,  subject  to  a  trust.  Refer- 
ence to  the  sons  of  said  daughter  Mary  Rowe  by  her  late  husband  Doctor 
Tobias  Crispe.  Rowland,  Ellis  and  Mary  Carleton,  children  of  Mary 
Carleton,  daughter  of  my  said  daughter  Mary  Rowe.  My  brother  in  law 
Christopher  Sands,  late  husband  of  my  sister  Rebecka  and  her  children. 
My  cousin  George  Wilson.  My  godson  Rowland  Ingram.  My  sister  in 
law  Jane  Newell.  My  godson  Benjamin  son  of  my  brother  in  law  William 
Tiffen.  All  my  other  lands  &c.  to  the  said  Samuel  Wilson  and  Thomas 
Boylston  (in  trust).  To  the  wife  of  the  said  Samuel  Wilson  five  pounds 
for  a  ring  and  to  my  cousin  Thomas  Boylston's  wife  five  pounds  for  a 
ring. 

In  a  codicil  dated  12  April  1654  he  appointed  his  wife  Mary  Wilson  and 
grandson  Samuel  Crispe  executors  instead  of  Samuel  Wilson  and  Thomas 
Boylston.  Andrew  Middleton  and  George  Thimbleby  to  be  overseers. 
Another  codicil  was  added  26  April  1654.  Alchin,  41. 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  835 

The  same  will  was  also  registered  the  next  year  (1655)  in  Book  Aylett, 
321,  where  also  appears  record  of  a  sentence  for  confirmation  of  the  said 
will  in  a  case  promoted  by  Mary  Wilson  the  relict  and  Samuel  Crispe  the 
grandchild,  executors  of  the  said  Will  and  Testament,  against  Edmund 
White  the  younger,  Elizabeth  Cox  otherwise  White,  and  Mary  Davy, 
otherwise  White,  grandchildren  also  of  the  deceased.  Aylett,  321. 

Dated  25  May  1655. 

Jane  Newell  of  Merton  Abbey,  Surrey,  widow,  28  December  1657, 
proved  26  February  1657.  To  be  buried  with  decency  and  good  order, 
without  any  pompe  or  vain  show.  To  my  kinsman  Richard  Newell  the 
threescore  pounds  which  I  have  settled  in  the  hands  of  my  cousin  Thomas 
Boylston  in  trust,  to  be  paid  to  him  when  he  sets  up  his  trade  of  vintner, 
as  by  writing  dated  the  eight  and  twentieth  day  of  November  last  past.  If 
he  die  before  this  sum  is  due  him  I  give  twenty  pounds  thereof  to  his  father 
Thomas  Newell,  ten  pounds  to  my  cousin  Josias  Solmes,  ten  pounds  to 
Jane  the  daughter  of  Robert  Newell.  Gifts  to  Richard  Newell,  to  cousin 
Solmes'  children,  to  cousin  Samuel  Crispe,  the  writer  of  the  will,  to  Mary 
Bodwell,  to  Mr.  John  Dawes,  minister,  and  to  Elizabeth  Maior.  Forty 
shillings  to  my  sister  Wilson  to  bestow  on  the  poor.  The  residue  to  my 
loving  cousin  Henry  Middleton  and  to  Alice  his  wife,  and  I  do  appoint  my 
said  cousin  Henry  Middleton  to  be  my  sole  executor,  and  I  desire  my  cousin 
Thomas  Boylston  and  my  cousin  Samuel  Crispe  to  be  overseers,  and  I  give 
to  each  of  them  twenty  shillings. 

Wit :  Tobias  Crispe,  Samuel  Crispe.  Wootton,  80. 

Mary  Wilson,  in  the  Co.  of  Surrey,  widow,  8  September  1659,  proved 
3  October  1662.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  Martin's  Outwich  Church,  Lon- 
don, near  my  late  deceased  husband.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Rowe  one 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  To  my  son  Col.  Owen  Rowe  fifty  pounds.  To 
all  my  grandchildren  living  at  my  decease  fifty  pounds  apiece,  viz1  Ellis, 
Tobias,  Samuel,  Edward  and  Rowland  Crispe,  Mary  Carleton,  Hester 
Brett,  Edmond  White,  Elizabeth  Cox  and  Mary  Dauye.  To  my  son  Col. 
Rowe's  three  daughters,  Susanna,  Sarah  and  Hannah,  two  pounds  apiece. 
To  Rowland  and  Mary  Carleton,  children  of  my  grandchild  Mary  Carleton, 
twenty  pounds  apiece.  To  Edward  Brett  one  hundred  pouads  and  Mary 
Brett  ten  pounds,  the  two  children  of  my  grandchild  Hester  Brett.  To 
Samuel  Wilson,  my  kinsman,  ten  pounds  and  to  his  wife  five  pounds.  To 
my  cousin  Thomas  Boylston  ten  pounds,  and  to  his  wife  five  pounds,  and  to 
his  daughter  Elizabeth  five  pounds.  To  Mary,  Josiah  and  Sarah  Solme, 
three  of  the  children  of  my  cousin  Edward  Solme.  To  my  cousin  Alice 
Midleton  fifty  pounds.  To  Andrew  Midleton  five  pounds  and  to  his  wife 
five  pounds.  To  Anne  Hindson  five  pounds.  Bequests  to  George  Thimel- 
bee,  Rowland,  John  and  Ralph  Ingram.  George  Ingram  my  godson.  My 
cousin  Bishop  widow.  Mary  Bodwell  and  her  sister  Ann  Tiffin.  Grace 
Dawson  and  her  two  daughters  Jane  and  Beck.  Mary  Crisp,  daughter  to 
my  grandson  Ellis  Crisp.  Alice  Clarke,  daughter  to  my  cousin  Ann  Cox. 
My  old  uncle  of  the  North  Countrey.  My  ten  grandchildren.  I  will 
that  Ellis  Crispe  shall  have  his  grandfather's  gold  seal  ring.  My  grandson 
Samuel  Crispe  to  be  sole  executor,  and  for  overseers  I  appoint  my  two 
grandchildren  John  Carleton  and  Tobias  Crisp.  My  godson  John  Crispe, 
one  of  the  sons  of  Sir  Nicholas  Crisp.  And  whereas  my  grandson  Tobias 
Crisp  opened  and  read  this  my  will  contrary  to  modesty  and  ingenuity  I  do 


836  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

for  his  so  doing  revoke  my  legacy  to  him  of  part  of  a  pearl  hatband  and 
give  his  part  to  my  daughter  Row. 

Sealed  10  September  1G59.  A  codicil,  added  16  September  1661,  con- 
tains bequests  to  cousin  Dorothy  Scott,  Mrs.  Middleton  and  Mr.  Scott  at  the 
Abbey  gate  and  his  wife  and  to  others.  In  this  she  calls  herself  of  Mar- 
tine  (Merton)  Abbey.  Laund,  133. 

Edmund  White  of  London  Esquire  4  August  1G32,  proved  19  Feb- 
ruary 1632.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  iiarish  church  of  St.  Laurence 
in  the  Jewry,  London,  as  near  unto  the  body  of  my  late  wife  Elizabeth  as 
conveniently  may  be.  I  have  heretofore  partly  advanced  my  son  Edmond, 
and  have  given  unto  him  one  thousand  five  hundred  pounds  and  have  also 
partly  advanced  my  daughter  Elizabeth  in  marriage  with  Gabiel  Newman, 
citizen  and  goldsmith  of  London,  and  given  with  her  one  thousand  pounds, 
and  have  advanced  my  daughter  Sarah  in  marriage  with  George  Hadley, 
citizen  and  grocer  of  London,  and  have  given  and  secured  to  give  with  her 
one  thousand  pounds.  I  hereby  devise  and  appoint  that  these  several  sums 
of  money  given  for  the  advancement  of  my  said  three  children  shall  be  put 
into  Hotch  pot  together  with  that  moiety  or  half  part  of  my  goods  and  per- 
sonal estate  &c.  which  by  the  Custom  of  London  shall  belong  unto  my  chil- 
dren at  the  time  of  my  death  and  that  then  the  same  shall  be  equally  divided 
amongst  my  four  children,  viz1  Edmond,  James,  Elizabeth  and  Sara,  to  the 
end  that  all  my  children  may  be  equally  advanced  out  of  my  personal  estate 
according  to  the  ancient  and  laudable  Custom  of  the  City  of  London.  The 
other  half  commonly  called  the  Testator's  moiety,  deviseable  by  me,  I  do 
dispose  of  as  followeth.  Then  follow  certain  bequests.  Among  others  to 
daughter  in  law  Elizabeth  White,  the  wife  of  my  said  son  Edmond,  ten 
pounds  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  his  children  living  at  my  decease  one  hun- 
dred pounds  apiece.  The  children  of  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Newman. 
The  children  of  my  daughter  Sara  Hadley.  My  sister  Alice  Fowlar  of 
Mickleton,  Glouc,  widow.  My  brother  John  White  of  Patrichborne,  Kent. 
My  nephew  John  Fowlar  of  Mickleton,  the  son  of  my  said  sister  Alice 
Fowlar.  My  kinsman  Thomas  Fowlar  of  London,  cordwainer.  My 
nephew  Edmond  Fowlar,  another  of  my  sister  Alice  Fowlar's  sons.  My 
niece  Joane  Fowlar  her  daughter.  Thomas  White  the  son  of  my  late 
brother  Thomas  White  the  elder  deceased.  Agatha  Walker  the  daughter 
of  my  late  brother  Thomas  White  the  younger,  late  of  Hackney,  Middx, 
deceased.  Her  sister  Ann.  The  poor  of  Mickleton  in  the  Co.  of  Glouces- 
ter where  I  was  born.  My  kinsman  William  Davies,  son  of  Thomas 
Davies,  citizen  and  merchant  tailor  of  London.  The  Company  of  Haber- 
dashers. Property  at  Powick  in  the  Co.  of  AVorcester.  My  son  Edmond 
to  be  executor.  My  grandson  Edmond  White,  son  of  my  son  Edmond. 
My  son  James  White.  Russell,  14. 

Anne  Herdson  of  Merton,  Surrey,  widow,  30  July  1668,  proved  16 
March  1668.  To  be  buried  in  Merton  Churchyard  near  my  late  husband. 
Bequests  to  the  Right  Honorable  the  Lady  Whitloeke,  to  Mary  the  wife  of 
Col.  Owen  Rowe,  to  Lady  Whitlock's  son  Samuel  Whitloek,  to  Robert 
Wilson  the  son  of  Robert  Wilson  of  Merton  Esq.,  to  Rowland  Wilson  son 
of  Samuel  Wilson  of  London,  merchant,  and  to  his  mother,  to  Allan  Boyls- 
ton  son  of  Thomas  Boylston  of  London,  winecooper,  and  to  his  mother,  to 
the  grandchildren  of  Rowland  Wilson  Esquire  deceased,  to  the  three  chil- 
dren of  Mr.  Ellis  Crispe,  to  my  cousin  Mary  Bowman  daughter  of  my 
brother  John  Besford  deceased,  to  Elizabeth  Moore  daughter  of  my  brother 


GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  837 

Thomas  Besford  deceased,  to  Jane  Randolph  wife  of  John  Randolph  of 
Westberry  in  the  Co.  of  Salop  and  her  children  John  and  William,  to  the 
poor  of  Westberry,  to  Mary  daughter  of  Alice  Besford  late  of  Westberry, 
widow,  deceased,  and  to  her  sister  Martha,  and  to  others.  The  two  chil- 
dren of  my  late  husband's  brother  who  heretofore  lived  near  Kendall  in 
Yorkshire.  My  nieces  Mary  Bowman  and  Elizabeth  Moore  to  be  joint 
executrices  and  Samuel  Wilson  of  Bishopsgate  Street,  London,  merchant, 
and  Thomas  Boylston  of  London,  winecooper,  to  be  overseers. 

Coke,  32. 

Edmund  White  the  elder,  citizen  and  haberdasher  of  London,  26  Nov- 
ember 1674,  proved  5  December  1674.  To  my  son  Edmund  all  my  estate, 
right,  title,  interest  &c,  granted  to  me  by  the  decree  of  the  Judicature  for 
Determination  of  Differences  touching  Houses  burnt  or  demolished  by 
reason  of  the  late  dismall  Fire  in  London,  of  and  in  those  tofts  and  grounds 
in  St.  Laurence  Jewry  London  and  of  the  messuages  &c.  by  me  lately 
erected  thereon.  My  said  son  is  now  indebted  to  me  in  the  sum  of  five 
hundred  pounds.  I  did  heretofore  send  unto  my  son  in  law  Humfrey  Davie 
of  Boston  in  New  England  the  sum  of  six  hundred  pounds  upon  a  mortgage 
of  lands.  Three  hundred  pounds  of  it  is  hereby  remitted.  I  have  two 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds  capital  adventure  in  the  East  India  Stock  in  the 
name  of  my  son  in  law  Mr  William  Coxe.  The  household  goods  in  the 
house  of  my  said  son  in  law  William  Coxe,  wherein  I  now  dwell,  I  give  to 
my  daughter  Elizabeth  Coxe,  his  wife.  Personal  estate  to  be  divided  into 
two  equal  parts,  of  which  one  part  to  my  three  children,  Edmund  White, 
Elizabeth  Coxe  and  Mary  Davie.  The  other  part  for  legacies.  Ann 
Rogers  of  Hackney,  my  nephew  John  White,  my  cousin  Baker  and  his 
wife,  my  cousin  Ellis  and  his  wife,  my  cousin  Lane  and  his  wife,  my  brother 
in  law  Gabriel  Newman,  the  widow  Halsted,  relict  of  Abraham  Halsted. 
Others.  Coke,  150. 

Robert  Davt  of  Credyton  ah  Kyrton,  Devon,  clothier,  30  March  1570, 
proved  8  June  1570.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Crediton  als 
Kyrton.  To  my  two  sons,  Laurence  and  Ellis  Davye  my  lease  &c.  of  the 
Wills  Parkes  in  Crediton  &c,  and  to  Ellis  my  lease  of  tenement  in  East 
town,  Crediton.  To  four  of  the  daughters  of  Giles  Froste,  named  Sybbly, 
Katherine,  Christian  and  Margaret,  forty  shillings  apiece,  to  be  paid  at  their 
several  marriages.  My  son  in  law  Richard  Potter.  My  godson  Robert 
Davie  son  of  Gilbert  Davie.  The  son  of  John  Brodemeade  which  he  had 
by  Ware's  daughter  dwelling  at  Tyverton.  My  godson  Robert  Phillip  son 
of  John  Phillip.  My  god  daughter  Annye  Chease  daughter  of  Robert 
Chease  by  his  first  wife.  Every  of  John  Phillippe's  children.  My  ser- 
vants John  and  Alice  Ley.  John  Davye  the  younger,  my  son,  dwelling  in 
Exetor.  To  Laurence  Davy  my  son  my  new  house  and  garden  lying  over 
against  the  "  bastyn  "  gate.  John  Davye  son  of  my  eldest  son  John  Davye. 
Robert  Davye  my  godson,  son  of  John  Davy  my  eldest  son.  Laurence 
Davye  son  of  the  aforesaid  John  Davye.  Richard  Davy  of  Bowe  sou  of 
Thomas  Davye  deceased.  John  Kensall.  Thomas  Davie's  daughter  late 
the  wife  of  one  Kempe  of  North  Bovie.  To  my  eldest  son  John  Davy  my 
lease  &c.  of  the  house  belonging  to  the  Prebend  of  Carswell  which  he  now 
dwelleth  in.     My  executors  to  be  Laurence  and  Ellis  Davie. 

A  codicil  added  17  April.  Bequests  to  three  of  Johan  Averie's  daugh- 
ters, Elizabeth,  Peternell  and  Johan.  The  said  Johan  my  daughter.  Five 
of  my  son  John  Davie's  daughters,  named  Elizabeth,  Christian,  Mary,  Amye 
and  Margaret.  Lyon,  22. 


838  GENEALOGICAL   GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND. 

John  Davie  the  elder  of  Crediton,  Devon,  gen1.,  15  October  1575, 
proved  30  October  1576.  To  be  buried  in  the  church  of  Crediton.  The 
poor  within  the  two  towns  of  Credyton.  To  my  wife  Elizabeth  my  man- 
sion house  in  which  I  now  dwell,  in  the  east  town  of  Crediton,  for  forty 
years  if  she  live  so  long  and  after  her  death  to  my  son  Lawrence  Davie. 
To  my  son  Lawrence  ten  pounds  in  money  and  ten  pounds  more  which  I 
owe  unto  him  of  his  grandfather's  "  bequeathe,"  to  be  paid  at  his  full  age  of 
one  and  twenty.  My  daughter  Christian  Davie.  My  daughter  Mary 
Davie.  My  daughter  Agnes  Davie.  My  daughter  Margaret  Davie.  Ref- 
erence to  bequests  made  to  the  children  above  named  by  their  grandfather. 
My  daughter  Wilmott  Davie.  My  kinsman  Roger  Davie.  My  son  John 
to  have  the  residue  and  to  be  my  executor ;  and  for  overseers  I  do  appoint 
my  brothers  Gilbert  Davie,  Lawrence  Davie  and  John  Davie  of  Exeter. 

Carew,  28. 

Gilbert  Davye  of  Credyton,  Devon,  gen1,  5  March  26  Eliz  :  proved  8 
November  1585.  To  be  buried  in  the  church  of  Crediton.  To  the  twelve 
governors  Ac.  of  the  church  twenty  pounds,  to  be  distributed  amongst  twenty 
poor  persons.  Robert  Davye  my  son  and  heir  apparent.  Gilbert,  Law- 
rence, Roger,  John  and  Robert  Trobridge,  my  daughter  Christian's  chil- 
dren. My  son  in  law  George  Trobridge,  their  father.  Christian  his  wife, 
my  daughter.  (Their  daughter  ?)  Mary  at  eighteen  or  day  of  marriage. 
My  brother  Ellys  Davye.  My  brother  Lawrence  Davye.  Anne  Davye, 
my  son's  wife,  and  Gilbert  Davye  her  son.  Robert  Alford  and  Thomazin 
his  wife,  my  sister.  My  brother  Lawrence  Davye's  children  (being  four 
of  them).  To  my  wife  Mary  that  tenement  or  Barton  called  Bishops  Leigh, 
in  the  parish  of  Bishops  Morchard,  Devon,  to  hold  for  forty  years  (if  she 
so  long  live)  in  full  satisfaction  and  recompence  of  her  dower  for  all  other 
my  lands  &c.  The  remainder  to  my  son  Robert.  Other  bequests  to 
Robert.  Reference  to  an  Indenture  from  nephew  John  Davye  of  Crediton, 
gentleman.  Cousin  Roger  Davye.  Thomas,  son  of  Ellys  Davye.  John 
Northcotte  of  Crediton,  gen1.  My  brother  John  Davye  of  Exon  gen*.  My 
nephew  John  Davye  of  Credyton  gen*.  Brudenell,  49. 

John  Corham  the  younger  of  Ottery  S*  Mary,  Devon,  24  June  1585, 
proved  11  March  1586.  The  poor  of  Otery.  To  my  brother  William 
Corham  my  bow  and  arrows.  My  brother  in  law  David  Axon.  My 
brother  John  Davye  and  my  sister  his  wife.  Raphe  Baston  and  Katherine 
his  wife.  Edward  his  son  and  Christian  their  daughter.  My  sister  Charity 
Corham.  My  sister  Joane  AVeare.  Such  child  as  my  wife  shall  be  by 
God's  grace  delivered  of.  My  sister  Agnes  Corham.  Agnes,  Joane  and 
William  Corham,  children  of  my  brother  William.  Wife  Alice  to  be  sole 
executrix. 

William  Corham,  gen*,  one  of  the  witnesses.  Spencer,  16. 

Lawrence  Davie  of  Crediton,  Devon,  clothier,  22  December  44th 
Elizabeth,  proved  6  February  1601.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  church 
of  Crediton.  To  my  son  Nicholas  Davy  and  my  daughter  Mary  Davie  all 
my  lease,  title  and  interest  in  the  Will  Parks  ground  &c,  the  which  lease 
was  granted  by  Anthony  Harvie  Esq.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Davie  one 
hundred  pounds  at  day  of  marriage.  To  my  brother  Ellis  Davie  twenty 
shillings.  To  the  poor  of  the  two  towns  of  Crediton  forty  shillings. 
Towards  the  separation  of  the  lower  well  in  Kerton  in  the  East  town  twenty 
shillings,  with  the  five  shillings  that  remained  in  my  hand  before.     If  my 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  839 

daughter  Mary  do  happen  to  die  before  she  be  married  the  hundred  pounds 
shall  come  to  my  son  John  Davy  and  her  part  of  the  lease  &c.  shall  come 
to  my  son  Nicholas  Davie.  If  Nicholas  happen  to  die  before  marriage  then 
his  portion  of  said  lease  shall  go  to  my  daughter  Mary,  My  brother  John 
Davie  of  the  city  of  Exon  shall  be  my  whole  and  sole  executor  and  "  mais- 
ter  "  John  Trobridge  and  my  cousin  Robert  Davie  overseers. 

Montague,  22. 

Margaret  Davey  of  Exeter  widow,  30  November  12th  James  proved 
20  January  1614.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Mary  Arches, 
Exeter.  The  poor  of  the  city.  The  poor  of  Sandford  in  the  parish  of 
Kyrton.  The  parish  of  Calverley.  The  poor  of  Loxbeare  and  of  Temple. 
My  grandchild  Johanna  Haydon.  Frances  Haydon  daughter  to  my  son  in 
law  Gideon  Haydon  and  George  Haydon,  his  son.  My  brother  Ames 
Southcott.  Margaret  Blackaller,  daughter  of  Thomas  Blackaller  of  the 
parish  of  St.  Thomas,  Devon.  My  brother  Humphrey  Southcott.  My 
daughter  Margaret  Haydon.  My  daughter  Julyan  Davey.  My  daughter 
Mary  Davey.  My  sister  Mary  Blackaller.  My  sister  Wood.  My  daugh- 
ter Davey's  servants.  My  cousin  Richard  Southcott.  My  cousin  Gilbert 
Sweete.  My  brother  Thomas  Southcott.  My  eon  John  Davey.  My  sister 
Mary  Ford.  Gideon  Haydon  my  son  in  law  to  be  executor  and  my  son 
John  Davey  and  Mr.  Peter  Haydon  to  be  overseers.  Rudd,  1. 

Thomas  Southcott  of  Calverley  in  the  parish  of  Calwoodley,  Devon 
gen*,  26  April  1618,  proved  20  November  1621.  The  poor  of  said  parish. 
The  poor  of  Loxbeare.  The  poor  of  Tiverton.  To  my  daughter  Mary 
Colman  ten  pounds  for  to  buy  a  piece  of  plate  with  as  a  token  of  my  love 
unto  her.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Waltham  (a  like  bequest).  To  my 
son  George  Southcott  (a  like  bequest)  and  to  his  wife.  To  my  wife  Mar- 
gery the  use  of  all  such  goods  as  I  have  at  Newton  Petroocke,  which  I  had 
by  the  intermarriage  with  her,  during"  her  natural  life,  and  then  to  my 
executor.  The  residue  to  Richard,  my  son,  whom  I  make  sole  executor ; 
and  I  ordain  and  make  my  cousin  John  Davie  Esq.  and  my  brother  Humfry 
Southcott  my  overseers. 

John  Davie,  William  Colman  and  Humfry  Southcott  wit : 

Dale,  90. 

Humfry  Southcot  of  Chilton  in  Cheriton  Fitzpaine,  Devon,  gen*,  20 
May  1643,  proved  21  May  1647.  To  the  poor  of  Calverly  ten  pounds  to 
be  employed  with  those  legacies  and  sums  of  money  which  were  given  to 
the  said  parish  by  my  brother  Thomas  Southcott  "and  my  sister  Margaret 
Davie,  my  cousin  Mary  Colman  and  others,  entreating  my  overseer  and 
executor,  with  my  cousin  Prowse,  now  parson  of  the  said  parish  of  Calver- 
ley, and  his  successors,  being  there  resident  to  set  down  and  order  the  dis- 
posing and  ordering  of  all  as  may  continue  forever.  My  godson  Bernard 
Southcott.  My  brother  Robert  Southcott  if  living  at  my  decease.  Ten 
pounds  per  annum  quarterly  to  be  paid  him  out  of  my  lands  at  Coddiford 
as  an  addition  to  the  annuity  he  is  to  have  and  now  hath  from  my  cousin 
Nicholas  Foord  during  his  life.  Ellen  Bussell  if  living  &c.  Her  husband. 
The  residue  to  my  cousin  and  godson  Thomas  Southcot,  willing  him  to 
have  the  advice  in  all  his  proceedings,  in  this  my  last  will,  with  my  true 
and  ever  faithful  nephew  Sir  John  Davie,  Baronet,  whom  I  make  my  only 
overseer  of  this  will.  Fines,  209. 


840  GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

John  Davye  of  Creedy  in  Sandford,  Devon,  Esq.  20  June  15th  Charles 
(1639),  proved  7  August  1655.  To  be  buried  within  the  chapel  of  Sand- 
ford.  The  poor  of  Crediton  and  Sandford.  To  the  twelve  governors  of 
the  goods  and  hereditaments  of  the  church  of  Crediton  twenty  pounds  for 
and  towards  a  workhouse  &c.  Have  disbursed  one  hundred  pounds  towards 
the  purchase  of  lands  to  be  made  over  to  the  twelve  governors  for  the  main- 
tenance of  an  English  school  master  in  Crediton  &c.  Provision  for  con- 
venient rooms  for  wife  in  mansion  house  at  Crediton,  also  garden  plot  and 
orchard.  To  said  wife  all  such  goods  as  she  brought  with  her  and  such 
moneys  as  she  hath  put  into  the  hands  of  others  for  employment  of  the 
same,  viz1  into  the  hands  of  my  brother  Thomas  Hele  one  hundred  pounds, 
in  my  cousin  Gilbert's  hands  twenty  pounds,  in  my  cousin  Hamon's  hands 
two  hundred  pounds,  in  Henry  Knight's  hands  two  hundred  pounds,  in  my 
sister  Isack's  hands  twenty  pounds,  not  doubting  but  she  will  employ  the 
same  for  the  best  benefit  of  mine  and  her  daughter  Isabel  Davie.  Certain 
articles  of  silver  to  her.  To  my  son  Humfry  five  hundred  pounds.  To 
my  daughter  Margaret  Davie  one  thousand  pounds  for  a  marriage  portion. 
In  the  mean  time  I  give  her  fifteen  pounds  per  annum  for  her  present  main- 
tenance. My  son  and  heir  shall  give  them  their  diets  or  twenty  pounds 
apiece  yearly  until  they  be  married.  To  my  daughter  Isabel  one  thousand 
pounds  for  a  marriage  portion,  in  the  meantime  she  to  be  educated  and 
maintained  by  her  mother.  Forty  shillings  apiece  unto  Sir  John  Younge, 
knight,  John  Willoughby  of  Pehembury  Esq.,  my  beloved  brothers  in  law, 
and  Humfrey  Southcott  of  Chilton,  gen1,  my  beloved  uncle,  whom  I  make 
overseers,  &c,  the  same  forty  shillings  to  be  bestowed  in  a  ring  or  some 
such  other  memorial  as  they  shall  like  best.  The  residue  to  my  son  and 
heir  John  Davie  whom  I  make  sole  executor. 

Wit :  Mary  Willoughby,  John  Willoughby,  Humfrey  Southcott  and  John 
Aynell. 

Proved  by  the  oath  of  Sir  John  Davie,  Baronet,  the  son  and  executor. 

Entered  on  the  margin  "  T.  dni  Johannis  Davye  mitls." 

Aylett,  101. 

[The  testator,  Sir  John  Davie,  who  was  created  a  baronet  Sept.  9,  1641,  was 
the  father  of  Humphrey  Davie,  a  merchant  of  London  and  Boston,  whose  son 
John  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1681.  The  testator  was  the  only  son  of 
John  Davie,  thrice  mayor  of  Exeter,  England,  who  married  Margaret,  daughter 
of  George  Southcote  of  Calverly  in  Devon.  Besides  their  son  John,  they  had 
one  daughter  Margaret,  wife  of  Gideon  Haydon. 

Sir  John  Davie,  bart.,  was  twice  married  •  first  to  Julian,  daughter  of  William 
Strode  of  Newnham,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons :  1.  Sir  John,  his  successor;  2. 
William,  a  counsellor  at  law,  who  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  Francis 
Clark  of  Putney  in  Surrey ;  3.  Robert;  4.  Humphrey,  the  New  England  immi- 
grant. He  had  also  four  daughters  :  1.  Mary,  married  to  John  Willoughby  of 
Payhembury  in  Devon  ;  3.  Julian  ;  4.  Margaret,  married  Thomas  Bear  of  Hun- 
some,  Devon.  Sir  John  married  2d,  Isabel  Hele,  by  whom  he  had  one  daughter, 
Isabel,  who  married  Walter  Yonge  of  Colliton,  Devon,  created  a  baronet  in 
1661. 

Humphrey  Davie,  son  of  the  testator,  married  1st,  Mary,  daughter  of  Edmund 
White,  an  abstract  of  whose  will  is  given  above.  He  emigrated  in  1662  to 
Boston,  Mass.  He  married  for  a  second  wife  Sarah  Richards,  widow  of  James 
Richards  and  daughter  of  William  Gibbons.  He  was  admitted  a  member  of  the 
Artillery  Company  in  1G65.  He  died  at  Hartford,  Ct.,  Feb.  18,  1688-9.  His 
widow  married  Jonathan  Tyng.  See  Register,  vol.  i.,  p.  169;  Wotton's  Eng- 
lish Baronetage,  1741,  vol.  ii.,  pp.  263-9;  Baronetage  of  England  by  E.  Kimber 
and  R.  Johnson,  1771,  vol.  i.,  pp.  416-19;  Baronetage  of  England  by  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Betham,  1801,  vol.  i.,  pp.  453-7;  Whitman's  History  of  the  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company,  ed.  1842,  pp.  175-6.— Editok.] 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  841 

Dame  Isabell  Davie,  late  the  wife  of  Sir  John  Davie  of  Credie  in  the 
parish  of  Sandford,  Devon,  Baronet  deceased.  Her  will  made  20  July 
1656,  proved  18  November  1657.  I  do  desire  that  there  should  be  no 
mourning  given  at  my  funeral  nor  hearse  set  upon  my  grave.  My  executor 
to  bestow  and  lay  out  twenty  pounds  for  six  and  twenty  rings  with  a  death's 
head  and  this  Poesie,  to  witt,  "  God  be  your  guide,"  to  be  given  one  to  each 
of  my  brothers  and  sisters  and  one  apiece  to  each  of  my  sons  in  law  and 
daughters  in  law  living  at  the  time  of  my  death.  To  my  sons  in  law  Wil- 
liam Davie,  Robert  Davie  and  Humphry  Davie,  to  each  of  them  half  a 
dozen  silver  spoons.  To  my  cousins  Richard  Rowe  and  Joane  Ford  and 
my  servant  Elizabeth  Wareman  twenty  shillings  apiece.  The  poor  of 
Sandford  and  of  Crediton.  My  daughter  Isabel  Young  and  her  children. 
The  residue  to  said  daughter  and  she  to  be  sole  executrix. 

Ruthen,  433. 

Sir  John  Davy  of  Creedy,  Baronet,  13  April  1685,  proved  9  June  1693. 
To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Sandford  near  my  ancestors  and  rela- 
tions. The  manner  of  my  funeral  I  leave  to  my  executor,  my  dear  brother 
William  Davie,  and  I  do  hereby  make  him  whole  executor  of  this  my  last 
will  and  testament,  desiring  him  to  be  dutiful  to  my  honored  mother  and 
kind  and  respectful  to  all  others  our  relations.  And  I  give  him  all  my 
goods,  chattels  and  personal  estate. 

Proved  by  Sir  William  Davie,  Baronet  &c.  Coker,  94. 

Sir  John  Davie  of  Creedy  in  Devon,  Baronet,  31  January  1677,  proved 
19  October  1678.  To  be  buried  in  the  vault  or  burying  place  which  I 
made  in  the  chancel  of  the  church  or  chapel  of  the  parish  or  hamlet  of 
Sandford  at  or  upon  my  father's  death.  The  poor  of  Crediton  and  of  Sand- 
ford and  the  other  poor  of  Upton  Hellions.  To  Dame  Amy,  my  dear,  lov- 
ing and  faithful  wife,  all  the  jewels,  plate  and  books,  cabinets  and  trunks 
which  now  are  or  were  hers  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  with  me  (and 
other  property).  My  two  nephews,  John  Davie  and  Nathaniel  his  brother, 
sons  of  my  late  brother  Robert  deceased.  My  nephew  William  Davie, 
second  son  of  my  late  brother  William  Davie  of  Dyra  Esq.  deceased.  The 
study  at  Creedy  Widger  (in  Upton  Hellions)  which  was  my  father  Rey- 
nells.  My  nephew  John  Copplestone,  son  and  heir  of  my  cousin  John 
Copplestone  of  Bowden  Esq.  My  niece  Mary  Copplestone,  eldest  daughter 
to  my  brother  in  law  Arthur  Copplestone  of  Bowdon  Esq.  My  sister  and 
their  children,  Charles  Quicke,  son  of  John  Quick  junr  of  Newton  Sl 
Cyers  (now  St.  Cyres)  Esq.  my  kinsman.  Provision  for  a  workhouse  in 
Crediton  and  for  an  English  schoolmaster  in  Sandford.  Sir  Walter  Yonge 
of  Coleton,  Baronet,  Thomas  Reynell  of  Ogwells,  Richard  Beavis  of  Clist- 
house,  my  nephew,  and  John  Copplestone  of  Bowdon  Esquire,  my  near  and 
dear  relations.  Richard  Beavis  of  Clisthouse,  Devon,  Esq.  my  well  beloved 
brother  in  law.  Reeve,  109. 

Sir  William  Davie  of  Creedy,  Devon,  Baronet,  10  February  1706, 
proved  27  May  1707.  To  Dame  Abigail  Davie,  my  dear  wife,  all  the 
jewels,  plate,  rings  and  cabinets  which  were  hers  at  the  time  of  my  marriage 
with  her  or  have  been  given  unto  her  at  any  time  since  (and  other  pro- 
perty). My  father  John  Pollixfen  Esq.  and  my  brother  John  Pollixfen 
Esq.  My  daughters  Margaret,  Frances  and  Trephina  Davie.  My  brother 
Wollcombe  Pollixfen.  My  daughter  Mary  Davie.  My  copyhold  estates 
in  Stratton,  Somerset,  &c  Poley,  104. 


842  GENEALOGICAL    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

Sir  John  Davie  late  of  Creedy,  Devon,  Baronet,  25  April  1727,  proved 
13  July  1728.  To  my  son  and  heir  John  Davie  all  those  several  pictures, 
with  the  frames  thereto  belonging,  that  is  to  say,  the  picture  of  my  uncle 
Sir  John  Davie,  of  my  father  and  mother,  of  myself  and  my  late  Lady,  his 
brother  James  and  his  own,  and  my  will  and  desire  is  that  the  same  shall 
be  and  remain  to  the  heirs  male  of  my  family  successively.  Provision  for 
son  Humphrey  Davie.  To  my  son  William  Davie  my  messuage  &c.  in 
Holsworthy,  Devon.  A  settlement  of  lands  in  Crediton  for  daughter  Mary 
Bishop.  My  son  John  Davie  Esq.  and  my  son  in  law  Christopher  Savery. 
My  daughter  Mary's  four  daughters,  Elizabeth,  Jenny,  Mary  and  Sarah 
Bishop.  My  second  daughter  Sarah  Savery  has  already  received  her  por- 
tion. To  my  third  daughter  Elizabeth  Davie  two  thousand  five  hundred 
pounds,  to  be  paid  her  on  the  day  of  her  marriage. 

Item,  I  further  give,  devise  and  bequeath  unto  my  two  sons  Humphry 
Davie  and  William  Davie  and  to  their  heirs  for  ever  all  those  my  lands  at 
or  in  New  England,  lying  and  being  near  Boston,  Groton,  Milton,  Rumley 
als  Rumney  Marsh,  Kennebeck  River,  Swan  Island  or  elsewhere,  or  any 
of  them  in  New  England  in  America  or  in  any  other  town,  province,  Is- 
land, district  or  place  in  New  England  aforesaid,  late  or  heretofore  the 
estate  of  Edmund  White  of  London,  merchant  deceased,  or  which  was  for- 
merly purchased  by  or  in  the  name  of  HumjDhry  Davie  late  of  Boston,  mer- 
chant deceased,  for  the  use  of  or  in  trust  for  the  said  Edmund  White.  The 
poor  of  Sandford  parish.  My  sons  Humphry  and  William  Davie  to  be 
executors.  Brook,  205. 

[Sir  John  Davie,  bart.,  the  testator,  was  the  son  of  Humphrey  Davie  referred 
to  above  in  the  preceeding  note  on  the  will  of  Sir  John  Davie,  the  first 
baronet.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  1681,  and  a  memoir  of  him 
will  be  found  in  the  third  volume  of  Sibley's  Harvard  Graduates.  He  married 
about  1692  his  step-sister,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  James  and  Sarah  Richards  of 
Hartford,  Ct.  He  had  the  following  children,  all  born  in  the  town  of  Groton 
(originally  a  part  of  New  London),  Ct.,  namely:  1.  Mary,  born  June  30,  1603, 
married  Rev.  Thomas  Bishop  of  Barnstaple,  Eng. ;  2  Sarah,  born  October 
21,  1695,  married  Christopher  Savery  of  Shilson,  near  Modbury,  Devon;  3. 
Elizabeth,  born  March  17,  1697-8,  married  Ebenezer  Mussell  of  London;  4. 
John,  born  July  27,  1700,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Acland  of  Colliton, 
Devon,  and  succeeded  to  the  baronetcy  in  1728,  on  the  death  of  his  father;  5. 
Humphrey,  born  April  12,  1702,  a  bachelor;  6.  William,  born  March  21,  1705-6, 
married  Ellen,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Jackson  of  Bristol,  merchant.  Sir  John, 
the  testator,  about  1707,  on  the  death  of  his  cousin  William  the  fourth  baronet, 
succeeded  to  the  baronetcy.  He  died  in  1728.  See  Sibley's  Harvard  Graduates, 
vol.  iii.,  pp.  231-6;  Caulkin's  New  London,  pp.  415-7;  Savage's  Genealogical 
Dictionary,  vol.  ii.,  pp,  14-15;  and  the  other  authorities  cited  in  the  preceding 
note. — Editor.] 

William  Tutty  of  St.  Stephens  Coleman  Street,  London,  gen*,  10 
October  1640,  proved  9  January  1640.  To  my  beloved  wife  Anne  Tutty 
all  my  plate  and  household  stuff  and  my  seal  ring ;  only  I  desire  her  that 
my  children  may  enjoy  the  plate  that  was  given  them  at  their  baptizing, 
every  one  their  own.  Whereas  my  son  William  Tutty  hath  already  had  a 
liberal  and  competent  part  of  my  estate  in  his  maintenance  in  the  University 
of  Cambridge  and  in  a  parcel  of  boolts,  bought  by  me  of  Nathaniel  Mickle- 
thwayte,  my  wife's  son,  executor  of  Paul  Micklethwaite  late  Doctor  of  Di- 
vinity deceased,  and  given  to  him,  amounting  to  the  sum  of  about  forty 
pounds,  I  therefore  give  unto  him  only  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  &c. 

Item,  because  I  have  already  given  unto  my  eldest  daughter  Anne,  lately 
married  with  Alexander  Knight  of  Ipswich  in  New  England  beyond  the 


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seas,  a  competent  marriage  portion,  I  therefore  give  unto  her,  in  full  of  her 
child's  portion,  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  more  to  be  paid  her  also  by  mine 
executrix  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease.  The  residue  of  my  estate 
to  be  divided  into  two  equal  parts,  the  one  part  whereof  I  give  unto  my 
wife  Anne  Tutty  and  the  other  half  part  to  be  divided  e'qually  amongst  the 
rest  of  my  children  now  living,  viz*  John,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Samuel,  Eliza- 
beth, Dorcas  and  Hester  Tutty.  My  said  wife  to  be  full  and  sole  eiecutrix. 
Commissary  of  London,  Vol.  28  (1639-42),  fol.  234. 

[Alexander  Knight,  named  in  this  will,  resided  at  Ipswich,  Mass.,  as  early  as 
1635.  He  is  said  by  P.  Vincent  in  his  History  of  [he  Pequot  War,  published  in 
1637,  to  have  kept  an  inn  at  Chelmsford,  Eng.  (Coll.  Mass.  Hist.  Society,  vol. 
xxvi.,  p.  41.)  The  date  of  his  marriage  with  Hannah  or  Anne,  daughter  of 
William  Tutty,  I  have  not  found,  though  her  father  speaks  of  her  as  "lately 
married  "  in  1640. — Editor.] 

John  Tuttie  citizen  and  fruiterer  of  London  (son  of  William  Tuttie 
late  of  London,  gentleman,  deceased)  3  September  1657,  proved  3  October 
1657  (with  a  codicil  dated  5  September).  To  my  sister  Hannah  Knight 
of  New  England  for  her  children,  or  such  of  them  living,  or  in  case  they 
be  all  deceased  then  for  her  own  use  if  living  at  the  time,  I  shall  herein 
appoint  for  the  payment  of  this  and  other  legacies  fifty  pounds.  To  my 
brother  William  Tuttie  of  Totteride  (sic — Totteridge  ?)  fifty  pounds.  To 
my  sister  Dorcas  Tuttie  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  sister  Hester  Blissett 
sixty  pounds.  To  my  sister  Elizabeth  Tew  forty  pounds.  To  her  son 
Nicholas  Tew  ten  pounds.  To  my  brother  Samuel  all  that  he  owes  me 
upon  any  account  whatever,  whether  in  frames  or  money.  To  each  of  his 
four  children  ten  pounds  to  bind  them  forth  to  learn  trades.  To  my  brother 
Micklethwaight  twenty  pounds  to  buy  him  two  pieces  of  plate.  To  my 
uncle  John  Ling  forty  shillings.  To  Richard  Davies,  shoemaker,  five  pounds. 
To  Mary  Prosser,  widow,  ten  pounds.  To  Anthony  Haile,  trimmer,  ten 
pounds.  To  Thomas  Higgeson  ten  pounds.  One  hundred  pounds  among 
the  poor.     My  wife  Rachel  to  be  sole  executrix.  Ruthen,  372. 

William  Dyre  of  the  Co.  of  Sussex  in  the  territories  of  the  Province 
of  Pennsylvania  Esq.  I  will  and  bequeath  unto  my  eldest  son  William 
Dyre,  now  at  Boston  in  New  England,  all  my  plantation  or  land  in  the 
Broad  Kill,  in  Sussex  County  aforesaid,  called  Rumbley  Place,  containing 
two  thousand  acres,  more  or  less,  with  ten  cows,  four  two  year  old  heifers, 
six  two  year  old  stears  coming  to  this  Spring.  To  my  second  son  Edmund 
Dyre  one  plantation  lying  upon  Loves  Creek  in  the  said  County,  contain- 
ing six  hundred  acres,  formerly  called  Sundialls  (but  now  Beavorwick)  and 
four  hundred  acres  formerly  in  partnership  with  Stephen  Whittman,  now 
bounding  upon  the  lands  of  Jeremiah  Scott  and  Thomas  Branscomb  and  to 
the  Southward  partly  on  John  and  William  Roads  and  to  the  Eastward 
upon  the  marshes  or  Town  Creek,  with  six  cows  and  their  increase  and 
two  two  year  old  steers.  To  my  youngest  son  James  Dyre  four  hundred 
acres  of  land  on  Mispillen  Creek  in  the  County  aforesaid  and  also  three 
hundred  acres  in  the  fork  of  the  Broad  Kill,  in  the  County  aforesaid,  part 
binding  upon  the  Beaver  Dam  and  Westward  upon  Prime  Hook  Creek, 
with  one  hundred  acres  of  marsh  adjoining,  also  two  hundred  acres  in  New 
Castle  County,  about  seven  miles  from  the  town,  butted  and  bounded  as 
per  "Pattent,"  with  six  cows.  To  my  eldest  daughter  Sarah  Dyre  five 
hundred  acres  between  Cold  Spring  and  the  Cypress  Bridge  In  Sussex 
County,  butted  and  bounded  as  by  the  Certificate  and  Plat  or  Draught  for 


844         GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

the  same  may  appear,  with  six  cows.  To  my  youngest  daughter  Mary 
Dyre  three  hundred  acres  known  by  the  name  of  the  White  Horse,  lately 
nought  of  Charles  Pickering,  and  two  hundred  and  fifty  five  acres  in  Angola 
Neck,  in  the  County  of  Sussex,  some  time  the  land  of  Richard  Shoulster, 
with  six  cows.  I  give  unto  my  dear  and  well  heloved  wife  Mary  Dyre 
twenty  five  hundred  acres  in  Cedar  Neck  in  Sussex  County,  as  by  Grant 
and  survey  for  settlement  of  part  for  the  whole,  as  also  ninety  six  acres 
adjoining  the  town  of  Lewis  (Lewes)  in  Sussex  County,  with  two  town 
lots  in  the  same  town,  the  same  being  begun  to  be  built  upon  and  improved 
(and  other  personal  estate),  this  for  her  natural  life  and  afterwards  to  my 
said  children,  or  other  ways  as  she  shall  think  fit  and  necessary.  I  give 
her  also  one  debt  due  by  bond  from  Hendrick  Vandenborgh  of  Newcastle 
for  forty  odd  pounds  silver  money  and  a  debt  for  six  pounds,  in  money  or 
corn,  due  from  justice  Andreson  of  Newcastle  and  five  pounds,  in  wheat  or 
pork,  due  from  Samuel  Curtis  of  Allawayes  Creek  in  West  Jersey,  and  a 
debt,  by  account  or  bill  of  Capt.  William  Markham  for  near  about  twenty 
pounds,  and  a  debt  of  seventy  odd  pounds  silver  money  due  from  William 
Alsberry,  due  by  mortgage,  and  now  in  the  hands  of  Capt.  Stephanus  Van 
Courtland  of  New  York,  with  all  other  debts  due  to  me  from  any  other 
persons  whatsoever  within  the  said  Government  of  New  York. 

I  give  to  my  wife  all  my  land  and  horses  in  the  Pequit  in  Narraganset 
Country  in  New  England,  with  all  my  right  and  title  of  inheritance  to  the 
estate  of  my  late  father  William  Dyre  deceased  upon  Rhode  Island,  within 
the  Province  of  Providence  Plantation,  and  also  one  island  called  Dyers 
Island,  lying  between  Prudence  and  Rhode  Island,  and  the  balance  of  Mr. 
Thomas  Lloyds  bond  for  five  hundred  and  ten  pounds  silver  money  payable 
at  New  York  the  twenty  sixth  of  May  next  ensuing,  being  above  one  hun- 
dred pounds,  and  twenty  acres  of  land  lying  at  Reading  in  New  England  and 
two  islands  called  Clabbord  Islands  in  Cascoe  Bay  in  New  England,  the  same 
being  all  for  her  proper  use  and  behoof  during  her  natural  life  and  after- 
wards to  be  divided  amongst  my  said  children  as  she  shall  think  fit.  My 
said  dear  and  loving  wife  Mary  Dyre  and  my  said  eldest  son  William  Dyre 
to  be  my  whole  and  sole  executrix  and  executor  for  the  managing  my  said 
estate ;  further  it  is  my  will  and  desire  that  my  said  wife  have  one  hundred 
and  fifty  pounds  silver  money  of  New  England,  in  the  hands  of  Sir  Ed- 
mund Andros.  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this  twentieth  day 
of  February  1687-8,  and  I  request  my  friends  Mr.  John  Hill  and  Mr. 
Samuel  Gray  to  be  assisting  to  my  wife  and  children  in  the  management  of 
their  affairs  in  these  parts.  Also  I  humbly  request  his  Excellency  Sir  Ed- 
mund Andros,  Governor  General  of  New  England,  to  be  assistant  to  my 
said  wife  and  children  in  their  affairs  in  the  parts  of  New  England,  the  said 
Sir  Edmund  to  be  feoffee  in  trust  to  my  said  estate  in  the  parts  of  New 
England. 

In  the  presence  of  us,  Charles  Sanders  and  William  Rodeney. 

The  Evidences,  viz'  Charles  Sanders  and  William  Rodeney  attested  in 
open  Court,  held  for  the  County  of  Sussex  the  fifth  day  of  the  fourth  month, 
called  June,  one  thousand  six  hundred  eighty  eight,  that  this  above  written, 
together  with  the  other  sheet  of  paper  hereunto  annexed,  is  the  Act  and 
Deed  of  Major  William  Dyre  deceased  and  that  the  said  Major  William 
Dyre  did  acknowledge  the  same  to  be  his  last  will  and  testament.  Testis 
Norton  Claypoole,  Clerk  and  Deputy  Register. 

Registered  in  the  Public  Registry  of  the  Co.  of  Sussex  in  Book  A,  folio 
95,  96  and  97. 


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Proved  at  London  4  September  1690  by  the  oath  of  William  Dyre  the 
son  &c,  power  reserved  for  Mary  Dyre  the  relict  when  she  shouid  come  to 
ask  for  probate.  Dyke,  136. 

[William  Dyre,  the  testator,  was  a  son  of  Mary  Dyer,  the  victim  of  the  per- 
secution of  the.  Quakers,  wno  was  hanged  on  Boston  Common,  June  1,  1660.  He, 
himself,  petitioned  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts  for  clemency  to  his 
mother.  His  father,  William  Dyre  or  Dyer,  a  millxier  from  London,  settled 
in  Boston  in  1635,  was  admitted  freeman  of  Massachusetts  March  3,  1635-6,  was 
disarmed  in  1637,  and  in  1638  removed  to  Rhode  Island.  See  Austin's  Genea- 
logical Dictionary  of  Rhode  Island,  pp.  290-2;  Record  of  the  Dyer  Family,  by 
Cornelia  C.  Joy-Dyer;  Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary,  vol.  2,  p.  89;  Chaud- 
ler's  Criminal  Trials,  vol.  1,  pp.  31-63;  and  the  general  histories. — Editor.] 


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